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Publisher Letter

From Washington, D.C. to Hollywood, CA. This July issue marks the threeyear anniversary of Hinsdale Magazine and we are happy to bring you the stories you have come to expect. On behalf of our staff, I want to thank our readers in Hinsdale, Burr Ridge, Clarendon Hills and Oak Brook for their continued support. Later in this letter, I will invite you to continue to engage with us with your story ideas and suggestions. On this month’s cover is Fox News Channel anchor, Bret Baier, who visited Hinsdale last month when he spoke to several hundred men in our community at the MAX breakfast event at Hinsdale Central High School. This event, held once or twice a year, is designed to get local men thinking about the more important things in life by bringing them together around an impactful speaker. Baier is known for his coverage of the daily happenings in our nation’s capital, but you will learn about the hardships he and his family endured after the birth of his first son. It was another productive spring for Red Devil athletes. In the Hinsdale Central spring sports roundup, you will read how the boys tennis team brought home its sixth state championship in the past eight years, while girls lacrosse competed for state honors in Evanston on the campus of Northwestern University. One Hinsdale Central student-athlete also accomplished a feat that no Red Devil athlete has achieved in over 20 years. We visited the home of Western Springs resident and Riordan Sig-

nature Homes founder Jay Riordan to talk about his recent national television appearance on American Dream Builders. Jay made it to the final episode after being selected out of 4 to 5,000 builders from across the country. You will read how he and his family converged in Hollywood California for the season finale

about your neighborhood at news@ Hinsdale60521.com. Also converging in the downtown Hinsdale neighborhood at Burlington Park were about 50 runners for Team World Vision, who began training for the Chicago Marathon in their quest to raise money to provide clean water to impoverished communities in Africa. Student ministry pastor Dave Mahar is the coordinator for the team at Christ Church of Oak Brook, and you can get involved by putting on your running shoes too! The last day to register to run with Team World Vision is July 15. Read the full story on p. 20. Veteran and beginning runners can be inspired by the story of nine-year old Braxton Bokus. Braxton honored the memory of his father’s best friend Gunner Hotchkin by running the Leon’s World’s Fastest Triathlon in Hammond, Ind., last month. Braxton ran in support of WIRED Athletes, an organization that supports wounded veterans. Braxton’s dad Preston was a childhood friend of Gunner, who was killed in action that surprised many—especially Jay! in June 2010, in northern AfghanAs we stroll into summer, we istan. Congratulations, Braxton; turn the focus to neighborhoods we’re all proud of you! and what makes them unique to its Finally, I want to invite you to get residents. Hinsdale native and HM involved in our community magareporter Tanner Makris takes a lei- zine by creating a free personal page surely stroll through the neighbor- for yourself or your business at www. hoods of Pierce Park, Burns Field hinsdale60521.com. Here, you can and Prospect Park to get a perspec- register in seconds, and have the optive of life in these sections of Hin- portunity to upload your announcesdale and Clarendon Hills. We will ments, news, photos and videos. feature three more neighborhoods in August, so please drop us an email and let us know what you like most Enjoy the stories, Scott Jonlich, Founder & Publisher Hinsdale Magazine, Inc. sjonlich@hinsdale60521.com

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CONTENTS 8 Building Dreams

Scott Jonlich

Local builder Jay Riordan competes on national TV show

Print Managing Editor

12 Speaking from the Heart

Mike Ellis

Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier addresses local men at Hinsdale Central

Columnists

William Egbert, Jr. Jim Fannin Errol Janusz Dan Meyer

16 Community Scene

Daisy Days

20 Giving Back

Contributing Writers

Team World Vision runs Chicago Marathon for water

Karen Hood Paul Kelma Tanner Makris Mary McCloskey Jill Russell Qualizza Theresa Steinmeyer

22 Hinsdale Home Trends

Designing for smart spaces

26 Neighborhoods

Photographer & Design

Burns Field, Pierce Park and Prospect Park

30 Giving Back

Derby Day

Marcello Rodarte

32 Community Scene

Feature Photographer

Adventist Cancer Institute groundbreaking ceremony

William Egbert, Jr. Karen Hood

38 Sports

Graphic Artists

Hinsdale Central spring sports roundup Nine-year-old competes in triathlon

Cheryl Chrzanowski

Advertising Sales

44 Adventure | Travel

Sarah Chase Karen Hood Renee Lawrence Doug Pint

From Hog Canyon to Cottonwood Ridge by William Egbert, Jr.

46 Tech KNOW

Fitness applications in demand

48 Spiritual Insight

Trophy Kids by Dan Meyer

50 Peak Performance

Eleven ways to be cool this summer by Jim Fannin

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Local builder Jay Riordan recently competed on NBC’s American Dream Builders.

Building Dreams

Local builder competes in first finale of NBC’s American Dream Builders

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andra Riordan was astonished when she got the phone call from NBC. If her husband, Jay Riordan, were to make it to the finale of American Dream Builders, would she be available to fly out to Los Angeles with her five sons to film the last episode? She wasn’t supposed to tell anyone— not extended family, the school or her neighbors—that her husband, a Western Springs resident and founder of Riordan Signature Homes, was nearly a finalist in the national television show’s first season. The Riordan family’s journey to

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Hollywood began when NBC invited Jay Riordan to interview at the Chicago Ritz-Carlton. He estimates that he was considered along with 4 to 5,000 builders from across the country. Riordan stood out as a talented builder and designer for his five Crystal Key Award-winning homes since 2009, voted by the Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago as the best homes in the Chicagoland area. Sandra Riordan laughed when she recalled her husband’s decision to interview for the show. “I knew he was always going to be on it,” she said. “He’s got the TV personality.” When Hinsdale Magazine met Jay Riordan, he led us on a tour of his home,

which he built himself. Just inside, the bright interior folds around a forking staircase and exposed stone archway. In Riordan’s office, pictures of his houses hang along one side of the dark wood paneling, and his sons’ artwork is displayed on the opposite wall. The Riordans’ home is designed with traditional aesthetic and comfort in mind for the family of seven. “It doesn’t matter if it’s a Nantucket design, if it’s a contemporary design, or if it’s a French design—you have to be passionate about all those different architectural designs, and execute them with some historical accuracy and a timeless elegance, and listen to your clients—listen to how they want to live,” he said.

“I was a little naïve when I first went out to Hollywood, I thought, ‘Okay, I’ll bring my golf clubs…we’ll do a little bit of TV work; it’ll be a piece of cake.” - Jay Riordan

Riordan described the relationship between builder and client as a “marriage,” and said that communication and understanding in the relationship is critical to a successful build or renovation. Once he was accepted as one of 12 contestants on American Dream Builders, Riordan flew to California to begin filming. “I was a little naïve when I first went out to Hollywood,” he said. “I thought, ‘Okay, I’ll bring my golf clubs...we’ll do a little bit of TV work; it’ll be a piece of cake.’” Instead, Riordan woke up at 4 a.m. to video chat with his family during breakfast. Then, he was on set by five, shooting by seven and back at his hotel as late as 10 p.m. six days per week. He filmed for a total of nearly 4½ months. Riordan said the most difficult part for him was being separated from his family. “It’s almost a little bit sad, to be honest with you, to be away from your family for that length of time,” he said. He attributed his family’s stamina during that time to his wife. “They call me ‘the general’ on the show, because I’m kind of bossy, or whatever,” he said, grinning. “But she’s the real fivestar general, the real boss. She’s not a complainer.” Week after week, Riordan called his wife to tell her that he still wasn’t coming home. The final competition between Riordan and his co-finalist, Chicagoan Lukas Machnik, was a family beach house renovation. Riordan kept to a traditional design, aiming to create a livable, familyoriented space. But it was Machnik’s minimalist renovation that triumphed in the end. Riordan said he does not believe that his design was necessarily better than Machnik’s, but thinks that he deserved the “American Dream Builder” title for working directly toward the needs of his assigned family. “I really, in my heart of hearts, believe I

should have won that show,” he said. Little did Riordan know that his five children were on their way to deliver a surprise more heartwarming than any title. Following the phone call, NBC offered to schedule a flight for Sandra Riordan and her boys on the following Wednesday morning—her triplets’ 13th birthdays. She told them that it wouldn’t work: if NBC wanted to keep the visit a surprise from her husband, then they would have to arrange a later flight to accommodate the family’s regular breakfast video chat. On the morning of their departure, Sandra Riordan told the boys to pack their school bags and to be sure not to mention the trip to their father. “At that junction...I was really, really missing my family, more than I’d ever even imagined that I would have when I first started [the competition],” Jay Riordan said. While lined up on the beach with Machnik for the filming of the finale, Riordan was surprised to see children running across the set. “[I thought], ‘Oh, that’s going to be a problem; there are kids running across the beach,’ ” he said. “Well, they were my kids! How many adults, how many children from a family get to see what their dad actually gets to do for a living? “[The boys] get to

see what’s going on, get to see Hollywood and all of the cameras, and they’re getting mic’ed up, and they’re excited—that’s a once-in-a-lifetime thing for five little boys. “It was very emotional...it was one of the coolest moments in my life personally.” To have had the chance to celebrate his love of building with his family on American Dream Builders is a victory in itself that Riordan will never forget.

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Cover Story

Speaking from the

Heart

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Fox News Channel anchor Bret Baier discusses son’s heart condition with local men

by mike ellis

elevision is known as a personal medium. Masters of the medium like Dick Clark and Fred Rogers could make you feel as if you were holding an intimate conversation with them through the screen. But oftentimes, it’s quite difficult to discern what specifically the personalities on the other side of the camera are actually feeling—what they might be going through in their own lives. Many greater Hinsdale residents know Bret Baier as the host of Special Report with Bret Baier on Fox News Channel (FNC), America’s most-watched cable news network. Before taking over for Brit Hume in January 2009, Baier spent several years as FNC’s chief White House correspondent, covering politics in the complicated and dense political fabric that is Washington, D.C. But while he was handling the White House beat, you may not know that Baier was also engaged in a personal struggle that

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greatly affected his family. In 2007, Baier’s wife Amy gave birth to their first child, Paul. At first, Baier said everything appeared to be fine, as he was “given a clean bill of health.” But after a nurse noticed Paul beginning to turn pale and several tests were conducted, it was discovered that the newborn baby had five congenital heart defects. “We didn’t know if he was going to make it,” Baier said. “We didn’t know if there was going to be another day with our son.”

MAX breakfast Last month, Baier came to Hinsdale Central High School on a Saturday morning to discuss his son’s story and personal faith journey with several hundred local men at MAX breakfast. “MAX breakfast is the brainchild of Ken Hooton, Bob Walsh and Jim Hallene, who came together and said, ‘How do we get

Hundreds of local men gathered in the Hinsdale Central auditorium to hear Bret Baier speak at the MAX breakfast last month.

men in our community to get together once or twice a year around a dynamic speaker like we have today to talk about things in life that are more meaningful than the typical guy conversations?’” said P.J. Huizenga, a MAX breakfast organizer and the leader of the Men’s Fraternity Bible study at Covenant Church in Hinsdale. “When these guys set up and started this event, they said, ‘We want to talk about real success—success that lasts.’ “It’s easy to do right when life is going according to your plan, but when we all face that moment of truth in our life, when things go off-script...how do we handle that?” Huizenga said he invited Baier, a family friend, to speak at the breakfast event in the auditorium, and that the timing was excellent, as Baier’s book on his experience, Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love, had just been released earlier that week. “Bret is a great family friend, and the timing worked out perfectly, where his book talking about a father and son, and how they had a moment off the script in life that became very challenging, was being released this week,” Huizenga said. “Everything worked out great; we reached out, and he said he’d love to do it.” Baier told Hinsdale Magazine that at the time Paul was born, “everything was going great,” and his career, which was on the rise after starting out in small markets like Buford, S.C., and Rockford, “was going fantastic.” “I was at the White House at the time,” Baier told Hinsdale Magazine in an exclusive interview. “Our first son was going to be born, and we were excited. “The first 24 hours were really blissful in the hospital room.” All of a sudden, things took a drastic turn for the worse. To address the congenital heart defects, Baier said Paul required a “really complex surgery in the first few days to live.” Paul received world-class medical care at Children’s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Baier told the audience in the Hinsdale Central auditorium that a surgeon moved his tiny arteries “like angel hair pasta” to change the way his heart operates. “I could see this walnut-sized heart beating underneath [a] bandage,” he said. “You could imagine the power of that moment—standing there, 1) fearful that the thing was going to stop beating, [and] 2) praising God that it was still beating.” Baier explained that he had tasted success, and had been relishing his life with wife Amy in the historic Georgetown neighborhood. He said he was envisioning walking down the fairways with Paul at Congressional Country Club in nearby Bethesda, Md., but suddenly had to encounter “something” that he never expected—something that required him to draw on his faith. “It really was idyllic, and then this happened, and it all crumbled,” he said. “The outside was this wonderful present, but on the inside, it was really, really tough. We went into some dark, dark places.

“We thought he was going to die about three times. There were some really, really close calls.” Baier said he had been receiving encouraging e-mails from Tony Snow, White House press secretary under President George W. Bush, during Snow’s own battle with cancer from which he passed away in July 2008. As Baier was explaining their relationship on the air, he caught the eye of Randy White, a southern Baptist minister from Katy, Texas, who began sending the anchor e-mails and writing him prayers. “He sent these prayers that were really meaningful at tough times,” Baier said. “It meant a lot. We had this relationship over e-mail, where he would inspire us through prayer.” Baier said the “power of prayer,” coupled with faith (he is Catholic) were essential to him and his wife persevering through his son’s ordeal, which included three additional open-heart surgeries and seven angioplasties. “The biggest part of how we got through it was faith and the power of prayer,” he said. “People don’t often talk openly about that in today’s society, and for a news anchor to talk about it is, - Continued on the next page

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I guess, a little rare. But it is how we got there. “And I tell folks that are going through tough times a couple of things: 1) don’t be afraid to take the help from family and friends; don’t be too proud that you can stick it out on your own. 2) Keep yourself healthy, especially if you’re dealing with a kid that has a tough time. And 3) try to find a place where you can see the other side, and see the light at the other end of the tunnel. “For us to get there, it was the power of prayer.” Paul is now seven years old, and Baier said he is “doing great.” He said his son has actually been “empowered by the illness.” “He prays for other kids that are going through surgery,” he said. “He prays for other kids who are having a hard time.” Baier said the experience has “given [him] perspective on what matters, and that is family, friends, saying it like it is, and God.” Before attending the MAX breakfast event, Baier told audience members he spent the previous week touring various parts of the country while signing copies of his new book chronicling his experience, Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love. He said he encountered a number of people who had experienced similar strife and tragedies in their own lives, and said that made writing the book worth it for him. “Whatever you’re going through, trust in family and friends,” Baier said, “and for us, it was trusting in God and the power of prayer.”

Baier signed dozens of copies of his new book, Special Heart, at the event.

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hrongs of west suburban residents turned out for a weekend of entertainment, community camaraderie and family fun at the annual Daisy Days festival in downtown Clarendon Hills on June 13 and 14. Friday night saw the largest crowd, as kids and their parents scurried in line to grab tickets for rides and games just as the event began at 6 p.m. “Planning-wise, all we can say is that everything worked out perfectly,” said Mark Rediehs, vice president of the Clarendon Hills Chamber of Commerce. “Everything got set up early; the police department and public works worked very well with us to shut down the street. “Because we were able to get [the street] shut down a little bit earlier, we were able to open up rides on time.” The rides and attractions at this year’s Daisy Days included a mountainous rock-climbing wall, a mammoth “super slide” and a “frog ride” that was especially popular amongst the children over the two days. The Debe Welch Band performed on opening night, offering a creative selection of tunes for audience members, while real-estate brokers from the Coldwell Banker office in Clarendon Hills helped manage the ever-popular beer and wine tent, sponsored by State Farm

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agent Rusty Scheel. South of Disorder headlined Saturday night, supplying a tropical atmosphere to Daisy Days as the festival wound down.

Dave DiNaso’s Traveling World of Reptiles There was consistent foot-traffic in downtown Clarendon Hills throughout the day on Saturday, due in large part to the lineup of activities scheduled for the morning and afternoon. Dave DiNaso started Saturday morning off with his “traveling world of reptiles” show, which educated kids and their parents about a variety of reptiles and amphibians. DiNaso explained that many species of these animals are not harmful to humans, and that reptiles grow throughout their entire lives. He brought in creatures from all over the world, and encouraged audience participation throughout the event. DiNaso allowed a group of kids to hold a 28-foot-long python, and also carried it around to be petted. He left kids with the message that, if you have a passion, you should try to incorporate it into what you do for a living someday. Dr. Bill Hamel, who sponsored the show for the second straight year, said he thought DiNaso was “awesome.” “The educational value of learning about reptiles and amphibians is, I think,

extraordinary,” Dr. Hamel said. “This year, with the Village [of Clarendon Hills] having the emphasis on environmental awareness and reducing your carbon footprint, being kind to animals and understanding more about animals is a nice thing to have here with Dave and his show.”

Arts & Crafts Show As the reptile show wound down in front of the main stage, the second annual arts & crafts show commenced in the Metra parking lot south of the railroad tracks. The arts & crafts show featured a variety of jewelry, apparel, sunglasses and—of course—artwork. Andrew Jensen, an artist from Plainfield, was working on an abstract piece that Saturday morning. Jensen said he has been inspired by a number of artists, including the late H.R. Giger, a Swiss surrealist painter. “I’ve been drawing ever since I was a kid,” he said. “I just always enjoyed it, kept up with it, and then I took a few classes in high school, and it kind of took off from there.” Jensen said this was his first time with a booth at the arts & crafts show, and that he was hoping to sell some of his artwork to visitors. - Continued on page 18

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Daisy Days Idol Back at the main stage, the second annual Daisy Days Idol competition highlighted Saturday afternoon. Hosted by Derek Berg, owner of Clarendon Hills Music Academy, Daisy Days Idol was divided into two competitions: firstthrough-fifth grade and sixth-througheighth. The first-through-fifth grade competition featured over a dozen competitors, and ten-year-old Leela Bea Montiel of Hinsdale ultimately emerged victorious. Montiel sang “Cups,” a selection from the 2012 motion picture, Pitch Perfect. “I always liked singing,” Montiel said. “It’s just that, I never thought that I would get a chance like this, and my mom and dad encouraged me to do this.” In the sixth-through-eighth grade competition held later that afternoon, 12-year-old Kristin Mertz of Clarendon Hills stole the show and claimed the firstplace trophy. Mertz sang “Titanium” by David Guetta, a French music producer and DJ. Mertz said she entered Daisy Days Idol, because she “likes performing.” She performed in the musical at Clarendon Hills Middle School (CHMS) this past spring, sings in the CHMS show choir, and formerly sang in a choir at her church. Mertz said performing in front of such a large crowd in her hometown was “not too intimidating, but I got really nervous.” “It was nerve-wracking, but I’ve performed in front of a lot of people before,” she said. Rediehs said he was very impressed with the caliber of talent that Daisy Days Idol showcased. “I think the ‘Idol’ has got a nice following, and I thought it went really well,” he said. “The children were amazing.” Rediehs said attractions like the reptile show and Daisy Days Idol help keep guests coming and engaged all day Saturday. “We’ve always worked hard on trying to get people to come down the entire day,” he said. “That’s why we have the reptile guy and the ‘Idol’ going. “We want to have better attractions to bring people down all day.”

“I think people in Clarendon Hills like tradition, and they expect tradition,” Rediehs said. As Saturday afternoon guests can attest to, one vendor who distributed marshmallow shooters experienced quite a successful day, as these caught on in a prolific fashion amongst schoolchildren. As far as attendance, while Saturday night did not draw as well as Friday, Rediehs and chamber of commerce president Laura Marquardt said they felt Friday night’s attendance was up from last year. Rediehs said he thought the comfortable weather guests experienced on both days contributed to the overall

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f you’re in downtown Hinsdale early on a Saturday morning, you might see a couple dozen athletes gathering at the fountain, locking up bikes or waving goodbye to their children, stretching and laughing and greeting each other. They’re the Christ Church of Oak Brook’s Team World Vision, assembling not only for a beautiful morning run, but to train for the Chicago Marathon, through which they’ll provide lifetimes worth of clean water to impoverished communities in Africa. Team World Vision is a national coalition of runners that race for an ambitious, but critical cause. World Vision works community-by-community to install infrastructure to give residents clean water for life. This process, which includes well construction, piping installation, latrines and hygiene education, costs approximately $50 per person. Team World Vision, then, literally takes this fundraising step-by-step, urging each of its runners to raise $50 for each of the 26.2 marathon miles—a total donation of $1,310 per athlete. Student ministry pastor Dave Mahar, coordinator for Team World Vision at Christ Church of Oak Brook (CCOB), first ran for World Vision as an individual in 2007. “I thought, ‘Oh, I can make my marathon count for something more than me, rather than just a personal accomplishment,’” Mahar said. The 2007 Chicago Marathon fell on a treacherously hot day: temperatures surged into the upper 80s, and runners struggled just to complete the race. Mahar said he was impressed by the strength of Team World Vision runners’ solidarity and passion as they braved the heat to follow their cause to the finish line. “I met a bunch of people on the course that I will never meet again, but they were in orange jerseys, and I walked patches with them,” he said. At the race, Michael Chitwood, founder and national director for Team World Vision, approached Mahar. Chitwood and Mahar recognized the tremendous potential at CCOB to create

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an annual momentum of runners working to provide water for Africa. Meanwhile, CCOB was already turning its attention towards Africa through another program: the World Vision AIDS Experience. Four thousand members of the Christ Church community donned headphones and entered a model African village, where they listened to recordings of African children narrating their stories of how HIV and AIDS had impacted their lives. Coming out of the exhibit, visitors could register to sponsor African children by donating approximately $35 per month to provide critical resources, from clean water to education. CCOB mobilized to sponsor over 400 children. “That was the beginning of the heart our church began to have for really going deep in a particular community and trying to make a sustained difference over a long period of time,” said senior pastor Dan Meyer, who attended the experience. Since Mahar assembled the first CCOB Team World Vision in 2010, it has brought approximately 50 runners to the Chicago Marathon each year. Last year, the church brought over 60 runners to the race, and raised over $143,700. Collectively, Team World Vision has raised $1.4 million at the Chicago Marathon, and provided a lifetime supply of fresh water for 28,000 people. Team World Vision kicks off its season with a post-service presentation to encourage involvement from the entire church community, including an inspirational video and an address from team members. Members of the team aim to be able to complete a 5K distance—3.1 miles—by the second week in June. Then, training season begins. The CCOB team’s weekly meetings at the Hinsdale fountain slip earlier and earlier into the morning, as members struggle to accommodate longer training runs. Runners young and old, new and experienced, are encouraged to participate. “The thing that World Vision does is that it promises to take people from the couch to the finish line, and to the couch again,” Mahar said. “What we really pride ourselves on is that, with the

right discipline, almost anyone can run the marathon. “We’ve had guys in their early 70s run for Team World Vision, and they’ve safely made it to the finish line.” Last year, six high school students also ran with the team. Meyer ran with Team World Vision for the first time in 2013—a feat that he never thought he’d manage, especially after his heart attack in 2011. “After church one day, the altar call was given: ‘Come on forward if you want to come to [an] information meeting about running [for Team World Vision];’ and I watched my wife walk down the aisle,” he said. “I concluded that maybe I could do this too. I wasn’t sure the cardiologist would allow it, that my body could take it, but I went out, and I remember that first run just being hard, and everything hurt, and I thought to myself, ‘I could never do this thing.’ “And then bit by bit, day after day, just doing a little bit at a time, my capacity grew and grew and grew, and I found myself stunned one day to be saying to myself, ‘We only have to run ten miles today? How great is that—that’s easy!’ ” Late entry places for CCOB Team World Vision are still available; registration closes on July 15. The 2014 Chicago Marathon will be held on Oct. 12. “I think that most of us who look at the big needs of the world often feel overwhelmed by the immensity of the need, and the numbers are so staggering that you begin to think, ‘Anything that I might do could only be a drop in the bucket,’” Meyer said. “What we forget is that a drop in the bucket means a lot to someone who is dying of thirst. “And if each of us did something, and added our drop, we could fill the bucket.”

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Catching on in Kitchens But other trends are taking root too. Ducato said the use of white cabinets is extremely popular, and requests are up 20 percent in the last few years. When it comes to cabinet style, he said Shaker-style doors reign supreme, due to their simple and timeless look that appeals to homeowners. Other spaces in the kitchen are also emerging as soon-to-be design mainstays. Bryan referred to what his firm has coined the “Costco pantry”—a large, walk-in pantry with high shelves that can store oversized bulk items that are often bought from the warehouse club retailers. Now that gallon of ketchup can be kept in the main-level pantry for easy keeping, instead of the basement. Experts said islands are also a must-have. “Whenever permissible, we always try to incorporate an island into a kitchen, as opposed to a peninsula,” Ducato said. “Islands are the best food preparation area of the kitchen, and allow you to walk all the way around it, aiding the open concept.” The island is also a new storage hub for appliances, with drawer microwaves, dishwashers and wine refrigerators making their homes there. This, Ducato said, frees up space above the overthe-range hood that provides better ventilation, as opposed to an over-the-range microwave. “Islands are for more than just achieving more counter space and storage,” he said. “There are endless uses for a good-sized island, and we include them in our designs whenever we can.”

Bathtubs Be Gone Gone are the days of whirlpool bathtubs in master suites. Large walk-in showers are now in vogue instead. “We’re finding that most people don’t use their whirlpool tubs anymore, either because they don’t have the time, or due to loss of appeal,” Ducato said. “Years ago, the real-estate industry recommended homeowners keep a whirlpool tub in the master bath for resale value. Now, ten years later, it just doesn’t hold its value.” Instead, homeowners are opting for more spacious walk-in showers as large as six feet by six feet. And with more space comes more options. Frameless shower door enclosures have spiked in popularity alongside rain and handheld showerheads, tile sprayers and even steam options. For those that still want a tub, Ducato said bubble-jet tubs are the way to go. Unlike traditional whirlpool tubs, bubble-jet tubs use forced air instead of water to create a whirlpool effect. Because of this, Ducato said, these tubs prevent the growth of mildew and stagnant water, and have a stronger massaging effect, compared to the older whirlpool tubs. - Continued on the next page www.hinsdale60521.com |Hinsdale Magazine 23

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Whole-house Considerations The convenience and use of technology is also spilling into new home designs. Each new home that Bryan and Associates builds is pre-wired for home automation systems. The necessary cables and wiring are installed and lead to a control closet or server room, where homeowners can later install “smart” audio, video and security systems. “With new options for automated features and the increase[d] use of wireless technology, putting the ‘brains’ of the home in one place makes future installation easy for homeowners,” Bryan said. Self-operating window treatments and other appliances can also be programmed for convenience. Lighting is another trend to join the home automation trend. According to Ducato, at Reliable Home Improvement and Supply, lighting is a primary design concern these days. “Before, it used be one single light in the middle of the kitchen that didn’t really provide a whole lot of lighting,” he said. “Today, you have incandescent and LED recessed lighting that can really brighten up the space. “Many times, we simply add lighting with under-cabinet lights to add more ambient lighting to an otherwise dark area of the kitchen. We are increasingly spending more time focusing on lighting with our clients.”

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t is summertime in Chicagoland: the pools are open, baseball season is in full swing and our communities are looking more beautiful than ever. When it comes to choosing where to buy a home and raise a family in the greater Hinsdale area, there is no wrong decision. This month, Hinsdale Magazine features three of the many unique neighborhoods that make up the greater Hinsdale area, exploring their great schools, (all ranking 10-out-of-10 on zillow.com,) safe living environments and spectacular parks, among many others.

Northwest Hinsdale The northwest side of Hinsdale is a lively community that offers a fantastic standard of living. Located around Burns Field, northwest Hinsdale offers an abundance of gorgeous homes, ranging from classic Victorians to a fresher, Cape Cod style. There are always events taking place in this vibrant community, where the vast open space of Burns Field provides great opportunities for residents to enjoy outdoor, healthy lifestyles. Popular warm weather park activities include

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tennis, jungle gyms and youth football. Additionally, the park is home to summer camps such as tennis and Kindercamp, allowing parents to get the kids out of the house and find some free time to run errands or have a nice personal day off. Residents can even use the park in the winter, when the open field is converted into a massive ice skating rink, or to play platform tennis. Families in northwest Hinsdale are served by Monroe Elementary School, which provides some of the best teachers in the area. Students are well-prepared for what lies ahead, moving on to Clarendon Hills Middle School, where they’ll receive a competitive education from an institution consistently ranked among the top middle schools in Illinois.

Park: Burns Field Amenities: Youth football, tennis, paddle tennis, basketball, soccer, ice skating, playground and Salt Creek Club Schools: Monroe Elementary School, Clarendon Hills Middle School

Northeast Hinsdale The northeast corridor of Hinsdale is one of the most family-friendly areas

in town. Because Pierce Park is one of its most prominent landmarks, the community is heavily based around the Hinsdale Little League. For parents or kids interested in tennis and basketball, Pierce Park holds two beautiful tennis courts that run adjacent to three halflength basketball courts. The park offers a great atmosphere and traditional ballpark food at the little league’s Pitchin’ Kitchen. More importantly, it’s a safe place—neighborhood kids can walk there with friends at any time to enjoy games, and hang out at the park without parents having to worry about the well-being of their children. The Lane Elementary School is in close proximity to all of the homes in the neighborhood, and feeds into Hinsdale Middle School, which is regularly ranked with its crosstown rival, Clarendon Hills Middle School, as one of the best in Illinois. Parents can walk their children to school, and the area is safe enough to allow the kids to walk themselves. Nestled alongside the northeast Hinsdale homes and Pierce Park, it is also worth noting the presence of Adventist Hinsdale Hospital, which is home to one of the best trauma centers in the - Continued on page 28

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Chicagoland area. With the Hinsdale Highlands train station only a block from the hospital, residents have easy access to the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Metra system, stretching from Aurora to Union Station in downtown Chicago, allowing for quick, environmentallyfriendly commutes.

Park: Pierce Park Amenities: Little League, tennis, basketball, playground and Adventist Hinsdale Hospital Schools: The Lane Elementary School, Hinsdale Middle School

The Prospect community is situated only a few blocks away from downtown Clarendon Hills, and tasty restaurants are just a short walk away. Whether you are looking for a glass of wine or hearty food, downtown Clarendon Hills won’t disappoint. During the summer, the town hosts weekly concerts downtown, closing off Prospect Ave. Festivities include small, carnival-style events for kids, while the parents can enjoy drinks and great music.

The Burlington Northern runs straight through downtown Clarendon Hills, allowing for a brisk, 40-minute train ride to Union Station.

Park: Prospect Park Amenities: Baseball, basketball, softball, volleyball, tennis, two playgrounds, ice hockey and sledding Schools: Prospect Elementary School, Clarendon Hills Middle School

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Adventist Cancer Institute and Outpatient Center to serve Western Suburbs

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ore than 50 local guests and political dignitaries gathered for the Adventist Cancer Institute and Outpatient Center Groundbreaking Celebration on June 17 near the site of the old Spinning Wheel Restaurant on Ogden Ave. David Crane, president and CEO of Adventist Midwest Health, and Mike Goebel, CEO of Adventist La Grange Memorial and Hinsdale Hospitals, welcomed guests and expressed their excitement about breaking ground on the new cancer institute. The Adventist Cancer Institute will be the first building of its kind in the Western Suburbs,

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consolidating all facets of cancer (radiology, oncology, hematology, etc.) under a single roof. Hinsdale village president Tom Cauley said the hospital addressed residents’ concerns before embarking on construction. “[Adventist] Hinsdale Hospital is the largest employer in our village, and they are a great partner for the village,” Cauley said. “They are very concerned about the community; they give back to the community; and this, you can see, is a great design, and it is going to be a hallmark structure for our village.” State Sen. Kirk Dillard, a Hinsdale resident, said his father was a cancer survivor, and that the doctors at Hinsdale Hospital were

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“There is no health system other than Adventist that understands that it takes God’s healing, grace and love over talented physicians and nurses and staff to allow us a quality of life in the western suburban region unparalleled,” – State Sen. Kirk Dillard instrumental in extending his life. “Hinsdale Hospital and its talented physicians gave my dad another 20 years with us and with his grandchildren,” Dillard said. “This facility today will just be an extension of what is already a world-class, God-caring health system.” State Sen. Christine Radogno recalled when Hinsdale and La Grange Memorial Hospitals were linked together, and said she believes the cancer institute will be very helpful to patients throughout the Western Suburbs. “Every single day in Illinois, 173 people are diagnosed with cancer,” Radogno said. “So, unfortunately, there will be no shortage of business for this cancer center. “But I’m really thrilled and delighted to be representing a district where you have made the commitment to undertake and treat this terrible disease in a way that will be compassionate, as well as scientifically sound.” The Adventist Cancer Institute is slated to open at the end of next year, 2015.

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Community Scene

Celebration at Butterfield Country Club for

Photos by Karen Hood

St. Isaac Jogues School Cotillion

Outgoing eighth graders at St. Isaac Jogues (SIJ) celebrated their years together at a class with their parents, priests, school administration and teachers at Butterfield Country Club on May 9.

One of the highlights of the evening was viewing the video that showcases their nine years at SIJ. The night was a time of reflection and celebration, as the class prepared to graduate after nine years

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Antoniou said. “Amongst all of their eighth-grade activities they have had monthly dance lessons, which has brought us to just a small part of our kids showing us where they have been, and what they have become. “All the students go on to at-

tend various high schools, but the friendships and memories for St. Isaac Jogues School will live in their hearts forever. “The evening celebrates the accomplishments of the class, as well as the lifelong memories and friendships they will take with them.”

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Sports

Photo courtesy of Sandy Hamilton

Photos by Mike Ellis

Hinsdale Central spring sports roundup

by mike ellis

he start of summer is generally attended with Hinsdale Central teams and athletes engaged in exciting competitive action during postseason play, with regional, sectional and state honors on the line. 2014 was no exception, with boys tennis and girls lacrosse in contention for state titles, girls soccer striving to return to the state championship for a second straight year, and a track standout making history for the Red Devils at the state meet in May.

Boys Tennis - Red Devils three-peat at state For the third consecutive season and an unequaled 23rd time since 1955, Hinsdale Central Boys Tennis captured the state championship at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights on May 31. The team’s total of 56 points dwarfed all challengers vying for the title, with second-place Lake Forest H.S. finishing with 41 points, a distant 15 points behind the champion Red Devils. For the second straight year, the Red Devils advanced both singles players and doubles teams to the semifinals on Saturday. Head coach John Naisbitt described this feat as “incredible,” while explaining that it isn’t something his team should expect to accomplish year in and year out. “It happened last year at the tournament; it happened this year,” Naisbitt said. “I just never dreamed that this bunch would have [gotten] that done...I’m just really proud that they made it this far, and we might not see it again for 10-15 more years. “It’s one of those really seminal accomplishments, to get your entire four teams—two singles, two doubles—into the semis. 38 Hinsdale Magazine | www.hinsdale60521.com

“We can’t start expecting this every year, but it’s just a special group.” In singles, junior Martin Joyce was shooting for his second consecutive individual title, but he was ultimately unseated by the final by an unlikely winner—his own teammate, junior Eddie Grabill. Having won doubles at state last year alongside partner Harold Martin, Grabill entered the tournament an accomplished player, but was not expected to factor in to the singles championship, seeded in the 5-8 range. But come Saturday morning, Grabill had won five matches without dropping a set, and after defeating Stefano Tsorotiotis of Libertyville H.S., 7-5, 6-2, in the semifinals, the stage was set for an all-Hinsdale Central final. Mixing excellent defensive skills with a quiet tenacity, the underdog Grabill took the first set from Joyce, 6-3. But the defending state singles champion elevated his level of play in the second, surging late in the set to take it, 6-4, and level the match at one set apiece. Grabill, however, would not be intimidated. He stayed consistent in the decisive final set, and added a state singles championship to his register by taking it, 6-3. “I am very fortunate to be able to have won both titles,” Grabill said. “The best part about playing your teammates in the final is knowing that you probably have the team title secured.”

Girls Track - Zaher wins 1600 meters While Hinsdale historically shows well in sports like tennis and lacrosse in the spring, one Red Devil’s star shone brightly on a different surface at the girls track state final meet on the - Continued on page 40

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HC Girls Lacrosse took third at state at Northwestern University last month.

Photos by Mike Ellis

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campus of Eastern Illinois University. Sophomore Anne Zaher won the 1600-meter race with a time of 5:00.08.—Those eight one hundredths of a second turned out to be quite significant, as runner-up Kelly O’Brien of Palatine H.S. ran a time of 5:00.50, finishing less than a second behind Zaher. In the process, Zaher became only the second Red Devil to win an event at the girls track state meet (Diana Hill, 3200m, 1990).

Girls Lacrosse - Hinsdale earns third at state Being involved in the state finals on the campus of Northwestern University is not uncommon for Hinsdale Central Girls Lacrosse. The Red Devils have played in the third place game the past three seasons, but this time, they came perilously close to playing for first place and overcoming an insuperable hurdle. While a few programs stand out from the rest in girls lacrosse, Loyola Academy has separated itself from the pack, winning the past six state championships (2009-2014). The Ramblers have halted Hinsdale’s progression in each of those six seasons, but last month, the Red Devils had their best chance of finally unseating the perennial champions in the semifinals at Evanston H.S. Hinsdale head coach Sam Santulli said her team led by two goals for most of the game, but the Ramblers rallied to tie the game at 10-10 late. Then, Loyola scored with just four seconds remaining to advance to the state championship game by the narrowest of margins. The third-seeded Red Devils did bounce back to beat Glenbrook South, 12-6, in the third-place game. 40 Hinsdale Magazine | www.hinsdale60521.com

While Santulli said she knew the girls were capable of winning the title, she was proud of the way they elevated their play to finish the season. “These two games are the best games I’ve ever seen [the girls] play,” she said. “They ended the season on a really high note.”

Girls Soccer - Falling short of the goal Hinsdale Central Girls Soccer entered the season with the hope of reaching the state final for the second consecutive spring. Unfortunately for the Red Devils, too many significant graduating seniors from last year’s team were lost, and they were stopped several games short of their goal. Hinsdale started the season by winning nine of its first ten games, but struggled down the stretch against tough competition from schools like Lyons Township, Loyola Academy and York. In the postseason, the Red Devils won their regional at home, dramatically defeating Oak Park-River Forest in penalty kicks at Dickinson Field. But they ran out of gas in their next game, falling to Benet Academy, 3-1, in the sectional semifinals.

Boys Gymnastics - Near miss The 2014 boys gymnastics state meet was held at Hinsdale Central, but unfortunately for the Red Devils, their squad narrowly missed being a part of the competition. Hinsdale fell a tenuous four tenths of a point short of qualifying for the state meet at the Lyons Township sectional. At the state meet at Hinsdale Central, the Wheaton Co-op team captured its third consecutive state title, matching the Red Devils in boys tennis over the same period.

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Sports

Photo courtesy of Braxton Bokos

Braxton Bokos, 9, of Oak Brook crosses the finish line at Leon’s World’s Fastest Triathlon in Hammond, Ind., last month.

Nine-year-old competes in triathlon

by theresa steinmeyer

ak Brook resident Braxton Bokos completed the Leon’s World’s Fastest Triathlon in Hammond, Ind., finishing the .9-mile swim, 24.8-mile bike and 6.2-mile run in three hours and 16 minutes last month. This would be an impressive feat for any local athlete—but Braxton is only nine years old. Braxton ran in support of WIRED Athletes, an organization that supports wounded veterans. Inspired by his family’s loss of his father’s best friend in Afghanistan, he raised over $2,500 for the organization. His parents told him about the cause, and Braxton decided that he wanted to support it. Hinsdale Magazine met with Braxton at Salt Creek Club in Hinsdale during his school lunch break on a Tuesday afternoon. He hopped out of his mom’s car with all of his athletic gear, deftly fit a front wheel onto his bicycle and tucked his helmet under his arm, immediately ready to get started. Braxton is a quiet kid, and he smiled

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a little when we congratulated him. But when he walked out onto the pool deck in his competition gear, we were surprised to notice that he was limping a little, and that he wore a thick bandage around his knee. Braxton had endured a bike collision the day before his race—but even that couldn’t slow him down. Braxton is no stranger to rigorous training. He’s been competing since he was five years old, supported by his parents, who own the Urban Tri Gear athletic shop in Westmont. He trains with Team Intent, his triathlon team, two to three days per week, bikes three to four days per week in the neighborhood with his dad, and swims six days per week at the Westmont Swim Club. But Braxton has to prepare himself mentally for the race too. During Leon’s Triathlon, he was thrilled to have the support of so many observers and competitors. “I was getting a lot of encouragement by people saying, ‘My kids are your age, and they won’t even run a mile,’” he said. “[There were] people saying on the

bike, ‘You can do this; let’s go; you look stronger than me on this.’” His swim coach, Jason Holbrook, accompanied him throughout the competition, encouraging him and checking in on him. “You feeling okay?” Holbrook would ask Braxton. “Do you need anything?” When Braxton needed to motivate himself during the race, he told himself, “I can’t let myself down; I’ve done all this training, and I’m not going to back myself out.” He said his favorite moment from the race was when the WIRED Athletes ran with him through the finish line. “‘We don’t leave our athletes behind,’” he remembered them saying as they lifted him up with a first-place sign. “Those days that you feel, ‘I don’t want to get up, I’m too tired,’ the days that you feel lazy...those are the days that you can get stronger,” Braxton said. “When you’re not working hard on those days, you should be working harder so you can get stronger.”

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Adventure|Travel

From

HOG CANYON to South fork RANGE The Adventures Start an adventure is told

T-6 over Superstition mountains

BY WILLIAM EGBERT JR.

A d v e n t u r e — hanging out of an airplane photographing Gazetteer for Arizona, a good quality what is it other airplanes. Did I mention I don’t like compass and a field notebook that would exactly? Does to fly? Anyone who knows me would easily hold all of my notes and act as my travel have to be it agree; I’mbeaa control freak, and at without Adventure, what is it itexactly? Does have to full plane altitude.journal. Still even I was not sold on the idea a full-blown the yoke in my hands, I feel helpless and After laying out a simple timeline, I blown expedition into a vast unexplored part of the so I kind of redirected the subject to desert landscape e x p e d i t i o n doomed. started to plan the details of where I would world not yet riddled into with cell towers? Or does it require photography. But hell you have new and a vast, “You’re crazy!” shouts my wife, as I tell most likely be abletototry find thethings areas that days of travel to evenunexplored come closepart to the destination? concur your fears, at least that is what I’ve grown up her only a few details about the photo would yield great landscape photographs. All of these, yet non of Adventure is more hearing. It was I would in a month of these. the world not mission that than has caught my attention. I settled Gasoline and leave sleep would be myon only yet riddledtowith would neverfor get approval forthis this ifincredible I told her opportunity two limiting to factors I would a natural place for recreation, me it’s a place build(remember, my commercial cell will towers? Or allIthe would be hanging out the back of a moving be driving for hours in over the desert inspiration. This column cover various off the portfolio with some outrageous images only 4and days. does it require cargo plane at altitude. Still, even I was not mountains, as well as leaving for that part beaten path places and activities I find for adventure. What would I need? Who would help me prepare? Oh days of travel sold on the idea, so I kind of redirected the of the trip moments after landing from my From overlanding, gourmet meals under the stars on I will need more specialized gear; plus all my camera William Egbert, Jr. to even come subject to desert landscape photography. second air-to-air mission). Home base was Writer close a campContributing fire, fly fishing remote equipment. to locations, the Butequipment you have to try new things and conquer a simple hotel on the east side of Phoenix destination?— yourthe fears—at I’ve grown Mesa, which waswas also really close to the reviews as well as photography tips along way. least that is what This sort of around photography mission kind It’s all of yet noneowner, of these.entrepreneur, Adventure upcommercial hearing. we would be using I’ve for never the aerial Asthese, a business of dangerous notairfield to mention something is more than a natural place for recreation; was settled. I would leave in a month photography portion. photographer, father and husband I am It always looking attempted before. I’ve grown up mountain climbing and to me it’s a place for inspiration. This on this incredible opportunity to build my Close study of the topographical lines on to re-connect with my life long passion for adventure chasing dangerous past surrounding times but this wasled really going column will cover all the various off-the- commercial portfolio with some outrageous sections the area me to the to yet trying to fit it into my busy career and limitations stretch that thin line after all I would not be wearing beaten-path places and activities I find for images over only four days. What would I areas in Tonto National Forest, Hog Canyon a as a parent posses some obstacles. become very help me parachute. was combining a normal adventure, from “overlanding,” gourmetSo I’d need? Who would prepare? Oh,Plus I Iand thealso Goldfield Mountains that Ilandscape would meals under theinstars on a adventure camp fire and need(most more specializedphotography gear, plus all ofexcursion be drivingintothe for landscape shots.was A complete resourceful finding close would to home mix so there quite a fly-fishing remote to equipment myfacets camera equipment. circle of the forest lands wouldequipment offer me times) or beinglocations, able to bundle multiple into my bit of and gear preparation and and photography reviews and photography tips along the way. This sort of photography mission was massive amounts of great diversity; desert, adventure. that needed to be spot on. After all I was only going for As a business owner, entrepreneur, really somewhat dangerous—not to mention high mountain, water and streams around Phoenix Arizona sets the scene for probably my most 4 days and would have to cactus account all Ithe time commercial photographer, father and something I had never attempted before. Salt River, andfor more. haddown my plan “out of character” adventure yet, Arial Photography. associated with driving from the hotel to the remote husband, I am always looking to re-connect I’ve grown up mountain climbing and now; all that was left was to get there. with my be lifelong passion for of adventure. chasing past-times, but of thisthe wasdesertThe morning photos. of departure came quickly, Let’s honest, most us haveAnd a facet in ourdangerous lives that locals landscape yetwe my and limitations as aflying. reallyItgoing to like stretch that thin First line. (After and all agenda of my gear packed and separated arebusy not career thrilled with, mine was seems thing on the a was large Delorme Gazetteer parent pose some obstacles. So, I’ve become all, I would not be wearing a parachute.) into mission packs for ease of location. a natural thing then to try and expand my commercial for Arizona, these are essential map books for doing very resourceful in finding adventure close Plus, I was combining a normal landscape I arrived in Phoenix that morning, and portfolio of an airplane this sort thing, a goodout quality compass and a field to photography home (most times), or while being hanging able to out photography excursion in the mix, so of there checked my rental car, an SUV with photographing other airplanes. Did I mention I don’t like notebook that will hold all my notes and act as mythe travel bundle multiple facets into an adventure. was quite a bit of gear preparation and four-wheel drive. After checking into to fly? Anyone who knows me would easily agree, I’m journal. (PICTURE of Gear & Gazetteer) Phoenix sets the scene for probably my photography equipment that needed to be hotel and prepping for the next morning’s most “out-of-character” adventure yet: in spot-on. I was only days, laying and aerial I decidedI started to go ontoaplan bit a control freak and without the yoke my hands I feelgoing for fourAfter out a missions, simple timeline aerial photography. Let’s be honest, most of would have to account for allthe the details down-time of a Iscouting mission in town for dinner. helpless and doomed! of where would most likely be able to find us have a facet in our lives that we are not associated with driving from the hotel to Ever wonder where to eat? Just look for the “Your Crazy!” shouts my wife as I tell her only a the areas that would yield great landscape photographs. thrilled with, and mine was flying. It seems the remote locales of the desert landscape parking lot that is full, try the Travel Channel few details about the photo mission that has caught my Gasoline and sleep be my two limitingall of like a natural thing, then, to try and expand photos. app,would or if you’re like only me, just memorize attention. I would never get approval for this if I told factors, remember I would be driving for hours in the my commercial photography portfolio while On the agenda were a large Delorme the Anthony Bourdain episodes.

her I would be hanging out the back of a moving cargo

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desert and mountains as well leaving for that part of the

South fork range

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Black and White Airman; Top of Truck Scenery; WWII B-17 Wing; Cactus Sunset

Verde river sunset

Photos by William Egbert, Jr.

Hog canyon cactus fields

Photos courtesy of William Egbert, Jr.

4:30 a.m. came quickly, and I was so scared, came into that perfect placement, I knew just a bit higher than the road, I climbed on I couldn’t really tie my boots. It was a good what I wanted to capture. A fevered rip of top of the roof of that X-Terra and set up my thing I packed and organized my clothes for the shutter, and I got it: pure emotion. This tripod. A few cars stopped to ask what I was that moments morning, because I almostfrom forgotmy mysecond is what every photographer dreams about: photographing and were what I trip after landing air-to-air (PICTURE b17_wing_bw_tmax.jpg) It’s amazed hard toatkeep sweater and jacket.base I arrived the airfield capturing thatside fleeting moment in time them on the display. They mission. Home was aonsimple hotel on the east in mind that and while showed these airplanes arecamera’s very majestic to the most amazing site, polished, riveted space that impacts our soul, but is usually said they drive past this area all the time, of Phoenix around Mesa also close to the airfield we and elegant they are after all just a piece of the war sheet metal in the pink and orange desert lost to time. and never really thought about stopping and would be using for the arial photography portion. machine from a very darkintime in human sunrise. These World War II airplanes were After an epic couple of days of taking the scenery. Isn’thistory. that the Chills truth? study of the topographical on sectionswar birds,slide down all and the distracted young men who just Close magnificent, especially when takinglines photographing I knew it wasmy timespine Wethinking all get soof busy with the a moment to run overtothe on and road. the Time wasand day-to-day buzz, we to pass natural surrounding theyour areahand led me theskin areastoI jam would be hit the open braved cold there sure death aidby in the their and remember that a young person made and I needed at least ten awe- wonders that stare at us each day. driving to to explore for landscape shots,ticking Tontoagain, National countries calling. this by hand some 70 years ago. It’s hard to inspiring desert landscape shots to add to the The ride back to the hotel was a bit Forest. A complete circle of the forest and lands would POW it hit me, exactly how I wanted my pictures to keep in mind that while these airplanes are portfolio as well. I was told at the beginning tormenting; I knew I had some great shots, offer me massive amounts of great diversity; desert, high look and the emotion I wanted them to portray. They very majestic but couldn’t mountain, water & streams, cactus and more. I had my were to take the viewer back in time to a very grainy and and elegant, really tell from they now are all justthat was left was to get there. the recall back of plan blurred memory like state of an airman as they pieces the the striking camera. Theofmorning of departure came quickly and all my the last minutes of an engagement. Dark with war was machine needed gear packed and separated into mission packs for highlights and the final print had to be on Itime periodto from a very get back to ease of location. I arrived in Phoenix that morning and metallic paper. I sat down and started choreographing dark time in the hotel and checked out my rental car, an SUV with 4 wheel drive. I my camera angles so that when the airplanepreview came human history. the didn’t really know where I would be going or what kind into that perfect placement I knew what I wanted Chills slide images toright down my spine away.rip of of terrain I would find myself in so I insisted on 4 wheel capture. (PICTURE stang_1_bw.jpg) A fevered thinking all all wheel drive - there is a difference! sun was drive andofNOT the shutter and I got it; pure emotion. This isThe what the young men getting ready After checking into the hotel and prepping for the next every photographer dreams about, capturing that who braved to set, and I mountains mornings fleeing moment in timeGoldfield and space that impacts our the cold arial and missions I decided to go on a bit of a had an idea for scouting mission in town for dinner. Ever wonder where soul but is usually lost to time. (PICTURE t6_monday_ their certain death to aid in their country’s of my commercial start that you will only go a photo that I have wanted to make for a to eat? Just look for the parking lot thatso is far full, the calling. ontry your accounts, morning_11x17.jpg) and you will need long time with mountains and cacti with Pow—it hit me; app exactly I wanted my just to find passion all in a vast array of different a glowing sunset; it had eluded war me all Travel Channel orhow if your like me memorize After an epic couple of days ofbut photographing pictures to look,Bourdain and the emotion I wanted styles and subjects to staybirds relevant with your Juston outside of Mesa, there was the Anthony episodes. I knew it wasthese timeyears. to jam and hit the open them to portray. They were to take the clients. While landscape photography is a this clearing where kids would ride their 4:30 am came quick and I was so scared I couldn’t road. Time was ticking again and I needed at least viewer back in time to a very grainy and far-cry from adventure photography, they dirt bikes, and in the middle was a group really tie my boots. Good thing I packed and organized 10moment. awe inspiring desert landscape shots to addtotomyself, the I blurred-memory-like state of an airman, both represent that fleeting of scrub and cacti. I thought my clothes for that morning because I almost forgot my portfolio as well. I was told at the beginning of my as they recalled the last minutes of an I had a bit of lunch, filled the tank of my wonder if the mountains will line up... engagement. photos were toonbethe dark rental X-Terra, commercial grabbed my firstto get X-Terra into the sweater andThe jacket. I arrived airfield to Nissan the most start thatAfter you trying will only gothe so far on your with striking highlights, and the final printmetal aid in kitthe andpink the rest of my photo gear, rightneed position, I knew I had shot. I amazing site, polished, riveted sheet accounts andand you will to find passion in that a vast had to be on metallic paper reflective of that headed north on U.S. Rte. 87 out of Mesa. climbed up on the roof with my tripod, and and orange desert sunrise. These WWII airplanes were array of different styles and subjects to stay relevant to time-period. By late afternoon, I had run into this waited for the sun to get just right. I then just magnificent when you take a moment clients. it turns out the clients could care I sat down and especially started choreographing amazing field of cacti your spanning up Well the as placed my neutral-density filter on the lens, to run your hand over the skin and remember that a less but you know who cared? Me! While landscape my camera angles so that when the airplane hillside down a dirt road a bit. Needing to get

young person made this by hand some 70 years ago.

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Tech KNOW

Fitness applications in demand

ould you believe that since the beginning of 2014, all “app” use on smartphones has increased about 35 percent compared to last year’s usage? One of the slowest-growing categories has been the use of business applications. After our harsh winter, many people stayed indoors to avoid cold and snow. Because of this, it is no wonder that of all categories of applications, fitness has grown Errol Janusz Contributing Writer over 62 percent since January. This edition of techKNOW will certainly get you out of your seat, as we review some great fitness-based technology. Over 65 million consumers have downloaded (and possibly even lost some weight) with the “My Fitness Pal” app, available on the iPhone and Android smartphones. A bit geared towards the fitness geeks, My Fitness Pal is a calorie-counter app with a food database of over 3,000,000 items. During your daily food routine, you simply plug in every item you eat, so you can view the calories you take in and the calories you are burning. Since this app will also track sodium and sugar intake, it is a handy and quick reference for someone with diseases like diabetes. Coming in at only 25 million downloads, “RunKeeper” is a GPS-based tracking app that monitors exercise details around pace, distance and time. Through your headphone interface, this app will actually coach you through your cardio workouts based on your statistics of progress for each workout. Its builtin route feature will mark everywhere you have been, and keep logs of your favorite exercise locations. One of its best features is that it acts like a personal training tool—a simple means to track your goals and activities without being too complicated. With the large growth of fitness and health data and many warm days ahead, tech companies are starting to use this information as the next means to staying ahead of the competition. Wearable electronic gadgets that speak to smartphones and other devices are becoming one of the most popular trends of health technology. Monitoring general heath, heart rate, sleep patterns, activities and body temperature seem to be just the beginning of the features this life-saving device can do. Life-saving, you say? If you have fallen and you can’t get up, this wrist wrap will also alert your physician or the nearest ambulance of your emergency. As the biggest tech companies go head-to-head on developing new technology applications and gadgets, it will be very interesting to see what’s next for all the fitness geeks out there. If a gadget is designed to lose weight or save someone’s life, without a doubt, it will have absolutely no trouble becoming one of the greatest inventions of this decade.

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and, click—the battery was dead. Crying while I climbed down to check my bag for the other batteries, I feared that I would not get the shot. I had come so far to fail...wait this battery may...yes, it had enough charge to complete the sunset and complete the day. The morning came quickly again on the last day. I had to drive to the backside of the forest to pick up where I left off, back to the airport to make my flight. Darkness still filled the sky, and not a star shone as I made the two-hour drive back into the mountains. The day started a bit slowly and had not produced any real significant shots until I was getting close to having to head back. I looked down a small, twisty road that seemed to lead to nowhere and checked my map. I saw a lake, so I decided to go for it. A few minutes later, I was rewarded once again with an epic shot that capped off the trip. The photo captured a wonderful set of high granite peaks with puffy clouds and clear skies with the most amazing light cascading over the ridges. The shutter dropped, and I instantly had this sense of accomplishment; I did it. “Now boarding flight to Chicago O’Hare,” called out over the speaker as I closed my laptop. I started to remember what I had waiting at home: an amazing son and expecting wife with our second child, this time a girl. Smiling, I set to my seat, and remembered all the smells of the morning desert, sage and wild flowers that would fill my head. I knew it would be some time before I returned to chase those fleeting moments in the desert. “Till next time,” I whispered as the plane soared over the Superstition Mountains, and banked onto course for home. William Egbert, Jr. is an Oak Brook resident and an outdoor enthusiast. See more of his photos at www.hinsdale60521.com

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Spiritual Insight

Dan Meyer Contributing Writer

Trophy Kids

hen our eldest son was making preparations to start his freshman year of high school, I overheard him telling a classmate that he was planning to play football. I was thrilled. I’ve always regretted not going on and playing football myself in high school. The guys who did just seemed to enjoy an esprits de corps greater than those of us who played basketball or nothing at all. They seemed more popular with the girls on campus and more endowed with the confidence that wins trophies later in life. And so as I pondered my son’s statement of interest, I was very excited for him. My mind raced ahead to sunny Saturdays to come, and our boy running with his friends out onto the field to the sound of crowds roaring, his mom and I smiling and high-fiving with all of the other proud parents. Just a few weeks later, when he started talking about maybe quitting the team because the practice schedule was tough, the load of homework had gotten very heavy, and this new school was feeling really overwhelming, I was absolutely sure that he should not quit that team, because I only want the best for him. It’s a complicated thing to be a good father or mother. It is written, Prov. 22:6, “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” But it’s not always obvious what that training should involve. We want our kids to have what some of us didn’t. We want them to be well-regarded by their peers. We want them to be rich in character and rugged in competition, because we want them to have a life filled with the trophies of success. We give them a lot and push them a lot and worry over them a lot, and much of this is genuinely about providing our kids with stepping stones in life—because we only want the best for them. When Kids Become Trophies When I am ruthlessly honest with myself, however, I know that not all of the choices I make as a parent are all about them. Author David Goetz makes a similar confession by telling this story: “While assisting in my daughter’s kindergarten class one afternoon, I read with the children. Each had a book that, when mastered, would be replaced with another. I read with my daughter, Kira, first, of course; she stumbled through the kindergarten-level book, but I felt good, even a little smug, about her progress. She is so advanced for her age. The next child, Trevor, breezed through a book that, as I learned a few minutes later, was at a fourth-grade level. I choked back my anxiety as I mumbled, ‘Great reading, Trevor.’ I don’t think our eight-yearold could have read the book. [So] at dinner, I announced to our family a Great Books Reading Program, effective immediately. No more television after dinner.” Goetz continues, “I absorbed quickly that my children’s

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education needed to be approached like an NBA championship. No detail was too small and no standardized test too insignificant. Education was not really about learning but about winning.” We never say that to our kids, of course, but they figure it out. “One day after report cards,” Goetz writes, “a friend of my oldest child (nine years old at the time) reprimanded me when I asked if he felt good about his report card: ‘My dad tells me that it’s not nice to tell people your grades because some people don’t get straight A’s like I do.’” Goetz concludes, “[Gifted and honors] programs, the traveling team...the SAT score—such symbols concretely, in the here and now, confer glory, something to be worshipped by the havenots. Surprisingly, most of us seem to feel like we’re have-nots. I wish my son could win the school’s essay contest, and the winner’s father comments on how good my son is at baseball... The ‘burbs are all about striving to be unique, but we all end up competing for the same symbols—the four-bedroom home with the Pottery Barn colors [and the gorgeous sun porch], the L.L. Bean underwear and outerwear, the fuel–guzzling [vehicle], the purebred dog, the family pilgrimage to Disney World”... “the perfect birthday party goody bags,” “the Ken and Barbie appearance that some couples exude—eternal youth packaged in fresh cleavage and low body fat.” These, writes Goetz, are but some of the “immortality symbols” we routinely chase. Do these words challenge you at all, as they do me? If we are not extremely careful, our own children and their accomplishments can become just another one of these symbols—just another trophy of our own success. We can drive our kids to adopt a lifestyle which serves our own ego needs as parents more than their long-term interests. We may fail to be honest about their immaturity, and hurry them through a season of life they cannot get back. We can try to fashion them into ideal images of what we’d like to be, and miss the miracles they already are. And this would not just be sad, it would be bad, because instead of providing them with stepping stones, we may actually lead them to stumble into being possessed by the very same dark influences that already too much inhabit us. An Ancient Challenge There’s a story in the Bible in which the followers of Jesus come to the famous rabbi and ask him: “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” The disciples want to know how God measures true greatness. What does success look like? What is required to win the trophies? I’m sure they expected Christ to describe one of the great prophets or leaders from Israel’s history, or maybe even illustrate from the shining example set by one of them. But Jesus called a little child, and had him stand among them. And he said, “I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven,” (Matt. 18:1-2). Jesus says, in effect, “To God, greatness looks like this. So,

don’t be so concerned about making children just like you. Figure out instead how to be a bit more like them. Develop humility like children have and all that goes with that.” In fact, to paraphrase what Jesus says in the following verses: “I’m so serious about this that I tell you, if any one of you causes one of these little ones who have it right with me to become just like you, woe unto you! You’d be a lot wiser to figure out what part of you is doing this damage, and just cut that off or gouge that out right now. It would be better for you to make some changes that may cause you to look blind or stupid to your neighbors by the way you parent, than for you to keep marching yourself or your kids in a hellward direction.” Get Low Enough to See Wow; what does it mean to value and preserve the humility of children, or to “humble” our own selves like a child? And why is this the way to greatness? Well, in the plainest sense, to humble oneself means to get low. I was out to win a “best father” trophy some time ago. I realized that it had been far too long since I’d had anything approaching quality time with my youngest child, and so I asked my boy to take a walk with me into town. We’d get something sweet to eat, and then mosey over and watch the trains go by. It was one of those incandescent summer evenings. We’d have “Kodak moments” together. And so we set off. I don’t know how long we’d been walking before we were no longer “we,” but I suddenly realized that I was walking really fast, and my son was not next to me. I turned around and saw my eight-year-old down on all fours on the sidewalk half a block

behind me. At first, I thought he stumbled and hit his head. But it was actually me who had stumbled and had the head problem. I caught up with him by going backwards. “What are you doing, son?” I asked. “Oh, hi, dad; I’m watching this roly-poly cross the sidewalk. He’s got this really little shadow.” And I watched my little boy’s shadow move as he bent lower still. How long has it been since you got low enough to notice life’s miniature miracles? Is it possible that one of the reasons we live so discontented amidst so much is because we so rarely stop to see and enjoy the things that are so little? We fly along at 50,000 feet surveying all. A little child goes on hands and knees at five inches. Who sees more? Who has the more expansive life? Why are we so eager to make children just like us when Wisdom says, “Change and become like them.” Get Low Enough to Play Let me suggest one more way to change and get low as children do. It is hidden in the phrase I have heard my middle son say almost every time I come home and too infrequently have said “yes” to: “Dad, will you play with me?” Like pausing to see, playing is a form of humility that children keep trying to teach us. Author Mark Buchanan explains it in this way: “Adulthood is mostly about getting things done. Past a certain age, our existence is consumed by obligation. Deadlines loom. Responsibilities are mountainous. Chores are piling up. There’s a list, always, of things to do...So one of the first things to die in adults is playfulness. We are...a grim bunch generally: stern and mirthless, bent beneath huge, invisible weights. Most grown-ups—and an increasing number of youth and children— feel that life is all work and no play. Play feels irresponsible.” But play is one of the ways we humbly acknowledge that there is a heavenly Father who is finally in charge of life’s house. As Buchanan asserts, “There’s no rest for those who don’t believe that. If God works all things together for good for those who love him and are called to his purposes, you can relax. If he doesn’t, start worrying. If God can take any mess, any mishap, any wastage, any wreckage, any anything, and choreograph beauty and meaning from it, then you can take a day off. If he can’t, get busy. Either God’s always at work, watching the city, building the house, or you need to try harder. Either God is good and in control, or it all depends on you.” I say, humble yourself today and play. Get down on the floor with the children. Roll on the ground with the dog. Tumble in the hay with your spouse. Kneel down in the garden or to scope out that putt. Let go and let God be God—and remember that you are not, and that this is okay. The Father’s Message As a dad, I still feel conflicted about my message to my eldest son concerning the football team. Should I have said, “It is so important that you learn the value of strenuous work, of not giving up when things are hard, of being part of a team that strives together.” Or should my message have been, “I have high hopes for you, but you don’t need to be my trophy. If there’s no margin left in your life to stop and see life’s beauty passing by; if the crush of responsibilities has left you with no space to play; then, I say, make a change. Don’t lose your childlike spirit, even as you become an adult, because of such is the kingdom of heaven.” Maybe the more important question is, What is your Father in heaven saying to you? www.hinsdale60521.com |Hinsdale Magazine 49

Peak Performance

Jim Fannin Contributing Writer

Eleven ways to be cool this summer

Summer is here, and we all want to be cool. Remember the “Fonz” on Happy Days? How cool was he? Think back to James Dean, Frank Sinatra, Elvis and Cher. They were cool. Watch Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show—cool. Picture tennis great Roger Federer on match point, or PGA star Bubba Watson during the final putt of his 2014 Masters victory—way cool. And I can’t forget my client Doc Rivers as the coolest coach on the planet as he dealt with the L.A. Clippers/Donald Sterling debacle. He was the epitome of cool. Are you cool? We seldom see the best in the world sweat when under pressure. Their demeanor reflects a “purposeful calm” that mere mortals wish they had. But “being cool” can be learned. So, what is cool?

7. Silence is cool. There is a current television commercial for 1800 Tequila, starring Hollywood actor Ray Liotta. Leaving a severe traffic jam on a scorching-hot day, he wanders into a seedy neighborhood bar, and the old-time bartender starts to pour him a “rack” drink. One piercing look from Liotta and the bartender pulls out a bottle of 1800. Liotta laughs his patented laugh, while the caption reads “Enough said.” Liotta doesn’t utter a word in the entire commercial. I met him when he was visiting team members of the Texas Rangers; he’s cool. Enough said.

1. For 40 years, I’ve preached that less is more. Less thought produces more results. Eliminating mental waste is cool. However, it’s not cool to try too hard or overthink. The best in the world appear effortless, like they’re not trying at all. When they look smooth with no negative body language or thought (especially in adverse situations), they are telling the world “what I have is enough.” That’s cool.

9. It’s daring to be bold, and bold is cool. Thinking and acting “out of the box” with a “good fortune favors the bold” mindset attracts a lot of people. This exudes power, and power can be cool. Just be judicious when you jump off the beaten path.

2. It’s “uncool” to overreact to situations that don’t go your way. How cool was Arnold Schwarzenegger in Terminator when he was denied access to the police department? “I’ll be back” became the coolest statement for all that watched. Put on the positive, “I’ll be back” mentality when you strike out, miss a six-foot birdie putt or lose a sale. 3. “I suck”—not cool. “I’m an idiot”—totally not cool. It’s really “uncool” to put yourself down in public; get these statements out of your vocabulary. 4. The best in the world slow down the game. Although the performance is at breakneck speed, the cool champion sees everything in slow-motion. Their breathing rate is six to eight breaths per minute, as opposed to the normal 15 to 17. They seldom look like they’re in a hurry or rush; that wouldn’t be cool. 5. Champions are confident; they have a swagger like they know nothing will go wrong. Their chin is up, and they walk as if they are in total control. Words don’t need to be spoken; belief and expectancy are exuded with every move. Confidence and supreme optimism are cool. 6. Looking people in the eye while smiling is cool. The next time you walk into a crowd, sweep the room with quick eye-to-eye contact, smile and offer a quiet nod. Make your presence felt with a positive posture and gait. Take your time going to your seat. Send positive energy to all in the room.

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8. Being decisive is cool. Saying “no” instead of always saying “yes” is a reflection of a person that knows what he or she wants. Being the one in the group that has the answers is cool. Be decisive.

10. Being stylish is cool. Men’s ties have definitely found their way thinner in width than a few years back. Matching colors are a great fit. Knowing and wearing trends is cool. Even “old-school class” can be cool. Wearing great shoes is cool. Hats can be cool, but not for everyone. How cool is Samuel L. Jackson’s beret? Check your wardrobe. If you don’t feel cool when you put on your clothes, find the number to your nearest clothing store. 11. A 90-Second Rule™ tool from the S.C.O.R.E.® Success System is the “phone booth.” Many of my clients have been trained to go into an “old-school” imaginary, glass phone booth on the course, in the office or on the diamond. Nothing comes in—no swing thoughts—no negative balance sheets. Here in this glass encasement of positivity is an environment of cool. There are no past tense thoughts in here and no future tense thoughts allowed. Regardless of the circumstance, situation or condition, they remain positive inside of their imaginary phone booth. Temperature controlled, piped-in sound track and shielded from all outside distractions, they see the crowd, but the crowd cannot come in. Cool, huh? Can you be too cool? Yes, of course. Being too laid-back, non-enthusiastic, aloof and overconfident is “uncool.” Sometimes, instead of being the palm tree in a life hurricane, you might need to be the mighty oak tree. What’s the bottom line to being cool? Be you; that’s cool. You don’t need to try. Sell you on the awesomeness of you. Talk less; do more. Be decisive, dress sharp and be daring and bold. Sunglasses are optional.

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