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HPHS theater teacher
wins Highland Park
Community Foundation
award, Page 3
Highland Park High School Principal Tom Koulentes
(left) with Highland Park Community Foundation
Golden Apple Award winner Scott Shallenbarger.
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Ravinia season
is here
City welcomes 2017
season, Page 4
car burglaries
on the rise
Multiple vehicle breakins
reported, Page 6
pomp and circumstance
Scholarship winners recognized, Page 12

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In this week’s
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Police Reports6
Pet of the Week8
Editorial17
Puzzles20
Faith Briefs24
Dining Out26
Home of the Week27
Athlete of the Week31
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THURSDAY
SCORE Chicago Mentoring
5-8 p.m. May 18, Highland
Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave., Highland
Park. Receive oneon-one
mentoring with a
SCORE Chicago counselor.
SCORE counselors
are executives and business
owners who can help
with business issues such
as financing or marketing.
Register for an appointment
at scorechicago.org.
Ravinia Garden Club’s
Annual Garden Fair
8:30 a.m.-noon May
18, Jens Jensen Park, 486
Roger Williams Ave.,
Highland Park. To celebrate
its 90th year, the Ravinia
Garden Club will offer
a perennial sale. House
plants, garden ornaments
and Praying Mantis will
also be for sale. For more
information, call garden
club president Marilyn
Putz at (847) 433-3439.
FRIDAY
Artists Studio Open House
5-9 p.m. May 19, 3150
Skokie Valley Road, Highland
Park. The Artists
at 3150 (Suzanne Horwitz,
Pamela Lee, Caroline
Kay-Roberts, Daniel
Weinstock, and Nina
Weiss) are opening their
studios to the public. This
is an special opportunity
to get a behind-the-scenes
view where fine artists
work and see great original
paintings, watercolors,
and sculptures. For more
information, call (847)
840-0527.
Infinity Foundation 20th
Anniversary Gala
5:30 p.m. May 19, Ravinia
Green Country Club,
1200 Saunders Road,
Riverwoods. Support and
celebrate Highland Park’s
Infinity Foundation with a
silent auction and dinner.
Keynote speaker is Caroline
Myss, and 2017 Spirit
Award Recipient. $100 per
ticket. For more information,
visit infinityfoundation.org.
SATURDAY
Spring Bird Count
6:30 a.m.–10 a.m. May
20, Heller Nature Center,
2821 Ridge Road, Highland
Park. Help staff and
volunteers conduct the annual
lakefront bird census,
then recap the fun over
breakfast at Heller Nature
Center. Results are added
to a national database to
aid in research regarding
shoreline habitat protection.
For more information,
call (847) 433-6901.
LEGO Mindstorms Sumo
Challenge
10-11 a.m. May 20,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Students in
grades four through eight
will design sumobots using
LEGO Mindstorms
kits then battle others’ robots.
For more information,
call (847) 432-0216 .
Historic House Tour 2017
1-5 p.m. May 20, Fort
Sheridan. The Fort Sheridan
Historical Society will
tour eight historic homes
at Fort Sheridan. Tickets
$50. For more information,
call Donna Fitzgerald
at (847) 433-4333.
SUNDAY
Second Annual NSSED 5K
Run/Walk
8:15 a.m. May 21, Highland
Park campus of North
Suburban Special Education
District, 760 Read
Oak Lane, Highland Park.
The annual 5K is a student-initiated
run created
by the girls running club
at North Shore Academy
Elementary School. Register
for the event online at
www.nssed.org/nssed-5krunwalk.
Spring Canoe
1-3 p.m. May 21, Skokie
Lagoons, N. Cook County,
Winnetka. Six-year-olds
to adults are invited to canoe
with the Park District
of Highland Park on the
Skokie Lagoons. Naturalists
will provide canoes.
The cost is $22 and registration
is due by May 19.
Contact the Park District
of Highland Park at (847)
831-3810.
Highland Park Strings
concert
3 p.m. May 21, Highland
Park High School,
433 Vine Ave. Highland
Park. The final concert of
the season will feature soloist
Joshua Brown on violin.
Admission is free. For
more information, visit
www.HPStrings.org.
MONDAY
Summer Storytime
registration
May 22, Highland Park
Public Library, 494 Laurel
Ave., Highland Park.
Registration for June Tales
for Tots classes as well as
July First Steps and Baby
Booktime classes begins
Monday. For more information,
contact (847) 681-
7030.
TUESDAY
New workout studio
opening with Peanut
Tillman
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. May
23, SPYRL Chicago, 1781
Green Bay Road, Highland
Park. SPYRL Chicago,
a gyrotonic workout
studio which incorporates
yoga, tai chi and gymnastics,
will feature a ribbon
cutting Tuesday by former
Chicago Bear Charles
“Peanut” Tillman. For
more information, call
(847) 348-0822.
My Rights Clinics
4-5 p.m. May 23, Highland
Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave., Highland
Park. Library staff will inform
students grades nine
through 12 of their rights
during police encounters,
demonstrations and
protests. “ACLU Know
Your Rights” cards will be
available in English and
Spanish. This is a drop-in
event. Contact the library
at (847) 432-0216.
WEDNESDAY
Brunch and Learn Nature
Workshops-Live Reptiles
10 a.m.-12 p.m. May 25,
Rosewood Beach Interpretive
Center, 883 Sheridan
Road, Highland Park. Join
the Park District of Highland
Park for a catered
brunch and a following
hands-on workshop. This
program is sponsored
by Comfort Keepers in
Wheeling and by the Highland
Park and Lake Forest/
Lake Bluff Senior Centers.
To register, call the Highland
Park Senior Center at
(847) 432-4110.
Film Discussion of
“Denial”
7-8:45 p.m. May 24,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Friends of
the Highland Park Public
Library will offer a film
discussion of “Denial,”
the 2016 film about a libel
lawsuit between a historian
and a Holocaust denier,
with Dick Adler. Contact
the library at (847) 432-
0216.
THURSDAY
Trivia Night: History of
Musicals
7–8:30 p.m. May 25,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. See how
much you know about musical
theatre history and
musicals about history. A
From Page To Stage program
presented in conjunction
with Writers Theatre’s
production of “Parade.”
For more information, call
(847) 432-0216.
UPCOMING
Ravinia District Food Truck
Thursdays
4:30 p.m. Thursdays,
starting June 1, Dean Avenue
between Roger Williams
and St. Johns avenues,
Highland Park. The
public is invited to come
and enjoy a wide variety of
food and drinks from more
than a dozen food trucks
and local restaurants while
enjoying live outdoor musical
performances.
Rockin’ Rosewood
6-7:30 p.m. Friday,
June 2, Rosewood Beach,
45 Roger Wiliams Ave.,
Highland Park. Enjoy
an evening at Rosewood
Beach with musical hits
performed by a local band.
Refreshments will be
available for purchase. A
suggested donation of $5
will go toward the SMILE
program. For more information,
visit pdhp.org.
ONGOING
Women’s Care Group
Trinity Episcopal
Church, 425 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. A Safe
Place invites you to a
women’s care group,
where participants will
receive support by learning
about unhealthy relationships
and behaviors,
recognize the impact this
can have on you and your
children, and explore new
coping skills for a happy,
healthier life. For meeting
times and more information,
call (847) 731-7165.
To submit an item for the
calendar, contact Courtney
Jacquin at courtney@
hplandmark.com or (847)
272-4565 ext. 34. Entries are
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HPHS theater arts director honored with Golden Apple Award
Courtney Jacquin, Editor
When most people think
of high school theater
teachers, they assume their
job is just putting on plays.
For some theater teachers
that may be true, but
for Highland Park High
School theater arts director
Scott Shallenbarger, directing
plays and musicals
is only a tiny fraction of
his work.
Shallenbarger, or “Shall”
as his students call him, the
27-year veteran of HPHS,
recently was awarded the
Highland Park Community
Foundation’s Golden
Apple Award for 2017. The
foundation’s other semifinalists
were HPHS Spanish
teacher Bridget Fahrner
and English teacher Elizabeth
Perlman.
“It’s deeply meaningful
because the energy of [the
award] for has been built
for decades,” he said. “The
energy of it is all the mentors
I had, it the energy of
all my students across the
years who taught me as
much as I taught them. It’s
a really nice moment for
me that encapsulates so
much love and support and
compassion from different
people.”
Shallenbarger’s commitment
to his students is evident,
like with Lily Janson,
a 2016 HPHS graduate
who now studies directing
at The Theatre School at
DePaul University.
“He’s my mentor, he
made me fall in love with
directing, seeing the way
he approaches his work,”
Janson said.
“He’s the best person I have
ever met and probably ever will
meet.”
— 2016 Highland Park High School graduate
Lily Janson on theater arts director Scott
Shallenbarger, who was recently awarded the
Highland Park Community Foundation’s Golden
Apple Award.
Janson started high
school with no theater experience
and didn’t get involved
in HPHS’s theater
department until her junior
year of high school.
“Before I met him, I had
no interest in doing anything
creative or artistic,”
Janson said. “I was very
focused on going to business
school, what I felt like
I needed to be doing. He
opened my eyes to theater.
I watched him inspire so
many people, he made me
want to do the same.”
Shallenbarger fosters
these special connections
with students because he
has a “commitment to seeing
the real you in the person.”
Making adolescents
feel seen stems from his
own childhood — he was
rejected by his birth father
for being gay and lived
in a town where the arts
weren’t embraced in the
way they are in Highland
Park.
“My formative years
were spent feeling what it
meant not to be seen for
the real me,” he said.
He then went to Illinois
State University to study
theater education, but with
the intent of being a performer,
not an educator.
When he met his mentor,
professor Sandra Zielinski,
she “connected the dots”
for him, that theater education
isn’t just about putting
on plays.
“The first time in college
that I taught high
school students ... it filled
me up even more than performing,
which surprised
me, but I instantly knew
that teaching was number
one,” he said.
Janson said the fact
Shallenbarger has spent
his professional career
teaching is a true testament
to his character.
“He could easily be having
a very successful career
in the industry,” she
said. “He’s the best person
I have ever met and
probably ever will meet ...
someone who’s so talented
spends his time in high
school theater, wanting to
inspiring the next generation.”
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• After receiving a grant, the Highland Park Fire
Department is issuing 100 smoke detectors with 10-year
batteries and 14 carbon monoxide detectors to citizens
who are interested in receiving one.
• A resolution was approved for the continued use of
Highland Park police officers to assist with traffic and
parking at Ravinia Festival.
• The week of May 20-26 was proclaimed National Safe
Boating Week by Rotering.
After announcing its
lineup in March, Ravinia
Festival tickets went on
sale today, May 9, and
the City Council was
shown at its Monday,
May 8 meeting what to
expect at this year’s festival
through a presentation
made by Welz Kauffman,
president and CEO of the
Ravinia Festival.
Throughout his presentation,
Kauffman went
through the festival’s mission
statement, and explained
to the council how
he hopes to fulfill the mission
throughout the year,
including maintaining and
improving the park.
“We want to make sure
that we continue to improve
the infrastructure of
the park itself,” Kauffman
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Police Reports
Seven vehicles burglarized overnight May 5 in Highland Park
Seven vehicles were burglarized
in Highland Park during
the May 4 and May 5 overnight
hours.
Most vehicles entered were
unsecured, according to police.
All incidents happened on
north side of Highland Park,
within the neighborhood north
of Half Day Road, south of
Old Elm Road, East of Skokie
Highway and West of Western
Avenue.
The incidents were reported as
follows:
• An unknown subject reportedly
entered an unsecured vehicle
while parked in a driveway in
the 900 block of Auburn Avenue.
• An unknown subject reportedly
entered an unsecured vehicle
in the 2900 block of Twin
Oaks Drive and stole U.S. currency.
• An unknown subject reportedly
entered an unsecured vehicle
in the 3100 block of University
Avenue and stole various
items.
• An unknown subject reportedly
entered an unsecured vehicle
located in the 2800 block of
Twin Oaks Drive and stole various
items.
• An unknown subject entered
a vehicle in the 1000 block of
Kent Avenue.
• An unknown subject entered
an unsecured vehicle while
parked in a driveway located in
the 3100 block of University Avenue.
• An unknown subject entered
an unsecured vehicle while
parked in a driveway located in
the 2700 block of Arlington Avenue.
In other police news:
May 7
• Dilvia S. Stamps, 25, of
Waukegan, was arrested and
charged with an in-state warrant,
no valid driver’s license
and speeding 26–34 miles per
hour over the limit after police
conducted a traffic stop at 12:17
a.m. in the 1400 block of Park
Avenue West.
May 5
• Scott M. McCabe, 41, of Highland
Park, was arrested and
charged with theft of services
after police responded to a complaint
at 1:21 a.m. near the intersection
of Central Avenue and
Green Bay Road.
May 3
• Alberto Rubio. 24, of Waukegan,
was arrested and charged
with driving under the influence,
driving with a suspended
driver’s license, operating an
uninsured motor vehicle and obstructing
drivers on the highway
after police conducted a traffic
stop at 12:57 a.m. near the intersection
of Skokie Valley Road
and Central Avenue.
• A parked vehicle was reported
damaged in the 2100 block of St.
Johns Avenue. The incident occurred
between 5:30 p.m. May 2
and 8:45 a.m. May 3.
May 2
• An unknown subject reportedly
entered a secured apartment and
stole several items between 9
a.m. and 5:15 p.m. in the 1600
block of Second Street.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Highland
Park Landmark’s Police Reports
are compiled from official reports
emailed from the Highland Park
Police Department headquarters
in Highland Park and found on file
at the Highwood Police Department.
Individuals named in these
reports are considered innocent of
all charges until proven guilty in a
court of law.
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Help prevent car burglary
and auto theft
The northern suburbs
have recently experienced
an increase in car burglaries
and auto theft. This
includes Highland Park
residential neighborhoods
and public lots. These
burglaries and thefts are
occurring during the day
and evening hours and
involve different types of
entry. Most of the vehicles
are unlocked, but in some
cases, broken windows
were the method of gaining
entry. Unlocked vehicles
that contain garage
door openers also provide
thieves with easy access to
other valuables. The one
thing that all these crimes
had in common was that
valuable items were left in
plain view. Please take the
following precautions to
avoid becoming a victim
of these crimes:
• Always lock your car
even if it is in your driveway
or in front of your
home.
• Do not leave valuable
items in your car in
plain view. Purses, wallets,
electronic items,
and shopping purchases
should be removed or secured
in the trunk out of
sight.
• Don’t leave keys,
fobs, or valet keys in unattended
vehicles.
• Always park in a welllit
area if possible, and
leave your outside lights
on overnight if your car is
in your driveway.
• Consider motion-activated
outdoor lighting or
lighting on timers.
• Make sure your garage
door is closed and any access
door into the garage
is secured including the
door from the garage to
your home.
• Consider a car alarm in
conjunction with an alarm
for your home. Many insurance
companies offer a
discount on premiums for
a property with alarms.
• Promptly report any
suspicious persons or activity
in your neighborhood
to the Police Department.
Crime prevention
only works when the
community takes an active
role.
• Consider joining the
City’s Neighbor to Neighbor
program. Call (847)
926-1000 for more information.
Renaissance Place under
new ownership
Renaissance Place at
1849 Green Bay Road
in downtown Highland
Park is under new ownership.
Dallas-based Tabani
Group purchased
Renaissance Place Feb.
17 with plans to revitalize
the property. Founded
in 1981 by Zaffar Tabani,
the company is a fullservice
commercial real
estate company with a
portfolio valued at over
$1 billion with over 10
million square feet of real
estate nationwide including
the Glen Town Center
in Glenview. The Tabani
Group Manager of Acquisitions
and Development
is a Glencoe native with
an office in nearby Lincolnwood.
Built in 2000, Renaissance
Place contains a
mix of retail space, offices,
and apartments totaling
221,789 square feet.
Tabani plans to reposition
the property via multiple
improvements; including
possible zoning and building
changes at the former
Saks site for commercial
and/or residential use.
“We are thrilled to have
purchased Renaissance
Place and look forward
to offering the Highland
Park community new opportunities
to shop, dine
and play,” said Zeshan
Tabani.
From The City is compiled
from Highland Park’s e-
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Announcements
Happy couple ties the knot
Dana Erin Greenspan and Jay David Gellman were
married April 29, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago.
The ceremony was officiated by Rabbi Alan Freedman of
Austin, Texas.
The bride is the daughter of Roberta Greenspan and Ricky
Greenspan, both of Highland Park, and the granddaughter
of the late Claire and Lee Greenspan and the late Rose
and Maurice Unger, all of Chicago. The groom is the son of
Lynne and Steven Gellman of Austin, and the grandson of
the late Phyllis and Leonard Friedel of Omaha, Neb. and
the late Cele and Saul Gellman of Austin.
Dana graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago
with a concentration in business, and she is a senior
marketing manager at Hyatt Hotels Corporation. Jay
graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison
with a double major in finance and risk management, and
he is a senior portfolio manager at BMO Private Bank.
The couple resides in Chicago.
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the performers.
“The building felt like
any number of country
clubs in the North Shore,
as opposed to something
that was open and accessible
to all of our audience,”
Kauffman said.
Kauffman also went
through the list of musicians
the festival is featuring
this year — including
Common and Stevie
Nicks, both of whom are
making their Ravinia Festival
debuts this year.
He also emphasized
the importance of classical
music for the festival,
especially with their partnership
with the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra,
with which the festival
has worked since 1905.
The festival signed an
eight-year contract with
the orchestra this year.
In efforts to get visitors
to engage with classical
music, the festival is offering
a virtual orchestra
this year. The virtual orchestra
is part of a virtual
reality experience that is
available July 11–July 23.
Users can put on goggles
and a headset, and are able
to experience being in the
Philharmonic Orchestra
in London. Tickets for the
virtual reality experience
are free with entrance to
the festival.
“You put on the goggles,
you put on the headset, and
you are in the orchestra,”
Kauffman said. “The conductor
is right in front of
you. If you turn your head,
you can see all the sections
of the orchestra.”
The meeting also
marked the start of new
terms for Councilmen
Daniel Kaufman, Alyssa
Knobel, Kim Stone and
Adam Stolberg, who were
given the oath of office
and sworn in to begin
their terms on the city
council after being elected
in April.
Kaufman, Knobel and
Stone have served on the
city council previously,
and are all serving fouryear
terms, while Stolberg
is taking over former
Councilman Paul Frank’s
seat that was vacated after
he was elected to the Lake
County Board, and serving
a two-year term.
Alison Smith had been
serving on the council to
fill Frank’s seat since December,
and was thanked
by the council at the meeting
for serving.
“We can’t thank you
enough because you just
jumped in and swam in
the deep end right from
the start,” Mayor Nancy
Rotering said. “I want
to thank you for your
thoughtfulness, the time
you’ve dedicated to helping
us up here on the dais,
and I hope we can count
on you in the future as a
citizen.”
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places such a high value
on arts and education, has
also been a major factor on
shaping his career.
“[District 113] has high
expectations in a good
way,” he said. “How it
shaped me is that it actually
allowed me to do all of
the high level work I wanted
to do with high school
students. In being able to
shoot for those high level
goals, I continued to grow
as an educator and an artist.”
While no shortage of
theater professionals and
future theater professionals,
like Janson, have come
out of the program, that’s
just icing on the cake for
Shallenbarger, but it’s not
his primary goal. Instead,
he hopes to foster creativity
and give students the
courage and confidence to
express their true selves.
“I feel my number one
priority is to use the arts to
help students deepen their
empathy, I think it’s to help
them to be courageous in
expressing their personality,
and therefore gaining
confidence as a human being
in the world.”

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THE WINNETKA CURRENT
Woman screens movie in
Winnetka to inspire others
experiencing tragedy
In an effort to share with
locals her personal story
about losing her tongue to
cancer and how she turned
tragedy into a triumph,
Wilmette resident and
filmmaker Clara Tomaz
invited guests to her studio
in Winnetka’s Hubbard
Woods business district on
May 10 to view her latest
movie, “The Sun Inside,”
which explained how she
opened doors for herself
she never knew existed.
Tomaz’s career as a
filmmaker began soon after
her diagnosis and following
surgeries. Despite
struggling with speaking
and swallowing, she returned
to school, earning
her master’s of fine arts in
electronic media and finding
a new voice through
film. Today, she runs her
own local business, Make
Your Movie, helping others
share their own personal
tales of joy and sorrow.
“I have found through
my experience that new
layers of acceptance are
emerging all the time,”
she said. “I felt confident
enough to create this film
and expose myself 100
percent, but it was more
difficult than I thought. In
my own mind, my voice
sounds perfect, but once I
watched the film over and
over again, it was hard to
see how others perceive
me.”
In 2015, Tomaz received
an “Upside Down Grant”
through One Revolution,
a Utah-based program designed
for people with disabilities
and filmmakers to
share their stories about
how they’ve embraced
their disability, viewing
it in a positive light. She
used these funds to create
“The Sun Inside,” appearing
in and narrating her
own story for the very first
time, an experience Tomaz
said jarred her more than
she anticipated.
Reporting by Alexa Burnell,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at WinnetkaCurrent.
com.
THE LAKE FOREST LEADER
New duplex receives
approval for individual
condominium purchases
The Lake Forest Plan
Commission members
voted in favor of allowing
each of the units of an
existing duplex building to
be owned individually as
condominiums during its
meeting on Thursday, May
11.
Construction of the duplex
at 1439-1441 McKinley
Road was approved in
May 2015 and is nearing
completion. As the finishing
touches are put on
the property, owner Peter
Childs has requested individual
ownership of each
unit in order to obtain
separate mortgages for the
two condominiums.
“It’s an existing twounit
building,” said Aaron
Spivack, Childs’ attorney.
“My client decided after
it was completed to file a
condominium declaration
for the property.”
For now, Childs intends
to rent the units, maintaining
ownership over both,
Spivack said.
Commissioner Rosemary
Kehr noted the matter
was fairly straightforward,
as the Building
Review Board and City
Council have already approved
the project, including
architectural and landscaping
design. No further
alterations or additions to
the construction project
were requested.
“This is really an administrative
matter,” said
Catherine Czerniak, the
director of community
development. “However,
based on the code, it does
require Plan Commission
and City Council action to
approve a plat [of condominiums].”
Each unit has two stories,
with a backyard, front
yard and garage designated
as common areas
shared by the condominium
inhabitants.
The commissioners approved
the request unanimously.
The request for
approval will now move
forward to the City Council.
Reporting by Miriam Finder
Annenberg, Freelance Reporter.
Full story at LakeForestLeader.com.
THE GLENVIEW LANTERN
D225 looking at $550K
cost for new stadium
concession, bathroom
facility
Glenbrook South High
School students, athletes
and fans alike will likely
see concession stand and
bathroom upgrades to the
GBS stadium this fall,
following the review of a
$550,000 bid to construct
the facility at the District
225 Board of Education
meeting on Monday, May
8.
The proposal outlines
plans for a 1,320-squarefoot
structure for a concession
stand, a Booster Club
stand for sales of school
spirit wear, and men and
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DONT LET GOVERNMENT
TRANSPARENCY
FADE AWAY
Public notices—important information about what is happening in
our government— would become a thing of the past in Illinois
under Senate Bill 2032.
So would important transparency about the decisions being made
that impact us and how our money is being spent.
Instead of requiring governmental entities large and small to print
these notices in newspapers, they could post them solely online
on their own website— and there are more than 750 statewide.
Such a move would affect many people, including the elderly,
minorities and those in rural areas. In fact, AARP has opposed
similar legislation nationwide.
Only one state has tried this approach and it repealed the
decision after two years because it was a failure.
Illinois should be pushing more transparency, not giving the
government another way to hide our business.
LET LT. GOV. EVELYN SANGUINETTI
AND OUR SENATORS KNOW THIS
IS ACCEPTABLE
URGE THEM TO
VOTE AGAINST SB 2032
School News
The Rohan Malempati
Scholarship Program
grants awards
Jacob Resnick was
awarded the Rohan
Malempati Rotary Interact
Scholarship. The Rohan
Malempati Rotary Interact
Scholarship is awarded
to a dedicated member of
our Rotary Interact Club,
of which Malempati was a
founding member.
Aurora Zamudio-
Lopez was awarded the
Rohan Malempati Memorial
Scholarship.​The Rohan
Malempati Memorial
Scholarship is awarded to
a staff-nominated student.
Students who meet the
following criteria were
nominated by HPHS staff:
exemplifies Malempati’s
zest for life; faces challenges
with optimism and
grace; has made a positive
difference in the lives of
those around him/her; is
service-oriented; is pursuing
a college education in
the United States
Resnick and Zamudio-
Lopez were awarded
$5,000 each in Malempati’s
memory.
Malempati attended
HPHS for his freshman
year (August 2011-June
2012) and half of his sophomore
year before moving
to Atlanta. Tragically,
Malempati passed away
in February 2014 due to
complications from a lifelong
illness. Malempati
was a unique and wonderful
young man whose
kindness and wisdom
touched the lives of those
who were lucky enough to
know him.
HPHS students selected as
an American Legion Essay
Contest winners
Samantha Alducin,
Ethan Lewittes, and Alexis
Satterwhite were selected
as American Legion
Essay Contest Winners for
their essays on “What the
American Flag Means to
Me.” Their awards were
given by American Legion
Post 145, Commander
Sassarossi.
HPHS Students speak
on RISE event panel in
Chicago
Breanna Haak and Sophie
Friedland were two
of four panelists for the
RISE leaders event in Chicago.
The students were
on the panel for the Pay
it Forward breakout session
and were asked numerous
questions on how
they felt about gender bias,
what they want to be in
the world when they think
about their visions and
dreams, and the work the
attendees needed to do to
ensure that daughters have
the same opportunities as
sons.
Eric Ong awarded Grotti
Scholarship
The Leo & Ada Grotti
Scholarship fund was established
in the memory of
two former Highland Park
Community members and
HPHS alums. Leo and Ada
lived their entire lives in
Highland Park and wished
to give back to the community
that had given them
so much. This scholarship
is a four-year renewable
scholarship given to an
HPHS senior who will be
attending an Illinois public
college or university.
Eric Ong was awarded the
scholarship and will attend
The University of Illinois,
Urbana-Champaign
study Engineering.
to
HPHS DECA Club bring
home another first place
international championship
HPHS brought 29 students
to compete at ICDC
and three to participate in
leadership seminars. Here
are the top results from the
competing students: Jacob
Hersh won first place internationally
overall for
his event of principle of
finance; Sam Kalter won
third place internationally
overall for his online event
of virtual business retail;
Adam Kalman placed
in the top 10 internationally
overall for his event of
business services marketing.
In addition one of his
“role play” presentations
was recognized as being a
Top 10 in his event.
The team of Matthew
Kisin and Ethan Teich
qualified for the finals and
finished in the top 20 internationally
overall for their
event of sports and entertainment
marketing.
Marissa Mongoven
was honored with one of
her “role play” presentations
being selected a top
10 in her event of retail
marketing.
Hersh’s first place finish
marks the first time in
HPHS history that a new
member to the DECA
Club has won his event
at internationals during
his first year in the club.
HPHS band director selected
for Chicagoland Outstanding
Music Educator
Award
Josh Chodoroff has
been chosen as a winner
of this year’s Chicagoland
Outstanding Music
Educator Award. This
special award recognizes
excellence in the field of
Music Education in the
Chicagoland area. His
name was placed in nomination
by one or more of
his peers, and selected by
a selection committee that
includes previous winners.
The award has been
given annually since 1989.
School news is compiled by
Editor Courtney Jacquin

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Sticks out like a sore
thumb
Who is responsible for
the six-story monstrosity
that looms above everything
in the area from its
location at the corner of
Central Avenue and Mc-
Govern Street?
Unlike other multifamily
residential buildings
on Central, that have
substantial setbacks, this
building extends almost
to the lot line, a privilege
never previously accorded
to buildings without
commercial frontage
on Central Avenue. Unlike
all other buildings in
the area, that are clad in
bricks and masonry, this
building is clad with some
kind of ersatz siding that
reeks of cheap construction.
Suspended from the
building on both frontage
streets are un-recessed,
roofless, prefabricated
steel balances, a cost-cutting
expedient that makes
the building resemble the
converted warehouses in
Chicago from which the
expedient was copied.
There are affordable
housing buildings for seniors
and others, nearby
in central Highland Park,
that blend in nicely with
the surrounding buildings
in both setbacks and
construction materials;
but this building sticks
out like a sore thumb.
The overall impact on the
property values of nearby
buildings can only be negative.
How did the people currently
running Highland
Park allows this to happen?
Is this an example of
what we can expect more
of in the near future?
Alvin D. Shulman
Highland Park
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women’s bathrooms.
Overall, board members
expressed support for the
project, but felt that the
construction cost, as presented,
is too high.
Reporting by Lauren Kiggins,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at GlenviewLantern.
com.
THE GLENCOE ANCHOR
Glencoe Park District
named finalist for national
parks and rec honor
The Glencoe Park District
was recently named a
finalist for the 2017 Gold
Medal Awards for Excellence
in Park and Recreation
Management.
The award is given by
the American Academy
for Park and Recreation
Administration, in partnership
with the National
Recreation and Park Association.
Founded in 1965, the
Gold Medal Awards program
honors communities
in the U.S. that demonstrate
excellence in parks
and recreation through
long-range planning, resource
management, volunteerism,
environmental
stewardship, program development,
professional
development and agency
recognition. Applications
are separated into seven
classes, with five classes
based on population, one
class for armed forces recreation
and one class for
state park systems awarded
on odd-numbered years.
The Glencoe Park District
is one of four finalists
in the Class V category
(less than 30,000). This
is the first time Glencoe
Park District has competed
for the National Gold
Medal.
Staff Reporting. Full story at
GlencoeAnchor.com.
THE WILMETTE BEACON
New Wilmette trustees
begin work following
swearing-in ceremony
New trustees Stephen
Leonard, Kathy Dodd and
Joel Kurzman, who won
their seats in the April 4
election, took their oath
of office at the Wilmette
Village Board’s Tuesday,
May 9 meeting.
Village President Bob
Bielinski, who was reelected
on April 4, also
took his oath of office. It
also marked the final board
meeting for outgoing trustees
Carol Ducommun,
Cameron Krueger and Ted
McKenna. Ducommun
was on the Village Board
since 2013 and served as
the chairwoman of the finance
committee over the
past four years.
“When Carol came on to
finance, she spearheaded a
project to really enhance
our financial reporting,”
Bielinski said. “Our reports
now that are part of
our packet, but also the
reports that we send to the
residents and other interested
parties are much better,
more readable, much
more useful and have enhanced
our transparency.
That was really her project
and she drove that one
with Melinda Molloy, our
finance director.”
Ducommun also served
as a co-chairwoman of
the ad hoc marketing task
force, which is a cooperative
effort with the Wilmette-Kenilworth
Chamber
of Commerce.
Ducommun will now
serve on the New Trier
High School Board for a
four-year term that ends in
2021.
Reporting by Todd Marver,
Freelance Reporter. Full story
at WilmetteBeacon.com.
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From The Editor
7 things I wish I knew when I graduated high school
Courtney Jacquin
courtney@hplandmark.com
It seems like we just
put away our winter
coats, but somehow
graduation season is upon
us again.
While Highland Park
High School’s graduation
won’t make it in The
Landmark for a few more
weeks (our June 1 issue,
to be exact), this is the last
Landmark you’ll receive
before seniors earn their
diplomas at Ravinia next
week.
In the spirit of graduation,
I wanted to share
with the graduates what I
wish I would have known
upon leaving high school.
If you’re not graduating
high school next week,
find your nearest highschooler
and share this
with them. Or, travel back
in time with me. Maybe
you knew these things
when you were 18, maybe
you didn’t, but here’s
my sage advice for those
about to venture out into
the “real world” beyond
the confines of the North
Shore.
1. You don’t have to
know what you want to
do. Really.
I had a meticulous
life plan set as soon as I
graduated high school. Of
course that path has since
changed approximately 1
million times, but I was
always so afraid to deviate
from my “plan.” When
freshman orientation leaders
told my orientation
group we would likely
change our majors multiple
times, I laughed. Not
me, I said stubbornly. Of
course I not only changed
majors, I transferred
schools, added minors,
dropped minors, switched
classes and still made it to
graduation on time.
2. Your major doesn’t
really matter.
Now if you want to
be an accountant you
probably have to major
in accounting — at least I
think, no one should trust
me with anything even
remotely related to accounting.
I never believed
when people told me I
didn’t have to major in
journalism to be a journalist
and stuck to my guns.
But really, they were right,
and I sometimes wish I
would’ve pursued a different
major. I got my journalism
education working
at my college newspaper
and internships, and I
wish I would’ve spent
my time in the classroom
expanding my art history
minor into a major or pursuing
a political science
degree.
3. The first people you
meet in college likely
won’t be your lifelong
friends.
While I’m still very
close with my freshman
year roommate, I’m one
of the only one of my
friends now who can say
that. The people I consider
to be my college friends I
met much later, and that’s
OK.
4. You’ll be homesick,
even if all you’ve ever
wanted to do is leave
home.
I grew up, admittedly,
somewhere not as great as
Highland Park, and all I
ever wanted to do was get
out. I didn’t want to repeat
the cycle of those around
me, staying right where
they grew up and turning
into their parents, I
wanted to get as far away
from home as possible
and never look back. But
when the people around
me at college made fun of
my wide “a’s” and the fact
I said “pop” instead of
“soda” (a habit I quickly
broke out of shame), all
I wanted was a familiar
Midwestern face. Don’t be
ashamed of being homesick,
it happens to the
most fiercely independent
of us all.
5. Don’t give up everything
you loved in high
school.
Just because you might
think you’re reinventing
yourself in college
and have to be all about
what you’re studying, it
doesn’t mean you have to
give up all the activities
and passions you’re were
involved with in high
school. Play intramural
sports. Join a dance group.
Find your passion. This is
where you’ll find you’re
closest friends, too.
6. Call your parents.
As often as possible.
You can call them as
you’re walking to class,
avoiding studying, or
waiting for your friends to
go with you to the dining
hall for dinner. Your calls
will make their days.
7. You can be a new
person, but you don’t
have to lose your old self,
either.
Especially if you’re
going to a college where
very few, if any of your
high school classmates are
also attending, you have
the freedom to reinvent
yourself— but don’t feel
the need to. Whether high
school was the best four
years of your life, worst
four years or somewhere
in between, those years
made you who you are
today. Don’t forget it.
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Spectacular night
The Art Center celebrates
annual gala, Page 25
A new frontier Longtime
Chicago staple opens second
location in Glenview, Page 26
Figure skaters perform
in Centennial Ice
Arena’s annual ice show
Skate Street, Page 21
Skaters from levels Basic
3 and 4 perform “Pop
Goes the World” during
Skate Street Saturday,
May 13 at Centennial Ice
Arena. Claire Esker/22nd
Century Media

20 | May 18, 2017 | The highland park landmark PUZZLES
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north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku
THE NORTH SHORE: Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. Snack
4. Cure facility
9. Civil rights organization,
for short
14. Miss. neighbor
15. Sweet smell
16. Accredited messenger
17. Dash abbr.
18. Chianti and
Chablis
19. African carnivore
20. Glencoe skating
facility
23. U.N. agency
24. Like
25. Metamorphose
30. The entire range
32. On the mark
35. Fencing material
36. French for lake
38. Survive
39. Make sound
40. Top sports
contest
43. Gentleman
steady
45. List opener
46. Pig
47. Spanish cordial
48. Sailing deviations
50. Scruffs
54. Key stroke
56. Side __ side
58. Gamble on
59. ____ Safran
Beach House,
Glencoe
63. Disorder
67. Free from restraint
68. Rest room, informally
69. One way to be
taken
70. Low card in
poker
71. No. in a pilot’s
announcement
72. Undergarment
73. Win every game
in a series
74. Thieves’ place
Down
1. Pincered insect
2. Some wool
3. Percussion instrument
4. Weather station,
abbr.
5. “Fear of flying”
author Jong
6. Above board
7. Emphatic agreement
8. Strong fiber
9. Great Indian politician
10. In general
11. Blvd.
12. Chile __ carne
13. Coin type
21. French city
22. Dubai rulers
26. Plot device in some
science fiction
27. Trojan ally, in the
“Iliad”
28. Great deal
29. ...and in the ___....
31. Pit contents
33. Repair again
34. Small guitar, for
short
37. Satiated
40. Sing the blues
41. “Law and Order”
concern
42. Charge carrier
43. Good, in the ‘hood
44. Compass direction,
abbr.
49. Lady Liberty, e.g.
51. Rang out
52. Liquid solution
from dissolving
53. Abounding in trees
55. Tasteless
57. In a state of readiness
60. Clothes
61. Over again
62. Heavy
63. WWII general
Arnold
64. “The ___ Daba
Honeymoon”
65. Panel truck
66. Scary mo.
HIGHLAND PARK
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(596 Elm Place, (847)
433-0589)
■Fridays: ■ Live Music
HIGHWOOD
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(210 Green Bay Road,
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■7:30 ■ p.m. May 18:
Suede & Dave &
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■9 ■ p.m. May 19: Have
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■8:30 ■ p.m. May 20:
Shelter Dogs with
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■6 ■ p.m. Sunday, May
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LAKE FOREST
The Lantern
(768 Western Ave.
(847) 234-9844)
■6-8 ■ p.m. Sundays:
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Lady
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Maevery Public House
(20 East Scranton Ave.
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(821 Chestnut Court,
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■Saturdays: ■ 50 percent
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wine with glass of
wine at regular price
and same day Writers
Theatre Saturday
matinee tickets
NORTHBROOK
Pinstripes
(1150 Willow Road,
(847) 480-2323)
■After ■ 8 p.m. Sunday-
Thursday: $3 bowling
(game) and $4 bocce
(hour)
GLENCOE
Writers Theatre
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242-6000)
■Through ■ July 2: “The
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answers
How to play Sudoku
Each Sudoku puzzle consists of a 9x9 grid that
has been subdivided into nine smaller grids of
3x3 squares. To solve the puzzle each row, column
and box must contain each of the numbers
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Skaters take the spotlight
in annual ice show
Erin Yarnall
Freelance Reporter
Young skaters spun,
danced and jumped their
way across the ice in
Skate Street, a series of
ice shows at Centennial
Ice Arena Friday–Saturday,
May 12-13.
The annual series of
shows featured 30 routines
from kindergartners
to high school seniors,
with a performance on
Friday and two performances
on Saturday.
The theme of the shows
was the mall, as the ice
was filled with sets depicting
various stores in
a shopping mall. Skaters
performed to various
songs about shopping,
and items they could
get at the mall including
“Rich Girl” by Gwen Stefani
and “Let’s Go to the
Mall” by Robin Sparkles
from the show “How I
Met Your Mother.”
The shows were bittersweet
for 18-year-old
Francesca Block, as it was
the North Shore Country
Day School senior’s 16th
and final show.
“It’s been a huge part
of my life, my family has
been coming to the ice
show for more than 20
years,” Block said. “It’s
a huge annual tradition,
everyone comes to town.”
Block’s family has
been attending the annual
performance to watch
her and her older sister
for two decades, and she
said she doesn’t know
what her family is going
to do next May when
neither of them will be
performing.
“It’s weird, we’re losing
a tradition that we’ve
done for so long,” Block
said. “I’ll definitely try
and come back and see it
next year, but it will be
weird being in the audience.”
While Skate Street
served as Block’s final
performance at Centennial
Ice Arena, it was Highland
Park resident Isabella
Cruz’s debut.
Cruz, 8, decided she
wanted to take up ice skating
when she first saw the
snow and winter activities
available in Highland
Park, after moving with
her family from Sacramento,
Calif. last year.
“When I moved here,
I saw all the snow and I
told my mom that I want
to start ice skating,” Cruz
said. “I like that I get to
learn how to dance on
ice.”
The ice arena was dedicated
to the performances
throughout the weekend,
even equipping the arena
with multi-colored lighting
effects and spotlights
for soloists.
The other half of the
building was made into
a backstage, where skaters
got in and out of their
costumes and practiced
their routines, and parents
greeted their children with
flowers and gifts.
“I love being backstage
because the kids are so excited
and so proud,” Skating
Director Sheila Lonergan
said.
“It’s fun just to be
around this environment
for the ice show specifically,”
Block said. “I like
getting to hang out in the
dressing room. We’ll play
some music, eat some
snacks, and we can hang
out and get to know a
bunch of people that I
don’t necessarily get to
spend a lot of time with
outside of the rink.”
Lonergan attributes part
of the growing popularity
of the ice show within
Highland Park to the success
of Olympic figure
skater Jason Brown, who
trained at Centennial Ice
Arena throughout his
childhood, and many skaters
agreed that he has had
an influence on them .
“I had amazing coaches,”
Block said. “I’ve
skated with Jason Brown
my entire life, so being in
that environment really
kept me engaged in that
sport.”
While many Highland
Park skaters were inspired
by seeing the success of
Brown, other students
performing in the show
were inspired by watching
their older siblings get
into skating.
“My older sister started
skating and I got into it
from her,” Highland Park
resident Ben Bass, 10,
said.
Bass’ favorite part of
skating is performing in
the annual shows, because
it represents a chance
to show of what he has
learned throughout the
year.
“The shows are when
all the choreography and
the lessons come together
to form a whole new
thing,” Bass said. “Also,
the audience just makes
you feel good.”
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Jeannie Bresler
Jeannie Susan Bresler,
nee Gandall, 82, of Aventura,
Fla., formerly of
Highland Park died April
28. She was the beloved
wife and best friend for
53 years of the late Stanley
Bresler; loving mother
of Kim (Tom) Livingston,
Scott Bresler and Andrew
(Sharon) Bresler; adored
Mimi of Samantha, Melanie,
Adam, Chase, Audrey,
Hunter and Hayden; devoted
daughter of the late
Irving and Helen Gandall;
cherished sister of Roger
(Dale) Gandall; special
aunt of Joseph Gandall and
Lauren (David) Grossman.
Bresler’s vibrant personality
and love for her family
and treasured friends
will live on forever. In lieu
of flowers, contributions
can be made to Jewish
Adoption and Foster Care
Options (JAFCO), 4200 N.
University Drive, Sunrise,
FL 33351, www.jafco.org.
William McMillan
William Griffith McMillan,
83, universally known
as “Gee,” died April 30 at
Rush University Medical
Center in Chicago. He was
the son of William Marcus
McMilllan, MD and Elizabeth
Griffith McMillan,
who predeceased him.
Born in Chicago on Jan.
27, 1934, McMillan grew
up in Highland Park and
lived most of his adult life
on the North Shore. He
was a graduate of Lake
Forest Academy, Princeton
University (1956) and
received an MBA from
Northwestern University.
Gee’s professional career
spanned more than 50
years including positions
as partner at Touche Ross
& Co. and founder of Mc-
Millan, Inc., an independent
business valuation
firm.
McMillan was a quiet
but thoughtful man who
enjoyed hunting with his
springer spaniel, following
the stock market and
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24 | May 18, 2017 | The highland park landmark FAITH
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Faith Briefs
Christ Church (1713 Green Bay Road,
Highland Park)
Weeknight Service
A new service has started
on Thursday Nights in
the church’s new coffee
bar. It is not your traditional
church service, instead
it provides space for you
to bring your thoughts and
questions. Every week
there is a sermon for 20
minutes followed by group
discussion. Coffee Bar is
open 6:30-9 p.m., service
is 7-8 p.m. Email Dan at
dsyvertsen@cclf.org
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MOPS at Highland Park
Campus
MOPS stands for Mothers
of Preschoolers, and
by preschoolers we mean
kiddos from birth through
kindergarten. We know it’s
a little confusing so let’s
just stick with “MOPS.”
We are moms, and we
believe that better moms
make a better world. At
every meeting there will
be a speaker or video that
gives practical tools and
insight into the specific
things that are important
to you. MOPS meets 9-11
a.m. on the first and third
Friday of the month. Email
mopscchp@gmail.com for
more info.
Congregation Solel (1301 Clavey Road,
Highland Park)
Torah Study
From 9:15-10:15 a.m.
every Saturday morning
there will be a Torah study
at Congregation Solel. You
can come in the morning
to kick off your weekend
with a Torah study and
then stay throughout the
morning at Solel for subsequent
activities and fun.
For more information, go
to www.solel.org, or call
(847) 433-3555.
Immaculate Conception Parish (770
Deerfield Road, Highland Park)
IC Church Garage Sale
Home decor and more!
Friday, June 2 and Saturday,
June 3 from 7 a.m.
– 3 p.m., rain or shine.
Come shopping for furniture,
housewares, toys and
more. Specialty items this
year include framed paintings,
posters and other
types of art pieces. Cash
or check only. For more
information, contact IC
Parish at (847) 433-0130.
Drop off donations for
the Annual September
Rummage Sale any time
after July 1.
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El (1175
Sheridan Road, Highland Park)
Job Network Meeting
Beth El Job Network
is in business. The Network
meets every Friday
morning at 9 a.m. in the
library. If you are unemployed,
under-employed,
changing jobs, entering or
re-entering the work force
please join us. For more
information, call Dr. Eli
Krumbein at (847) 432-
6994 or email JoAnne
Blumberg at JoAnneB1729@gmail.com.
Two Faiths, One Roof
Two-FOR is a group for
Jewish-Christian families
for learning and fellowship.
Childcare is provided
so parents can engage in
their own learning and
conversation, while children
can hear a story and
make a craft for their own
experience. For more information,
contact Rabbi
Ari at arim@interfaithfamily.com.
Submit information for The
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to Courtney Jacquin at
courtney@hplandmark.com.
The deadline is noon on
Thursday. Questions? Call
(847) 272-4565 ext. 34.
Memoriam
From Page 22
telling stories. He had a
subtle but vibrant sense of
humor and was a trusted
confidant to many of his
peers. His family and
friends will remember
him as a voice of reason
that could be trusted to
listen quietly and offer
sound advice in even the
most difficult of times.
He is survived by his
wife, Phoebe Beatty Mc-
Millan, his sister, Marcia
McMillan Hines, his
first wife and mother of
his four children, Florence
Dalrymple McMillan,
his son, William D.
McMillan, MD (Mary)
and daughters Marcia
McMillan McDonough
(Tim), Sally McMillan
Draper (John) and Phoebe
Stair McMillan, and
by his step-sons Christopher
Ayer Boutin, MD
(Evelyn) and Warner
Paul Boutin and his four
grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, contributions
may be made to
Rush University Medical
Center, 1700 W. Van Buren
Street Suite 250, Chicago,
IL 60612.
Have someone’s life you’d
like to honor? Email courtney@hplandmark.com
with
information about a loved
one who was part of the
Highland Park/Highwood
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Spectacular,
SpecTACular
Staff Report
The Art Center — Highland
Park celebrated its
annual benefit gala Thursday,
May 4. SpecTACular
— A Celebration of the
Arts is The Art Center’s
largest fundraising event
of the year, rasing funds
for scholarships, classes,
workshops, exhibition,
events and programs to
make art accessible to everyone
throughout the year.
The Art Center – Highland
Park is a non-forprofit
community art center
committed to quality art
education and enrichment
for people of all ages. With
more than 450 classes and
workshops offered annually,
70+ faculty members,
Highland Park’s Heidi and Jim Kirsch, The Art Center
Board Member Amy Perlmutter and Steve Chilow.
Sue Robbins (from left to right), of Riverwoods, Carolyn
Beller, of Chicago, honoree and faculty member Linny
Freeman, of Deerfield, Ellen Rieselbach, of Highland Park
and faculty member Debbie Sampson, Highland Park.
20+ exhibits per year, and
hosts the annual Festival
of Fine Arts attended by
25,000 people, The Art
Center brings the benefit of
visual arts to citizens of all
ages throughout the community
and North Shore.
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‘Unmasking the flavors of Mexican food’
Glenview’s Cafe
El Tapatio tweaks
proven recipe for
success
Chris Pullam
Contributing Editor
How does an entrepreneur
make a name for himself
in the food business
when his parents already
own a four-decade-old restaurant
in Chicago?
Well, if you ask Joe
Parra, owner of Cafe El
Tapatio in Glenview, he
might suggest adding personalized
flair to a proven
recipe.
Parra, a Glenview native,
opened the restaurant’s
second location in
April, but Julie and Jose
Parra, his parents, beat him
by 43 years. Cafe El Tapatio
has flourished in Chicago’s
Lakeview neighborhood
since 1974.
“They started with zero
experience and kind of
took a leap of faith in what
is now one of the hippest
neighborhoods in the city,”
Joe Parra said. “When they
started in 1974, not many
people were really privy
on what Mexican food
was on the North Side, so
it was kind of like fighting
a two-front war. Not only
was it starting a whole new
business, but they also had
to educate people.”
While the flagship restaurant
boasts an extensive
menu ranging from panseared
tilapia entrees and
beer-battered shrimp tacos
to burritos and combination
platters, Parra decided
to roll out the menu slowly
in Glenview. He initially
shied away from Americanized
staples like tacos,
burritos and enchiladas
entirely, but said their demand
will dictate their
supply in the near future.
“We’re unmasking the
flavors of Mexican food,”
Joe Parra said. “We’re
[not dependent] on the
run-of-the-mill tacos and
burritos. We’re reintroducing
what has always been
very Mexican, dishes that
have ingredients people
don’t match up with the
Mexican gastronomy but
are very common. We’re
not gourmet or too sophisticated,
but maybe a little
more refined.”
Joe Parra attributes
much of Cafe El Tapatio’s
continued success to head
chef Reyna Olivier, who
has worked at the restaurant
for the past 41 years.
Since April, Olivier has
split her time between
Chicago and Glenview to
make sure both locations
provide the same experience.
While the cook hails
from Mexico City, the Parra
family traces its roots to
Guadalajara in the Mexican
state of Jalisco.
As a result: “We kind
of have the best of both
worlds. Mexico City has
influences from all over
the country, whether the
southern or northern regions.
That said, we aren’t
focusing on any one region.
We have a multitude
of influences on our
menu.”
We started with a “multitude”
of items from the
botanas menu, including
a dish unique to Cafe El
Tapatio: chamuscado de
panela ($9).
The appetizer features
three slices of seared queso
panela topped with roasted
tomato and poblano, drizzled
with ancho chile balsamic
sauce and sprinkled
with Mexican oregano.
Cafe El Tapatio’s papas
primavera ($6), another
Cafe El Tapatio’s arrachera XX ($19) is a generous
helping of charbroiled Angus skirt steak marinated in
Dos Equis and garlic served with nopalitos, frijoles
de la olla and fresh guacamole. Photos by Sarah
Haider/22nd Century Media
rare but delicious option,
blends house potatoes with
a touch of garlic and spicy
cilantro chimichurri.
But where’s the meat?
Look no further than the
revoltijo ($11) — flashfried
plantain topped with
carne asada, poblano rajas,
mushrooms and chopped
onions and garnished with
queso Chihuaha au gratin.
According to The Highland
Park Editor Courtney
Jacquin, this dish is “insanely
good.”
Although we stopped
after three appetizers, the
menu includes 12 options
ranging from guacamole
de frutas ($9), which included
avocado spiked
with fresh lime juice, pico
de gallo, mango chunks
and jicama, to taquitos
de tinga de pollo ($9), or
crispy rolled corn tortillas
stuffed with pulled
chicken tinga and topped
with queso fresco and
crema.
“What we’re trying to
do with this menu is get
people to order multiple
appetizers and then just
share an entree,” Joe Parra
said. “That way you get a
little taste of everything.”
Cafe El Tapatio
9707 N. Milwaukee Ave.,
Glenview
(224) 470-5120
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11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-
Thursday
11 a.m.-Midnight Friday
4 p.m.-Midnight Saturday
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And taste everything we
did.
After polishing our
plates, we marveled at the
entrees.
As a newly converted
vegetarian, I found a new
favorite dish on the North
Shore in Cafe El Tapatio’s
enchiladas de espinaca
($14) — three flour tortillas
stuffed with fresh
spinach, queso Chihuahua
and topped with a mild
chipotle sauce. Generous
helpings of arroz verde,
esquites de calabaza and
guacamole complete the
meal.
But once again, Parra’s
meat dishes stole the show
(based on the smell and
my coworkers’ facial expressions).
The arrachera XX ($19),
The chamuscado de panela ($11) is a tasty appetizer
made of three slices of seared queso panela, topped
with roasted tomato, poblano, ancho chile balsamic
sauce and sprinkled with Mexican oregano.
The chilpayate margarita ($11) is mixed with ancho
chile-infused tequila, triple sec, habanero bitters,
tamarindo and lime served with a chili-powder rim.
charbroiled Angus skirt
steak marinated with Dos
Equis and garlic, is served
with nopalitos, frijoles de
la olla and guacamole. The
meat was soft and tender,
and the beer wasn’t overwhelming.
The camarones monte
alban ($17) features pantossed
shrimp, onion, tomato,
garlic cilantro chimichurri
flambeed with
smokey mezcal and chile
de árbol, all served with
Mexican red rice.
To wash it all down, we
sipped two of Cafe El Tapatio’s
signatures drinks: the
chilpayate ($11) — a mix
of ancho chile-infused tequila,
triple sec, habanero
bitters, tamarindo and lime
served with chile powder
on the rim — and the pina
poblano ($11) — Tierras
blanco tequila blended
with ancho reyes poblano,
pineapple, lime agave nectar
and charred pineapple.
“We kind of use our
customers’ palates as the
driving force behind what
goes onto the menu,” Joe
Parra said. “We don’t say,
‘This is the special today
whether you like it or not.’
I wanted to so a scaleddown
menu here. It’s kind
of like the greatest hits of
the Chicago menu.”
Cafe El Tapatio will also
roll out a brunch menu
around the Fourth of July.

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atlete of the week
10 Questions
with Jolie Carl
Carl is a sophomore midfielder/forward
on the Highland Park High School girls
soccer team.
How long have you been playing
soccer and how did you get started
with the sport?
I started playing when I was 7. A
friend of my mom’s was down on players
for an AYSO team and I wanted to be a
part of it, so I said yes. I played AYSO
for one year and then I started playing
travel soccer.
What’s the most challenging part
of playing soccer?
Being in shape throughout the entire
year is probably the biggest challenge for
me. Playing with my club team during
the year makes it difficult.
What’s the biggest difference
between playing club at a high
level and playing in high school?
In high school, we practice every day
and play at least twice a week. In club
it’s not always like that, we practice
maybe three times a week and don’t have
games every weekend. We either have
games or then breaks followed by tournaments.
Do you have any pregame rituals,
routines, or superstitions.
On my club team we have handshakes.
I always wear a wrap and a headband,
tape my shin guards, so it’s not much.
What do you usually eat on a
match day or before a game?
I usually don’t eat much right before
a game but if I were to have a snack I’d
probably have a protein bar.
If you could have any superpower,
what would you choose and why?
Probably the ability to be invisible,
that would be really cool. I’d be able to
go wherever I wanted and listen in on
Varsity Views
other people’s conversations without
anyone knowing; that’s cool.
If you could travel anywhere in the
world, where would you want to
go and why?
Probably anywhere in the Caribbean.
I’ve seen so many photos of the ocean
and the beach there. I’ve been to the
Bahamas before twice.
Do you have a favorite memory or
game while playing for the soccer
team at HPHS?
Playing against Deerfield was really
fun; it was a home game this year and a
lot of people were there cheering us on.
Usually we don’t have a big crowd at
games so that made it really fun.
What advice would you give
younger soccer players?
Practice outside of practice and touch
the ball as much as you can because that
builds your skill base, which is the base
for the game itself. Having good skills
and getting good touches on the ball are
the most important aspects.
What’s the best part of being an
athlete at HPHS?
I love that I’ve met so many people of
all ages that I definitely would not have
met otherwise. On the team I’m really
close to the older girls but also the freshmen
that we have and I would have never
been able to meet them if it weren’t for
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Boys Volleyball
Giants battle in straight sets loss to Spartans
Todd Marver
Freelance Reporter
Glenbrook North (23-4,
8-0), the CSL North conference
champs in 13 of
the last 14 years, spoiled
Highland Park’s (7-16, 2-6)
senior night with a 25-13,
25-21 win on Wednesday,
May 10 in Highland Park.
Highland Park senior
captains Lucas Humerick,
Jake Heilizer and Sam
Stone played in their final
home match. Humerick and
Heilizer are four-year volleyball
players at Highland
Park, while Stone played
for the last three years. Giants
coach Kyle Muldoon
is in his fourth year, so he
and the seniors came in at
the same time and it is the
first graduating class he has
seen from start to finish.
“They’ve really helped,”
Muldoon said. “They’ve
seen it all. They’ve seen
this program grow and
they’ve been a really big
part of it. We’re definitely
going to miss their leadership.
There are only three
of them, but they’ve carried
the load for leadership
this season and really kept
a young team focused and
motivated throughout the
season.”
The Spartans got off to
a quick start in the first set
with an 11-4 lead. Glenbrook
North extended its
lead to double digits at 18-8
before going on to win it
by 12 points. The second
set was a different story
though. It featured 13 ties,
the last of which came at
21-21.
The Spartans rattled off
the next four points to win
the match, including a tip
and kill from junior Jack
Ferber and a kill from senior
Kamil Barabas, which
ended the match.
“They played a lot better
(in the second set),” GBN
coach Chris Cooper said.
“Their passing got a lot
better, so they were able to
Highland Park libero Lucas Humerick bumps a ball
during a contest with Glenbrook North on May 10 in
Highland Park. Itai Epstein/22nd Century Media
start running their offense.
They got their lefty going
and their middles going
a little bit more. We had
some guys come off the
bench and it took us a little
while to get into rhythm.
When you switch up the
lineup, sometimes that happens.
Once we got into a
rhythm, I think we finished
strong.”
Muldoon said that aggressiveness
and blocking
was the biggest difference
between the first set and
more competitive second
set for his team.
“We were more aggressive
(in the second set),”
Muldoon said. “That was
my message to the guys
from the start was that we
have to be aggressive. We
can’t give them easy plays
because they’ll execute
back at us and it’ll be too
easy for them. We had to
stay aggressive from the
service line and the net.
We did a much better job
of that. We blocked a lot
better in the second game.
That’s really our X-factor.
If we block well, we can
beat anybody. If we don’t
block well, we struggle.”
Highland Park is the No.
19 seed in the Palatine Sectional
in the postseason.
The Giants face off against
No. 14 seed Wheeling on
Monday, May 22, in the
Warren Regional quarterfinals,
while they’ll conclude
the regular season at
Vernon Hills on Thursday,
May 18.
“We have a chance to
go make some noise in the
playoffs and be competitive
and try to knock off some
teams that probably had big
goals and aspirations to go
far,” Muldoon said. “We
have a chance to ruin that
for them. That’s one thing
that keeps us motivated and
getting better. A program
goal since I started was to
add to our board with a regional
championship. Despite
our poor season, we
still have a chance to do
that. So that still motivates
our guys and we’ll use that
to move forward here.”
The Spartans are the top
seed in the New Trier Sectional.
They open the postseason
against either Niles
West or Roosevelt on Tuesday,
May 23, in the Niles
West Regional semifinals.
GBN concludes the regular
season with a senior night
match against Maine East
on Thursday, May 18, in
Northbrook.
“I’m trying to maintain
our edge,” Cooper said. “I
want us to still go into every
match with good focus
and wanting to execute as
good as we can and stay
healthy. We want to try to
avoid any silly injuries or
anything like that.”
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ish second with a time of
11:19.03.
“You look at a person
like Leah Ulrich, who ran
a 20-second PR and she
probably didn’t think she
was going to do it today,”
Spagnoli said. “The coaching
staff knew she had it
in her, the coaching staff
was excited for her, but
she was probably a little
doubtful she was going to
run that type of PR. Those
are the things that you’re
so thrilled for.”
The Trevians weren’t
only successful in the
long-distance races, either.
Kate Holly qualified in
the 100-meter dash with
a time of 12.6. Savannah
Noethlich finished second
in the 800-meter run with
a time of 2:16.49. Sydney
Kunkler finished first
in the triple jump with a
score of 36-07.25. Yeji An
finished second in the discus
by throwing 107-11.
Sullivan, won the 400-meters
run in 57.8.
“I’m really happy right
now, there aren’t words to
describe how happy I am
right now and how much
my work in November and
December paid off,” Sullivan
said. “The competition
here is really good. I like
it because it helps me push
myself past the limit and I
use my teammates to help
support me and my opponents
to help compete.”
While upperclassmen
were leading the way for
New Trier, it was the underclassmen’s
time to
shine for Glenbrook South.
The Titans qualified
seven individuals and the
3,200 relay for the state finals,
with five of the seven
being freshmen or sophomores.
“A lot of girls think ‘this
is a sectional meet,’ and get
nervous and freak out, but
our girls just kept right on
it,” GBS coach Meaghan
Fastert said. “I think they
played it in their head that
this is just another meet
and I’m going to do my
best.”
Two of the freshmen,
Raelyn Roberson and Annie
Streb, really stood out
Thursday. Roberson won
the long jump with a time
of 17-11.75 and finished
second in the 100 with a
time of 12.16. Streb won
the high jump with a jump
of 5-03, finished second
in the triple jump with a
score of 36-06.5 and was
part of the 3,200 relay.
“Raelyn is the kind of
girl who works effortlessly
with everything she
does,” Fastert said. “When
she was long jumping, she
jumped a 16-06 and she
didn’t look like she was on.
I walked over to her and I
said, ‘Listen, next time
you jump this is going to
be your best jump ever so
save yourself, this is going
to be your best jump ever.’
And then I walked over
to where the sand pit was
and she jumped a 17-11.
I think it helps when we
have hands-on coaches to
guide them.
“Annie Streb, I call her
‘the wild child.’ She just
goes for it, no matter what.
She just goes for it. Watching
her do high jump was
amazing and then making
her mark in triple [jump],
she just has no fear and
that doesn’t always happen,
especially with a
freshman.”
Despite only qualifying
one individual for the state
finals, host Loyola will be
sending two relays, the
800 and the 1,600, downstate.
Coach ChrisJon Simon
was very pleased with
his relay teams’ results.
“We’re putting our lineup
together,” Simon said
about his relays. “We had
our best four run for the
first time in the [800]. The
[400] we’re putting our
best lineup together, we’re
getting mentally ready.”
Like Loyola, Glenbrook
North only qualified one
individual for next week’s
state finals. But that qualifier,
Hannah Wilson, will
be making a repeat appearance
in Charleston after
winning both the 100 and
200 with times of 12.16
and 25.02. Her 200 time
would be good for eighth
in the state.
“This is the most events
we’ve scored in at sectionals
in (forever),” GBN
coach Justin Cooper said.

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Boys Tennis
Giants win doubles championship, finish 2nd
David Jaffe
Freelance Reporter
It’s been a dream season
for the Glenbrook North
boys tennis team.
GBN won every dual
meet it competed in and
finished first in every invite.
And on Saturday, May
13 at Deerfield, even
without Mark Wu, Tripp
Schulte and Austin Klapman,
the Spartans won the
Central Suburban League
North conference meet (10
points) and wrapped up the
outright conference title,
their first since 2007.
“It’s been an amazing
experience and so much
fun,” GBN’s Nick Marino
said. “This hasn’t happened
for GBN in a long
time. This team really has
the confidence that we can
win sectionals and even
win state. Our depth is unbelievable.
To be able to
do this despite missing a
lot of key guys says a lot.”
The Spartans benefited
from fantastic depth and
flexibility this season.
“The seniors this year
really figured out what we
needed to do to make us
as successful as possible,”
GBN coach Jeff Jordan
said. “We probably had
six guys that could have
played two doubles. But
they have unselfish attitudes
and played where we
needed them to play. We
have a lot of depth and I
think you have to to have
this type of season. This
was a testament to the
guys that played today that
we won without three of
our best players. And it’s
great that the seniors who
played their last meet were
able to go out winners.”
Marino won No. 1 singles
by beating Highland
Highland Park’s Jonny Raab hits a backhand in a match earlier this season. Along with his partner Ari Mazza, Raab won the No. 1 doubles
ladder during the CSL North Tournament Saturday, May 13, at Deerfield High School. The win helped Highland Park finish second at the meet.
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Park’s Jeremy Learner, a
state qualifier, 6-0, 6-1 in
the championship.
“I won a lot of free
points off of my serves,”
Marino said. “My serving
and defense was the
biggest reason why I was
able to win. It was good
to be able to play like that
against a great player.”
Marino, a state qualifier
in doubles last year,
has given GBN a strong
1-2 punch in singles along
with Wu.
“Nick’s first set in the
championship was some of
the best tennis he’s played
this year,” Jordan said.
“With efforts like his and
everyone from doubles,
there were a lot of strong
performances. Most of the
doubles teams were playing
with different people
than they normally did.”
Marino has played a
lot of tennis this season
by getting accustomed to
playing doubles in addition
to singles.
“During tournaments
in the offseason, I always
play singles. I only played
doubles during high school
season,” Marino said.
“Singles is what I’m accustomed
to. I’m looking
forward to having a chance
at qualifying for state for
the first time in singles.”
GBN swept the singles
draw and won all but one
doubles draw. In No. 2 singles,
Ben Riad beat Deerfield’s
Noah Kanner 7-5,
6-1 and in No. 3 singles
Ryan Waddell beat Highland
Park’s Gabe Schlussel
1-6, 6-0, 6-4.
Winners in doubles were
No. 2 Van Fairbanks and
Nick Charlton-Perrin over
Deerfield 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-3
and No. 3 Justin Puszkarski
and Zack Piell 6-1,
6-4 over Deerfield. Isaac
Rothstein and Scott Wenzel
won No. 4. 6-3, 6-1
over Highland Park’s Kyle
Meister and Baum.
Trailing Deerfield 6-5
in the third set in the No.
1 doubles championship,
Jonny Raab and Ari Mazza
battled back to win the title
3-6. 6-3, 7-6 (1).
“We continued to believe
in each other and
stuck together,” Raab said.
“We encouraged each
other after every shot and
found a way to take the
W.”
The pair celebrated after
winning each point and
were clearly excited, playing
with emotion.
“We both love the game
so much,” Mazza said.
“Seeing our teammates
cheer for us really got
us pumped up. It keeps
us (with) very high energy
throughout the match
when we show emotion.
It allows us to stay positive
regardless of the situation.”
After missing most of
the previous two seasons
with a torn abdomen, being
conference champion
meant a lot to Raab.
“It makes me happy that
I accomplished this,” Raab
said. “I was able to prove
myself and show the type
of player I am. But I also
did it to help my team and
for all of my teammates.”
Highland Park also saw
No. 1 singles player Learner,
No. 3 singles player
Schlussel and No. 4 doubles
tandem Meister and
Baum finish as runners-up.
The Giants were second in
the meet with eight points.

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Kriss qualifies for
state meet in 800
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After a long season of
uncooperative weather,
Mother Nature finally decided
to bring some good
weather upon the girls
track and field community
Thursday, May 11, at the
Loyola Sectional in Wilmette.
Under a sunny sky
and running with a slight
breeze, New Trier came
away with its third consecutive
sectional title and
fourth in five years after
piling up 114.5 points to
run away with the sectional,
outpacing second-place
Glenbrook South, which
finished with 68 points.
“I think our team today
performed fantastic and
have excelled in every
event of the track,” New
Trier coach Robert Spagnoli
said. “We talked to
our kids all the time about
scoring in every event and
not to put a goose egg up
in any event. Our kids
competed really hard today,”
The 800 saw eight runners
qualify for the state
meet next weekend, including
Highland Park
freshman Stephanie Kriss,
who finished with a time
of 2:17.91.
While Giants coach Sarah
Palmberg was happy to
see her runner qualify, she
felt the meet could have
gone a little differently for
them.
“We had some nice performances
today and one
of the goals is to obviously
make it to the state
meet,” Palmberg said. “We
Highland Park’s Veronica Kriss (left) and New Trier’s
Caroline Fix are neck and neck in the 800 during the
Loyola Sectional Thursday, May 11, in Wilmette. Lynn
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didn’t see all those goals
accomplished but [had]
some great performances
overall.
“We have a freshman
qualify in the 800 so that’s
exciting, but had some
heartbreaks with some races
that didn’t go as hoped.
It’s mixed emotions today.
A lot of things we’re happy
about, but also some
things disappointing.”
Kriss was the only Giant
to qualify for the Class
3A state meet, which is
scheduled for this Thursday
through Saturday at
Eastern Illinois University.
New Trier qualified seven
individuals and the 800-
, 1,600- and 3,200-meter
relays. New Trier’s 3,200
relay team — consisting
of seniors Grace Fagan
and Molly Schmidt,
and sophomores Caroline
Trukenbrod and Marne
Sullivan — smashed the
Loyola track record by
over 11 seconds, finishing
with a time of 9:17.03.
Coming into the meet, that
time would have been the
second-best in the state
all season and 12 seconds
better than the relay’s time
at last week’s CSL South
Championships.
Caroline Fix continued
her impressive senior
campaign by winning the
3,200-meter run, finishing
with a time of 11:10.88.
Fix would also finish second
in the 1,600, a race that
saw six finishers qualify
for state, including Fagan,
with a time of 5:04.29.
“I didn’t end up getting
the time I wanted, but I
went into the race a little
more aggressively, so I
don’t know if I’ll change
that up for next week,” Fix
said. “I tried to get after
my goals, which was to hit
a PR, but that didn’t happen
today. I did end up
hitting my goal first mile.
I thought the first lap was a
little fast but I know what
I have to work on for next
week.”
Her teammate, sophomore
Leah Ulrich, chased
a Maine South runner
down the stretch to fin-
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Girls Soccer
Giants outpaced in road loss to Scouts
22nd century media file
1st-and-3
Stars of the week
1. Stephanie Kriss
(ABOVE).
Following in her
older sister’s
footsteps, the
freshman qualified
for the state track
meet in the 800
by posting a time
of 2:17.91. She
heads to Eastern
Illinois University
with the 17th best
seed time in that
event.
2. Jonny Raab/Ari
Mazza.
The boys tennis
doubles tandem
took first place
in the CSL North
Conference
tournament at
No. 1 doubles,
rallying to defeat
Deerfield’s best in
the championship
match.
3. Maile Lunardi.
The girls soccer
goalkeeper kept
things from getting
worse for the
Giants in a 4-0 loss
to Lake Forest.
Derek Wolff
Sports Editor
Wave after wave of attack
broke down against
Highland Park’s back line;
Lake Forest couldn’t solve
it.
Finally, senior left back
Morgan Asmussen found
a ball with open space and
broke the deadlock late in
the first half, opening the
floodgates for the Scouts
in a home win on Thursday,
May 11, in Lake Forest.
Leland Keller, Nicole
Doucette and Kate Reinhardt
added goals in the
second half to solidify the
win for the Scouts, who
dominated possession and
kept Highland Park’s attack
in check.
Highland Park ceded
Lake Forest plenty of space
in the first half, which was
goalless until the 38th minute.
The Scouts couldn’t
optimize their attacking
runs, however, routinely
being flagged for offsides
or playing through balls
too far beyond the reach of
their attacking midfielders
and forwards.
The Scouts made tactical
changes at halftime,
deciding to make more
east-west runs, attacking
from the sides, to move
forward toward the net
more effectively.
“We talked at halftime
a little bit and put some
players in positions where
Listen Up
“We didn’t see all those goals
accomplished but [had] some great
performances overall.”
Sarah Palmberg — On the girls track team at sectionals.
their only options were
to run across and limited
their ability to get (caught)
offsides,” Lake Forest
coach Ty Stuckslager said.
Asmussen’s goal late in
the first half set the tone
for the second. After a ball
was dropped back to her
from Doucette, she found
herself in the right place at
the right time for her first
goal of the season.
“It’s kind of fun going
up there,” Asmussen said,
on advancing that far up
field. “Nicole took a good
touch forward and the girl
caught her, so there was
an open space. I took my
touch and just hit it with
the outside of my foot and
it snuck in.”
The Scouts picked up
where they left off to begin
the second half, continuing
to bombard Highland
Park goalkeeper Maile
Lunardi’s net. The senior
was on her game, stopping
right forward Delaney
Williams’ point-blank shot
in the 44th.
Highland Park had a
scoring opportunity on a
counterattack in the 46th,
but right forward Jolie
Carl’s shot from the left
side of the box missed the
near post and went out for
a goal kick.
Lake Forest’s pace
proved too much for the
Giants in the 53rd minute
when Keller scored off a
long attacking run, forcing
Lunardi off her line.
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GIRLS TRACK: The Giants head to Eastern Illinois
University for the state meet.
• Highland Park at IHSA State Championship, 4:30
p.m., Thursday, May 18, EIU, Charleston.
Lake Forest’s Leland Keller (right) sprints away from
Highland Park’s Sydney Cohen to score the second
goal in the Scouts’ 4-0 home win over the Giants on
Thursday, May 11, in Lake Forest. Derek Wolff/22nd
Century Media
Continued pressure
from Lake Forest limited
Highland Park to operating
within its defensive third,
and the Scouts went up 3-0
when another attacking
run from Doucette forced
Lunardi off the line again,
leading to the goal.
The Scouts earned a corner
kick in the 68th minute,
leading to a Highland
Park counterattack and a
free kick from 40 yards out
in the 72nd minute, where
Sarah Stahlberger’s shot
was saved by Scouts freshman
goalkeeper Sophia
DiVagno.
Right back Kirby Bartelstein
nearly scored off a
volley on a Highland Park
corner kick in the 73rd
minute, but DiVagno was
there to preserve the shutout.
Her kick out led to Lake
Forest’s fourth goal, this
time from Reinhardt, in
the 75th.
The back line has been
particularly strong for
Lake Forest this season.
The Scouts have earned
consecutive shutouts, including
a 0-0 draw on May
6 against defending state
champions New Trier.
Asmussen said the key
to playing well defensively
is the defensive unit’s trust
and cohesion.
“I think it’s the trust that
we have in each other,”
she said. “I have a lot of
trust in Gwen (Walker)
and Sophia, who is a freshman
who gets the job done
every game. Sophia really
holds us together, especially
on the close calls when
one of us either messes up
or beats us, she always has
our back.”
Highland Park has been
beset with a number of
injuries late in the season
and suffered from a lack of
unity in the second half.
“I didn’t think we were
playing too conservative,
we just need to battle as a
team,” Giants coach Kate
Straka said. “We were putting
players in different
spots and we just have to
be more cohesive. I don’t
think it’s anything offensive,
it’s just playing
together as a unit, which
I don’t think we’re doing
right now.
“A lot of our leadership
is hurt so it’s been a tough
couple of weeks.”
The Giants are the No.
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9 seed in the Gurnee Sectional
and take on eighthseeded
Mundelein on
Tuesday, while the Scouts
are the No. 5 in the same
sectional and take on 11thseeded
Palatine, which
defeated Lake Forest 4-1
earlier this year.
For Highland Park, a
tough schedule late in
the season — including
matches against New
Trier, Glenbrook North
and Lake Forest — should
prove beneficial for a playoff
mentality.
“Playing great teams
like Lake Forest makes
you better and it makes
your realize your weaknesses,”
Straka said. “We
know that we have to be
stronger offensively, we
haven’t been able to get
much going offensively so
that’s something that in the
next couple of practices
we’ll be looking for.”
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Derek Wolff. Send
any questions or comments to d.wolff@22ndcenturymedia.
com.

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Can’t Catch Up
Giants falter in Lake Forest, Page 35
Double Trouble
Giants bounced in straight sets, Page 32
Highland Park’s
Halle Charrlin
competes in
the pole vault
during the
Loyola Sectional
Thursday,
May 11, in
Wilmette. Lynn
Trautmann/22nd
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Giants compete for spots at state meet, Page 34
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