The North Shore Weekend EAST, Issue 34 by JWC Media

saturday june 1 | sunday june 2 2013

No. 34

featuring the news and personalities of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Glencoe, Highland Park, Lake Forest & Lake Bluff

Living history The North Shore’s past is filled with little-known tidbits and big surprises. P8

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North Shore Weekend p | 31 NEWS 08 Living history The North Shore’s past is filled with interesting stories and many surprises.

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YEA! Highland Park has been helping out those organizations that scramble to stay alive financially.

LIFESTYLE & ARTS 20 Sunday Breakfast Sparked by her young son, Stephen, Alyssa Sinclair is launching a non-profit so those children who show up at soup kitchens will have a better experience.

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

32 Open Houses See a list — complete with map — of what houses you can see on the North Shore this weekend.

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26 Love & Marriage Joanna Brown looks at married couples who buy houses together.

Take a look at intriguing houses in our towns.

sports 40 Solid finishes

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Lake Forest High School doubles team takes fifth in state tournament, and four North Shore track athletes earn state medals.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST… 46 The Perfect Weekend Robin and Peter Baugher of Wilmette — who met at the Nixon White House — find the North Shore to be the ideal spot for a weekend.

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trung like pearls along the western shoreline of Lake Michigan” are the villages and cities of the North Shore, as Michael Ebner wrote a quarter century ago in a book about

the area. The history of the North Shore is robust, and we’re fortunate that so many anecdotes from long ago survive today. Who recalls that Ravinia Festival nearly declared bankruptcy in its early days, or that Northwestern University football players helped with a gambling raid? Few of us have ever heard either tale. Bill McLean shares some of these compelling stories inside. Stories emerge frequently from Ragdale, the beautiful property that serves a retreat for writers and artists in Lake Forest. The backyard features a new addition — or rather, a new twist on an old design. The Ragdale Ring launches June 15. It’s an outdoor stage reminiscent of one built more than 100 years ago at the then-Howard Van Doren Shaw home. Four performances will take place this summer on Thursday nights beginning at 7 p.m. “By the end of the performance, the sun is setting on the prairie,” says Jeff Meeuwsen, the executive director of Ragdale, who is living there during the summer get a better understanding of the rhythms of the place.

Ragdale often finds itself (as an author who did not reside there once wrote) in a Catch-22 — it needs to give its artists privacy to create, yet it needs to bring the public on campus to see what happens there. Meeuwsen believes the Ragdale Ring can help solve that issue by engaging the residency programs and welcoming visitors for memorable performances (rather than simple tours). Angelika Labno writes about the ring in this issue. Rings are also important to married couples, and Joanna Brown looks at whether they’ll be tossed aside during the stressful process when a couple buys a home together. Her piece — based on a survey that reveals home-buying actually strengthens marriages — reminded me of our house purchase a decade ago. Since we both lived in New York, we decided it was easier for me to fly back to Chicago three or four times to check out houses. And although my wife saw photos of our home to be, she never stepped foot in it until the day we moved in, which still astonishes people. (Though the house has been a success, the maroon minivan I bought without her was less so.)

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Grand plans, great schools — and even a gambling raid — mark history of North Shore

Michael Ebner is the author of “Creating Chicago’s North Shore: A Suburban History.”

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■ by bill mclean In the fall of 1905, Reverend George Edward Parisoe of Highwood’s Grace Methodist Church was miffed. He had heard Highwood’s mayor then, Michael J. Gibbs, owned a local saloon that was harboring gambling. Months earlier, the reelected Gibbs had banned public card playing and gambling in the saloons of his city, formerly known as Fort Sheridan City. The man behind the raid on Gibbs’ Highwood establishment was none other than a man of the cloth. But Parisoe had help. “Northwestern football players also tried to shut down the saloon,” said author and Lake Forest College professor of history emeritus Michael H. Ebner, who chronicled the event in his thoroughly researched book, “Creating Chicago’s North Shore, a Suburban History” (The University of Chicago Press, 1988). “It got rough,” he added. Soldiers backed the saloon keepers and attempted to prevent the capture of the gambling machine. While delivering his first sermon after the raid, Reverend Parisoe was surrounded by armed soldiers in Grace Methodist’s sanctuary — for his protection.

His sermon’s topic that day: “Brotherly love.” The heart of Ebner’s book recounts North Shore lore galore and examines eight North Shore suburbs, from the one closest in proximity to Chicago (Evanston, incorporated in 1857) to one (Lake Bluff, 1895) that Stanley Field — Marshall Field’s nephew — called home in the early 1900s. In between the North Shore’s southern and northern tips: Wilmette (1872), Kenilworth (1896), Winnetka (1869), Glencoe (1869), Highland Park (1869) and Lake Forest (1861). “[They’re] strung like pearls along the western shoreline of Lake Michigan due north of the city,” Ebner wrote in his book’s introduction. But the winding gems, necklaced mostly by Sheridan Road, aren’t exactly homogeneous — despite their common denominators of gardenlike landscapes, picturesque country clubs, quaint shops and nationally recognized school systems. Arthur Meeker was a novelist, travel writer and local historian who moved with his family to Lake Forest in 1906. Ebner cited one of Meeker’s keen observations in the concluding chapter (“The Sense of Place”) of “Creating Chicago’s North Shore, a Suburban History”: “To the uninitiated eye,” Meeker began, “these attractive villages

stretching along the lake from the city limits … look very much alike. But, oh, the differences really.” Lake Forest’s Onwentsia Club (created in 1895) was different. Polo matches, golf championships and hunts were staged at the manicured country club. “Envy … yes, there was envy,” Ebner said. “Other new North Shore communities wanted that type of club to call their own. Onwentsia set the pace for the emergence of many country clubs.” A one-for-all, all-for-one movement formed when Highland Park’s Ravinia Park (now known as Ravinia Festival), faced bankruptcy in the first decade of the 20th century. A recession had hammered the United States in 1909. To lose the outdoor destination for classical music would be tantamount to losing a part of the North Shore’s soul. “The North Shore suburbs got together and raised money — private donations only — to see to it that Ravinia would survive,” Ebner said. “That was significant, considering the eight communities were spread over two counties (Lake, Cook) and five townships (Evanston, New Trier, Deerfield, West Deerfield and Shields).” The regional adjective “North Shore” surfaced in the late 1800s, nearly two decades after the Great Chicago Fire and around the time Joseph Sears founded Kenilworth. One of the 11 “Kenilworth Don’ts,” written by the village’s local improvement association and issued to citizens, was, “Don’t forget that in making your own premises attractive, you give pleasure to others, and purify the artistic atmosphere.” “Business owners,” Ebner said, “started using ‘North Shore’ in the names of their businesses. “ ‘North Shore Grocery,’ for example, and ‘North Shore Electric Railroad.’ It was a marketing tool because it had a desirable social cachet. Realtors also used it, saying to prospective homeowners, ‘We sell North Shore property.’ ” Lake Forest essentially used Market Square — at the time (1916) a highly innovative and eye-catching business district — to sell the beauty of its city to visitors. It was inspired by Arthur T. Aldis, a Chicagoan who had arrived in Lake Forest in 1901. He urged noted architect and Lake Forest resident Howard Van Doren Shaw to supervise the construction of the charming, centrally located collection of shops. “Before Market Square was built,” Ebner said, “downtown

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North Shore facts and figures that might make you utter, ‘Really!?’ Some interesting tidbits of North Shore history:

• Northfield was originally incorporated in 1926 under the name Wau-Ban. Samuel Insull, an electric utility innovator, built a railroad station at Willow Road and called it Northfield. Village residents later adopted the name for their town. • The Glencoe Metra Station was featured in a scene from the movie “Flags of our Fathers” (2006). Clint Eastwood directed it, and it starred Ryan Phillippe and Barry Pepper. • Many believe Half Day Road got its name in the 1900s because it supposedly took a half day to travel from the Lincolnshire area to Chicago. Not so. It came from an Aptakisic Indian chief named Halfda. A cartographer spelled it “Half Day,” and the name of the road stuck.

Top hats for men and fancy coats for women were de rigueur back in the day on the North Shore.

Lake Forest was a ramshackle area. [Aldis] wanted commuters who got off the train to look at Market Square and be reminded of Lake Forest’s beautiful homes. It did exactly that.” F. Scott Fitzgerald occasionally visited Lake Forest to court a native named Ginevra King in the early 1900s. An underclassman at Princeton University at the time, the future author’s pursuit failed. Fitzgerald fictionalized King as Daisy Buchanan in “The Great Gatsby.” “She dumped him,” Ebner said. “Or, as they said back then, ‘Threw him over.’ ” The parties in “The Great Gatsby” were similar to those on the North Shore back in The Roaring ‘20s. Despite Prohibition, alcohol flew freely. Debutante parties later became major affairs, with bandleaders such as Lester Lanin flown in. Clubs such as Indian Hill in Winnetka and Shoreacres in Lake Bluff, among others, hosted lavish events. “Creating Chicago’s North Shore, a Suburban History,” is littered with fascinating passages of the community leaders who had visions, either for each of the eight “pearls” or for the North Shore region. Volney W. Foster, a businessman from Evanston, sought to rebuild Sheridan Road from Evanston all the way up to Milwaukee in 1887 — before the invention of the automobile. “It was a grand, grand plan,” Ebner said. “He looked at Sheridan Road as a beautiful cultural marker along the North Shore, as something that could be a unifying force. But he got nowhere; the plan was never implemented.” Walter S. Gurnee became the president of the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad after serving as a Democratic mayor of Chicago in 1851-52. One of the first commuter trains, in 1855, departed from Waukegan at 6:30 a.m. and arrived in Chicago 9 a.m., after stops in Rockland (now Lake Bluff), Highland Park, Glencoe, Winnetka and Evanston. They were dubbed “railroad” suburbs, years before “North Shore” would douse that ho-hum description for good. “Gurnee had invested in North Shore property (in the future locations of Highland Park, Glencoe, Lake Bluff and Winnetka), and he was well aware that people, not just freight, needed to be transported,” Ebner said. College cargo got all aboard, too. Northwestern

University opened its campus in Evanston in 1855. Not long after South Dakota native J.W.F. Davies arrived in Winnetka to serve as the associate pastor of the Winnetka Congregational Church, he noticed several boys “loafing and hanging around (in 1909),” Ebner noted in his book. One of the boys said to Davies, “This is the dullest place. Not a thing for a fellow to do.”

“The North Shore suburbs got together and raised money — private donations only — to see to it that Ravinia would survive.” | Michael Ebner

• Three North Shore schools — Loyola Academy, New Trier and Lake Forest high schools — have captured a combined 31 state lacrosse titles since 1988. New Trier’s boys won seven in a row (2005-11) after championship efforts in ’95 and ’98; Loyola’s boys (champs in ’12) have also amassed nine state titles in program history; Loyola’s girls have won the last four state championships and six overall; Lake Forest’s boys finished first five times from 1988-97; New Trier’s girls won state in ’08; and Lake Forest’s girls took home the state’s biggest trophy in ’04. • Chicago Botanic Garden in Glencoe is home to 26 gardens and four natural areas. It traces its origins back to the Chicago Horticultural Society, founded in 1890. • Before it became a summer colony in 1875, Lake Bluff was known as Rockland, as well as the Dwyer Settlement and Oak Hill. • A “blind pig” meant “unlicensed saloon” in the early years (late 19th century, early 20th) of the North Shore suburbs. Bill McLean

Those words drove Davies to organize “a club to sponsor suitable activities.” A house for such activities was built in 1911. It’s still around. It’s Winnetka Community House. But the defining attribute of a North Shore community, Ebner stressed, is what goes on in another kind of structure. “A strong public high school was crucial to the developing North Shore communities,” Ebner said. “People admired Evanston Township’s high school. After New Trier Township High School (founded in 1899, in Winnetka) was established, it recruited the best teachers and earned an outstanding reputation for excellence. That raised the value of the property in the township. “What I found interesting was what some of the opponents thought about New Trier Township’s original design. They thought the inclusion of a pool was the height of extravagance for a high school.”

New Trier High School’s girls swimming and diving team captured its 13th state championship in program history last fall; the school’s swimming and diving boys then topped a state field for the 23rd time in the winter. “There’s a great appreciation for excellence in education, performing arts and extracurricular activities here, and all three are valued,” said sixth-year New Trier athletic director Randy Oberembt, a Highland Park resident whose first day on the job at NTHS occurred nearly 102 years after a Reverend Parisoe huddled with gridders/rookie raiders from Northwestern. “All three help young men and women become wellrounded adults,” he added. “Each school along the North Shore so often serves as the foundation for success later in life.” ■

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■ by angelika labno When Ray Geraci was mayor of Highland Park in 1996, he was faced with two problems: a push to put an entertainment tax on Ravinia Festival, and a number of charitable and social groups who were turning to the city for help. He achieved a compromise by establishing YEA! Highland Park, a non-profit organization that benefits youth, education and art programs. The agreement: Ravinia Festival would extend its season by one weekend to dedicate a concert to YEA!, handle things like booking, parking and publicity, and turn over the profits at the end of the night. YEA! would, in turn, use the proceeds to give out grants to an assortment of groups, from art centers to college opportunity programs. “Each of our organizations budget around these grants, and they are all important,” said Patty Pell, co-president of YEA!. “Through this funding, they are able to offer free concerts to the public or run programs in school. They run the gamut of benefits to the community.” There are approximately 23 organizations and agencies that apply for grants every year, and YEA! has distributed more than $3.1 million to them. The list includes, but is not limited to: Family Network, Highland Park Historical Society, Infinity Foundation, North Shore School District 112, Tri-Con Child Care Center and Community Nursery School. Since its opening program in 1997, with a performance by The Manhattan Transfer, YEA! has welcomed performances by the Beach Boys, Hootie & the Blowfish, Frank Sinatra, Jr. and the late Marvin Hamlisch. Some performers have even donated their time to come into the schools to perform with the students. Since 2010, instead of reserving a special night at the end of the season, YEA! receives a tented area and 300 tickets to one of four concert options. Additionally, a percentage of Ravinia’s proceeds are gifted to the City of Highland Park. One-third of that amount, not exceeding $250,000, is donated to YEA!. “The benefit dinner becomes a very festive community event,” said Kerry Leaf,

the other co-president of the organization. “People pay above the cost of the ticket to enjoy an open bar, a beautiful dinner and great entertainment.” The benefit this year will be held on the Aug. 17, a Saturday, and the concert is Buddy Guy — recognized at the Kennedy Center this year — and George Thorogood. Dinner tickets priced at $200 include premium pavilion seats, parking, dinner and the opportunity to bid on a silent auction

“One of the reasons that people are very happy to donate to this organization is that one donation supports many agencies at the same time.” | Kerry Leaf (pavilion seats are also available for purchase for those wishing to forgo the dinner option). The proceeds benefit YEA! when purchased through the organization, either on www.yeahp.org or by calling 224-343-2994. “One of the reasons that people are very happy to donate to this organization is that one donation supports many agencies at the same time,” said Leaf. “Every penny goes back to the organizations that we support,” added Geraci. In addition to the Ravinia benefit, YEA! organizes an evening to distribute the grant money. The event has been attended by former mayors, state politicians and city councilmen. Moving forward, YEA! plans to grow its position as the “middle man” for Ravinia and those in need. “We are gradually expanding our board and looking to explore some other types of events that will benefit youth, education and arts,” said Leaf. ■

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Bungee jumping, scuba diving — and self-esteem Camps on the North Shore offer far more than days of yore ■ by joanna brown Although summer camp activities have evolved from the days of circle games and sing-alongs that many parents remember from their own childhood, local camp directors agree their mission in 2013 is to have fun — and to be safe doing it. “Back in the day, we did swimming and fishing, baseball and soccer, lanyard and crafts, and songs,” recalled Stacy Schwartz Kotelov, who grew up a camper, counselor and is now executive director of Banner Day Camp, the Lake Forest institution that her family owns. “Now we have professional musicians and the kids still sing, but they also do these really cool hip hop performances on stage.” Lisa Panzio, who oversees two day camps offered by the Glencoe Park District, agrees. “We hope the every day is the best day ever. That’s what we focus on at camp,” she said. “But the level of expectation has increased over the years. I came from a time of games and art and swimming. Now there is cooking and field trips.” It was feedback from parents with high expectations that prompted the Park District to bring in specialty instructors for things like ceramics, cooking, drama and technology for the Camper’s Choice portion of the day. The same feedback launched specialty camps for soccer, tennis, lacrosse, sailing, beach volleyball and chess. A camp for older participants includes scuba diving, rock wall climbing and Frisbee golf. At Banner Day Camp, campers can look forward to bungee jumping, a high ropes course and zip line, pioneering activities and bumper boats for younger campers. But Kotelov said all the activities encourage some kind of personal development. “We try to share values with campers, like self-esteem, confidence and friendship that impact them for their lives as far as what they can accomplish,” she said. “I think there are more choices today, and

it’s a safe risk for campers to try new things that they didn’t know they could do. The kids hear encouragement from their counselors and cheering from their friends.” Oasis Summer Day Camp owner Brooke Schamber echoed the need for campers to find encouragement at camp –- especially after a long school year. It’s for that reason that Color Wars (a throwback to her own days as a camper) is one of the most popular events at the five-year old camp she and her husband operate in Winnetka and Highland Park. The whole camp is divided into two teams for games, but they also paint their faces and make up cheers to support each other. “It’s about camaraderie and competition and just gets everyone fired up for camp,” Schamber said. “There are sports and capture the flag and a craft challenge. But if a student has been struggling all year or has a hard time sitting still in a chair at school, summer is their time to be the shining star and experience growth. They can be the guy who dunks the counselor everyone was after in the dunk tank or they might capture the flag. No one is judging you because of shortcomings.” Nevertheless, Schamber knows that parents worry about academic regression during summer break; after all, she and her husband are both teachers. They’ve found creative ways to educate and challenge campers during the camp day, such as through field trips to a Wisconsin farm or a pirate adventure at Navy Pier. “The campers don’t realize they’ve just gotten a lesson about geodes or fossils. They’re coming away having learned something through fun,” Schamber said. “When you ask about someone’s best memories, they always identify summer as a magical time. It’s what I think of when I’m at camp riding the Ferris wheel at the Lake County Fair. Owning a camp is my excuse to have a fun summer.” ■

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So it’s finally time for you to take that unused spare bedroom, the attic space that only collects dust or the garage that’s the family “catch-all” and convert it into a functional room to suit your family’s lifestyle—congratulations on this exciting step in home ownership! By re-purposing the unused areas of your home, you’re immediately adding enjoyment, relaxation and purpose into what was previously wasted space. In the long-term, you’re adding value to your home’s “resume” by providing prospective buyers with a floor plan maximized for efficiency and square footage, as well as a one-of-a-kind specialty room! For any space conversion, check building regulations to establish necessary headroom. Generally, a room must allow no less than 6-8 feet of headroom to be considered a “habitable space”; according to most building codes require an opening, such as a window or skylight whose size is comprised of a percentage of the floor area for lighting and ventilation reasons. If an attic doesn’t meet the requirement for headroom it doesn’t mean it is destined to remain an attic: with the help of a contractor, the roof can be raised, or dormer windows can be installed, providing headroom, lighting and ventilation. When re-purposing a room, it is always a good idea to consult with a building contractor, architect or engineer to ensure the soundness of a structure and to determine whether the additional “living load” will require any reinforcements or underpinnings to maintain the structure’s reliability over time. Trained professionals may also be able to help you find solutions to obstacles to conversion of a room, making sure that wasted space doesn’t stay wasted needlessly. Contractors are also essential for practical solutions: if electricity, drainage or water are needed for a new room, a licensed professional is best equipped to determine how the utilities can be linked to existing services in a manner that is safe and dependable. Finally, consider what kind of room you will be creating and how that room figures into the overall “flow” of the house—for example, a “rumpus room” is probably not best located near quiet bedrooms, nor bathrooms near kitchen or living areas unless there is some sort of separation or lobby space. There’s no reason to waste a space when you could be living there. Once you’ve taken into consideration all of the coding, practical, structural and aesthetic elements to your room conversion, you can relax and enjoy the new room, satisfied in its safety, comfort, beauty and practical luxury!

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■ by katie rose mceneely Eileen Looby Weber is the vice president and design educator at Lake Forest Flowers. She lives in Lake Forest. Reading: I am reading Golf Magazine, Bon Appetit Magazine, The North Shore Weekend, and Forest & Bluff. I also read my alma mater newsletters, and I’ve been particularly looking at the real estate sections — my husband and I are looking for a house. Listening to: I have XM, so I typically listen to a mix of Top 40 hits, classical and swing tunes. If I’m working out, I go with more of the hip-hop, faster paced songs. I listen to classical when I design and clean.

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Watching: I watched “Jack Reacher,” which is not my type of movie — I’m more into romantic comedy — and I saw “The Last Samurai.” I’m not very good to watch action movies with because I want to know what happens to the people who are in the fight. I like the side stories that are involved with the action plots, but I’m not interested in violence. I like to know what happens next. Following: Social media is a great way to stay in touch with friends and family

members, and I like to see what’s happening with everyone’s kids. You may not have spoken to someone in months, but you can know when their child lost their first tooth. Activity: I’m on the homeowner’s association board at Amberley Woods Condominiums — that’s very busy in terms of strategic planning on the landscape. I’m involved in St. Genevieve’s Circle at St. Mary’s — a group of 30 women meet once a month and help at charities, and we also act as a support group for each other. I also am on the Carmel Catholic High School board and I host “Inside Lake Forest,” a television show put on by the city. That’s been a lot of fun. We’ve been hosting classes at the store at least once a month, more often twice. I’ve had the pleasure of working with the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Newcomers and the Lake Forest Graduate School of Management Alumni. We also host public classes, highlighting something new every time — a new style, or seasonal flowers. We had an entertaining and color trends class in May, and in June we’re going to do a succulent gardening class. It’s really more for me sharing my passion and helping people to be confident about using flowers at home and enjoying them as much as I do. Eating: If I am watching TV, I’ll watch the Cooking Channel — a lot of Anthony Bourdain. My husband and I enjoy cooking: my husband handles the meat, and I add color to the plate, make sure we actually eat vegetables. Last week my husband smoked a turkey on the grill and stuffed it with apples. It’s fun to see what magazines are highlighting in terms of seasonal food. What is your favorite mistake? I always learn from my mistakes. With that in mind, I would attribute it to cooking. Cooking is both a science and an art, and you need to have precise measurements and an open mind. My greatest mistake is trying to substitute more healthy ingredients into a cake recipe and, while trying to be healthy, actually ruining the flavor. Sometimes, it’s just worth the extra calories. ■

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On May 20, the newly elected members of the Kenilworth Village Board were sworn into office. The following members joined the Village Board: •Bill Russell -- Village President •Ann Potter -- Village Trustee •Kevin Lennon -- Village Trustee •Scott Lien -- Village Trustee •Patrick Garvey -- Village Treasurer In addition, Michael Thomas will remain on the Kenilworth Village Board as a trustee, taking the vacant position left by Russell.

Attorney General Lisa Madigan will be the featured speaker at the League of Women Voters of Highland Park/ Highwood’s annual luncheon at Bella Via, 1899 2nd Street, in Highland Park at noon on Saturday, June 1. The program is open to the public. Luncheon tickets may be purchased by going to www.lwvhp.org and clicking the donate button. Tickets are $40 each, and sponsorships are available.

Lake Bluff Kathy O’Hara was sworn in as the new president of Lake Bluff recently, replacing Christine Letchinger. O’Hara is the former principal of Lake Bluff Middle School. Also sworn in as village trustees were incumbent John Josephitis, Bill Meyer and Eric Grenier All four elected officials are members of the Lake Bluff Caucus. Wilmette

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Lake Forest Lake Forest American Legion McKinlock Post 264 is sponsoring eight young leaders for the 2013 Illinois Boys State, which starts June 8 in Springfield. Lake Forest delegates this year are: William Mitchell, Robert Schyns, Luke Staunton, Rylan Terrasse, Lucas Tozzi, Andrew Trandai, Ryan Wang, Jacob Widner and Robert Kessman, who is not able to attend. The leaders learn the mechanics of government by creating their own agencies of city, county and state government in Illinois. Winnetka The 67th Annual Winnetka Children’s Fair will have familiar rides, plus it will feature something new this year -camel rides. The fair will take place from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday, June 7 and from 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 8. The festivities will take place on the Village Green, located between Elm and Oak Streets, east of Green Bay Road in Winnetka. To learn more, visit www.winnetkachildrensfair.com. harry bliss/the new yorker collection/www.cartoonbank.com

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20 | lifestyle & arts Making a soup kitchen special sunday breakfast for children ■ by david sweet When Alyssa Sinclair and her family volunteered at a soup kitchen in Chicago two years ago, her young son Stephen was told children couldn’t serve food. “He said, ‘Why can’t we serve the food? I’m going to start my own soup kitchen,’ “ recalled Sinclair, sitting at a Starbucks on the North Shore recently. Around the same time, Sinclair was considering returning to the world of advertising sales, where she had worked for MTV’s Nickelodeon magazine and Leo Burnett, among others. But with the encouragement of her husband, Steve, she decided to embrace her son’s idea instead. In July, the Holy Family Soup Kitchen on Eighth Street in Waukegan will see an event unlike any other ever held there. S3 Kids Meals — the non-profit formed by Lake

“You can’t tell a kid how fortunate they are — they have to see it, have something to compare it to.” | Alyssa Sinclair Forest’s Sinclair — will feature arts and crafts, reading groups, free dental screenings by Dr. Angela Kalb, a basketball station created by Lake Bluff’s Kraig Moreland — and, of course, food for needy youngsters, which will be pre-packaged in bags (carrots, apples and more) and handed to them by volunteer children their age. “My kids said there’s nothing really special for kids at the soup kitchen. This gives them something special,” said Sinclair, who hopes 50-100 children show up for S3 Kids Meals’ first monthly event in partnership with Holy Family. Flyers and posters will be hung at the Waukegan site to encourage youth to attend. Already, Sinclair has received help via word of mouth. “Everyone I’ve talked with is so positive. One family has donated 1,000 bags. Another has donated cookies; a friend gave shampoo and body wash,” she said. Beyond the generosity of helping those in need, Sinclair believes the experience of going to soup kitchens will open

the eyes of North Shore youngsters used to safe streets and manicured lawns. “One time (while driving to a soup kitchen) Stephen said, ‘Why are the basketball nets all ripped?’ One of my ideas is to give Lake Forest kids and others a chance to get hands-on experience,” said Sinclair, who noted she’s working about 10 hours a week on the venture so far. “They will have a huge role in interacting with them. “You can’t tell a kid how fortunate they are — they have to see it, have something to compare it to.” Sinclair says Stephen understands that they can’t start their own soup kitchen and that kids can’t serve cooked food at Holy Family for sanitary reasons. But he’s excited about the venture and suggested the idea of athletics as part of the inaugural event. “When you talk to an 8-year-old, they’re so innocent,” she said. “He knows it’s something big, but he won’t understand the magnitude until we show up at the event. I told him, ‘You inspired me to do this.’ “ Sinclair has created a theme for each monthly gathering, including back-to-school in August and the gift of giving in December. She expects to hold a fundraiser at her house sometime this year. (For those interested, more information is available at s3kidsmeals.org.) Especially since she can attend her children’s baseball games and performances (Collin, 7, and Sophia, 5, are Stephen’s siblings), Sinclair knows running S3 Kids Meals is better than going back to work. “I feel fortunate that I can do this — for my kids, for the kids who need help, to inspire people to do good. I just want to give back. And I’m turning 40 — they say you realize then what life’s all about.” ■ Alyssa Sinclair

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22nd Annual Blossoms of Hope Brunch photography by john reilly photography Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago hosted the 22nd Annual Blossoms of Hope Brunch to support the Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide (LOSS) and help spread suicide awareness in the Chicagoland area. The event was hosted by HGTV’s Monica Pedersen, who lost her brother to suicide. Tregg Duerson, son of Chicago Bears great Dave Duerson — who committed suicide in 2011 — was presented with the 2013 Charles T. Rubey LOSS Award. Attracting over 900 guests and held at Drury Lane of Oakbrook Terrace, the afternoon featured a brunch and silent auction. Raising $90,000, all proceeds benefitted LOSS, which provides support services for individuals and families who have lost a loved one to suicide.

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Strengthening your marriage by .… buying a home?

want (a screen porch) behind what you need (a two-car garage) reveals a lot about each partner; it forces tremendous compromise and problem-solving that will carry a marriage through hard times yet to come. Choosing a location forces each spouse to consider commute times, expectations for family time, and career goals for the next

did it that way myself and survived, but I don’t think it brought my husband (then my fiancé) and I closer together. What I remember more was the rainy July 4 weekend we spent pulling shag green carpeting, the accompanying powderized padding, and what seemed like a million staples out of the living room in our second home.

“An overwhelming 80 percent of married homeowners who purchased their homes while married said it did more to strengthen their relationships than any other purchase they made together.”

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If we each thought of the events that brought us closer to our spouse – maybe even convinced us that this was The One – I bet we’d think of the same things; the first Christmas Eve we spent with our future inlaws, a special vacation enjoyed as a couple, and the support we felt while coping with the death of a loved one. What does not come to mind is the experience of buying a home. But a recent survey by Coldwell Banker Real Estate found that one in four married couples 18-34 purchased

their first home together before their wedding date, compared to only 14 percent of couples age 45 and older. An overwhelming 80 percent of married homeowners who purchased their homes while married said it did more to strengthen their relationships than any other purchase they made together. A psychotherapist and spokesperson for Coldwell Banker suggested that while young couples are focusing on career and therefore waiting longer than their parents did to get married and have children, they are not “delaying their dream of home ownership.” In my head, that makes a lot of sense. Buying a house and prioritizing what you

few years. And though the quality of the schools isn’t so much a concern in North Shore communities, buying a home does force a conversation about if and when you want to have children and how many bedrooms you’ll need to house them all. Finally, there’s the dreaded question of finances. Money is one of the leading causes of marital stress, so having the conversation about personal savings, debt and budgets is important to do sooner rather than later. There will be no secrets once your mortgage broker pulls your credit scores. But in my heart, I think the stress of looking for homes, bidding, losing houses that you’ve come to consider your own, and starting all over is a lot for one couple to bear. I

I think of our November road trip through California following a dear friend’s wedding, and the week that we spent at home together after the birth of our first child. Other revelations from this online survey of 2,116 U.S. adults in March include: •35 percent of married homeowners purchased a house together by their second anniversary •16 percent of married adults have not purchased a home with their current spouse •35 percent of married homeowners wish they had bought a house sooner than they actually did. Did buying a home strengthen your marriage? Share your advice for this summer’s brides with me at Joanna@northshoreweekend.com

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$679,000 www.980Coventry.info

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$350,000 847-217-0494

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$345,000

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847-866-8200

Winnetka Anita Neumann

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$260,000 847-926-1697

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$239,000

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Jean Royster

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Heidi Ogden

$1,750,000

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$1,498,000

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847-926-1672

Jane Hall

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Lake Forest Jeannie Emmert

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$2,190,000 847-234-8000

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Highland Park www.2077Partridge.info Marcia Shanin

$1,395,000 847-433-5400

Highland Park www.1120Hillcrest.info Jami Brenner

$1,279,000 847-433-5400

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$1,100,000 847-835-0236

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Wilmette 831Oakwood.info SFC Team

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Evanston 2336Lincolnwood.info Susan Roche

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www.3200Hill.info

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$899,000 847-256-7400

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Highland Park

www.3339Dato.info

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A Matter of Taste

Venture looks for a piece of the pie

photography by joel lerner

Mitch Wasserman

■ by katie rose mceneely Mitch Wasserman is the owner and chef at the Full Belly Craft Kitchen and Bakery in Highwood.

How did you start cooking? I’ve been a chef for a quite a while and came from a family of wonderful cooks. I learned at my mother’s knee, so to speak, and always had

an interest in it. My partners and I split up our business a couple of years ago and decided to get into professional cooking. I did catering and was a personal chef on the North Shore and wanted to learn more, so I joined a company in Evanston and worked at the University of Chicago, catering private events. Ultimately, I became a corporate chef for 11 years. Years cooking? 18. Best recipe change? I make recipes my own; I think the most important thing is taking any recipe, whether it’s one from my mother or one that I see online or develop from scratch, and make it my own. Full Belly makes artisan pickles and sandwich pies. I developed it to be something you picked up and ate with your hands, but I wanted a real piecrust. So I developed a savory piecrust that complements the fillings. Signature pie? All the pies are signature pies; they’re all different. Our whole concept is our signature. Favorite food to make? I don’t make pies for myself and my wife; we eat a lot of salads, a lot of fish, a lot of soups. Worthwhile gadget? I couldn’t live without my stick blenders. I don’t know how anybody cooks without a Cuisinart. Favorite cookbook? I have a pretty good cookbook collection, but I don’t refer to that much anymore; when I’m looking for something different, I look online. Favorite fruit or vegetable? I love tomatoes in just about any incarnation. I’m very partial to San Marzano tomatoes. Funniest or most memorable kitchen incident? One of my cooks who works with me at Full Belly has a really fabulous repertoire of sauces — he was making a habanero sauce, and I didn’t realize what it

Recipe: Quinoa Salad with Dijon Vinaigrette: Cook 1 cup quinoa according to package directions, then spread on a lightly oiled cookie sheet and place in refrigerator to chill. Mix together 2 medium unpeeled, diced zucchini; 1 unpeeled diced seedless cucumber; a 14-ounce can whole artichoke hearts, sliced; 12 dry-pack sun dried tomatoes, julienned; 24 Kalamata olives, pitted and quartered; 1 small red onion, diced and soaked in cold water for 10 minutes; ½ bunch chopped Italian parsley; and1/3 cup raw sunflower seeds, toasted. Add vegetables to quinoa. For the dressing: Whisk together 1 medium shallot, minced; 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard; ¼ cup red wine vinegar; 2 tablespoons lemon juice; 1 to 1 ½ tablespoons sugar; 1 teaspoon Kosher salt; and 5-6 grinds black pepper. Slowly add ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil to the mixture, whisking until emulsified. Gently toss dressing with quinoa and vegetables; chill, and remove from refrigerator ½ hour before serving. Top with crumbled Feta cheese to taste. Serves 3-4, or 6-8 as a side dish. Full Belly is located at 802 Sheridan Rd. in Highwood; many of their pickles are also available at Sunset Foods in Lake Forest. For more information, call 847-926-7164 or visit fullbellyyum.com ■

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was. He had some of the sauce on a spoon and asked me to taste it. I thought it was tomato sauce and took the entire spoonful and swallowed it all — I paid the price for that one! I couldn’t taste anything for two weeks, it was so hot.

WINNETKA-Attractive stone and cedar Cape Cod on 1/2 acre has flexible floor plan and graciously scaled rooms. Spacious and inviting living room/dining room combination has fireplace, bay window and hardwood floors. Terrific heated sun room has tile floor and ceiling fan. Handsome kitchen has been updated with black walnut island top, Corian counters, copper bar sink, all new appliances, slate floors and large eating area with bay window. Second level includes a master bedroom suite with dressing area and bath plus two additional family bedrooms and hall bath. The wonderful large third floor level has a family room/office. Lower level includes recreation room with fireplace, bedroom, bath and laundry. Great space and great place! Beautiful blue-stone patio and gardens. 9 Rooms, 4 Bedrooms, 3 Baths. $1,365,000

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GLENVIEW $419,000 www.914Juniper.com

WILMETTE $329,000 www.1410Sheridan3B.com

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the first shopping centers in the country. Although the tour is designed for parents with children in strollers, everyone is welcome.

Events to attend on the North Shore in the week ahead

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Art of the Heirloom Chicago Botanic Garden, Joutras Gallery | 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe | 9am | 847-835-5440 or chicagobotanic.org/exhibitions/art-ofthe-heirloom Celebrating the intersection of art and agriculture, Art of the Heirloom showcases original works commissioned by the Hudson Valley Seed Library for its annual Art/Seed Pack collection. The exhibition features works in oil painting, paper, collage, encaustic, colored pencil, and printmaking. Exhibition runs through Aug. 18.

Saturday june 1

“Dancing in the Streets” Deerfield Festival of Fine Arts | Corner of Park Avenue and Jewett Park Drive, Deerfield | 6-9pm | Free | dbrchamber.com

Congratulations to the members of the Class of 2013 who have earned over

$11.9 million dollars in college scholarships.

Albion College * Art Center College of Design * Augustana College Ave Maria College * Ball State University * Bellarmine University Beloit College * Boston University * Brevard College Carroll University * Clarke University * The College of Wooster University of Colorado, Boulder * University of Colorado, Denver Columbia College * Concordia University * Cornell College University of Dayton * DePaul University * DePauw University Dominican University * John Carroll University University of Illinois, Chicago * University of Illinois, Urbana Illinois State University * The University of Iowa * Knox College Loras College * Loyola University * Marque e University Miami University * University of Michigan * Michigan State University Millikin University * University of Minnesota * Monmouth College New England Conservatory * Northeastern Illinois University Northern Illinois University * Northwestern University University of Notre Dame * Nova Southeastern University Oakton Community College * Penn State University * Regis University Rutgers, The State University of NJ * University of San Francisco St. Ambrose University * St. Lawrence University Saint Mary’s College * St. Norbert College * St. Olaf College Southern Illinois University * Stetson University The University of Tampa * Trinity College, Dublin Trinity College, Hartford * Union College * Vanderbilt University Villanova University * William Woods University University of Wisconsin, Madison * University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh

Enjoy food from local restaurants and an evening concert to kick off the summer, featuring Blue Road with special guest Shirley King.

sunday june 2

monday june 3

Monday Night Car Show Westfield Old Orchard 4999 Old Orchard Center, Skokie | 6-9pm | Free | 847-4332400 or mondaynightcarshows.com Take a trip to the past and check out a selection of classic cars parked on display in the West parking lot of Westfield Old Orchard shopping center. As many as 200 cars will be on display, including classic cars, muscle cars, hot rods, motorcycles and vintage military vehicles. Come and enjoy a summer night full of music, food, prizes, hourly raffles, and fun supporting Monday Night Car Shows, Inc., every Monday night through Sept. 3.

tuesday june 4

Celebracion! The Art of Agustin Portillo Re-invent Gallery | 202 Wisconsin Ave., Lake Forest | Free | 224-544-5961 or reinventlf.com Mexican artist Agustin Portillo returns to the Chicagoland area after more than eight years. This show exhibits colorful new works celebrating the artist’s new beginnings and will also include a 10-minute video in Spanish with English subtitles discussing the Mexican art world. Exhibition runs through June 15.

wednesday june 5

North Shore Chamber Music Festival Village Presbyterian Church | 1300

Walk 4 Children’s Walk-a-Thon and Family Fun Day

Tickets available online | 847-370-3984 or

North Suburban Medical Research Junior

nscmf.org/schedule

Board (NSMRJB) | 23970 Elm Road, Lincoln-

On June 5, 7, and 8, NSCMF welcomes some of the greatest names in classical music, as well as young talents. From Oscar Peterson’s great swing to Brahms’ gypsy fire the festival is full of new discoveries like Pärt’s Mozart-Adagio and Daugherty’s Diamond in the Rough, and masterpieces such as Schubert’s Trout Quintet and Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence.

shire | 9:45am | Tickets may be purchased at the door or register online 312-227-7299 or Luriechildrens.org/walk4childrens Join NSMRJB for its Third Annual Walk-a-thon. Participants will enjoy a morning of entertainment provided by CHARIZMA, sports, bouncies, pony rides, raffles and family fun. All proceeds support Dr. Stewart Goldman’s pediatric brain tumor research at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

“No Man’s Land” Stroller Walk Wilmette Historical MuseumPlaza Del Lago | 1515 Sheridan Road, Wilmette | 3pm | Free | reservations are required 847853-7666 or wilmettehistory.org/programs This walk provides families and their young children a historical tour of the area once known as “No Man’s Land,” a 22-acre, unincorporated section of land that lay at the northern edge of Wilmette’s border along the lake. Hear about a movie palace that once graced the area, plans for glamorous beach clubs, and one of

Shermer Road, Northbrook | 7:30pm

friday june 7

Winnetka Summer Antiques Show North Shore Antiques Dealers Association | Winnetka Ice Arena | 490 Hibbard Road | 5pm – 9pm | Tickets available at door Winnetkasummerantiqueshows.com From June 7-9, North Shore Antiques will be hosting more than 50 antique dealers from around the world, showcasing their inventory of books, ceramics, folk and fine art, furniture, jewelry, oriental rugs and more. Funds raised will support Lambs Farm, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to help people with developmental disabilities lead productive and happy lives.

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Ragdale to ring in rebirth of outdoor theater

Ragdale Executive Director Jeff Meeuwsen and Stephen Dietrich Lee, the lead designer of the Ragdale Ring, stand by the work in progress, which will be ready for a June 15 benefit.

point of synergy between Ragdale’s history in Lake Forest and new, contemporary performance programming,” said Meeuwsen. The inception of Ragdale Ring dates to 1912, when architect Howard Van Doren Shaw built an outdoor theater for his playwright and poet wife, Frances. At dusk, neighbors and friends would perform her plays to audiences of more than 200, with Carl Sandburg said to be one of the regulars. Shaw’s inspiration for the design was taken from a garden theater at Villa Gori in Italy and included Chinese lanterns and an advanced lighting system. “It was a pretty incredible thing to be doing at that time,” said Meeuwsen. The director decided to resurrect the tradition with a twist — a national design competition for the outdoor theater. Creative professionals were invited to submit proposals reinterpreting the original ring into a modern structure. In February, a review board selected architect Stephen Dietrich Lee’s design. He received his master’s degree in architecture from Harvard University and has since worked on projects in New York City, where he resides. Lee — who has lived at Ragdale for a few weeks working on the ring — explains the formula behind his design was to create a lot of volume with little material. The outcome is a hybrid structure that connects wood pallets with aluminum tubes, producing a lacelike design. Lee describes

photography by joel lerner ■ by angelika labno When Jeff Meeuwsen was appointed executive director of Ragdale last year, he discovered a way during his research to bring history into the contemporary: the

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it as constantly changing based on how one moves around it. From different angles, for example, it becomes less transparent. (A graphic of the temporary pavilion can be viewed at www.ragdale.org/ RagdaleRingProject.) “It’s been an educational experience,” said Lee, who enjoyed learning about Shaw. “I very seldom get to explore this [design formula], so this has been a great opportunity.” A benefit revealing the Ragdale Ring will be held on June 15, complete with performances by a variety of artists. Four Ragdale alumni will put on monthly performances — June 20, July 11, Aug. 15 and Sept. 12 — in a season titled “The Spotlight Series.” The Thursday-evening acts will focus on music, theater or visual arts. After the season, the pavilion will serve as a public sculptural installation until October. “I’m thrilled to be adding to the cultural community of the North Shore, and we are always open to collaborations with other cultural institutions -- it makes us all stronger,” said Meeuwsen. “We hope to establish additional partnerships every year.” The non-profit Ragdale Foundation is a creative sanctuary for more than 150 artists a year, who live for weeks at a time in the refurbished, historic house on Green Bay Road. More information is available at www.ragdale.org. ■

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Chants go a long way as Scouts share runner-up honors at state ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com Declan Fielding did not win a match at last weekend’s boys state tennis championships at Hersey High School. He did not lose one, either. But the Lake Forest High School junior probably lost part of his voice. He cheered incessantly and loudly — sometimes from atop a set of football stadium bleachers — as he took in the action of his fellow Scouts. “S-C-O!” Fielding yelled often, spurring other LFHS onlookers to respond with a “U-T-S!” To this day, if you’re ever in Arlington Heights, listen closely. A Fielding echo still lives. “He got everybody going,” Lake Forest junior doubles player Scott Christian said. “When I look back, I’ll probably remember how supportive Declan was, how he got our teammates and team’s fans into it,” said Christian’s doubles partner, senior John Zordani. Also memorable was Christian/Zordani’s run to a fifthplace finish in doubles after a 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-4 upset loss to Stevenson’s Colin Harvey/Andrew Komarov in a state quarterfinal on May 24. A win by the second-seeded tandem would have added four points — instead of the normal two — to LF’s team total. Their collective resolve resulted in three crucial back-draw wins the next day, as LF tied Stevenson for second place (36 points apiece) behind a record-setting effort from state champion Hinsdale Central (59 points). “Our thinking, after the tough loss, was, ‘Second place, second place,’ ” said Zordani, who hit blistering returns of serve all weekend, shots that often made life at the net easy for the quick-handed, athletic Christian. “It became all about getting points for the team,” the University of Wisconsin-bound Zordani added. Scouts singles ace Peter Tarwid, a junior, also bounced back impressively after what could have been a deflating 6-4, 7-6 (4) upset loss to St. Charles East’s Jasper Koenen in a singles quarterfinal on May 24. Seeded 3-4, Tarwid netted a pair of consolation-round victories the next day before settling for sixth place for the second year in a row. His final match, a 7-5, 6-4 loss to 3-4 seed Jeremy Bush of Stevenson, was a hard-hitting, high-level-of-tennis affair. It featured a wealth of lengthy baseline rallies. Each North Suburban Conference netter covered at least the acreage of a small suburb on some points. Each fed off the electric pace of the other. “Peter had to play that way, had to play aggressively,” said Scouts coach Corky Leighton, whose boys of spring finished third at state last year. “At this level of tennis, you have to trust your skills. Peter did that.” Had Bush lost to Tarwid in the match for fifth place, Stevenson’s Patriots would have returned home with a third-place trophy. Tarwid (6-2 at the three-day tourney) was down 7-5, 4-2 to Bush when he made a final push. Tarwid got back in it, holding and breaking serve in consecutive games. But Bush broke and held serve to close out the match. “Peter fought back, fought hard,” LF assistant coach Scott Gilbert said. LF’s other state qualifier in singles, sophomore Brice Polender, went 5-2, with three of the wins coming after a third-round loss. Polender dismissed three foes in a row before falling 6-4, 6-3 to 5-8 seed Kristiyan Trukov of Warren. “Brice,” Leighton said, “played some amazing tennis in the back draw.” Scouts senior Camron Bagheri and junior Connor O’Kelly struck for eight team points in doubles. The pair lost a taut three-set battle to Stevenson’s No. 2 double team in the fourth round and notched a highly competitive three-set

Lake Forest High School’s Scott Christian elevates on a serve during state doubles action.

photography by joel lerner win against an Edwardsville entrant in the back draw. New Trier On paper, Alex Galoustian’s 5-2 singles record at last weekend’s state tennis meet matched his performance at last year’s state meet. The New Trier junior won four straight in the main draw, lost a quarterfinal and split two contests in the back draw. But paper is flimsy, and the numbers on it tell only part of the story. It’s a good thing Trevians coach Tad Eckert has a voice. “He played at a higher level this year,” Eckert said after Galoustian’s 7-5, 6-3 consolation-round loss to eventual fifth-place finisher Jeremy Bush of Stevenson on May 25. “Much higher,” he added. Seeded second and the only netter with state experience on NT’s state team, Galoustian paced the Trevians’ fourthplace showing (29 points). The lefty’s only other loss last weekend was 7-5, 6-4 setback to eventual runner-up Eric Marbach of Waubonsie Valley. “(Marbach) played well,” Galoustian said. “My serve … when I needed it, after going up a break, I struggled. I wanted to capitalize after breaking serve. “I tried to grind it out.” Marbach came up with big shots at the end of each set. “Alex competed really well,” Eckert said. “He just got

outplayed late. At this stage, a couple of points here and there, at key moments, determine the outcome of a match.” Three of NT’s four state entrants won three championship-draw matches on the tourney’s first day, May 23. Galoustian and the doubles teams of Chas Mayer/Drake Weyermuller and Scott Bickel/Tom Bickel each combined for six team points; Trevians sophomore Will Szokol struck for a pair of straight-set triumphs in singles. “We had a great Thursday (May 23),” Eckert said on May 24. “We’re now hoping to hang around (in the back draw) and maybe jump some teams in the team standings.” Mayer/Weyermuller, Bickel/Bickel and Szokol all ended up going 4-2 at state. Loyola Academy Ramblers junior Anthony Arocho went 4-2 at state, winning his first two singles matches in the main draw and two more in the back. LA seniors Patrick Rourke/Jake Sexton split four doubles matches. Each of their two back-draw tests lasted three sets. Highland Park Giants sophomore Teddy Dunn and freshman David Aizenberg won once in the doubles championship draw and once in the back draw. They topped Deerfield’s No. 2 tandem 6-4, 7-5 in a consolation-round match. ■

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Carter, Giants give it their best shot Highland Park High School second baseman Jonathan Chudacoff makes a diving catch during the team’s regional opener against Hersey on May 20.

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sports@northshoreweekend.com Liam Carter can make hitters uncomfortable. He’s a hard-throwing 6-foot-7 right-hander who is not afraid to pound the ball inside. The Highland Park High School hurler deserved a better fate on May 23, when the 15th-seeded Giants dropped a 1-0 decision to second-seeded Glenbrook South in a Class 4A state semifinal game at Deerfield High School. Carter was tagged with the loss despite going the distance on a two-hitter. He didn’t give up a hit after the second inning. “You can’t ask for anything more from your pitcher,” said first-year head coach Dan Casey. “He executed pitch by pitch and kept us in the game.”

The junior never allowed the Glenbrook South hitters to get comfy at the plate. He threw hard, and he wasn’t afraid to come inside. “I try to work both sides of the plate,” said Carter. “Throwing my fastball inside sets up my breaking ball away.” The mighty Titans (23-5), who beat HP 11-0 in five innings on April 22, tallied their lone run in the opening inning, when Sam Koloms went the other way and hit a ground-ball single to bring home Cody Carroll. Carroll, the leadoff hitter, reached base on a hit by pitch. “I left a breaking ball up and the ball skimmed his jersey,” said Carter. “I really didn’t think that one run would decide the game.” Facing two hard-throwers in Kyle Pauly (4 IP) and

Finding favor: Del Fava has nothing but praise for ’13 team ■ by kevin reiterman

sports@northshoreweekend.com Permission granted. Go ahead and get excited about next season. In last week’s season finale, Ray Del Fava, head baseball coach at Lake Forest High School, strolled to the batter’s box and handed the home-plate umpire a lineup card made up of four juniors — JR Reimer, Luke Johnson, Hub Cirame and Liam Howe — and two sophomores: Charlie Sullivan and George Karkazis. Del Fava, who usually sports sunglasses at games, sees a sunny forecast for the Scouts. “The future,” he said, “looks pretty bright.” But, following his team’s 6-2 setback to Libertyville in a Class 4A regional semifinal at Lake Zurich on May 24, the Lake Forest coach lamented a tough loss. The Scouts, who finished 14-17 overall, loaded the bases in the top of the seventh and were one swing away from

tying the score. “It’s tough to battle back against a good team,” said Del Fava, who saw his squad fall behind 3-0 in the bottom of the first inning. “We didn’t get the big hit when we needed it. That’s baseball.” Still, for Del Fava, this Scouts’ squad will go down as a La Favorite. “I’m really proud of the way this guys always pulled for each other,” the coach said. “There was no sniping, no jealousies. That’s my takeaway from this season. “It’s not all about the wins and losses,” Del Fava added. “We had guys rise to the occasion and take leadership roles. And they did it for the betterment of the team.” Senior Connor Hanrahan had a solid final game for the Scouts. He had two hits against Libertyville starter Jason Buss, including a one-out double down the line in the seventh inning. He also singled and scored in the third inning. LF’s batting order also featured two other seniors in leadoff hitter Sam Templeman, who singled and scored in

Richman goes beyond call of duty in regional final ■ by kevin reiterman

sports@northshoreweekend.com David Richman has developed into a pretty good closer for the New Trier High School baseball team. He also is good at closing a deal … with his coach. His sales pitch on May 25 in the championship game of the Class 4A Von Steuben Regional wound up being pretty convincing. “He kept wanting the ball,” said veteran head coach Mike Napolean. And Napolean, who has won more than 400 games during 14 seasons at the Winnetka school, kept sending his junior right-hander out to the mound. “He’s been our closer all year long, and he’s never gone more than two innings,” said Napolean. Richmand ended up pitching 4 1/3 innings and getting

the win, when the Trevians outlasted Niles West 10-9 in 10 innings. “He really gutted it out,” Napolean said. New Trier (2014-1) had its share of heroes. In the top of the 10th inning, the Trevians pulled ahead 10-8 on a double by Frank Nicholas and back-to-back groundball RBI singles up the middle by Grant Klenovich and Ernie Roth. In the top of the seventh inning, some great base-running by Matt McCaffrey and a run-scoring groundball by Jack Cloud sent the game into extra innings. “A lot of ups and downs,” said Napolean. “We had the stamina and perseverance to battle through it. The right guys came up at the right times and they performed.” It was a tough outing for the pitchers. Niles West star right-hander Kyle Colletta, a Northern Kentucky recruit, came up with a no-decision despite going nine innings on

Koloms (3 IP), Highland Park (12-19) ended up out-hitting GBS 3-2. Shortstop David Joseph came up with the game’s hardest hit ball, when he doubled over the left fielder’s head in the fifth inning. First baseman David Hochstadt and center fielder Oren Spungen had singles for HP. The Giants committed just one error. “Our last two games were our best two games,” said Casey, who saw his team beat Hersey 10-3 in a regional opener on May 20. “We’ll build our summer off these two games.” In addition to Carter, the Giants’ postseason starting lineup was loaded with six juniors: Joseph, Spungen, Hochstadt, left fielder Matt Lowy, third baseman Taylor Smetana and catcher Dom Ciancio. Fellow junior John Simone was a pinch hitter in both games. ■

third inning, and cleanup man Peter Gruenes. Senior Luke Turelli, who was the ace of the pitching staff, relieved Reimer and got the final four outs. The hard-throwing right-hander, who was the winning pitcher in the regional quarterfinal against Zion-Benton 9-4, finished the season with a 5-2 record and will be pitching at Augustana next season. Reimer, a tough out all spring, helped his own cause by singling home two runs in the third inning to cut Libertyville’s lead to 3-2. He also singled in the second inning and lined out to center field in the sixth inning. Reimer had five hits and three RBI in postseason play. Fellow junior Luke Johnson also came up with solid atbats (single, sacrifice bunt and lead-off walk), while he also made a couple of fine plays at shortstop.

Notable: The other seniors on the squad included starting catcher Henry Erzinger, Dan Bedore and Cam England. Bedore will move on and pitch at Wartburg College next season. ■

a 159 pitches. Even Richman had a bumpy beginning. He gave up a bases-loaded triple and also threw a wild pitch in the sixth inning, which allowed Niles West to take an 8-7 lead. But overall, he was effective. He had six strikeouts and no walks in his 4-plus innings. Klenovich had one of the game’s big blows when he hit a three-run homer in the fourth inning. Matt Blanchard had three hits, including a double, while Roth, McCaffrey and Cloud had two hits each. There also was a lot of drama in the regional semifinal, when the Trevians, who were scheduled to play Oak ParkRiver Forest in a sectional semifinal at Niles West on May 29, rallied with two runs in the bottom of the seventh to beat Leyden 4-3. Nicholas doubled home Blanchard, who had reached on a two-out base hit, to knot the game 3-3. Then, after a walk to Klenovich, Roth singled home Nicholas with the game-winner. Kevin Douaire went seven innings and earned the win. ■

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It’s curtains — for Deerfield Ehrens, Scouts solve highly entertaining keeper to win sectional title

Bailey Bradford is not your ordinary goalkeeper. She’s a living, breathing Cirque du Soleil. “Their keeper,” said Lake Forest High School soccer coach Ty Stuckslager, “kept them in the game. “She’s one of the best keepers we’ve seen all year.” The Deerfield High School junior was part acrobat, part aerialist in the Class 2A sectional final at Lakes High School on May 25. Bradford, who sacrificed her body with a series of punch saves and full-body dives, also was human. Lake Forest’s high-octane offense, which has onion-bagged 19 goals in four postseason games, peppered 14 on-target shots at Bradford and managed to make two of them count. First-half goals by sophomores Brooke Green and Bailey Ehrens held up and gave the Scouts a 2-1 victory over the higher-seeded Warriors. The team was scheduled to play Prairie Ridge on May 28 in the Barrington Supersectional with the winner advancing to this weekend’s state tournament at North Central College in Naperville. Bradford was not the only player on the field doing aerial tricks. With a little more than 20 minutes left to play — and 20 yards in front of Lake Forest’s goalie — Ehrens made a play that was a little bit Bailey, a little bit Barnum. On a ball struck by Deerfield’s Amanda Imyak, Ehrens went up high to head the ball out of bounds. Welcome to the head-banger’s ball. Imyak’s ball came with such force that it knocked Ehrens to the ground.

The stunning part? Ehrens got right back up. “That’s Bailey,” said Lake Forest senior Gabby Perino. “Knock her down and she gets right back up. She just moves on (to the next play).” Don’t let her omnipresent smile fool you. Sure, Ehrens was beaming after scoring what proved to be the game-winner with 4:29 left in the first half, but she also plays the game with a fierce resolve. She plays for keeps. “She’s little. But she’s so strong,” said Perino. “And she never stops.” “She was all over the place today,” Stuckslager added. Ehrens is part of Lake Forest’s Great Wall of Defense which also features backs Sydney Johnston, Kendall Hoke and Dani Loeger along with senior goalie Liz Clark. “Liz wasn’t tested,” said Stuckslager. “I thought we did a good job of limiting their chances.” With two seniors anchoring the defense in Clark and Loeger, the Scouts (11-2-6) have recorded 10 shutouts this season. And they were not scored upon in the playoffs until Deerfield’s Claire Mulert tapped in a goal off a corner kick with 10:26 left in the first half. “Their best player is No. 15 (Mulert) and we had a miscommunication on who was marking her,” said Loeger. “She was unmarked and she slipped it in.” For the most part, LF’s defense ruled the game. “We came out strong,” Loeger said. “And I thought we set the tone in the first five minutes of the game. “Everyone contributed,” added Loeger, referring to LF’s deep squad, which includes six freshmen and six sophomores. “Everyone adds something.”

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McColorful Loyola Academy’s McCabe keeps things loose —and fun

Loyola Academy’s James McCabe (wearing the American Flag-patterned bandana) makes a play at the net during a sectional semifinal at Niles West.

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■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com It was impossible to miss James McCabe at a Niles West volleyball sectional semifinal last weekend.

But not because the Loyola Academy senior setter/outside hitter wore an American Flag-patterned bandana during the Ramblers’ snappy 25-17, 25-20 defeat of Hersey High School on May 24. The lean 6-foot-5 McCabe had also chosen to don one maroon sock and one gold

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sports@northshoreweekend.com Being fast is good. Being fast and “unflappable” is even better. Andrew Sledd and Jonah Hanig were a couple of Joe Cools at the IHSA Class 3A state track and field meet in Charleston on May 25. The two Highland Park High School seniors, known for their dedication and drive, came up with a daily double on the blue track at Eastern Illinois University. First, it was Hanig racing to an eighth-place finish in the rugged 3200-meter final in a school-record time of 9:10.34. Then, moments after stepping away from the awards’ stand, Hanig watched his teammate bolt to a third-place finish in the 100 meters. “That was awesome,” said Haniz. “Fun to watch.” Sledd flew to the finish line in school-record time (10.87). “What an incredible finish to the season,” said HP head coach Kevin Caines. “Andrew is unflappable and so is Jonah. Both are focused and mature. Almost like two peas in a pod. Both of them worked diligently for four years. “By being school record holders, they have set whole new standards,” the coach added. “They’ve left a legacy.” The only sprinters to beat Sledd, who ran a 10.92 in the prelims, were Pekin’s Cole Henderson (10.63) and LincolnWay North’s Julian Hylton (10.79). Sledd also ran under 11 seconds (10.98) at the Niles West Sectional. “All he needed was a few weeks of decent weather,” said

sock, before slipping into a pair of red-andyellow sneakers. Yellow laces adorned his sneakers. He also sported white-and-black zebraish knee pads. Maybe the fun-loving McCabe got dressed in the dark. Or maybe his dresser at home exploded and he had to settle for the threads that could be salvaged. Had he been playing in an NFL game, McCabe would have been fined $50,000 for violating the uniform code. “Probably more money than that,” LA junior outside hitter David Wieczorek said. “He keeps us loose,” Wieczorek added, turning serious. “We like loose. We play better when we’re loose.” Loyola (31-6) was scheduled to face Glenbrook South in a sectional final on May 28. Loyola’s Ramblers shot out to a 15-6 lead in the first set against Hersey’s Huskies and nearly matched that advantage in the second set. LA took control with a pair of eight-point gaps — 14-6, 16-8 — before methodically dismissing a team that had stunned heavily favored Glenbrook North in a regional final on May 22. “We never let up,” McCabe said. “We established ourselves, and we did that by keeping their blockers guessing. “Our setters (junior Sean Festle and sophomore John Talaga) made sure our offense flowed.” McCabe finished with a team-high two aces, with the second giving the Ramblers a 9-5 lead in the second set. He then lofted an assist to Wieczorek (11 kills, two blocks) to cap his run of four service points. “(McCabe) is a real character, but he’s also our emotional leader,” Ramblers coach Lionel Ebeling said. McCabe was a 5-6 freshman in 200910, before startling more than a few with a growth spurt to 6-0 as he entered his sophomore year. From diminutive to “Is that you, James?” — just like that. But his frame wasn’t the only thing that sprouted. McCabe’s confidence on the court also grew, and it allowed him to feel

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comfortable wearing a volleyball ensemble that could pass for a Halloween costume most years. “People probably look at me and wonder, ‘Is this kid serious?’ ” said McCabe, who hopes to play club volleyball at the University of Illinois. “But I don’t mind that. I’m having a lot of fun this year, and I’m on a team with very good players.” The 6-7 Wieczorek stood out late in the second set against Hersey, especially after Ebeling called a timeout with the Ramblers up 16-12. Wieczorek (on an assist from Talaga) struck a kill right after the break in action and then pounded consecutive kills to secure a 19-14 lead. Points 23 and 24 in the set came via Wieczorek’s kills, before senior outside hitter Sean Barry (four kills) sealed the sectional semi victory with a kill on match point. “David is our go-to guy, and Sean is our difference-maker,” said Ebeling, whose squad split two matches with Hersey at this spring’s Maine South Tournament. “We were very familiar with our opponent (on May 22). Our focus tonight was, ‘Play our game.’ We wanted to be aggressive and serve tough. We played well and got the momentum we needed (each set).” Senior middle Kevin Webster contributed six kills for the Ramblers, while Talaga and Festle finished with 13 assists apiece. LA’s Jakub Mazurek, a 6-6 sophomore, popped for two blocks, and junior libero Collin Merk bumped a team-high eight digs. Notable: Host LA stopped St. Viator 25-13, 25-17 to capture its fourth regional championship in five years on May 22. Wieczorek (11 kills) and Webster (five) paced the offense, and Barry smacked four aces. … McCabe’s mother, Nancy, is a competitive volleyball player who will play in July at senior nationals in Cleveland. … Loyola’s program record for wins in a season is 33, accomplished twice (2009, 1993). This year’s Ramblers unit would have to reach the state semifinals to hit the 33-win mark again ■.

Sledd, Hanig, Bund and Alarcon claim medals at state track

Caines. “And this season was different for him. He’s always had the great starts but then the crowd would catch up. Now, he’s got more acceleration.” Sledd most likely will run at SIU-Carbondale. “I don’t think they realize what they’ve got in Andrew,” Caines said. “But wait until they see him in action. Until the state meet, he was a guy who was flying under the radar.” Ending the season with a PR was huge for Hanig. And necessary. The 3200 was a loaded event. The top seven runners circled the eight laps in 9:05.40 or better with Jack Keelan of St. Ignatius taking the title in 8:57.61. Last year, Hanig’s time would have been good enough for fourth place. “He runs a 9:10 and he’s eighth place,” said Caines. “That says something about how good the distance runners are in this state.” “I’m happy with my race,” said Hanig, who will run at Columbia University this fall. “I always set high goals for myself. Sometimes, getting close to those goals is good enough.” With one lap to go, he figured that he was in good shape. “I wanted to finish all-state, so I couldn’t let anyone pass me,” he said. As it turned out, Hanig went from ninth place to eighth place in the final 100 meters, easing past Downers Grove North’s Ben Eaton (9:10.76). The last HP 3200 runner to place at state was Scot Frazin in 2002. He took third in 9:22.16.

Lake Forest Jack Keelan is a good story. The St. Ignatius senior put the finishing touches on the “Triple Crown” when he claimed the 1600- and 3200-meter titles at the state track meet in Charleston on May 25. Last fall, the Stanford University recruit won the state cross country champion. “He’s a beast,” said Lake Forest’s Billy Bund. “He’s ridiculous.” Bund, by the way, also is a good story. The senior overcame some tough odds — missing most of the season with a stress fracture — and still wound up in the running for a state title in the 1600. Bund battled to a fifth-place showing (4:14.84). Keelan took first in 4:12.11. “Some things you can’t control,” said Bund of the injury which he sustained in February. It was an impressive showing for Bund, who took fifth in the state cross country meet. It was his fastest time ever in the 1600. He finished four seconds off the school record.

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Taylor Alarcon lived up to expectations at the Class 3A state track meet, when he came home with a medal in the triple jump. The New Trier senior, who will compete at Brown University next year, went 46-8 ¾, a PR which placed him fifth overall. Lake Park senior Shawn Koch was the champion (48-4 ¼). ■

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Vintage soccer

Burns scores lone goal as Loyola edges New Trier in another classic battle

The Ramblers celebrate their 1-0 victory over the Trevians in a Class 3A sectional final on May 24.

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■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com Christmas falls on Dec. 25. Punxsutawney Phil does his thing on Feb. 2. People get duped on April 1. And the Loyola Academy and New Trier High School girls soccer teams meet in a Class 3A sectional final in late May. Some things never change. Loyola edged host New Trier 1-0 in a sectional final in Northfield on May 24, marking the fifth straight year in which the Ramblers and Trevians clashed for an Elite

Eight berth in the state tournament. New Trier won the encounter last spring and holds a 3-2 edge on LA in head-to-head sectional championships since 2009. Loyola was scheduled to play Buffalo Grove High School at the Class 3A Glenbrook South Super-sectional on May 28. At stake was a Final Four state berth. “Quality soccer — that was quality soccer,” Ramblers coach Craig Snower said after his club improved to 23-21. “It was the best soccer I’ve seen (between the schools), the most competitive. “It was fun to be a part of a soccer game like that.”

Loyola freshman Devin Burns scored the battle’s lone goal at 26:49 of the second half, after gathering a pass from her sister, senior Corey Burns. Devin’s shot traveled about 15 yards, upping her season goal total a program-record 35. “That was an amazing ball from my sister,” a beaming Devin Burns recalled. Loyola overcame all-too-familiar adversity against the Trevians (16-4-4). Ramblers starting sophomore defender Katie Taylor suffered a torn ACL in Loyola’s 5-2 defeat of Maine South in a New Trier Sectional semifinal on May 21. A year ago, LA goalkeeper Brittany San Roman — last weekend’s victorious keeper in Northfield — tore an ACL in the postseason, nearly a year after then-sophomore Jill Stevens’ season ended because of an … ACL injury. A day after Taylor went down, Loyola freshman Lauren Chrisman found out she would be deployed as the starting center back against New Trier. “I’d been working hard all season, in case I was needed to fill in for somebody,” said Chrisman, who added sometimes she played 20-30 minutes in matches this spring and sometimes she didn’t play a minute. “Lauren had an unbelievable game; she did so well against (junior forward Maddie Mulford, the Trevians’ primary scoring threat),” Snower said. New Trier established an electric pace in the showdown’s first 10 minutes. It certainly got the visitors’ attention. “New Trier came out flying,” Snower said. “Their players controlled 80 percent of the action, it seemed. What we needed was stability in the midfield, and we got that from Tori Iatarola and Elle Zadina. “We had to out-possess them.” Snower praised — as did New Trier coach Jim Burnside — the effort of Trevs freshman goalkeeper Dani Kaufman, Devin Burns’ FC United teammate. “[Kaufman] was outstanding,” Snower said. Added Burnside: “She definitely gained confidence as the season progressed.” Kaufman didn’t let up at all against the Ramblers, hustling to keep a ball from rolling out of bounds as the clock raced toward 0:00 in the second half. “It’s all about effort,” Burnside said. “Dani wanted to give her team one more chance to set something up. “Across the board, our team gave a great effort tonight.”

Notable: Many members of Loyola’s boys volleyball team watched the second half of last weekend’s Loyola-NT soccer sectional final in Northfield. They were vocal and in good spirits after knocking off Hersey in under an hour in a Niles West Sectional semifinal earlier that evening. … Loyola freshman Chrisman, on classmate Devin Burns’ strengths: “Her movement off the ball and with the ball.” ■

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For Peter & Robin North Shore is the ideal spot each weekend morning as I near our kitchen. We like to do errands on Saturday mornings, because it’s time we get to spend together. A trip to our local bank is a must. The people who work at North Shore Community Bank & Trust are wonderful; I (Peter) interact with them, not ATMs. We love spending our weekend afternoon hours outside our home — maintaining the yard and tending the garden — when we’re not enjoying the beauty and getting inspired at Chicago Botanic Garden. Peter runs often with our dog (Langdon, 9) in the mornings, but to me that’s energy that should be used for gardening. (Robin, a former WTTWChannel 11 assistant producer) prepares delicious salad bars at night: romaine lettuce, baby spinach, two cheeses, dry cherries, cut up pears, strawberries, pineapple. I always look forward to that treat on Friday nights, while I’m decompressing after work (as a lawyer in Chicago).

“Some of the colors of Lake Michigan … icy blue, white, shades of green, pink — all gorgeous. Wait 10 minutes and you’re almost guaranteed to notice another color.”

Peter and Robin Baugher of Wilmette met as White House interns during the Nixon Administration.

photography by joel lerner A perfect weekend for us is spent in and around our hometown of Wilmette, next to a lake that’s a gift to all of Chicagoland. Its beauty is endless, and it feeds your heart. Some of the colors of Lake Michigan … icy blue, white, shades of green, pink — all gorgeous. Wait 10 minutes and you’re almost guaranteed to notice another color or a

combination of different colors. When we walk the beach just before sunset, we scope out others’ gardens, get ideas. We also often get that look from other walkers, that warm and friendly look that says, “Can you believe how lucky we are to live near this lake?” The aroma of Peet’s Coffee, made by Peter, greets me

Another part of a perfect weekend for us is taking in a performance at Writers’ Theatre. The performances there are the best, no matter what kind of play it is. Our favorite nearby restaurant to hit before a play is Apple a Day. On Friday evenings in the summer, we like to meet at Millennium Park for a Grant Park Music Festival concert under the stars and surrounded by the lights of the city and Pritzker Pavilion. We met as White House interns. I (Robin) worked as a member of the speechwriting staff for President Nixon. Our first date was attending Richard Nixon’s Inaugural Ball together in 1973, and I made my own dress (black velvet) for the occasion. We’ll celebrate our 35th wedding anniversary in November. Peter and Robin Baugher, as told to Bill McClean

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