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Pumpkin War

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24 Open House

A large list complete with map of where to find your next home this weekend.

26 North Shore Offerings

Take a look at a number of intriguing houses in our towns.

We sit down at Walkers Brothers in Wilmette with Marc Halpin to talk about his new venture with Kapow Events.

16 Social Whirl

Take a look at some of the top parties attended by North Shore residents recently.

18 Your Weekend Agenda

Take a look at the top events coming up this weekend on the North Shore.

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Bob Gariano looks at an extremely fit division of Lake Forest-based Brunswick Corporation.

REAL ESTATE A couple of teacher strikes have not been able to dent the idea of the North Shore as a school haven for buyers.

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rowing up on Ringwood Road in Lake Forest, Halloween was one of the quietest nights of the year. No houses existed across the street at the time (a monastery with monks lived in the old Ryerson estate). Beyond the five on the north side of the street, the next house on Ringwood was at least 200 yards away. The neighborhood wasn’t exactly conducive to walking from house to house. Beyond my own, hands dipping into our bowl of candy were rare; the sounds of “Trick or treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat” were mere rumors on Ringwood. Now Beverly Place, where I live today, is perhaps a mile from Ringwood Road. It might as well be on a separate Halloween planet. On Wednesday, young witches, goblins and more will stream down the street between Westleigh Road and Old Elm Road. Fires will be blazing, music will be blaring, parties will be held outdoors and inside. In short, it will be a festive Halloween. Along the North Shore, whether one lives on a sleepy cul-de-sac or a Halloween highway, the annual event is sure to be an enjoyable night. In the following pages, we’ve provided a list of curfews in each town, as well as a look at real haunted houses in our towns. It’s almost hard to believe the little burg of Highwood on the North Shore has become practically

the focal point of the country for Halloween. Yellow rental forklifts and flatbeds packed with pumpkins crowded the main drag for days last week, and metal scaffoldings sometimes a dozen rows high were lined with the fruit. A television show about Highwood’s efforts to beat Keene, N.H., Pumpkin Wars, will air on HGTV this weekend, and our Bill McLean has the scoop in these pages on how people pitched in to try to break the city’s own pumpkin-carving world record (nearly 31,000 in 2011). I would like to congratulate our sports state champions. In golf, the New Trier High School girls team and the North Shore Country Day boys’ team, along with co-state champion Jack Junge of New Trier, are the big winners. In tennis, the Lake Forest High School girls tennis team won state, led by Maddie Lipp and Christina Zordani, who captured the doubles title as well. All golfers and tennis players deserve a standing ovation. Enjoy the weekend.

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s an eighth grader in Wilmette, Lizzie Armstrong had a friend who was depressed — though no one knew the words for it at the time. “We were scared and we felt badly, but no one knew what to do,” she said. “As soon as I started at New Trier, I joined Erika’s Lighthouse.” Now a senior and co-president of the group that advocates for better understanding of the illness, Armstrong says the club’s work is affecting campus culture. “At New Trier, there’s an emphasis on success,” she said. “But I think it’s become more acceptable to talk about depression, and I’m really proud of that.” Depression has touched local teens, sometimes in the worst way, as three high school students in Lake Forest took their own lives earlier this year. Winnetka-based Erika’s Lighthouse reports that 15-20 percent of teens will experience a period of depression — which can range from one who is constantly in a rage to the withdrawn teen who barely speaks — before they reach adulthood. At least two local schools — New Trier High School and Highland Park High School — are responding, finding ways for students to discretely seek help for them-

photography by j.geil selves and their friends in crisis. (Representatives from Lake Forest High School were unavailable for comment.) “Our students live close to these communities, they know the teens who took their lives or they know someone who knows them, and they need to talk about it because hearing about it brings up feelings inside them,” said Highland Park High School counselor Alesia Margetis. “It affects the staff, too.” At Highland Park, more than 200 students participate in the 32 support groups offered weekly during the school day through the school’s Drop-In Center. It was created 20 years ago with just two support groups, but it has grown with student demand. As an example, Margetis said, Unite was a group that began for military families when students’ parents were being deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Other groups serve children of substance abusers; students whose parents are chronically ill; students dealing with grief and loss; and students who are adopted. The Drop-In Center also provides individual and crisis counseling as needed. Whether students choose to use the DropIn Center is their choice. Margetis said the message is that the Drop-In Center is ready whenever the student is. “But we’re also making contact with the

parents and talking very factually about what’s going on,” she said. “We’re seeing a spike in depression and anxiety and the manifestations of it — students who are cutting or engaging in other destructive behaviors — and more people are talking about it. They’re taking initiative and looking for help when a friend or a teacher finds someone crying in the bathroom.” New Trier High School biology teacher Dan Daly agreed that students and teachers alike know more about depression and are more likely than ever to seek help. “It’s much better than it was three, five or 10 years ago, but there’s still a lot of work to be done,” said Daly, who advises Erika’s Lighthouse. Teachers receive more education about teen depression, and they work collaboratively to identify students who need help. At New Trier, members of Erika’s Lighthouse meet with all 1,000 freshmen annually in their kinetic wellness classes. They share first-person accounts from students who have faced depression over their years, as well as information about the illness. “We know the symptoms, and it is a treatable medical condition like diabetes,” Daly said. “It’s a chemical imbalance in the brain that doesn’t need a trigger.” The discussion concludes with cards for students to discretely refer either themselves

or someone they know to a social worker. “It’s been very successful for us,” Daly said. “We did it at Evanston High School, too, and they got 25-30 referrals from the process.” Classroom teachers can also lead the way to getting a student help. Explained Daly, “When we are concerned about a student, we have a list of 50-80 symptoms of conditions like depression, substance abuse, and lack of sleep, that we can send around to the other teachers, collect their responses and review them with a social worker and administrator to see how we can help this student, maybe with social work services or adding more structure to their days to work on things like study skills.” According to its Web site, Committee Representing Our Young Adults (CROYA) was created in Lake Forest in 1980 when “several teen suicides, escalating drug and alcohol abuse, hundreds of thousands of dollars in vandalism, and a teen gang called ‘The Losers’ prompted community leaders to take action to address the needs of youth.” A youth advocate works there today and welcomes teens to talk about a variety of issues. The non-profit offers meetings, social activities and more.

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ne of the attractions of the North Shore suburbs is the presence — or believed presence — of ghosts and hauntings. Not surprisingly, recent published reports of these in expensive real estate along the lakefront and nearby are scarce, not being compatible with real estate dealings. “A ghost?” a potential buyer might quiver. “We’d like to see something else, please.” But the ghosts that this writer knows about directly (not from books) are friendly and in at least two cases are considered members of the family, benign presences that add to the charm of the historic house. When the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation held its annual holiday party last December at the John G. Sheddfunded former Schweppe mansion on the lakefront, some of the 300 guests did believe they saw a mysterious face in a remote window in the 1910s-built Tudor palace for Laura Shedd (Mrs. Charles) Schweppe. This bit of European splendor was on the market then and still has not sold; but that likely has more to do with its large scale and the weakened bank-loan and real estate markets. The Schweppe place, on Mayflower Road in Lake Forest, has an unusual history, being retained uninhabited in the extended family from the early 1940s into the mid-1980s as a private, informal pool club on the lake. The beautifully-crafted house was not lived in after the deaths of the Schweppe couple by then. Yet visitors, invited or, well, clandestine over

the years have reported sightings of the Schweppes, who died before World War ll in the 1940s. Laura Schweppe died in 1937 and left the multi-milliondollar fortune from her father’s Marshall Field & Co. to the children, with a modest $200,000 to her spouse. But according to various published accounts, the spouse was disappointed and even inconsolable, descending into depression, insomnia and death in only four years. Ghosts of servants are reported to haunt the remoter corners of the house, while the family haunts the bedrooms. A new buyer stepped up in the 1980s for the multi-acre estate and to undertake as well a major restoration for the mansion. Now that the second owner of the house has died and the surrounding parkland has been subdivided, the house once more seeks a new owner or (also) caretaker for the polite, shy ghost that has been encountered by many over the years, who’ve explored the long-vacant property. Also well-documented in the hauntings literature is a phantom scent near the former Barat College Chapel in Lake Forest of the 1920s, flowers one nun suggested that recalled spring ceremonies from the 1930s, a lingering whiff of the great classes of young women, the greatest generation, who filled the halls in that high point in the college’s history. This account comes from Troy Taylor’s revised “Haunted Illinois” (Whitechapel, 2004). To understand this great history though readers can also consult the fine new book just published this fall by Martha Curry, RSCJ: “Barat College: A

Legacy, A Spirit and a Name” (Loyola Press). A story near the Lake Forest College campus involves a great 1890s architect-designed colonial house. Here a recurring ghost turned out to relate to the story of a long-dead World War I flying ace who came home safely but was troubled by his experience. There is nocturnal pacing but not much else to disturb the current owners, who researched the background. They definitely love their uninvited but easilyaccommodated guest, or ghost. Is the paranormal “real”? About 120 years ago, in the days that psychology was just emerging as a social science, some of its early pioneers weren’t sure. But today, science dismisses the paranormal as being not replicable, like sitings of the Loch Ness monster. These can’t be summoned up on demand, to prove their veracity for researchers. But for many couples, families with small children, students on the Lake Forest College campus, as well as those who know the cavalry soldier whose spirit on occasion still rides the roads of the former U.S. Army Fort Sheridan, now a sedate and sylvan planned community, hauntings are a not-at-all -unwelcome aspect of life on the North Shore. So as one drives along Sheridan Road this Halloween past the late 19th century Lloyd mansion at the top of the bluff south of Tower Road in Winnetka, or past the site of the old Moraine Hotel (now a park) in Highland Park, watch carefully. You may see… a ghost. But in my experience, they’re as scary as Casper. ■

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■ Mayor Nancy Rotering and the City Council are preparing to appoint new residents to City commissions for terms beginning January 2013. Please visit www. cityhpil.com/boardsandcommissions to view a list of the various City commissions, the goals and responsibilities of each commission, and what is required to volunteer. For more information and to apply, contact DeVona Gaynor in the city manager’s office at (847) 926-1008/dgaynor@cityhpil.com.

■ The final day of the Glencoe Farmers Market for 2012 will take place Saturday, Oct. 27 from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Metra commuter parking lot at the corner of Green Bay and Park. Fresh fruits, vegetables, baked goods, flowers and more will be available. The market is sponsored by the Glencoe Chamber of Commerce.

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■ Village Manager Patrick Brennan sent an apology via e-mail to residents and others for the unexpected release of e-mail addresses from the city database. “I understand that this error has resulted in you receiving unwanted emails. I am sincerely sorry,” Brennan wrote. “You extended a level of trust to the Village and provided us with your email address with the expectation that we would maintain your confidentiality. We failed in our responsibility.” Brennan said the village will do its best to ensure the error will never happen again and implored those who received private email addresses to not take advantage of Kenilworth’s mistake. Lake Forest

■ Global Connect, a new emergency notification system, was recently instituted by the Lake Forest Police Department. Landlines have been registered so far. To be notified via cell phone or Voice Over Internet Protocol (email and text messaging will be available soon) please visit the Police Department page at www.cityoflakeforest.com.

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■ A town hall meeting will take place on Monday, Oct. 29 at Dickinson Hall Senior Center, 100 E. Old Mill Road, in Lake Forest at 7 p.m. Residents can share their questions and concerns about city services and learn more about projects. The agenda includes city finances, budget, capital projects, Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital plans, a report on the strategic plan for 2013-2018, and more. Kenilworth

■ A town hall meeting will take place on Sunday, Oct. 28 at 4 p.m. regarding the home rule referendum on the Nov. 6 ballot. The event will take place at the Kenilworth Club. Wilmette

■ The Wilmette Health Department is offering flu shots to residents over the age of 18 in the Health Department on Monday, Oct. 29 from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The fee for the flu shot is $25. Residents with Medicare Part B as their primary insurer may choose to receive their immunization with Medicare paying the fee. Medicare will not pay the Village if you belong to a HMO.

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The students looked at their teacher as if she had just come out of a spaceship from Pluto. It was just another school day to the mostly 12-year-olds at Colegio Cristo de la Yedra in Granada, Spain. But it was Thanksgiving Day 2011 in the United States. Laura Applebaum, U.S. citizen, had triggered all those quizzical looks. The Highland Park native was a Lake Forest College junior at the time, an intern teaching English on foreign soil for a semester. Her lecture topic that day, to her estudiantes: Thanksgiving Day in America. “My students knew nothing about the holiday,” recalled Applebaum, a Spanish/ psychology double major. “I thought about bringing up the history of Thanksgiving. But I ended up bringing up what I knew they would like: the typical feast we have on that day, no school for two days, football on TV.” But futbol (soccer), not football, interested them. Applebaum, an avid soccer player for 12 years before entering LFC, explained the differences between the sports. “They were shocked, as I took them through wahat goes on during the holiday,” she said. “One of the students even asked me, ‘Is this a Chicago thing?’ ” Applebaum returned to the Chicago area a different person — and a thankful person, with an appreciation for people who aren’t at all worried about the health of the Detroit Lions’ starting quarterback on Bird Day each November. “Laura grew so much from that experience in Spain,” said LFC classmate Liana Simms, Applebaum’s good friend from Milwaukee. “She came back a heightened version of herself. The increased confidence she had … You could see it, and you could hear it when she spoke about looking at issues from others’ perspectives. “Laura,” she added, “connects well with others.” Applebaum, a member of a national Spanish honor society (Phi Sigma Iota), has been attached to psychology textbooks this fall. She’s taking three psych classes, in part because she chose to add that major her junior

year. Susan Long is Applebaum’s advisor at LFC. She’s also an assistant professor in the school’s Department of Psychology. “(Laura) often examines issues from a broader perspective,” Long said. “She is a thoughtful student who is a pleasure to have in class. In our senior seminar in psychology, Gender-based Violence, she asked a very basic question — ‘What is aggression?’ Although seemingly simple, her question made all of us reconsider the roots of the topic we were discussing, and it clarified this important topic for us.” Before she could read, Applebaum played the piano. But the poise she displays so often now was MAR (Missing At Recitals) in her formative years. “I’d get incredibly nervous … I couldn’t stand performing in front of people,” Applebaum said, adding she somehow survived at least 12 recitals. “But I loved to practice, and I loved to add some personal touches to pieces. At times I’d practice for six hours, with breaks.” Sports practices and contests provided welcome breaks for her at Highland Park High School. She played soccer, ran track, whacked field hockey balls. A stress fracture in her right hip halted Applebaum’s soccer career after her sophomore year. “It was a big part of my life before college, participating in sports,” she said. “I put pressure on myself in sports because I wanted to do well.” Applebaum threw herself into studying as an LFC freshman and joined a sorority as a sophomore. Months after completing that internship at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains in Granada, she landed a domestic internship with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Team in Training, writing updates, managing social media postings and researching and planning weekend events. “I see her going to grad school, helping others, counseling people,” Simms said. “She’s a really good listener, genuine and smart and dedicated. “Laura,” she added, “also wants people around her to do well — another one of her many qualities.”

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here’s a moment in Robert Redford’s 1980 movie about the disintegration of a Lake Forest family, Ordinary People. It’s a short scene — barely memorable, really — and it occurs early in the picture. Conrad Jarrett, played by Timothy Hutton, is sitting in a car with other kids on their way to high school. The car is stopped at a gate waiting for the Chicago & North Western train to pass. We hear the bell, see the flashing lights, and, as the train roars by, we see Conrad—suicidal and trying to take charge of his life—squirming in the backseat, disturbed by something internal we don’t yet know about. To me, then and now, the scene hints at certain facts of life on the North Shore, capturing at once the keeping of secrets, the trying to please others and the shame that can boil to an anxiety attack. In a wealthy suburban subculture where suppressing emotion is common, the scene depicts that, even for the young, life is hard— and tension is a part of the deal. We had painful reminders of those facts with the three teen suicides within 76 days this year in Lake Forest, where Judith Guest set the 1976 novel on which the film is based. There were teen suicides when I lived on the North Shore, too. Back in the early 1980s, it was estimated that we had 33 teenage suicides in an 18-month period. Time magazine even wrote an article about it in 1980, referring to

the area as the Suicide Belt. Many teens had stepped in front of trains. I knew some of them. I knew others who did, too. So, I’d always imagined that Conrad in the forementioned scene might be thinking about doing that, too. On mornings during high school when I’d hear the train whistle blow near my home, I wondered who wouldn’t show up for school that day. Why suicide? We had everything growing up on the North Shore, or so we were told: the best schools and neighborhoods, the most progressive values. Much as I love what I love about those communities, I think not. My North Shore experience was mixed. Much of it was bad. But bad enough to drive a privileged child toward suicide? Yes, according to psychologist Dr. John Duffy, who grew up in Park Ridge and treated area teens. “Many North Shore teens and parents have a problem with the idea of being wealthy,” he recently told me. “Upper middle class kids feel lost — like they’re not entitled to feel what they feel because there’s a lot of money involved. And there’s this societal jealousy [of wealth]. It’s as though you’re not really entitled to have problems.” Dr. Duffy, who has relatives with kids at Lake Forest High, observes that North Shore parents often confuse achievement with impressing others. “To the teenager, there’s this pressure to get on stage or on the field or study for exams, so there’s a sense that parents don’t

Ordinary People featured a troubled teen played by Timothy Hutton (with Mary Tyler Moore)

have time for you to get depressed and have a bad day.” Dr. Duffy, author of The Available Parent: Radical Optimism For Raising Teens and Tweens, says the remedy begins with empathy. Parents, he suggests, should stop being self-absorbed. “By the time the kid gets to me,” he explains, “parents can’t believe that what they’re doing isn’t working. There’s this indignant foot-stomping.” As psychiatrist Dr. David Sack, who lived on Chicago’s North Side during medical school and visited relatives on the North Shore, puts it: “Financial success doesn’t necessarily translate into being a good parent.” Dr. Sack, CEO of Promises Addiction Centers in Malibu, Calif., says his recovery programs are filled with wealthy patients whose parents buy things to compensate for a lack of attention. His parental advice: turn off the cell phones and give teens your time. Both doctors report that structured family activity, such as bowling, movie nights or camping, strengthen bonds that may prevent or mitigate teen depression. Noting that anti-depressant medications are not as effective among teens are they are in adults, Dr. Sack adds that parents must be emotionally aware of their kids. “Be supportive when they’re distressed,” he recommends. “Teens have tremendously greater social problems—the prospect of col-

lege, parents’ divorce, peer pressure—so the level of psychological stress is higher. Empathic parenting helps.” During the teen suicide cluster of the early 1980s, few parents, teachers or students talked openly about the reality of kids killing themselves. One former New Trier student, portfolio analyst Bill Wallace, told me that, while he valued his high school years, being able to express emotions and talk freely when a friend killed herself was difficult. “New Trier was somewhat stifling,” he told me when asked to recall those days. “For the most part, I didn’t feel like a freak, but I could easily have been lost there. I know a lot of people who felt lost.” One of those people put herself in front of a commuter train and chose to end her life. In Ordinary People, Conrad learns to make himself better through rational thought and self-interested action. Today’s North Shore teens, facing life’s extraordinary challenges, ought to have every reason to feel free to do the same. ■ Scott Holleran is a writer in Los Angeles who attended New Trier High School. He can be reached at scottholleran@mac.com

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The Highwood Pumpkin Fest brought out all North Shore generations to the tiny city.

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On your mark, get set … knock. Here are the trick-or-treat hours for North Shore towns, from “scary” start to “frightening” finish.

Glencoe: 4-8 p.m. Highland Park: 3:30-7 p.m. Kenilworth: 3-7 p.m. Lake Bluff: 4-7 p.m. Lake Forest: 4-8 p.m. Wilmette: 4-8 p.m. Winnetka: 3-7 p.m.

Do not fear, Cub fans: the 2013 season should be better than this 2012 graveyard in Wilmette.

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Highwood Pumpkin Fest draws local crowds, national television coverage

early 5,500 people live in Highwood. But pumpkins – some carved, some faceless – outnumbered the city’s residents by at least 25,000 at last weekend’s third annual High wood Pumpkin Fest. “Just open your eyes and take a look around,” said Manny Rios, a 2002 Highland Park High School graduate. “Everybody is smiling, and kids are running around, loving this. It’s great, isn’t it? This brings North Shore communities together. “And the orange,” he added. “Look at the sea of orange. It’s like a monsoon of pumpkins coming at you.” Rows and rows of carved pumpkins, some stacked 30 feet high, had been placed on scaffolds along Sheridan Road in the heart of Highwood. From a distance, in daylight, it looked like thousands of semi-deflated basketballs had taken their seats in a stadium to watch people move. It was downright gourd-geous. “Mind-blowing,” Jonathan Scott said to a cable-TV camera Friday afternoon. His mind got buffeted again Saturday night. Scott – one of the brothers on “Property Brothers,” the HGTV reality series – watched in wonder, with U.S. Navy Band Horizon performing on the main stage, the lighting of all those Jacko’-lanterns. But the three-day Pumpkin Fest wasn’t just a good excuse to escape the house and celebrate fall with a pre-Halloween civic gathering, featuring food, children’s activities, a petting zoo and a carnival. Highwood was a combatant in HGTV’s “Pumpkin Wars” last weekend. Its worthy opponent battled from Keene, N.H., where Scott’s brother, Drew, was deployed. The communities sought to break three world records: the longest line of pumpkin pies; most people carving pumpkins simultaneously; and most carved pumpkins lit at one time. The winner of the wars? “To find out you’ll have to tune in (to HGTV on Oct. 31, at 7 p.m., for the one-hour show),” said a raspy Danny Downing, the tireless on-site producer in Highwood. “I will reveal this: At least one world record was set.” Lucy Hospodarsky might have set a record for most pumpkins gutted last weekend. Pumpkins’ innards have to be scooped out before carving, and Hospodarsky – president

of the Highwood Public Library Board of Trustees – figured she had performed the procedure on at least 300 pumpkins. But her favorite number at the Pumpkin Fest was 10,000. That’s how many dollars, at least, the library would receive from Riverwoods-based Discover, which pledged to donate that amount to the runner-up in the carved-and-lit-up segment of the “Pumpkin Wars.” “I shrieked for joy when I found out our library would benefit from such a generous gesture,” Hospodarsky said. The winning community was to get a dollar for every lighted pumpkin. Orange happens to be the primary color of Discover’s logo. “No loser in this war,” Discover spokesperson Laura Gingiss said. “We’re so excited about this.” Bridget, a resident of Highland Park, plunged a carving knife into another defenseless pumpkin Friday night. She lost track of how many she had artfully damaged. But she clearly remembered the design of one she had created hours earlier. “It has a goatee,” she said. “Want to see it?” She pointed it out, before returning to a table to continue gouging her latest creation. Bridget, working alongside her son Karl, ended up spelling the name of Karl’s school (Wayne Thomas, in ALL CAPS) across the gourd. Not far from Karl was Stavros, a 9-year-old from Highland Park. He had pierced “SLASH” in the middle of one of his pumpkins, right where a carver typically excises a triangle to represent a Jack-o’-lantern’s nose. “I also made slash marks all around the word,” Stavros said. Younger kids, meanwhile, scurried to concoct edible spiders at the Whole Foods Market tent. It started with a marshmallow (abdomen). They were then given pretzel sticks (legs) to jab into the marshmallow. Chocolate chips (eyes) completed the treat. Cars streamed into Highwood from all points. From the north, traffic in the evening was backed up all the way past the Fort Sheridan Starbucks and into Lake Forest. Those who parked at the Fort Sheridan train station and walked a half mile or so to the fest arrived more quickly than those who sought closer parking. Still, there was no denying the success of event. “I’ve been charmed by this town,” said Downing, the HGTV producer. “The people here are fantastic.” ■

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“We came across events and realized that at large- and medium-sized companies, it’s high spend, and no one (in the company) has time to do it properly,” says Marc Halpin about helping to launch Kapow Events.

Events firm starts with a bang for Winnetka resident

arc Halpin sensed that, as large as a corporation might be, it might lack an essential employee. “Someone may say, ‘I have a client event for 50 people, can you organize it?’ That’s not what he or she does, and that person probably has six other jobs,” says Halpin while eating at his favorite breakfast spot, Walker Bros. The Original Pancake House in Wilmette. “There was a problem with that.” Six months ago, the Winnetka resident and two others launched Kapow Events, a Chicago-based firm that plans entertainment for a company’s clients as well as team building options for a company’s employees. Already, global corporations such as Barclay’s and Morgan Stanley along with area businesses such as @properties have signed up for Kapow’s offerings. In fact, Halpin said Kapow Events — which received a $700,000 infusion earlier this year from two venture capital interests, I2A and Pat Ryan Jr. Chicago’s Firestarter Fund — has grown about 30% each month in clients and revenues (now more than $100,000 per month) and is just short of hosting 100 events per month. In 2013 it expects to open offices in other major U.S. cities, such as New York and Dallas, along with Paris and London. It’s all quite impressive for a chap from Wales, who quit school at age 19 in 1984 and moved to London to try to find his fortune. Halpin started in the restaurant industry, where he “did everything” — and eventually helped bring TGI Friday’s to the United Kingdom. “It was an enormous success. As it faded in here it was growing there, where the restaurant industry is 15-20 years behind,” Halpin said.

Halpin was asked to spend time in the United States at TGI Friday’s but was ordered not to fraternize with the waitresses. He couldn’t resist chatting up one in particular — and now he’s married to Suzy. Back then, Halpin persuaded her to move back to England. “I told her we’d be there a year,” he says. “We were there 14 years.” In 2005, they moved to the Chicago area, where many of Halpin’s clients from his business at the time operated. About five years later, he saw the success of Groupon, which began coining money in a short period of time. “I sat down with a few chaps and thought how to take the marketplace model to the B2B world,” he says. “We came across events and realized that at large- and medium-sized companies, it’s high spend, and no one (in the company) has time to do it properly.” Kapow offers a range of possibilities. On the client entertainment side, Halpin – who is the company’s chief executive officer -- has rented a $10 million penthouse above Lake Michigan, hired a private chef and offered cocktails on the balcony on a beautiful evening. For team building, renting a luxury suite at a Bears’ game for 20-30 employees is

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a popular option. The company strikes great deals with vendors since, for them, it’s a form of advertising. As the holidays beckon, Halpin sees a major opportunity, saying that as many as 20,000 companies in the Chicago area will hold some type of event. At its Web site, www.kapowevents.com, potential customers can check out offerings such as a dining experience for up to 100 at The Storefront Company in Bucktown and then buy them online. A marathon runner, Halpin knows building a business is a similar task. “It is full of ups and downs,” he said. “One day I would think it’s a big success, and then the next day I would say, ‘What on earth am I doing?’ Before the affirmation of customers and revenue, sometimes it’s hard to validate an idea.” Now that it’s validated, Halpin is excited to oversee growth as the company competes in what he says is a $250 billion industry worldwide. He hopes to see people lining up for Kapow’s offerings – just as they do for breakfast on weekends at his favorite Wilmette haunt. ■

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The Winnetka Women’s Board of Northwestern University Settlement House presented its 86th “Style Under the Stars” fashion show event and fundraiser at the Michigan Shore Club in Wilmette last month. The show featured merchandise from various North Shore boutiques and specialty shops. The event was part of the Winnetka Board’s efforts to raise $100,000 to support education, youth, community and arts programs provided by the Northwestern University Settlement. About 400 men and women attended. ■ SHANNON PREDA, KRISTINA BORNHOEFT

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A record-breaking 1,725 attendees enjoyed Bagpipes & Bonfire’s 25th anniversary at Middlefork Farm Nature Preserve in Lake Forest last month. The event — Lake Forest Open Lands Association’s only fundraiser — netted $225,000. The proceeds will go toward general operating, land preservation and restoration expenses, including environmental education programs. ■

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Your weekend agenda The top events going on this weekend in the North Shore friday, october 26th

“Julian of Norwich”

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Lily Reid Holt Chapel, Lake Forest College 555 N. Sheridan Road, Lake Forest

North Shore Senior Center Arthur C. Nielsen, Jr. Campus 161 Northfield Road, Northfield Soak in some old-time radio thrillers! Listening treats include “The Shadow, Lights Out” and “Inner Sanctum.” $9, member; $11, non-member. For more information, call (847) 784-6030. ■

Homecoming Pep Rally

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Northwestern University 1937 Sheridan Road, Evanston

saturday, october 27th

Local Legend

The Rev. Linda Loving will portray Julian of Norwich (1342-1416) in a production presented by The Community Church of Lake Forest & Lake Bluff. Loving is a professional actor and Presbyterian minister who has performed as Julian throughout the world for 20 years. Open to the public. For ticket information, call (847) 234-8191 or email tom@dickelman.com. ■

Fitness classes

Get pumped up on the eve of the big game by listening to the Northwestern University Wildcat Marching Band. Daniel J. Farris will conduct the program at Deering Meadow. Rain site: Cahn Auditorium. Admission is free. ■

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Lake Forest High School’s Raymond Moore Auditorium 1285 N. McKinley Road, Lake Forest

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188 E. Westminster, Lake Forest Help those living with breast cancer during Breast Cancer Awareness month at The Dailey Method. Donationonly classes will be held, with all funds going to Bright Pink Organization and To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation. Stay after class to participate in giveaways, raffles and more. Suggested donation: $20. Class times: 7 a.m., 8:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m. Call (312) 342-2651 for more information. ■

Journalism icon Bill Kurtis will interview John H. Bryan, who will share stories of cultural treasures and national events. For tickets, call (847) 234-5253. ■

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sunday, october 28th Johannes Brahms Piano Quartet in G Minor

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Gorton Center Baggett Auditorium 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest The Lisker Music Foundation event features pianist Xiayin Wang. The program will also include works by Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Tartini, Saint-Saens, and more. For tickets and more information, call (847) 272-7003 ■

YMCA Spooky Halloween Party

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North Suburban YMCA 2705 Techny Road, Northbrook Activities offered, for kids of all ages, include Spooky Pool Boat Ride, indoor trick-or-treating, costume contests, DJ dance party and scary trips through two haunted houses – one kid-friendly, one mega-creepy. Admission is free for members, $10 for non-members ■

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hen I was dating my husband, traveling together was a Really Big Deal. “It will make or break your relationship” countless people told me before they asked, “Are you sure you’re ready for this?” Today, I get the same reaction to traveling with the in-laws. We do it frequently, in various combinations of parents, children and grandchildren, and some trips have been more successful than others. Since my most recent long weekend with the in-laws did not bring me to tears (a first in more than a decade of such trips), I’ll offer my secrets to successfully traveling with the in-laws. Schedule time apart No family can be together all the time. The Keatons, the Huxtables, and certainly the Sopranos all spent time apart and engaged in separate activities. So should you. It’s inevitable that days get long, and families revert to their worst selves. Adult siblings still get under each other’s skin, and parents unknowingly push our buttons like none other. Scheduling time in different sub-groups will break some of this tension in healthy ways. Make plans for the girls to unwind at the pool, send brothers out to see a baseball game, or ask Mom-In-Law to babysit while you and your spouse have lunch alone. Bring a great book or light work from your office, too, for an excuse to be alone (desperate times call for desperate measures). Be honest ahead of time When the possibility came up that I’d be part of a group putting a toddler and an infant on a plane to a transatlantic destination where none of us spoke the language, I acted quickly to express my discomfort with that scenario — loudly, and far less eloquently tha I can do today. I knew I couldn’t take on that challenge and maintain a sunny disposition for several days, even with people I genuinely care about and enjoy being with. Be a part of the travel planning process, and be honest about what you can’t tolerate so that you all enjoy your time together. Pack your creature comforts This is not a time to keep up with the crowd. Pack your favorite slippers, your favorite teabags, and your favorite running shoes. And please pack everything you’ll need to take care of yourself, even if you are guests at the in-laws’ home. One friend came down for breakfast during a recent stop at her parents’ summer cabin and found her sister-in-law — also a weekend visitor — wearing the bathrobe my friend keeps at the cabin for her own use. Days later, my friend

is still privately seething. Pick the right time to do this Forcing your in-laws to spend their vacation with your potty-training toddler is unfair to everyone. The same goes for trips

lifestyle & Arts planned for the days following your ankle surgery, at the end of your pregnancy, or while you are withdrawing from a 12-cup-aday caffeine habit. Delaying one of the conflicting activities may make life more hectic, but it will make your shared vacation much more fun. Treat yourself to one thing Group vacations are majority-rule democracies, and early polling shows I’m not likely to win many contests. Scheduling at least one activity that I can really look forward to makes it a lot easier for me to be a gracious loser throughout the trip. My most recent trip with the in-laws was a short one, but I boarded the plane with an appointment for a manicure/pedicure in hand. And on our yet-unscheduled next

I acted quickly to express my discomfort with that scenario — loudly, and far less eloquently than I can do today.

trip to Arizona, my husband and his mother know that I am not leaving Illinois without reservations for a hot air balloon ride. It’s something I’ve always wanted to do. Love & Marriage columnist Joanna Brown, a North Shore native, can be reached at Joanna@northshoreweekend.com

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ith 25 years of experience on the North Shore, realtor Eve Bremen has fielded most every question imaginable. Still, a phone call from Singapore stands out. “Singapore, London, France — people know all about New Trier,” said Bremen, branch manager of Coldwell Banker’s Winnetka office, about the local high school. “Its general reputation is that it has produced exceptional people for years, in all walks of life.” During the last two months, educational institutions from Lake Forest High School to the District 112 schools in Highland Park, Highwood and Fort Sheridan have been hit by short-lived teachers’ strikes. But they have done little to dent the area’s reputation as a haven for top-notch schools – and thus a desirable spot to buy a home. High schools all along the North Shore have produced successful — and proud — alumni for decades. New Trier counts former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, restaurateur Charlie Trotter, and actress Virginia Madsen among its graduates. Highland Park High School has actors Gary Sinise and David Rudman, Lake Forest High School has Olympic gold medalist Matt Grevers and actor Vince Vaughn. And the schools post academic achievements to back them up. Students routinely exceed state and national averages on the ACT test of college preparedness, and the overwhelming

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Though he was not a part of the campaign, former Lake Forest Mayor Michael Rummel said the 2006 passage of a $54 million referendum for Lake Forest High School by a two-to-one margin illustrates that local voters see the relationship between the schools and their home values. “Especially younger families who are coming to Lake Forest to settle after spending their younger days in the city. They’re spending one-half, maybe one-third less on their property taxes here, and they have more money to buy more house,” Rummel said. Locally, Lake Michigan is a major consideration. Aside from swimming and boating, there’s another advantage. Said Moulton, “The home values tend to hold much stronger on the lake. They aren’t making any more property on the lake.” Also adding value are the local business districts. Bremen said the local municipalities and Chambers of Commerce have made significant investments to beautify the downtown areas, and to attract and support local businesses, rather than vacancies. “In Glencoe, you can sit outside at Starbucks and look out at the beach. Its really lovely,” she said. Also in Glencoe’s favor is its proximity to Chicago, and a center for business and culture. “Wilmette, by being so close to the city and with the gas (pricing) situation what it is, has increased its value,” Bremen said. “And it has great train service. We take Metra for granted.” ■

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verywhere you turn in the fall, you see Mother Nature’s creativity. The tree leaves are aflame in red, orange and yellow. Bushes and vines are peppered with berries. And don’t even get me started on the pumpkins and gourds! I like to bring the outside in when I decorate for every season, but in fall, it’s practically mandatory because there is so much beauty right outside my window. One of my tricks it to use lifelike faux greenery in seasonal displays throughout my home. It takes just minutes, but transforms my home. Here are six great spots you can dress up with faux greens to make your home beautiful for autumn. ENTRY TABLE Knock guests’ socks off the minute they walk in the door by styling a bouquet for your entry. Start with a large-scaled vase, like a twiggy urn. To give an urn even more presence, place it on a riser -- or a table. I use nature as my guide when working with faux greens. For arrangements, start with a base of fallen branches, salvaged from the yard or roadside. With their imperfect twists and turns, natural branches give you a great template to follow when inserting faux greens. Just mimic the lines of the branches and you can’t go wrong.

FIREPLACE MANTEL I really like to keep my fall foliage bouquets light and airy, loose and a bit topsyturvy, so they feel wild, organic and alive. When creating a bouquet, periodically stand back and ask yourself if you’ve ever seen plants growing like this in nature. If the arrangement looks too perfect, chances are the answer will be “no.” Mess it up a bit -- I think you’ll like the results. When styling fall bouquets, try combining a mix of faux plants. Once the fallen branches are in place, insert tall sprays -- usually they look like fall branches with the leaves still on. Next, use shorter sprays to fill in the middle ground. Then finish off with a few interesting picks, like berries or nut-covered twigs, placed toward the bouquet’s center or woven throughout. Also, let vines twist about and hang down. Real honeysuckle vines are still one of my favorites. DINING-ROOM BUFFET Bouquets in vases or urns aren’t the only way to bring fall greens into your decor. Consider using a fake pumpkin vine, complete with plump pumpkins affixed. One of the most common mistakes people make when working with faux foliage is to not take the time to shape each piece until it looks natural. When the garland,

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sprays and picks arrive at Nell Hill’s, they are squished flat in packages. Before we put them in our displays, we fluff them out, opening the leaves, giving the branches some twists and turns, until they mimic the growth patterns of real foliage. TOPS OF TALL FURNITURE Those “up high” places in our homes are often the hardest to decorate. What do you put on the top of your armoire, bookcase or secretary? Plenty! I like to use this little stage for a faux-greenery display. I have had more fun coming up with different looks for the spot on top of the antique bookcase in my

study. For fall, I perch a wooden dough bowl up there and fill it with varying assortments of gourds and greenery. When you decorate your up-high places, be sure to let the branches and vines twist and reach into the space around the furniture and trail down the sides of the piece. Otherwise, it will look too staged a nd stilted. LIGHT FIXTURES If you want to ramp up the look of your fall display, but not spend a lot of time doing it, decorate your light fixtures with faux vines. These dramatic displays are super-

easy to pull together and take your seasonal decorating to the next level. Any spot where you have a light fixture that hangs down is fair game. I always hit the fixture in my study because it’s a small one and I can crank it out in a snap. I always save my most creative ideas for the showier chandelier in my dining room. If you spend a lot of time in your kitchen, be sure to do that fixture, too. The key to styling your light fixture is to have a faux vine or garland climb the chain in languid loops. Be sure it doesn’t look symmetrical or staged. Instead, let the vine meander through the arms of the fixture, then

trail down a bit from the center. If you want to take the display a step further, weave in some picks and a twist of fall ribbon. EXTERIOR Decorating for fall is an indoor-outdoor thing for me. I like to add touches everywhere. Since I have a semi-enclosed screened porch, this has become one of my favorite spots to dress up for fall. I frequently hang lanterns on my wall, decorating them with faux greens. You can do the same at your home, whether on your front stoop, back patio or in your garden. ■ ~ Scripps Howard News Service

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t sounds like the start of a quirky joke. Two grandmothers walk into a fashion boutique, and … But it has happened at Three Sisters in Lake Forest. And it resulted in serious business. “They stopped by, separately, before Christmas. They didn’t shop, though,” explained Three Sisters owner Mari Morsch. “They gave us lists, with the ages and sizes of their children and grandchildren. “We picked things out for the grandmas. They came back later to pick up the gifts, all wrapped up.” Kelly Golden owns Winnetka-based neapolitan, which houses women’s luxury ready-to-wear, shoes, accessories and jewelry. Golden was a member of three state championships when she played golf at Regina Dominican High School in Wilmette. She had a strong short game. But these days she’s all about length — lengthy plane trips, as well as going to great lengths to deliver service to customers. She views runway shows in Italy and France each year and returns to the North Shore with unique lines. Said Golden, who opened her shop in 2003, “We buy with customers in mind, and we work hard at making shopping a personal experience.” Though Saks Fifth Avenue in Highland Park is closing its doors for good on New Year’s Eve, North Shore boutiques are surviving — and thriving. One, in fact, just posted its best sales month ever, while others are heartened by their success in the stagnant economy. And the dedication to customers is a big part of the reason. “The small store can react more quickly to the desires of the consumer,” said Joanna Rolek, executive director of the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce. “These independent businesses are the first ones to support the local community. They’ll throw their support behind local fundraisers, and that breeds loyalty.” In a press release, Saks — which has about 60 employees — offered its reasons for closing the Highland Park store off of Green Bay Road. “We routinely assess the productivity, profitability and potential of each of our stores and may conclude closings are necessary from time to time,” Saks Chairman and CEO Steve Sadove noted. “(A planned closing) is consistent with our strategy of employing our resources in our most productive locations.”

Saks Fifth Avenue located in Highland Park will close its doors Dec. 31.

Making clients feel welcome as soon as they walk in is vital,” says Sharon Watrous of Chalk, who co-owns the boutique with Carrie Kane.

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Some are still reeling from the news, announced in early September. “I was shocked and not happy,” said Theresa DeMaria, a fashion editor/freelance fashion stylist. “I also was disappointed. Saks is iconic, a flagship, a go-to store.” Thomas George, owner of E Street Denim, has been in the men’s and women’s fashion industry for 41 years. His Highland Park store is right around the corner from Saks (he also owns stores in Hubbard Woods and Lake Geneva). “Boutiques can’t run their businesses like they’re piggybanks,” he said. “This industry is hard work. Overall our business has been good, solid.” Co-owners Carrie Kane and Sharon Watrous opened Evanston-based Chalk, a luxury women’s clothing and accessories fashion boutique, nearly four years ago, when news of the imploding U.S. economy made headlines daily. “We’ve been fortunate,” Watrous said. “We’ve recognized, ever since we started, the importance of presenting smart, well-made items by wonderful designers to our clients.”

Saks’ decision to close its Highland Park store opened Kane’s eyes. “It was a wake-up call,” she said. “It also motivated us to keep doing what we’re doing … superior customer service.” Lillie Milovanovic owns Lillie Alexander, a fashion boutique in Lake Forest. Establishing relationships with customers comes before ringing up merchandise. “Servicing customers … you have to do that in this tough economy, and not just in our industry,” she said. “You listen to them; you bring in what they like.” Golden’s neapolitan shop sits on Elm Street in Winnetka. But its September sales weren’t nightmarish in the least. The shop’s sales increased a robust 52 percent compared to the same month a year ago — and set a monthly record. Little shops are coming up big — and they know the key to continuing that way. “Making clients feel welcome as soon as they walk in is vital,” Chalk’s Watrous said. “So much of what we do is about making the shopping experience an enjoyable one for everybody.” ■

Kelly Golden’s neapolitan in Winnetka enjoyed a record sales month in September.

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usty McCoy, chairman and CEO of Lake Forest-based Brunswick, knows that running businesses such as Life Fitness and Hammer Strength – both acquired in 1997 -- requires something more than business acumen; it requires leaders with an affinity for the specific business itself. Perhaps no Brunswick leader personifies this connection more than the president of the Life Fitness business, Chris Clawson. He is an example of how a life-long commitment to sports can translate into excellence in business leadership. The word passion is often over used in describing business leadership, but it certainly applies here. Back in college, Clawson played baseball at San Diego State. “Those off-seasons I began working in fitness for Oshman’s and then Sportmart (both now part of The Sports Authority) and then I moved to the manufacturer’s side of things several years later,” said Clawson, who also played minor league baseball in the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves organizations. Clawson has been in the fitness industry for over 25 years, most of that time with Life Fitness. His specialty is in marketing, busi-

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ness development, and product innovations, so the Life Fitness business is driven by his customer-centered approach. Other members of the Life Fitness team are similarly attached to the fitness market. Clawson’s team includes executives who played sports at an advanced level in college and beyond. This kind of connection between a business leadership team and their commitment to innovative products generates energy and enthusiasm that is difficult to duplicate. The Hammer Strength and Life Fitness Brands are recognized around the world as premium products for both the home gymnasium and for professional facilities. This equipment is preferred wherever heavy usage and contemporary ergonometric designs are required including corporate wellness centers, armed forces training centers, campus training facilities, health and fitness clubs, professional sports teams, hospital and rehabilitation facilities, and high end multi-unit residential installations. Whether for training Navy Seals or professional football players, Life Fitness and Hammer Strength are the choice. Brunswick itself has an interesting history. The company was founded in 1845 by John Brunswick, a Swiss immigrant who set up his small woodworking shop to build luxury billiard tables. Those woodworking skills soon translated into the bowling business where allies and pins require precision wood working skills. Anyone who owns Brunswick products knows that this original tradition of fine craftsmanship has embedded itself into the heritage of the company. Today the company located near Lake Forest Academy is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and employs more than 15,000 people around the world. The company’s total sales in 2011 were $3.8 billion. Clawson has helped Brunswick become a leader in fitness. With his commitment to the category, Brunswick looks to be in good carolita johnston/the new yorker collection/www.cartoonbank.com shape for years to come. ■

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John Robshaw’s line has been a big seller at Bedside Manor. The creator of colorful fabrics is coming to the North Shore in November "I pick the old printers. Their hands are shaky and their eyesight is poor, so the pattern comes out slightly off. I want to feel that human touch," — John Robshaw

ince Bedside Manor in Lake Forest and Winnetka began carrying headboards, sheets and other wares created by John Robshaw, the line has been immensely popular. “It is one of our top five sellers,” says Meg Carroll, who owns the North Shore stores — along with one in Chicago and another in Hinsdale — with her husband Mike. “People come in and specifically ask if we have John Robshaw. There’s a lot of color and brightness in his designs.” And the man whose numerous forays abroad have included making vegetable-dyed ikats in Thailand will be at Bedside Manor in Winnetka at 929 Green Bay Road on Tuesday, Nov. 13, where he will autograph copies of his book John Robshaw Prints: Textiles, Block Printing, Global Inspiration, and Interiors from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. Robshaw’s story is, to say the least, unconventional. After living in Rome as a student (“with superlong hair and a Vespa” as he told Elle Décor magazine), he soon began to wander around Bombay and elsewhere armed with a master of fine arts degree from Pratt in the late 1990s. He visited artisans and block printers and saw quilts and more being created in tiny villages around Asia. He returned to the United States with colorful fabrics but no background in business. Slowly his work gained a following, and now it is sold nationwide. His travels to India have inspired much of his design (which sometimes includes elephants), and he has hired many people there to work on patterns. “I pick the old printers. Their hands are shaky and their eyesight is poor, so the pattern comes out slightly off. I want to feel that human touch,” Robshaw notes on the company Web site. Carroll said Robshaw’s works have broad appeal at Bedside Manor. “It caters to our younger clientele – back to school for kids going into their dorm room. Teens redoing their bedrooms – they love that line,” she said. “For adults, it’s more for cottages and second homes.” That was the case for a Glencoe woman who just bought John Robshaw materials from Bedside Manor for her second home in Colorado. “I wanted to buy something stylish and practical,” she said. “I liked all the patterns, but also children can play on the bed and there won’t be wrinkles.” ■

John Robshaw will sign copies of John Robshaw Prints: Textiles, Block Printing, Global Inspiration, and Interiors in Winnetka on Nov. 13.

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irst Lady Michelle Obama said the other day that America is in a “huge recovery” because of what her husband has done, and what I’d advise is that she get a pair of binoculars and look out a White House window. She just might observe more of the desperately poor wandering around than she’s seen before -- and that would not be by accident. A Washington Post story reports that family homelessness in Washington, D.C., is up by 18 percent since last year. The recession ended in late 2009. The recovery, mugged by a pork-ridden stimulus and a malicious gang of other misconceived policies, is limping along more weakly than any recovery since World War II. The result is suffering in almost every direction you look. Those hurt the most are often those who had the least to begin with. Some 46.2 million Americans are now below the poverty line. And, it might be noted by Democrats claiming a Republican war on women, the poverty rate among them is a very scary 16.3 percent. The middle class has also taken a crippling hit -- a median income drop from $54,983 when President Barack Obama took office to $50,964 this year. As others have written, the median has decreased more during the Obama recovery than it did during the recession the president has blamed on his predecessor. Welfare has meanwhile been going up, with expenditure increases of something like $193 billion a year under Obama. The crying need is for something that would make the welfare less necessary: jobs. Some 14.7 percent of Americans are looking for jobs but can’t find them or have settled for part-time jobs when they want full-time employment. The $831 billion stimulus was supposed to help fix this, but the tons of money produced maybe an ounce of temporary relief while contributing to employment-impeding debt. The stimulus came up in the vice presidential debate when Republican candidate Paul Ryan pointed to “$90 billion in green pork to campaign contributors and special interest groups.” An Associated Press fact checker concurred that $528 billion went to the Solyndra solar-panel firm that was “politically connected” and went bankrupt. The reporter went on to say, however, that there was also energy stimulus help for such things as making homes “more energy efficient” and to “public entities constructing high-speed rail lines.” Excuse me, but more recipients of grants and loans than just Solyndra had political connections and went under, and inspectors said the program to weatherize homes was

Look out White House window to see dire problems poorly executed in many instances, even to the point of endangering lives. High-speed rail is pork to states and has nothing to do with stimulating the economy in the here and now. According to an article in the New Yorker magazine, these projects were pushed by Obama because he was “looking for something bold and iconic -- his version of the Hoover Dam.” Looking ahead to solutions, the Obama administration is counting on what it has sometimes called a tax on millionaires, which turns out to be a raised tax on incomes of $250,000 and more for married couples. That could be a teacher and a cop in high-pay places like New York City, writes Michael Tanner of Cato Institute. The tax would produce about two-thirds less revenue than what’s needed to meet Obama’s planned spending hikes next year, he writes, and, according to a study by a major accounting firm, could cost more than 700,000 jobs with its hit on small business owners. I like the first lady, and I don’t blame her for applauding her husband, but for a less partial view, check in with someone like Mortimer Zuckerman, a media owner and real estate whiz of the kind who produces jobs. He was for Obama in 2008, thinks he has done more populist pandering than leading as president, and rates the recovery as something we have to recover from. ■ ~ Scripps Howard News Service

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ell, maybe when it comes to controlling the U.S. Senate, allowances can be made no matter how onerous the offense once seemed. With one hand firmly pinching the nose, the other is free to reach into the wallet. That seems to be the position some Republicans find themselves in over the continuing candidacy of Rep. Todd Akin, R-Mo., who only a short while ago was the brunt of almost universal disdain especially among women voters who found his contentions about how their bodies naturally shut down the chance of pregnancy during a rape not only offensive but ridiculous. They were, of course, joined by the entire medical profession and those members of his party who believe that in Akins case the acronym GOP stands for Get Out of Politics. According to word from Missouri where Akin still is trying to unseat Democrat Claire McCaskill in a race touted as crucial to Republican hopes of regaining the upper hand in the Senate, some of those who once regarded his positions on the reproductive rights of women obnoxious if not downright stupid have decided that since he refused to take their advice and go away, they just may be able to tolerate his ignorance after all. If they want to win, Joseph farris /the new yorker collection/www.cartoonbank.com they contend,

they have to reach for the aerosol because it’s too late to replace him. Those who hew to the political philosophy about the ends justifying the means and still possess a little integrity don’t believe Akin can pull it out anyway considering the fact that McCaskill has a huge lead in money as well as popularity even if Newt Gingrich did put his considerable heft behind Akin during a fundraiser and philosophical special interests have coughed up some big bucks of late for the congressman. Gingrich, of course, has shown himself once again to be as politically tone death as he is out of tune with most things. Just to refresh your memory, he blew the best job in town, the House speakership, by repeating some of the sins he had used to unseat his Democratic predecessor. His habit of hoisting himself with his own petard turned off Republican voters by the thousands in the presidential primaries this year, even those who once saw him as their salvation. Who in the world would trust his judgment on much of anything? As for Akin, The New York Times quoted former Sen. John Danforth of Missouri as urging his fellow Republicans not to focus on the Senate but on what the Akin candidacy has done to the party’s image. “Akin,” the newspaper quoted Danforth, “has come to symbolize a version of the Republican Party that’s just not acceptable to an awful lot of people.” Two other former Missouri senators, Christopher “Kit” Bond and Jim Talent, have endorsed Akin. And there seems to be a chance that big donors like the National Republican Senatorial Committee and a super PAC formed by Karl Rove may be weighing a change of heart, according to news reports. Both pulled back on multimillion-dollar pledges in August after Akin embarrassed himself and the party with his “legitimate rape” theories. It’s tough to believe party visionaries would consider this candidacy worth supporting even if losing in Missouri does damage hopes of winning back the Senate. This is a guy who equated legal abortion providers with terrorists no matter the circumstances. He even charged that they often performed the procedures on women who weren’t pregnant. Sadly the Congress -- House and Senate -- has too many of these nitwits. The quality of their presence is reflected in the failure of the institution to meet its obligations outside the narrow focus of ideology and special interests. People may oppose abortion or any other lifestyle culture they feel repugnant without being vicious and moronic. If you feel you were elected because God wanted you to tell others how to live, so be it. Just be at least reasonably intelligent about it -- if that is within your capacity. ■ ~ Scripps Howard News Service

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Lola Spagnoli cheers on the Scouts.

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aybe, just maybe, Lola got swept off her feet when her future husband, Lake Forest High School football coach Chuck Spagnoli, explained the nuances of the power sweep using nickels and dimes on a restaurant table. It was love at first huddle. “On one of our first dates he showed me what exactly goes on during some plays,” recalled Lola Spagnoli, married to Chuck for 19 years. “The coins,” she added, “helped.” Lola, like most wives of prep football coaches, knew exactly what to expect after saying “I do” to a man who has likely fallen for the “I formation” at some point in his coaching career. The rhythm of their week is consistent. Spouse/coach gets up early, returns home late. Spouse/coach’s best friend gets as anxious in the stands as her husband does in the fourth quarter of 21-21 game … with a playoff berth on the line. “Football, it’s a way of life for us, and it’s a yearlong sport,” Lola Spagnoli said during a home victory against Libertyville last month. “Chuck told me how time-consuming his job would be. He’s passionate about it, driven, and I can’t imag-

ine Chuck doing anything else. He loves what he does. I love what he does.” Patty Holecek loves Wednesdays during the football season. That’s when her husband, former NFL linebacker and current Loyola Academy football coach John Holecek, gets to start decompressing, gets to rid himself of a preoccupied state. “The game plan for the weekend’s game has been installed by Wednesday,” she said. “He’s less stressed then, because after that point it’s all about executing the game plan, all about the players doing what’s expected from there.” But John, even early in some weeks, finds the time to watch a flick with Patty. His favorites are unrated movies: game tapes. “John,” Patty said, “will sometimes say to me, ‘You have to see this running back (of an upcoming Loyola opponent),’ or, ‘Watch this kid throw.’ ” Anita Chiodo has been watching her husband’s quarterbacks throw for 31 years. In the decades she’s been married to Highland Park High School football coach Hal Chiodo, she has missed attending only two of his games — each time because of a wedding. “I get into the whole culture of high school football,” Anita admitted. “It’s Hal’s passion, and I honestly love the sport. “Most wives, I’m guessing, are happy when the football season ends. Not me. I get sad. And I’m bummed, really bummed, we didn’t make the playoffs this year.” Loyola’s Ramblers last fall made it all the way to the Class 8A state title game, against Bolingbrook, meaning the Holeceks

Lake Forest High School head football coach Chuck Spagnoli shakes hands with a member of the Libertyville coaching staff following their game on Sept. 28.

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got to experience the buildup to 14 games. Loyola won 13 of them. “I’m probably more nervous than John is on game days,” Patty said. “Believe me, I know what butterflies feel like in the stomach, while watching from the stands. But some of my best moments have occurred in the stands. “Our parents … amazing. They really are. They’ve come up to me, saying, ‘Oh, you’re John’s wife. He’s done so much for my son.’ ” ■

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Lipp, Zordani sisters star as Scouts claim state tennis title

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Freshman Christina Zordani (right) and senior Maddie Lipp team up in a quarterfinal match at the state meet. She went on to win the doubles crown.

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enise Murphy was given a cake pop Saturday morning at the girls state tennis meet at Buffalo Grove High School. Picture a Ping-Pong ball, covered with white and light-green icing, and stuck to a lollipop stick. The ball was actually a dense orb of redvelvet cake. It would have resembled a regulation-sized tennis ball … in a tournament for Lilliputians only. Murphy, Lake Forest High School’s coach, eyeballed the treat – produced by Lisa Zordani – and said, “It’s almost too pretty to eat.” She inhaled it a half-second later. Murphy then closed her eyes, arched her back and puffed a “Heavenly!” skyward. Seconds later she made a declaration: “Best thing ever.” Hours later, after her Scouts had hit real tennis balls on a crisp, sunny day, the cake pop would be reduced to second-best status. Murphy’s Scouts, behind a state doubles title from senior Maddie Lipp and freshman Christina Zordani (Lisa’s niece), netted the program’s fourth state championship and second in three years. LF’s four state entrants produced 39 points, ahead of reigning champ Hinsdale

New Trier junior Emily Blackwell (No. 4) reacts from her team’s bench during her team’s win over Evanston on Oct. 16.

Central (36) and third-place New Trier (28). Mmm mmm … great. “I couldn’t be prouder of the girls,” Murphy said. “We had so much team unity, so much positive energy. Focus, too. “My (late) dad (Robbie) always reminded me to stay focused, to never have my eyes on the horizon. That’s how the girls competed all weekend. My dad’s favorite motto was, ‘Be here now.’ ” Lipp wanted to be there for her team from Day One this fall, after opting not to play prep tennis as a junior. But the righty’s injured right arm kept her sidelined from matches until the week before sectional weekend. Lipp showed up regularly at practices, no matter how much her right shoulder, right elbow and right wrist were hurting. “I wanted to contribute, and I’m so happy I was able to do that,” Lipp said on Saturday, after she and Zordani downed Decatur St. Theresa’s Tracy Kuhle and Amy Kuhle 6-2, 6-3 for the program’s first state doubles championship. “Playing for the school and representing our families and friends as a Scout – it doesn’t get much better than that.” Zordani, like her older sister and teammate Elizabeth, reached a state doubles final as a freshman; Elizabeth Zordani and former Scout Haleigh McPeek took state runnerup honors in 2010. Christina Zordani dis-

played fearlessness throughout the three-day tourney last weekend, especially near the net.  That weapon, combined with Lipp’s potent two-fisted backhand, often frayed the collective will of tandems. Neither LF nor Hinsdale Central, it seemed, stayed in first place for more than 10 minutes on Saturday. That battle atop the team standings was that taut, that back-and-forth. Each of LF’s doubles entrants defeated a Hinsdale Central pair in a crucial late match. Scouts senior Taya Zoubareva and junior Victoria Falk came up big first, eliminating second-seeded Tiffany Chen/Katie Lee 6-4, 6-4 in the fifth round of the back draw. The match was a suspenseful one Friday – and a suspended one. Zoubareva/Falk led 6-4, 5-3 when bad weather made them to wait until Saturday morning to end Chen/Lee’s season. “We really needed that win … needed to shut them down,” said Falk, among the state’s most aggressive doubles players. LF needed valuable team points from both of its singles entrants, Elizabeth Zordani and junior Catherine Orfanos. Both delivered. The elder Zordani went 8-1 to finish fifth, while Orfanos reached the Round of 16 before bowing 6-2, 6-0 to second-seeded Alex Chatt of Lyons. As for Lipp and Christina Zordani, it was impossible to tell who was smiling harder af-

ter Saturday’s doubles final. “Not a bad way to start a high school career,” Northwestern-bound Lipp said of her partner. Not a bad way to end one, either. NEW TRIER NT’s season began with questions. It ended with exclamation marks. “People weren’t sure about our team’s makeup early on,” coach Jerry Morse-Karzen said. Junior Carol Finke, the lone Trevian with state-meet experience, reached the singles semifinals of the back draw to pace the team’s third-place showing. Taylor Tamblyn went 4-2 in singles at state, while Kirstie Woodbury/Cammy Frei and Lily Schroeder/Alex Wolkoff each earned four doubles wins. The state team trophy was the program’s seventh since 2000. HIGHLAND PARK It was 6 a.m. Saturday, at Once Upon a Bagel in Highland Park. HP coach Steve Rudman expected only his four state qualifiers to show up for breakfast. Eleven came. “That right there epitomized what being a team is all about it.” HP’s Jacqueline Baum/Sarah Raab (4 wins) and Rachel Goldberg/Nicole Berkman (4) embodied stellar doubles play. ■

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t was ridiculous. Wonderfully ridiculous. Girls volleyball teams from New Trier and Maine South high schools were tied at 9-9 in a second set earlier this fall, with NT junior setter Taylor Tashima set to serve. She served. Point, New Trier. Then she served again. And again. And again. When it was 24-9, Tashima was still serving, still dominating. Had a mailman sauntered across the hardwood to deliver some letters to Tashima – right there, behind that baseline – nobody in the gym would have been surprised. Neither rain, nor sleet, nor flying volleyballs … The 6-foot Tashima owned that piece of property. “We were laughing near the end (of the serving streak),” Trevians coach Hannah Hsieh recalled. “That was so much fun. To

rattle off that many serves, to be that consistently aggressive and effective … You just don’t that see that. “We’re all going to remember, for a while, what she did that night.” NT’s final point of the match with Maine South came on (what else?) another Tashima serve, swelling the astounding stretch of consecutive serves to a sweet 16. “We’re all looking at her, during the streak, going, ‘Wow, amazing,’ ” said Yale-bound outside hitter Brittani Steinberg. “I’ve tried returning her serve in practice; it’s not easy.” Northwestern-bound Tashima, a USA National Youth team member, has three things going for her when she prepares to start a point: Her serve is left-handed, it’s a jump serve, and it travels with gobs of heavy topspin. It’s the kind of delivery Randy Johnson would smack if he ever decides his life as a retired Major League pitcher needs an outlet. Tashima’s serve last fall was a handful. But it didn’t dip suddenly, at a fast clip, like it does now.

“I saw a Penn State setter use a topspin serve,” Tashima said after hammering a match-high eight kills to go with 17 assists in NT’s 25-13, 25-9 defeat of host Nile West Oct. 18. “I figured, before the season started, ‘Why not try it?’ (Against Maine South), when I was serving, I thought it was a good time to take my chances, see what happens.” It’s been a season of streaks for Hsieh’s club. No other team in program history had ever started a season 20-0. With its win at Niles West last week, NT improved to 29-0, 10-0 in the Central Suburban League South. An opponent finally solved the Trevians last weekend. The host school edged NT 25-22, 15-25, 15-11 in the Lyons Tournament. NT entered this week’s Class 4A postseason with a 33-1 mark. “We haven’t been focusing on our record,” Hsieh said before last week’s CSL South finale in Skokie. “The girls are playing with an impressive layer of confidence. We want to improve certain aspects of our game each match, like a lot of teams do.

“They’re working well together, hard together,” she added, “and they’re doing it with good humor. To have success you have to have good balance … mix the fun around with the serious.” Junior Haley Fauntleroy, a 6-3 middle, is New Trier’s other spiker who has displayed her formidable game on foreign hardwood. The Virginia recruit suited up last summer for the USA Junior National team. She popped for blocks in Nicaragua. Tashima struck shots for her national team in Mexico and Croatia. “We have the best team energy,” Tashima said of her NT squad. “We use that in matches, use that to give us an advantage. “We’re all focused on trying to get better each day.” Steinberg and senior outside hitter Maggie Carragher each finished with five kills against Niles West. The Trevs also received a strong effort from junior defensive specialist MC Magner, who achieved a miniTashima. NT went up 5-0 at the start, via Magner serves ■

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MAKING A STATEMENT Lake Forest Bund looks powerful at regional race

Competitors, including members of the Lake Forest and Highland Park teams, are off and running at the Libertyville regional on Oct. 20.

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DOLINS GETTING IT DONE FOR HP Lake Forest cruises to regional championship

ooking ahead worked out just fine for Maddie Dolins. The Highland Park High School cross country runner, who has put together a fabulous senior season, employed the “race shock” strategy at the Class 3A Libertyville Regional on Oct. 20 at Adler Park. Dolins hopes this training technique — running the first mile as fast as possible — will prepare her for the “future shock” of this Saturday’s highly competitive Schaumburg sectional (10:30 a.m.) “I did it so I can tolerate the speed at the sectional,” said Dolins, who finished the regional race ninth in 19:22. “This was a good race for it (race shock). It was an opportunity for her go out faster than she needed to,” Highland Park coach Andy Butler said. “The sectional will be more competitive. We’ll see how it pans out.” Things have gone quite well for Dolins this fall. Her race highlights include a second-place finish at the CSL North championships and a fourth-place finish at the Wheeling Invitational. “She’s been very consistent,” said Butler. “She’s been running up with the top runners all season. I think she’s got an outside chance of qualifying to state.” Butler has been impressed with her dedi-

cation. “She has committed herself (to the sport),” he said. “You couldn’t ask for a better senior.” Dolins definitely put the time in during the offseason. Attending a two-week Paavo Running Camp did wonders for her conditioning and mindset. “I love running. It’s become a part of me,” said Dolins. “And I love the team atmosphere.” The Giants qualified to the sectional with a sixth-place team finish. The team’s top five included Marni Pine (28th), Mallory Sonenthal (35th), Lindsay Friedman (43rd) and Lily Hanig (49th). LAKE FOREST GIRLS The Scouts, as usual, received solid work from their top two — Helen Schlachtenhaufen and Elle Chody — at the Libertyville Regional. But on this particular day, the accolades went to the team’s No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 runners. Gabrielle Simeck, Callahan Schmid and Claire Yandell sparked the squad to a firstplace showing on the Adler Park course on Oct. 20. The Scouts scored 43 points and easily cruise by runner-up Mundelein (59). “Today, we got a big lift from our three, four and five runners,” said LF coach Steve Clegg. “They made the difference.” Simeck matched her seventh-place finish at

the NSC championships, finishing in a time of 19:08. Schmidt, a freshman, took 11th in 19:31, while Yandell was 14th (19:37). “Yandell is really coming on strong,” Clegg said. “Her two best races this season was last week and this week.” Schlachtenhaufen led the Scouts with a top-five finish (18:52). Chody placed sixth overall in 19:03. NEW TRIER GIRLS The limelight belonged to Jessica Ackerman. The New Trier senior came up with a winning performance in the Class 3A Loyola Academy Regional on Oct. 20. Her time of 17:23 on the Harms Woods three-mile course was seven seconds better than Maine South junior Emily Leonard. Ackerman’s effort helped the Trevians (33 points) to a first-place finish in the team standings. Maine South took second with 46 points. Mimi Smith, a sophomore, placed third in the race (17:37), while standout Courtney Ackerman was fourth overall (17:42). Two freshmen — Oona Jung-Beeman (11th, 18:55) and Kelli Schmidt (14th, 18:57) — capped the scoring for New Trier, which will compete in the Niles West sectional on Saturday (1:30 p.m.). LOYOLA GIRLS The host Ramblers qualified to the Niles

West sectional with a fourth-place team finish on Oct. 20. Loyola, which finished with 96 points, was paced by junior Sarah Kelley (9th, 18:47). The other scorers were Kathryn House (12th, 18:56), Claire Monticello (22nd, 19:32), Amanda Bombard (36th, 19:45) and Cecily Martinez (27th, 19:48). REGINA DOMINICAN Catherine McDonough led the way as the Panthers placed fifth (112 points) at the Class 2A Elmwood Park regional. McDonough paced the team with a 13th place showing (20:49) on Oct. 20. She was followed in by Niann Ryan (20th), Michelle Delana (23rd), Julie Radler (27th) and Talia Morris (29th). The team will compete in Saturday’s sectional at Fenton (10 a.m.). Caroline Watts, a junior, advanced to this Saturday’s Class 1A Lisle sectional with a third-place performance in the Luther North regional on Oct. 20. Her time was 19:51. NSCD GIRLS North Shore Country Day senior Hanna Cunningham kept her season alive by placing 11th (22:23) in the Class 1A Luther North regional. She will be the school’s lone competitor in the Lisle sectional on Saturday (10 a.m.). ■

Billy Bund of the Scouts cruises to a first-place showing in the Libertyville regional.

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illy Bund is not a mystery. His coach, Nathan Sweet, has him figured out. “He’s relentless and focused,” said the Lake Forest High School boys cross country coach. “And you can tell that he’s having fun out there. “He reminds me of myself.” But there is a mystique with Bund. The Lake Forest senior was wearing sunglasses — his trademark — at the Class 3A Libertyville regional on Oct. 20. “I always wear them, except when it rains,” he said. “They’re cool, I guess.” The kid with the shades shined brightly in this meet. Bund claimed the title by finishing the three-mile layout at Adler Park in a blistering time: 15:20. “The way he ran away from the other guys today says a lot,” said Sweet, who finished 23rd at the IHSA state meet in 1987. “He ran a different strategy today. Usually, he’ll let others do the work. But today, he basically led from start to finish. He made a statement.” By taking seventh place, the Scouts did just enough to qualify to this Saturday’s sectional at Busse Woods in Schaumburg (11:30 a.m.). The other scorers were Liam Gayter (28th, 16:46), Sean Jones (32nd, 16:51), Mark Myers (35th, 16:53) and Matthew Mekaelian (55th, 17:42). HIGHLAND PARK BOYS Jonah Hanig was one of the top runners at the Libertyville Regional. But the Highland Park senior wasn’t willing to do handstands after the race. “Third place? I’m not fine with it,” said Hanig, who was clocked in 15:35. “I didn’t have a bad race. But I am disappointed with it.” “That’s who Jonah is,” said HP head coach Kevin Caines. Hanig wanted better. “(Lake Forest’s Billy Bund) made a move with a little over a mile left, and I couldn’t match it,” said Hanig. “It happened a little unexpectedly. I was in the back of the first pack. And before I knew it, he’d taken off.” Hanig, though, was impressed with the work turned by HP’s No. 2 and No. 3 runners.

“I’m happy for those guys,” said Hanig. Junior Angel Estrada came in fourth (15:51), while senior Emmett Smith was fifth (15:52). “Those two have been racing like this all season long,” said Caines. The Giants, who also received solid showings from Lucas Nudelman (18th), Ben Casey (41st), James Rector (45th) and Brady McDougall (48th), placed second behind Buffalo Grove 53-71. The team will compete in the Schaumburg sectional on Saturday. Hanig will lead the charge. “Hanig clearly is racing at the elite level,” Caines said. “He hasn’t put together a perfect race … yet.” NEW TRIER BOYS Nothing’s changed. Yet. Two weeks ago at the CSL South championships, New Trier settled for runner-up honors to Maine South 24-36. A week later, the two teams battled again and came up with the same result. In the Class 3A regional at Harms Woods on Oct. 20, the Trevians scored 52 points to earn runner-up honors behind Maine South (31). Maine South’s Jon Vaccaro finished seven seconds (15:21) ahead of NT’s Ethan Kaplan. The two runners also finished 1-2 in the league meet on Oct. 13. New Trier’s other competitors were Chase Silverman (7th, 15:40), Austin Santacruz (13th, 15:55), Ben Rosenkranz (14th, 15:58), Bryan Kelly (16th, 16:01), Jake Greenberg (18th, 16:03) and Om Kanwar (34th, 16:23). LOYOLA BOYS Matt Randolph and Spencer Kelly paced the home team at Loyola sectional on Oct. 20. Randolph ran the three-mile course at Harms Woods in 16:01 for 17th place. Kelly placed 19th in 16:04. The Ramblers, who took fourth place (114 points) behind Maine South, New Trier and Niles North (65), were helped out by Chris Kelly (24th, 16:09), Teddy Brombach (26th, 16:11), Jack Carroll (28th, 16:15), Jaquan Grier (29th, 16:15) and Matt Scherer (36th, 16:27). ■

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footnotes NSCD The Raiders, under the direction of head coach Kyle Jones, advanced all the way to the Class 1A sectional final. After downing Noble Charter 2-1 in the sectional semifinal on Oct. 17, North Shore Country Day was eliminated from the postseason two days later by Francis Parker 3-0. It was the school’s first ever sectional final appearance. The Raiders finished the season with 11 victories — which ties a school record. In the win over Noble Charter, NSCD had goals from freshman Ben Potter and senior Jamie Swimmer. HIGHLAND PARK

New Trier senior Kevin Miner centers a ball during a game earlier action this fall. The team fell to Lane in the regional final on Oct. 19.

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nd just like that, it ended for Kevin Bode and 12 other New Trier High School seniors. A 1-0 overtime loss to Lane Tech in the Class 3A New Trier regional final dropped the curtain on an era at the high school, and ended the high school career of 13 seniors, and one well-liked coach. “Being on the team for three years, being in the ‘shed’ (the locker room under the stands at New Trier West) for the last time, it just started to hit me,” Bode said. Bode won’t be going into the shed anymore as a member of the Trevians. Neither will coach Craig Fairbairn. Fairbairn is retiring after 36 years as a soccer coach, the last 21 as head coach. “I didn’t put it together until we were in there,” Bode said. “He has to have a lot strength to be in there and not cry.”

FC UNITED They are rising in the rankings. The FC United U15 Select girls soccer team has climbed to the No. 6 spot in the gotsoccer.com national rankings. The squad, which is rated No. 1 in the state and No. 2 in the region, recently took first place in the prestigious 37th Annual WAGS (Washington Area Girls Soccer) Tournament. This squad, which is coached by FC United director Roy Wiggemansen, went 5-0 in

The tears came only after the draining loss to Lane Tech, a team which used its quickness to its advantage. The Trevians (12-6-1) were able to fend off a number of late Lane scoring chances, most notably from defensemen Adam Tierney and Kevin Sokal. Goalie Andrew Gjertsen had a save with 35 seconds left in regulation and midfielder Alex Kikos got in the middle of another Lane Tech play with nine seconds left to force overtime. When Lane Tech’s Sergio Fuentes scored with 1:29 left in the first of two overtime periods, it had a crushing effect on New Trier. “If you can get that first goal, then time is on your side,” Fairbairn said. “When you don’t, the game’s not over, but it can be tough to overcome.” The Trevians had kept their season alive a couple days earlier with a penalty-kick victory over Mather, but the second overtime game was not to be.

“I was honored to be a captain,” NT senior Matt Hayes said. “This is the closest team I’ve ever been on. We all came together this year.” Hayes is hoping to play soccer in college. Right now, his top choice is Washington and Lee, but he is also looking at other schools in Virginia as well as Marquette. Bode is considering a few colleges that have top-flight Division I programs, so if he plays soccer in college it would be as a walk-on. Fairbairn leaves behind a legacy of success. New Trier had long been a soccer power, but under Fairbairn’s leadership, the Trevians added two state titles and six trips to the state finals. “I was given an opportunity at a young age to teach at this school,” Fairbairn said. “I was here and they took a liking to me. Three of the four coaches played here, and that’s a testament to what the school brings.” ■

rising stars the tournament, downing Super Nova of Pennsylvania 1-0 in the final. The team features Danielle Kaufman, Lauren Chrisman, Olivia Peters, Alexandra Yasko, Natalie Joyce, Paige Bourne, Jennifer Fishman, Sheridan Bufe, Devin Burns, Hannah Von Kreuter, Molly Purcell, Isabella Ebihara, Kelly Maday, Celia Frei, Allison Banta, Adrian Walker, Hannah Petry, Cameron Beach and Lila Adler. FC United U13 Select girls also had a stellar showing at WAGS, which draws 366

teams from 16 states. Coached by Craig Snower, FC United claimed runner-up honors. The U13s are ranked second in Illinois and eighth in the nation. Meanwhile, a number of other FC United girls teams have earned high rankings by gotsoccer.com: U14 (fifth in state), U16 (fifth in state), U17 (second in state, eighth in region) and U18 (fourth in state, fifth in region). The U18 boys squad is ranked eighth in Illinois.

CHICAGO MAGIC This travel program has three boys teams ranked No. 1 in the state, including two U16s and one U14. The U16 PSG (merger) squad is also No. 1 in region two and No. 7 in the nation. The other U16 team is No. 2 in the region, while the U14 is No. 3 in the region. The other heralded Magic teams include the U15 boys (second in state, second in region), U13 boys (third in state, 10th in region) and U18 boys (fourth in state). ■

Loyola Academy’s Richard Poulton (No. 5) heads the ball against Maine South’s Mike Solberg during the Class 3A regional title game.

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oyola Academy’s Jacob Sexton spent the evening chasing Maine South soccer stars Chris Pattullo, Ryan Pattulo and Alex Koziol. In two weeks, he’ll be in the swimming pool, preparing for his senior season as Ramblers’ diving captain. It doesn’t leave a lot of recovery time for the three-sport star — Sexton also plays tennis for Loyola — but Sexton prefers to be active. Sexton was one of the more active players in the Ramblers’ 4-0 loss to the Hawks in the Class 3A Maine South regional championship on Oct. 19. A midfielder, he won a number of 50-50 situations, and stood his ground against a bigger, physical Maine South squad. “We’re just as physical,” Sexton insisted, acknowledging Maine South’s size. Sexton and teammates like Richard Poulton, Charles Floyd and Kevin Francis kept Maine South in check for most of this regional championship match. The first few minutes were problematic. First, a Maine South goal following a defensive lapse 30 seconds after kickoff. Then less than 10 minutes later another goal, this one drilled to the upper corner of the net. A third Maine South goal at the 26:00 mark of the first half put Loyola in a hole.

“We were just shocked,” Sexton said. “But we looked at the clock and there was plenty of time left.” Once Loyola righted the ship, the game was marked by physical play in the midfield. “We gave up some silly goals,” Loyola coach Rob Etheridge said. “That’s the story of the game.” Nothing silly about the Ramblers’ season in which they finished 15-7, highlighted by a 3-2 overtime win over Glenbrook South in the Regional opener. “We exceeded all expectations this season,” Etheridge said. It made the end of the season that much harder to take. Maine South is the second-seeded team in the sectional, but the ninth-seeded Ramblers felt they could play with them. Etheridge didn’t think the GBS game tired the Ramblers out at all. “The kids were looking forward to this game, and they were strong,” he said. The Ramblers had a few scoring chances, including a couple late in the first half, but they were shut down by an aggressive Maine South defense. And just like that, the season ended. “Coach just said thanks. He said that we had a good run,” Sexton said. “It was the best season we had in awhile.” ■

Frankie Rios eventually put the Highland Park soccer team on the board. But his second-half goal was too little too late in the Class 3A Elk Grove regional final, which was held at Stevenson on Oct. 20. Libertyville defeated the Giants 4-1 to advance to the next round. The Giants finished the season with a 13-5-4 record, which was more than respectable considering they started six sophomores and played a challenging schedule. “We didn’t have one easy game all year,” said Highland Park coach Blake Novotny. Libertyville (16-2-1), which is considered one of the perennial powers of the North Suburban Conference, scored off a corner kick to break a scoreless tie late (35th minute) in the first half. HP had most of the early chances in this one. The Giants outshot Libertyville 9-2 in the first half. They also had their chances in the second half. “We were possessing the ball but just couldn’t score. Frustrating,” said Novotny. Thus, the game was lot closer than the score indicated. The same goes for HP’s 3-0 regional semifinal win over Carmel Catholic on Oct. 16. “It was a lot tighter than 3-0,” the HP coach said. Nikita Katsman scored twice against Carmel and finished the season with 20 goals. Christian Porras also had a goal, while Carlos Pineda was credited with a shutout. LAKE FOREST The Scouts finished the 2012 campaign with a 6-11-2 record. They fell 4-0 to Conant in the Class 3A regional opener on Oct. 16.

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LAKE FOREST Class 6A; First Round Friday: No. 10 Lake Forest (6-3) at No. 7 Rolling Meadows (7-2), 7 p.m. What’s in play? The Scouts have yet to hit their stride. They sustained tough losses to Stevenson and Warren this fall. But LF has a couple of meaningful victories over Lakes and Libertyville. Lakes (8-1) is a No. 2 seed. And if both teams win on Friday, they will meet in the second round. Rolling Meadows definitely can put up points. The Mustangs have scored 40 points or more in four of their seven wins. TNSW prediction: Lake Forest 21, Rolling Meadows 14 LOYOLA Class 8A; First Round Saturday: No. 15 Evanston (5-4) at No. 2 Loyola (8-1), 1:30 p.m. What’s in play? The Ramblers figure to be heavy favorites against Evanston. The John Holecek-coached team is riding a seven-game win streak. Loyola is averaging 195.1 yards and 36.1 points per game. On the defensive end, John Rushin and Darby Goodwin have a combined 15 quarterback sacks. TNSW prediction: Loyola 35, Evanston 7

Lake Forest receiver Jack Troller keeps his focus while making a catch against Mundelein. He had four catches in the contest.

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eter Durot, one of the “take-charge guys” on this Lake Forest High School football team, was not about to take things easy against winless Mundelein. “We didn’t take them lightly,” said the 5-foot11, 220-pound junior center. Instead, the visiting Scouts took the upper hand early and coasted to a decisive 42-7 victory on Oct. 19, finishing the regular season with a 6-3 record. The team will travel to Rolling Meadows on Friday (7 p.m.) in the opening round of the Class 6A state playoffs. “Our goal was to get back on track,” said LF coach Chuck Spagnoli, referencing his team’s disappointing 21-18 loss to Warren in Week Eight. “The kids came in and played. They understand where they are at.” The Scouts head coach loves the effort he’s getting from Durot. “A hard-nosed kid,” said Spagnoli. “He’s a two-year starter. We were expecting him to play like a senior.” Durot is the anchor on an offensive line which also includes two seniors in Chase Clemens (left tackle) and Jack Ellis (right guard) and two juniors in Spencer Bleecker (left guard) and Daniel Sullivan (right tackle). Starting as a sophomore last year helped Du-

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rot immensely. “It gave me a better understanding of the game,” he said. “It helped me prepare for this season.” He plays the game the right away, according to Spagnoli. “He brings competitiveness,” the coach said. “He’s a natural, take-charge guy. “And what I like is that he doesn’t take a break out there, and he doesn’t let his teammates take one either. “He’s dedicated himself. He’s trying to get better and better.” Durot has found a home at center — similar to finding a home in Lake Forest. He and his family have lived in St. Louis (he’s a Cardinals fan), Detriot (he’s not a Tigers fan) and London. Durot believes this Scouts’ team has a chance of going places — in the postseason. “The three losses (which includes a forfeit due to the school’s teachers’ strike) doesn’t describe us,” he said. Durot is in the center, if you will, of a pretty high-powered offense. In the win over Mundelein, the Scouts needed only four plays to score the game’s first touchown — a seven-yard run by Hub Cirame. On their second series, Cirame broke free on a 36-yard TD run .

“It comes down to execution,” said Durot, who is snapping the ball to a super productive quarterback in Andrew Clifford. The senior QB has thrown for 1,748 yards in eight games with 11 TD passes and only four interceptions. Against Mundelein, Clifford connected with eight different receivers and completed 16 of 22 passes for 165 yards. His lone TD loss went to junior Jack Preschlack for 16 yards. “He’s good inside the pocket,” said Durot. “He makes good decisions.” Notable: Cirame scored three times and finished the game with 11 carries for 90 yards. He now has 12 TDs on the season. Cirame also caught three passes for 40 yards, including a game-opening 26 yarder. Scott Powell came up with 66 rushing yards. He had TD runs of seven and eight yards. The leading receiver was Jack Troller (four catches, 45 yards). Liam Howell added three receptions for 31 yards. On the defensive side, Benjamin Audley came off the bench to make a team-high five tackles. Matthew Harmon, Thomas Kutschke and Jack Traynor had four tackles each. Harmon and Trent Williams recorded tackles for loss, while Traynor had a quarterback sack. ■

NEW TRIER Class 8A; First Round Saturday: No. 9 New Trier (6-3) at No. 8 Conant (6-3), 3 p.m. What’s in play? The Trevians enter this state playoff game with a fourgame win streak. Conant has lost two of its last three games. NT’s offense is being led by quarterback Nick Hendricks, running back Jordan Garrett and receivers Devin Boehm, Skylar Norris and Spencer Cotton. The defense features Conor Kolstad, Michael Henderson, Anthony Sernus and J. Harry McCaffrey TNSW prediction: New Trier 14, Conant 10 NSCD Class 2A; First Round Saturday: No. 5 North Shore Country Day (7-2) at No. 4 Amboy (7-2), 5 p.m. What’s in play? Here’s a true tossup. NSCD dropped a tough 28-27 game to Mooseheart on Friday, which cost the Raiders some seeding spots. Amboy has dropped two of its last three games, including a 13-6 decision to undefeated Newman Central Catholic. TNSW prediction: Amboy 15, NSCD 14

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NEW TRIER This is a team with plenty of weapons. Jordan Garrett delivered in a big way, when the junior running back went over the century mark for the first time this season. His 162 yards on 30 carries was just one of several highlights in New Trier’s 3530 win over host Waukegan on Oct. 19. The Trevians, who will travel to Conant in the opening round of the Class 8A state playoffs on Oct. 27 (3 p.m.), also received a big game from quarterback Nick Hendricks (11-19-1, 123 yards) and wide receiver Skyler Norris (5-91). The duo teamed up on four touchdowns. Hendricks now has nine TD passes on the season. Devin Boehm also scored (30-yard run) in the CSL South finale, while Spencer Cotten caught three passes for 20 yards. Defensively, the team was led by Conor Kolstad with nine tackles, including eight solos. He also blocked a punt. Michael Henderson finished with seven tackles (5 solo) and also intercepted a pass. LOYOLA The Ramblers (8-1), who will host Evanston in the opening round of the Class 8A state playoffs on Oct. 27 (1:30 p.m.), extended their win streak to seven games on Oct. 19 with a 28-7 win over St. Rita. Loyola quarterback Peter Pujals and Luke Ford owned the second quarter. The two seniors hooked up on a pair touchdown passes (12 and 19 yards).

Pujals also stood out in the second half. He had a 35-yard TD run with 9:07 left in the third quarter. He then capped off the scoring with a two-yard run with 3:10 left in regulation. Pujals wound up with 179 yards passing and 98 yards rushing. The leading receivers were Joe Joyce (5-47) and Richard Wehman (5-40). Ryan Seymour and Daniel Rafferty led the defense with 10 tackles apiece. Both players also came up with interceptions. Darby Goodwin and John Kecki recorded quarterback sacks. HIGHLAND PARK The Giants closed out their season with a 24-17 setback to host Deerfield on Oct. 19. The team ended up 3-6 overall and 2-3 in the CSL North (3rd place). Tommy Sutker was a bright spot in the season finale. The junior quarterback completed 13 of 28 passes for 169 yards with one touchdown. He also added 122 yards on the ground. “Tommy played well,” said Highland Park coach Hal Chiodo. Andrew Sledd had a TD run and TD reception. Two key players sat out with injuries: Jason Goldsmith and Rob Heroux. The defense was led by Jared Korn (11 solo tackles), Grant Paley (seven solo tackles), Brian Cherny (seven solo tackles), Michael Delk (six tackles) and Jacob Wiczer (five solo tackles). ■

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deally we’d love to splurge, leave the kids home in Lake Forest with my parents and get a hotel room at The Peninsula in Chicago. It’s in the center of everything. You can’t go wrong with the Peninsula. On Friday night after checking in we’d go to Coast Sushi Bar in Bucktown. We’d get the volcano rolls. It’s a BYOB place — we can bring a bottle of wine and hang out and relax. That would be it for the night – we’re tired on Fridays.

“On Saturday, we’d have brunch at The Peninsula. They have great omelets and mimosas.” On Saturday, we’d have brunch at The Peninsula. They have great omelets and mimosas. Then we’d spend a little time on Michigan Avenue and on Oak Street shopping. The Peninsula has a great spa for massages and an indoor pool. We’d stop into Sweet Mandy B’s for some sweet treats, especially red-velvet cupcakes. In the summer, we might go to a Cubs’ game. That’s always fun. We’re both big fans. And we love the architectural boat tours. We love learning about the city and being on the river

Jen Schefft and Joe Waterman enjoy a moment before the birth of their daughter Mae, who joined older sibling Charlotte.

Saturday night, one of our favorite spots is Joe’s Seafood, Prime Steak and Stone Crab. My husband would have the fried chicken, and I’d have a steak. We’d split a piece of key lime pie for dessert. We’d maybe head over to Studio Paris. It’s a great place to go dancing. Before we’d head back to Lake Forest on Sunday, we’d go to Yolk on Wells Street. My husband would get the eggs benedict, and I love their pancakes and bacon. We’d stop and see some friends in the city. We lived there for 12 years. It’s nice to go back. To have a weekend away is such a treat. ■ ~ Jen Schefft and Joe Waterman, as told to David Sweet

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