Saturday, May 19, 2012
Two Waukegan suspects arrested at Wauconda forest preserve; Waukegan man charged with drug induced homicide in relation to death of 26-year-old Wauconda man.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO), Criminal Investigations Division (CID), made two arrests and seized heroin in the course of investigating the death of a 26 year-old Wauconda man who died from a heroin overdose in the morning hours on May 16. According to a news release from the LCSO, Deputies and Coroner investigators called in CID after determining the scene reflected the death was the result of a drug overdose. In an investigation led by Det. Chris Covelli, members of CID were able to identify the probable source of the heroin and subsequently were able to establish contact with that individual. On May 18, at approximately 7 p.m., Sheriff’s detectives working in an undercover capacity, contacted Douglas Moses and arranged to…
Deerfield girls’ soccer team blanks Vernon Hills for title as Warriors go undefeated at home this year.
Deerfield High School’s girls’ soccer team completed an undefeated home season at Adams Field Friday night going unscored upon throughout its own Regional by defeating Vernon Hills, 2-0, for the title. The Warriors made it 8-0-5 for the year at home and 12-4-8 so far this year overall by taking the school’s first ever girls’ regional soccer crown. A 5-0 semifinal win Wednesday over Von Steuben left Deerfield unscored upon in league play. The team has yielded only six goals at home all year. The teams were scoreless for the first 32 minutes when one of the Cougars touched the ball with her hand near the goal. Amanda Kellow kicked the ball through the goal on a penalty kick to give the Warriors a 1-0 lead. Less than a minute later Kellow and…
After a week of speculation, Patch learns the new store coming to the former Blockbuster space.
Award winning writer wants to help women deal with suburban life.
Award winning Deerfield author Lisa Barr wants to help local mothers with life in the suburbs as she launched her website, GIRLilla Warfare: A Mom’s Guide to Surviving the Suburban Jungle this month, according to a news release. The website was created to motivate women to deal with what Barr describes as their real enemies allowing them to blog real stories by women to help them deal with the suburban lifestyle, according to the release. Late last month Barr’s award winning novel, “Fugitive Colors,” debuted on Amazon.com after winning first prize at the Hollywood Film Festival for Best Unpublished Manuscript. The story is set in post World War II Europe and deals with an artist’s revenge, according to the release. To better keep up with …
Jonah Winter takes first place in competition between grades four through eight.
When it comes to chess, Walden Elementary School fourth grader Jonah Winter does not let his elders scare him. Winter won the overall first place award May 12 at the Deerfield Park District’s chess tournament coming out ahead of all players in grades four through eight. The top team at the tourney was the contingent from South Park Elementary School of Danica Sun, Ethan Lesser, Patrick Carrow, Eric Rosenson, Purvendra Bhatt and Joshua Rosenson. Carrow also took the championship trophy among the third graders and Rosenson did the same in the fifth grade grouping. Other winners were Zalan Gyorgy (kindergarten), Ethan Schachter (first grade), Peter Thompson (second grade) and Jeremy Goodsnyder (eighth grade). Earning runner up honors were Sun…
A look at unusual crimes in our Patch region this week.
Local police departments provided the following reports. In all incidents where an arrest occurred, a charge is merely an accusation and not evidence of guilt. Johnny Appleseed's evil twin A Winnetka resident on Sheridan Road reported that someone cut the electrical wires for an in-ground sprinkler system and sprayed an unknown chemical on pine trees. The trees died. Casino royale pain in the $#! An Aurora man was charged with two counts of battery after an altercation with family members at Rivers Casino in Des Plaines. As police walked him to the squad car, according to the report, he spit in one of the officer’s face. Police said he had earlier bitten a security guard’s shoulder. Going postal A Northfield resident heard a loud bang …
Betsy and Sal take on a recent Time magazine cover story and answer the question, "Are you mom enough?"
Have you seen the shocker on the cover of this week’s Time magazine? Our jaws dropped when we picked up the issue: it’s $4.99! We bought it anyway, because of the provocative photo and headline: “Are You Mom Enough?” Surely you’ve seen the picture of the chilly looking twenty-six year old mother standing erect and staring blankly at the camera as her three-year-old son, old enough to stand on a wooden chair, is suction cupped to her nipple, having a little snack. The article details a worrisome trend in child rearing called “Attachment Parenting.” There’s a lot of posturing in the article, which we’ll sum up as follows: as soon as the doctor cuts the cord, a mother’s life is over. We paraphrase, of course. Here’s what it states in the…
Friday, May 18, 2012
Volleyball squad upends Maine East, girls’ lacrosse unit ends season with loss.
May 17 Boys’ Lacrosse The Final Score: Deerfield 8, Hoffman Estates 7 (overtime) Warriors Star Performers: Andrew Small scored four goals. Other Notable Warrior Performances: Ben Singer, Jimmy Weissbond, Ross Leviton added scores for Deerfield. Who’s Next: The Warriors begin the post season with parings to be announced in the next few days. The Bottom Line: With the score tied 7-7 in overtime, Small, a freshman, scored one of his four goals for the game winner. Volleyball The Final Score: Deerfield defeated Maine East 25-23 and 25-19. Warriors Star Performers: Andrew Hector spiked eight kills and blocked two shots. Scott Laner dished out 15 assists, aced two serves and had four digs. Other Notable …
The latest Patch Readers’ Choice winner was the leader by a large margin.
DC Sarnies was the runaway winner for this week’s Readers’ Choice award for the best hamburger in Deerfield. Of the 247 people who cast ballots, 116 voted for DC Sarnies while 31 liked Townhouse best, 30 prefer Boston Blackies and 24 chose Tom & Eddies. Others receiving votes were Carson’s, Cooker’s, Dear Franks, Rhapsody Café and Trax Tavern and Grill. Though Sarnies had the largest number of votes by far, no one wrote a review for any of the top vote getters which can change the results. Readers who made comments mentioned everyone but Sarnies. Harry Steindler likes the Warrior Burger at Trax. “Warrior Burger, Pepper Jack Cheese and Sweet Baby Ray's at Trax - tough to beat,” he writes. For Lindsey, Townhouse was the choice for more than …
Katz, Rabushka, Williams and Middlebrook will compete in two events each.
May 17 Boys’ Track The Final Score: Deerfield finished fifth out of 16 teams at the Sectional Meet with 51.5 points. Warriors Star Performers: Danny Katz, Adam Rabushka, Luke Williams and Donald Middlebrook will compete in two events at the State Meet. Katz took second in the 110-meter high hurdles and joined Middlebrook, Williams and Geoff Heiser to place fourth in the 4x200 relay. Rabushka grabbed second in the 300 intermediate hurdles and was part of the quartet of Williams, Middlebrook and Tristan Nunez who ended up fifth in the 4x400 relay. Other Notable Warrior Performances: Makoto Bowering was fourth in the 800 while Alex Gold finished fifth in the 3,200. Who’s Next: The eight Warriors will compete in the State …
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