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9 the nutcracker lifeline Love of dance helps Glenview dancer after father’s death. [ LIFESTYLE & ARTS ]

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21 football phenom Four Loyola Academy players head up the 2017 North Shore Weekend All-Area Gridiron Team.

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TAKE A CRAFT BEER TOUR ON THE NORTH SHORE new. as primarily a taproom where Soon after, Smylie Brothers “The over-arching theme customers have the opportu- Brewing Co. opened a large he past six years have that is driving craft beer nity to taste and buy its beer. brewpub in downtown Evanbeen a boom time for around the country is the in- “For so many breweries right ston in December 2014.

And 2017 has turned out craft beer on the North novation you can find in tap- now if you don’t have a Shore. In that time at least rooms. These are the proving taproom, it is tough to get to be a banner year for new eight microbreweries and grounds for new beers. Beer your beers on the shelf,” breweries up and down the North Shore. brew pubs have opened in enthusiasts are traveling to Welch said. taprooms more than ever to Evanston is becoming a bit There’s the aforementioned communities f rom Evanston to Lake Bluff, and Ravinia find a sense of community of a hot bed for craf t Macushla, which opened in Brewing Company is slated supplying local, fresh, unique brewing. Temperance Beer September. Kings & Conto open later this year in beer,” said Brian Schafer, Co., which claims to be Evan- victs Brewing Co. opened a Highland Park. There’s even founder and co-owner of Ten ston’s first and oldest craft taproom in Highwood in May locally brewed hard cider now, Ninety Brewery in Glenview.

Ten Ninety was started in with the opening of North Shore Cider Company in 2013, eventually selling six packs of bottles at stores such Evanston.

Lake Bluff Brewing Co. is as Heinen’s, Trader Joe’s, the forerunner, opening in Whole Foods, Binny’s Bever2011 after co-owner Michael age Depot and Mariano’s, Dorneker was advised to open according to Schafer. In 2016, a brewery someplace he loved. Ten Ninety opened a 91-seat “I think that was the best taproom adjacent to its advice anyone has given me, brewery in Glenview, where because I love the North customers can choose f rom 20 draft beers. Schafer said Shore,” Dorneker said.

Since opening, the brewery they are putting in a kitchen, has undergone a complete which they plan to open renovation and expansion, sometime in 2018.

Many believe the rising creating more seating in the popularity of microbreweries taproom. It also recently won a bronze medal award for its on the North Shore and Kosmonaut beer — a Russian across the countr y is in Imperial Stout-style beer aged tandem with the buy-local in whisky barrels — at the movement. “I think breweries 2016 Festival of Barrel Aged exemplify the local movement better than a lot of industries.

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“That beer in general has Craft breweries gained tracbeen a very special beer for tion in parallel to a growing us,” said Dorneker, who also desire for local products,” said serves as the brew master. Mike Welch, owner of MacThat same beer won a gold ushla Brewing Company.

Artist Mark McMahon painted a map of the North Shore Welch opened Macushla medal in the 2013 U.S. Beer highlighting the brew pubs and microbreweries that have opened with his wife, Megan, next to Open. in recent years. PAINTING BY MARK MCMAHON All of the beer served at Hackney’s On Lake in GlenLake Bluff Brewing Co. is view. The craft brewery is made on site, with new recipes inside what was once the brewery and taproom, opened 2017, a town the brewery proon offer monthly, with the Hackney’s laundry facility — in 2013. Enthusiasts can taste motes as the “toughest town exception of four flagship a small outbuilding next door its beer served in flights, half- in America,” quoting f rom to the restaurant where all of pints or pints at the brewery’s Teddy Roosevelt. Opened by brews always on tap.

“We try to have two new its linens were once washed. warehouse taproom, or they an Englishman and an Ausbeers every month,” Dornek- Welch is the grandson of may opt to take some to go in tralian, Kings & Convicts Hackney’s founders, and he a growler (64-ounce) or brews ales and pilsners utilizer said. ing hops and malts from the The craft brewery move- spent much of his childhood howler (32-ounce). working at the business.

S k e t c h b o o k U.S., Australia, New Zealand ment is a national trend that Macushla features a 48-seat Brewing, founded in 2014, and England. “ We put so has landed locally in a big way.

In 2016 there were more than beer garden with communal opened a coz y, 25-seat much more natural product 5,200 craft breweries in the tables, as well as a 34-seat taproom in Evanston in 2016, into our beer. We use more United States; that number taproom inside where -- in where customers can taste hops and different grains,” has more than doubled since addition to an assortment of some of the 14 beers on tap said Brendan Watters, co2012, according t o beer -- food is served f rom or choose f rom six beers to owner of Kings & Convicts.

While not quite craft beer, the Hackney kitchen. They go in bottles. the Brewers Association. plan to sell four staple beers Peckish Pig, opened in North Shore Cider Company By definition each craft beer is unique, and taprooms on tap year-round, while of- March 2014, claims to be opened its doors in early 2017 are the perfect spot for en- fering a rotation of eight Evanston’s first brewpub — in Evanston, using Michigan brew pubs brew their own apples and pears to make hard thusiasts to try something seasonal brews.

Welch described Macushla beer onsite but also serve food. cider. The company has a

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taproom where customers can taste the cider, as well as purchase growlers and bottles to take home.

Ravinia Brewing Company is slated to open a brew pub in March or April of 2018 on the site that previously housed Ravinia BBQ & Grill at 594 Roger Williams Avenue, in Highland Park, serving craft beer brewed on site as well as a full restaurant menu.

Stuart Conlon, who works at the Wilmette Wine Cellar, has already stocked its fridge with one of Ravinia Brewing’s beers. “I go to taprooms and pick up beers we don’t carry to see what is new and good and what will work for our customers,” Conlon said. The store has a cooler dedicated to local craft beer, which North Shore residents tend to favor. “ With American craft beer there are no rules.

You can make whatever you want. People really like the variety,” Conlon noted.

While there has been some talk of market saturation, owners of North Shore breweries remain optimistic. “We are under penetrated in Illinois still,” Watters said.

“There are a lot of young people that want something that is authentic and done locally,” he said. Watters sees craft beer as a movement that is changing the way people drink beer. “Craft beer is more than product. People want the experience. It not just about drinking a beer, it ’s about telling a story,” he explained.

Roy Hernandez, owner of The Art of Beer, a retailer in Highwood that features a taproom focusing on local, craft beer, believes there is still room to grow. “Every neighborhood will have a brewery. It’s more of a renaissance. We are recovering from the damage of Prohibition,” Hernandez said.

Indeed, well before Prohibition the United States topped at over 4,000 breweries in 1873, but later hit a low point of fewer than 90 in 1978, according to the Brewers Association. Since then the numbers have been steadily rising across the nation.

Dorneker attributes people’s quenchless thirst for craft beer to the tastiness of the product. “I think people’s pallets have evolved,” he explained. “There are more and more people who try it, and it is a no brainer once they’ve tried a quality product,” Dorneker said.

Take a North Shore craft brew crawl:

Lake Bluff Brewing Co., 16 East Scranton Avenue, Lake Bluff www.lbbrew.com Kings & Convicts, 523 Bank Lane, Highwood www.kingsandconvicts.com

T he Ar t of Beer, 552 Sheridan Road, Highwood www.facebook.com/highwoodbeer/

Ravinia Brewing Company, 594 Roger Williams Avenue, Highland Park - scheduled to open spring 2018 www.raviniabrewing.com Ten Ninety Brewing Co., 1025 North Waukegan Road, Glenview www.ten-ninety.com Macushla Brewing Company, 1516 East Lake Avenue, Glenview www.macushlabeer.com

Temperance Beer Co., 2000 Dempster Avenue, Evanston www.temperancebeer.com

Sketchbook Brewing Co., 821 Chicago Avenue, Evanston. www.sketchbookbrewing.com Nor th Shore Cider Company, 707 Howard Street, Unit B, Evanston. www.northshorecider.com

Smylie Brothers Brewing Co., 1615 Oak Avenue, Evanston www.smyliebros.com Peckish Pig, 623 Howard Street, Evanston www.thepeckishpig.com

Half Day Brewing Company, 200 Village Green, Lincolnshire www.halfdaybrewing.com

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‘The Nutcracker’ dancer balances hard work, love of family

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ach September, Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet holds open auditions to cast the large corps of youth dancers that perform in the company’s annual production of The Nutcracker.

During a three-hour vetting session in Joffrey Tower on Randolph Street, young hopefuls gather, hoping to land a coveted role in Tchaikovsky’s iconic Christmas ballet.

Dancers lucky enough to be cast attend months of evening and weekend rehearsals, including multiple daytime dress rehearsals during Production Week. This year, two casts of 87 young dancers are alternating 34 evening and matinee shows between December 1 and December 30 in the Joffrey’s Auditorium Theatre.

“Working with the Children’s Cast is a long process that starts in September. It’s wonderful to see their progress over the months and their excitement when they get to work with the company,” said Joffrey Ballet Master Suzanne Lopez. “I’m very proud of the kids this year, and their performances so far have been wonderful.”

For 12-year old Glenview resident Colleen Underriner, being cast as a soldier and nutcracker in this year’s production of The Nutcracker was a reward for years of dedicated work. A 6th grader at Our Lady of Perpetual Help (OLPH), Colleen

Colleen performed her 2017 solo to “Daughter” by Loudon, as tribute to her father.

juggles school and homework with as many as 20 hours a week of dance training at the Dance & Music Academy (DMA) in Glenview.

Underriner’s mother, Kathleen, recalls Colleen’s first experience performing as a 4-year-old with the Wilmette Children’s Theatre.

“She loved being up there from day one,” said Kathleen.

“She would cry when I tried to pull her off stage.”

Over the years, dance took on an increasingly important role in Colleen’s life. When her father, Richard, passed away in January 2013 from cancer, it was dance that helped Colleen not only survive the devastating loss, but thrive in spite of it.

“The only thing harder than watching your husband die is seeing your 6-year-old daughter

say goodbye to her father,” said special class to instruct dancers Kathleen, who later sold the fam- in audition preparation - bringily’s home in Evanston and ing in seasoned industry experts moved to a townhouse in The to help ambitious students like Glen.

Colleen land professional dance Finding the Dance & Music gigs.

Academy was a lifeline for both “Colleeen works so hard and mother and daughter. is humble, kind and polite,” said Inside the studio, said Kath- Geye. “She’s an awesome repreleen, Colleen felt safe and sentative of what our company welcome; DMA’s instructors does.” became her second family.

The Joffrey’s traditional pro“What Colleen needed more duction of The Nutcracker, as than anything at that time was conceived by its founder-chorelove and nurturing,” said Kath- ographer Robert Joffrey, debuted leen. “Dance became the place in 1987 in New York and conwhere, despite all the changes in tinued when the dance company her life, she could be playful and relocated to Chicago in 1995. In pretend everything was ok.”

2016, under the direction of Tony And while performing in The Award-winning choreographer Nutcracker has been a privilege, Christopher Wheeldon, Joffrey’s Colleen’s participation in the The Nutcracker was restaged Joffrey’s holiday production has against a new backdrop: the 1893 also involved sacrifice. Instead of Chicago World’s Fair. In this traveling to see their extended latest production, parts traditionfamily in Iowa over Thanksgiving ally played by children have been and Christmas, Kathleen and reimagined; mice have morphed Colleen are tethered to Chicago into rats, and sugar plum chilover the holidays for Colleen’s dren are now walnuts on the run performances. As a special treat, from little nutcracker soldiers. the duo will bunk down at As Kathleen watches Colleen Palmer House Hotel on nights dance each week on the Joffrey when Colleen performs in the stage, she often reflects on how evening. far the mother-daughter pair Glenview’s Dance & Music have come since their devastating Academy has a solid success rate loss five years ago. of placing young dancers in The “Richard was very proud of his Nutcracker and other profes- little girl,” said Kathleen. “It sional productions. The studio makes me so happy to see her currently has two students per- happy.” forming in Porchlight’s production of Billy Elliot. DMA DirecFor tickets to “The Nutcracker” tor Krissie Odegard Geye said at Chicago’s Joffrey Ballet, visit the studio regularly holds a www.joffrey.org

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Helping WomenHeart help women...

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ecember 3rd marked the 50th anniversary of the first adult human heart transplant, and today, an estimated 3,000 Americans receive heart transplants each year.

Glenview mom Maureen Pekosh is one of them.

Pekosh was an athletic, energetic mother to three equally athletic and energetic children when one day in 2011, while vacationing in Niagara Falls with her family, she found herself short of breath and uncharacteristically fatigued.

“I couldn’t keep up with the group,” said Pekosh, now 59. “It panicked my husband and kids.”

Back home, Pekosh was diagnosed with heart failure, then suffered a stroke two weeks later in the shower.

“I woke up that night restrained in a hospital bed, breathing through an air tube, and questioning why I was there,” said Pekosh. “I was in a state of shock.”

Pekosh underwent a successful heart transplant at the University of Chicago Medical

Center seven years ago. And The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Northwestern Lake Forest Hoswhile recovering at Glenbrook Minnesota, for a diagnosis and pital, for several years.

“I have come this far, others Hospital, feeling frightened, treatment, eventually returning can overcome whatever they’re isolated and alone, Pekosh at- for a second time to receive a facing and not just survive, but tended her first WomanHeart pacemaker and begin the yearthrive,” said Pekosh. meeting. Organized by the long process of waiting for a National Coalition for Women heart donor and prepping for In addition to facilitating WomanHeart meetings and with Heart Disease, Woman- transplant surgery at the Unicounseling newly diagnosed Heart is made up of volunteer versity of Chicago in April 2013. women with heart disease, heart disease survivors who hold “Meeting all these other Pekosh also volunteers for monthly gatherings to provide women who had been through emotional support, practical so much, but were still laughing studies to help researchers unadvice and camaraderie with at things and enjoying life, derstand life with physical chalother “heart sisters” facing a helped me see I could do this, lenges. She credits her ability similar prognosis. WomanHeart too,” said Pekosh. to walk again to an 18-week Today, after a long road back regularly hosts guest speakers research study she participated including geneticists, pharma- to health, Pekosh takes 31 pills in at the Rehabilitation Institute cists, social workers and exercise a day and undergoes regular of Chicago. coaches. blood draws to ensure her transAs an advocate, counselor, According to the U.S. Centers planted heart continues to do its and champion of women with for Disease Control & Preven- job. While her new heart is heart disease, Pekosh is eager to tion, heart disease is the leading stable, the anti-rejection medicaraise awareness of its symptoms, cause of death for women in the tions she takes have caused which often go undetected.

U.S., accounting for approxi- kidney failure and metabolic “There’s an awareness missing mately 1 in every 4 female deaths. bone disease. Her pre-surgery … many women do not know “I wanted to find a group of stroke left her with a drop foot the signs of heart disease or Glenview resident Maureen Pekosh, who had a heart transplant people with whom I could feel and limited left shoulder mobilstroke,” said Pekosh. “I was after suffering a stroke, has gone on to help other women through somewhat normal again,” said ity. seemingly healthy one day, and WomenHeart. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER “I had a heart transplant after short of breath another. I never Pekosh. “Doctors understand a patient’s physical situation, but suffering a stroke,” said Pekosh. longer run, cycle and play tennis Pekosh is now a WomanHeart had a day of chest pain, yet my can’t relate to their mental and “When I first heard those terms, the way she once did, she’s Champion, working with three heart needed to be replaced.” emotional state of mind.”

I didn’t think I was brave or shifted her energy to helping women who have managed After regularly attending strong enough to survive either other women live with heart WomanHeart’s evening meetFor more information, visitWomanHeart meetings, Pekosh one.” disease. After receiving special ings at Glenbrook Hospital, www.womanheart.org summoned the courage to visit And while Pekosh can no training back at The Mayo Clinic, Condell Advocate Hospital and

Celebrating grandparents and ‘the olden days’

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s the first generation of tech natives, elementary school students living on the North Shore might find it difficult to imagine life before iPhones, YouTube and Netflix.

But at Pleasant Ridge Elementary School in Glenview, teachers and administrators are firmly committed to remembering and celebrating “the olden days.”

During the week of Thanksgiving, for nearly two decades, Pleasant Ridge has hosted a Grandparent’s Day, welcoming the elder relatives of its students to an annual open house, breakfast, and storytelling session.

Upon arrival, grandparents living near and far are invited to standup in front of the class and tell a story, often describing events from their childhood 50+ years ago.

“We know some grandparents live too far away to attend,

From left, Audrey Mariinsky with her grandparents Gerda and Frederick Salzburg, who emigrated 60 years ago from Germany and Poland. They live in Northbrook.

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so it’s open ended in terms of participation,” said Pleasant Ridge School’s administrator, Susan Prokopowicz.

On November 21, just one day before Thanksgiving break, the halls of Pleasant Ridge were buzzing with grandparents and

clipboard wielding 3-5th graders. The morning’s planned activities included a tour of the school followed by a light

breakfast of bagels, cream Marinsky, and her classmate, cheese and fruit. Back in the Liliana Amador, whose grandclassroom, students and grand- parents were unable to make parents completed a “Then and the journey from Mexico.

Now” questionnaire before ‘We’re lucky to be able see listening the visitors’ stories. our granddaughter every In Ms. Rossilini’s 3rd grade Tuesday,” said Gerda. “It’s class, room parent Sarah always been our special day.”

Widner poured orange juice Last year, said Gerda, Fredwhile her son, Jake, compared erick stood up and recounted popular childhood slang words, his experiences immigrating to hobbies, and music with his America from Poland over six grandfather Bryan Thalin. decades ago.

Thalin, who lives in Glenview, Eleanor and Aubrey Bonnell horsed around on stilts and from St. John’s, Newfoundland, pogo sticks as a 3rd grader, made the long journey to share while Jake prefers playing Xbox the morning with their 5th and Nerf. grade grandson, Evan. Over Pat Blinn of Springfield trav- the years, the Bonnells have eled to Glenview to share the frequently visited their children morning with her granddaugh- and grandchildren around the ter, 4th grader Keira Call. Blinn globe, including Vietnam and would later stand up to talk Thailand. about her life with 13 siblings.

“It’s important for us to be “We didn’t have a lot,” re- part of their lives,” said Eleanor. called Blinn. “But we always “We’re fortunate to have grandhad someone to play with.” children that keep us young and Dr. Frederick and Gerda children who don’t treat us like Salzburg sat with their 5th we’re old.” grade granddaughter, Audrey

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Something for everyone at Valor

BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM

T

he first thing you notice when entering Valor, a French-American bistro in downtown Glencoe, is the warm ambiance created by a large rustic fireplace complete with an assortment of candles.

Opened nearly a year ago at 667 Vernon Avenue, where Cibo Trattoria was formerly located, the restaurant was completely rehabbed and now includes warm beige walls, dark hardwood floors and ample seating, including a large community table that separates the bar f rom the dining room. Valor is a perfect date night spot, pre-theater meal if catching a show at nearby Writers Theatre, and it’s a great place to go with the family.

In short, the restaurant aims to provide something for ever yone, said Chef Stefan Markov. Chef Markov may know something about what North Shore residents want to eat. Classically trained at La Cite Collegiale in Canada, he worked as a sous chef at Abigail’s American Bistro in Highland Park, and at Restaurant Michael and George Trois in Winnetka, before taking the helm at Valor.

Above: Steak frites at Valor in Glencoe. PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF VALOR Left: Chef Stefan Markov of Valor PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

While the restaurant is only open for dinner at this time of year (it’s open for lunch during the summer), Chef Markov and his team get to work first thing in the morning. “It’s a scratch kitchen. We do everything here but the bread, which we get from Hewn (in Evanston),” Chef Markov said.

The menu changes seasonally and many of the ingredients are sourced f rom local farms, such as Frillman Farms in Prairie View, Illinois. “ We try to use the best products available and you can definitely taste the difference,” Chef Markov said.

Currently, honey cumin winter carrots are a customer favorite, as well as the warm Brussels sprout Caesar salad.

“The winter carrots are really special. They are very sweet,” Chef Markov said.

While many restaurants are

sourcing local ingredients, Valor’s menu is also all organic or GMO and antibiotic free.

“If I wouldn’t eat it I wouldn’t serve it. I try to eat organic and antibiotic free so that is what I serve here,” Chef Markov explained.

The Diver sea scallops served with butternut squash puree, potato gnocchi and wild mushroom ragu is a customer favorite, as is the wild sea bass.

The menu also includes plenty of other options, including roasted chicken, steak, pasta dishes, and weekly specials.

But diners should also make sure to leave room for dessert.

Chef Markov is a trained pastry chef who enjoys taking a traditional dessert and adding s ome t h i n g u n i qu e. For example, his deconstructed pumpkin pie is always a little bit unexpected, but provides the same flavor profile as a

traditional pie. “I really enjoy making simple deserts with a twist,” he said.

The restaurant has also just launched a new Sunday Supper series, which includes a four course prix fixe menu served family style. The meal includes an appetizer, salad, entree and choice of two desserts for $68 for a family of four. Guests can add a bottle of private label wine for $16, or an additional family member for $15 for an adult, or $10 or a child.

The menu focuses on family classics with a twist, such as the gluten-free fish fry using wild Atlantic cod and served with jicama coleslaw.

Valor is located at 667 Vernon Avenue and is open Sunday through Saturday for dinner. For reservations or more information visit www.valorglencoe. com.

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PLAYING A PROMINENT ROLE LaPierre’s efforts in the post critical to Glenbrook South’s success

BY KEVIN REITERMAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM

L

iz LaPierre. Now there’s a name that pick n’ rolls off the tongue.

Her game? Just as smooth.

The left-handed 6-foot-2 senior forward/center plays basketball the right way.

A little flair.

A whole lot of savoir-faire.

Which makes her a prominent player for Glenbrook South.

“She does things on the court that helps you win,” said GBS head coach Steve Weissenstein, following his team’s decisive 57-28 victory over visiting Niles North on Dec. 8.

The fundamentally sound LaPierre is instinctive, versatile and refined on the court.

Her game is not necessarily catchy. Instead it’s appreciated over time.

Wasn’t impressed the first time you saw her play?

Watch again.

“She’s just got a knack for the game,” Weissenstein said.

“And she doesn’t even know how good she really is,” the Hall of Fame coach added.

The English-speaking, Spanish-learning and French-sounding LaPierre decided a while back not to pursue basketball after high school.

Which probably miffed a few people — especially coaches at the Division III level.

“She is,” said Weissenstein, “exactly what a good Division III basketball program is looking for.”

She’s got size. She’s got skills.

“And she’s a great student,” noted Weissenstein.

LaPierre certainly was on course to play at the next level.

In addition to being a productive three-year varsity player with the Titans, she competed in club basketball — ALL IN Athletics — for the past three summers.

Currently, four ex-stars from GBS — Carie Weinman (University of Denver), Caitlin Morrison ( Valparaiso), Ashley Oldshue (Emory) and Molly

Glenbrook South’s Liz LaPierre drives against Evanston’s Kayla Henning during recent CSL South action. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER

McDonagh (Miami of Ohio) — are excelling in college hoops (see Notable below).

“I used to think I wanted to play college basketball,” said LaPierre.

No doubt, she will miss the hoops.

If she were to list her hobbies/ interests, they would be passing, dribbling, rebounding and shooting.

“Mostly,” she admitted. “I just play basketball.”

LaPierre fits a true need for any contending team. She’s a

solid inside presence.

Currently, LaPierre is averaging close to nine points and seven rebounds per game for a team which has won seven of its first nine games.

In a win over Grant during the recent Mundelein Thanksgiving

Tournament, LaPierre tossed in a career-high 19 points in three quarters of action. She ended up earning all-tournament honors, along with Lizzy Shaw, Makayla Stadler and Libbie Vanderveen.

“She’s strong. She’s smart,” said Shaw. “She always knows what to do, when she’s on the court.”

And, according to Shaw, LaPierre is an even better person — and teammate.

“She’s always fun to be around.

Always,” said Shaw, who will play basketball at the University of Chicago next season. “She makes you laugh. She’s carefree. Never stressed. She’s always there to brighten your day.”

The coach agreed.

“It’s pretty hard to get mad at her,” said Weissenstein. “She’s always smiling. She never has a bad attitude.”

LaPierre had every right to be down in a recent game. Her positive disposition was put to the test in her team’s frustrating and lackluster 54-31 loss to visiting Evanston on Dec. 5.

It was a LaClunker for LaPierre.

Nothing went in (0 points), nothing went right for her that night.

Except this.

LaPierre didn’t dwell on it. She put it all behind her.

Goaltenders, defensive backs and ace relievers aren’t the only athletes who need short memories.

“That game wasn’t good,” stated LaPierre. “Didn’t do well offensively or defensively.”

But three nights later, LaPierre was back on her game. She tallied nine of her team’s first 14 points and ended up with a game-high 13 points to go with seven rebounds in the win over Niles North.

Getting back to the basics helped. With a little over four minutes to play in the opening quarter, the Titans went textbook.

LaPierre, out on top at the

time, waited for a high screen from Shaw, cut down the lane and turned an entry pass from Stadler, who was lined up deep in the corner, into a three-point play.

“Everyone was in the right position on that play,” said LaPierre. “It’s always nice when it works out well.”

Two possessions later, LaPierre used her other hand — and the other side of the lane — to drop in a shot off the glass off a fine feed by Vanderveen.

“Finishing strong under the basket,” said LaPierre. “That’s the No. 1 thing with me this year.”

Notable: GBS grad Carie Weinman came off the bench and fired in 34 points in an 80-73 victory over visiting Northern Arizona on Dec. 3. The freshman guard made 8-of-13 threepointers to rally the Pioneers (6-5), who trailed by 13 points late in first half.

Weinman, a four-year starter for GBS, has made a team-high 21 threes on the season (.538).

She is averaging 9.1 points and 14.1 minutes per game.

At Valparaiso University, GBS grad Caitlin Morrison has made eight starts and is averaging 5.1 points and 5.6 rebounds. The sophomore forward leads the Crusaders (4-4) in blocked shots (14) and steals (9).

At Emory University, junior center Ashley Oldshue is averaging a team-best 19.3 points and 9.7 rebounds per game. She is shooting 61 percent from the field for the 5-3 Eagles. Last winter, the GBS grad averaged 16.5 points and 7.1 rebounds per contest.

And former Titan Molly McDonagh has started all nine games for Miami of Ohio (6-3).

She is the team’s second-leading rebounder (6.0). She is third on the team in assists (20). The 6-foot senior guard/forward has made 71 starts during her stint with the Redhawks.

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FOOTBALL PHENOMS: 2017 All-Area Team F

our Loyola Academy players — Quinn Boyle, Anthony Rodriguez, Marty Geary and Armoni Dixon — head up the 2017 North Shore Weekend Daily All-Area Gridiron Team.

Offensive Player of the Year: Quinn Boyle (Loyola Academy, Sr.) Defensive Player of the Year: Anthony Rodriguez (Loyola Academy, Sr.) Lineman of the Year: Marty Geary (Loyola Academy, Sr.) Special Teams Player of the Year: Michael Vinson (New Trier, Sr.) Utility Player of the Year: Chris Heywood (Glenbrook North, Sr.) Newcomer of the Year: Armoni Dixon (Loyola Academy, Jr.) Rookie of the Year: Rylie Mills (Lake Forest, So.)

THE GOLD LIST

** First Team Offense **

QB: Quinn Boyle (LA, Sr.) RB: Savontae Garner (Glenbrook South, Sr.) RB: Brian Sitzer (NT, Jr.) WR: Ryan Boos (LA, Jr.) WR: Ryan Cekay (Lake Forest, Jr.) WR: Giancarlo Volpentesta (HP, Jr.) OL: Zach Adams (GBS, Sr.) OL: Chamberlain Coffee (NT, Jr.) OL: Jack Finfer (HP, Sr.) OL: Charlie Gross (LA, Sr.) OL: Terry Zapf (NT, Jr.) ** First Team Defense **

DB: Chris Cavalaris (LF, Sr.) DB: Jake Gonzalez (LA, Jr.) DB: Matt Mosher (NT, Sr.) DB: Noah Spitz (HP, Sr.) LB: John Deering (LF, Sr.) LB: Armoni Dixon (LA, Jr.) LB: Tommy Motzko (HP, Jr.) LB: Anthony Rodriguez

(LA, Sr.) DL: Marty Geary (LA, Sr.) DL: Kevin Kaufman (HP, Jr.) DL: Rylie Mills (LF, So.)

THE SILVER LIST

** Second Team Offense **

QB: Jack Mislinski (LF, Sr.) RB: Ryan Brincks (HP, Sr.) RB: Jimmy Karfis (GBN, Sr.) WR: James Joyce (LA, Sr.) WR: Anthony Nicholas (NT, Sr.) WR: Davu Keels (GBN, Sr.) OL: Joey Artinian (NT, Sr.) OL: Nick Artinian (NT, Sr.) OL: Andrew Grabemann (LF, Sr.) OL: Ryan Hagedorn (LA, Sr.) OL: Ryan Purdy (GBN, Jr.) ** Second Team Defense **

DB: Luke Baldwin (HP, Sr.) DB: Hugh Kelly (LA, Jr.) DB: Charlie Largay (LA, Sr.) DB: Donovan Perkins (NT, Jr.) LB: Landon Abboud (GBN, Sr.) LB: Skyler Metzger (GBN, Sr.) LB: Conor Nash (GBS, Sr.) LB: Noa Morgenstern (HP, Jr.) DL: Shannon Charleston Loyola Academy linebacker Anthony Rodriguez: Defensive Player (LF, Sr.) DL: Marcus Shaw (HP, Sr.) of the Year. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER DL: Spencer Yauch (LF, Sr.) DB) Peter Gianaris (So., OL), Charlie Gilroy (Sr., TE), THE BRONZE LIST Christo Kelly (So., OL), John Highland Park ** Honorable Mentions ** Lynch (Sr., DB), Noah Jones ( Jr., WR), John McMahon (Sr., Jared Bloom ( Jr., RB), Justin Glenbrook North DL), Christopher Scott (Sr., Goodman (Sr., DB), Quentin LB) Griffin (Sr., DB), Will Hanson Alex Borczyk (So., DL), Ben Kieffer ( Jr., DB), Ethan Quayle (Sr., OL), Nick Heilizer (Sr., New Trier LB), John Sakos (Sr., QB) ( Jr., RB), Dane Spengel (Sr., DL), Quinn Sybert (So., LB), Brian Conaghan (Sr., DB), Lake Forest Michael Weingardt ( Jr., DL), Jacob Levy (Sr., DB), Brian Kyle Williams ( Jr., DB) Kaiser (Sr., WR), Max Chase Bahr ( Jr., OL), Alex Kaufman (Sr., DL), Konnor Moss (Sr., DB), Bryan Ooms Glenbrook South Klassen (Sr., OL), Carson (Sr., RB), Jacob Thomas ( Jr., RB), Eddie Scheidler ( Jr., DB), Kosanovich ( Jr., DB), Carson Jeffery Chrones (Sr., QB), Ochsenhirt ( Jr., QB), Duke Will Wisniewski ( Jr., LB), Jalen Covington (Sr., LB), Olges ( Jr., LB), Danny Passeri Patrick Yale (Sr., LB) Andrew Gall (So., RB), Ben (Sr., WR), Wilson MacRitchie Hides (Sr., WR), Cam (Sr., LB), Peter Murray (Sr., Loyola Gottfred (Sr., LB), Jack Jerfita LB) ( Jr., RB), Andy Sirakides (Sr., Patrick Daniels ( Jr., LB),

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young Tom Weinberg, circa 1954, galumphs along a ravine in Highland Park.There’s no other place he’d rather be. The gorge with steep sides is his escape, his world, his playground with streams. The imaginative, adventurous gradeschool boy imagines the last human to have stomped the terrain under his feet did so in the late 1800s.

Mid-February 2015. Tom Weinberg, still adventurous, is a 70-year-old journalist/TV producer/professor, braving the conditions in the Mosquitia Jungle of Honduras with author Douglas Preston, cinematographer/documentarian Steve Elkins, jungle survival experts and a team of archaeologists.

“We dealt with rainstorms on steroids,” Weinberg recalls. “And Doug Preston called a spot in the jungle ‘more Jurassic than Jurassic Park.’ ” They were there to search for The Lost City of the Monkey God (or Ciudad Blanca), a quest that began with an Elkins video shoot in 1994.

Weinberg, 73, and Elkins, 66, have been friends since the 1970s.

“It became something of an obsession for both of us,” Weinberg writes in his book, Chasing the Lost City: Chronicles of Discovery in Honduras (Eckhartz Press, 2017), a pictorial and personal companion to Preston’s 2017 New York Times bestseller, The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story.

“Nearly every night I wrote my personal impressions [17 chronicles in 2012; 12 more in 2015] of our journeys into the unknown.”

Hang on to that tease, dear readers …

Time for a rewind: I know I’m in for a fascinating couple of hours of storytelling the minute I sit down with Weinberg for lunch at Charlie Beinlich’s Food & Tap in Northbrook.

Lunch? For a “Sunday Breakfast” piece? Weinberg had opted for the mid-afternoon get-together, and I — feeling adventurous — had acquiesced.

I want to get to know what Weinberg was like decades before he became a real-life Indiana Jones without a fear of snakes. I find out his late father, Lou,

moved from the South Side of Chicago to Highland Park in 1939 and sold dry cake mixes.

Tom played for the tennis and freshman ‘B’ basketball teams at Highland Park High School and relished his time as sports editor of the student newspaper at the University of Michigan.

“That was a real job,” Weinberg says of covering Wolverines’ exploits on fields and in arenas and laying out print stories for pregadget-toting students in Ann Arbor.

Weinberg orders beer and a cheddar burger. I opt for a burger and a glass of water. (My workday is at halftime).

My engaging lunch mate, who earned his MBA from New York University in 1968, became a video pioneer and a nationally recognized television producer with four Emmy Awards. He has produced more than 500 nonfiction TV shows that have appeared on public television and commercial stations. Remember that PBS (WTTW-Chicago) staple, Image Union? Weinberg was its Emmy Award-winning producer; the hour-long episodes showcased the works of independent filmmakers in the 1970s and 1980s.

He has worked with actor/comedian/writer Bill Murray on a number of projects.

But Bill Murray isn’t Bill Murray to Weinberg.

He’s …

“Billy,” Weinberg says.

Among Weinberg’s best friends in the 20th Century were former Chicago White Sox owner Bill Veeck and author/historian Studs Terkel. In 1985 Weinberg produced and directed a docum e n t a r y, Veeck: A Man for A n y Season (mediaburn.org/ video/ veeck-aman-forany-seasonraw-47).

“Bill Veeck was outgoing, antiestablishment, and he cap-

tured people’s imagination,” says Weinberg, who lives in Chicago’s Greektown and is thinking of moving back to Highland Park to be closer to daughter Anna, 33, and granddaughter Maggie Jane, 3. (Weinberg also has a son, Jesse, an actor/waiter in Los Angeles.

“Veeck,” he adds, “was incredibly innovative, liked to have fun. A close friend of mine.

“I was lucky to be pals with my hero.”

Back to Weinberg’s book and his days and nights — some enlightening and fascinating, others stressful and rife with bites from sand flies — in Honduras …

I learn what LiDAR means (Light Detection And Ranging), and why Weinberg and his Monkey God searchers relied on it in 2012.

“We had to use laser techniques, so that we could see through the jungle canopy,” Weinberg says.

Some three years later, when the indefatigable adventurers returned to the Mosquitia Jungle, Weinberg finally, finally, finally got to experience a head-totoe-tingling sensation on February, 19, 2015.

“Finding the artifacts sticking out of t h e

Tom Weinberg

ground in the mud of a constant rain was a transformative moment of real discovery,” he writes in Chasing the Lost City. “It was unlike anything I ever felt before.

Here were these shards of pottery

We dealt with rainstorms on steroids, and [author] Doug Preston called a spot in the jungle ‘more Jurassic than Jurassic Park.’

—Highland Park native Tom Weinberg, on the conditions and scenery during a search for a lost city in Honduras and artifacts that had been undisturbed for at least 500 years, and we were the first people to find them.

“After a few days,” he continues, “I felt major satisfaction knowing that together we had made the discovery of those relics and the unknown civilization that was responsible for creating them.

Nearly 20 years of chasing was justified.”

Tom Weinberg is scheduled to make three book-signing appearances for his Chasing the Lost City: Chronicles of Discovery in Honduras: The Book Stall, 811 Elm Street, Winnetka, January 21, 2018, 2 p.m.; The Book Cellar, 4736 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, January 25, 7 p.m.; and Lake Forest Book Store, 662 N. Western Avenue, Lake Forest, February 1, 6-7 p.m.

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