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