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Wilmette resident helps Chicago gang members 

get off the streets, Page 6 

Hip-hop artists Urban Prisoners of War will partner up with the Chicago-based 

Gang Rescue and Refinement Passages program, a subset of Pride ROC, on 

March 13 at Guaranteed Rate Field. Photos submitted 

INSET: Wilmette’s Tricia Nolan (second from left) works with the program. 

Protecting 

the police 

Agreement 

with task force 

amended, Page 3 

Goodbye, Avoca 

Center Building, land 

razed, Page 12 

Hockey superfan 

Local student starts Tomahawk 

Roundup, Page 14

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THURSDAY 

Community Solar Town 

Hall 

7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 27, 

Wilmette Library, 1242 

Wilmette Ave. Solar energy 

is available in Illinois 

for those who live in 

multifamily units or can’t 

install panels of their own. 

Find out how to join a local 

Community Solar Project 

at a Town Hall Meeting. 

Sponsored by Go Green 

Wilmette and Trajectory 

Energy Partners: gogreenwilmette.org. 

Intentional Parenting with 

Peace and Presence 

7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 27, 

Rose Hall Montessori 

School, 1140 Wilmette 

Ave., Wilmette. Special 

presentation by Beth 

Miller certified Parenting 

Coach and Sherri Simpson, 

certified Reike Master. 

FRIDAY 

Rhymetime - 18 months 

and up 

10:30-11 a.m. Feb. 28, 

Wilmette Library, 1242 

Wilmette Ave. Fast-paced 

stories, rhymes, and songs 

for active children who require 

caregiver assistance 

to participate. Children 3 

and under must be accompanied 

by an adult. 

SATURDAY 

Maker Fest 

10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. 

Feb. 29, Wilmette Public 

Library, 1242 Wilmette 

Ave. Meet area Makers 

and experience hands-on 

learning in technology, art, 

and design. 

SUNDAY 

‘Pioneering Women’ 

exhibit 

1 p.m. March 1, Wilmette 

Historical Museum, 

609 Ridge Road, Wilmette. 

Opening of exhibit 

kicks off Women’s History 

Month. Free reception 

from 1-2 followed by 

lecture with Lori Osborne, 

director of the Evanston 

Women’s History Project 

and the Frances Willard 

House Museum, on “Illinois 

Women and the Fight 

for the Vote.” The lecture 

is free for Museum members 

and $5 for non-members. 

For more information 

about the opening or lecture, 

visit www.wilmettehistory.org 

or call (847) 

853-7666. 

MONDAY 

Felt Flower Canvas 

Banners 

4-4:45 p.m. March 

2, Wilmette Public Library, 

1242 Wilmette Ave. 

Grades 4-6. Create banners 

with felt flowers to 

celebrate spring. 

TUESDAY 

Adult Coloring 

2-3:30 p.m. March 3, 

Wilmette Public Library, 

1242 Wilmette Ave. Discover 

the therapeutic benefits 

of coloring at this 

drop-in adult coloring program. 

Relax, reduce stress, 

and leave feeling restored! 

WEDNESDAY 

Mather Readers 

7:30-8:30 p.m. March 4, 

2801 Old Glenview Road, 

Wilmette. Book group is 

open to the public. Held 

first Wednesday of the 

month. 

UPCOMING 

Armchair Travels 

1-2:30 p.m. March 5, 


1242 Wilmette Ave. Take 

a DVD tour of historic 

walks in the US. 

Going Green Matters 

Noon-4 p.m. March 8, 

Michigan Shores Club, 

911 Michigan Ave., Wilmette. 

Join Go Green Wilmette 

and the Village of 

Wilmette at this fun, allages 

fair where you will 

find practical, green choices 

for your home, garden, 

recreation and transportation 

needs. Highlights include: 

E galleries of tree 

images, a green home 

makeover and solar electricity 

opportunities. Details 

at gogreenwilmette. 

org. Free. 

Game On - Teens only 

7-8 p.m. March 9, Wilmette 

Public Library, 1242 

Wilmette Ave. Get together 

and play our ever-expanding 

selection of board 

games, card games, and 

Nintendo Switch games. 

You can also use this time 

to suggest new games for 

purchase! 

ONGOING 

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. Participants rarely 

miss a meeting. Newcomers 

are welcome. 

Observation Days 

By appointment, weekdays, 

Rose Hall Montessori 

School, 1140 Wilmette 

Ave., Wilmette. 

Observation days are held 

every day at Rose Hall, 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. 

Tuesday Tours, Baker 

Demonstration School 

By appointment, 9-10 

a.m., Tuesdays, Baker 

Demonstration School, 

201 Sheridan Road, Wilmette. 

Baker welcomes 

parents to schedule an 

appointment to see their 

Pre-kindergarten through 

eighth-grade classrooms 

in action, each Tuesday 

while school is in session. 

Tour the campus, meet the 

faculty and staff, and learn 

how Baker’s century-long 

commitment to progressive 

education can benefit 

your child. Call (847) 

425-5813 or admissions@ 

bakerdemschool.org to 

confirm your appointment. 

Ronald Knox 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 an accredited 

Montessori school 

could benefit your child. 

To schedule a tour or for 

more information, contact 

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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 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 

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Connect with peers to 

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the wilmette beacon | February 27, 2020 | 3 

Kenilworth Village Board 

Posted to WilmetteBeaconDaily.com 8 days ago 

Amendments address liability in cases involving police officers, crime task force 

Fouad Egbaria 

Freelance Reporter 

The Kenilworth Village 

Board updated its intergovernmental 

police assistance 

agreement with 

the North Regional Major 

Crimes Task Force, of 

which it has been a member 

since 1997. 

The board approved 

the amended agreement 

during its Tuesday, Feb. 

18 regular meeting. The 

amendments address liability 

in case of an incident 

involving an officer 

to better protect the 

task force, also known as 

NORTAF, from being a 

suable entity. 

“The whole purpose of 

this was to prevent someone 

from suing NOR- 

TAF,” Police Chief David 

Miller said. “That gives 

all of our towns more protection, 

and we wanted 

to make NORTAF not a 

suable entity, which this 

attempts to do. A judge 

could rule that it is, but 

then there’s a procedure 

in place if a judge were 

to say ‘yes, you can sue 

NORTAF.’” 

Section 9 of the resolution 

approved by the Village 

Board address the organization’s 

legal status. 

“The Members acknowledge 

and agree that 

NORTAF is not a legal 

entity that can sue or be 

sued,” the resolution text 

stated. “In the event that 

NORTAF is named as a 

party to a lawsuit, claim, 

or action, either individually 

or as a co-defendant 

to any Member, no Member 

shall take any action 

or position that is contrary 

to this Section 9; rather, 

all Members hereby 

agree that unless and until 

a court of competent 

jurisdiction rules otherwise, 

the Members shall 

not take the position that 

NORTAF is a legal entity, 

public body, or can sue or 

be sued.” 

The Village’s fiscal 

year 2020 budget includes 

$5,700 toward its membership 

in NORTAF. 

Membership in NOR- 

TAF affords the Village 

assistance in dealing with 

police investigations of 

violent crimes, burglary 

patterns and major traffic 

crashes that exceed 

the Village’s capability, a 

summary included in the 

board packet for the Tuesday 

meeting noted. 

“We can’t control who 

they sue, but what this 

does is it gives us all 

greater protection so you 

can’t just blanketly sue 

everyone in NORTAF,” 

Miller said. “You’d have 

to have a specific reason 

for this officer because of 

the actions they did and so 

on.” 

Each member of NOR- 

TAF was asked to adopt a 

resolution for the amended 

agreement, without 

which the member would 

no longer be a member of 

NORTAF. 

The other NORTAF 

members are: Evanston, 

Glencoe, Glenview, Lincolnwood, 

Morton Grove, 

Niles, Northbrook, Northfield, 

Skokie, Wilmette 

and Winnetka. 

Board authorizes bucket 

lift truck purchase, truck 

disposal 

Also during the Tuesday 

night meeting, the 

board approved an ordinance 

waiving the formal 

bidding process and authorizing 

the purchase of 

a 2012 Ford F350 bucket 

truck from Power Equipment 

Leasing Company, 

of Romeoville, Illinois, 

for $35,000. 

The board also declared 

the Village’s 2002 Ford 

F350 bucket truck as surplus 

equipment and authorized 

its disposal. 

“The sole, medium 

duty F350 Bucket Lift 

Truck operated by Public 

Works is 18- years old, in 

poor condition, and has 

exceeded its anticipated 

service life,” the board 

packet summary noted. 

“A used 2012 F350 bucket 

truck, outfitted with the 

necessary equipment, has 

been identified at a purchase 

price below average 

for used vehicles of this 

type.” 

According to information 

included in the packet, 

an estimated $10,000 

will be spent to prepare 

the truck for the Village’s 

use, which will include 

painting, adding Village 

identifiers and adding a 

rubber-sprayed bedliner. 

The bucket truck is used 

by Village staff for tree 

trimming, plus streetlight 

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Wilmette resident finds calling with Gang Rescue and Refinement Passages 

Hilary Anderson 


Tricia Nolan walks the 

talk. 

The Wilmette resident 

saw an opportunity to help 

make a difference in others’ 

lives and became involved. 

It began following 

a career change. 

Nolan, who worked 

originally as a certified 

public accountant, decided 

to return to school 

and obtain a master’s degree 

in social work and 

later obtained became a 

licensed clinical social 

worker. 

“I was doing my externship 

at Center for Contextual 

Change, headed 

by trauma expert Mary Jo 

Barrett,” Nolan said. “She 

was working with a relatively 

new organization, 

Pride Refining Our Communities, 

in Englewood. I 

liked what I saw and decided 

to volunteer.” 

The program, started 

in 2016 by Ra Frye, a 

former gang member, 

takes young men off Chicago’s 

Englewood streets 

through his Gang Rescue 

and Refinement Passages 

program. 

“It takes gang members 

from their environment 

and puts them in an 

immersive experience,” 

Nolan said. “These ‘Passengers’ 

experience eight 

days in a nature area 

where they are free of distraction 

and potential danger.” 

The program is a subset 

of Pride ROC. 

Since 2016, 35 young 

men completed the Passage 

process. 

“I like the process because 

it includes yoga and 

meditation both of which 

I am trained in,” she said. 

“They also teach marshal 

arts and restorative justice. 

They develop selfawareness 

and become 

more disciplined in their 

lives.” 

When the young men 

come back to the community, 

they may go to 

an Urban Prisoner of War 

house. 

“There they have individual 

and group therapy,” 

Nolan said. “They are 

assigned a case manager 

and have continued access 

to support meetings, 

job placement and other 

services. Their families 

are also welcomed into 

the group and individual 

trauma therapy. 

“Many of them are talented 

performers and start 

rapping about the positive 

— what it is like to be a 

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Nolan added that five 

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aunts and other mother-like 

figures — went 

through the Passengers 

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understand what these 

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“I have been there in the 

circle listening to these 

young men share their stories 

and talk about what 

they have learned about 

themselves,” she said. “It 

is extraordinary. 

“I am so moved by what 

I have seen. I believe in 

Frye’s efforts to create 

a peace renaissance in 

Englewood. I have made 

a personal commitment 

to reach to friends and 

neighbors to help make 

this happen.” 

One of the things Nolan 

has done is become a 

Pride ROC Advocate. 

In that role, she is organizing 

the Pride ROC 

Experience, a fundraising 

event, March 13, at Guaranteed 

Rate Field, in the 

Guaranteed Rate Club, 

the home of the Chicago 

White Sox. Tickets are 

$150 a person. Sponsorship 

is $1,000. 

“The evening will include 

a dynamic performance 

by Urban Prisoners 

of War, a group of talented 

hip-hop artists, who over 

two years have evolved 

from ‘Pioneer Passengers’ 

to credible messengers 

and Price ROC partners 

in this peace movement,” 

Nolan said. “There will be 

a creative raffle and silent 

auction among other surprises.” 

The cost of a “Passage” 

for each participant averages 

$2,000. Foundation 

funding has been covering 

the costs. It is necessary 

to supplement this 

funding, both to enroll 

new “Passengers” and to 

provide ongoing support 

for participants and their 

families upon return to the 

community. 

“When I learned about 

what Tricia was doing to 

help the Englewood community, 

I decided to get 

involved and joined the 

fundraising committee for 

starters,” said Susan Pekar, 

her Wilmette neighbor. 

“Our goal for the fundraiser 

is $50,000,” Nolan 

said. “Wilmette and 

North Shore businesses 

have been very generous 

donating prizes and 

gift baskets. Englewood 

does not have many businesses 

so the event needs 

the support from outside 

their community to 

grow and thrive. Through 

Pride ROC we are going 

to change and save lives. 

We must walk the talk so 

that we can wake up in the 

morning and know that 

we have made a difference 

in others’ lives.” 

For more information, 

contact Tricia Nolan or Ra 

Frye, Pride ROC Chicago, 

P.O. Box 15232, Chicago, 

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The Lundstedt 

family, of 

Wilmette 

He is a poodle 

and Coton de 

Tuléar mix, who 

turned 1 in 

November. He 

wants to play 

with all the dogs 

(big and small!) 

and says hi to 

every person on 

the block. He 

is loved by his 

family and neighbors! 

To see your pet as Pet of the Week, send information to 

eric@wilmettebeacon.com or 60 Revere Drive, Suite 888, 

Northbrook, IL 60062. 

How We Met Contest 

Wilmette couple found one another 

‘simpatico’ right from beginning 

Eric degrechie 

Editor 

It was no simple task 

selecting the overall winner 

for our annual How 

We Met contest, for which 

we gathered entries from 

our seven newspapers and 

picked one grand champion. 

But we read so many 

inspiring, funny, sweet and 

heartwarming tales of love 

that we wanted to make 

sure we shared more. So 

here’s another special entry! 

Thank you to everyone 

who took the time to write 

and submit an essay for 

our annual How We Met 

contest, and below is our 

winning entry out of Wilmette. 

Enjoy. 

The winning entry 

comes from Peter Slonek 

and Marcia Heeter, of Wilmette. 

The couple will receive 

a dozen roses from 

our friends at Morning 

Glory Flower Shop, 1135 

Central Ave., Wilmette. 

They have also won a $50 

gift certificate from longtime 

partner, Depot Nuevo, 

1139 Wilmette Ave. 

Thanks so much to these 

great local businesses for 

helping us out and congratulations 

to the winning 

couple. 

Here is their entry: 

In January 2003 Marcia, 

a long-time resident 

of Wilmette, and I, living 

in a small town in northern 

Utah, signed up for a oneweek 

workshop to be held 

at a retreat center in the 

mountains above Lima, 

Peru. It was titled “The 

Eagle Meets the Condor” 

and was sponsored by 

the Dances of Universal 

Peace, an international 

organization which we 

both belonged to. The participants 

turned out to be 

a lively crowd of about 

30 aspiring dance leaders 

from North and South 

America. From the beginning 

Marcia, and I found 

each other ‘simpatico.’ We 

had frequent personal conversations, 

sat next to each 

other at meals and on the 

third day ended up doing 

kitchen duty, helping our 

Peruvian cooks. I had become 

more curious when 

I saw Marcia’s home town 

listed as Wilmette. This 

name had appeared in my 

life once before. I grew up 

in Austria. In high school, 

after World War II, we 

were encouraged to sign 


Wilmette’s Peter Slonek and Marcia Heeter, Wilmette winners of The Beacon’s How 

We Met Contest. Photo submitted 

up for a pen pal in the US 

to practice our English. I 

ended up with Jean in Wilmette. 

I never met Jean, although 

I made an attempt 

when I passed through 

Chicago years later, when 

I first came to the US as a 

student. 

On the bus taking us 

back to Lima at the end 

of the week Marcia and I 

sat together. After a group 

dinner out we shared a taxi 

to the airport with other 

dancers headed home. I 

was meeting a friend who 

would join me on my coveted 

trip to Machu Pichu. 

As the group disappeared 

into the crowd, Marcia 

turned around and, saying 

goodbye, gave me a very 

quick kiss. Later, from 

home, I contacted Marcia 

and asked if she could 

share some photos of the 

workshop, since my camera 

had been stolen early on 

in my Peru adventure. After 

several emails I asked, 

very casually, if that kiss 

at the Lima airport had had 

any deeper meaning. The 

answer was affirmative 

and led to increasingly flirtatious 

emails which climaxed 

in a rendezvous in 

San Francisco, while visiting 

our daughters there. 

Later we explored each 

other’s homes and found a 

perfect match in our lives’ 

passions. Soon after we 

decided to get married. 

And did so at Lake Street 

Church in Evanston. We 

celebrated our 15 wedding 

anniversary on Feb. 6 of 

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PACE wraps up public hearings on proposed service changes 

Alexa Burnell 


Officials from Pace, the 

Suburban Bus Division of 

Regional Transportation 

Authority, held a meeting 

Tuesday, Feb. 18, at the 


seeking public input on 

proposed service changes 

resulting from the North 

Shore Transit Service Coordination 

Plan and Market 

Analysis. 

The meeting was the 

last of six local meetings 

held in Chicago and along 

the North Shore communities. 

The goal was to 

gather information that 

will allow for improved 

coordination of transit 

services in North Cook 

County. 

Chris Canning, former 

Wilmette Village President 

and current Pace 

director, explained the 

meeting was simply to 

gather resident feedback. 

“Your input is very 

valuable in helping us formulate 

a final plan, most 

likely, this upcoming 

August,” Canning said. 

“We encourage people to 

ask questions tonight and 

follow-up with emails. As 

of now, we have already 

received about 800 emails 

with suggestions and 

feedback, all that will help 

us make a decision that is 

best for our riders.” 

Pace’s Senior Planner 

Christian Turner said the 

restructuring plans are 

meant to “address underperforming 

services and 

reallocate services to 

more productive routes.” 

The proposed restructuring 

service changes 

impact five routes: 215, 

225, 226, 422 and 423; the 

addition of one new route 

424; and the discontinuation 

of two routes 210 and 

421. Most relevant to residents 

of the North Shore 

are routes 421, 422, 424 

and 423. 

Pace is proposing to 

discontinue the 421 route, 

along with other very 

low-demand trips. High 

demand trips that operate 

by schools such as Loyola 

Academy, Regina Dominican 

and New Trier West 

are proposed to be retained 

and added to Route 422, 

using both Lake Avenue 

and Wilmette Avenue. Additional 

trips to serve students 

would also operate 

on Routes 213 and 423. 

The proposed 422 route 

would start and end at the 

Glenview Metra Station 

and Linden CTA. This 

route would no longer operate 

to Northbrook Court 

via Waukegan, Willow, 

Shermer, Waukegan and 

Lake Cook. Service on 

Waukegan between Glenview 

and Willow would 

be replaced by Route 423. 

In addition to providing 

school trips for Loyola, 

Regina and New Trier 

West students, route 422 

would make one morning 

school trip and one afternoon 

school trip between 

Glenbrook South High 

School and Glenview, officials 

added. 

The proposed addition 

of route 424 would run 

between the Linden CTA 

station and the Glen of 

North Glenview Metra 

via Sheridan, Elm, Hibbard, 

Willow and Old Orchard. 

Route 424 would 

replace portions of the 

current Route 423. Some 

Route 423 school trips to 

and from Linden CTA and 

New Trier/Loyola would 

move to Route 424. 

When attendees questioned 

why the addition of 

route 424 was proposed, 

Pace representatives explained 

after analyzing 

Please see PACE, 14 


Avoca Center razed on Illinois Road, next to Marie Murphy 

Hilary Anderson 


The Avoca Center is no 

more. 

The building and land, 

owned by Avoca School 

District 37 and located 

just west of Marie Murphy 

School on Illinois Road in 

Wilmette, is being razed. 

“Avoca Center for years 

was rented out to educational 

agencies including 

One Hope United 

Day Care and Arlyn Day 

School that generated 

revenue for District 37,” 

Superintendent Dr. Kaine 

Osburn said. “As the expense 

of keeping up the 

facility started to overtake 

the revenue, the board 

sought alternative uses 

for the building and property.” 

The Board formed a 

committee to examine the 

options for the uses of Avoca 

Center and obtained 

input from the community. 

The committee considered 

selling the land to developers, 

but holding the 

land for potential different 

uses by District 37 was 

important, such as making 

it more available for community 

purposes according 

to Osburn. 

“The Board concluded 

that it was in the District’s 

long-term interests 

to hold onto the property 

but explore ways to have 

it generate what revenue it 

could,” he said. 

In his last year with District 

37, Superintendent 

Kevin Jausch — Osburn’s 

predecessor — helped the 

District 37 Board secure 

a facility use agreement 

with North Shore Country 

Day School. 

Osburn became District 

37’s superintendent effective 

July 1, 2019. 

“This arrangement has 

NSCD contributing to the 

A construction crew demolishes the Avoca Center, located just west of Marie Murphy School on Illinois Road, 

earlier this week in Wilmette. Photos by Hilary Anderson/22nd Century Media 

expense of demolishing 

the building and installing 

new high school regulation 

soccer fields,” Osburn 

said. “NSCD will have 

exclusive use of the two 

new fields during the fall 

and spring sessions for the 

next 16 years.” 

Osburn continued that 

District 37 retains the 

right to rent out the fields 

for use when NSCD is not 

using them so more revenue 

can be generated in 

the long run. 

“It costs nearly $30,000 

a year to maintain the 

Marie Murphy property,” 

Osburn said. “District 37 

wants to rent the fields 

so those expenses can be 

reduced or fully met,” he 

said. “Right now those expenses 

are not, but the new 

high quality fields will 

make it more likely that 

can happen because there 

will be a demand to use 

those fields. Our District 

37 is currently exploring 

options with groups interested 

in renting the fields 

when NSCD is not using 

them.” 

Osburn added that in 

the long run, the property 

will remain in the hands 

of District 37 and its community. 

“It can be used for youth 

sports and generate very 

modest revenue,” he said. 

“While the expense of 

maintaining the fields will 

not be wholly covered by 

revenue generation, those 

expenses will be reduced 

greatly, which is important 

as District 37 seeks to reduce 

its ongoing operating 

deficit.”



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New Trier student creates own hockey broadcast 

Alexa Burnell 


Frank Zawrazky, a senior 

at New Trier, is making 

giant strides in the 

field of sports broadcasting 

through his self-discovered 

Tomahawk Roundup 

— a broadcast capturing 

the ins and outs and the 

movers and shakers who 

define the game of hockey. 

It all began during his 

sophomore year. Zawrazky, 

a hockey superfan, 

began the broadcast as a 

game recap program, but 

a family trip to Minnesota 

inspired him to take the 

Tomahawk Roundup to a 

whole new level. 

“Tommy Wingels (Wilmette 

native) — a player 

for the Boston Bruins at 

the time — was staying at 

the same place as my family, 

so I reached out to see 

if I could get an interview. 

He agreed and I was a nervous 

wreck,” Zawrazky 

said. “I didn’t know the 

interview game, but I just 

started talking to him, asking 

about his time in San 

Jose and his experiences as 

a New Trier student. The 

interview ended up going 

really well, propelling 

me to turn the Tomahawk 

Roundup into more than 

just a recap program.” 

Over the next year, Zawrazky 

refined his skills 

and mastered his ability to 

land dream interviews. As 

a result, he began featuring 

legends like Dock Emrick, 

Eddie Olczyck, Dave Bolland 

and Collin Delia, to 

list a few examples. Zawrazky 

also established 

rapport with the Chicago 

Wolves, who have currently 

become some of his 

biggest supporters. 

Within his own backyard, 

Zawrazky also 

caught the attention of 

the New Trier Green level 

hockey team. Not long after 

recapping a few of their 

games, the team asked Zawrazky 

to become their 

official public address announcer. 

“The entire team has 

taken me in as family. 

Usually, guys like me who 

don’t skate aren’t in the 

mix, but these guys have 

treated me like a teammate,” 

Zawrazky said. 

“They’ve even given me a 

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addition.” 

Since then, Zawrazky 

has developed a facet of 

the Tomahawk Roundup, 

called “Road to the 

States” which talks about 

the team’s journey to state 

championship games. 

Recently, he even broadcasted 

his program from 

the United Center’s press 

box, during a game played 

between New Trier Green 

and Loyola Gold. 

New Trier hockey captain 

Brian Dolby applauds 

Zawrazky’s success, 

thrilled to have him as an 

official part of the team. 

“Frank has impacted us 

tremendously. It’s great 

to know that he cares so 

much about us and our 

sport,” Dolby said. “We 

love to give back to Frank 

and recognize him as an 

official part of our team.” 

For Zawrazky, the sky 

is the limit and the word 

“no” is not in his vocabulary. 

He credits his passion 

and his determination for 

his success. 

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answer. To land the interview, 

I’ve learned to try a 

variety of techniques and 

build rapport with those in 

the field,” Zawrazky said. 

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believe I will get any interview 

I set my sights on.” 

This determination has 

landed Zawrazky an interview 

with NHL bad 

boy, Sean Avery, and a 

coveted opportunity to air 

a broadcast with Kirby 

Dach, who he interviewed 

prior to Dach joining the 

Blackhawks. NHL rules 

typically do not allow the 

airing of such an interview, 

however, Zawrazky, approached 

the right people 

at the right time, earning 

the approval to run Dach’s 

interview on the Tomahawk 

Roundup. 

As a member of the debate 

team too, Zawrazky 

says he applies his determination 

and gift for gab 

to all facets of his life, noting 

how both endeavors 

have taught him valuable 

life lessons. 

“What I’ve learned is 

that you need to really 

think about where you 

put your energy, because 

if you put your energy in 

the right place, you are 

going to get big results,” 

Zawrazky said. “I’ve also 

learned how to prioritize 

myself and my goals and 

how to earn other people’s 

respect. I take what I do 

very seriously and I’m so 

happy to see how far the 

Tomahawk Roundup has 

come and I’m even more 

excited to see where it will 

go.” 

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and south between Harlem 

CTA and Glenview 

and there are riders that 

use Route 423 to move 

east and west between the 

Linden CTA and the Glen 

of North Glenview. 

As a result, they said, 

on-time performance has 

been an issue on route 423, 

thus leading to Pace officials 

recommending the 

Route 423 be split into two 

separate routes. 

Officials reiterated that 

the proposals are just that, 

proposals, and they are to 

be implemented in August 

2020. Their goals are to 

focus on demand, create 

a stronger grid, grow ridership, 

shift resources to 

more passengers and serve 

new connections and new 

markets. 

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New Trier set to celebrate 100th anniversary of choir program 

Aaron Dorman 


In April of 1920, New 

Trier High School’s Choir 

Opera program performed 

their first musical, “H.M.S. 

Pinafore.” 

One hundred years later, 

the musical theater department 

is giving a special 

performance of “Jesus 

Christ Superstar” that will 

be the largest production in 

the program’s history, with 

more than 200 student performers 

between the orchestra, 

cast and crew. 

“Our production is 

unique,” said David Ladd, 

department chair, at the 

Tuesday, Feb. 18 New 

Trier District 203 Board of 

Education meeting. 

Ladd made the unusual 

decision to include both 

the chamber and symphony 

orchestras in their production. 

“We’re actually putting 

the orchestra on stage and 

bringing the set down into 

the pit, so it’s going to be 

much closer to the audience,” 

Ladd said. 

Ladd promised a “super 

exciting” take on the 

show itself, which is now 

50 years old, in a genderswapped 

casting of several 

roles, including Judas, the 

play’s sympathetic antagonist, 

who will be played 

by New Trier student Sara 

Bunge. Bunge sang the 

opening number, “Heaven 

on Their Mind,” for attendees 

of the meeting. 

The show will be performed 

at New Trier High 

School March 5-8: 7 p.m. 

performances Thursday 

through Saturday, and a 2 

p.m. Sunday matinee. 

Social Emotional Learning 

[hed] 

As part of both the district’s 

2019-2020 annual 

plan and the New Trier 

2030 long-term vision, Assistant 

Superintendent for 

Special Education Joanne 

Panopoulos gave a presentation 

on efforts for student 

social and emotional 

learning. 

“Our core belief is that 

SEL is as important for our 

future success as intellectual 

development,” Panopoulos 

said. “Similar to 

the content areas in which 

we teach, our staff cannot 

teach and model SEL for 

our students if they do not 

have an understanding of 

their own social-emotional 

skills.” 

The district committee 

responsible for implementing 

an SEL model — New 

Trier has been utilizing the 

framework created by The 

Collaborative for Academic, 

Social, and Emotional 

Learning — is still in the 

goal-setting stage. Panopoulos 

said the aim is to 

have a township CASEL 

training in June, at the end 

of the school year. 

One tool the committee 

found helpful was a selfassessment 

for New Trier 

teachers and staff, which 

was used during an SEL 

kick-off event in November, 

so they can see their 

strengths and limitations. 

“Sometimes when we 

are not so optimistic and 

we realize that we’re human,” 

Panopoulos said. 

“Things are an ebb and 

flow in these areas, but 

having an understanding 

and awareness [of that] 

could impact the work that 

you’re doing.” 

Superintendent Paul 

Sally said the committee 

was thinking about how 

practices of SEL can connect 

with current practices 

in the classroom. According 

to Sally, departments 

will start tailoring the concept 

of SEL to specific curriculums, 

and over the next 

few years the school district 

hopes to have screeners 

for students as well, but 

a pilot project would have 

to be developed first. 

“This work only really 

happens when it happens 

in the classroom and continues 

with students,” Sally 

said. 

New Trier student Sara Bunge (left) and David Ladd, 

musical theater department chairman, meet up at the 

Feb. 18 New Trier District 203 Board of Education 

meeting. Aaron Dorman/22nd Century Media 

Connecting with young 

families 

Nicole Dizon, director 

of communications, spoke 

briefly of the challenges 

with onboarding students 

into the high school program 

from private, center 

or homeschooling backgrounds. 

The strategic 

planning committee on 

Community Engagement 

wanted to hone in on families 

with younger children; 

students, now seniors, who 

were on the committee last 

year said they came from 

smaller center schools and 

that they just didn’t know 

what to expect when the 

got to New Trier. Dizon 

wanted future work to address 

myths and ease the 

transition. 

The committee has created 

a new publication, 

“Getting to Know New 

Trier High School.” that 

was published in January. 

Leadership at New Trier 

As part of the annual 

plan, Northfield Campus 

Principal Paul Waechtler 

touted the school’s student 

leadership opportunities, 

as well as staff members, 

some of whom have written 

for the AP tests, and 

participated in state and 

national conferences. 

Full story at Wilmette- 

BeaconDaily.com. 

School News 

Miami University 

Wilmette students make 

president’s list 

Elizabeth Test and 

Adrien Lana, both of Wilmette, 

were named to the 

president’s list for the first 

semester of the 2019-2020 

school year. 

Residents make dean’s list 

Ramata Dumbuya, of 

Kenilworth, and Noelle 

Dondanville, of Wilmette, 

made the dean’s list 

for the first semester of the 

2019-2020 school year. 

Michigan state University 

Wilmette student makes 

dean’s list 

Liz Trusnky, of Wilmette, 

was named to the 

dean’s list for the fall 

2018 and 2019 semesters. 

A graduate of New Trier 

High School, Trunsky will 

graduate with a degree in 

criminology, with an emphasis 

in forensics, this 

spring. 

Georgia Tech 

Kenilworth resident named 

to dean’s list 

Katherine Genty, of 

Kenilworth, made the 

dean’s list for the fall 2019 

semester. 

University of Alabama 


president’s list 

Nathan Yamaguchi, of 

Wilmette, was named to 

the president’s list for the 

fall 2019 semester. 

Marquette University 

Wilmette resident named 


Nicholas Bruns, of Wilmette, 


for the fall 2019 semester. 

Bruns is majoring in biomedical 

engineering. 

Cornell College 


dean’s list 

Beth Brown, of Wilmette, 



semester with high honors. 


Tufts University 

Kenilworth resident named 


Jacob Choi, of Kenilworth 

made the dean’s 

list for the fall 2019 semester. 

Wheaton College 


dean’s list 

Karsten Mohn, of Wilmette, 



semester. 

University of Rhode Island 

Wilmette students named 


Kaitlyn Burgess and 

Gillian Klise, both of Wilmette, 


for the fall 2019 semester. 

Emerson College 

Wilmette resident makes 

dean’s list 

Finnegan Wagstaff, of 

Wilmette, was named to 

the dean’s list for the fall 

2019 semester. 

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by Editor Eric DeGrechie. 

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A Word From The (Former) President 


More news flashes from days of yore 

John Jacoby 

Contributing Columnist 

• July 13, 1913: Johnnie 

Hirsch, 17, of 1729 Elmwood 

Avenue, Wilmette, 

surrendered to Los Angeles 

police. He’s enamored of 

“pretty Cora Richards,” 16, 

a Wilmette neighbor, but 

his warm feelings aren’t 

reciprocated. Several 

weeks ago, he vented his 

frustration assaulting a 

Richards family member 

with a deadly weapon, and 

then he disappeared after 

being charged. Now, he 

wants to return to face the 

charges, but only if he’s 

allowed to marry Cora. 

Her family says she’s “perfectly 

willing to let Hirsch 

languish in Los Angeles.” 

• August 12, 1916: Thirteen 

Evanston beachgoers, 

led by Philip Danielson, 

23, were the latest targets 

of Wilmette’s beach 

rules. Pearl Martin, 35, of 

1046 Elmwood Avenue 

(called “the Mayoress of 

Wilmette” by disgruntled 

beachgoers), heads up the 

Beach Improvement Association, 

which operates the 

village’s only public beach 

at Lake Avenue. To assure 

the wholesomeness of the 

operation, the Association 

enforces strict rules, one 

of which requires bathers 

to store their outer clothing 

in wire baskets at the 

beach house, for which a 

fee of 50 cents is charged. 

Mr. Danielson and his 

group, seeing no need for 

these facilities, deposited 

their outer clothing on the 

sand. The garments were 

confiscated by guards, 

who refuse to return them 

until the fee is paid. It’s 

rumored that the Evanstonians 

plan to bring larceny 

charges against the guards. 

Mrs. Martin is adamant in 

support of the guards and 

adds, “Besides, I don’t like 

being called the mayoress 

of Wilmette.” 

• August 15, 1916: Philip 

Grau, 34, of 925 Elmwood 

Avenue, Wilmette, was prevented 

by Park District police 

from visiting the beach 

at Lake Avenue while wearing 

a raincoat over his bathing 

attire. Several days ago, 

beach guards cried foul 

when Mr. Grau removed 

the trousers he was wearing 

over his bathing suit and 

handed them to his wife for 

safekeeping. “What’s a man 

to do?” asked Mr. Grau. 

“He can’t wear trousers and 

he can’t wear a raincoat. 

. . . Does he have to pay 

50 cents for swimming in 

a lake that belongs to the 

public, but which Mrs. 

Martin is now czar of?” Mr. 

Grau, an attorney, wonders 

“whether Mrs. Martin is 

really the new “mayoress 

of Wilmette” and where she 

gets her authority for [the 

clothing rule].” 

• October 27, 1917: 

James McGauran, 22, and 

Germaine Rondenet, 18, 

Wilmette sweethearts since 

childhood, were married 

this morning. The groom 

recently enlisted in the 

U.S. Navy. He’s stationed 

at Great Lakes. His parents, 

Richard and Nellie 

McGauran, 1142 Isabella 

Street, have ten sons, six 

of whom serve in the U.S. 

armed forces. Nellie Mc- 

Gauran recently received 

a letter from President 

Woodrow Wilson, praising 

her for the sacrifice she’s 

making to the U.S. war 

effort through the service 

of her sons. 

• July 24, 1919: The 

problem of “automobile 

parties” at the Wilmette 

beach persists. Groups of 

Chicagoans undress in their 

cars and invade the park 

and beach, much to the annoyance 

of Wilmette beachgoers. 

In response, Village 

President Edward Zipf, 55, 

of 925 Lake Avenue, and 

Marion White, 44, of 1021 

Central Avenue, “beach 

chair” of the Wilmette 

Woman’s Club, have posted 

these rules: No undressing 

on the beach. No walking 

or lounging in the park in 

Pearl Martin, called “mayoress” and “czarina” of 

Wilmette, was criticized for strictly enforcing the 

beach rules. She’s shown in this c. 1911 photo with 

her children, George (right) and Mary. Some folks 

attributed her death in 1917 at age 36 to the stress she 

felt as chief enforcer. Photo courtesy of the Wilmette 

Historical Museum 

bathing suits. No strewing 

garments on the sand; they 

must be placed in lockers; 

and the locker fee must be 

paid. 

• July 29, 1919: The 

Wilmette Park Board, in 

consultation with members 

of the Wilmette Woman’s 

Club, issued an edict 

prohibiting beachgoers 

from eating lunch in their 

swimming suits on the 

public beach. Bathers must 

change into acceptable 

dining attire if they wish 

to eat. The new rule targets 

Chicagoans holding beach 

parties on the sand. The 

Woman’s Club will also 

station a bathing suit censor 

at the beach to stop the 

overexposure of epidermis. 

THE WINNETKA CURRENT 

Separation agreement 

OK’d for former director 

Wolf 

The Winnetka-Northfield 

Library Board board 

approved a separation 

agreement with former 

library director Rebecca 

Wolf at its Monday, Feb. 

17, meeting, although it 

didn’t provide details on 

the agreement. 

“This is a personnel 

matter, so there will be no 

further comments from 

the board,” Board President 

Jean-Paul Ruiz-Funes 

said. 

Reporting by Todd Marver, 

Freelance Reporter. Full 

story at WinnetkaCurrent. 

com. 

THE GLENCOE ANCHOR 

Glencoe Park Board 

approves contract for 

Connect Glencoe Trail 

project 

The Glencoe Park District 

Board approved an 

$80,045 contract with 

Christopher B. Burke Engineering 

to provide oversight 

for the design of the 

Connect Glencoe Trail 

project. 

The board made the approval 

— four out of five 

of the board members were 

present as Michael Covery 

was absent — at its regular 

meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 

18. 

Christopher B. Burke 

Engineering LLC is now 

the lead construction engineering 

firm on the project 

and Altamanu will act as 

the sub-contractor for the 

scope of the agreement 

and the primary design 

firm for the construction of 

Duke Playground. 

Reporting by Christa Rooks, 


story at GlencoeAnchor- 

Daily.com. 

THE NORTHBROOK TOWER 

District 30 names former 

educator Sam Kurtz next 

Maple School principal 

Sam Kurtz’s career as 

an educator has come full 

circle. 

After starting his career 

as a sixth-grade science 

teacher at Maple School, 

he is returning to Maple 

School to serve as its new 

principal. 

Reporting by Neil Milbert, 


story at NorthbrookTower- 

Daily.com. 

THE LAKE FOREST LEADER 

Aldermen recognize young 

artists, receive recognition 

The Lake Forest City 

Council celebrated the 

13th annual Emerging Artists 

Awards at its regular 

meeting Monday, Feb. 18. 

Aldermen and Mayor 

George Pandaleon presented 

awards to the students 

participating in the 

Emerging Artist Exhibit to 

celebrate their work. 

The exhibit, hosted by 

The Deer Path Art League 

and The Gallery restaurant, 

has been around 

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From the Sports EDITOR 

New Trier offers students exciting opportunity 

Michael Wojtychiw 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com 

Earlier this month, 

New Trier students 

had the opportunity 

to attend the Iowa Caucus 

in Bettendorf, Iowa. The 

130 A.P. Government 

students got the chance 

to witness what happens 

during a caucus and talk 

to local residents and 

others in Iowa about what 

it means to be in a state 

that goes through a voting 

process like this one. 

No, this isn’t going to 

be a political editorial, 

it’s about the opportunity 

these students got, 

one that probably most 

don’t get a chance to ever 

receive. 

No matter what side 

of the political spectrum 

you lean, it’s really 

awesome to see that in 

today’s world, high school 

students have the interest 

to go see how one’s civic 

duty happens in an area 

different than the one in 

their suburb or county. 

The experience also lets 

the students to understand 

the caucus process, its 

complexities, how big it is 

and its significance. 

I saw that some other 

Chicago-area schools offered 

this opportunity to 

its students and give credit 

to the schools for giving 

their students these opportunities. 

It really shows 

how today’s teenagers 

still have a broad range 

of interests and that the 

schools they attend are not 

only listening to what the 

kids have to say, but also 

allowing them to pursue 

those interests as well. 

Wilmette Public Schools posted this photo on 

Feb. 21 with the caption: 

“How do you spell amazing? A-A-R-O-N! After 

32 rounds of competition against finalists 

from school districts around the state, eighth 

grader Aaron Chang won first place at the 

10th annual Regional ISC Spelling Bee last 

night. He will head to the National Scripps 

Spelling Bee in Washington D.C.!” 

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home residents will receive their first water 

bill with the new stormwater utility fee by 

late April. Multi-family and non-residential 

properties’ bills have been delayed.” @ 

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1997 

An intriguing number from this week’s edition 

Year Kenilworth became member 

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From Page 19 

since the 1950s, honoring 

young, talented artists. 

The exhibit runs to Saturday, 

Feb. 29, at The 

Gallery, showcasing the 

outstanding artwork of 

students from preschool 

through high school in 

the Lake Forest and Lake 

Bluff communities. 

Reporting by Stephanie 

Carlson, Freelance Reporter. 

Full story at LakeForestLeaderDaily.com. 

THE GLENVIEW LANTERN 

Glenview trustees give 

first approval for Drake 

Group complex 

After more than four 

hours of discussion, the 

Glenview Village Board 

signaled its support Tuesday, 

Feb. 18, for a plan to 

redevelop the former Bess 

Hardware property. 

Trustees voted 4-2 in 

favor of approving the 

Drake Group’s proposal 

for a five-story apartment 

complex at 1850 Glenview 

Road. Trustees Mike Jenny, 

John Hinkamp, Karim 

Khoja and Chuck Gitles 

voted to approve the proposal, 

while Trustees Mary 

Cooper and Deborah Karton 

voted against it. 

The Drake Group has 

proposed to build a fivestory 

mixed-use complex 

with 68 housing units — 

four studio apartments, 6 

three-bedroom apartments 

and the remainder split between 

one- and two-bedroom 

apartments — and a 

retail establishment on the 

ground floor. 

The Glenview Village 

Board sold the former 

Bess Hardware site to the 

Drake Group in June 2018 

for $1.8 million, a year 

after the village had purchased 

the property for 

$2.25 million. 

Reporting by Jason Addy, 

Contributing Editor. Full 

story at GlenviewLantern- 

Daily.com. 

THE HIGHLAND PARK LANDMARK 

NSSD112 board to vote on 

before- and after-school 

program agreement 

The North Shore School 

District 112 Board of Education 

discussed a licensing 

agreement with Innovation 

Learning LLC to 

continue working with the 

company to provide an onsite 

before- and afterschool 

program for the seven district 

elementary schools at 

its Tuesday, Feb. 18, regular 

board meeting. 

The total enrollment in 

the programs is 1,081 students 

at all seven schools. 

The original agreement 

with Innovation Learning 

was approved on Jan. 

29, 2019, and was for one 

year. 

After reviewing the results 

of a satisfaction survey 

to families who used 

the service, it was recommended 

to the district to 

renew the licensing agreement 

for the 2020-2021 

school year. 

At the end of that year, 

the board will again decide 

to renew or end the licensing 

agreement. 

“We want to continue 

to support our working 

families with an affordable 

option,” District 112 

Chief Financial Officer 

Christopher Wildman said 

during a presentation on 

the agreement recommendation 

at the Feb. 18 meeting. 

The main point of discussion 

was how much 

of an increase in program 

fees to charge. 

Innovation Learning 

requested a 3.5 percent 

increase in program fees 

to help the company offer 

competitive salaries to employees. 

Wildman said the district 

could offer 2.3 percent. 

Reporting by Erin Yarnall, 

Contributing Editor. Full story 

at HPLandmarkDaily.com. 

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‘Reduce your impact on Earth’ 

All-vegan dining options can be found throughout North Shore, Pages 28-29 

FROM TOP LEFT(Clockwise): Jennifer Malone (left), of 

Northbrook’s School of Rock, talks about camps with 

Shannon Qi, of Wilmette, and her mother, Han, during the 

annual 22nd Century Media North Shore Camp Expo Saturday, 

Feb. 22, at Northbrook Court. Photos by Eric DeGrechie/22nd 

Century Media Bodhi Hodari (left), 4, of Deerfield, meets 

Bubba, a pig, and Jeff Lorenz, of Swift Nature Camp. 

Rachel Chase (center) and Moira Gitau, of Wilmette’s Baker 

Demonstration School discuss camps. 

Annual 22CM expo 

promotes all things camping, 

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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. Rental units, abbr. 

5. Tangelo fruit 

9. “I can take ___!” 

14. Artsy Manhattan 

area 

15. Dr. Chomsky 

16. Cow part 

17. Messes up 

18. Fasten a coat 

19. Gray 

20. Top card 

21. New Trier girls 

basketball coach, Teri 

23. Chrysler engine 

25. Old audio system 

26. Hole-making 

device 

29. S. American tubers 

32. Baseball’s Guerrero 

and Martinez 

34. Old Testament 

book 

38. Humorist Bombeck 

39. In order (to) 

40. Out of favor (with) 

42. Vessel 

43. Undercover device 

44. Glencoe neighborhood 

spot serving 

coffee and juice 

46. Stag’s topper 

49. Armstrong’s landing 

site 

50. Unspecified numerical 

power 

51. Dudley Do-Right’s 

org. 

54. Greek salad cheese 

57. Stork 

60. Century, for example 

62. Ray Bradbury 

genre 

66. Sock annoyance 

67. Dollar bills 

68. Korean or Pakistani 

69. “Why should ___ 

you?” 

70. P.D.Q., on “ER” 

71. Actor Michael __ 

72. Mount Olympus 

dwellers 

73. Home of the Kon- 

Tiki Museum 

1. In a muddle 

2. Veranda 

3. Musketeer number 

4. Cry for assistance 

5. Reverse 

6. “Hey __ Looking”... 

7. Respond to a joke 

8. L’Enfant Plaza 

designer 

9. Melbourne native, 

for short 

10. The good cholesterol 

11. Snake R. state 

12. After expenses 

13. Risk 

21. Pilaf base 

22. Request to a vendor, 

abbr. 

24. Choice bit 

26. Pointer 

27. “Pretty ____” 

movie starring Richard 

Gere 

28. Future atty.’s exam 

30. Friend of Nancy 

31. Math term 

33. Fillet 

34. It allows for movement 

35. Third rock from 

the sun 

36. Blood letters 

37. “Mad Men” star Jon 

39. Trumpeting creature 

41. In excelsis ___ 

45. Soybean curd 

47. Weasel, in winter 

48. Electronics company 

52. Boris and Natasha’s 

boss 

53. Saint in Brazil 

55. Campgrounds’ 

abodes 

56. ‘He’s ___ nowhere 

man’ 

58. Produced 

59. Dinner scraps 

61. Regarding 

62. Bunt, on a scorecard 

63. Robert E. Lee’s side 

64. Son of a son 

65. Stir up 

67. Spanish for bear 

Let’s see what’s on 

Schedule for Wilmette Community Television – Channel 6 

Thursday, Feb. 27 

4 p.m. Illinois Channel 

Programming 

6 p.m. Coach’s Corner 

7 p.m. Village Board 

Meeting 

10:30 p.m. School Board 

Meeting 

Friday, Feb. 28–Sunday, 

March 1 


6 p.m. School Board 

Meeting 

8 p.m. Village Board 

Meeting 

Monday, March 2 


Programming 


9 p.m. WPD Ice Show 

2019 

Tuesday, March 3 

5 p.m. NSSC Men’s Club 

Program 



Programming 

9 p.m. WPD Ice Show 

2019 

Wednesday, March 4 

2:30 p.m. Illinois 

Channel Programming 

4:30 p.m. S.G. School 

District 39 Board No. 1 

(Live) 

6 p.m. S.G. School 

District 39 Board No. 2 

(Live) 

7:30 p.m. Zoning Board 

of Appeals (Live) 

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has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of 

3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column 

and box must contain each of the numbers 

1 to 9. 

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Camp Expo gives parents, kids options for the summer 

Eric DeGrechie 

Editor 

They say variety is the 

spice of life. 

It can also be an important 

factor when it comes 

to selecting a camp as 

evidenced by the number 

of different vendors at the 

sixth annual 22nd Century 

Media Camp Expo, 

held Saturday, Feb. 22, at 

Northbrook Court. 

The event, sponsored 

by Lake Forest’s Banner 

Day Camp as well as 

Glenview’s Sports & Ortho 

Physical Therapy and 

Sports Medicine, offered 

more than 50 camps from 

across the Midwest region 

and beyond. 

“We had the most attendees 

ever for this event. 

There’s definitely something 

for everybody,” said 

Heather Warthen, chief 

events officer of 22nd 

Century Media. “We offer 

sports camps. We’ve 

seen an uptick in STEM 

camps. There are a lot of 

art camps. It’s really nice 

to have that variety.” 

22nd Century Media is 

the parent company of The 

Wilmette Beacon. 

The 22CM Camp Expo 

gives businesses a chance 

to meet potential camp attendees 

and for a handful 

of children-focused local 

businesses to connect with 

camping families. The 

event features a variety of 

camps from day camps and 

overnight camps to sports 

camps and arts camps, as 

well as interactive activities 

for children and teens. 

“Summer will be here 

before you know it. We always 

hold this near the end 

of February to give parents 

some options for what to 

do with their kids in the 

summer, but also yearround,” 

Warthen said. “It’s 

Wei Yu (left), of Wilmette, talks with Steve Ott, of Highland Park’s Foss Swim School, 

during the annual 22nd Century Media North Shore Camp Expo Saturday, Feb. 22, at 

Northbrook Court. Photos by Eric DeGrechie/22nd Century Media 

a great one-stop shop as 

one of the attendees said.” 

The first 200 attendees 

received a free drawstring 

backpack, courtesy of 

Sports & Ortho Physical 

Therapy and Sports Medicine. 

There was also a free 

photo booth, courtesy of 

PlayGround Games. In addition, 

free face painting 

and a balloon artist were 

also in attendance. 

Ryan Callahan, of Lake 

Forest’s Banner Day 

Camp, met with expo attendees 

at his booth and 

walked them through all 

the camp’s offerings. 

“We have a ton of different 

activities. We swim 

every day. We feed them 

lunch,” Callahan said of 

his camp, which offers 

programming for children 

between the ages of 3 and 

12. “We have a door-todoor 

bus service. Parents 

have been enjoying hearing 

information about the 

camp.” 

A popular option among 

young people for camps 

are those that offer music 

Pete Kovacevich, of Gala Events Entertainment, makes 

a balloon creation. 

instruction like School of 

Rock, which will open in 

Northbrook in April, and 

Glenview’s Twelve Tone 

Music School. 

“All of my kids play 

instruments,” said Han 

Qi, of Wilmette, who was 

shopping around with her 

daughter, Shannon, a student 

at Wilmette Junior 

High School. “We thought 

this might be a fit for us.” 

John Lonergan, owner 

of Twelve Tone Music 

School, was appreciative 

of the foot traffic that the 

expo provided for his business. 

“What’s unique about 

us is we try to pair the 

instrument together with 

the campers. We do learn 

popular songs, but one of 

our focuses is teaching 

kids the skills they need 

to make their own music,” 

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Owner John Lonergan (left) and Rudy Bless, of 

Glenview’s Twelve Tone Music talk to expo attendees. 

Alex Barysenka, 6, of Buffalo Grove, gets his 

face painted by Barb Kovacevich, of Gala Events 

Entertainment. 

Logan Langballe (left), of Northbrook, and Vikas Auluck, 

both of the American Youth Soccer Organization, 

representing Glencoe and Winnetka, discuss camps 

with Steven and Iris Tran, of Lake Forest.

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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. 

Winnetka Covenant Church (1200 

Hibbard Road, Wilmette) 

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. 

Trinity United Methodist Church (1024 

Lake Ave., Wilmette) 

Weekly Taizé Services 

Weekly 40-minute 

meditative worship services 

in the style of Taizé 

will be offered at Trinity 

United Methodist Church 

at 7 p.m. on the following 

Thursdays: Mar. 5, 12, 

19, 26 and Apr. 2. Services 

will include the singing 

of short Taizé choruses, 

a scripture reading, ten 

minutes of silence, candlelighting, 

and the sacrament 

of communion. All are 

welcome. 

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) 

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. 

Saints Joseph and Francis Xavier Parish 

St. Joseph Catholic Church (1747 Lake 

Ave., Wilmette) 

Sunday Mass 

Sunday Masses are held 

at 8 and 10:30 a.m. and 6 

p.m. 

St. Francis Xavier (524 9th St., 

Wilmette) 

Mass Schedule 

Saturday: 5 p.m. 

Sunday: 9:30 a.m., 10:15 

a.m. (in school building), 

11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. 

(Youth Mass when in session) 

Submit information for 

The Beacon’s Faith page 

to Michael Wojtychiw at 

m.wojtychiw@22ndcentury 

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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 

Wilmette Historical 

Museum 

(609 Ridge Road) 

■1 ■ p.m. Sunday, March 

1: Exhibit Opening: Wilmette 

Women Breaking 

the Glass Ceiling 

Wilmette Theatre 

(1122 Central Ave.) 

■Feb. ■ 29 and March 

1: Chicago Irish Film 

Festival 

Wilmette Center for the 

Arts 

(3000 Glenview Road) 

■Performances ■ 

starting 

March 6, running until 

March 15: “Freaky 

Friday, the Musical” 

KENILWORTH 

Kenilworth Assembly Hall 

(410 Kenilworth Ave.) 

■6:30 ■ p.m. Saturday, 

Feb. 29: Trivia Game 

Night 

NORTHBROOK 

Pinstripes 

(1150 Willow Road, 

(847) 480-2323) 

■From ■ open until close 

all week: bowling and 

bocce 

Glenbrook North High 

School 

(2300 Shermer Road) 

■6:30 ■ p.m. Thursday, 

Feb. 27: Winter Sports 

Awards Night 

Village Presbyterian 

Church 

(1300 Shermer Road) 

■7:30 ■ a.m. Saturday, 

March 7: Annual Pancake 

festival 

River Trail Nature Center 

(3120 Milwaukee Ave.) 

■11 ■ a.m. Sunday March 

15: Maple Syrup 

Festival 

GLENVIEW 

Johnny’s Kitchen 

(1740 Milwaukee Ave. 

(847) 699-9999) 

■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday 

and Saturday: Live 

Music 

Oil Lamp Theater 

(1723 Glenview Road) 

■Running ■ until March 1: 

Jake’s Women 

Potato Creek Johnny’s 

(1850 Waukegan Road) 

■8 ■ p.m. Saturday, Feb. 

29: What Happens 

On Leap Day, Stays In 

Leap Day! 

Ten Ninety Brewing Co. 

(1025 N. Waukegan 

Road, (224) 432-5472) 

■7-9 ■ p.m. every Thursday: 

Trivia Night 

LAKE FOREST 

The Gorton Center (John 

and Nancy Hughes 

Theater) 

(400 East Illinois Road) 

■7:30 ■ p.m. Friday, Feb. 

28: Open Mic Night 

First Presbyterian Church 

of Lake Forest 

(700 Sheridan Road) 

■10 ■ a.m. Saturday, Feb. 

29: Tiffany Stained 

Glass Window Tour 

with Paul Bergmann 

Lake Forest Rec Center 

(400 Hastings Road) 

■9 ■ a.m. March 7: Mother 

and Son Pancake 

Breakfast 

Cressey Center for the 

Arts 

(1500 Kennedy Road) 

■5 ■ p.m. Saturday, March 

14: Lake Forest Dance 

Academy Benefit: Passion 

to Dance 

■■ 

To place an event in The 

Scene, email martin@northbrooktower.com. 

Full listings 

at WilmetteBeaconDaily.com. 

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The Foss Swim School, 

located in Highland Park, 

teaches children as young 

as 6 months to appreciate 

swimming and water 

while also being safe. The 

school offers two camping 

options in the summer — 

two-week and four-week. 

“We teach the kids the importance 

of laughter. Once 

they’re able to have fun and 

let their guards down a little 

bit, they’re able to build 

confidence,” said Steve Ott, 

school director. 

The Baker Demonstration 

School is a nationally 

recognized private 

school in Wilmette. With 

their presence at the expo, 

school representatives 

were looking to bring 

awareness to the camps 

Baker offers. 

“We’re currently a small 

camp looking to grow 

some more. Our camp is 

taught by Baker teachers 

and staff,” said Rachel 

Chase, middle school 

physical education teacher 

at Baker. “Each week, 

there’s a different theme 

for our preK through 

eighth-grade students.” 

Attendees Steven and 

Iris Tran, of Lake Forest 

were looking for sports 

camp options for their 

boys, ages 4 and 7. They 

inquired about the American 

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servicing players in 

Winnetka and Glencoe. 

“Playing soccer is something 

I did growing up, so 

this camp could work for 

my sons,” Steven Han said. 

“We’ve also got a nephew 

visiting this summer from 

France, so we’re checking 

into overnight camps.” 

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Quick Bites: North Shore plant-based options 

Staff Report 

For the past six years, 

more than half a million 

people have spent the 

month of January abstaining 

from not only meat, 

but dairy as well, cutting 

all animal products out of 

their lives to take part in an 

all-vegan January. 

According to a study 

completed at Oxford University 

in 2018, avoiding 

meat and dairy is the “single 

biggest way to reduce 

your impact on Earth,” 

leading many people to 

make the switch to a vegan 

diet. 

It’s no longer January, 

but that doesn’t mean 

there’s not delicious vegan 

dining options throughout 

the North Shore. 

The staff at 22nd Century 

Media recently went out 

in search of some of the 

most delicious plant-based 

bites in the area. Whether 

you’re fully vegan, or just 

willing to take a chance, 

we hope you enjoy what 

we’ve come up with. 

Vegan Chorizo Tacos — 

Great Coast Commons, 

Kenilworth 

One of my favorite types 

of meat is chorizo, a spicy 

Spanish pork sausage. 

Whether for breakfast or 

dinner, when I’m at a Mexican 

or Spanish restaurant, 

I often order anything that 

features the delicious, 

smoky-flavored meat. 

Last month, Great Coast 

Commons opened in Kenilworth, 

giving the village 

its first full-service restaurant 

with a liquor license. 

When owner Chick Evans 

and chef Victor Hernandez 

told me about vegan chorizo 

tacos, I was a bit skeptical. 

It just didn’t seem 

possible that anyone could 

create a dish with such a 

specific taste as chorizo 

without using meat. 

I sure was wrong. 

Vegan chorizo tacos 

($3.50 each) are part of 

the starter menu at Great 

Coast Commons. The tacos 

are served in handmade 

blue corn tortillas, 

along with guacamole and 

toasted pumpkin seeds. 

“Basically, I wanted 

to recreate the taste of 

chorizo, but keep it vegetarian. 

It’s actually made 

with garbanzo beans and 

cooked in sunflower oil,” 

Hernandez said. “It’s then 

mixed with all the ingredients 

of chorizo.” 

Hernandez made sure 

to note that sunflower oil 

is an important part of the 

creative process because 

of the environmental benefits 

of the oil. 

After devouring a vegan 

chorizo taco, I can honestly 

say I couldn’t tell the 

difference. 

Great Coast Commons, 

414 Green Bay Road, Kenilworth, 

is open 3:30-9 

p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 

and 3:30-10 p.m. Friday- 

Saturday. For more information, 

visit greatcoastcommons.com. 

Story by Eric DeGrechie, 

Managing Editor. 

Veggie burger — The 

Mean Wiener, Highwood 

Highwood’s Mean Wiener 

is a beloved establishment, 

twisting the idea of 

a Chicago-style hot dog 

stand on its head as it also 

serves up Mexican classics. 

But it’s not necessarily 

known for its abundance 

of vegan options. 

Don’t count them out 

yet, though, because the 

Spirit Elephant’s mac ’n’ cheese ($12) has glutenfree 

roasted panko and polenta with pickled Fresno 

peppers. Megan Bernard/22nd Century Media 

restaurant does have one 

vegan option on its menu 

— the veggie burger. 

The restaurant’s veggie 

burger ($7.50) is a vegan 

patty that can be topped 

with ketchup, mustard, relish, 

onion, lettuce, tomato 

and a pickle. For an additional 

$2.45, the veggie 

burger can be made into a 

double burger. 

The vegan patty joins 

a host of other burger options 

at the restaurant, 

including a classic hamburger, 

cheeseburger and 

turkey burger options. 

The Mean Wiener is part 

of the Once Upon Family 

of Restaurants restaurant 

group, along with Highwood’s 

Lucky Fish. 

The Geffen family has 

been operating the The 

Once Upon Family of Restaurants 

in the Chicagoland 

area since 1982. The 

Mean Wiener is one of the 

more recent additions to 

the family’s eateries. It’s 

been serving up its fusion 

of Chicago and Mexican 

classics since 2013. The 

restaurant was opened in 

the same spot that the Geffen 

family previously ran 

Catering by Once Upon, 

which closed in 2009. 

The Mean Wiener is 

located at 532 Sheridan 

Road in Highwood, and 

is open every day from 10 

a.m.-9 p.m. 

Story by Erin Yarnall, Contributing 

Editor. 

Mac ’n’ cheese — Spirit 

Elephant, Winnetka 

Winnetka’s new restaurant, 

Spirit Elephant, is a 

completely plant-based, 

vegan establishment. 

Priding itself on this special 

niche, it offers a variety 

of dinner dishes, including 

shareables, bowls, 

soups, salads and prime 

cuts, without any animal 

products whatsoever. 

Owner CD Young said 

the restaurant has been doing 

well so far after opening 

earlier this year and 

expects to eventually start 

serving lunch too. 

“We are really overwhelmed 

with the response 

from the community,” she 

said. 

I visited the restaurant 

last week to check in and 

try out a sharable dish, and 

I couldn’t pass up a veganstyle 

mac ’n’ cheese. 

Spirit Elephant’s mac ’n’ 

The vegan chorizo tacos ($3.50 each) at Kenilworth’s 

Great Coast Commons feature hand-made blue corn 

tortillas, guacamole and toasted pumpkin seed. 22nd 

Century Media File Photo 

cheese ($12) has glutenfree 

roasted panko and polenta 

with pickled Fresno 

peppers. 

I never had anything 

like this before, so I wasn’t 

sure what to expect but I 

was delighted. The dish 

resembled a regular dish 

of macaroni — creamy 

and rich — but also had 

a nice spicy kick with the 

peppers. 

Chef Renan Lopes said 

it’s his take on traditional 

mac ’n’ cheese with the 

restaurant’s “secret cheese 

sauce” and oat milk for 

texture. There is also a 

gluten-free macaroni option, 

he said. 

Other shareables include 

cauliflower wings (most 

ordered appetizer), land 

scallops (seared zucchini), 

cheese fondue, spring rolls 

and more. 

Spirit Elephant is located 

at 924 Green Bay 

Road, Winnetka. It’s open 

for dinner only from 4-10 

p.m. Monday, Wednesday 

and Thursday (closed 

Tuesday); 4-11 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 

and 4-9:30 

p.m. Sunday. A new happy 

hour from 4-5 p.m. is now 

running with a limited bar 

menu and drink specials. 


visit spiritelephantrestaurant.com. 

Story by Megan Bernard, 

Contributing Editor. 

Vegan Gyro Bowl — 

Forest Greens Juice Bar, 

Lake Bluff 

When thinking of gyros, 

the traditional Greek dish, 

one probably doesn’t think 

of it being vegan, since it’s 

made with meat. 

But Forest Greens Juice 

Bar, which opened last 

year in Lake Bluff, has 

a vegan friendly version 

with its vegan gyro bowl 

($8.50). 

As someone who is half- 

Greek and loves gyros, I 

couldn’t wait to try this 

vegan version. 

Forest Greens owner 

Annemarie Ranallo said 

Lake Bluff and Lake Forest 

have plenty of people 

who want to see vegan options, 

and many of the restaurant’s 

menu items are 

vegan friendly. 

“Everything we make, 

we also try to do a vegan 

option,” she said. “We 

have a chicken gyro bowl,

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dangle the carrot toward veganism on local level 

and since we have so many 

vegans, we took out the 

chicken and added chickpeas 

instead.” 

In addition to chickpeas, 

the vegan gyro bowl contains 

cucumbers, pickled 

onions, tomatoes, quinoa, 

and Forest Green’s own 

tzatziki sauce. 

The vegan gyro bowl 

can be ordered fresh or 

prepackaged. 

And as a traditional gyro 

lover, I can tell you I was 

not disappointed at all 

with the dish. It tasted delicious, 

and all the flavors 

came together nicely. 

Forest Greens Juice Bar 

is located at 123 N. Waukegan 

Road in Lake Bluff. 

It’s open 7:30 a.m.-5:30 

p.m. Monday-Friday, and 

8 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday. It’s 

closed on Sundays. 


visit forestgreensjuicebar. 

com. 

Story by Peter Kaspari, Contributing 

Editor 

Hummus — Guildhall, 

Glencoe 

Dips are a staple dish 

at almost every party and 

come in a variety of forms. 

There are queso dips, 

french onion dip, guacamole, 

the list goes on. My 

personal favorite is hummus. 

Guildhall, located in 

downtown Glencoe, has 

hummus on the share/appetizer 

section of its lunch 

and dinner menus. Guildhall’s 

hummus puts an 

exquisite spin on a party 

favorite, reconnecting it to 

authentic flavors. What’s 

even more special about 

this tasty starter is it’s 

vegan. 

“This isn’t just your average 

tub of hummus that 

you grab out of your fridge 

and eat with some carrot 

sticks,” Executive Chef 

Justin Large said. 

Large said eating Guildhall’s 

hummus stands out 

compared to others and is 

more like an event rather 

than something simply to 

start your lunch or dinner 

experience. 

“This is a dish that I really 

want people to be able dig 

into with the [grilled naan] 

that comes with it,” he said, 

adding that it most definitely 

is a “shareable” dish 

for everyone, not only those 

who are strictly vegan. 

The hummus is served 

with naan that is rolled out 

and grilled for each order 

of the appetizer which is 

topped with cauliflower, 

rapini, cherry tomatoes 

and za’atar. Large stressed 

the attention Guildhall put 

into the ingredients in the 

hummus, adhering to traditional 

Middle Eastern 

ingredients. 

It’s no wonder the hummus 

is a popular item on 

Guildhall’s menus. 

Story by Alex Ivanisevic, 

Contributing Editor 

Pad Thai — Thai Inbox, 

Glenview 

If you’re a vegan desperate 

to look at a menu 

and find more than just 

one or two options, look 

no further than Thai Inbox 

in Glenview. 

Unlike many restaurants 

in the Village, Thai Inbox’s 

menu has several pages of 

dishes that can easily be 

made to satisfy vegans’ 

culinary restrictions. 

Thai cuisine features a 

wide variety of vegetable-based 

meals, as many 

people in Thailand practice 

religions that forbid 

them from eating meat, 

according to Thai Inbox 

owner Chumpunut Ratchadapronvanich. 

Last week, I dropped 

by the restaurant to try 

the Pad Thai, a staple of 

Thai cuisine. Thai Inbox’s 

Pad Thai ($10) 

features almost a dozen 

vegetables cooked in a 

“sweet, sour, salty” sauce 

and served over a bed of 

rice noodles. 

To accommodate vegans, 

the restaurant makes 

its sauces using soy sauce 

in place of oyster or fish 

sauces, said Ratchadapronvanich, 

who also owns and 

operates the Thai Inbox 

location in Wilmette with 

her sister. 

The recipes at Thai Inbox 

are versions of their 

grandmother’s dishes, 

though many feature 

slightly different ingredients 

than would be found 

in authentic Thai dishes, 

Ratchadapronvanich said. 

Vegans can also opt to 

add one of a half-dozen appetizers 

to complete their 

meals, including chive 

dumplings, edamame and 

vegetable egg rolls. 

Thai Inbox, located at 

1417 Waukegan Road in 

the Glen Oak Plaza, is 

open from 11 a.m.-9 p.m. 

Monday-Friday and from 

noon-9 p.m. Saturdays and 

Sundays. 

Story by Jason Addy, Contributing 

Editor 

Vegan teriyaki tofu taco 

— Eataco, Northbrook 

Downtown Northbrook’s 

Eataco offers its 

diners a wide array of 

menu options, many of 

which can be customized 

and made vegan friendly. 

Among the restaurant’s 

most popular vegan options 

is its teriyaki tofu 

taco ($3.50), according 

to Serah Cicek, one of 

Eataco’s owners. 

The popular taco is 

served with a hearty portion 

of grilled teriyaki tofu, 

carrots, cabbage, cilantro 

“It gets really great feedback 

from everyone who 

orders it,” Cicek said. “It’s 

been a really well-received 

taco for us.” 

Cicek added the taco 

is topped off with ginger 

garlic bread crumbs, giving 

it a “really good fusion 

flavor.” 

Eataco also offers vegan 

friendly tostadas, nachos, 

Mexibowls and potato 

bowls, in addition to the 

several vegan friendly taco 

options on its menu. 

Cieck, a graduate of 

Glenbrook North High 

School, said Eataco will 

Eataco’s teriyaki tofu taco ($3.50) is served with a 

hearty portion of grilled teriyaki tofu, carrots, cabbage 

and cilantro. Martin Carlino/22nd Century Media. 

also be adding several 

more vegan friendly options 

in the near future. 

Eataco, located at 1350 

Shermer Road in downtown 

Northbrook, is open 

from 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Saturday 

and from 11 

Fanči Ivanka Ipavic 

Fanika “Fanči” Ivanka Ipavic (née Golob) died peacefully 

February 3, 2020 at the Glenview Terrace Nursing Center at 

the age of 93. Predeceased by her husband Teodor “Tedi,” she 

is survived by her daughter and son-in-law Leila and Stefan 

Knapp, her son Tibor Ipavic, and her daughter Dina Ipavic. 

Fanči will be lovingly remembered for her zest for life, generous 

spirit and tireless dedication to family and friends. Her family 

will hold a private memorial service and in lieu of flowers, we 

request that donations be made to Gillson Park where Fanči 

loved to walk. 

Please visit 

OuilmetteFoundation.org 

for details. 

a.m.-9 p.m. on Sunday. 

For more information, visit 

eataconow.com or call 

(847) 715-9367. 

Story by Martin Carlino, 

Contributing Editor.



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Athlete of the Week 

10 Questions 

with Rachel Zun 

The New Trier gymnast 

helped the trevians to fifth 

place at the state meet. 

When did you start 

gymnastics? 

I started when I was 2 

years old in toddler classes. 

Then I started more 

seriously when we moved 

to Wilmette and I was at 

the same gym until eighth 

grade. 

Do you have any 

superstitions before, 

during or after a 

meet? 

Our whole team is really 

superstitious. We don’t like 

to talk about postseason 

meets until we get there. I 

have my own rituals, too. 

Before my bar routine, I 

have to make sure I chalk 

up twice. Then, when the 

person is going before me 

I have to make sure I’m 

standing in the same spot 

that I started in. 

What’s the 

hardest part about 

gymnastics? 

It’s definitely more of a 

mental game than a physical 

game. I’ve learned how 

to stay mentally focused 

and really hone in on my 

training so I know I’m capable 

of what I can do. 

What’s the best part? 

It’s cool to see what 

your body can do and see 

how much I’ve grown in 

the past four years. Also, 

seeing how much I can 

push myself. 

If you could travel 

anywhere in the 

world, where would 

you go? 

Probably Barcelona. 

I’ve taken Spanish since 

kindergarten so it would 

be cool to use my skills, 

and it’s really pretty there. 

What’s your favorite 

restaurant and what’s 

your order? 

I really like trying out 

different restaurants, but 

Seasons 52 is probably my 

favorite. I get the filet mignon. 

We go there for any 

holidays or special occasions. 

If you could play 

another sport, what 

would you play and 

why? 

Tennis because during 

summers I play with 

my mom and some of my 

friends. It’s good to stay in 

shape and try something 

new. 

What’s been your 

favorite moment at 

New Trier? 

Getting second at state 

with my team last year. We 

knew we were capable of 

it so to see that come true 

was amazing. All our hard 

work was worth it. We had 

a special team bond and 

we saw everything come 

Photo Submitted 

full circle. 

What’s one item on 

your bucket list? 

I’d like to go skydiving. 

It surprises people because 

I’m kind of afraid of 

airplanes, but it would be 

cool to take control of that 

and jump out. 

What is the best 

advice you’ve ever 

gotten? 

Just to live in the moment 

and be present in everything 

you do. Sometimes 

I get ahead of myself and 

that keeps me grounded. 

Interview by Editor Megan 

Bernard 

The Varsity: North Shore Podcast 

Guys recap hoops, talk boys 

swimming, wrestling, girls gymnastics 

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 

catch up on everything 

going on with North 

Shore sports. They start 

off by recapping boys and 

girls basketball, hear from 

Loyola Academy boys basketball 

head coach Tom Livatino, 

way Way/No Way 

with boys basketball, recap 

state girls gymnastics and 

wrestling and talk about 

sectional boys swimming 

and diving. 

Girls basketball 

New Trier 71, Lane 41 

Tinah Hong scored 16 

points in a regional semifinal 

win Feb. 18 in Winnetka. 

gymnastics 

From Page 38 

Find the varsity 

Twitter: @ 

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Facebook: @ 

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Website: 

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Download: 

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First Quarter 

The guys start off the 

episode by recapping all of 

the hoops action. 

Second Quarter 

high school highlights 

The rest of the week in high school sports 

Loyola’s Livatino talks 

after his team competed 

for a conference title. 

Third Quarter 

With seeds out, Mike 

and Nick face off in Way/ 

No Way as the two debate 

over boys basketball. 

Fourth Quarter 

The guys talk both wrestling 

and girls gymnastics 

state championships. 

Overtime 

To finish things off, the 

hosts break down sectional 

boys swimming and diving. 

Wrestling 

State tournament 

Michael Miralles qualified 

for the state meet 

after a third-place performance 

at the sectional 

meet Feb. 15. Unfortunately 

for the New Trier 

senior, he dropped both 

his matches at the state 

meet, ending his senior 

season, and New Trier career 

with a 41-11 record 

this season. 

Murdock, one of three 

competitors featured on 

the cover of the state gymnastics 

program, won’t 

compete in gymnastics in 

college. But don’t look for 

her to major in Idleness 

and minor in Naps this 

spring. 

“I’m going to ask my 

mom [Bridget] to find a 

basketball league for me,” 

Murdock said. “I’m also 

looking forward to working 

out at Shred.” 

New Trier junior Amelia 

Montgomery and senior 

Rachel Zun — the team’s 

other individual state 

qualifiers from the Mundelein 

Sectional Feb. 13 

— placed 29th (8.675) and 

33rd (8.0) on the uneven 

bars, respectively. NT 

sophomores Sydney Holder 

and Maria Morabito and 

freshman Ryann Segall executed 

a combined six routines 

as team members in 

the state prelims Feb. 21. 

“Maeve, Avery and Rachel, 

along with the other 

seniors in the program, 

raised the expectations 

of New Trier gymnastics 

in their first season and 

continued to do so from 

there,” New Trier Athletic 

Director Augie Fontanetta 

said. “What a great group 

of kids, a group that represented 

New Trier so well 

every season.” 

Prairie Ridge (148.25), 

Carmel Catholic (147.85) 

and Lake Zurich (147.725) 

finished first, second, third 

in the final team standings.

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This Week In... 

Trevian varsity 

athletics 

Boys basketball 

■March ■ 4 - vs. Glenbrook 

North (at Maine East), 7 

Boys swimming and 

diving 

■Feb. ■ 28 - at IHSA State 

Finals (at Evanston), 3:30 


Finals (at Evanston), 11 

a.m. 

Basketball 

From Page 39 

to play at Loyola and I 

think this team should be 

mentioned in that regard,” 

Livatino said. “This team 

has great seniors, that team 

had great seniors. That 

team had great leaders, 

this team has great leaders. 

Both teams were tough as 

nails, that team guarded, 

this team guards. 

“It’s a very similar team, 

a great group of guys.” 

Enghauser led the way 

with 17 points for the 

Ramblers, who look to tie 

the all-time school singleseason 

win record with a 

win against Bulls Prep on 

Monday, Feb. 24. 

Loyola 53, DePaul Prep 

37 

Many labeled Loyola’s 

Feb. 18 matchup against 

DePaul Prep as one of the 

top games of the season. 

Many saw the two 

teams as favorites in the 

Catholic League Blue 

and the contest, in the last 

week of the conference 

regular season, could go 

a long way into deciding 

who would be named conference 

champion. 

The Ramblers took a 

step in the right direction 

by taking down the visiting 

Rams 53-37 in Wilmette, 

clinching at least 

a share of the conference 

title for the first time since 

2014. 

Boys track and field 

■Feb. ■ 28 - at Niles North 

Invite, 5 p.m. 

■March ■ 3 - host Invite, 4:30 

p.m. 

Girls track and field 

■Feb. ■ 28 - at Glenbrook 

South Invite, 4:30 p.m. 

Rambler varsity 

athletics 

Boys basketball 

“This really means a 

lot, especially since coach 

likes to talk a lot about the 

2014 team, which was the 

last one to win the CCL,” 

Bennett Kwiecinski said. 

“It’s important to us because 

they didn’t win it 

outright and it’s our way 

to prove ourselves to the 

team we get compared 

to.” 

The Ramblers got out to 

a quick 8-1 lead and the 

visitors couldn’t recover, 

as the home team built a 

14-4 lead after the first 

quarter. 

As always, the Ramblers’ 

defense led the way, 

forcing the Rams into 

four turnovers and 1-of-9 

shooting in the first period. 

DePaul Prep went 

over four minutes before 

it made its first field goal. 

Kwiecinski didn’t start 

the game for the Ramblers, 

as he forgot his 

jersey at home, so fellow 

senior Jake Welsh started 

in his place. The 6-foot-5 

Welsh held his own pulling 

down a couple rebounds 

and scoring two 

points in the quarter. 

“I wasn’t that worried 

because I knew Jake was 

ready to play,” Kwiecinski 

said. “It gave me a little 

more energy to come off 

the bench and I was more 

fired up. 

“Honestly, I felt like 

it benefited the team because 

Jake came out playing 

really well and then 

when I came in, I had a 

■March ■ 3 - host Von 

Steuben/Elk Grove, 7 p.m. 

Boys swimming and 

diving 


Finals (at Evanston), 3:30 

p.m. 


Finals (at Evanston), 11 

a.m. 

Boys track and field 

■Feb. ■ 29 - at ICOPS Invite, 

9 a.m. 

ton of energy.” 

After DePaul Prep 

scored on its first possession 

of the third quarter, 

1:13 into the period, the 

Rams didn’t score for 

over five minutes. In the 

meantime, the Ramblers 

extended the 24-13 lead 

to 31-13, much thanks to 

Kwiecinski, who scored 

all seven points in the run. 

Midway through the 

quarter, the two teams 

got into a scuffle, where 

an intentional foul was 

called on a DePaul player, 

a technical foul on Loyola 

and an ejection on a different 

DePaul Prep player. 

Kwiecinski went up for 

a basket when a Rams 

player wrapped him up 

and then on his way down, 

Kwiecinski swung his elbow, 

something he says 

wasn’t intentional. 

In total, Kwiecinski 

scored 11 points in the 

quarter. 

“I got some really good 

passes and a lot of it 

wasn’t me, I was just in 

a good position to score,” 

he said. “It was the same 

when I didn’t start, I had 

the same mentality.” 

The closest the Rams 

would get throughout the 

rest of the game was 12 

points on a couple of different 

occasions. 

Kwiecinski led the way 

with 15 points, while twin 

Jordan added 11. Both 

also had seven rebounds. 

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. Glenbrook South 

(Previous week: 1) 

South won its programrecord 

26th win of the season 

against Conant before 

falling in a heartbreaker to 

Evanston in overtime. The 

Titans will be the No. 2 

seed in the Elk Grove Sectional. 

2. Loyola Academy (2) 

The Ramblers took 

down both DePaul Prep 

and Fenwick to win their 

first outright conference 

championship since 2013. 

Loyola will be the No. 1 

seed in the Elk Grove Sectional. 

3. New Trier (3) 

New Trier took down 

Maine South to finish third 

in the Central Suburban 

League South. The Trevians 

will be the No. 6 seed 

in the Elk Grove Sectional. 

4. Lake Forest (4) 

Lake Forest dropped a 

close game to Zion-Benton 

before rebounding with 

a strong win over Libertyville. 

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the No. 8 seed in the Prospect 

Sectional. 

5. Highland Park (5) 

The Giants took care of 

business against Maine 

West to finish off CSL 

North play. Highland Park 

will be the No. 9 seed in 

the Prospect Sectional. 

6. Glenbrook North (6) 

The Spartans dropped a 

close game to Niles West 

to finish play in the CSL 

South. Glenbrook North 

will be the No. 11 seed in 

the Elk Grove Sectional. 

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boys swimming and diving 


Trevians edge out Ramblers for sectional crown 

Neil Milbert 


New Trier and Loyola 

Academy were the crème 

de la crème of the crop in 

the swimming and diving 

sectional championship at 

Niles North. 

The Trevians won the 

10-team meet on Saturday, 

Feb. 22, by amassing 273 

points, barely edging the 

Ramblers, who had 272. 

Loyola coach Mike 

Hengelmann got a consolation 

prize of sorts when 

NORTH SHORE 

his peers voted him Sectional 

Coach of the Year. 

Now it’s on to the state 

championship meet on Friday, 

Feb. 28, and Saturday, 

Feb. 29, at Evanston where 

the Trevians will be seeking 

their ninth title in 17 

years. 

Narrowly winning the 

sectional entailed overcoming 

adversity. 

“We’ve been so sick the 

last three weeks,” coach 

Josh Runkle said. “We 

didn’t even know who was 

going to be on our medley 

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relay team until Monday 

(Feb. 17). Sam Dienstag 

has been out for a week 

— we had to pull him off 

relays today but we’ll put 

him back on next week. 

“Today we had a lot of 

great swims.” 

The same can be said 

for Loyola. The Ramblers 

won five events to New 

Trier’s three. Both came in 

second in five events. The 

Trevians had four thirdplace 

finishers to two for 

the Ramblers. 

Sophomore Matt Gibson 

stood out for the Trevians 

with triumphs in the 

100-yard butterfly (51.50 

seconds) and the 100-yard 

backstroke (:51.89). 

“Year-best times in 

both,” pointed out Gibson, 

“so I’m definitely very excited 

about next weekend.” 

New Trier’s other individual 

winner was junior 

Sam Brown in the 100- 

yard breaststroke (:58.6). 

In addition, to their solo 

efforts both Gibson and 

Brown were on the third 

place 200-yard medley 

team. 

Other major contributors 

for the Trevians included 

freshman Wyatt Wellehan 

and sophomore John Ervin, 

second and third in 

100-meter diving, respectively; 

senior Pearce Bailey, 

who came in second in 

the 50-yard freestyle and 

third in the 100-yard freestyle 

and was a member of 

the second place quartets 

in the 200-yard medley 

and 400-yard freestyle relay 

events; and sophomore 

Edward O’Bara, a member 

of those relay teams and 

third in the 200-yard freestyle. 

“I surprised everyone 

last year and I was very 

happy to do it again today,” 

said O’Bara, who 

won the third of four heats 

in the 200-yard freestyle 

to finish third overall and 

qualify for the state meet. 

“It went well,” Cornell 

recruit Bailey said of the 

sectional. ”We did what 

we came in to do and we 

put ourselves in good position 

for what we want to 

do next week.” 

Hengelmann wasn’t 

daunted by the one-point 

loss. 

“Team scores are great 

but our focus was on our 

team scores next week,” 

the Loyola coach said. 

“We qualified who we 

needed to qualify for a 

good state meet. All of 

our relay teams got in and 

a handful of individuals 

made it.” 

The Ramblers finished 

strong, making a mighty 

rally to win the final event, 

the 400-yard freestyle relay 

in 3:08.16, even though 

freshman Rex Maurer lost 

his goggles when he dove 

into the pool for the leadoff 

leg. 

“It takes a pretty strong 

focus for a freshman to 

fight through that and still 

have a pretty good time 

(:48.62),” Hengelmann 

said. “The three guys who 

came after Rex (sophomore 

Andrew Kelly, senior 

Everet Andrew and his 

brother, senior Luke Maurer) 

picked him up.” 

In the last leg Luke 

Maurer showed why he 

set six Niles North pool records 

in a club meet in late 

November by recording a 

:44.60 split, by far the fastest 

in the event. 

“I had a good meet here 

swimming for my club 

team, the (Northwesternbased) 

NASA Wildcats,” 

he said, downplaying that 

spectacular performance 

when the subject of all 

those pool records was 

broached. “I came into that 

meet well-rested.” 

In the sectional, in addition 

to his derring-do in the 

final event, Luke won the 

100-yard freestyle (:45.37) 

and 200-yard freestyle 

(1:39.24) and swam the 

leadoff leg for the victorious 

200-yard freestyle relay 

team. 

Rex also was a member 

of that relay team, he finished 

second behind Luke 

in the 200-yard freestyle 

and was the runner-up behind 

Andrew, in the 500- 

yard freestyle (won in 

4:35.61). 

“As a whole the meet 

went well for us,” said 

Luke, who will be swimming 

in college for Stanford 

next season. “My 

brother works hard and 

it’s paying off. We have a 

great relationship. Spending 

time and training with 

him is fun. He always has 

been very competitive and 

now we go head-to-head 

every day.” 

Luke was instrumental 

in getting Rex involved 

in swimming but it would 

be inaccurate to say he inspired 

his younger brother. 

“I used to go to his swim 

meets and I would get really 

bored,” Rex reminisced. 

“So my dad entered me in 

events, too, and that’s how 

I got started.” 

According to Hengelmann, 

“Rex is a little faster 

than Luke was at this time 

in his career. Rex is very 

diligent and works very 

hard and he’s a very cerebral 

swimmer just like his 

brother.” 

Like the Maurer brothers, 

Andrew and Kelly 

made an impact for the 

Ramblers. In addition to 

taking the 500-yard freestyle 

in a virtual photofinish 

with Rex Maurer, 

Andrew was second in the 

200-yard individual medley 

and a member of the 

second place 200-yard 

medley relay team. Kelly 

prefaced his performance 

for the 400-yard freestyle 

relay team by also contributing 

to the victory for the 

200-yard freestyle relay 

team and the runner-up effort 

by the 200-yard medley 

relay team.



girls basketball 

Loyola wins fourth consecutive regional with victory over New Trier 

Michael Wojtychiw, Sports Editor 


When New Trier and Loyola 

faced off back on Nov. 27 in the 

New Trier Thanksgiving Tournament 

in Winnetka, the Trevians’ 

outside shooting almost helped 

the home squad pull off a win 

against its rival. 

“We worked so hard to know 

their plays,” Loyola’s Addison 

Ebeling said. “Our thought was 

‘no threes. We can let them get 

layups, but don’t give up any 

threes.’ 

“The first time we played, we 

didn’t know all of them were 

shooters, so we scouted really 

well and hard. That was our 

goal, to not let them shoot threes. 

Watching film from last game, 

we gave them a bunch of wideopen 

threes, so we had to take 

that away from them.” 

The Ramblers weren’t going 

to allow that to happen when the 

two faced off in the regional final, 

also hosted by New Trier, on 

Thursday, Feb. 20, in Winnetka. 

This time the Ramblers used a 

stifling defense, allowing a combined 

seven points in the second 

and third quarters, and ran away 

with a convincing 47-29 win, 

clinching the Ramblers’ fourth 

consecutive regional title. 

“At the end of the day, it’s 

about getting to that regional 

championship and hopefully 

more after that,” Loyola coach 

Jeremy Schoenecker said. “And 

this group, they wanted it. If we 

lost one or two in a row, they 

weren’t bummed about it. They 

got back to work every day.” 

The game was an uneven one 

for both teams. 

After Loyola got the scoring 

going with a 3-pointer by Ebeling, 

the Trevians went on a 10-0 

run, keeping the Ramblers scoreless 

for nearly five minutes and 

forcing the visitors into six turnovers 

in seven possessions during 

the run. 

Even with the 10-0 run, the 

Ramblers only trailed 11-9 after 

an Alex Guzzardo buzzer-beater 

Loyola’s Izzy Ogliore attempts to lay the ball in against New Trier 

Feb. 20, in Winnetka. PHOTOS BY Tracy Allen/22nd Century Media 

as she was falling out of bounds 

after driving to the basket. 

“That’s when everyone started 

to pick it up,” Ebeling said. “We 

were down two after the first 

quarter, so we needed energy, we 

needed to pick everybody up, so 

I was trying to get all of that going 

for us.” 

That’s when the defense went 

to work. 

“That was the best game we 

defended all year,” the Loyola 

coach said. 

It wasn’t that the Trevians 

turned the ball often, as they 

turned it over twice in the second 

quarter and three times in 

the third, but the home squad 

couldn’t buy a shot. They didn’t 

hit their first basket in the second 

period until 3:40 remained 

in the half and their first basket 

of the third period when 2:12 remained. 

“In the second quarter, we had 

a lot of the same shots (as in the 

first), but they just didn’t fall,” 

New Trier coach Teri Rodgers 

said. “We got some really good 

looks and if we hit two of those, 

it’s a totally different ball game.” 

One thing that’s helped the 

Loyola offense is that it’s a different 

player that steps up offensively. 

Whether it be Ebeling 

or Summer Parker-Hall, Izzy 

Ogliore, Silvana Scarsella or any 

other Rambler, it might be a different 

one every night and that 

makes it hard for teams to prepare 

for them. 

That’s something Schoenecker 

and his squad feel like they can 

use to their advantage. 

“I don’t really look at a lot of the 

Loyola’s Silvana Scarsella drives to the basket against a New Trier 

defender. 

stats, but I’d be willing to guess 

that we don’t have a player averaging 

10 points a game,” he said. 

“But that’s what makes us good, 

we’re hard to guard. We say ‘it can 

be someone’s night, a matchup 

that we like, but we share the basketball, 

we’re really unselfish. 

And that’s the key to us winning 

four consecutive regional 

championships. We don’t have 

star players. We have players 

that buy into our system, trust 

each other and good things usually 

happen.” 

The loss marked an end to the 

careers of numerous talented seniors, 

including Ava Zaslavsky, 

Tinah Hong, Simone Sullivan, 

Kathleen Graf and Bonnie 

Sprenger. 

Zaslavsky and Hong have 

been four- and three-year members 

of the varsity, respectfully, 

and have and will leave a mark 

on the program as they graduate. 

“It’s going to be weird and 

hard to not have them out there,” 

the New Trier coach said. “The 

good thing is they’ve continued 

to be great leaders, like to leaders 

before them. 

One of the things I told these 

kids is that they really grew this 

year and were really supportive 

of each other. If you take winning 

and losing out of the equation, 

those are great qualities. If 

you can support each other and 

really grow, you’re going to be 

successful wherever you go.” 

Ebeling scored a game-high 15 

points, while Parker-Hall added 

nine points and 11 rebounds. Liv 

Becker led the Trevians with 12 

points.




Focused New Trier takes fifth at state 

Bill McLean 


Avery Faulkner wept, 

finally, at a gymnastics 

meet — and it happened 

immediately after the final 

routine of her fine prep 

career. 

The New Trier senior 

and future University of 

Alabama marketing major 

found it impossible to 

keep her eyes dry as she 

posed following her floor 

exercise in the preliminaries 

at the girls gymnastics 

state meet in Palatine on 

Friday, Feb. 21. 

“I’d decided to slightly 

change my last [tumbling] 

pass so that I’d be able 

to look right at my teammates 

at the end of it,” 

Faulkner recalled a day 

later, when she watched 

classmate Maeve Murdock 

place ninth (8.8) on 

the balance beam in the 

event finals. 

“I saw huge smiles from 

my teammates. I’d never 

cried at a meet, until this 

one. I lost it.” 

But she and her matmates 

had maintained 

their composure enough to 

Avery Faulkner on the bars. 

take fifth place (145.875 

points) in the program’s 

seventh Elite Eight appearance 

in nine seasons. 

Faulkner — still dealing 

with a calf injury she had 

incurred early in the season 

— finished a strong 

15th in the all-around 

with a 36.6. 

“Huge, huge,” Trevians 

24th-year coach Jen 

Pistorius said of Faulkner, 

who, as a freshman, took 

fourth on floor and sixth 

on beam at state. “Probably 

Avery’s best meet of 

the season. That was nice 

to see.” 

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Murdock, performing 

on beam in the championship 

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champion in 2017, in her 

freshman season, Murdock 

fell once in the finals 

segment as a senior after 

having advanced from the 

prelims with a score of 

9.1. She pursed her lips, 

collected herself and then 

resumed her gig atop the 

unforgiving log. 

Murdock and Pistorius 

embraced for a good 15 

seconds after Murdock’s 

New Trier senior Rachel Zun performs during the preliminary round of the IHSA state 

meet Friday, Feb. 21, in Palatine. Photos by Carlos Alvarez/22nd Century Media 

dismount. 

“As I hugged Maeve, I 

told her, ‘Thank you for 

your wonderful career, 

for everything you did 

for our program all four 

years,’” Pistorius said 

a year after NT’s squad 

earned state runner-up 

honors for the second 

time in program history, 

matching the programbest 

finish by Jim Scully’s 

crew in 1992. 

Following the conclusion 

of the beam shows 

in the event finals, Murdock, 

sitting with teammates 

and friends in a 

bank of bleachers near the 

vault runway, shelved her 

gregarious side briefly 

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gymnastics, a discipline 

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Ramblers close season as CCL champs 

Michael Wojtychiw 

Sports Editor 

22nd Century Media FILE PHOTO 

1st-and-3 

Three TEAMS OF THE 

WEEK 

1. New Trier girls 

gymnastics 

(above). 

The Trevians made 

their seventh Elite 

Eight appearance 

in nine years and 

took fifth place at 

the state meet, 

led by Maeve 

Murdock’s beam 

performance. 

2. Loyola girls 

basketball. The 

Ramblers won 

their fourth 

consecutive 

regional title by 

defeating rival and 

regional host New 

Trier. 

3. New Trier boys 

swimming and 

diving. The 

Trevians won 

the Niles North 

Sectional by a 

single point, 

beating Loyola 

and qualifying 15 

entries for the 

state meet. 

Loyola Academy has 

won 20 or more games 

four times in the past seven 

seasons, including four 

regional titles and a sectional 

title. 

The one thing that has 

escaped them? An outright 

Catholic League title. 

The 2013-14 team 

shared a conference title, 

but no Loyola team had 

won the outright title since 

the 2012-13 squad. 

Until this year’s 2019- 

20 squad. 

After defeating DePaul 

Prep on Feb. 18 to earn a 

share of the conference title, 

the Ramblers looked to 

earn the outright title when 

it traveled to Oak Park to 

face Fenwick Friday, Feb. 

21. The Friars were a game 

behind the Ramblers, so a 

Fenwick win would mean 

the two would share the 

title. 

Loyola went into a 

hostile environment and 

pulled out a 57-49 win on 

the road, clinching the outright 

conference title, only 

the program’s 11th in over 

100 years as a Catholic 

League member. 

“It’s a really special feeling,” 

Loyola’s Billy Palmer 

said. “Everyone sees us 

on the court, but nobody 

sees us off the court and 

how much of a connection 

we have together. That 

makes it all the better.” 

Jordan Kwiecinski guards Fenwick’s Bryce Hopkins Friday, Feb. 21, in Oak Park. MICHAEL WOJTYCHIW/22ND CENTURY 

MEDIA 

“That’s the best part,” 

Matt Enghauser said. “I 

get to do it with my best 

friends, there’s nothing 

better. It’s really special.” 

Much like its previous 

game’s win against De- 

Paul Prep, the Ramblers 

(26-4) got out to a fast 

start, jumping out to a 10-2 

lead before the Friars took 

a time out to calm everything 

down with 2 minutes, 

6 seconds, left in the 

first period. 

However, unlike the 

game against the Rams, 

Loyola didn’t just run 

away with the win. Fenwick 

clawed back and 

turned a 10-7 deficit early 

in the second quarter 

into a 21-19 lead with 24 

seconds remaining in the 

second quarter thanks to 

the play of its star Bryce 

Hopkins. 

Hopkins scored seven 

of his 23 points in the run, 

giving the Friars their first, 

and only, lead on a bucket 

with 24 seconds before 

the half. However, a free 

throw by Enghauser, followed 

by a three-point 

play by Vaughn Pemberton 

off of a steal, gave Loyola 

a 23-21 lead going into the 

half. 

The Ramblers wouldn’t 

trail again. 

Due to its switching on 

defense, there were multiple 

instances that players 

like Palmer or Will Pujals 

were matched up against 

Hopkins, who is six to 

seven inches taller than 

some of the players guarding 

him. 

That didn’t seem to 

bother Palmer though. 

“No matter who I guard, 

Bryce is a really great 

player, but whoever I 

guard I’m thinking ‘you’re 

not scoring on me,’” he 

said. “I asked coach if I 

can guard post players because 

I like the challenge. 

It’s really fun to do.” 

The Friars got within 

three on a couple occasions 

in the second half, 

but every time, the Ramblers 

had a response and 

iced the game, and the 

title, down the stretch 

thanks to Enghauser’s 

free-throw shooting. The 

senior went 6-for-6 at the 

charity stripe in the last 

26 seconds, turning a 51- 

47 lead into 57-47 before 

a last-second basket by 

Fenwick. 

“I’m not really thinking 

about anything when I’m 

up there,” Enghauser said. 

“That’s why I only take 

one dribble and shoot it, so 

I can’t think about it.” 

According to members 

of the team, coach Tom 

Livatino has been comparing 

the current squad to 

the 2014 one and for good 

reason. 

“The 2014 team is one of 

the two or three best teams 

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“It made me mentally tougher as an athlete 

and as a person.” 

Maeve Murdock — New Trier gymnast looking back on her 

New Trier gymnastics career 

tunE in 

What to watch this week 

BOYS SWIMMING AND DIVING: The state’s best come together 

to crown champions. 

• New Trier and Loyola take part in the IHSA state 

swim meet Friday-Saturday, Feb. 28-29 at Evanston. 

Index 

35 - This Week In 

34 - Athlete of the Week 

Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Michael 

Wojtychiw, m.wojtychiw@22ndcenturymedia.com.

The Wilmette Beacon | February 27, 2020 | WilmetteBeacondaily.com 

What a week Loyola boys basketball wins 

outright conference crown, Page 39 

Postseason success 

Ramblers take down rival for regional 

crown, Page 37 

New Trier’s Maeve Murdock performs her beam 

routine at the state meet Friday, Feb. 21, in 

Palatine. Carlos Alvarez/22nd Century Media 

New Trier trio end their careers at state, Page 38 

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