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Question: How many skunks does it take to When emerging artist Emmett Kyoshi make a stink? Wilson staged his first public art exhibi- Answer: A phew! tion late last year in Chicago and Glenview, The year 2017 was a record for skunk sightings nearly 400 people came out to view the around Glenview, according to village officials. 39 colorful canvases that comprised his Assistant to the Village Manager Brent Troxell debut solo show, “My Paint.” attributed the surge in complaints to a string of Between the two shows, Emmett sold mild winters. 67 giclee prints and canvas reproductions “Colder winters naturally cull the skunk of his bright, whimsical paintings, making population,” said Troxell. “Because we had an his debut art show - by all industry stan- unusually warm winter last year, it’s possible the dards - a resounding success. But what population was not on its normal trajectory.” made Emmett’s event so extraordinary was Last September, the Village of Glenview not the number of paintings he sold, or launched a one-time Skunk Removal Assistance the buzz of the crowd. It was the fact that Program to mitigate the growing problem. Emmett Wilson is only 12 years old. And “Most complaints come in the late summer he has Down syndrome. and early fall, when people are out and about and What’s more, Emmett donated the bulk skunks are active because they’re feeding for of the proceeds from his show to charity, winter,” said Troxell. giving $2,000 to The Needy Family Fund Under the terms of the temporary 4-month at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, program, village officials reimbursed homeown- and more than $6,000 to the National Emmett Kyoshi Wilson with his parents, Paul Wilson and Kathy Menighan Wilson, at the recent ers the cost of hiring a pre-approved, licensed Association for Down Syndrome opening of his exhibit at 10TwelveStudio in Glenview. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER wildlife control expert to trap and humanely (NADS), a non-profit the Wilsons have euthanize skunks on their property. regularly tapped for support and guidance nothing you can’t do.” 20-minute bursts while listening and As of December 31, 2017 - the deadline for over the past decade. From the time his parents, Paul Wilson dancing to his favorite music. With no submitting all reimbursement claims - the village “Emmett is making a name for himself, and Kathy Menighan Wilson, first put a formal training or direct input from had reimbursed residents for the capture and and his artwork speaks for itself,” said his brush in his hand at age 4, Emmett has parents or teachers, Emmett’s talent is removal of 97 skunks. With a reimbursement aunt, Glenview resident and former painted almost daily in the small art studio innate; he paints with no preconceived cap of $75 dollars a skunk, total expenses for the daytime soap As the World Turns actress the Wilsons installed inside their Glen- notions of artistic form or function. temporary program totaled $6,900, according to Kelley Menighan. “He’s proof there’s view home, working spontaneously in short, Troxell. Continued on PG 7 Continued on PG 7 Our Lady Of PerPetuaL HeLP ScHOOL A Premier Private Education in the Finest Catholic Tradition CELEBRATE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

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SKUNK Cont. from PG 1 positive in Illinois for rabies in a 20-year PAINTER Cont. from PG 1 period from 1998 to 2018,” said Fyffe. A large Emmett Kyoshi Wilson canvas re- “All our approved contractors have been “Health is the biggest factor contributing to “There’s a purity of expression,” said Paul. production typically sells for $250; a giclee licensed by the Illinois Department of Agri- a rise in the current skunk population.” “Emmett has no ego. He just paints from his print goes for $215. culture’s Bureau of Animal Health and At ABC Humane Wildlife Control and heart.” “We’re saving the originals for a museum Welfare,” said Troxell. “We didn’t want resi- Prevention, Fyffe and a team of 70 full-time Over the past 8 years, Emmett has exhibit one day,” said Emmett’s aunt Kelley. dents to trap the skunks themselves.” biologists work in 90 different towns across amassed a large collection of paintings, many “And truth be told, my sister just can’t bear Troxell said Glenview officials modeled the the state to humanely trap skunks. Skunks created as gifts for his parents, we well as to part with any of his original work.” Skunk Removal Assistance Program on are omnivorous, Fyffe said, and will eat dif- the extended Currently family and a 6th grader close friends at Spring- who form his man Middle inner circle of School in loyal fans. Glenview, A large Emmett will canvas entitled receive “Dragon” was state-funded painted for his educational father’s birth- services until day. “Nirvana,” the age of 22. a series of His parents three smaller hope the paintings, pays continued homage to sale of his Emmett’s fa- art will help vorite band. support him “We’ve loved Emmett’s family friend Kelley Krug at the opening of in adulthood. everything he’s Emmett “KYOSHI” Wilson’s artwork at 10TwelveStudio in “Our goal ever done, but Glenview. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER is to create a this is the first business time we’ve ever he’ll have put it all to- forever,” said gether in one show,” said Kathy. Kathy. “We want him to work and be part Emmett also collaborated with the Chi- of the community in a field where he excels.” cago-based artist Matthew Hoffman, known Emmett was diagnosed with Down syn- for his “You Are Beautiful” art installations drome five days after his birth. While still around the city. At the Glenview show, Em- in the hospital, the Wilsons christened their mett’s parents raffled off a large “You Are son with the middle name, “Kyoshi,” meaning Beautiful” piece of wall art bearing his sig- “teacher” in Japanese. nature brush strokes, raising an additional “At the time, we said to ourselves, ‘he is $1,500 for NADS. going to teach us and we are going to be the After years of hearing praise for Emmett’s students,’” said Kathy. “And that’s exactly work, the Wilsons recently created the what he’s done. Emmett is showing the ferent foods in different seasons. website emmettkyoshiart.com, and began world that everyone has an ability, this just similar initiatives launched in area towns such “In the spring, skunks like to eat sweet selling reproductions of his paintings online. happens to be his.” as Lincolnwood and Vernon Hills. foods, so we use grape jelly and beeswax as “We decided to follow their lead,” said bait,” said Fyffe. “In the fall, when they’re Troxell. “We consider it a success, but right looking to store body fat for the winter, we now it’s only a one-time program. We have bait them with fatty foods like liver sausage.” no plans to continue it next year.” To eliminate what Fyffe called “non-target Rebecca Fyffe, director of research at ABC captures” like squirrels and possums, biolo- Humane Wildlife Control and Prevention in gists put traps very close to a skunk’s bur- Arlington Heights, agreed with Glenview’s rough, using footprints or hair as clues to its decision to discontinue the program. Fyffe location. said the rise and fall of the local skunk Using a trap that’s partially covered, bi- population is cyclical, and can change every ologists will stealthily approach a trap from 2-5 years. Glenview’s skunk capture rate, said its blind spot while a skunk is sleeping – Fyffe, is about average. typically during the day. Maintaining quiet “97 is not a lot for a whole town,” said Fyffe. is of the utmost importance. “Skunks may den together, so if you estimate “If a dog starts barking next door, we stop that the average skunk problem consists of working,” said Fyffe. “We want the skunk to 1.7 skunks, then that’s only 57 residences continue napping.” across a large town.” The biologists gently lift the handle on the According to Fyffe, the local skunk popu- trap and transport the skunk into a vehicle lation exploded in the past decade largely while remaining hidden from the skunk’s view. because skunks are healthier than they were “Being carried doesn’t typically scare in the 1980s, when distemper and rabies were skunks,” said Fyffe. “It’s very rare for a skunk rampant among the species. to spray while in a trap.” “In 1971, 248 skunks in Illinois tested According to Fyffe, the skunks are hu- positive for rabies in a single year” said Fyffe. manely euthanized within an hour of capture “This meant the skunk population was low, with the same method vets use. Even while but it was terrifying for residents.” being injected, said Fyffe, skunks will not After a state law authorizing the entrap- spray. ment and humane euthanasia of skunks was “We remind ourselves it’s for the overall passed nearly 30 years ago, said Fyffe, the health of the skunk population,” said Fyffe. local skunk population became healthier, “We’re called upon to trap many kinds of leading to higher breeding levels. wildlife, but our favorite ones are when we “There have only been seven skunks testing can release them back into nature.”

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BY LIBBY ELLIOTT ing their own discomfort while watching DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM their child struggle. They are actually helping their child by giving him/her the opportunity to struggle and learn Far more children and teens are ex- from the process. periencing anxiety today compared to a decade ago. Why is that? DailyNorthShore: Why is it important for school districts to create a discussion and Renee Z. Dominguez, PhD, a li- dialogue around the issues presented in this censed clinical psychologist and the seminar? executive director of the Family Service Center of Wilmette, Glenview, North- Dr. Dominguez: Parenting in isola- brook, and Kenilworth, will address the tion makes parenting exponentially more issue of “well-intended parents, unin- challenging. tended consequences” at Glenview District 34’s Parents in Partnership DailyNorthShore: A wide range of seminar, a free program led by experts subjects will be addressed at the upcoming in the field of stress and anxiety, social seminar, including illicit drug use, anxiety, emotional learning, and technology. It bullying, suicide, social media use, aca- takes place on February 10 from 8 a.m. demic pressure, and college. How will your to noon at Attea Middle School in morning keynote address synthesize these Glenview. disparate topics into one coherent message?

As a preview, Dr. Dominguez shared Dr. Dominguez: One of the key her professional insight on parenting threads that weave these disparate topics in today’s world: together is that all parents have the po- tential to experience these various chal- DailyNorthShore: What factors have lenges with their children. I believe there contributed to the debilitating anxiety Dr. Renee Z. Dominguez PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER are ways that the parent-child relation- many children and teens suffer from today? ship can serve as a protective process for Is it worse now than it was a decade ago? children who face these challenges, and that parents can support their children DailyNorthShore: Teens often push boundaries mend they take a look at their own reaction to Dr. Dominguez: There are significantly more in developing the skills to navigate these in their search for independence. How does a parent their children’s experiences and work on tolerat- children and teens experiencing anxiety than challenges optimally. differentiate between age-appropriate rebellion and there were 10 years ago. Part of the explanation problematic behavior? lies in significant cultural factors. Today’s children and adolescents seem to be protected from ex- Dr. Dominguez: It is most important to con- posure to small, manageable levels of distress, sider the risk of the behavior and to choose wisely and therefore have not had the opportunity to about which behaviors parents address. Devel- develop basic skills to manage emotional dis- opmentally, adolescents tend to push boundaries comfort when they experience it. In addition, at and attempt to establish independence, while increasingly higher rates, children and adolescents parents often react strongly. I encourage parents are learning how to connect interpersonally to pick the important battles. Engaging in power through social media, and they are often not struggle over behaviors that are irritating, but equipped to manage and navigate these domains. harmless (e.g., dirty bedroom), runs the risk of diminishing the importance of issues parents DailyNorthShore: Technology use is a key factor really need to address. in determining the social emotional health of young people. Since there’s no stopping the technology jug- DailyNorthShore: Your keynote address alludes gernaut, and new (more sinister) apps pop up every to the unintended (negative) consequences of parents day, how can parents protect their children from with good intentions. Parents today are starting to lasting harm? wake up to the notion that children need to learn grit and self-reliance. How does a parent in today’s Dr. Dominguez: While parents are digital world support and love their child without enabling immigrants and children are digital natives, and hovering? parents still have a great deal to offer their children when it comes to managing technology. Dr. Dominguez: The overwhelming majority First and foremost, I believe parents and their of parents intend to help their children have the children need to have open dialogue about tech- best life possible. They often do so by creating nology and clear expectations about its use. In- environments that minimize their child’s exposure cluded in this discussion should be set times that to discomfort. Increasingly so, parents are doing technology is utilized, where the devices can and more for their children. Not only does this strip cannot be used, where the devices will be housed the child of an opportunity to learn a skill to at bedtime, acceptable internet content, and the manage the situation and the negative effect that process of downloading acceptable apps. Provid- goes along with struggle, but it also communicates ing children with social media “training wheels” that the child is incapable of doing this on his/ can be very helpful. her own. When I work with parents, I recom-

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BY BILL MCLEAN [email protected]

Kristin Ralston’s scrappiness on a basketball court daughter on the visit and served as a knowledgeable surfaced early. tour guide. She was a one-year-old. Phil Ralston, the boys “My mom,” Kristin recalls, “caught up with what basketball coach at Grant High School in Fox Lake/ was going on with The Oracle [school newspaper]. babysitter-for-the-day at the time, rolled a basket- She spent a lot of time in that office.” ball in the vicinity of his daughter. It didn’t take long for Shaw to realize Kristin The tyke chased it. Ralston would be a fine addition to the Titans. The tyke tottered and tripped and fell — chin “I could tell, we all could, how nice and eager she first. is,” Shaw says. “Coach ‘Weiss’ had told us about the “I needed stitches,” Kristin Ralston, some 16 possibility of Kristin moving with her family and years later, says. playing for us. We sat down with her, got to know “My mom [Cathy] was not happy.” her and answered her questions. Kristin Ralston must have had a similar sentiment “She continues to bring energy to our team,” the guard adds. “It’s nice having her do what she does for us down low; you know you’re going to get production from her when she gets the ball in the “I’ve never seen her paint. We like the way she finishes. And in our huddles she gives us good feedback and keeps us without a smile; calm.” she’s been nothing Ralston plays AAU ball for Mercury Elite. Her coach? but positive since she Glenbrook South’s first-year boys basketball coach. joined our program.” Or Dad Ralston. “We talk basketball at home, yes,” says Kristin, who, as a second-grader, played basketball with and against fourth- and fifth-graders and often fought for loose balls and rebounds against boys in ensuing seasons. “He gives me pointers, and he goes over when she learned of her father’s new job last spring. [Titans boys basketball] game plans with me. He’s Phil — the boys basketball coach at Geneva High been super supportive this season; he’s attended 10 School for the past nine seasons — was named boys of my games. Can you believe that, with his busy basketball coach at Glenbrook South, beginning schedule?” with the 2017-18 season. Phil Ralston (his Titans are 6-11 this winter) That meant a family move from Kane County went 193-77 in nine seasons at Geneva, after going to Cook County. That also meant Kristin wouldn’t 108-102 in 11 seasons at be able to help Geneva’s Vikings chase a second Grant. The English teacher’s 2014-15 Geneva straight Class 4A state girls basketball champion- team (30-5) finished fourth in the Class 4A state ship. Now a 6-foot junior and starting forward at tournament. Glenbrook South, she was a 6-foot reserve forward- “He’s been a mentor for me, academically and in center for a 29-4 Geneva squad last winter, averag- basketball,” says Ralston, who has wanted to become ing 3.4 points per game with a field-goal percentage an anesthesiologist since completing a career project of .640. with a partner in the seventh grade. “My mom is “It was a little difficult at first,” Ralston says of my role model. She’s smart, a wonderful mother the transition to life as a Titan. “That was such a and the most selfless person I know.” great experience last season; an amazing one, really. MOVE-IN ON THE MOVE: Glenbrook South’s Kristin Ralston (right) drives on New Trier’s Rebecca I learned a lot from a bunch of older players, espe- Goldman during earlier action this season. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER Notable: Glenbrook South’s girls basketball team cially [6-2 forward-center] Grace Loberg [a 2017 (15-6, 3-4 in the Central Suburban League South) graduate]. All of the girls are amazing people, too. A threat to score from anywhere on the floor, she adds. “Works hard in practice and in games. Smart split a pair of games last weekend, falling 53-36 to “But I love my current team. More amazing struck for a season-high 27 points in a game against kid, too. We were talking the other day, and she told host Evanston on Jan. 19 in a league matchup and people, with energy and togetherness. Our bench Waubonsie Valley and scored a team-high 19 points me she wants to take six AP classes next year.” topping host St. Francis 61-53 the next day. Titans … it’s incredible, always tight, always together. You’re in South’s 61-53 defeat of host St. Francis on Jan. Ralston met with current University of Denver senior guard Lizzy Shaw scored a team-high 14 not going to find bench players with more energy 20. guard Carie Weinman (a 2017 GBS graduate and points (4 treys, 1 two-pointer) in the Evanston than our bench players have each game. We’re a “Kristin has a fantastic attitude,” Titans coach a fourth-team all-state basketball player last winter) game, and junior forward Kristin Ralston tossed in pretty fast team, an athletic team, and nobody is an Steve Weissenstein says. “Most players in her situ- and current seniors Lizzy Shaw (a 5-7 guard) and nine. South junior guard Makayla Sadler finished individual star.” ation, coming off a state-championship season and Liz LaPierre (a 6-1 forward) in a room at Glenbrook with seven points and a team-best seven boards. In But Ralston’s name will likely surface when then having to move to another community, would South last spring. They talked shop, and the new- the game at St. Francis on Jan. 20, Ralston tallied Central Suburban League South coaches meet to have done so while kicking and screaming. Not comer got to know the veterans. Former prep jour- 19 points, and senior forward Liz LaPierre came vote for all-league hoopsters. The fundamentally Kristin. I’ve never seen her without a smile; she’s nalist Cathy Ralston — the director of marketing through with an 18-point effort. Stadler netted 11 sound Ralston is averaging a team-best 12 points been nothing but positive since she joined our and communications of a golf management company points, Shaw eight and Titans junior guard Libbie (to go with six rebounds per game) and shooting program. and a Glenbrook South graduate who married a Vanderveen five in the nonconference game in 67 percent from two-point range for a 15-6 club. “She been great for us in the post,” the coach Glenbrook North graduate — accompanied her Wheaton.

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BY KEVIN REITERMAN [email protected]

Minutes before his title match, Trent Williams (3:21) — Williams joined the 30-win club. He’ll inserted his ear buds and promptly started take a gaudy 30-6 record into the upcoming boppin’ and noddin’ to the tunes of a popular Class 3A regional at Glenbrook South on Feb. hip-hopper. 3. Trent Williams was gettin’ in the mood. “His 30 wins might have exceeded some The Glenbrook North wrestler was preppin’ people’s expectations,” said GBN assistant coach for battle. Blake Tomczak. “But not his own. Trent holds He was puttin’ on his grappler face. a pretty high bar for himself.” While the songs in his “headset” were shuf- The cerebral Williams, who plans to study fling through his favorites’ list, Williams started math and science in college, knows how to game pacing. plan and set up opponents. It’s what he does. “He’s real good at making adjustments,” said It’s how he deals. Tomczak. “Trent put in the time in the offsea- “I don’t like sitting still [before a match]. I son, and it’s really paying dividends for him.” don’t like waiting,” said Williams. “I get antsy. “Pacing,” he added, “is how I get pumped up.” Notable: Glenbrook North had place winners What awaited Williams in the 220-pound in 10 weight classes. In addition to the runner- championship match at the Central Suburban up finishes by Trent Williams and Cam Casey, League Meet at Maine West High School on the others making their way on the podium Jan. 20 was Evanston’s Ramin Abraham. included sophomore Raphael Galvez (3rd at The undefeated and super-athletic and highly 106), freshman Max Sherman (5th at 113), touted Ramin Abraham. freshman Adrian Knyazev (5th at 120), sopho- Uphill, meet Battle? more Tim St. John (3rd at 126), junior Ben Hardly … the case. Rubin (5th at 132), junior Anthony Sherman Williams didn’t flinch against Abraham, a (5th at 138), junior Kyle Williams (5th at 152) ranked wrestler by Illinois Matmen, in the final. and junior Nico Jung (4th at 170). The GBN junior managed to keep things The team’s 20-match winners are Galvez (23- interesting throughout — scoring on a reversal 15), Kyle Williams (21-15) and Jung (29-12). midway through the second period and coming up with a takedown with 35 seconds left in the GLENBROOK SOUTH third period — before losing the highly con- tested match 10-8. The Titans ended the CSL Meet in 10th place Williams was not the only Spartan to advance with 45 points. to the championship bout. He was joined in the GBS’s placers were sophomore Matt Reubel spotlight by junior Cam Casey. (4th at 106), sophomore Nate Sullivan (6th at Casey, who is now a 31-match winner, gave 113) and sophomore Cam Mercer (5th at 195). it his best shot before falling to Maine South Mercer improved his overall record to 26-11. standout John Halvorsen by a major decision. Reubel raised his record to 21-13. Like Abraham, Halvorsen entered the league meet as a ranked wrestler. LOYOLA ACADEMY “I know that they [Williams and Casey] aren’t happy with their outcomes,” said GBN assistant Senior Sean Cloherty was one of the standouts coach Blake Tomczak. for Loyola Academy at the Chicago Catholic But what Williams and Casey accomplished League Championships at Mt. Carmel on Jan. went a long way in helping GBN to a solid 19-20. fifth-place finish in the team standings (162 Cam Casey of the Spartans (right) battles Deerfield’s Judd Fishman during 182-pound action at the Cloherty (30-5) advanced to the 145-pound points). CSL Meet. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER title match before losing by technical fall to Mt. Meanwhile, moments after standing on the Carmel’s Kendall Coleman. podium and receiving his second-place medal, indelible hold on Williams. “I didn’t start wrestling until freshman year,” Juniors Aidan McKeag and John Michael Williams talked it up with a couple of sports- He’s undeniably gripped by the sport. said Williams, a two-way lineman for the GBN Kelly also were place-winners for LA. writers. “Wrestling? I love it now,” said Williams. “I football team. “I heard it was good for football. McKeag pinned Providence Catholic’s Matt He made an impression. love the accountability. Win or lose, it’s all on “And it has been,” he added. “It’s helped my Pirc in the 132-pound fifth-place match to earn He made an indentation. you. You can’t blame anyone but yourself.” hand fighting [in the trenches]. And it’s helped his 30th win of the season (30-12). He’s got a pretty good grasp of life. He’s got He went out for the team at the urging of his my mentality. It’s made me mentally tougher.” Kelly (28-11) ended up sixth at 182 pounds. a pretty healthy outlook on things. dad, Scott, who works in the social studies de- By winning his first two matches at the CSL The Ramblers finished ninth in the 17-team And he’s got this: a very firm handshake. partment and coaches freshman football at the Meet — pins against Glenbrook South’s Jesse tourney with 53 points. Montini Catholic took Which brings us to this: wrestling has an school. Quijada (3:15) and Highland Park’s Tate Ellis first with 344 ½ points. 14 | SATURDAY JANUARY 27 | SUNDAY JANUARY 28 2018 THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND SUNDAY BREAKFAST STRUM MAJOR

BY BILL MCLEAN “Music,” he recalls, band, Bailiff. in Chicago for the sessions. ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT “then tapped me on The “Nice, sweet and quiet, with a great sense of the shoulder.” student in humor,” Siegel says of Wanda, who invited him Siegel enrolled in Siegel, to attend her 80th birthday celebration and in- Berklee College of mean- sisted that he show up at the bash with his guitar. Guitar teacher Josh Siegel vividly remembers Music in Boston while, “She’s like another grandma to me. I still con- the first private lesson with one of his first stu- shortly thereafter, sought to sider her a mentor. I love her personality and her dents. in 2004. His stint learn how professionalism — teaching to her is a noble The pair met in the Wilmette home of Siegel’s there lasted a year. to play profession — and when she taught me, all 4-feet- parents (Larry and Connie) about 14 years ago. “I learned a lot, classical “No bigger than a loaf of bread,” Siegel says writing songs, guitar. and his 7-year-old charge on that day. “Super coming up with He took little. He sat in a chair, and his feet weren’t any- ideas,” Siegel says. lessons where near the ground. Taught him to play “Rocky “I thought I’d get for five Raccoon”. to experience a years Music then tapped It didn’t matter that the youngster thought The communal setting at f rom a me on the shoulder. Beatles were insects, not a band formed in Liv- Berklee, with every- woman erpool. body jamming named “You know what teaching is?” Siegel says. “It’s throughout a day. I was Wanda. the art of getting information from one brain to at a point in my life The another. I had a knack for it in my early- to where I wanted to native of mid-20s. perform as a full-time Ukraine “I love what I do; I’m lucky.” member of a band.” wel- Siegel, a 1999 New Trier graduate, was a part- Siegel moved back to comed 6 of her and wearing one of her nice dresses, she’d time instructor then. He is 36 today and lives in Wilmette one more time. the sit in her chair with a classical guitarist’s proper a Chicago apartment in the Ravenswood neigh- The music teacher in him acoustic/ posture. She was the picture of a proud sparrow. borhood with his wife Ashleigh. His job: full-time got the word out that he was electric “She’d grin if she liked what she heard,” he guitar (acoustic and electric) teacher, with an available to give private guitar adds. “If I hadn’t practiced as often as I should emphasis on FULL. lessons at students’ homes. teacher have, she’d show her disappointment with a “I’ll be teaching from 2 to 9 [p.m.] today, in He called friends. He handed into her wince.” homes all around the North Shore,” he says, out fliers. apartment Siegel then does his best Disappointed Wanda adding the ages of his students range from 10 to Friends returned his calls; impression for me, pursing his lips slowly and 82. Most of his private lessons last 45 minutes, handlers of fliers called him. squinting his eyes. and he prefers to cap his number of regular clients Siegel taught, taught One of the songs he played for Wanda’s guests at 20. and taught some more, on that festive day was the Beatles’ “Hey Jude”. No wonder he orders a hearty breakfast of inspiring and moti- “I felt some pressure to come up with a song scrambled eggs, sausage links and a side of pan- vating enthusiasts everybody would enjoy,” says Siegel, who has cakes at Walker Bros. Original Pancake House of all ages, and he twice conducted a songwriting workshop at in Wilmette. later found the New Trier’s annual Lit Fest in the fall. “You “I was into guitar in high school … obsessed time to enter- can’t go wrong with ‘Hey Jude’. Nothing unites with it, really,” says Siegel, who attended the tain as a singer a room like singing ‘Na na na na na na na na’ University of Colorado (Boulder) for two years, and lead gui- together.” when he played in a band named The Continen- tarist for a tals, and he will be forever grateful his parents local Josh Siegel’s contact information: siegel.jd@ forced him to take guitar lessons gmail.com; (847) 606-8108. at Hogeye Music in Evan- ston. “I’d yearned to play in a band in my New Trier years. I was close with four or five friends; all of us loved music. The problem: We all liked different music. I liked the blues, another liked reggae, and another liked heavy metal. “One of my favorite things to do was to run home after school and play the guitar. I’d play my favorite songs there, over and over. I considered that warm-up time. I always tell my students, ‘You should always be looking to warm up, because the majority of your growth as a musician occurs as you practice.’ ” Siegel returned to Wilmette after his final semester in Boulder and served as a waiter for about a year. Josh Siegel

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