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Lake Bluff slows Airbnb growth BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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hort-term rentals of residential property will soon come to a halt at least temporarily for private homes in Lake Bluff as the village studies potential regulations. The Village Board of Trustees directed the Plan Commission & Zoning Board of Appeals to develop a report on regulations for short-term rentals during a meeting of its Committee of the Whole May 8 at Village Hall. The board also directed Village Administrator Drew Irvin and Peter Friedman, village attorney, to craft cease and desist orders to homeowners renting rooms or their entire property through Airbnb. The order will create a moratorium until the village determines how to control the practice. As of May 8, there were five property owners in Lake Bluff using Airbnb to rent rooms or their Continued on PG 12
When Mother’s Day is every day Sherwood Elementary School teacher will carry on traditions after mom’s retirement BY JULIE KEMP PICK DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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tudents at Sherwood Elementary School are saying goodbye to Mrs. Uribe, a third grade Spanish teacher who is retiring this spring. But they’ll still be able to see Ms. Uribe in the hallways and in the language resource center. Confused? Laurie Uribe fulfilled her lifelong dream of becoming a teacher by going back to school to get her master’s degree after she and her family spent four years in Columbia. Her daughter Nathalia Uribe, a bilingual resource teacher, initially thought about becoming a psychologist or an artist, but like any good student, she learned by example. “After my mom started in North Shore School District 112, I became a teacher’s assistant and realized how much I loved working with kids,” said Nathalia. “Then I decided to pursue education. She’s definitely the driving force for education.” Although Nathalia has been in the district for over 10 years, she’s in her second year of teaching. She plans to continue to impart her mom’s wisdom at Sherwood. Laurie is clearly proud of her
Laurie Uribe has enjoyed working at Sherwood Elementary School with her daughter, Nathalia Uribe. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
daughter, the only bilingual resource teacher at Sherwood. Oak Terrace is the only other D-112 elementary school that features bilingual resource teachers. Laurie taught special education before she came to Sherwood. Laurie said she fell in love with the dual language program. “It’s not only the bilingualism, it’s the biculturalism. The fact that my daughter and I are here encouraging our children to look beyond the walls of the school to realize that there’s so much to
learn, to see and accept about our country, and about our world. It’s a truly important message.” Laurie was born in Colombia and brought to the U.S. as a child. At home the rule was to speak Spanish, so she and her siblings became fluent in Spanish. Her husband is also from Colombia, and the couple agreed that their children needed to be bilingual. “Now we’re on to the third generation of bilingual family members,” she said about Nathalia’s seven-year-old daughter,
who reads, writes and speaks in Spanish, and eighth-month-old twin girls. Nathalia moved with her family to Colombia when she began high school in 1996, and the family returned to Morton Grove in 2000. Her mom explained how the Colombians celebrate Mother’s Day. “Being that Colombia is very Catholic, the month of May is the month of the Virgin Mary. However, Mother’s Day is celebrated very similar to here, but
children at any age do anything in their power to be with their mom,” she said. “Mothers are an important figure in Latin America in general. It’s a family oriented day.” Laurie treats her students like family and cherishes the letters she’s received from former students. “Last week a former student who’s a junior at Deerfield High School wrote that she’s going Continued on PG 12
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