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p. 46 NEWS 9 Show me the money
In North Shore cities and villages, pay for elected officials is rare – except in one suburb.
10 Behind the wheel
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Glencoe and Kenilworth residents will vote, respectively, on a $8.6 million infrastructure referendum and a home rule referendum on Tuesday.
LIFESTYLE & ARTS
15 Skinny trend
The lo-cal drink craze is taking over at North Shore bars and restaurants.
16 Social whirl
Take a look at some of the top parties attended by North Shore residents recently.
18 Sunday Breakfast
We sit down at with Carole Dibo, founder of The Actors Training Center in Wilmette, to talk about the arts.
OPINION 32 Facing off
Two columnists on either side of the political spectrum offer their opinions.
BUSINESS 33 Where there’s smoke …
As an election nears, we take a look at cigars on the North Shore, which conjure images of smoke-filled rooms and political victories.
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Some elected officials eliminate pay in tough times–but not all “At the end of the day, it goes to defray the costs of holding this office,” says Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering of her $13,500 annual salary.
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eeks before a national election focused on fiscal responsibility, Northfield Township trustees acted to control their budget in a personal way. Trustees recently voted to eliminate the $3,240 annual salaries of the four trustees and freeze for four years the salaries of other elected officials. The change will affect those who are elected in April 2013, as state law prohibits changes to the compensation of sitting township officials. “Everyone who voted agreed that this is a time to be extra careful with our spending. So many of our residents are hurting, we want our actions to reflect a recognition of that,” said Northfield Township Supervisor Jill Brickman. “Do the taxpayers want the money going to the elected officials, or would they rather it go into the services we’re responsible for? That’s an easy call.” Northfield Township is in line with the general consensus on pay for elected officials on the North Shore. The vast majority of councilmen, aldermen and trustees on the North Shore receive no pay for their work. True, Lake Forest Mayor James Cowhey, Jr. is an exception – but he takes home only $10 a year, which is $10 more than any of the unpaid aldermen there. Trustees in Glencoe, Winnetka and Wilmette donate their time as well. But there is one city that pays all of its elected officials. In Highland Park, Mayor Nancy Rotering collects $13,500 annually for the part-time post -- the biggest government salary on the North Shore outside of township or county elected officials, who are responsible for far bigger areas. The six members of the Highland Park City Council receive $9,500 per year. Those elected prior to April 2011 will get health and life insurance from the city for the duration of their service, plus
one year of retiree benefits for year each in office. Rotering said she raised the issue of council members’ salaries during her term as a councilman, but without majority support from her colleagues, the discussion failed to advance. “It’s not going to make or break our families,” Rotering said of the salaries. “At the end of the day, it goes to defray the costs of holding this office. There are plenty of services I provide on my part in order to provide service to the community.” Combined, the seven salaries for Highland Park elected officials add up to $70,500 a year – which is about 0.1 percent of the city’s $73 million budget, not even a rounding error. While eliminating salaries wouldn’t affect the budget, it might send a signal to voters that elected officials feel their pain in a stagnant economy. Former Highland Park Mayor Michael Belsky said if he were to vote today on the issue, he would jettison salaries for the mayor and for City Council members. “I wouldn’t have a problem eliminating them in these times,” said Belsky. “The minimum requirement is to meet twice a month and choose policy. I would have worked for nothing.” When he took office eight years ago, Christopher Canning received a small salary for his roles as Wilmette village president and liquor control commissioner, but the board voted to jettison the salaries five years ago and make them volunteer positions — as Wilmette trustees had been all along. “We were in budget sessions looking for ways to cut expenses without impacting the tax levels or services or the staff,” Canning said. “I think the salary was about $4,000, but it was an easy decision to put that money back into the kitty and impact some of the services we needed to maintain. “I think this job has changed a great deal over the years,
and I think it’s great that people do volunteer to hold these positions,” he said, laughing about the 2-3 letters per week that previous presidents told him to expect (he gets more than 8,000 emails annually). Lake Forest Alderman Kent Novit says he spends 10 hours on city business each week. He’s received no compensation for the office he’s held since 2008. “I think it’s to our advantage that we’re not paid,” Novit said. “When we make a decision, no one can suggest we’re there because we want to get the benefits or a check. We’re doing it because we want to be there. “In reality, I’m honored to be doing this. It’s not a question of salary. And if I could do it again, I would in a second.” Lake Forest aldermen are limited to two three-year terms. Rotering said she typically spends 30 hours per week on city business, ranging from committee meetings to social events. An average Tuesday has her at City Hall by 8:30 a.m., at school to pick up the youngest of her four sons at 3:15 p.m., and back to the Police Department for a board meeting at 7 p.m. “And in between the emails are coming in, residents are calling my house and City Hall,” she said. “Even for a quick trip to the grocery store I plan extra time because I want to hear what people have on their minds. It’s all part of the commitment to public service that I made many years ago.” She doesn’t raise an eyebrow when a resident calls her home at 10 p.m. to talk about his property tax bill - just as Novit responds to Sunday calls of a loose dog in his First Ward by getting on his bike and working with his neighbors to find a solution. “People have hobbies, they train for marathons. This is my running,” Novit said. ■ ~David Sweet contributed to this piece
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Taking it to the streets Private driver’s education companies have great appeal on North Shore
■ by Bill McLean
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avid Dever grew up in Midland, Mich., played football in high school and managed to fold his lineman’s frame into the school’s cars for driver’s education classes. Teens in the 1980s, like Dever, typically learned how to parallel park while a familiar instructor — a physical education teacher, a coach, maybe a health teacher — rode shotgun, right foot always ready to pump that special brake pedal in case a green driver suddenly forgot what a red light means. “I didn’t know of any other way to get your driver’s license then,” said Dever, now a Lake Forest resident. “Everybody took driver ed at school.” About half of Highland Park High School’s current student body will take driver’s ed either during the school year or summer, said HPHS physical education/traffic safety department chairman Andy Butler. “The other half,” he said, “go the private route.” Dever’s kids, Bo (Lake Forest High School ’12) and Morgan, chose that course of study. Bo plays football at Michigan, and Michigan-bound Morgan, a senior at LFHS, helped Lake Forest capture the state field hockey title on Oct. 27. The Dever sibs enrolled in Adams School of Driving, in part because of their timeconsuming commitments to sports. “They were able to take classes at night, and Adams instructors picked them up at home and dropped them off (for free) after lessons,” Dad Dever said. “It made sense, given how busy they were as athletes.” The North Shore is awash with private driver’s education companies — and they grab the attention of teens and their parents. Last year, Gov. Pat Quinn signed a bill allowing schools to charge $250 in fees for their driver’s education programs (though many had charged higher than the $50 limit thanks to waivers), which means private firms aren’t much more expensive than the public school training. Nationwide, the private business brings in more than $1 billion in revenue and is becoming more popular as school cutbacks sometimes hit driver’s education. Butler, no surprise, touts the driver ed instructors at high schools. They’re not just certified to teach The Rules of the Road and point out the keys to executing a three-point turn; they’re also certified Illinois educators. “I’m partial, yes,” Butler said. “I feel we do a nice job, and I like knowing our student
Nick Andrews, 15, a sophomore at Highland Park High School, takes part in the school’s driver’s education program. About half of eligible HPHS students use the school program -- and the other half choose private driver’s ed.
photography by j.Geil drivers are learning from trained educators who are always around the school.” Driver school companies like Adams, Viking, Top Driver and Michaels’ have their draws, Butler noted. Among them: the flexibility to take classes at night and on weekends; the guarantee that each student will be in line to get a driver’s license on his/her 16th birthday. (Teens at some high schools sometimes have to idle, out of cars, on driver-ed wait lists.) Keith Stypinski, a Morton Grove-based spokesman for Adams School of Driving, mentioned Adams has been guiding future drives in Illinois since 1946. He then shifted his attention to the present. “We inspect our cars weekly, and unlike some other companies out there, our instructors use only company cars for road lessons. “We also spot-check our instructors to make sure they’re doing a good job.” Passing a driver education class — public or private — is like passing an algebra class: It’s a graduation requirement in Illinois. Drivers-to-be must complete 30 hours of classes, six hours behind the wheel and six hours of observation before heading to the nearest DMV to take tests and smile for a headshot. A recently amended Illinois law states a student is eligible to take a driver ed course at school only if the student received a passing grade in at least eight courses during the previous two semesters.
Another requirement: The instruction permit phase requires teens to spend 50 hours of driving, including 10 at night, with a parent/ legal guardian or a responsible adult age 21 or older with a valid driver’s license. “That’s driver ed homework,” Butler said. Loyola Academy sophomore Sarah Hagadorn took private driving lessons from a Top Driver instructor. She completed the course in two months (mostly nights and weekends) and received her license about a month after her 16th birthday. “It was perfect,” said Sarah’s mother, Kath-
leen. “Two months versus what it usually takes (a semester) to finish such a class at a high school.” But the semester route was a perfect one for Lake Forest High School senior Maddie Lipp, a Northwestern-bound tennis player. She trained hard on hard courts at nights and often played tournaments on the weekends. “I liked taking my driver ed classes at the school,” said Lipp, half of the reigning state championship doubles team. “I was taught everything I needed to know, and the classes never interfered with my tennis.” ■
Andy Butler teaches driver’s education at Highland Park High School.
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North Shore voters to help decide two races for U.S. House 10th Congressional District
9th Congressional District
Bob Dold Republican
Brad Schneider Democrat
Jan Schakowsky Democrat
Tim Wolfe Republican
U.S. Congressman
Candidate for U.S. Congress
U.S. Congresswoman
Candidate for U.S. Congress
Residence: Kenilworth
Residence: Deerfield
Residence: Evanston
Residence: Arlington Heights
Age: 43
Age: 51
Age: 68
Age: 59
Background: In her seventh term in
Background: Runs his tax and ac-
Congress. Previously served in Illinois State Assembly. Positions: Backed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; committed to Israel; believes climate change is most serious threat to environment; would like to raise percentage of earnings subject to the Social Security FICA tax. Quote: “Erskine Bowles and former Senator Alan Simpson deserve some kind of medal for creating the widely held perception that their plan for reducing the deficit and debt is anything other than a bad proposal. Given any real scrutiny, this plan falls far short of being a serious, workable or reasonable proposal – from either an economic or political analysis.”
counting practice in Mt. Prospect. Positions: Believes almost every American should pay some income taxes; supports Israel’s right to defend itself; believes government should remove “stifling” environmental regulations; would like to eliminate Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Quote: “It’s very clear to me that our current Congress and President have no interest in taming the annual deficit and the accumulating debt by making the tough decisions that are necessary. If anyone thinks that we can continue to rack up debt year after year, then they need only to look at Greece and the catastrophe that is unfolding there.”
Background: Ran family pest-control
business in Northfield before being elected to Congress in 2010. Positions: Supports a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution; supports sanctions on the Central Bank of Iran; believes abortion should be safe, legal and rare; wants to keep Bush tax cuts. Quote: “I am running for office again because I see Washington making it harder and harder for small businesses like mine to keep our doors open and families employed. This is why my number one priority is jobs and the economy — my focus is on policies that will promote enduring economic growth.”
Background: Runs Deerfield-based
Cadence Consulting Group, a management consulting firm he founded. Won a four-way race in Democratic primary in March. Positions: Believes more money must be dedicated to country’s infrastructure; would back legislation that supports Israel; believes abortion should be safe and legal; wants to end Bush tax cuts for incomes over $250,000. Quote: “I believe that good government, including strong leadership and bold action from our Congress, can make a positive difference in our everyday lives. That, as much as anything, is why I am dedicating myself to working with our community to improve the lives of those struggling.”
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capital improvements referendum to issue $8.6 million in infrastructure bonds to upgrade streets, sewers and sidewalks in Glencoe will be decided by voters on Tuesday, Nov. 6. If passed, the improvements will take two years to complete. They would begin in the spring of 2013. Said Public Works Director David Mau, “These are regular, necessary improvements — nothing flashy — and the village has historically supported them.” According to Mau, Glencoe’s infrastructure problems were studied and recommended to the Village Board, which now turns to the community to seek authorization of the bond, since Glencoe is a non-home rule community. The lion’s share of the improvements is storm sewer upgrades, which will cost $5.5 million. Flooding on private properties was a major problem after the record rainfall in July 2011, when the village received six inches of rain in three hours. A little more than $2 million of the bond issue is allocated for street repairs. Streets that will be worked on will be those paved between 1987 and 1997, according to Mau.
About $830,000 in sanitary sewer maintenance upgrades is also planned if the referendum passes, along with $205,000 for sidewalk improvements. An increase of $33 per $10,000 in property taxes over the next six years, according to the Finance Department of Glencoe, is the cost of the bond for residents. Over the projected course of the debt — which is 15 years — the annual average cost is $109 per $10,000 of total taxes. “When you think about it in terms of your own personal budget, [the cost] to me seems like a very modest amount,” says David Clark, manager of the Finance Department of Glencoe. Clark explains how the debt service will be lower than what residents have seen in 2009 and 2010. This infrastructure plan is replacing some of the debt that had recently been retired. “The cost of the project is structured to minimize any noticeable financial impact to the residents, and it’s for improvements that will be benefitting the community overall,” says Clark. For additional information, visit the Village of Glencoe website at www.villageofglencoe.com ■
BIG ISSUE FOR SMALL VILLAGE
Kenilworth, one of two North Shore towns without home rule, to vote on referendum ■ by
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iding down Kenilworth’s barely lit residential streets is like taking a trip back in time. Though some see the roads as a great setting for a 1920s movie, others — such as some village trustees — view the look as “antiquated” and in need of work. This year the village drafted the Kenilworth 2023 Infrastructure Program, which forecasts $25 million in improvements over the next decade. In the eyes of Kenilworth’s Board of Trustees, the best solution fiscally is to adopt the home rule referendum on Tuesday, Nov. 6, saying that it will open doors to new revenue sources and allow the Village to secure infrastructure contracts at lower rates. “It will basically give us the flexibility to administer and manage infrastructure efficiently, both in cost and time,” said trustee James Hughes. So what exactly is home rule? Home rule shifts decision-making power from the state level to local level. About 80% of citizens in Illinois live under home rule, and Kenilworth is just one of two remaining North Shore municipalities (Glencoe is the other) not under home rule. If unsatisfied with the results, Kenilworth’s 2,500 residents can vote
to remove home rule. Opponents of home rule are concerned with giving the board too much power and control. For example, with home rule, there is no cap on raising taxes. Residents weighed in at the Oct. 24 town meeting. “Accepting home rule ultimately means you’re turning over the financial situation to the village board,” said resident Randy Nelson. Others believe that the state cannot adequately tend to the needs of a small town like Kenilworth. “We have to go to Springfield and beg,” said another resident. “I know I don’t want that.” Another concern is the issue of property tax increases, which was addressed by the village president, Fred Steingraber. “Home rule does not make taxes go up; infrastructure like street repairs does,” said Steingraber. “Adopting home rule lowers the impact of those property taxes.” In order to fund the infrastructure program, property taxes will go up no matter what rule the town is under. However, there are ways to alleviate the burden on the residents, be it negotiating better interest rates or finding new sources of revenue. For more information on home rule, visit www.villageofkenilworth.org. ■
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■ Glencoe has started offering a free holiday light recycling program. Residents can drop-off old string lighting at 320 Hazel Avenue until March 15 between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Village cannot accept live garland and wreaths for recycling due to the significant wiring used in their assembly. Please contact the Public Works Department at 847-835-4111 with any questions.
■ On Nov. 7, the Highland Park Police Department will conduct a traffic safety initiative in the Central Business District from 2:30 p.m. through 5:30 p.m. each day. Some of the violations of concern that are being targeted are: • Illegal u-turns or turning left across traffic to enter a parking space • Stop sign violations • Use of wireless telephones and electronic devices while driving • Bicyclist traffic safety laws such as stop sign or traffic signal violations and riding more than two abreast For more information, please contact the Police Department at (847) 432-7730.
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■ Cathy Curran of Highland Park, executive director of PADS Lake County for a decade, died after she felt ill at the headquarters in North Chicago. A funeral for the 61-year-old was held Monday. Curran had three sons. PADS is a group that helps the homeless. Lake Forest
■ A book written by Lake Forest’s Julie Morse with her son, Greg Mikrut, won a national Moonbeam Children’s Book Award. When Billy Went Bald draws from Greg’s own childhood cancer experiences. North Shore
■ Though Hurricane Sandy’s impact was mainly cast along the East Coast, the North Shore was also affected. Large waves lashed the shorelines and strong winds were also prevalent on Monday night and into Tuesday. The National Weather Service announced a gale watch for the area on Monday.
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■ The Wilmette Historical Museum will present the “Historic Preservation Awards” on Sunday, Nov. 4 from 2 p.m.-3 p.m. at 609 Ridge Road. Following the awards program, Kathy Hussey-Arntson, museum director, and Patrick Leary, museum curator, will present highlights from their recently published book, “Wilmette,” published by Arcadia Press. Books will be available for purchase. Call (847) 853-7666 for more information. Winnetka ■ To assist residents in purchasing annual vehicle stickers, Village Hall will be open from 8:30 am to noon on Saturday, Nov. 3 along with the first Saturday in December and January. Vehicle license stickers for the current year must be displayed by Jan. 1. For more information, please call 847-501-6000, or email financeinfo@winnetka.org.
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SERVICE WITH A SMILE Emily Bartusiak of Woodlands Academy is focused on helping others ■ by
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ome women credit the Girl Scouts for acquiring good morals; others says the group provides the first steps in a sales career. For Emily Bartusiak, she takes advantage of all the opportunities it offers. Bartusiak, a senior at Woodlands Academy in Lake Forest, was appointed Girl Representative to the Board of Directors for Girl Scouts of Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana in 2011. Her position represented 87,000 girls. “I was sitting next to these powerful and influential women and men who make decisions that impact my life every day,” she said. Long before reaching that level, Bartusiak thrived in the main focus of Girl Scouts: community service. She did several service trips, but a pivotal moment was when she donned a red foam nose and joined the Clown Academy. Volunteers of the program learn various clowning tricks to perform at nursing homes and day-care centers. “Clown Academy taught me that service can be anything I want it to be, whether it’s providing basic needs and sustenance to the poor, or laughter and joy to those who need it,” she says. When asked about her favorite achievement, Bartusiak notes attaining the highest award in Girl Scouts — the Gold Award — for a community project in March. In an effort to introduce music to underprivileged children, Emily brought the Woodlands orchestra to perform at two local K-8 schools that do not offer music programs. After a standing ovation, the kids were able to connect with the members and even play with the instruments. “Music has been such a major part of my life, so sometimes I take it for granted that not everyone has had the same opportunity as I had,” she says. Bartusiak is a talented solo violinist at not only her school, but also Midwest Young Artists in Highwood, where she moved to the top level, symphony orchestra, this year. At the music school, she attends a chamber group session and music theory. Her latest musical achievement was scoring a spot in the Illinois Music Educators Association district orchestra this year. The orchestra’s performance takes place on Nov. 10, coinciding with another important event for Emily, the First Tech Challenge. Last year, Woodlands began a robotics club, where Bartusiak helped build and program a robot. At the FTC robotics tournament, their robot won the highest level of distinction, the Inspire Award, as well as the Motivate Award at the state level. This year,
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she is the Programming Captain of her team, so the competition is of priority. Ideally, she will be able to attend both the competition and IMEA performance. “My interests are very spread out, but at the same time I don’t want to let any of them go,” she said. Thanks to her participation in Girls Adventure in Mathematics, Engineering and Science Camp (GAMES), Bartusiak knows she wants to be an electrical engineer. She has already applied early to several top engineering programs across the U.S. “GAMES Camp showed me that engineering is not just about using math and science, but it’s about using your education to build new inventions and manifest ideas in order to benefit the world and make peoples’ lives easier,” said Bartusiak. “Engineering gives me an outlet in which I can use that love for both [math and science] as well as my love for serving others.” After taking a statistics course at Woodlands, she intends to study statistics and become an actuary. Wanting to continue music, she may play for a campus orchestra or minor in music performance. At some point of her studies, Bartusiak hopes to join Engineers without Borders. As if that were not enough, she aspires to be CEO of a nonprofit organization on an equal caliber with Girl Scouts. “With four years of all-girls education, the ‘pro-woman’ has really been instilled in me,” she says. ■
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Drinking up (while keeping weight down) Low-calorie – aka skinny -- cocktails boast big following on North Shore ■ by
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hile the idea of a celebratory (or consoling) tipple is hardly new, alcoholic libations have long been tied to weight gain. This could be due to the unfortunate truth that an alcoholic beverage’s calorie count is tied to its pure alcohol content. The Center for Disease Control defines a standard drink as 12-ounces of beer, eight ounces of malt liquor, five ounces of wine or one and a half ounces of distilled spirits. Factor in that hard liquor alone contains an average of 96 calories, and it’s easy to see how a series of toasts can quickly turn into a muffin top. Aside from replacing regular mixers with diet and club sodas, bartenders offer suggestions for indulging in a buzz without consuming a surfeit of calories: skinny cocktails. “We do sell quite a bit of them —people see the word skinny and they go for it,” said Larry Kedzie, bartender at Abigail’s American Bistro in Ravinia, of the low-calorie cocktails listed on the restaurant’s menu. “My demographic is women aged 30-55, but I do get guys drinking them.” The most popular of brand of skinny drinks are created by Bethanny Frankel, author of the “SkinnyGirl” series of diet and lifestyle guides and the creator of the “SkinnyGirl” line of cocktail mixers and infused spirits. Frankel’s cocktail company, launched in 2009, has been so successful as to spawn a host of spin-off low-calorie concoctions and
options, and was purchased by Deerfieldbased Fortune Brands, Inc., in 2011. Numerous restaurants, even if they do not offer Frankel’s specific brand, offer an alternative. Vibe at 1935, a Highland Park cocktail lounge, offers a skinny-style margarita made with fresh lime, agave honey, tequila and club soda, bartender Lisa Norica told The North Shore Weekend via Twitter. The most popular approach towards the low-calorie trend in cocktails includes the Cosmopolitan (made with vodka and cranberry and lime juices) and the classic, unblended margarita. Other additions, according to recipes listed in publications from Martha Stewart Living to Shape and Women’s Health, include watermelon or frozen pineapple, resulting in a drink with less than 200 calories and often one under 150 calories. “I’ll probably do some kind of pomegranate martini [next]; it’s still a work in progress,” Kedzie said. Because the United States Food and Drug Administration’s labeling provisions do not require most alcoholic beverages to display nutrition information, it can be difficult to determine their caloric content. This may change after the “FDA’s next uniform compliance date for other food labeling changes,” said the FDA’s website, but weight-conscious consumers will, in the meantime, have to make do with calculating nutrition information based on alcohol percentages and making low-calorie or reduced sugar swaps. ■ There’s nothing quite like a skinny margarita after a long day.
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Women’s Board of Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital’s Annual Benefit “Fly Me to the Moon” was held in October; approximately 500 guests celebrated with a record-setting silent auction, wine game and special paddle raiser in support of the Survivorship and Wellness program at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital. This program will integrate a patient’s diagnosis and full treatment journey for patients with all types of cancer. ■ NINA & PETER WITMER
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Home sweet home: Jaffes host diabetes event photography by rachelle thompson
On Sept. 20, the University of Chicago Kovler Diabetes Center Leadership Board and Executive Team joined Laurie & Michael Jaffe at their Glencoe home to introduce “Celebrating Miracles and Milestones,” 2013 Monogenic Diabetes Forum. Guests enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres along with a brief presentation by Dr. Lou Philipson, Sharon O’Keefe, Michael Eizenga and the Jaffe Family. ■
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Bearwalds, in contrast, might spend 15 minutes talking shop at home before Liz declares the house a No Work Zone. Each arrangement, though, seem to be working for each family. Larry said he loves working with Vicky because he gets to see her all the time. “It’s like being on vacation,” he said. Liz gushed similarly about Mike. “I love waking up and going to work with him. I get to be with my best friend all day long,” she explained. “We get up together and get ready together and drive over together. It’s about a three-minute commute, but if one of us is running behind and we have to take two cars in the morning — it’s kind of upsetting and throws us off.” Still, husband-and-wife co-workers on the
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Husbands and wives on North Shore must live together — but work together?
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hen I sit down to write these columns, I do so in a home office that I share with my husband. We don’t often work there at the same time, but our desks remain side-byside. His mess is my mess; my squeaky chair is his pain in the neck. On the rare evening that we are both working in there, it’s easy to remember that our relationship began as newsroom co-workers 12 years ago. We worked in different departments and reported to different editors, so our interactions were limited. But that made our occasional run-ins more exhilarating — even when he popped up from behind my cubicle wall like a gopher, hoping to pilfer some of the lunch I was undoubtedly eating at my desk. Our working relationship ended long before our engagement began, but I sometimes wonder how our marriage would be different if we had stayed at those jobs any longer. I admire so many of the local businesses run by husband-and-wife teams, but I wondered how they manage to survive that untraditional stress on their marriage. The Internet is full of advice for how spouses can work together successfully; after all, studies done a decade ago by the National Federation of Independent Businesses showed 1.2 million businesses nationwide are co-owned by spouses. But I thought it best to call in my own experts — all of whom do amazing things with sugar and butter. Mike and Liz Bearwald, of Highwood’s Bent Fork Bakery, have been married for 21 years and business partners for 13. Liz said that the secret to their success is the work they do to avoid taking each other for granted. “I make an effort to give Mike my attention — which is not always easy, because I feel like I’m always managing 10 other things. But I don’t ever want him to feel like he’s an employee and not my partner. “I go to him for every decision we have to make, like any time we get a charity request or have to make some other kind of business decision. We are in constant communication, and I make a point to stop and look at him and give him my attention.” That can’t possibly be easy, given the bakery’s cacophony of oven timers and customer demands and rolling deadlines to get special orders out the door on time. But Wilmette businessman Larry Blanas, of Lawrence Dean Bake Shop, knows exactly what Liz means. He and wife Vicky worked together to build their business before opening the shop 15 months ago. “It’s difficult, because we’re constantly rushing to get stuff out the door. I have to remember to step back every so often and
take a deep breath and thank her.” Larry and Vicky didn’t talk at all about how they would work together before they started doing it, and he said they have no boundaries when it comes to mixing work and personal conversation at home. The
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I admire so many of the local businesses run by husband-and-wife teams, but I wondered how they manage to survive that untraditional stress on their marriage. North Shore seem to be able to pull off the 24/7 lifestyle. I’m pretty sure we’ll enjoy our future work nights together – especially if I find some WD40 for that chair. ■ Love & Marriage columnist Joanna Brown, a North Shore native, can be reached at Joanna@northshoreweekend.com
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Carole Dibo launched the Actors Training Center in 2007 — a year after she and a group of investors bought the Wilmette Theatre.
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Wilmette is a haven for the arts, thanks in part to Carole Dibo
he director and founder of the Actors Training Center at the Wilmette Theatre, Carole Dibo understands the importance of employing an arsenal of art offerings in a community. “The benefits of having the arts, culture and history is tenfold,” says Dibo, referring to the way the 98-year-old Wilmette Theatre hosts movies such as “The Rocky Horror Picture Show,” live cabaret singers, plays like “Hair” and more. “Julia Louis-Dreyfus, whose husband’s movie was screened here for her Northwestern friends, said how lucky you are to have this.” She’s sitting at The Rock House, a favorite coffee spot just down the street from her workplace in Wilmette (for Sunday breakfast, nothing beats Caffe Buon Giorno in Winnetka). Though one often thinks of Chicago or other major cities when considering the arts, Dibo’s efforts have brought national attention to the North Shore suburb. In a sense, she was born to do what she’s doing. During school in Maryland, she was drawn to the arts and acting. “School was not easy for me,” she says. “A math class was frustrating and almost crippling. In junior high and high school, you could find me at the school plays.” After two miserable years at college, she stopped going at one point and said simply, “I’m going to be an actress.” Later on, she met her husband, David, at an acting class. His business brought them to Chicago in 1985. “I fell in love with Midwesterners as soon as I got out here,” she
said. “I fell in love with the industry out here compared to Washington.” Working in independent and industrial films, she began to find it hard to run downtown for auditions. She heard the Wilmette Theatre was going to be sold and turned into a furniture store. Joined by partners, she swooped in and bought it in 2006. The following year, she opened the Actors Training Center a step east of the marquee with seven students. Today, hundreds train there, from kindergartners to adults. Many go on to the Lyric Opera, Chicago Shakespeare Theater and beyond. Calls come in from New York casting folks and Los Angeles agents. At the Central Street non-profit, Dibo emphasizes the importance of the business side of acting, something she instills in all participants. “You can be the most talented actor in the world. But if you don’t have the business acumen, you’re not going to go forward,” she says, stressing the importance of punctuality
and preparation. “You have to treat an audition like a business interview.” At the same time, the center is a welcoming place. “When you come in through the doors, everyone’s equal. There’s not a cheerleader girl and a gawky girl,” Dibo says. Last year, the Wilmette Theatre and Actors Training Center were purchased by another group. Challenges are plenty — Dibo said films will be moving to digital in 18 months from 35-millimeter, and the change in technology will cost about $85,000. As the building on Central Street nears the century mark, it will need to raise capital for renovations. “It is incumbent to step up and have it for the next 100 years,” Dibo says. Whatever happens, her passion for acting and the arts is undiminished. “When I sit in the back and see a performance, I think how proud I am,” she says. “Going forward, it’s ridiculously exciting”. ■
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The Neighbors of Kenilworth gathered at the historic Kenilworth Club recently for a luncheon and fashion show featuring the hottest fall trends from The Lake Forest Shop. Nena Ivon served as the event’s emcee, and Bess Cook and Ann Potter served as program chairs for the event. More than 145 gathered for an afternoon of fall fashion and friendship. ■
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DANIELLE MCGUIRE, SUZETTE BERNSTEIN
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GINGER-CARDAMOM OEUFS À LA NEIGE
Inspired by a dessert served at Le Bistro Paul Bert, in Paris, we used Indian spices to restyle this elegant classic custard. It takes its French name (“eggs in the snow”) from the lightly poached dollops of meringue that top it.
Recipes and Food Styling by Melissa Roberts Photographs by Romulo Yanes
SERVES 4 (DESSERT) ACTIVE TIME: 25 MIN START TO FINISH: 40 MIN
Line bottom of a small 4-sided sheet pan with parchment paper. put yolks in a large bowl and whites in another. Add whole egg to yolks. ➣ Beat whites with a pinch of salt using an electric mixer until they hold soft peaks. Add ½ cup wrinkle reduction sugar in a slow stream, beating at medium-high speed until whites hold stiff, glossy peaks. sun damage reversal ➣ Meanwhile, bring milk to a bare simmer with ginger and cardamom in a wide 4-qt heavy pot skin texture rejuvenation over medium heat. ➣ Drop 4 large dollops of beaten whites into milk and poach at a bare simmer, turning once, 4 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to lined pan (reserve milk). ➣ Whisk remaining 3 Tbsp sugar, cornstarch, and salt into yolk mixture. Add hot milk in a slow stream, whisking until incorporated, then return to pot. Cook, stirring often, until thickened and an instant-read thermometer registers 170° F. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a clean bowl. Stir in vanilla. ➣ Quick-chill custard by setting bowl in an ice bath and stirring occasionally, about 20 minutes. Ladle into 4 bowls and put a meringue in each. Sprinkle with nuts. ➣
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Your weekend agenda Friday, November 2nd The Grove Arts & Craft Faire
The top events going on this weekend in the North Shore Sunday, November 4th
Saturday, November 3rd
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Holiday Craft Boutique
9 a.m.
Ballet in Cinema: Swan Lake
2:30 p.m.
The Grove National Historic Landmark 1421 Milwaukee Ave., Glenview
Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit 30 Riverwoods Road, Lincolnshire
Wilmette Theatre 1122 Central Ave., Wilmette
Adults $5, children $1 www.groveartscraftfaire.com or 847-299-6096
Call 847-945-1550 for details
Tickets $15 | www.wilmettetheatre.com or 847-251-7424
The Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit will host its 31st Annual Holiday Craft Boutique. Enjoy beautiful gifts for the holidays and all occasions from over 50 vendors. Admission is free and all are welcome, but the church asks that attendees bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the local food pantry.
The Wilmette Theatre’s “Ballet in Cinema” program will show the London Royal Ballet’s performance of “Swan Lake,” starring prima ballerina Zenaida Yanowsky. “Swan Lake” was composed by Tchaikovsky in 1875–1876 and tells the Russian folktale of Odette, a princess who is transformed into a swan by an evil curse.
Now in its 27 year, the Grove Arts & Craft Faire showcases the work of 50 juried artisans and provides an opportunity to get a jump on holiday shopping. Spend the day sifting through the inventory and then take a break at the Sugar Plum Café in the Program Barn. th
Fine Art of Fiber — Showcase of Fiber Arts
10 a.m.
Chicago Botanic Garden
Hosted by Illinois Quilters, Inc., North Suburban NeedleArts Guild, and the Weavers Guild of the North Shore, the Fine Art of Fiber showcase will exhibit over 150 pieces, including quilts, knitwear, weaving, and beadwork. 9a.m.4:30p.m.
The Art Center 1957 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park www.theartcenterhp.org or 847-432-1888 In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, the Art Center in Highland Park continues its month-long exhibit of work by artists reflecting on breast and ovarian cancer. The exhibit works to empower caretakers, family members and cancer survivors. Runs through November 10. “Weekend Comedy,” by Jeanne and Sam Bobrick
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Oil Lamp Theater 1723 Glenview Rd., Glenview, 60025 Tickets $25 www.oillamptheater.com or 847-834-0738 Two wildly different New York couples arrive at the cottage they’ve rented for a three-day weekend, only to discover they’ve been double-booked. What follows is a clash between two generations and a meditation on the meaning of love. Musicals in Concert: Fugitive Songs
9 a.m.
Elawa Farm Park Middlefork Dr. and Jensen Drive, Lake Forest
Free to the public
Voices and Visions — Standing on the Bridge Between Health and Disease
Red Ribbon Race and Wellness Fair
8 p.m.
The Music Theatre Company 1850 Green Bay Rd., Highland Park Tickets $35 www.themusicthatrecompany.org or 847-579-4900 This new song cycle spotlights people on the run and blends traditional folk music with contemporary pop and gospel sounds. The Music Theatre Company’s production features the following artists: Alan Schmuckler, Andrew Mueller, Sophie Grimm, Patrick Martin and Diana Lawrence.
Race $20-$35; Fair is free. Race info: www.leadingefforts.org/rrr. Fair info: 847-295-9075 LEAD’s fifth annual Red Ribbon race is set in Middlefork Savannah Forest Preserve, starting and finishing at Elawa Farm. Food, music, and goody bag included, plus awards for top finishers in each age group. Immediately followed by the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Young Adult Wellness Team’s inaugural A Taste of Wellness Fair, which will feature more than 20 local vendors. Peter Pan! The Musical
10 a.m.
Wilmette Theatre 1122 Central Ave, Wilmette Tickets $15, recommended for ages 5 and up. www.wilmettetheatre.com or 847-251-7424 ATC Productions presents a musical based on the play by James M. Barrie. Fly off to Never-Never Land with Peter and the Darlings and meet a host of familiar characters, including Captain Hook. Steve Tyrell, singer Meet ’n greet and signing at CD City
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593 Elm Place, Highland Park Tickets $20-$50 www.viper-alley.com or 847-499-5000 Steve’s credits include producing two of Rd Stewart’s Great American Songbook albums, arranging the music in Steve Martin’s ‘Father of the Bride” and performing on the Tonight Show. His hits include “The Way You Look Tonight,” “The Simple Life,” “Crush On You” and “The Sunny Side of The Street.” Steve will perform at: Viper Alley 275 Parkway Drive. Lincolnshire 6:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
The Odd Couple
2:30 p.m. & 7 p.m.
Northlight Theatre, 9501 Skokie Blvd, Skokie Tickets $25-$44 | www.northshorecenter.org or 847- 673-6300 Northlight Theatre presents Neil Simon’s poignant comedy about mismatched roommates Oscar and Felix. When their respective and recently failed marriages force slovenly Oscar and fastidious Felix into the same living space, the pair must determine whether their differences are irreconcilable. George Wendt and Tim Kazurinsky star. Midwest Young Artists: 20 Years of Ambition
5 p.m.
Bennett Gordon Hall, Harza Building, Ravinia Festival 418 Sheridan Rd., Highland Park
Free to the public | www.mya.org Celebrating 20 years, Midwest Young Artists and the Philharmonic Orchestra will perform in a free concert at Ravinia’s Bennett Gordon Hall to highlight their efforts. The repertoire will include the Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 2 in D major” and Mozart’s “Symphony No. 40 in G minor.” Yoga for Headache Management
6 p.m.
Reach Yoga | 688 Vernon Ave., Glencoe $30 | www.reachyogaglencoe.com or 847-786-4211 Pam Gross, a certified yoga teacher with over 13 years of experience, will lead a workshop comprised of a one-hour discussion followed by a one-hour yoga practice. The workshop will provide tools and support to manage the headache-induced stress, energy and pain. Timothy McAllister, Randall Hawes and Kathryn Goodson in Recital
7:30 p.m.
Lutkin Memorial Hall, Northwestern University 700 University Place, Evanston Tickets $8 | http://bit.ly/Y4PxkT or 847-467-4000 Soprano saxophonist of the renowned PRISM Quartet and an internationally acclaimed soloist, Timothy McAllister is Northwestern’s new associate professor of saxophone. He will perform assorted chamber music with faculty trombonist Randall Hawes and Kathryn Goodson, pianist-coach at the University of Michigan School of Music.
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How to get ready to lose weight ■ by
Children who are able to wait for things have better self-esteem, cope with stress better — and are slimmer. The same is true for adults who avoid temptations such as triple chocolate mousse cake.
Lavina Rodriguez
In his book “Wait: The Art and Science of Delay,” Frank Partnoy writes that “given the fast pace of modern life, most of us tend to react too quickly.” The result is that many of us cause ourselves more headaches through our rapid response instead of solving the issues that bother us so much. In the case of eating and weight, it’s especially true. Learning to be more mindful and waiting long enough to do so, is a skill that leads to more success. Yet, people think that when they’ve gained weight they need to grab the first promising diet program that comes along, the newest weight-loss product or even a familiar diet that has failed repeatedly. It’s far better to take the time to understand how we tick as individuals and learn about what weight-loss research has found yields the best results. Jumping into action can be particularly unwise if you’re not prepared with tools that work. Partnoy writes about the considerable research that shows children who learn to delay reactions are happier and more successful in life. Not only that, but it seems that children who are able to wait for things have better self-esteem, cope with stress better and are slimmer. Successful people tend to know when to delay their reactions to gather and process information that will help them be more successful in the end. In this sense, procrastination can be a virtue — if it’s done with purpose. How does this translate to fitness, health and weight management? Here are a few ideas to help you hone the skill of delaying for success: Evaluate your program: When something has gone wrong with your latest weight-loss attempt, take some time to ponder. Why was it hard to follow? What was similar about this attempt and the previous ones that also haven’t worked? Was there anything about this program that might have set you up to fail? Don’t stop there. Think deeply about why things might have gone wrong (other than telling yourself that you’re to blame for everything). Educate yourself: With the Internet, information is at our fingertips so there’s little excuse for not being better informed. Be careful, however, not to be led by “get thin quick” promises offered by advertisers. Instead, be selective. Look for reputable sites with information supplied by scientific researchers who aren’t trying to sell you a magical product that promises to end all your weight concerns. Start with govern-
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ment sites such as healthfinder.gov, and wellrespected academic medical centers such as mayoclinic.org. Explore who you are: For example, are you an introvert -- someone who would prefer to exercise alone? Or an extrovert -- someone who thrives with plenty of company in most things they do? Are you competitive? What kind of hobbies do you like? Are you a perfectionist or are you more easygoing? Tailor your life plan for a better body to the type of person you are. Experiment: This is one of the biggest tools of success. By experimenting we discover what works and doesn’t work for us. Experimenting allows us to tweak our regimens so that we develop a more and more effective method of change. All this is done intelligently using the information from our research. Experimenting is not just randomly trying diet after diet from commercials and ads just because they sound good. Instead, it’s based on sound methods that have been scientifically tested and trying them on yourself to see how they work for you. It may take some time to do all of these things but, in the end, it will take less time than repeatedly failing with old methods. Delaying action to do the right things is just what the doctor is ordering. ■ ~Scripps Howard News Service
Paulsen connects at Abigail’s Cuisine Questions The North Shore Weekend interviewed Michael Paulsen, owner and executive chef of Abigail’s American Bistro in Ravinia. Abigail’s at 493 Roger Williams Ave. specializes in American fusion bistro cuisine and was established in 2009. TNSW: What first interested you in cooking? Michael Paulsen: It’s a summer job turned career, really. I kind of fell into it. My dad was able to hook me up at a country club in Long Grove and I worked some summers, basically fell in love with it. TNSW: How do you think you’ve established yourself as a brand and as a restaurant? MP: Community — essentially it’s connecting. There’s no pretension in what we do, we’re craftspeople. It’s simple prepared, presented, with a neighborhood feel. It’s connecting with the public, making them feel comfortable. TNSW: What’s your favorite thing on the menu right now? MP: I would have to say the sichuan green beans. Really simple preparation,
made with a fish sauce vinaigrette and a fish sauce aiole. It’s kind of odd until you actually try it-- it’s pretty much off the charts. But our menu and our specials change frequently, and everything I put on the menu is my favorite thing for that day. TNSW: What’s your most indispensible tool? MP: I would say a Vitamix [blender]. That would have to be it—it does so many things from grinding spices to making butternut squash puree. That’s really it: the Vitamix. It’s a workhorse. TNSW: What’s your favorite thing about owning a restaurant? MP: The immediate gratification of the results of good service and good food. It’s immediate: you see the reaction when someone comes in and they’ve had a rotten day. The host greets them [and often we know them by name]. You see them come in and finally relax. My staff takes care of them from the moment they walk in to the moment they leave, and it’s [very gratifying to have that kind of impact]. ■ ~ Katie Rose McEneely
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hen Rita Christian was a little girl, her father was such a proponent of American-made products that she remembers him checking labels on items before he bought them. Her dad was the product of a different era, but the more Christian thinks about it, the more she thinks he had the right idea. “With the economy the way it is, we’ve got to get back to that,” she said. Christian is part of a growing number of Americans — including those on the North Shore — seeking out furniture and other home products made in the United States. She and her husband, Chip, worked with interior designer Stacy McSpadden of Chestnut Hall Furniture & Interiors in Tennessee to find American-made items to furnish their house.
“All the pieces in their master bedroom were made in America,” McSpadden said. “In the living room, they have a lot of antiques, but all of the upholstery in the room was made in America.” Ami Austin, owner of Ami Austin Interior Design, also has worked with clients who prefer pieces that are Americanmade. In one estate-size home, she filled the spaces wall-towall with American upholstery and case goods. As a store owner she prefers U.S.-made products because “there’s such an ease in talking to these businesses, and in most cases they’re family-owned businesses, so you get to have a real relationship with the people during the manufacturing and specification process.” Also, Austin said, “If I want to pick up the phone and call and say, ‘Is this ready to ship?,’ I’m talking to a friendly voice.
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I don’t have something in a crate sitting in a port trying to get OK’d to get into the U.S. To me, this is a beautiful thing.” Chestnut Hall owner Michael Baty has included in his store a “Made in America room,” a space filled entirely with U.S.-made case goods and upholstery. He said his shop has worked to cultivate relationships with American furnituremakers in part because he’s seen growing demand for U.S.made items, but also because he thinks it’s the right thing to do. “Given what’s happening with the economy, if we can provide things that are made in America that are good for this country, that seems to be the minimum of what we can do as Americans,” he said. “We’re not asking clients to buy HOME DESIGN >> PAGE 25
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things at a lesser quality and yet pay more. What we’re doing is sourcing out furniture made in America at a very good price, and the quality is as good, or usually better, than what you can get in an imported piece. It’s a win-win situation for everybody.” Historically speaking, Baty said, U.S.-made new furnishings tended to be higher in quality than new imported pieces. Over the past two decades, though, that trend began to change -- not because the quality of American-made furniture declined, but because the quality of foreign-made furniture improved. Coupled with the often-significant savings associated with offshore manufacturing, he said, the shift caused many American furniture-makers to move production facilities abroad. Others followed suit to compete. Now, though, Baty sees the tide shifting again.
“The valuation of the yuan in relation to the dollar and also the price of oil and inflation has made the cost of manufacturing things, particularly in China, as expensive when you add in all the costs that go with it as making it here,” he said. “Plus, it’s a lot harder to manage that process from far away.” Ron Fowler, an independent manufacturers’ representative who has worked in the furniture business for 36 years, agreed that price increases and other issues with offshore manufacturing are causing U.S. furniture-makers to take a new look at their own land. “I represent one line that’s made in Egypt, and with the instability there, they’ve decided to come back to the U.S.,” Fowler said. “Their furniture is going to be made in Ohio.” For the Christians, their desire to buy American-made products goes deeper than supporting the local economy. It
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goes deeper, even, than pride in their homeland. “My husband and I are both very patriotic people,” Christian said. “We have several generations of family members that have served in the armed services, and we’ve even lost family members in the armed services.” In her view, Christian said, buying U.S.-made furniture and other products is a way to support the nation’s economy in a time of crisis. “We’re now in an economic war for survival,” she said. “Internally, we’ve escalated the debt crisis, and externally, we have other nations, particularly China, that threaten to take us over financially without even firing a shot. Our ancestors allowed us the freedom we have, and now I feel like we’re almost letting it go. We just want to do our part.” ■ ~ Scripps Howard News Service
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Jay Ambrose
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rskine Bowles is not some right-wing, know-nothing extremist. He is in fact left of center, a former university president who served as White House chief of staff under President Bill Clinton and as Democratic co-chair of President Barack Obama’s bipartisan debt commission. It is in that latter position that he slammed Obama’s irresponsible budgetary behavior while praising Paul Ryan to the skies. Some Obama supporters try to pretend over and over again that it’s mainly kooks -- many of them racists -- who have been sharply critical of Obama’s handling of major issues. But knowledgeable, balanced sources like Bowles have repeatedly confirmed how Obama has run lickety-split from a potentially ruinous debt threat, doing more to flatten perfectly sound proposals from the other side than to come up with anything credible of his own. The evidence in fact surrounds us that Obama is pushing us closer and closer to the tipping point on any number of crucial matters affecting our economy, our freedoms, rule of law and social cohesion. Give him another four years to do his sometimes amateurish, politically sneaky, ideologically overreaching thing, and our deliverance possibilities could be vastly reduced. Let’s start a brief review of some of these issues, with emphasis on the obese $16 trillion debt. Our president, who cheerfully overfed it with trillion-dollar deficits, then had the temerity to attack Republican challenger Mitt Romney in a debate for wanting to
keep our defense strong. The defense budget is around 20 percent of the total budget, and that’s including wars that cost little more during all the Bush years than Obama’s stimulus measures. The core of the peril is entitlements such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid that in their entirety are getting ever closer to two-thirds of the budget and could eventually pass that mark because of an aging population. Well before he became the Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Ryan of Wisconsin put forth a well-considered restructuring plan to salvage Medicare. That proposal and his other budgetary ideas were denounced by Obama even though he was making his own Medicare cuts that would not save a single budgetary dollar. They were meant to help finance Obamacare, a brandnew entitlement worsening our financial burdens while also piling up 13,000 pages of new regulations. Here is another tipping-point issue summed up by the egregious excess of the U.S. code’s 356,000 pages of laws and regulations that leave fewer and fewer aspects of our lives untouched. Obviously, some of these regulations are good and needed, but many are a terrible bother and worse. Reductions are needed, but what Obama is giving us instead is more, including some in Obamacare already scaring businesses out of hiring more people for fear of unaffordable costs. Obama’s regulatory enthusiasms hardly end there, as we see in the way the Environmental Protection Agency is slapping energy industries around. Most of us are pro-environment, of course, but at
some point some parts of the environmental movement degenerated into a fanatical, theocratically minded religion that Obama seems to embrace. No single example is clearer than his nixing a vitally important Canadian-Texas oil pipeline as not safe when dozens of scientists had spent three years and filled eight volumes with details proving it was. Actions of this sort could demolish the prospect of an economy-resuscitating energy boom that otherwise seems to be in the offing. That’s hardly the end of the tipping-point story. There is also the risk to rule of law that comes from Obama’s disregard of constitutional restraints and there are still other worries that could be lessened with a voter-induced turnover in management, starting at the top. ~ Scripps Howard News Service
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Tr u m p hit the airwaves big last spring, averring that he had nearly conclusive proof that Barack Obama had not been born in the United States, making him ineligible to be president. Trump said it was odd that no one could name the Honolulu hospital he was born in. It was the Kapi’olani Medical Center. The birth announcement was printed in both Honolulu papers. Trump said it was odder still that no one knew his parents, but Neil Abercrombie did and even visited the baby in the hospital. Abercrombie is now governor of Hawaii. Still, with great fanfare, Trump dispatched -- or said he did -- private investigators to
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the islands to disprove Obama’s American birth, later reporting “they cannot believe what they’re finding.” The private detectives haven’t been heard from since, but a safe guess is that, assuming they exist, they are methodically working their way through the threefigure seafood menus at Mama’s Fish House Restaurant in Maui on Trump’s tab. That kind of embarrassing setback would have chastened a lesser ego, but this past week Trump grandly announced he was in possession of “information bordering on the gigantic” that could “possibly” change the presidential race. It’s a good bet that Trump has no such information. Here’s the tip-off: Trump is reduced to trying to buy his way out of the hole he has dug for himself so he’ll again be allowed to associate with respectable Republican politicians: “I have a deal for the president. ... If Barack Obama opens up and gives his college records and applications and if he gives his passport applications and records, I will give to a charity of his choice ... a check, immediately, for $5 million.” This is so desperate as to be pathetic. CNBC should be ashamed of itself for airing Trump’s fact-free charges. If Trump wants to go on a fishing expedition, he should join his gumshoes in Hawaii. ■ ~ Scripps Howard News Service
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ere’s some advice for Donald Trump, the GOP real estate mogul with the checkered past. For the last few days of the campaign, don’t say a word. Zip. Nada. Being a public embarrassment has never bothered Trump because he loves -- actually seems to physically crave -- publicity. It proved too much to hope for that he wouldn’t try to edge and squirm into the campaign spotlight, but like those fools who jump and wave and mug for the cameras at the morning network TV shows, there he was.
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Cigar shops on North Shore remain
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Whether it’s for a presidential debate or a Bears’ game, Rafi Kodjavakian welcomes cigar smokers to Heminway’s.
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regular at Hemingway’s Fine Cigars and Accessories in Highwood sat in a leather chair in the front of the shop last week. A stubby, half-smoked cigar, pointing due north, rested in the Highland Park resident’s right hand. He had finished a round of golf with a good friend, also of Highland Park, and Hemingway’s was their 19th hole. “You know what the difference is between a cigarette smoker and a cigar smoker?” he said. “A cigarette smoker is addicted to tobacco, while a cigar smoker appreciates tobacco, savors the taste of tobacco.” Hemingway’s owner Rafi Kodjavakian sat in another leather chair nearby. The sturdy former Senn High School football player looks like he’d have no problem blocking defensive linemen on Sundays. “People don’t just come in here to buy cigars,” Kodjavakian said. “They come in to sit and talk and watch TV. You should have seen this place (on Oct. 22). We had about 30 guys smoking cigars and watching the BearsLions game, Game 7 (of the National League Championship Series), the Presidential debate. Guys were voicing their strong political views. “You know what? We could do a reality show here.” As the election nears, the idea of cigars takes center stage. Throughout political history, they’ve been associated with smoke-filled rooms and victories. On the North Shore, there are a number of shops like Hemingway’s where voters and non-voters alike can fraternize.
Still, the stark reality for cigar shop owners like Kodjavakian is this: Business in 2012 isn’t booming like it was in ’02, when cigar smoking was considered a fad. “It was hip back then,” said Kodjavakian. “A lot of people tried it because it was the thing to try. Those people are gone.” Jordan Hirsh certainly misses those people. But the owner of Cigar King in Skokie knows his shop still serves as a haven for folks who like to relax — and work — while smoking cigars. Yes, work. “We have tables here, and we have high-speed internet access,” Hirsh said. “Where else are cigar smokers going to go if they like to smoke and get some work done at the same time?” Hirsh’s hearth away from hearth also consists of four flat-screen TVs, a pool table and 30 cozy chairs. You’re wondering: “I thought smoking indoors was banned in Illinois establishments years ago.” It was. But shops/social spots like Hemingway’s, Cigar King, and Cigary in Wilmette got the grandfather exemption after the law took effect on Jan. 1, 2008. Deerfield-based Cheap Tobacco used to have a lounge for customers who like to buy products and stick around. Where that space was is now used for
storage, said Cheap Tobacco store manager Paul Evangelou. “We sell a little bit of everything for every kind of smoker,” he added. “Cigarettes, cigars and tobacco pipes, as well as cases, lighters and portable humidors.” Hemingway’s allows its club members to keep their cigars in lockers, located in the backroom. Members enjoy 24-hour access to the lockers — babies are, after all, born at all times of the day and night. Other excuses include: political victories (get those lighters ready for Nov. 6), pro sports championships, golf and fish outings, New Year’s Eve bashes, weddings. “After lunch and after dinner … every day,” cracked one of Hemingway’s’ regulars last week. “On weekends we sometimes come here before going out to dinner and then return here after dinner.” Not everybody enjoys a cigar’s aroma. Hemingway’s’ members know that. Hemingway’s’ members also know they can rinse themselves of the pungency — at Hemingway’s. Kodjavakian’s joint has a shower in its backroom. “There’s cologne back there, too,” said a regular. “My wife smelled it one night and wanted to know what kind it was. I told her, ‘Ode de cigar.’ ” ■
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wo years ago, an article described a study of two dozen public companies who were replacing their chief information officers (CIOs). One of the CEOs in the study put the matter in simple terms. “Our business needs much more than technical skills in our CIO. We need a technical leader who knows how to build shareholder value.” Professor Chung-Chieh Lee, who teaches at Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering, recognized the growing importance of CIO leadership. He founded the Master of Information Technology Program in the 1990s to offer a program that combines engineering and business education. It is an intensive graduate level training program for senior technology executives who want to develop their business skills in the context of the most contemporary technological advances. Lee, who grew up in Taiwan and now lives near the North Shore, saw first-hand the positive and high velocity effects of technical entrepreneurism. Immigrating to the United States in 1977, he earned his post-graduate degrees in electrical engineering at Princeton. He soon became recognized as one of the leading experts in designing digital networks for sophisticated wireless communications. He has consulted with such diverse industry leaders as Juniper Networks, GE Medical, and Raytheon. In collaboration with Professor Abraham Haddad of Highland Park, also a Princeton PhD and current head of the program, Lee and his colleagues designed the Master of Science in Information Technology program. The MSIT program combines training in the latest engineering aspects of information technology with the best business classes from the Kellogg School. “Technology moves at a rapid pace,” Haddad says “There is a need not only to keep up with these technologies, but for technical leaders to better understand the business principles behind corporate decision making. “Before our program, there were few programs that bridged the worlds of technology and business. What ties all of our graduates
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together is a common interest in connecting the technical needs of an organization with overall business strategies.” None of this suggests that the technical content of the MSIT program is anything less than daunting. For example, the first course of the program, still taught by Lee, is a fundamental analysis of how information systems and digital networks function. The mathematics are not for the faint of heart. When asked about the critical concepts of this first MSIT course, Lee replied, “This course teaches the relationship between bit rate, baud rate, and bandwidth. If you understand this relationship, you will pass the course.” Over the last 15 years Northwestern’s MSIT program has graduated more than 360 executives from a variety of functional backgrounds including information technology, finance, operations, marketing, and project management. Through time, the program has continually evolved. Recent additions include courses in virtualization and nanotechnology, information security, and intellectual property and technology law. The foundation remains the teaching of business acumen and leadership along side a demanding technical and engineering curriculum. An example illustrates the scale of the challenge. Today, text messaging is the single most widely used data application in world with over 3.6 billion users. Almost 80% of all cell phone users in the world use texting. Last year, more than 7 trillion text messages were sent and the revenues for interconnection services for these messages totaled more than $150 billion. It is an exploding business opportunity almost without precedent. The technology executives who manage these systems must have more than an understanding of the engineering context of the networks connecting these users. These executives must understand the customer requirements and the competitive vulnerabilities of the market. Northwestern’s MSIT program provides technical leaders with the advanced skills and training to meet these new challenges. ■ Main Street columnist Bob Gariano can be reached at robert@northshoreweekend.com
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Nielsen changed the world of television — and beyond Lifelong Winnetka resident offered new insight into broadcasting, the arts and business
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n a blog post about the late businessman Arthur C. Nielsen Jr. — Art Nielsen to most who knew him — a friend of the former A.C. Nielsen Company executive, Richard Edelman, described him as an unabashed geek and fierce competitor. Art Nielsen, he observed, was a fantastic tennis player who “brought the same type of intensity to the office, controlled and cool but always ready to pounce.” Nielsen, he said, saw the potential in digital before there was such a word. Lifelong North Shore resident Art Nielsen died at 92 around this time last year. As is often the case with visionary businessmen, he hardly got his due. Yet he changed the world. His life began and ended in Winnetka. He had graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1941, served as a major in the Corps of Engineers during World War II and competed with his father—and, later, his son—in doubles tennis championships (the A.C. Nielsen Tennis Center in Winnetka opened 50 years ago). He would start working at the company his father had founded in 1945. During his military service, Nielsen was assigned to construct a machinery operations building for the purpose of calculating crucial numbers — otherwise known as “measurement science.” The structure would house a machine to
generate complex tables to tabulate accuracy for firing huge artillery guns at the enemy. After the war, Nielsen joined his father’s market research firm — they’d also dabbled in radio statistics — becoming president in 1957 and chairman in 1975, coincidentally the year the movie Network, a biting satire on television and the industry’s obsession with ratings, was released in theaters. Nielsen ran Nielsen Company until 1983. It was Art Nielsen who urged the company to spend $150,000 in 1948 on the company’s first general computer, the Univac, according to the New York Times, and he led the way in tracking oil and gas and consumer data —including scanning technology — and media, leading to charges that Nielsen Co. had a “monopoly” on an industry practice his firm had created. During the remarkable rise of television, Nielsen’s ratings system was composed of families using Nielsen’s proprietary machines in U.S. homes selected by a computer, according to a 1963 article in Time, with radios and television sets continuously monitored, recording a family’s listening and viewing habits. Nielsen Co. covered half the cost of TV repairs and data was mailed to Nielsen’s Chicago headquarters, where calculators and an IBM computer tabulated ratings. Other Nielsen machines alerted viewers to use a manual log with a page for each day’s viewing, time and channel activity. Today, Nielsen’s method still dominates the industry and Nielsen ratings continue to shape television. Future industry pioneers will benefit from Art Nielsen’s legacy in market research. If you use or refer to metrics, analytics and statistics, such as hits, clicks or ratings, you’ve gained from what Art Nielsen did, which, by most accounts, took the company from generating under $4 million a year to $680 million in
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annual revenue. He later led the sale of Nielsen to Dun & Bradstreet for $1.3 billion in stock. Art Nielsen re-created, shaped and ran a business that advanced our ability to understand broadcasting, the arts and business, giving us insight into what people choose to consume and why they choose to consume. By applying his precision in measuring for weapons capability to taking measure of what people consume, Art Nielsen’s distinguished career improved both the art of business and the business of art. ■ 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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Junior wide receiver Spencer Cotten hangs on to the ball after making a catch for the Trevians in Saturday’s playoff loss to Conant.
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ootball is a brotherhood sport. That was evident on Saturday afternoon. Following the team’s 14-0 loss to host Conant in the opening round of the Class 8A state playoffs, New Trier High School coach Dan Sharkey and his players braved the cold and wind with an extended post-game meeting near the south goal posts. Then, in what has become a tradition with Sharkey’s teams, two lines were formed. The seniors were in one. The sophomores, juniors and coaches were in the other. What ensued? Hugs, tears and words of encouragement. “Coach Sharkey brought that over from Glenbard South,” said New Trier defensive line coach Jim Davis. “It’s hard to make that last loss of the season cool,” David added. “But this is a nice way to send guys off.” Brotherhood. “That’s what we’re trying to build here,” said Starkey, who guided Glenbard South to a pair of 9-3 seasons before taking over the Trevians. The third-year NT coach (17-13) was hoping to send his
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squad deeper into the state playoffs. But the host Cougars flexed their muscles on the defensive end. The Trevians were in position to tie the game early in the fourth quarter. But on third and goal at the Conant three-yard line, Cougar linebacker Joe Faso intercepted a deflected pass in the end zone and returned it 31 yards. Conant then put together an 11-play scoring drive to make it 14-0. “Frustrating loss,” said Sharkey. “But the kids gave it all they had.” According to New Trier’s Jack Buckingham, it came to takeaways. Or, the lack thereof. “We played hard. But it wasn’t enough,” said the senior defensive lineman. “Takeaways. We needed takeaways.” Buckingham turned in solid work. He recorded his third quarterback sack of the year just before halftime. New Trier defense was especially impressive during the third quarter, when it came up with three three-and-outs to keep the score close.
Which was fine work considering that Conant entered the game averaging 31 points per game. “I just wish we could’ve created more takeaways,” said Sharkey. NOTABLE: Senior quarterback Nick Hendricks put up solid numbers. He completed 21 of 33 passes for 154 yards. Hendricks, who received solid pass blocking from Chris Valvassori, Mike Frett, Jeff Bell, Perry Nitiss and Tom Maentz, fought to the very end. On NT’s final series, Hendricks completed six straight passes. His favorite targets were Devin Boehm (10-73) and Spencer Cotton (8-69). Jordan Garrett was credited with 48 rushing yards. “We had a lot of opportunities,” said Sharkey. “We were moving the ball up and down the field. But we were not able to break a big play.” On the defensive end, the Trevians (6-4) were paced by Charlie Schoder (seven tackles), Trent Peters (six tackles), Michael Henderson (six tackles) and J. Harry McCaffrey (five tackles). Henderson also added an interception. ■
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Wilson, Durbin team up on game-changing play as Scouts advance Richard Daniels (No. 71) and Thomas Kutschke (No. 75) lead the celebration following LF’s opening round win over Rolling Meadows.
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hings were going extremely well for Rolling Meadows. And then … the the game-altering tackle and strip. Chris Wilson made the defensive play of the game, when he forced a fumble to spark Lake Forest High School to a 42-24 win over host Rolling Meadows in first-round action of the Class 6A state playoffs on Oct. 26. The LF outside linebacker, who grew up in Orange County, California (not far from the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles County), came up with his turning-point play with 3:04 left in the third quarter, when he blew up Rolling Meadows slot receiver Andre Campbell with a hard tackle and strip on a bubble screen. In a flash, Regis Durbin of the Scouts (82) darted into the picture, scooped up the loose ball and sprinted 55 yards into the end zone to cut Meadow’s advantage to three points, 24-21. Talk about bursting a bubble. The game was never the same. The Scouts wound up scoring the final 28 points of the game and now will host Lakes on Nov. 2 in a round two game. Wilson and Durbin, a national champion wrestler, proved to be a pretty good tag team. “Regis was right there with me. He was
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“It was really cool to see our guys be resilient and make plays,” said Spagnoli. And, the coach added: “We didn’t do anything revolutionary in the second half. We just made plays.” in the right position,” said Wilson, a former fullback who moved to Lake Forest three years ago. “He made my (forced) fumble look good.” “We knew they liked to run jets and bubble screens,” said Durbin. “In the second half, we played it better. (And, on the forced fumble), Chris played it perfectly.” Lake Forest head coach Chuck Spagnoli was thoroughly impressed with Durbin’s scoop and score. It was a case of practice makes perfect. “Here’s the thing,” the coach said. “We work our butts off in practice on scooping up the ball and scoring.” Durbin’s evening can’t be solely defined by that fumble recovery. The junior defensive back, who finished with four tackles, also scored on a 20-yard interception return with 2:56 left in regulation to give the Scouts the 18-point margin. Durbin also came up big in the punting department. Midway through the third quarter, a high snap sailed way over his head. But instead of panicking, he retrieved the ball and
avoided disaster with a 14-yard punt. “I knew had time to get it off,” he said. “But I was hoping for a better punt.” Like Durbin, Wilson was able to stack big plays. He recorded a seven-yard quarterback sack in the first half and added a six-yarder in the second half. “It was my best game of the year,” said Wilson. “My teammates put me in a good position.” NOTABLE: LF’s offense ended up having a lot of pop — and Powell. Senior Scott Powell (seven catches, 70 yards) wound up being an end zone magnet. The running back caught three touchdown passes in the second half. His 20-yard score with 9:07 left in the third frame was extra special. It pumped some life into the Scouts. “All Powell does is make plays,” said Spagnoli. “Talk about a kid who has invested in the team. He’s always doing something positive on the field.” Andrew Clifford continues to be a hot quarterback for the Scouts. He completed 26
of 44 for 290 yards. He now has thrown for more than 2,000 yards on the season (2,035). The senior has 14 touchdown passes, while he’s been intercepted only five times. Clifford, who works out of a spread offense, did a great job of spreading the ball around. Eight different receivers caught passes. David Glynn had seven for 127 yards, including a 72-yarder which set up LF’s first score of the game — a three-yard run by Hub Cirame. Following the blocking of Peter Durot, Jack Ellis, Chase Clemens, Spencer Bleecker and Daniel Sullivan, Cirame led the team in rushing (21-78). On the defensive end, LF’s leading tacklers — nine apiece — were Geno Quaid and Alexander Moore. Quaid also picked off a pass and had a tackle for loss in the first half. Moore added a tackle for loss. As usual, Williams (7 tackles) and Thomas Kutschke (7 tackles) came up big. Williams finished with an interception, a tipped pass and tackle for loss, while Kutschke had an interception and quarterback sack. ■
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Members of Lake Forest High School’s field hockey team celebrates a goal against Oak Park-River Forest on Oct. 26. The Scouts beat OPRF 3-1 and then topped Loyola 3-0 in the final.
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SCOUTS TOP LOYOLA TO CLAIM 10TH STATE TITLE IN PROGRAM HISTORY
he two words written in green ink on the back of Emily George’s left hand were barely legible after Saturday’s Illinois High School Field Hockey state championship at Lake Forest High School’s west
campus. George, a Lake Forest junior forward/midfielder, glanced at the smudged mass near four of her knuckles and deciphered away. “It says, ‘Control emotions,’ ” she said. “It was a reminder. My coaches wanted me to channel my energy the right way today.” She did more than that in Lake Forest’s 3-0 defeat of Loyola Academy. George funneled the perfect pass early in the second half to set up the Scouts’ second goal, after sprinting 25 yards along a sideline. As George prepared to whack a screaming cross deep in Loyola territory, LF senior midfielder Morgan Dever rushed to establish position in front of Ramblers senior goalkeeper Stef Alexander. George’s target wasn’t exactly Dever. “I just wanted to get the ball near the circle,” George admitted. The delivery, by George, also got near Dever’s stick. “All I did was stick my stick out, and the ball went in,” said Michigan-bound Dever, who probably did much more than that. “That was,” she added, “an amazing pass by Emily.” Saturday’s victory upped LF’s IHSFHA state champion-
ship total to 10. Top-seeded and reigning three-year champion New Trier, which lost 1-0 to fourth-seeded Loyola in Friday’s first semifinal, has captured four state titles since 2007. “We’d been preparing to play New Trier for about a month,” Scouts coach Melanie Walsh said afterward. “When we saw how close Loyola was playing New Trier (in the semifinal), I made sure we filmed the second half of that game in case we had to face Loyola.” Loyola (19-4) reached its first state final in program history by stunning NT’s Trevians, which had entered the semi with a 22-1-1 mark. Ramblers junior attack Geriet Bowen tallied the upset’s lone goal. “They beat us to the ball too often,” NT coach Stephanie Nykaza said simply. In Saturday’s final, LF junior forward/midfielder Emily Cavalaris busted a 0-0 tie with 1:11 left in the first half, after catching up to a pretty pass from senior forward/midfielder Brenna Carberry. Second-seeded LF (20-2) had dominated, offensively, before the goal. But Loyola kept the game tight behind gritty efforts from defenders Colleen Mahoney and Nicole Matousek. “We played well in what I thought was a very physical game,” Loyola first-year coach Annie Nimz said. “The team’s indomitable spirit — that’s what I liked most about this group.” Only 2:56 had expired in the second half when George
“We’d been preparing to play New Trier for about a month. When we saw how close Loyola was playing New Trier (in the semifinal), I made sure we filmed the second half of that game in case we had to face Loyola.”
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and Dever connected. The Scouts’ third goal Saturday was, well, Mac-nificent: junior midfielder Mackenzie Adams scored it at the 15:42 mark; classmate Mackenzie Mick provided the assist. As soon as the clock rested at 0:00, LF’s ecstatic players, arms and sticks held high, shouted joyfully and sprinted toward LF junior keeper Chandler Scoco, who had allowed only one goal all weekend (in a 3-1 semifinal defeat of Oak Park-River Forest in Friday’s second semifinal). Suddenly Scoco was gone, enveloped by a swarm of giddy state champions. “We were like sisters to each other all season, so close,” Dever said. LEAP >> PAGE 45
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State champ Lipp proves — once again — that she’s on a different plane Maddie Lipp and her doubles partner Christina Zordani share a moment during the IHSA state tournament.
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ne of Maddie Lipp’s group text messages to her friends on a midSeptember day this fall started out something like this: “15 minutes before…” Lipp, a Lake Forest High School senior and one of the nation’s top tennis players in the 18-and-under singles division, was in DeKalb at the time, about to board a plane. “We got another one from her a little later,” friend Kerry Wanner, a swimmer at LFHS, recalled. “She texted, ‘12 minutes before…’” The flight Lipp was about to take wasn’t a normal one. Before boarding she had to watch a video and sign some papers. “Sign my life away,” Lipp said. Lipp wasn’t alone when she prepared to jump out of a plane for the first time. An instructor was attached to her back, in charge of the parachute. Friend and classmate Andrew Marsh was there, too, raring to skydive for a second time. “I was ecstatic about jumping again,” he said. “Maddie wasn’t. She appeared to be in complete shock.” Lipp looked like she’d seen a jumbo jet full of ghosts and all of their cousins — all at once. “My instructor asked me, ‘Are you a thrill seeker?’ ” Lipp recalled. “I said something like, ‘Um, no, but I guess I am one today.’ ” Lipp, 18, survived the daunting descent and crossed “Skydive” off her bucket list. She doubted she would take the plunge. Marsh, a diver on LF’s swimming and diving team, made sure she did. “Not a chance,” Marsh said when asked if Lipp would ever
exit another plane without the assistance of a passenger ramp. So Lipp’s skydiving career ended the day it started. Her tennis game? That’s still soaring. Northwestern-bound Lipp helped Lake Forest capture its second girls state tennis title in three years last month. She and freshman Christina Zordani won the doubles championship, dropping only one set in seven matches. “She’s spectacular,” Marsh said. “Very few tennis players have her kind of talent.” More than a few were stunned when Lipp, seeded No. 1 in singles, lost in the third round at the state meet two seasons ago. She later won five matches in the back draw, earning crucial team points for the champs. Lipp didn’t play for the Scouts as a junior. That decision allowed her to train exclusively with her private pro and compete regularly in United States Tennis Association tourneys. Her national singles ranking in the 18s climbed to No. 4. In August, while playing in a prestigious event in California, Lipp received a call from Lake Forest coach Denise Murphy. “She wanted to know my plans (for the fall high school season),” Lipp said. “At that point I was beginning to realize I needed a break from USTA tournaments.” Murphy brought up U.S. Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin during the phone conversation. Franklin was in London at the time, darting in lanes and collecting gold medals. Sean Murphy had informed his wife that Franklin passed up the chance to make gobs of money in endorsements in order to maintain her amateur status and continue swimming for her
“The timing was perfect. Missy Franklin knew how much fun it was to be part of a team, and she didn’t want to have any regrets. I didn’t want Maddie to have any, either. I wanted her to have the chance to have a more memorable state meet than she had as a sophomore.”
— Carmen Denise Murphy Lake Forest HS Coach high school team in Colorado. “The timing was perfect,” Murphy said. “Missy Franklin knew how much fun it was to be part of a team, and she didn’t want to have any regrets. I didn’t want Maddie to have any, either. I wanted her to have the chance to have a more memorable state meet than she had as a sophomore. “Besides,” she added, “playing for your high school is good old-fashioned fun.” Lipp was sold. But the right-hander’s injured right shoul LIPP >> PAGE 45
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Angel Estrada and Emmett Smith, seen here in the regional meet, helped the Giants earn a berth to this weekend’s state meet in Peoria.
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hey showed up at Highland Park High School on Saturday morning, geared up to hop on a bus bound for Busse Woods in Schaumburg. It was sectional weekend for the boys on the Giants’ cross country team. One problem: no bus. “Not an ideal start,” HP coach Kevin Caines cracked. But what happened at the end of the day more than made up for the stalled beginning. Caines drove his Giants to the forest preserve and then watched them race to the fifth — and final — state-qualifying berth, totaling 200 points at the Class 3A meet. Lake Zurich (104), Barrington (136), Palatine (137) and Hersey (178) sped to the 1-4 spots in the standings. HP’s point total normally wouldn’t be good enough for a
team to advance to the state meet in Peoria. In Caines’ 27 years of coaching only one other sectional team had amassed 200 or more points and qualified for state. “I was standing near a tent Saturday, and I heard somebody say, after the points were added up, ‘Highland Park — you’re in.’ I then yelled, ‘Noooooo.’ I couldn’t believe it. “Pandemonium,” he added, “ensued.” The result was the program’s third state-qualifying effort in 10 years and first since 2004. Senior Jonah Hanig paced HP, clocking a 10th-place 15:29. Classmate Emmett Smith was next among Giants (21st, 15:44), followed by junior Angel Estrada (23rd, 15:46), senior Lucas Nudelman (68th, 16:29) and sopho GIANTS >> PAGE 45
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New Trier’s Courtney Ackerman, middle, and other participants rush from the start line during the Class 3A Girls Cross Country Sectional race at Niles West High School in Skokie, Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012. Ackerman finished in fourth place with a time of 17:13.17.
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Ackerman twins, Trevians ready to put it all on the line in Peoria
t can be tough telling Courtney and Jessica Ackerman apart. But grandpa Ackerman? Identifying him is a piece of cake. The name on the back of his green New Trier High School T-shirt — A-c-k-e-r-ma-n — was a dead giveaway. So was the enthusiasm in his voice ... at the mere mention of his twin granddaughters. “Those two have great drive,” said Owen Ackerman, a former swimmer at New Trier. “They are so determined. In athletics. And in the classroom.” Mr. Ackerman watched Saturday’s sectional at Niles West High School with vested interest. Courtney, who ran with bright pink knee socks, cruised to a top-five finish (4th, 17:13.17). Jessica was ninth overall (17:38.94). Most importantly, the Ackermans, along with sophomore standout Mimi Smith (6th, 17:27.67), paced the Trevians to a second-place finish (68 points) behind Glenbard West (60 points). They now are in position to defend their state title. Better yet, they are heading back to Owen Ackerman’s turf. He lives in Peoria and knows the way to Detweiller Park, home course of the state race. “A treat? Will it ever be,” said the downstate resident. “I’m blessed to be able to see them there again. And I would love to see a repeat of last year.” Last fall was darn near perfect for the Ackermans. Court-
ney placed fourth. Jessica took 11th. The future — beyond Saturday’s race — also is bright. Courtney will be running next year at Illinois. Jessica is heading to Princeton. Selecting the Fighting Illini was a no-brainer for Courtney. She will be joining a long line of Ackermans to Champaign: grandpa, grandma, mom, dad, an uncle and two aunts. “It was an easy decision,” said Courtney, who will study engineering. “I knew after one visit.” “I think we know the way to Illinois — and Princeton,” Owen said. Following Saturday’s race at Niles West, Jessica is looking for a way for her and her team to bounce back. “I thought I was a little faster than 17:40. It was not quite what I expected,” she said. “But in the grand scheme of things, this race was not that important. The next one is what matters. “Teams have off days,” Jessica added. “Better this week than next week.” “We’ll just shake this off and move on,” said Courtney. NOTABLE: New Trier coach John Burnside was impressed with the tough field. “We continue to go up against elite competition,” the Trevians coach said. “Each week is an experiment.” Brunside liked Smith’s strong showing. “She’s such a competitor,” he said. “She ran a great strategic
race today. She made some surges and went on the attack.” Smith will be looking to finish as one of the state’s elites — again. She was a freshman sensation a year ago, finishing 10th overall in Peoria. The other NT scorers on Saturday were senior Kathleen Keene (24th, 18:42) and freshman Oona Jung-Beeman (25th, 18:43). Kaitlin Frei was 27th. LOYOLA ACADEMY It was a tough outing for the Ramblers (10th). No. 1 runner Sarah Kelley didn’t compete due to an injury. Freshman Kathryn House was the top finisher (41st). The other scorers were Cecily Martinez (50th), Amanda Bombard (57th), Claire Monticello (59th) and Caroline Zarowski (67th). LAKE FOREST The Scouts will send one lone representative to the IHSA Class 3A state meet in Peoria this weekend. Senior Helen Schlachtenhaufen cruised the sectional course at Busse Woods on Saturday in 18:13. It placed her 15th in the race. WOODLANDS ACADEMY Junior Caroline Watts earned a berth in the Class 1A state meet. The Wildcats placed sixth overall in the Lisle sectional on Saturday. Her state-qualifying time was 20:10. ■
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Loyola Academy’s Victoria Lord celebrates a point during regional final action against Niles North.
LORD, RAMBLERS GIVE IT THEIR BEST SHOT Losing Ponterelli a ‘D-Rose moment’ for this team ■ by
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ust outside Loyola Academy’s main gym is a stairway in a hallway. The school’s volleyball players used it after a Class 4A regional championship on Oct. 25. But the Ramblers didn’t climb steps. Nor did they descend steps. Each took a seat on the steps. And listened to their coach, Mark Chang. “After home matches our coach likes us to sit there so he can see all of us,” Loyola junior outside hitter Victoria Lord said. As Chang stood and spoke, he viewed a malformed pyramid of moist eyes and long faces. His fourth-seeded club had lost 25-23, 25-21 to fifth-seeded Niles North.
“We didn’t lack effort, didn’t lack desire,” Chang said. “Our girls played with the kind of energy you’d expect from a team hosting a regional final.” His girls played without splendid senior Anna Ponterelli. In regional action the Ramblers’ outside hitter had to serve as a valuable — and unpaid — assistant coach after suffering a dislocated right shoulder in the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference tournament Oct. 19. “Our ‘D-Rose moment,’ ” Chang recalled, referring to the ACL injury sustained by Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose in last year’s NBA playoffs. Against North’s Vikings, Loyola (2014) got off to a delightful start behind five
straight service points from senior outside hitter Sarah Udelhofen. The Ramblers’ advantage grew to 9-3, prompting NN to call for a timeout. The respite revitalized North, which seized momentum with an 8-2 run. It was 11-11, just like that. “Niles North wanted it,” Loyola junior middle Kelsey O’Neill said afterward. “You could tell. They also played very well.” The hosts showed some resolve at the end of the first set, cutting into North’s seemingly comfortable 24-19 lead with a 4-0 spurt. An emphatic kill by O’Neill produced Loyola’s 23rd point, before NN captured the streak-filled set on its fifth set point. Lengthy points highlighted a thrilling second set, as did resounding efforts near the net by Lord and O’Neill (6 total kills). The 5-foot-11 Lord, of Wilmette, pounded five of her team-high 11 kills in the set, including four in a late 11-point span. “We have so much depth,” Chang said of his stable of attackers. “That showed. What helped was having (Ponterelli’s) great eyes from the bench; she saw what was going on, where the openings were, and she shared those observations with her teammates (during timeouts). “Annie,” he added, “was an asset, even tonight.” After Loyola’s post-match gathering,
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Chang’s Ramblers returned to the gym. Some fell into the arms of loved ones and friends. Others trudged here, drifted there. “It would have been nice had (Ponterelli) been able to play tonight,” said O’Neill, a Skokie native. “But she was still there for us tonight, with her support from the bench. “We clicked as a team this season, right from the start.” Ramblers senior setter Annie Ruddy lofted 14 assists, while classmate libero Grace Kane paced the team in digs. Each match this fall, Chang noted, the team sought to display consistency, control, courage.
“Niles North wanted it. You could tell. They also played very well.”
— Kelsey O’Neill “They were our focal points, those three Cs,” Chang said. But the team wasn’t average at all. “The team had cohesion and a nice rhythm,” Chang said. “And the players developed great relationships.” ■
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Woodlands Academy players watched plenty of fine shots during the team’s two dozen victories this season.
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Woodlands volleyball team finishes season with 24 victories
he didn’t see this coming. Woodlands Academy volleyball coach Rosemary Briesch didn’t expect a 24-win season from her Wildcats this fall. “I thought we would be just okay,” Briesch said. But thanks to a solid core of seniors — Bridget Bourbon, Hayley Lovell, Kiara McKinley, Emma Rodriquez and Allie Vela — and a key addition — freshman Kate Edwards — the Wildcats caught fire in the second half of the season, winning 10 of their last 11 regular-season games. “Our seniors are a tight-knit group, and that really helped us,” said Briesch. “They always pull for one another.” Vela, a captain, figured to be one of the team leaders. The 5-foot-9 middle hitter was honorable mention all-conference last year. She helped the 2011 squad to a 19-7 record and a third-place finish in the Independent School League. “She’s a very consistent player,” said Briesch. “She’s a great kid, who is very committed to athletics. She works her butt off.” Saying goodbye to five senior starters won’t be easy. But, the Wildcats will have Edwards in the fold for three more seasons. Briesch plans to build future WA teams around this talented 5-10 outside hitter. “She stands out,” the Woodlands coach said. “People have
noticed her.” The Winnetka resident was the lone club player on the squad. “The (Poplar Grove) North Boone coach (Amanda Hathaway) commented on her,” said Briesch. “She said how lucky I was to have a freshman like that.” North Boone, as it turned out, ended Woodlands’ season on Oct. 23. The Vikings, seeded No. 5, shocked the No. 1 seeded Wildcats 25-22, 18-25, 25-20 in the regional semifinal at Willows Academy. “Since they were seeded last (in the regional), we were not expecting them to be so tough,” Briesch said. That opinion changed, when North Boone’s outside hitter (Breanna Schaedel) went to work. “She was an awesome outside hitter,” said Briesch. “We had our hands full with her.” With the loss, this Woodlands squad finished the season 24-7 overall and 5-2 in conference play. These Wildcats were hoping to surpass the 1992 team — which went 21-0 in the regular season and won a regional title — and the 2010 team — which finished 17-10 and claimed a Class 2A regional crown. “I’m still very pleased with the results of the season,” Briesch said. ■
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der wouldn’t allow her to play high school tennis again until after the North Suburban Conference meet in early October. “I injured it in the summer, when I hit either a forehand or an overhead,” said Lipp, who trained with the Scouts at practices when she didn’t attend physical therapy sessions. When she was finally cleared by a doctor to hit shots for the Scouts, Lipp was encouraged to occasionally serve underhanded and run around her forehand. Such moves are shoulder-friendly. “Maddie’s footwork is unmatched, and that enabled her to hit so many backhands that would have been forehands had she been totally healthy,” Murphy said. “Her feet never stopped at state. “What people don’t realize,” she added, “is that Maddie had to work five times as hard as others to get her body in the best position to hit effective backhands.” Wanner hadn’t seen Lipp hit a tennis ball in a match until last month’s state meet. “So strong, so resilient,” Wanner said. “It was clear how determined she is and how dedicated she is as an athlete.” Lipp still hit plenty of crisp forehands and overhand serves and overheads at the state meet. She even cracked aces to save two break points in the first set of the state doubles final. Lipp winced at times. Lipp gingerly loosened up her right shoulder at other times. But her superb instincts and Zordani’s closing skills at the net proved too potent for their opponents. “Maddie’s ability to handle pressure in a professional manner – that’s what I noticed at the state meet,” Marsh said. “That impressed me.” Lipp, slated to graduate in December, wants to play professional tennis after her college years. If that doesn’t work out, she’ll shrug and move on, knowing a degree from Northwestern also tends to turn heads. “Maddie is a special person, a special athlete,” Murphy said. “She is destined for greatness, no matter what avenue she takes after college.” Murphy tried to dissuade Lipp from taking a certain path out of a certain plane in September. “I asked her to consider waiting to do that until after the season,” Murphy said. “But Maddie insisted on going through with it. She showed her whimsical, silly side. But I have to admit: When I heard of her plans to jump out of a plane, I told her, ‘Lucky you!’ ” ■
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Third place: Senior Katy Weeks and junior Hannah Waldman scored the goals in New Trier’s 2-0 defeat of Oak ParkRiver Forest in Saturday morning’s third-place game. Trevians senior keeper Kristen Ann Fox got the shutout. Cornell University-bound Weeks, New Trier’s leading scorer in each of the past three seasons, was named IHSFHA player of the year before the title game. “She deserved that honor,” Nykaza said. “Great body control, with the quickest hands.” NOTABLE: Lake Forest, Loyola and New Trier fielded a combined 15 IHSFHA all-staters this fall. LF: Carberry, Dever, Jessica Staton, Katie Sullivan and Caroline Marwede; Loyola: Mahoney, Alexander, Katherine Eilers and Jamie Stoner; NT: Weeks, Kelsey Murray, Sarah Kennedy, Courtney Roggekamp, Dana Hankin and Jackie Kingdom. Other area all-state picks were Lake Forest Academy’s Lauren Stevenson, MaryKate Patton, Amanda Bozorgi and Mercedes Nagel; North Shore Country Day’s Addie Ball, Lizzy Gendell and Rory Kelly; Highland Park’s Amanda Skurie and Caroline Shuler; and Woodlands Academy’s Michaela Bowler. ■
more Ben Casey (78th, 16:34). “After the race we knew Hanig had qualified, but it was not looking good for the team or any of our other individuals to make it to state,” Caines said. After the first 300 yards it wasn’t looking rosy for Estrada. He had fallen, face first. But he recovered nicely, particularly in the third mile. “Angel made up an incredible amount of time and positions,” said Caines. Days after HP’s bus issue, Caines was able to laugh about it. He laughed again when his runners suggested the team use another mode of transportation for this weekend’s trip to Peoria. “A helicopter,” Caines said. “They want us to fly in on a helicopter.” New Trier: The Trevians also qualified for state as a team on Oct. 27, taking third (119 points) at the 3A Niles West sectional behind senior Ethan Kaplan’s seventh-place 15:25.79. NT’s 2-5 finishers were junior Connor Trapp (20th, 15:51.25), senior Ben Rosenkranz (26th, 15:55.76), junior Chase Silverman (32nd, 16:02.53) and sophomore Austin Santacruz (34th, 16:03.83). York easily captured the team championship, with 29 points. Maine South (70) finished runner-up. Lake Forest: Senior Billy Bund motored to runner-up honors (15:02) at Saturday’s Schaumburg sectional. None of the other Scouts advanced to state. ■
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ou often have ideal weather in early October, and for the perfect weekend, we would be lucky enough to have the White Sox in an October experience on a Friday night. We love bringing people to the games. We have a nice dining room for our guests. We occasionally sit in the super suites to be social or in seats behind the White Sox dugout. It would become more perfect when we win the game. We have a nice downtown dig in the Ritz-Carlton condominium complex where we’d stay that night. On Saturday, we’d have a nice massage at the Ritz. We’d jump in the pool, go to the steam room. We’d take a walk by Grant Park. If the children were with us, we’d go to Fogo de Chao, a Brazilian steakhouse, for dinner. My daughter’s son once had 20 servings there – he’s a teenager. That evening, there’d be a nice Bulls’ game at the stadium. We’d have company with us and enjoy the front-row seats behind the visitors’ bench. If we get to see Kobe (Bryant) and Dwight Howard up close, that’s even better. On Sunday, we’d have a very nice breakfast. We’d go to Ralph Lauren for lunch. It’s about a block away. We have friends who have a sailboat. There’s nothing better than that. We like dining out with friends. That night, we’d go to the ballet or the theatre. ■ ~ Janie and Chuck Walsh, as told to David Sweet
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