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GlenviewLantern.com December 15, 2016 Vol. 6 No. 10 $1 GLENVIEW'S HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER ,LLC ® A PUBLICATION THE SEARCH BEGINS Village begins search for new village manager, Page 6 SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST Library undergoes financial restructuring, Page 8 IT TAKES A VILLAGE Youth Services of Glenview/ Northbrook adjusts to new financial landscape, Page 9 Brian Boulay, Erica Boulay and son, Theo, carefully add their finishing touches to their gingerbread house at the Gingerbread Jubilee on Saturday, Dec. 10, in Glenview. LYNN TRAUTMANN/ 22ND CENTURY MEDIA Families celebrate the season by making gingerbread houses at Wagner Farm’s annual Gingerbread Jubilee, Page 3

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GlenviewLantern.com • December 15, 2016 • Vol. 6 No. 10 • $1glenview's Hometown newspaper,LLC

®A PublicAtion

The search beginsVillage begins search for new village

manager, Page 6

survival of The fiTTesTLibrary undergoes financial restructuring, Page 8

iT Takes a village Youth

Services of Glenview/Northbrook adjusts

to new financial landscape, Page 9

Brian Boulay, Erica Boulay and son, Theo, carefully add their finishing touches to their gingerbread house at the Gingerbread Jubilee on Saturday, Dec. 10, in

Glenview. Lynn TrauTmann/ 22nD CEnTury mEDIa

Families celebrate the season by making

gingerbread houses at Wagner Farm’s annual

Gingerbread Jubilee, Page 3

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glenviewlantern.com ThE gLEnvIEw LanTErn | December 15, 2016 | 3news

WILLIAM CLOSE & THE EARTH HARP COLLECTIVESATURDAY, DECEMBER 17 • 5 & 7:15 PM

Get into the Christmas spirit with a special concert experience from internationally renowned William Close & The Earth Harp Collective.

Tickets are $12.Children 2 and under are free.

Purchase tickets atNorthShoreHome.org.

WILLOW CREEK COMMUNITY CHURCH | NORTH SHORE 2200 SHERMER ROAD • GLENVIEW, IL 60026HALF A MILE SOUTH OF WILLOW ROAD

locals get a taste of candy constructionHilary anderson Freelance reporter

The scent of gingerbread permeated the air while holiday music played as families gathered for the annual Gingerbread Jubi-lee Saturday, Dec. 10, at Glenview’s Wagner Farm.

Bowls full of ginger-bread people, Hershey’s Kisses, marshmallows, Rollos, Twizzlers, square pretzels, coconut, pepper-mints, M&Ms and Skittles lay in wait for more than 35 families who came to make a uniquely decorated gingerbread barn.

“At first we had only one session but the event became so popular that we put in a second one,” said Alyssa Tadel, a program-

mer at Wagner Farm. “We see some of the same faces every year but keep add-ing new ones. Even high school kids come to deco-rate a gingerbread barn.”

Tadel said Morton Grove’s Meier’s Bakery makes the barns for Wag-ner Farm. They come pre-assembled so the barn decorators only have to add festive touches for the season.

“The creativity that goes into decorating these gin-gerbread barns is amaz-ing,” Tadel said.

Gingerbread cows were a new addition this year to the list of decorating sweets.

“This is our first time,” Kathy Cepa said, who was feeding 8-month-old

grandson Benjamin Let-ica, while brother Blake Letica, 3, sampled a few of the decorations prior to putting them on.

Mom, Mallory Letica and her sister, Erin Cepa, tried convincing Blake to put the sweets on the barn’s roof instead of test-ing them first. Sometimes they were successful.

“This definitely is a family affair,” Letica said. “Blake has a mindset of how he wants to do it.”

Emma Sukenik, 4, knew exactly how she wanted her barn’s roof to look. She spelled her name on half of it using Skittles and M&Ms as her brother Adam and cousins, Annie Hurley, 8, and Gracie Hur-ley, 11, watched.

“I like doing this be-cause the candy is yum-my,” Sukenik said.

Carl Bodenstab seemed to work as the general dec-orating contractor for his family’s barn. His sons, Colin, 5, Claire, 3, and wife, Tracy, watched as he carefully anchored a Santa Claus chimney made from a gingerbread person to the top of the barn’s roof. He did the same with a ginger-bread cow. Those around him watched as he used small pieces of Twizzlers and frosting to hold them in place.

“I’m in the construction business,” Bodenstab said.

At the next table, Gabri-ella Prata, 7, and her mom, Michelle, worked on their gingerbread barn.

“I spread the frosting,” Michelle Prata said. “My daughter has her own vi-sion of what the final prod-uct should be.”

Gabriella used Rollos stuck together with frost-

ing for the chimney. A Hershey’s Kiss was at the top for smoke. She chose gum drops to frame a door.

“This is an event for all Please see

GinGerbread, 21

Maeve o’connell, 5, decorates the walls of her house with candy at the Wagner Farm on Dec. 10. LynnTrauTmann/ 22nD CEnTury mEDIa

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froM The eDiTor

Taking advantage of opportunities

In case you missed it,the Chicago-Milwau-kee Draft Environ-

mental Assessment has been extended by 60 days, giving Glenview residents until Jan. 15, 2017, to comment on the plans to expand Amtrak’s Hiawatha service to 10 round trips daily.

If you need a refresher on what exactly those plans entail, check out the Oct. 20 issue of The Glenview Lantern or visit GlenviewLantern.com and search (spoiler alert) two-mile holding track.

The aforementioned holding track would slice through the heart of

Glenview and Northbrook, stretching from just north of Willow Road between Glenbrook North and Willow Hill Golf Course through both residential neighborhoods and busi-ness districts.

“When the trains sit there idling, what does the air quality look like? Or the noise?” Glenview Dep-uty Village Manager Todd Hileman asked during an interview in October. “Residents are concerned. Businesses are concerned. And I think there is good reason to be.”

Village representatives, Glenview residents and local business owners have all voiced concerns regard-ing the potential impacts on property values, the environment and traffic. They wrote Letters to the Editor. They attended a community meeting to speak directly with federal and state representatives. They addressed trustees at Village Board meetings.

But that’s all in the past. That’s how Glenview

reached this point. The residents have celebrated their win in the small battle against drastic changes that threaten to disrupt the village, but they know the war has not yet been won.

Residents have been given an extension, but that means nothing unless the people of Glenview add their voices to the conversation.

And the best part? It’s actually pretty easy

to voice opposition. Just send comments or ques-tions regarding the study to [email protected] or call (608) 261-6123.

And once you’re donewith that, send a Letter to the Editor (maximum of 400 words) to [email protected] for publication to spur your neighbors into action.

For more information on the situation, visit glen-view.il.us/Pages/hiawatha.aspx or wisconsindot.gov/Pages/projects/multimodal/rail-chi-mil.

sound off

an intriguing number from this week’s edition

The Glenview Public library

recently released 10 staff

members, Page 8

GO figure

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It shouldn’t be long until our outdoor ice skating and sledding hills open for the season!

@GLenviewPkdist Glenview ParkDistrict tweeted on Dec. 7 about the upcoming opening of their winter locations.

Youth Services of Glenview and North-brook snapped this photo of the gener-ous donation of toys the North Shore YMCA gave them on Nov. 30.

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we actually enjoy versus simply making it to a class we find unfulfilling.

Paul brings clarity to his client’s actions by help-ing them articulate their purpose and keeps things focused by ensuring the message can be repeated throughout the company. These same methods can be used to help us take care of business in and out of the gym. Here are a few tips that can open doors to new behaviors in the New Year.

• Vision starts withwhy. Spend less time counting calories and more time asking yourself why your health is impor-tant to you.

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• Choose rocks notboulders. Break things up

by taking the path of least resistance. Making small changes can bring forth big results.

• Falcon Fit Tip: Some-times it seems as though there is something in your way when in reality it is your own unwillingness to move that is holding you back.

Chris Falcon is a certified personal trainer and founder of Reactive Performance Enhancement Center in Glenview. He is dedicated to helping people feel their best through healthy living on all levels.

FalconFrom Page 20

families,” Joanna Kendall said. “This will always be a tradition for us.”

Bob Patton and daugh-ter, Kiki, 12, said it was their sixth year decorating a gingerbread barn. They were meticulous with plac-ing decorations in just the right places and laughing as they did.

“This event is a great way to spend family time,” Patton said. “It gets you into the Christmas spirit.”

“This Gingerbread Jubi-lee is a win-win for every-one,” Tara Garcia, a Wag-ner Farm programmer, said. “The ease factor is one of the reasons parents like it. They come here and do something with their children, who can be su-per creative and not worry about messing up.”

The barn decorators fol-lowed up their hard day’s work by sipping hot choc-olate and eating cookies.

ChriS [email protected]

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