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Highland Park partners with Army Corps, other North Shore communities in flood study, Page 4
Areas all around Highland Park and the North Shore flooded in July 2017. The City
is now seeking mitigation efforts. 22nd Century media file photo
permit denied
Highland Park City Council
denies special-use permit for Baird &
Warner, Page 3
hopey, changey
Former Obama speechwriter visits HP
library, Page 10
drumroll,
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North Shore
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announced,
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THURSDAY
Fossil Hunters
10 a.m.-noon, April 5,
Rosewood Beach Interpretive
Center, 883 Sheridan
Road, Highland Park.
What fossils lie beneath
the sand? Come be an archeologist,
digging on the
beach for remnants of the
past, complete with an archeological
dig. Registration
cost is $20. Event is
intended for children ages
6-10. For more information
visit pdhp.org.
The Comedy Combo
at Michael’s Hot Dogs
Highland Park
7 p.m. April 5, Michael’s
Hot Dogs Highland
Park, 1879 2nd Street,
Highland Park. Dinner
and a show event featuring
a full buffet dinner
and stand-up comedy by
professional comedians
from the Chicago area.
First lineup Larry Bloom,
from Funnier by the Lake
Comedy, headliner Reena
Calm, featured on WCIU’s
One Night Stand Up, Shira
Mizel, producer of Verified
Laughs at The Laugh
Factory, and Mike Hover,
a regular at Zanies. Tickets
are $40. Pre-registration is
required.​For tickets go to
eventbrite.com
FRIDAY
Spanish Literary Club
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. April
6, Highland Park Public
Library, 494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Attendees
will take part in lively discussions
on Spanish literature,
focusing on the works
of notable authors. Conversations
will be mostly
in Spanish, but non-native
speakers are welcome. For
more information visit
hplibrary.org.
SATURDAY
Electronic Music: Powered
by Girls
10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 7,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Girls between
the ages of 13 and
18 will learn how to build
their own contact microphones
and to use them
to turn everyday objects
into instruments. After
the group creates the microphones
and explore
the sounds of our objects,
staff will lead in a musical
group improvisation. Participants
are encouraged
to keep their microphones,
to use in their own creative
ways. For more information
visit hplibrary.org.
SUNDAY
Note for Note music
series: Liba Shacht, violin
and John Sharp, cello
2-3:30 p.m. April 8,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. This program
is partially funded
by the Highland Park
Cultural Arts Commission
in partnership with the Illinois
Arts Council, a state
agency and a grant from
YEA! Highland Park. For
more information visit
hplibrary.org.
MONDAY
Food Truths and Myths
6:30-8 p.m. April 9,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. In this
‘Food Truths and Myths’
series, Registered Dietitian
Courtney Mayszak,
RDN, LDN, will measure
the headlines against
the science. Focusing on
popular wellness trends
and topics, we’ll weigh the
pros and cons of GMOs,
discuss the validity of fads
like cleanses and detoxes,
and compare the benefits
of popular diet regimens
like Paleo and Whole30.
For more information visit
hplibrary.org.
TUESDAY
Book Discussion with Judy
Levin
1-2:30 p.m. April 10,
Highland Park Public Library,
494 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park. Judy Levin
leads the discussion of
“The Alice Network” by
Kate Quinn. In the aftermath
of WWII, pregnant
and unmarried Charlie St
Clair is banished to Europe
to take care of her “little
problem”. Instead Charlie
heads to London in the
hope of finding out what
happened to her beloved
cousin, Rose, who disappeared
in Nazi-occupied
France. For more information
visit hplibrary.org.
WEDNESDAY
Out and About: Recreation
Center of Highland Park
10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
April 11, Recreation Center
of Highland Park, 1207
Park Avenue West, Highland
Park. Find out what’s
new, ask us any burning
questions you may have
about the Library and its
services or just say hello.
For more information visit
hplibrary.org.
THURSDAY
Liquid Soul
7 p.m. April 12, 210
Live, 210 Green Bay
Road, Highwood. Formed
in 1993 and led by innovative
saxophonist/composer
Mars Williams, Liquid
Soul has developed a
trademark mixture of jazz
and urban dance music
that incorporates everything
from R&B, hardbop,
hip-hop and world
music. For more information
visit 210live.com.
The Comedy Combo
at Michael’s Hot Dogs
Highland Park
7 p.m. April 12, Michael’s
Hot Dogs Highland
Park, 1879 2nd Street,
Highland Park. Dinner
and a show event featuring
a full buffet dinner
and stand-up comedy by
professional comedians
from the Chicago area.
First lineup Larry Bloom,
from Funnier by the Lake
Comedy, headliner Reena
Calm, featured on WCIU’s
One Night Stand Up, Shira
Mizel, producer of Verified
Laughs at The Laugh
Factory, and Mike Hover,
a regular at Zanies. Tickets
are $40. Pre-registration is
required.​For tickets go to
eventbrite.com
UPCOMING
Eternal Souls of Life After
Life
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday,
April 14, The Infinity
Foundation, 1280 Old
Skokie Road, Highland
Park. Join author Raymond
Moody at the Infinity
Foundation for a full
day workshop on his research
into life after life.
Registration is $115. For
more information, call
(847) 831-8828.
Tapping the Unlimited
Power of the Akashic
Records
9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday,
April 21, The Infinity
Foundation, 1280 Old
Skokie Road, Highland
Park. Join author Sandra
Anne Taylor to discuss
her work on past lives and
present solutions. Registration
is $115. For more
information, call (847)
831-8828.
ONGOING
Cardio and Strength
Monday and Wednesdays
9-9:45 a.m., Fitness
for Active Adults, 742
Sheridan Road, Highwood.
Increase your heart rate,
burn calories, get strong
and improve your balance
as you move, march in
place and step side to side.
Silver Sneakers eligible or
$15 admission. For more
information email fitness-
4activeadults@aol.com or
call (847) 736-2671.
Gentle Yoga
Noon–1:15 p.m. Mondays,
Recreation Center
of Highland Park, located
at 1207 Park Ave. W. Curious
about yoga but scared
to try something new?
This is a great class for
beginners or anyone interested
in a gentle practice.
For more information, call
Lisa Hamilton at (847)
579-4048.
Restorative Yoga
6:15–7:30 p.m. Tuesdays,
Recreation Center of
Highland Park, 1207 Park
Ave. W. Want an activity
to help you wind down
after a full day? Relax
your body and muscles,
slow, lengthen and deepen
your breath and calm your
mind. For more information,
call Lisa Hamilton at
(847) 579-4048.
Highland Park City Council
7:30 p.m., second and
fourth Monday every
month, Highland Park City
Hall, 1707 St. Johns Ave.
Come out to City Hall for
the Highland Park City
Council meeting. For more
information, visit www.
cityhpil.org.
Highwood City Council
7 p.m., first and third
Tuesdays every month,
Highwood City Hall, 17
Highwood Ave. Come out
to City Hall for the Highwood
City Council meeting.
For more information,
visit www.cityofhighwood.com.
To submit an item for the
community calendar, contact
Editor Xavier Ward at
xavier@hplandmark.com or
(847) 272-4565 ext. 34. Entries
are due by noon on the
Thursday prior to publication
date.

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Baird & Warner not to receive
permit in POSO district
Margaret Tazioli
Freelance Reporter
Baird & Warner real estate
services will not relocate
to 579 Central Ave.,
Highland Park, at the corner
of Central Avenue and
First Street as it hoped.
The office is currently
situated on Sheridan
Road.
Baird & Warner had
plans to renovate the proposed
storefront into a
state-of-the-art networking
space where people
could sit and use Wi-Fi
while waiting for the
train, rent a conference
room, or meet with a real
estate broker.
After the planning commission
voted 5-1 in favor
of granting the permit for
the company to occupy
the property in the heart
of the downtown’s pedestrian
walking corridor, the
City Council voted 7-0
against granting the special-use
permit.
City attorneys will draft
a resolution denying the
special-use permit for approval
at the Friday, April
6 City Council meeting.
The storefront at 579
Central Avenue has been
vacant for nearly a year
since PNC Bank left in
April 2017, but the city is
determined to give their
Pedestrian Oriented Shopping
Overlay, or POSO,
district a chance to work.
The district’s goals include
increasing pedestrian
foot traffic and tax
revenues.
Dino Dimitriou, the
owner of the adjacent
commercial property at
613-617 Central Avenue,
said at the public hearing
that if 579 Central Ave.
Despite passing the Plan Commission 5-1, the Highland Park City Council denied
Baird & Warner the special use permit to open a space at 579 Central Ave. in
downtown Highland Park. Xavier Ward/22nd Century Media
would not be a retail use,
the entire POSO District
should be removed.
Councilman Alyssa
Knobel said she is opposed
to granting this special-use
permit for Baird
Warner because it would
go against the POSO’s objective.
“We had dozens of
meetings about [the
POSO], not just amongst
the committee of the
whole, but with the business
community and
the chamber and property
owners association,”
Knobel said. “If we allow
this [special-use permit],
we would have to go back
to the drawing board and
have a discussion about
the POSO again which I
don’t think it’s time to do
since we’re still trying to
attract restaurants and retail.”
The other members of
the council stated they
were in agreement with
Knobel.
What this means however,
is a prominent property
in the center of downtown
will continue to be
vacant for the time being.
One of the managers of
the property in question,
Joan Loeb, said, “I appreciate
your discussion,
which wasn’t much of a
discussion, but I do understand
what you’re saying.
I don’t know if any of you
go down Central Avenue
and see the places for
rent. I would think one of
the main things you might
want to do is get those
places rented.”
Mayor Nancy Rotering
said the city wants businesses
in the pedestrian
corridor that will contribute
to sales tax revenues.
“So the goal would be
to bring more retail or a
restaurant or something
along those lines in that
space,” Rotering said.
“That’s the goal.”
Rotering confirmed
with City Manager Ghida
Neukirch that the managers
of the property are
getting assistance from
city staff in finding a new
tenant.
From the City
City plans Ravinia
district enhancements
A number of events,
infrastructure improvements,
new business ventures
and developments
are planned in the Ravinia
District for spring
and summer 2018. The
public is invited to enjoy
free events, discover new
businesses, and explore
this historic neighborhood.
Upcoming events in
Ravinia district
The Ravinia District
will once again host the
Ravinia Farmer’s Market
on every Wednesday beginning
in June. The market
offers fresh produce,
baked goods and flowers.
The immensely popular
‘Food Truck Thursdays’
will return with additional
vendors starting June
7 to provide delicious
food and live music. The
District will also host the
City’s Arbor Day Celebration
on April 28.
The Arbor Day Celebration
will include
a variety of free childrens
activities including
Touch-A-Truck, raptor
talk with live birds by
Northern Illinois Raptor
Center and craft projects.
Adults can pick up free
plants, join a guided tree
identification walk, and
participate in educational
discussions and demonstrations.
Businesses streetscape
progress
The City aims to stimulate
increased private investment
and new business
by further enhancing
the district and promoting
its unique charm. A multiyear
redevelopment plan
within the District continues
to move forward.
The first phase, completed
in 2014, included
wayfinding signage and
other streetscape improvements.
The next phase is anticipated
to begin in early
April with a design work
for lighting, street furniture,
public art, landscaping
signage, and other
amenities. Public input
will be included in the
process.
Business and
development news
Ravinia District will
welcome new businesses
including Viaggio’s
restaurant, which will
open in April, along with
Ravinia Brewery and
Witty ’s. Additionally,
the City is working with
Klairmont Investments
to finalize the proposed
development for a fourstory
mixed use building
with 30 rental units on
Roger Williams Avenue,
which will further increase
residential density
in the area and increase
ground floor commercial
vibrancy.
For more information,
please contact the City
Manager’s Office at (847)
926-1000 or cityhp@
cityhpil.com.
From the City is compiled
from The City of Highland
Park’s eNews

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As spring nears, HP examines flooding
Xavier Ward, Editor
Following a bout of
heavy rain in February, the
City of Highland Park is
partnering with a number
of area communities and
organizations to conduct a
flood study.
The study is an update
to a 1983 study conducted
by the Army Corps of Engineers,
which the City will
partner with for this study,
too.
In July 2017, The City of
Highland Park and many
other North Shore communities
experienced roughly
6 inches of rain in a short
period of time, flooding
homes and streets and leaving
many residents with
moderate to severe damages.
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the City partnered
with the City of Lake Forest,
the City of Deerfield,
Lake County Storm Water
Management, East Skokie
Drainage District and the
Army Corps.
“People are worried as
spring is approaching,”
Highland Park Mayor Nancy
Rotering said.
Rotering said flooding in
Highland Park has been an
issue for quite some time.
The devastating floods
in 2017 are the most recent
example, but in 2011, the
City dealt with power outages
during a number of
rain events, Rotering said.
“It was concerning to
[residents] that they were
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streets being impassible
like last summer, we didn’t
see much of that,” Rotering
said.
The total cost of the study
is roughly $67,000, half of
which the Army Corps will
pay for. The rest is divided
between the participating
municipalities and organizations.
According to the Army
Corps, it conducts these
studies and other similar
ones at a 50 percent federal
cost. This allows municipalities
to explore what the
options are for flood impact
reduction.
“For the [Army Corps]
to be involved in a flood reduction
project, we usually
have to have a positive benefit
cost ratio,” said Imad
Sammara, a project manager
with the Army Corps.
The Army Corps will update
existing information
from the 1983 study while
simultaneously conducting
an economic analysis of
structures in the area.
If the potential cost to the
area is greater than the cost
of mitigation measures, the
Corps can involve itself,
Sammara said.
“The model is calibrated
by actual events,” he said.
“The damages control the
amount of dollars we can
spend on a project.”
The impact analysis is
modeled after damage reports
from previous floods,
compiled from information
collected by agencies such
as the Federal Emergency
Management Agency, or
FEMA.
“Basically here, we’re
taking existing information,
we’re updating a few
things on the hydrology
and hydraulics, and are taking
that information and
getting an economical output
out of that to see if there
are damages,” he said.
The study would examine
flooding along the
Skokie River and the North
Branch Chicago River.
Kent Avenue in Highland Park remained completely
impassable days after the storm with standing water in
July 2017.
“Water does not just go
to one community and stop
there, you have to look at a
bigger footprint so you can
make a lot more sense out
of the information you are
[given],” Sammara said.
Mitigation efforts will
depend on the results of the
study, Sammara said. If the
damages are severe enough,
the Army Corps can build
structures such as levees to
reduce flooding in the case
of a severe rain event.
The study will take
roughly nine months to
complete, Sammara said. It
should begin in late April.
Ramesh Kanapareddy,
Highland Park’s director of
public works, said part of
the challenge for Highland
Park and other area communities
is localized mitigation
measures are largely
ineffective.
Kanapareddy said the
money paying for the
study is coming out of a
surplus, and will not impact
the tax levy.
Aside from individual
flood proofing at local residences,
a regional effort
is necessary to adequately
mitigate flooding.
“The specific areas are,
basically, all along the river,”
he said.
Kanapareddy said the
study is merely “phase
one,” to see what the options
are.

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The Trek store at 1925
Skokie Valley Road reported
a theft March 31.
According to police reports,
an unknown subject
removed multiple bicycle
computers as well as head
lamps and exited the business
without paying for the
items.
The Trek Store is also located
in that area of Skokie
Valley Road, which reported
a similar retail theft
Feb. 12.
Police said there currently
is no indication the
crimes are connected.
In other police news:
April 2
• Damilo Stokes, 23, of
Waukegan, was arrested
and charged with driving
under the influence, speeding,
improper lane usage,
no valid driver’s license,
driving under the influence,
open transportation
of alcohol and possession
of cannabis after being
stopped by police near
Half Day Road and Skokie
Valley Road. Stokes was
transported to bond court
in Waukegan pending
court date.
• Phillip Batts, 36, of
Waukegan, was arrested
on a Lake County Sheriff
failure to appear warrant
for DUI after police responded
to a citizen assist
in the 700 block of Park
Avenue West. Batts was
transported to bond court
in Waukegan pending
court date.
March 31
• Sometime between 10
and 11 p.m., an unknown
subject shoplifted two
bottles of alcohol from a
business in the 2000 block
of Skokie Valley Road and
exited the business without
paying for the items.
March 30
• Daniel Powell, Jr., 28, of
Chicago, was arrested and
charged with driving while
license revoked, disobeying
a no turns sign and
open transportation of alcohol
after being stopped
by police in the 800 block
of Central Avenue. Powell,
Jr. was released on a personal
recognizance bond
with a court date of May
in Park City.
March 29
• Keira Mullen, 20, of
Lake Forest, was arrested
on a Lake County Sheriff
failure to appear warrant
after police responded to
a report of a suspicious
vehicle parked in the 1800
block of Green Bay Road.
Mullen was transported to
bond court in Waukegan
pending court date.
• Sometime between 2
and 5 p.m., an unknown
subject entered a parked
unlocked vehicle while
parked in the 400 block of
Laurel Avenue and stole a
wallet. Credit cards in the
wallet were used fraudulently.
March 27
• Enrique Perez, 50, of the
200 block of Sard Place,
Highwood was arrested
and charged with driving
under the influence, after
police responded to a
motorist assist in the 2600
block of Skokie Valley
Road. Perez was released
on a personal recognizance
bond with a court date of
April 27 in Waukegan.
• Sometime between 5:40
and 8:20 p.m., an unknown
subject forced entry to a
rear sliding door of a residence
in the 2800 block
of Lexington Lane. The
residence was ransacked.
A DSLR camera and coins
were reported missing
from the residence.
March 26
• A wind chime kept in the
front yard of a residence
located in the 0-100 block
of Normandy Street was
reported stolen. Unknown
timeframe for the theft.
March 24
• Eduardo Martinez-Leon,
22, of the 300 block of
Temple Avenue, Highland
Park was arrested and
charged with retail theft
after police responded to a
report of a subject who had
shoplifted multiple over
the counter medications
from a business in the 600
block of Elm Place. Martinez-Leon
was released on
a personal recognizance
bond with a court date of
May 9 in Park City.
• Shuujin Vanchig, 41, of
the 1900 block of Green
Bay Road, Highland Park
was arrested and charged
with battery after police
responded to a report of a
dispute in the 1800 block
of Sunset Road. Vanchig
was released on a personal
recognizance bond with a
court date of April 25 in
Park City.
March 23
• Juan Bahena-Arcos, 24,
of Park City, was arrested
and charged with driving
while license suspended,
disobeying a stop sign and
possession of cannabis after
being stopped by police
in the 800 block of Laurel
Avenue. Bahena-Arcos
was released on a personal
recognizance bond with a
court date of April 25 in
Park City.
• Melvinah Rumman, 35,
of Chicago, was arrested
and charged with driving
while license suspended
and uninsured motor vehicle
after police responded
to a report of an unwanted
subject in a suspicious vehicle
parked at a residence
located in the 2700 block
of Point Lane. Rumman
was released on a personal
recognizance bond with a
court date of April 11 in
Park City.
• Christopher Rodriguez-
Alvarez, 36, of Chicago,
was arrested and charged
with possession of drug
paraphernalia and two
counts of retail theft after
police responded to a report
of a subject who had
shoplifted multiple over
the counter medications
from a business in the 600
block of Elm Place. Rodriguez-Alvarez
was transported
to bond court in
Waukegan pending court
date.
• Patrick Shaver, 35, of the
3300 block of Krenn Avenue,
Highland Park was
arrested and charged with
driving under the influence
and speeding after being
stopped by police near
Half Day Road and Skokie
Valley Road. Shaver was
released on a cash bond
with a court date of May
11 in Waukegan.
March 21
• A 2017 Hyundai Accent
rented on Feb. 28 from a
business in the 0-100 block
of Skokie Valley Road has
not been returned. Investigation
found renter information
provided was fictitious.
March 19
• Ryan Miller, 18, of the
600 block of Barberry
Road, Highland Park was
arrested and charged with
possession of cannabis
with intent to deliver, possession
of cannabis, possession
of drug paraphernalia
and possession of
alcohol by a minor after
police responded to a report
of a suspicious vehicle
parked in the 600 block
of Ridge Road. Miller was
transported to bond court
in Waukegan pending
court date.
• Adem Senduy, 28, of
Vernon Hills, was arrested
and charged with driving
under the influence, speeding
and improper lane usage
after being stopped by
police in the 1400 block of
Park Avenue West. Senduy
was released on a personal
recognizance bond with a
court date of April 20 in
Waukegan.
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 the Highwood Police
Department headquarters
in Highwood. Individuals
named in these reports are
considered innocent of all
charges until proven guilty in
a court of law.

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MOLLY/SCRUFFY
The Reese Family
Molly/Scruffy, part Cairn
terror and part hillbilly came
to the Reese family last May
from Orphans of the Storm
— most likely via Tennessee.
She may be four years old. She is part holy terror,
part cuddle-bug and part loyal watchdog. Since she
came with the name, Scruffy, the two Reese boys
insist that is her true name. However, Zoe Reese’s
daughter believes it doesn’t match her feminine
and dignified demeanor and thus, calls her Molly.
Molly, aka Scruffy enjoys going on long runs (3-5
miles) playing monkey in the middle and barking at
all dogs. She especially enjoys eating the eyes off
of stuffed animals and eating fallen food. When
she grows up she wants to be a Great Dane.
If you’d like to see your pet as Pet of the Week, email editor
Xavier Ward at xavier@hplandmark.com.
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THE GLENCOE ANCHOR
Chicago Botanic Garden to
celebrate Earth Day with
new festival
There’s no better way
to learn science than to do
science. At least according
to Chicago Botanic
Garden in Glencoe.
A new, upcoming event
at the Chicago Botanic
Garden on Earth Day
weekend will showcase
the many ways science
is celebrated there every
day.
The Unearth Science
festival will feature an
abundance of hands-on
activities and demonstrations
from April 21-22,
with a special event (fees
apply) on April 20 at 1000
Lake Cook Road, Glencoe.
All weekend drop-in
programs and workshops
are free and regular parking
fees apply.
In addition to being a
beautiful place, Jennifer
Schwarz Ballard said the
garden is also a scientific
organization focused
on the conservation of
plants and native habitats.
Schwarz Ballard is the
vice president of learning
and engagement.
“This festival will introduce
the public to the
garden as an active scientific
organization and
give visitors opportunities
to discover, experiment
and explore the scientific
work of garden in handson,
interactive ways,” she
said. “We want people to
have the chance to actually
try out the work of
science first-hand.”
The planning for this
event began nine months
ago, Schwarz Ballard
said.
To begin, garden staff
did a lot of searching,
benchmarking and looking
at how other places
create science festivals.
The drop-in activities
and some special events
are located indoors, so
Schwarz Ballard said the
event will be great, rain or
shine.
“The program we’ve
put together is really exciting
for me personally in
its variety, and in its integration
of art and science
to create a really unique
event,” she added.
For more information
and the full schedule, visit
chicagobotanic.org.
Reporting by Megan Bernard,
Contributing Editor.
Full story at GlencoeAnchor.
com.
THE WILMETTE BEACON
Bloodied burglar found
on train after fleeing
Kenilworth
Davontay Thomas, 20,
of Chicago, was arrested
and charged with burglary,
attempt to disarm
a peace officer and two
counts of aggravated battery
to a peace officer following
a series of events
during the overnight hours
of Wednesday, March 28,
that ended at the Metra
station in Evanston.
The Kenilworth and
Wilmette police departments
issued joint statements
on what led to the
arrest.
According to Kenilworth,
an officer initiated
a traffic stop at 11:48
p.m. Tuesday, March 27,
on Sheridan Road at Kenilworth
Avenue. The officer
spoke with the driver,
later identified as Thomas,
and four passengers, one
of which was a 4-yearold
child. Thomas allegedly
failed to produce
identification and fled in
the vehicle westbound on
Kenilworth Avenue from
Sheridan Road at a high
rate of speed.
A pursuit was not initiated
because it was a minor
traffic violation and
consideration of the child
passenger’s safety. Officers
discovered the vehicle
approximately five
minutes later, parked at
Roslyn Road and Melrose
Avenue in Kenilworth.
Thomas had fled on foot
prior to the officer’s arrival,
but all four passengers
remained near the vehicle.
According to Wilmette
Police, an auto repair shop
in the 1200 block of Green
Bay Road, near where the
Kenilworth suspect was
last seen, had been broken
into.
A short time later, at
4:57 a.m., a Wilmette officer
observed a subject
on the southbound Metra
commuter train matching
the description of the driver
from the Kenilworth incident.
Wilmette officers
ordered the train to stop
and boarded at Central
Avenue in Evanston.
Reporting by Eric
DeGrechie, Managing Editor.
Full story at WilmetteBeacon.
com.
THE NORTHBROOK TOWER
Park commissioners
approve 2018 budget
ordinance
The Northbrook Park
District Board approved
the District’s annual budget
and appropriation of
funds at its Wednesday,
March 28 meeting. The
budget covers fiscal year
2018 beginning Jan. 1,
2018, and ending Dec. 31,
2018.
The Park District is
forecasting $21.4 million
in operating revenue for
fiscal year 2018. Property
taxes total $10.8 million
and represents the largest
source of revenue for the
District.
Based on a median
home value of $553,400,
a Northbrook resident is
expected to pay approximately
$657 in property
taxes to the Park District
in 2018.
Expenditures total
$21.9 million and includes
more than $3.5
million in capital projects.
The 2018 capital budget
includes $250,000 in
planning and design costs
for future indoor programming
space at Techny
Prairie Park and Fields
and $350,000 for renovations
at Sportsman’s Golf
Course. These projects are
part of the District’s 2018-
2022: New Places to Play
Initiative. The combined
annual budget and appropriation
ordinance appropriates
the monies that
are necessary to cover the
projected expenses and
liabilities the District expects
to incur in the next
fiscal cycle.
“The budget and appropriation
ordinance creates
a ceiling on the Park District’s
expenditures during
the fiscal period and
therefore is structured to
include appropriations of
every dollar that can reasonably
be anticipated to
be received and spent,”
Board President Penny
Randel said.
Reporting by Todd Marver,
Freelance Reporter. Full
story at NorthbrookTower.
com.
THE LAKE FOREST LEADER
National School Walkout
key topic at D67 school
board meeting
Superintendent Mike
Simeck started the recent
Lake Forest School District
67 meeting by talking
about the March 14
National School Walkout,
which Lake Forest students
participated in.
He noted that it might
not have seemed like a big
Please see NFYN, 10

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HP library welcomes former Obama speechwriter, author
Hilary Anderson
Freelance Reporter
Working in the White
House is, for some, the
pinnacle of a career.
For David Litt, author
of “Thanks, Obama: My
Hopey, Changey White
House Years,” it was the
kickstart to a career.
His memoir recounts his
time working as a young
speechwriter during President
Barack Obama’s administration.
He gave a talk for The
Highland Park Public Library’s
ongoing Meet the
Author series Thursday,
March 29.
Highland Park native
Max Temkin, who developed
the game Cards
Against Humanity, led the
talk at the library.
“Litt entered the White
House in 2011 and served
as a special assistant to the
president and senior presidential
speech writer,”
Temkin said. “He is described
as a comic muse
for the president. He began
contributing jokes for
the president’s speeches
in 2009 including some
for the White House Correspondence
Dinner. His
book is full of wonderful
stories.”
Litt reached his position
through unexpected circumstances.
“I was a college senior
in 2008 and became obsessed
with Barack Obama
almost overnight,” Litt
said. “I watched the speech
he gave as a candidate and
was a convert about 15
seconds into it.”
Litt worked on primaries
as a volunteer and a
few weeks after graduation,
drove to Ohio where
he served as a field organizer.
Litt knocked on doors
for Obama, talked to voters
and encouraged them
to volunteer for the campaign.
“I moved to Washington,
D.C. after Obama was
elected with no special
plans,” he said. “There I
spent two years working
at a crisis communications
firm and was a speechwriter
for several people
including celebrities and
senators.
Litt planned to return
to Chicago and work on
President Obama’s reelection
campaign when
Litt’s bosses introduced
him to Valerie Jarrett, the
president’s senior advisor.
They suggested he write
speeches for her.
“She was a close friend
of the Obamas,” Litt said.
“I learned much about the
Obamas from her. It was
valuable for my job.”
Litt says he wrote his
book because there are
many about what it was
like to be an important person
working in the White
House during President
Obama’s administration.
“I was not an important
person working in
the White House,” he
said. “A lot of people my
age worked in the White
House. You realize how
many thousands of people
were there. Most did not
work in the West Wing.
They worked across the
street in the big, old Executive
Office Building.”
Litt said he wanted to
write in his book about
jobs, while not as important
or history-making,
were ones that still mattered.
“You still get to be part
of history on some days,”
Litt said. “Other days you
just go to work and do a
job.”
He said he was there
when the Supreme Court
decision came down about
Marriage Equality. It is
one of Litt’s best memories
of working in the
White House.
“You realize America
was a different place at
night than it was in the
morning when something
like that happens and you
cannot believe you were a
small part of it,” Litt said.
“Other days you hope you
can make it to the cafeteria
by two o’clock because
they discount the lunch
buffet then.”
Temkin asked Litt about
the phrase, “stay in your
lane.”
“One thing I realized
was the character of the organization
tends to take on
that of the person running
it for better or worse,” Litt
said. “Because of President
Obama’s nature and
the people around him, I
learned to do my job and
not someone else’s. I was
not required to re-invent
the wheel. I had to do three
or four things really well.
One was to learn how to
find the ‘real’ people in
America.”
Litt said the Obama
Administration created a
culture of staying in one’s
lane made his experience
working in the White
House a better one.
“There also was the
idea of ‘no drama Obama’
when I was working on his
campaign,” said Temkin.
“Was there any prohibition
of public disagreements?”
“I think it generally was
understood you are capable
of doing something
but cannot lead with your
ego,” Litt said. “It did not
mean everyone agreed but
it made things run more
smoothly. Are we disagreeing
because the outcome
is important or because
it is some personal
petty issue? The ability
to separate the important
from the unimportant was
one of the things I did not
realize was the crucial, distinguishing
feature of a really
good president.”
Temkin then asked Litt
what concerns him now
and what is hopeful.
“One thing that inspired
me is what I saw at the
[March for our Lives] last
Saturday in Washington,”
Litt said. “It reminds me
of the 2008 Campaign in
which there was a feeling
things exist because we
believe in them. It is true
of democracy and organizing
people. It worried me
people would be so turned
off by politics and tune out
because of the range of
outcomes but the opposite
does not seem to be true.”
Litt said he is afraid of
what the next step might
be occurring in government.
“We might be headed
toward a place where if
we cannot win an election
without a coalition
or without ideologies, the
next logical step is to win
in a less democratic way
and we are already seeing
that,” he said.
NFYN
From Page 8
deal to have students walk
out of schools for 17 minutes,
but that it was “an
extraordinarily complex
undertaking.”
At the Tuesday, March
20 meeting, Simeck said
district administration
sought legal advice before
the walkout to be sure the
schools were properly
prepared.
The advice they received
centered around
eight points of preparedness,
which Simeck was
pleased to report the
schools had already done.
Those points included
being proactive, coordinating
with local law
enforcement, developing
a plan for students who
did not choose to participate,
and communicating
with parents and students
about what to expect on
the walkout day.
He also took the time to
address a few frequently
asked questions that had
come to district administration
in advance of the
March 14 event.
The first question was
whether students have free
speech while at school.
The answer to that, he
explained, involves the
Supreme Court case of
Tinker v. Des Moines,
1965. The case focused
on students that were either
sent home or were
expelled after coming to
school one day wearing
black armbands in protest
of the Vietnam War.
The Supreme Court
ruled in favor of the students,
saying they have
First Amendment rights
at school that “are limited
by the level of disruption
their speech creates.”
Reporting by Katie
Copenhaver, Freelance
Reporter. Full Story at
LakeForestLeader.com.
THE GLENVIEW LANTERN
Longtime Glenview
resident remembers his
roots until the end
From humble beginnings,
raised as the
youngest of 10 orphans
by a foster mother, Harry
Kloeppel went on to become
a successful businessman,
loving family
man and generous contributor
to society.
Kloeppel, a longtime
Glenview resident, died
March 26 at age 87.
After graduating from
Marquette University,
Kloeppel joined the U.S.
Marines and was stationed
in the Pacific during the
Korean War.
In 1976, after working
in sales for many
years, he founded Harry
J. Kloeppel & Associates
in Glenview, and only
stepped down about five
years ago. The company
specializes in laboratory
designs and installations
for academic research,
industrial laboratories,
K-12 science labs and the
life sciences industries,
including biotech, pharmaceutical
and medical
device companies.
“From corporations
making food to companies
saving lives, they all have
laboratories and research
and development, and
that really doesn’t happen
without the basis of what
his company did, which
was to design and install
laboratories,” said Allen
Keaveney, company vice
president.
“He made casework.
That was his life. He
loved to layout, to design,
to work with contractors
and customers. That is
what he loved to do,” said
Frank Gardner, former
project manager.
As a boss, he was
praised by employees.
Reporting by Alan P. Henry,
Freelance Reporter. Full
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com.

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Mail call: Important letter
from The Landmark to arrive
Staff Report
We know you get a lot
of mail — whether it is information
you requested or
bills you’d prefer to ignore.
Then, every Thursday, you
receive your community
newspaper, The Highland
Park Landmark, free of
charge.
This week, you’ll be getting
a letter from The Landmark
Editor Xavier Ward
that we want to be sure you
open because the letter has
a simple, but important purpose:
We need your help to
keep The Landmark free.
Every three years, we ask
residents to complete a simple
task to allow us to send
our newspaper for no charge.
It’s that time again, and all
you have to do is fill out a
card requesting the newspaper,
sign at the bottom and
send it back to us. That card
will be arriving in the mail
this week, along with the letter
from our editor.
Even if you returned
your request card three
years ago, we do still need
you to send in a card to renew
your request for the
newspaper. It is a requirement
of the U.S. Postal Service
that our readers ask to
receive the newspaper and
renew that request every
three years.
If you’ve never sent in
a card, we ask that you fill
one out and send it in.
If you did send a card
in the past few weeks, we
thank you, and you will not
be receiving a letter.
As a convenience, the
card is also available digitally
at HPLandmark.com,
where you can fill it out
and submit it in just a few
seconds.
The request card is not a
subscription form that requires
payment information
or anything beyond your
name, address and signature.
And we promise we
will not share your information
with outside parties.
The information is required
by the U.S. Postal Service
to ensure The Horizon readers
want to receive the free
community newspapers.
We need you and your
neighbor’s signature to
qualify for this important
designation that allows us to
continue to mail The Landmark
free to the residents of
and businesses in Highland
Park and Highwood.
The letter you will receive
explains the project
in more detail and also includes
a copy of the card so
you can send it back right
away.
Should you happen to
misplace the card, do not
worry. The project is so
important that we print a
copy of the card in The
Landmark each week. All
you have to do is tear it
out of the paper, fill it out
and mail it back to us. This
week, you’ll find it on Page
22.
So, sign the card and
send it back to us. And remind
the neighbors!
City plans infrastructure improvements
Staff Report
The City of Highland
Park is planning more than
$17 million of instrastructure
improvements, according
to a press release
from the City.
Infrastrucutre is one of
the City’s priorities laid
out in its capital improvement
plan (CIP). Parts of
the plan are prioritized
based on community
feedback, health and life
safety, age of infrastructure,
economies of scale,
functional deficiencies and
the reduction of long-term
costly repairs, according to
the press release.
The capital improvement
projects can be reviewed
with project descriptions
and mapped
locations on the City’s
website at cityhpil.com/
construction.
The Asphalt Street Rehabilitation
Program is a
major component of this
plan slated to begin in
May.
The project is designed
to extend the life of our
existing pavement and
provide a new smooth riding
surface for motorists.
The construction contract
is currently being developed
with anticipation of
a bid opening as early as
mid-May when asphalt
production plants reopen.
Residents will be notified
in advance of the construction
schedule and of any
planned road closures.
For detailed information
on the City’s 2018 CIP
projects, including updates
on projects throughout the
construction season, visit
cityhpil.com/construction
or call the Public Works
Department at (847) 432-
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From the Editor
Some business better than none at all
Xavier Ward
xavier@hplandmark.com
On Monday, March
26, The Highland
Park City Council
denied a special-use
permit for Baird & Warner
to open up an office
space at 579 Central Ave.
in downtown Highland
Park.
The City Council
denied it outright, voting
7-0 against the permit
despite the plan commission
voting 5-1 in favor
of the granting the permit
to Baird & Warner.
This raises the question,
why?
The building is in the
heart of a Pedestrian Oriented
Shopping Overlay,
or POSO district, which
seeks to increase foot
traffic and tax revenue in
the downtown business
district.
According to The
Landmark’s reporting
from the meeting, the
space would not function
as a traditional office
space. Rather, it would
offer pedestrians a place
to use free Wi-Fi, rest
near the train stop and
businesses could rent a
conference room. It also
happens you could speak
with a real estate broker
there, too.
Shoppers need places
to sit and rest, and for
the tech-dependent, free
internet is a big plus.
It’s not necessarily
the most exciting new
business, but it’s better
than an empty storefront,
which is what is left after
PNC Bank vacated the
space around a year ago.
“We had dozens of
meetings about [the
POSO], not just amongst
the committee of the
whole, but with the business
community and the
chamber and property
owners association,” City
Councilwoman Alyssa
Knobel said. “If we allow
this [special use permit],
we would have to go back
to the drawing board and
have a discussion about
the POSO again which
I don’t think it’s time to
do since we’re still trying
to attract restaurants and
retail.”
It’s perfectly understandable
that the City
would prefer a restaurant
or retail store rather than
a real estate office.
One of the managers of
the property, Joan Loeb,
Don’t just
list your
real estate
property...
made her objection to
the decision clear at the
meeting.
“I appreciate your
discussion, which wasn’t
much of a discussion,
but I do understand what
you’re saying. I don’t
know if any of you go
down Central Avenue and
see the places for rent. I
would think one of the
main things you might
want to do is get those
places rented,” Loeb told
the City Council.
I’m inclined to agree
with Loeb.
While I understand the
City’s position, a business
go figure
5
renting the space is better
than an empty space sitting
dormant.
Mayor Nancy Rotering
responded by saying the
point of the POSO district,
outside of increasing
foot traffic, is to increase
sales tax revenue.
“So the goal would be
to bring more retail or a
restaurant or something
along those lines in that
space,” Rotering said at
the meeting. “That’s the
goal.”
According to our reporter
at the meeting, the
City is actively seeking
an occupant to that space.
An intriguing number from this week’s edition
Plan commisiion members
who voted in favor of
granting Baird & Warner a
special-use permit. Read
about it on Page 3.
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Highland
Park resident,
rabbi named
president of
international
Rabbinical
Assembly,
Page 19
Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin, leader of Northfield’s Am Yisrael Conservative Congregation, will be installed as the new president for the Rabbinical Assembly on
April 23. She will be only the second woman named president in the organization’s 117-year existence. PHOTOS SUBMITTED

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north shore puzzler CROSSWORD & Sudoku
Glencoe, Glenview, Highland Park, Highwood, Northbrook, Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Cindy LaFleur
Across
1. Punjabi believer
5. Change shape
10. Crowd
14. “The Country
Girls” writer O’Brien
15. It may be bid
16. Guesstimate words
17. Raised mark on the
skin
18. Lubricate once
more...
19. Came into a base
horizontally
20. One hiring relatives
22. Pharmacist’s milk
24. Switch positions
25. International
company that used to
be based in Highland
Park, now in Lake
Forest
29. Animator Groening
32. Network of “Lost”
34. First name in hotels
35. “American Idol”
runner-up
36. Pirates’ drink
37. Corporation type
38. Computer storage
medium
39. “Uncle ___”
40. Parker at the hotel
42. Bad type of acting
43. Totally awesome
44. Patron saint of
France
45. “That is to say...”
48. Caustic alkali
50. Dom Pedro’s illfated
wife
51. Tightest
53. Cable alternative
55. Muumuu accessory
56. Messenger
61. Austen heroine
64. See 29 down
66. Flu source
67. Unicorn feature
68. Nets
69. Fret
70. Huffy state
71. Likely
72. Where firing takes
place
Down
1. Stitched
2. ___ fixe (obsession)
3. Crest of a hill
4. Aura
5. County north of
San Francisco
6. Texas oil city
7. Barrel-of-laughs
8. Architect
9. British greeting
10. 1977 Australian
Open champ Tanner
11. Web address
12. Evidence collectors
13. Decked
21. Clan emblem
23. Tide competitor
25. Pond gunk
26. Lassie
27. Save
28. Agreement
29. Billy Corgan’s
tea house in Highland
Park, goes with
64 across
30. Pilots perhaps
31. Ref’s call
33. Top quarterback,
Tom
38. Voucher
39. Sea content
40. Female face covers
41. Gothic author
Radcliffe
46. Lopsided
47. Formally known
as
49. Everest climber
Hillary
52. Tailor, at times
54. Hardly macho
56. Cornell of Cornell
University
57. Mont. neighbor
58. Goes with
Spumanti
59. Cambodian currency
60. Open wide
61. Short queries
62. Time to get back
to work, abbr.
63. Hosp. procedure
65. Emirates, for short
HIGHLAND PARK
The Panda Bar
(596 Elm Place, (847)
433-0589)
■Every ■ Friday: Live
Music
HIGHWOOD
210
(210 Green Bay Road
(847) 433-0304)
■7 ■ p.m. Thursday, April
5: Smiley Tillmon
Band with Kate Moss
■7 ■ p.m. Friday, April 6:
Dida Pelled Trio
■6:30 ■ p.m. Sunday,
April 8: Jump ’N The
Saddle
Buffo’s
(431 Sheridan Road,
(847) 432-0301)
7 p.m. every Monday:
Trivia GLENVIEW
Johnny’s Kitchen
(1740 Milwaukee Ave.
(847) 699-9999)
■7:30 ■ p.m. every Friday
and Saturday: Live
Music
The Rock House
(1742 Glenview Road
(224) 616-3062)
■6 ■ p.m. Friday, April
6: Family Night and
Karaoke
■10 ■ a.m. Saturday,
April 7: Piper Phillips
Acoustic
■12:15 ■ p.m. Saturday,
April 7: Emily Patt
■8 ■ p.m. Saturday, April
7: Fools for Love
■10 ■ a.m. Sunday, April
8: Owen Hemming
Oil Lamp Theater
(1723 Glenview Road,
(847) 834-0738)
■Through ■ April 8:
‘Mass Appeal’
Curragh Irish Pub
(1800 Tower Drive,
(847) 998-1100)
■7:30 ■ p.m. every
Wednesday: Trivia
WILMETTE
Wilmette Theatre
(1122 Central Ave.
(847) 251-7424)
■6:30 ■ p.m. Thursday,
April 12: ‘A New Leaf’
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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
1 to 9.
LEVEL: Medium
Crossword by Myles Mellor and Susan Flanagan

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HP woman named Rabbinical Assembly president
Jacqueline Glosniak
Contributing Editor
Like many people do
upon moving to a new
area, when Debra Newman
Kamin first arrived on
the North Shore in 1990,
she was hoping to become
a part of a local faith community
that was inviting,
active and a place she
could call home for years
to come.
However, the Highland
Park resident was no ordinary
newcomer hoping to
stumble upon a new place
of worship — she had
moved here to serve as an
assistant rabbi at Am Yisrael
Conservative Congregation
in Northfield.
While many faith communities
today involve
females in high commanding
positions, at the time,
Kamin’s leadership was
seen as a rare position for
a woman to hold. But Kamin
hit the ground running
and established herself as
a friendly and effective
leader.
Kamin ended up being
so well-received by
the congregation that four
years later, in 1994, she
was appointed as the congregation’s
sole rabbi —
at the time, making Am
Yisrael the first congregation
in the Conservative
Jewish movement in the
Chicago area to be headed
by a woman and for years,
the largest Conservative
congregation in the U.S. to
have the distinction.
Kamin, who originally
hails from the Detroit area,
said a strong devotion
to her Jewish faith since
childhood is what originally
made her interested in
desiring to become a rabbi.
“I feel very passionate
about the Jewish faith
and I feel very passionate
about teaching people
of all ages and helping to
pass on our faith to the
next generation,” she said.
“I felt the best way to do
that was through serving a
congregation.”
In her early days at Am
Yisrael, Kamin said her
appointment may have
made some congregants
look to move to other synagogues
led by males as
they were used to seeing
both historically and while
growing up. But now, she
said she does not find any
challenges with being a female
rabbi.
“I would like to think
that people who join my
congregation do because
they’ve heard nice things
about me, they know
people that belong to the
congregation and they feel
comfortable, but I don’t
think people specifically
look for a congregation
based on the gender of
their rabbi,” she said.
Am Yisrael was only a
22-year-old congregation
when she arrived, but as
the synagogue is celebrating
its 50th anniversary
this year, Kamin is proud
to say she has spent her
entire 28-year career at
Am Yisrael.
Additionally, since Kamin
began working as a
rabbi 28 years ago, she
said female leadership
within the Conservative
movement is still the minority,
but has grown significantly
since her early
career. “About 20 percent
of the membership in the
Rabbinical Assembly are
female, so it’s still a small
number, but we’re growing,”
she said.
Along with taking the
reins at Am Yisrael as both
a preacher and teacher of
Jewish history and faith,
Kamin has also served
the Jewish faith outside of
Northfield. She serves on
the chancellor’s cabinet
of the Jewish Theological
Seminary, helping train
and ordain Conservative
rabbis; has been selected
to participate in the Hartman
Institute program;
and was the 2005 recipient
of the Jewish Theological
Seminary’s Rabbi Simon
Greenberg Rabbinic
Rabbi Debra Newman Kamin, of Highland Park, is the
lead rabbi at Am Yisrael Conservative Congregation in
Northfield. Later this month, she will be installed as the
new president of the international Rabbinical Assembly,
the second ever to be a female. PHOTO SUBMITTED
Achievement Award.
And, through her involvement
with the Rabbinical
Assembly — the
membership organization
for all Conservative rabbis
worldwide — Kamin
was recently nominated to
serve as the president.
As for thinking ahead to
the future of Conservative
Judaism and what can be
done to ensure current and
future generations continue
to thrive in its faith,
Kamin said.
THE SPRING
In her career, Kamin is
proud to have broken the
“stained-glass ceiling,” as
she calls it, and looks forward
to leading both the
Rabbinical Assembly and
Am Yisrael for years to
come.
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Faith Briefs
Trinity Episcopal Church (425 Laurel Ave.,
Highland Park)
Sundays
8 a.m. Holy Eucharist – St.
Michael’s Chapel
8:45 a.m. Fellowship
9 a.m. Church School and
Adult Forum
10 a.m. Holy Eucharist with
Music – Main Sanctuary
11 a.m. Fellowship
Wednesdays
9:30 a.m. Holy Eucharist with
healing – St. Michael’s Chapel
Adult Forum and Church School
9 a.m. Sundays
Congregation Solel (1301 Clavey Road, Highland
Park)
Sharing Shabbat
6:30-8 p.m. Friday, April 6
Sharing Shabbat is a way for
families and congregants of all
ages to celebrate together. Enjoy
a service led by Rabbi Moffic
and Cantor O’Brien.
Better Together
6:15-7:15 p.m. Tuesday, April
10. Calling all 6th-12th graders
and seniors (those who were
teenagers some moons ago).
Torah Study
9:15-10:15 a.m. Saturday
mornings. 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.
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
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.
Immaculate Conception Parish (770 Deerfield
Road, Highland Park)
Weekend Services
Services are held every Saturday
at 5 p.m.; confession held
from 4-4:45 p.m. Sunday services
are held 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
St. James Catholic Church (134 North Ave.,
Highwood)
Worship Services
Services are held at 8 a.m.
Monday through Friday. Weekend
services at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Saturdays, 8 a.m. and 10 a.m.
Sundays with a Spanish-language
service at noon.
Submit information for The Landmark’s
Faith page to Brittany Kapa
at b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com.
The deadline is noon on Thursday.
Questions? Call (847) 272-4565
ext. 35.
In Memoriam
Michael Ostebo
Michael Ostebo, 59, of Highland
Park, was born Oct. 10,
1958 and died March 2. Ostebo
was a resident of Illinois at the
time of passing. Mike was a
graduate of Highland Park High
School class of 1976.
Constance Mar-Yohana
Constance Mar-Yohana, 8,
of Highland Park, died March
15. Born Aug. 27, 2009 to parents
Rachelle Jervis and Marc
Mar-Yohana. Granddaughter
of Robert and Cindy Wolavka,
Olga and the late Emanuel Mar-
Yohana and Richard and Juliet
Jervis. Niece of Kathy and Rudy
Paniagua, Yasmin Mar-Yohana
and Josh Seman, Nicholas Jervis,
William Jervis, and Robin
Wolavka. Constance was a great
kid, smart and funny. She loved
to swim, walk in the garden,
and hike in the forest. She was a
very loving daughter and friend.
She enjoyed spending time with
her friends and family. She enjoyed
reading, painting, playing
Mario Kart and Wii Golf.
She was exceptionally happy
and kind. She was a blessing
to everyone who knew her. She
will be missed. Services were
held at Kelley & Spalding Funeral
Home, 1787 Deerfield Rd,
Highland Park, on March 18. In
lieu of flowers, donations in her
name can be given to Aspiritech,
1893 Sheridan Rd, Unit
103, Highland Park, IL 60035
(Aspiritech.org) or Cherry Preschool’s
Inclusion Program,
1418 Lake St, Evanston, IL
60201 (CherryPreschool.org).
For info or directions please
contact Kelley & Spalding Funeral
Home at 847-831-4260
or www.kelleyspaldingfuneralhome.com.
Barrie Miller
Barrie H. Miller, 82, of Highland
Park, died March 13. He
was a leading sales representative
in the food service industry.
He is survived by his beloved
wife of 26 years, Evalyn R.
Ashmore; his loving children,
Leslie (John) O’Flahavan, their
children, Linnae and Paige and
granddaughter Natalia; Carolyn
Miller (Mark Clearwater); loving
stepchildren Kimberly Sue
(Dougal) Brindley and their
children, Luke and John; and
Eric Anderson and his children,
Margaret, Hannah, Avery, Jillian,
Parker and Samuel; devoted
nephew Leonard (Judy)
Seltzer; and predeceased by
his beloved wife Jacqueline
nee Schnee. Memorial Service,
Sunday 10 AM at Shalom Memorial
Funeral Home, 1700 W.
Rand Road, Arlington Heights.
Interment Randhill Park Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorials
may be made to the charity
of your choice. For information
or condolences, (847) 255-3520
or shalom2.com.
Domenic Cortesi
Domenic Cortesi, 84, of
Highland Park, was born on
Oct. 26, 1933 and died March
10. Domenic was a resident of
Illinois at the time of passing.
Charles Weitzenfeld
Charles Weitzenfeld, 95, of
Highland Park was the husband
and best friend for 63 years of
the late Cecile Weitzenfeld, nee
Stein. Loving father of Barry
(Andrea) Weitzenfeld and Sheri
(Bruce) Kohen. Proud grandfather
of Laura and Adam Weitzenfeld,
Rob and Michael Kohen.
Dear brother of the late
Robert Weitzenfeld. Cherished
brother-in-law of Miriam Lynne
Kramer. Adored uncle of Alene
(Skip) Frost and Allison (the late
David) Stiefel. Will be missed by
many loving friends and family.
Co-founder of K-W-L Insurance
Agency in 1947. Graveside service
Monday 11 AM at Shalom
Memorial Park, 1700 W. Rand
Rd. (Sec. IV Carmel), Arlington
Heights. In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made in his
name to Har-Shalom Synagogue,
www.har-shalom.com,
or your favorite charity. Arrangements
by Chicago Jewish
Funerals-Buffalo Grove Chapel,
847.229.8822, cjfinfo.com.
Kanjibhai Surani
Kanjibhai Surani, 96, of
Highland Park, was born on
July 31, 1921 and died March
9, 2018. Surani was a resident
of Illinois. Funeral service was
March 11, 2018, Kelley and
Spalding Funeral Home, 1787
Deerfield Road Highland Park.
Ryszard Rewucki
Ryszard Rewucki, 63, of
Highland Park, died surrounded
by family on March 6. In his life
he traveled the world. Born in
Gdansk, Poland to mother and
father Teofila and Jan Rewucki
during the heart of communism.
He received his master’s degree
in marine biology from the Akademia
Rolnicza-Techniczna, Olsztyn.
Eventually, he gained entry
to Germany under the guise
of purchasing a Mercedes. For
three years he lived in a refugee
camp before granted papers to
America. An avid sailor, in 1991
he captained a small crew, which
included future wife Anna,
across the Atlantic to return to
Poland and later from 1995-1998
he circumnavigated the globe as
the skipper and sole crew member
of “Free Poland.” He is survived
by his latest crew, his wife
Anna Rewucki, daughters Patrycja
(Salah Tawfik) and Liz (Reid
Strellner), grandchildren Faris,
Omar, Yousef and Harper.
Joan Conboy Allen
Joan Conboy Allen, 95, of
Highland Park, was born on
Feb. 9, 1923 and died March 7.
Allen was a resident of Illinois
at the time of death. Memorial
service is pending.
Nicholas Joyce-Clarke
Nicholas Joyce-Clarke, 81, of
Highland Park was born on February
6, 1937 and died March 3.
Nicholas was a resident of Illinois
at the time of passing.
Have someone’s life you’d
like to honor? Email
b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.com
with information about a loved one
who was part of the Highland Park
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Gourmet cuisine, simple approach
Greenwood offers
accessible, natural
food
Xavier Ward, Editor
Josh Kaplan and Mark
Newman grew up next
door to each other in Highland
Park, so there’s something
serendipitous about
their second restaurant
opening two doors down
from the first.
Greenwood, Highwood’s
newest restaurant,
is nestled on the corner of
Green Bay Road and Prairie
Avenue. The unassuming
facade gives way to a
rustic minimalist interior
and spacious, open dining
area.
Kaplan and Newman’s
first restaurant, Ballaro, is
on the same block at 214
Green Bay Road, Highwood.
“It was actually the
perfect location, because
Mark and I always wanted
to expand, but being two
doors away made it so
much more feasible,” Kaplan
said.
Green Bay and Sheridan
roads, divided by
train tracks, are lined with
popular restaurants. While
an established restaurant
and entertainment culture
in Highwood guarantees
foot traffic, standing out
in Highwood is no small
task.
“You look at the elements
— the simple elements
— which [are] good
food, good atmosphere,
good service and value,
and if you nail those, people
will be loyal and they’ll
come back,” Kaplan said.
While the food stands
for itself, Kaplan said, the
design was something he
felt brought a new attraction
to the area. The interior’s
soft, earthy colors
and squared, minimalist
woodwork sets the tone
of the meal before guests
have even ordered.
“With the food, we actually
went for familiarity,
people will know this
food, they’ll understand
it,” Kaplan said.
“People want their comfort,
they want their familiarity,”
said Newman,
co-captain and executive
chef. “They also want that
touch of differentiation.”
A lot of the inspiration
for the food came from
’50s and ’60s dining, Newman
said.
“You go back to the old
stuff, and you make sure
everything is made from
scratch,” he said.
Naturally, the restaurant
offers a modern spin on
most of the dishes.
Sometimes basic is best.
“Do the mussels the best
that you can, do the hamburger
the best that you
can,” he said.
According to Newman,
the advantage of making
everything from scratch is
the control of ingredients.
That makes accommodating
dietary restrictions,
such as gluten intolerance,
much easier from a kitchen
perspective.
It’s the same story at
Ballaro. All of the menu
items, pasta included, are
made in house.
“The challenge is always
sourcing the right
ingredients,” he said.
The Midwest offers its
challenges, which means
the food can’t always be
directly farm to table, but
by establishing relationships
with distributors,
vendors and producers
throughout his culinary career,
Newman said he can
still offer the freshest food.
Ballaro and Kaplan
spend most of their time at
Greenwood to make sure
it gets off to a proper start,
but they still keep an eye
on Ballaro.
That said, they’ve promoted
a few employees
from within to manage
both the front of house and
the kitchen.
“When you’ve been doing
something for two and
a half years, if you can’t
step away from it and
have it run efficiently, you
haven’t done something
right,” Newman said.
Greenwood’s kitchen
isn’t the only thing they
hope will draw customers.
Kaplan said its service
and bar are equally as important.
“You look around, you
see a room full of smiling
servers,” he said. “I think
we have great service, we
hire people with great personalities
[who] are empathetic
and care about the
guests and the service and
are truly engaged.”
Additionally, Greenwood’s
bartender, Russ
Waters, is somewhat of a
local celebrity, Kaplan said.
Editors from 22nd Century
media stopped by to
sample the fair. Here’s
what we found.
The skillet cornbread
($9) comes topped with
a dollop of honey butter.
The skillet is preheated in
the oven before the batter
is added, which Newman
said helps achieve a symmetry
of a crispy exterior
and moist interior.
The avocado toast ($12)
is made with fresh avocado
spread on a crusty
white bread topped with a
chili-lime and corn medley,
sprinkled with queso
fresco cheese.
The mussels and mariniere
($12) is a classic. The
cooked mussels are tossed
in the mariniere, a sauce
made of white wine, shallots,
parsley and butter.
Greenwood
200 Green Bay Road,
Highwood
5-9 p.m. Monday-
Thursday
5-10 p.m. Friday-
Saturday
5-8:30 p.m.Sunday
Greenwoodhw.com
(847) 926-7319
For the main course,
Greenwood offers a hearty
list of entrées, sandwiches
and salads, as well as steak
frites.
The grilled brick chicken
($22) includes two
pieces of on-the-bone
chicken, sitting atop a bed
of herb-roasted potatoes
and green beans.
If you’re looking for a
classic, the double cheeseburger
($14) features two
riddled patties topped high
with American cheese,
grilled onions, lettuce and
tomato.
And if you’d like something
sweeter, you can try
any of Greenwood’s desserts.
The warm chocolate
brownie ($8) is a classic
brownie cooked and served
in a ceramic bowl with a
side of the house-made,
soft-serve ice cream.
The warm apple crisp
($8) is a gluten free alternative,
cooked and served
in the same ceramic bowl,
with a side of the soft
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Athlete of the Week
10 Questions
with Zak Levy
Zak Levy is a senior at Highland Park
High School and plays middle on the
boys volleyball team.
high school highlights
The rest of the week in high school sports
Baseball
Highland Park 11, Zion-Benton 2
T.J. Gimbel led the team on the mound
March 26 in an away game against Zion-
Benton. Gimbel threw four innings, allowed
four hits and two runs while striking
out three. Jack Kramer drove in the
first run on a single. In three at-bats, Tyler
Gussis had 2 RBIs for the game. Kramer
and Michael Mooney both added 2 RBI
during the game. The Giants were 2-3-1
on the season after the game.
Girls Soccer
Deerfield 4, Highland Park 1
Jolie Carl was the lone goal scorer
March 26 in a Central Suburban League
North away tilt against rival Deerfield.
Carl scored in the 70th minute of the
game and the goal was unassisted.
How did you get started playing
volleyball?
I actually started playing in middle
school because I played basketball and
my friends made me play volleyball so
I would get better at basketball. I didn’t
want to play but I love it when I started.
What is your favorite part of the
sport?
It’s very dependant on your teammates.
I’ve formed a close bond with every teammate
that I’ve ever been on a team with.
You have depend on your teammates to
get the job done. Our team is really close
this year.
Who is the funniest person on the
team, and why?
Josh Rohn, in my opinion, is the funniest
person. He is a younger kid, a sophomore,
we joke around with him a lot and
he always has something funny to say.
What has been your favorite
memory with the team?
Two years ago we played Glenbard
West, they were winning state every year.
We thought we were going to lose by a
lot. We didn’t win, but it was still a pretty
close game.
What is the best advice your coach
has given you?
My coach was helping me when I was
looking at schools. My coach told me that
the most important thing is setting myself
up for the best future I can have. He told
me to pick a school and leave volleyball
out of the equation and to pick the best
fit for me.
What is your favorite restaurant in
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Sour candy. If there is a bag of Watermelon
Sour Patch Kids I will eat the
whole thing in two minutes, no problem.
What is something people don’t
know about you?
Most people don’t know this, I want
to be a musician when I’m older. That’s
what I want my career to be; I want to be
a producer.
If you could have a celebrity
entourage, who would be in it?
Definitely Action Bronson, he’s a musician;
he’s really talented. Mac Miller, he’s
a rapper also.
If you could travel anywhere in the
world, where would you go?
I would go to California. I’ve never
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i want to go to. It seems like a cool place.
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College Diving
Forester’s Ogawa named DIII Diver of the Year
Erin Redmond
Freelance Reporter
When Heath Ogawa first
learned he was named the
NCAA Division III Diver
of the Year, he didn’t react
like most would expect.
In fact, he wasn’t sure
how to react at all.
The Lake Forest College
junior, a native of
Japan, said he had to ask
his coach what the award
meant. Prior to winning
it, he said, he had no idea
such a thing existed.
Being name the NCAA
DIII Diver of the Year is
the latest in a long list
of accomplishments the
Deerfield resident has
earned.
After two previous trips
to the national tournament
where he finished outside
of the Top 10, Ogawa finally
brought home a national
title in the 3-meter
dive after the March 21
NCAA DIII Men’s Swimming
& Diving Championship
in Grinnell, Iowa.
Two days later, he took
home third in the 1-meter
dive at the tournament
and had previously been
named an All-American.
So, when he came to
realize just how big a deal
being named the NCAA
Diver of the Year was,
Ogawa said it was the icing
on his slice of humble
pie.
“Winning NCAA was
definitely something that
was my end goal. … Last
year I came into the competition
really focused on
a goal … and put myself
on a pedestal pretty hard.
It was a humbling year
last year,” Ogawa said.
“This year, I came in and
I still had that goal to win,
but instead of focusing
on that, I really wanted to
enjoy the process during
the competition and all
the emotions. I think that
really helped me perform
well.”
After winning a national
title and two prestigious
national accolades,
Ogawa couldn’t help but
laugh thinking about his
beginnings in the sport.
At 14, he moved to
Highland Park from Japan
following a 2011 earthquake
that devastated the
country. With the future
of the ravaged nation unclear,
Ogawa’s parents
sent him overseas to continue
his education and he
moved in with a family
friend in Highland Park.
It was here that and began
competing in gymnastics
and diving for Highland
Park High School—
though the latter took a bit
of convincing to get him
started.
“I don’t want to say I
hated [diving] — that’s
not the right word — but
during the season I was
thinking about [what
changed],” he said. “It
was hard being in a new
country, learning a new
language and we had to
wake up every day at 5
in the morning. … It was
hard for me to get up every
day early and get on
the diving board and face
[my] fear.”
It wasn’t so much of a
“what” that helped change
Ogawa’s view on the
sport, but rather a who.
Circumstances forced
the then-sophomore to
move to Deerfield and
transfer to Deerfield High
School. But he did see a
familiar face.
The Deerfield diving
coach, Doug Foerch, was
also the gymnastics coach
at Highland Park and
Lake Forest College’s Heath Ogawa poses for a photo
with his Diver of the Year award March 24 at the IU
Natatorium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Photo submitted
when Ogawa switched
schools, their relationship
blossomed.
“He became my diving
coach as well as my gymnastics
coach,” Ogawa
said. “We really became
close and I think that relationship
really helped me
in sports.”
Ogawa saw some success
at the high school
level, qualifying for the
state tournament his senior
year. He went in
with no expectations, but
ended up missing the final
day by one spot and finishing
13th. Only the Top
12 advance to the finals.
He didn’t let that bother
him, however, saying he
was just there to soak up
the experience. In fact,
he had exceeded what he
thought he’d do, saying he
would’ve been happy with
16th.
But when he got to college,
Ogawa pushed harder.
With a goal of winning
a national title, Ogawa
Heath Ogawa, a junior at Lake Forest College, prepares
for a dive during the competition.
Heath Ogawa earns 573.60 points on his 11 dives to
claim the national 3-meter title and ultimately the Diver
of the Year honor.
put in extra work in the
offseason. And that, he
believes, is the difference
between him and his competition.
“I asked myself the
same question: what
makes people successful?”
Ogawa said. “You
have a set program, people
are following that
program, but some might
work a little harder outside
of that program.
“At the end of the day,
we’re all following the
same program, so why do
some people succeed and
have a bunch of success?”
“I think it’s not really
[what you do] during the
season; I think it’s also
what you do during the
offseason. … I think the
strong desire to succeed
is what fuels me outside
— not only during practice
time — but outside at
school,” he said.
With one title under his
belt and another season of
competition ahead, Ogawa
said he still has some
things he wants to achieve
before his Forester days
are behind him.
“I would like to win
both boards. … I don’t
want to say it’s a goal; it’s
a desire,” he said. “My
goal was to win Nationals
and I don’t want to say I
wasn’t expecting it, but it
was a surprise. … I just
want to continue getting
better and if I can inspire
other people, that’s the
goal.”

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Softball
Senior-heavy team a plus for Giants’ season
Brittany Kapa
Sports Editor
The Giants have a rare
opportunity this season.
The team only lost one
senior to graduation last
year, catcher Jenny Goldsure,
who is now at Rollins
College in Florida.
Thus, Highland Park is senior
heavy this season and
Lydia Gonzalez, coach of
the Giants for the last 23
years, is hopeful that experience
will serve her team
well on the field.
“That should hopefully
give us an advantage,”
she said. “We have three
seniors that have been on
varsity since they were
freshman: Tessa Bowjan,
who plays volleyball for
us too, Hannah Matthews,
who is also an ice hockey
player, and Devin Davidson,
she is a tennis player,
so those three have been
on varsity since they were
freshman. This is really
their team. This is their
thing.”
Seven of the eight seniors
on the team are returning
from last season
and they will act as a sort
of guiding compass for
the younger players on the
team.
Matthews will be the
Giants’ Swiss-army-knife
player this season. Gonzalez
expects to see her on
the mound and play infield
like she did last season.
Matthews might also see
some time in the outfield
when she’s not pitching.
“She is very athletic and
extremely hardworking,”
Gonzalez said of Matthews.
Davidson, an outfielder,
will again return to left
field for the Giants. Bowjan
will join her in the outfield.
With so many multisport
athletes at her disposal,
Gonzalez is hoping
those skills will translate
well on the diamond.
“Athletically we have
the skills to compete, it’s
our mental aspect of the
game that is going to keep
us in the game and get us
to win the game,” she said.
The Central Suburban
League North has quite the
turnover on coaches this
season, and a few teams
that are making a run for a
more competitive season.
Maine East is building
their program and Maine
West is always on the Giants
radar. It’s going to
be a competitive season
all around. Glenbrook
North and Deerfield are
the heavy rivals of Highland
Park and will both
provide good, challenging
matches.
Gonzalez’s main goal
is to get the team working
together. She knows her
team is capable of working
hard, but believes that
one key aspect to winning
games will be trust both on
and off the field of play.
“Good teams have good
relationships with one another,”
she said. “That’s
something that we have
spent a lot of time talking
about and really hold as a
top goal for us.
“When the going gets
tough, it’s easy to crumble.
If we have those strong relationship
with each other
I think that’s going to be
our strength.”
Limiting errors and
playing hard the whole
way through are also keys
for the team this season.
“I’m hoping that we’re
in the middle of the pack
for our conference,” Gonzalez
said. “I think one
of the things that I shared
with them recently is that
athletically we can compete
with anyone. It’s going
to be our game execution.
That’s probably for
everybody, that’s not anything
new. That’s something
we need to pinpoint.”
Girls Lacrosse
Highland Park routed by Deerfield on home turf
Todd Marver
Freelance Reporter
Highland Park’s sophomore-heavy
squad is becoming
more skilled every
game.
Even if the outcome isn’t
what they had hoped for,
every game brings the team
a little close to being better
than they were last season.
The Giants (1-3, 0-2)
faced undefeated Deerfield
(5-0, 1-0) March 27 at
Wolters Field and lost 18-3.
The loss was the third
lopsided finish of the season
for the young team. Giants
coach Jennifer Loewenstein
credited Deerfield’s
defense for the win.
“One thing that’s really
nice to learn is they’re all up
playing really tight defense
on us and sometimes we’re
not playing that defense on
them,” she said. “So I think
that we can learn from that.
They feel what the defense
is on them and what happens
to them, so then they
can put the pressure on and
play good defense on everybody
else.”
Despite having a few
tough losses already this
season, the Giants picked
up their first win of the season
over Nazareth 11-6 on
March 26.
“We played great,”
Loewenstein said. “We
came out right from the
start. Every ground ball we
were attacking. We had a
lot of great opportunities.
We had a good 30 shots or
so on net. Every ball that
went down was Highland
Park’s ball. We were making
connections. There
were lots of good things
that were happening, so I
was really pleased to see
that.”
Sophomore Jenna Jaffe runs downfield while fighting
off pressure from Deerfield’s defense March 27 at
Wolters Field in Highland Park. Brittany Kapa/22nd
Century Media
With Highland Park’s
win over Nazareth, the Giants
equaled their win total
from last season.
“It felt really good to
win,” senior Chloe Levitz
said. “I feel like we worked
really hard in practice and
we knew it was a beatable
team. So we channeled all
our energy into making
sure we got all the ground
balls and hustled and got
back on defense and played
well in the midfield. We
knew it would be a close
game so we worked extra
hard to make sure we came
out on top.”
Loewenstein said her
three seniors led the way
against Nazareth with
Dylan Levine scoring four
goals, Nina Deer scoring
three goals and Chloe Levitz
scoring a goal.
“They are leaders both
on and off the field absolutely,”
she said. “Their
game knowledge is definitely
huge. They bring
that to the team. They bring
leadership, game knowledge
and skill. They’re
probably my three best
players. They bring everything
and all the younger
players are looking up to
them and asking them for
tips and pointers and things
like that. So while they’re
a small group, they’re a
mighty group.”
Against Deerfield, the
Warriors took a 5-0 lead
before the Giants got on
the board with a goal from
Levitz to make it 5-1.
“I saw an open spot in
the middle,” Levitz said. “I
made a cut and looked to
see where the goalie wasn’t
and shot it.”
Deerfield scored the next
three goals to take an 8-1
lead before the Giants got
on the board again with
a goal from sophomore
Jenna Jaffe to make it 8-2.
The Warriors then scored
the next 10 goals to take
an 18-2 lead before Highland
Park sophomore Kylie
Walk scored the last goal of
the game.
“Jenna and Kylie are
both sophomores, so I think
they’re improving daily,”
Loewenstein said. “We’ve
got a young team. We only
have three seniors, so we
do have a lot of sophomores
this year that are on
the rise. I’ve seen a lot of
success and improvement
from last year to now. So
I’m really excited to see
where they continue and
that was a great showing of
my sophomores today.”

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Slow start doesn’t stop Giants in home win
David Jaffe
Freelance Reporter
Jonny Koenig jumps for the ball in a game against Waukegan March 27, at Highland Park High School. Brittany Kapa/22nd Century Media
Highland Park didn’t
start its match against
Waukegan quite as well as
it wanted to on March 27.
The Giants (2-2) weren’t
fazed and bounced back
after slow starts in both
sets to knock off the visiting
Bulldogs in straight
sets 25-17, 25-15.
“It definitely helps that
we can recover when
things aren’t going our
way,” said Kyle Muldoon,
Highland Park’s coach.
“And because we’re experienced,
I didn’t have to
say that much. We came
out flat but I didn’t need to
call timeout. I gave a couple
of pointers but they
were able to work through
it. If we focus on our side
and not making errors, we
can beat a lot of teams.”
The Bulldogs got out to
a 9-5 lead in the first set
but Highland Park took its
first lead at 11-10 thanks
to two aces and a kill from
Gerrit Holleman and a
block from Jack Sakanich.
Then the Giants took control
for good snapping a
13-13 tie, going up 20-14
as Tucker Froelich had
two aces while Zak Levy
had two blocks and a kill
along with a Jonny Koenig
block. The Giants ultimately
scored the last four
points of the set.
“When we run our middle
well, we can get more
opportunities for our hitters,”
Levy (5 blocks, 3
kills, 1 ace) said. “As the
set went on, I was able to
get up on their block and
took advantage of some
holes in their defense.”
“This was the first time
we went with this lineup
and it was the first time
Steve Feldman was setting
for us,” Muldoon
said. “Gerrit primarily
set for us last year and
set the first three matches
this season. But I thought
Steve was ready and it
was a good opportunity to
try. And we feel Gerrit can
be more effective on the
outside. I think it worked
out well.”
The Giants found themselves
trailing to start the
second set as well but
got going quicker. Highland
Park scored four in a
row to go up 8-6, then increased
their advantage to
16-10 thanks to a couple
of Sakanich kills as well
as a kill from Holleman.
Levy had a kill and a block
along with a kill from Josh
Baim that helped make it
22-13. Highland Park felt
good about its ability to
stay poised.
“I think it’s because of
the chemistry we have
that we’re all good friends
and we’re having fun
when we’re out there,”
Levy said. “It’s important
to have that because it allows
us to work together
well and be very precise
and specific while also encouraging
each other.”
The team’s experience is
something Muldoon hopes
will lead to a good season.
“We have eight seniors
and we’re returning six of
seven starters,” Muldoon
said. “The guys are hungry
to do well. Gerrit and Zak,
this is their third year on
varsity, they want to finish
with a successful season.”
Veteran Levy was impressed
with the few
young players the Giants
have this season.
“So far our younger
guys have been stepping
up,” Levy said. “We have
a new setter with Steve
and we have two middles
that are sophomores. It’s
been impressive how well
they’ve come together
with the seniors.”
Baim had five kills for
the Giants while Feldman
had 16 assists in his
first start, Holleman had
two aces, four kills, two
blocks and nine digs and
Sakanich had three kills in
four attempts.

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Century Media
1st-and-3
Stars of the Week
1. Zak Levy (Above).
The senior
contributed in a
big way March 27
in the team’s win
over Waukegan
with five blocks,
three kills and an
ace to finish out
the match.
2. Steve Feldman.
A junior setter is in
a new position this
season with the
Giants and proved
he could handle
the task against
the Bulldogs.
3. Chloe Levitz.
Levitz scored the
first goal in the
girls lacrosse game
against Deerfield
Marcn 27. Despite
the lopsided score,
coach Jennifer
Loewenstein was
happy with the way
her team played
against a tough
Warriors squad.
Listen Up
“We really became close and I think that
relationship really helped me in sports.”
Heath Ogawa — Lake Forest College diver, on is
relationship with former Highland Park coach Doug Foerch
Park District celebrates young talent with Champions Banquet
Former Chicago
White Sox player,
manager Ozzie
Guillén to speak
Submitted by the Park
District of Highland Park
This Week In ...
Giants Athletics
Baseball
■April ■ 10 - at New Trier,
4:45 p.m.
■April ■ 11 - hosts Grayslake
North, 4:45 p.m.
■April ■ 12 - at Maine South,
4:45 p.m.
Boys Volleyball
■April ■ 6 - at Warren Invite,
5 p.m.
The Park District of
Highland Park will celebrate
the community’s talented
young athletes and
their dedicated coaches at
the third annual Champions
Banquet.
The guest speaker will
be former Chicago White
Sox player and manager,
Ozzie Guillén.
The Champions Banquet
will take place May
17, 2018 at 6 p.m. at the
Highland Park Country
Club, 1201 Park Avenue
West. The evening will
include dinner, program
and silent auction. Ticket
prices are $40 (youth), $55
(adult) and $400 (table of
eight). The public is invited
and proceeds will benefit
the Parks Foundation
of Highland Park’s Scholarships
Mean Involvement
in Leisure for Everyone
(SMILE) Grant-in-Aid
program which provides
recreation grants for local
families in need of financial
assistance.
“Every year hundreds of
Highland Park kids participate
in Park District athletics
programs to become
champions at building
their skills and love of the
sport as well as learning
the value of good sportsmanship,”
Liza McElroy
said, executive director of
the Park District of Highland
Park. “The Champions
Banquet is a way to
celebrate these great young
athletes, their families and
our dedicated coaches with
a memorable evening and
to raise funds so kids who
are less fortunate can have
the same great sports experiences.”
Former Chicago White
Sox player and manager,
Ozzie Guillén will be
■April ■ 7 - at Warren Invite,
8:30 a.m.
■April ■ 11 - hosts Glenbrook
North, 6 p.m.
Boys Gymnastics
■April ■ 6 - at Mundelein
Invite, 6 p.m.
■April ■ 10 - at Evanston, 6
p.m.
Girls Water Polo
■April ■ 10 - at Maine East,
6 p.m.
■April ■ 11 - at Maine South,
the guest speaker for the
event. Guillén played in
the Major League Baseball
as a shortstop for 16 seasons,
primarily with the
Chicago White Sox, from
1985 to 2000. In 1985, he
received both the American
League Rookie of the
Year and “The Sporting
News” Rookie of the Year
awards, becoming only
the third rookie shortstop
in major league history to
win a fielding title.
Guillén managed the
White Sox from 2004 to
2011 and the Miami Marlins
in 2012. In 2005, he
led the White Sox to their
first American League
pennant since 1959, and
their first World Series
win since 1917 with a
four-game sweep of the
Houston Astros. Guillén
became the first Latino
manager in major league
history to win a World Series.
To date, he remains
the only Latino manager
ever to do so.
“We are thrilled to
6 p.m.
■April ■ 12 - hosts Glenbrook
North, 6 p.m.
Boys Water Polo
■April ■ 10 - hosts Maine
East, 6 p.m.
■April ■ 12 - at Glenbrook
North, 6 p.m.
Boys Lacrosse
■April ■ 10 - at Glenbrook
North, 7 p.m.
■April ■ 12 - hosts Maine
tune in
Boys Lacrosse
The lacrosse season continues with a rivalry matchup
against the Spartans.
• Highland Park at Glenbrook North, 7 p.m. Tuesday, April
10
have Ozzie Guillén as the
Champions Banquet guest
speaker this year,” said
Chris Maliszewski, recreation
manager with the
Park District of Highland
Park. “Ozzie is respected
for his passion, speed, hustle,
intensity, and enthusiastic
love for the game --
all important qualities for
young athletes to strive to
achieve.”
Attendees of the banquet
will have the opportunity
to participate in auctions
that will include one-of-akind
signed sports memorabilia
and tickets to professional
games to name
a few.
Tickets for the Champions
Banquet may be purchased
online at pdhp.org
or in-person at the following
locations: West Ridge
Center, 636 Ridge Road,
Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,
and the Recreation Center
of Highland Park, 1207
Park Avenue West, everyday
7 a.m.-7 p.m. Tickets
are limited.
South, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse
■April ■ 9 - hosts Glenbrook
North, 4:45 p.m.
■April ■ 10 - hosts Northside
College Prep, 4:45 p.m.
Softball
■April ■ 10 - at Maine West,
4:45 p.m.
■April ■ 11 - at Niles West,
4:45 p.m.
■April ■ 12 - hosts Vernon
Index
27 - High School Highlights
27 - Athlete of the Week
Former Chicago White
Sox manager and player
Ozzie Guillén will guest
speak at the Champions
Banquet in Highland Park
in May. Photo Submitted
For more information or
to become a Champions
Banquet sponsor, please
contact Chris Maliszewski,
recreation manager at
the Park District of Highland
Park at (847) 579-
4102 or cmaliszewski@
pdhp.org.
Hills, 4:45 p.m.
Girls Track and Field
■April ■ 9 - at Maine West,
4:30 p.m.
■April ■ 12 - at Grayslake
Central, 4 p.m.
Boys Track and Field
■April ■ 7 - at Prospect
Tournament, noon
■April ■ 11 - hosts Varsity
Quad, 4:30 p.m.
Fastbreak is compiled by Sports Editor Brittany Kapa. Send
any questions or comments to b.kapa@22ndcenturymedia.
com.

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Rival Tuesday Giants’ girls lacrosse
takes on Deerfield at home, Page 29
Achieving Dreams
Local diver named NCAA Division III
Diver of the Year, Page 28
HP boys volleyball
routs Waukegan
at home, Page 30
Gerrit Holleman (middle) spikes the ball
March 27, at Highland Park, in a homegame
win against the Bulldogs in the first
set. Brittany Kapa/22nd Century Media