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18 Your Weekend Agenda Find out about the top events coming up this weekend on the North Shore.

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Antiquarian book stores have closed in Highland Park and Evanston. If this sort of business can’t survive on the North Shore, where can it?

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Class acts: North Shore schools are big draw

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sk any realtor: People move to the North Shore for its superb schools.

The neighborhoods are nice, to be sure, and the lakefront is appealing. But a typical family with three young children has to consider about 40 years of future schooling. Makes sense for an investment that long to be in a top district.

New Trier High School is seen as one of the best educational institutions not just in Illinois but in the country. Its history of success in terms of college placement and alumni who make strong contributions in the working world is almost a cliché. But in talking with Superintendent Linda Yonke, she points to the parts of New Trier that don’t get as much attention — the High Five Choir that pairs those with autism, Down Syndrome and other disabilities with choral volunteers.

“Kids who are helping are getting as much out of it as kids who participate,” says Yonke, a well-spoken and gracious administrator who is the subject of our Sunday Breakfast feature.

Of course, fine options exist beyond the public schools. The North Shore is blessed with sensational private schools that run from kindergarten through high school. They can be pricey, to be sure, but many parents are happy to pay for smaller classes, stricter dress codes and other benefits. Bill McLean examines some of the choices for private high schools (some of which offer boarding) in this issue.

And it’s that time of year when schools close for a holiday break cherished by students — especially those old enough to take exams and be glad to finish them. To all students: Enjoy your two or three weeks off. Believe me, your parents are envious.

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Top preparation North Shore private high schools remain popular despite tough economy

Lake Forest Academy junior Jenna Selati of Winnetka attends class at the school, whose campus includes a former Armour mansion.

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by bill mclean Father Patrick McGrath, Loyola Academy’s president, uttered the words more than three years ago at an all-school gathering.

At the time Luke Ford was a freshman at the private, co-educational college prep school in Wilmette.

“He was quoting St. Ignatius,” recalled Ford, now a senior. “And there was one thing Father McGrath said that I’ll never forget. He said, ‘What will you make of this crazy life of yours?’

“To me it meant, ‘Make the most of your time at Loyola.’ ” Heather McCook was living on the Northwest Side of Chicago when her parents wanted her to attend Regina Dominican High School, a private all-girls college prep school in Wilmette.

No one in her family had ever attended college.

“My parents wanted to make sure I’d get into a good college,” recalled McCook (RDHS, ’91), now a guidance counselor/girls gymnastics coach at Elk Grove High School.

“They liked Regina’s rigorous curriculum, and they’d heard very good things about the teachers and all the school had to offer.”

Preparation for college: It’s what private high schools seek to provide their students, among many other benefits, and it’s what parents expect their children to attain throughout four years of education. But property taxes do not cover the cost, as they do for public high schools. It’s an additional cost that can reach six figures per child over

four years — not an easy expense to bear in a stagnant economy and when taxes are likely to go higher in 2013.

The current day-student tuition at such North Shore schools range from $11,250 at Regina Dominican to $34,700 for day students at Lake Forest Academy (tuition for LFA boarders is $47,000 for the 201213 academic year).

In between Regina and LFA: Loyola Academy ($13,725); North Shore Country Day School in Winnetka ($24,800 for ninthgrade students; $25,800 for 10th-12th grade students); and Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart, a college prep school for girls in Lake Forest ($23,400 for day students; $43,420 for boarders).

Despite the costs, Woodlands and others try to make sure those qualified to attend will be helped financially if necessary.

“Our Board of Trustees is very committed to making sure that every young woman who wants a Sacred Heart education at Woodlands and meets our rigorous admissions criteria will have every opportunity to do so,” said Gerald Grossman, head of school at Woodlands. “Our acceptances are need blind. We do have a strong financial aid process and strong scholarship programs.”

LFA Dean of Admission/math instructor Loring Strudwick and her husband, LFA Head of School John Strudwick, started their tenures at LFA in 2001.

Loring can see her residence from her office window.

What she also sees: a student body of

430 (grades 9-12) that’s diverse. A total of 120 students are international students.

Half of the school’s students are boarders.

“We offer a very good product for people from all over the world,” said Loring Strudwick. “Individualized instruction, small class size (average of 12), sports and very good college placement.”

Prices have changed dramatically. Day school-tuition at LFA for the 1994-95 school year was $11,900 — about a third of this year’s figure. LFA charged its day students $4,600 for tuition in 1981-82.

Strudwick noted 23 percent of this year’s gross tuition serves as her financial-aid budget, and 30 percent of the student body receives some sort of financial assistance.

LFA’s endowment sits at $24 million.

“That’s a healthy figure, compared to previous years,” she said. “But it’s small compared to old, East Coast prep schools.”

For example, the 2010 endowment at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., was $704 million. About 1,100 students attended the academy then.

The endowment at North Shore Country Day School, founded in 1919, is $20 million.

A total of 210 of its 510 students attend the upper school.

Nearly 20 percent of its student body receives financial assistance.

“It’s an exciting time to be at our school, with tech-embedded classrooms,” said Jason Giffen, the school’s first-year director of admission. “It has a strong sense of identity and a clear direction.”

One of NSCD’s unique offerings is its

early-summer trip to the East Coast for rising seniors. After a flight to the right coast, Giffen said, the students and counselors hop on a vehicle dubbed “The Bus of Fun” and visit colleges in several states.

For many private schools, as well as all kinds of business, 2008 wasn’t a fun year.

That was when the economy began to wobble. People got laid off.

Endowments took hits.

But LFA and Woodlands Academy withstood the downturn.

“We didn’t then, and we still don’t, rely on our endowment as much as other private schools do,” said LFA’s Loring. “Many schools that rely heavily on endowments weren’t able to hire new faculty members or raise salaries after 2008.”

The “new normal” also failed to negatively impact Woodlands.

“We have not lost a current student because of finances (since ’08),” said Grossman. “Like most independent schools, costs continue to rise. Our Board of Trustees continues to monitor the increases carefully.”

Loyola’s Ford, who will play football at the College of the Holy Cross (Mass.), also likes to look at the big picture, as he looks back at his years at the school.

“In the grand scheme of things, it was well worth it to attend Loyola,” said Ford, a Glenview resident whose sister Kathleen (’08) and brother Jim (’10) also went to Loyola. ■

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Starbucks? independent coffee shops offer unique atmospheres, creative brews

Lindsey Richardson, manager at The Rock House, makes a double expresso mixed with a Guinness beer at the Wilmette coffee house.

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■ by bill mclean Bruce Springsteen first belted it in 1973 from the song “Rosalita”: “There’s a little café where they play guitars all night and day.”

The words had quite an impact on Chris Karabas.

Karabas owns a little café (The Rock

House in Wilmette).

On the second floor of The Rock House is none other than a studio, where kids learn to play guitar all night and day.

“I was 9 when I first heard that song,” said Karabas, 46. “Now you know how my career path started.”

Despite the omnipresence of Starbucks and other chains, independent coffee shops on the North Shore continue to draw

customers who enjoy the creative, offbeat atmosphere of the shops along with the special brews.

Coffee and music has been a nice blend for the fun and rockabilly-music-loving Karabas. Walk into his café on Central Street and you’d swear you had been transported to a hangout place in the 1960s.

Elvis and his sideburns would have frequented it. Poets and their deep thoughts would have used it to sit in circles and share their work aloud.

It’s the anti-Starbucks.

“I find the inside of a Starbucks visually offensive,” said Karabas. “But Starbucks has done a lot for the coffee industry.

There’s a heightened awareness of the desire to drink coffee, in part because of all those Starbucks out there.

“You know what I’ve always wanted to do? Open a café right next door to a Starbucks.”

A Starbucks doesn’t vend a “country music” blend, The Rock House’s most popular offering.

“It has a taste that’s mellow, like country music,” said Karabas, whose master roaster, Chris Moore, is based in Nashville, Tenn.

The Rock House’s “heavy metal” coffee has an aggressive taste. And the clever name of The Rock House’s decaf coffee?

“Unplugged,” of course.

Not too far from a Starbucks in Glencoe stands Glencoe Roast Coffee, an independent café owned by Yolanda Kowalski. Her shop, which opened nearly four years ago, has a European look, and near where the baristas pour and steam hangs a monitor showing nothing but images of sunsets across the U.S. “It’s very calming,” Kowalski said of the visual. “That’s the idea.”

Glencoe Roast Coffee sells Intelligentsia coffee.

“A high quality of coffee,” Kowalski said.

“People love it, and it’s one of the reasons they come here. That and the peaceful setting we have. We try our best to win over customers.”

Customers become repeat customers at Café Aroma in Winnetka because of the shop’s smooth, palate-pleasing Julius Meinl blend, owner Mitra Ryndak said.

“It’s never over-roasted, and it doesn’t put a hole in your stomach,” added the native of Iran who first tasted coffee – a Turkish brand — at the age of 13 and remembers it as “mesmerizing.”

But like The Rock House and Glencoe Roast Coffee, Café Aroma’s coffee aroma isn’t the shop’s only draw. Ambience at the Elm Street location attracts the coffee lov-

Owning a café … That’s my side job But I love it, believe me.”

— Chris Karabas ers — and keeps them there.

For significant gulps of time.

“There’s charm and character here, and people appreciate that,” said Ryndak.

The Rock House business is just one of Karabas’ passions. He’s also a Chicagobased film agent for directors looking to direct commercials, as well as a member of The Lucky Jackson Band, a rockabilly group that has entertained more than just coffee lovers at The House of Blues.

“Owning a café … That’s my side job,” he said. “But I love it, believe me.” ■

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Your branches green delight us Mild weather, early Thanksgiving help lift Christmas tree sales

Peter Schuldt, 14, (right) and Jonathan Schuldt, 16, help stack Christmas trees for sale along with other members of Winnetka’s Boy Scouts Troop 20 outside Nielsen Center in Winnetka.

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Elizabeth Hoffman encouraged a visitor last weekend to grab a part of a Concolor fir in her West End Florist & Garden Center Christmas tree lot in Evanston.

The visitor did so.

“Now smell it,” she added.

It smelled like … Florida.

“Oranges, right?” Hoffman asked. “And these Christmas trees have excellent

needle retention. Spruces have sharp needles, and Scotch pines — they’re not always straight, not always appealing.

“Our most popular tree this year is Fraser fir, also known for its excellent needle retention.”

Not so popular: a Charlie Brown Christmas tree.

“You mean, Victorian,” Hoffman said.

“Old-looking, sparse, thin.”

There’s no such thing as a Ph.D. in Christmas trees. But if anybody is half of

a dissertation away from earning the first one ever, it’s Hoffman.

Her family has owned West End Florist and Garden on Old Glenview Road since 1908.

Thanksgiving Day arrived early in 2012, meaning Christmas tree lots get to peddle temporary fir furniture for living rooms — and wreaths — for five weeks. Another plus this year: the weather. It’s been unusually mild and dry in Chicagoland.

“It’s been perfect so far,” said Bob Fritts, scout master emeritus of Boy Scouts Troop 20, which has run a Christmas tree lot in Winnetka

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Trier, with a charity-heavy focus. Proceeds from its Christmas tree sales fund student scholarships and assist canned food drives (for more than 35 years the Lake Forest High School hockey team has raised money by selling and delivering Christmas trees; last year proceeds helped the Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association). Senior Conor Kolstad and several other students manned the lot at the school on the night of Dec. 5. It was chilly, lots of degrees cooler than their welcoming smiles for customers.

“I joined Tri-Ship to give back,” said Kolstad, whose father,

since 1965. “We like it Roy Kolstad (’73), also when it rains, as long attended New Trier as it rains at night, and earned a Tri-Ship Our feedback has been after our shifts (at a scholarship. lot located at Nielsen Tri-Ship’s sales had positive. It’s so nice to Tennis Center in totaled more than Winnetka). $20,000, from the day hear customers say, “Rain keeps the after Thanksgiving trees fresh,” he added.

(Nov. 23) until Dec. 5.

‘Thank you. Our tree And blizzards keep Money from Troop the customers at 20’s sales is also earjust arrived!’ ” home. marked for scholarships. Another The Christmas Tree portion underwrites Company in Lake Forest doesn’t have — Anne Lerum camping trips for the to worry a lick about Boy Scouts, including inner city troops. the weather here. It “All good causes,” said a proud Fritts, receives orders online and sees to it that trees from its farm in Sparta, N.C., are standing near the entrance of the Nielsen delivered to customers in Illinois.

Center on Dec. 8. “We also donate to the “Business has been very good this year park district. We couldn’t do what we do … overwhelmingly good,” Christmas Tree here without the approval of the park disCompany manager Anne Lerum said, trict, which has been wonderful to us.” adding folks have been able to click for Fritts noted Troop 20 typically sells holiday bark since ’02. “We’ve been very 2,000 trees from its space on Hibbard pleased. We changed our marketing; peo- Road each year. ple like the convenience of ordering trees “We’ll run out of trees this year,” he online. said.

“Our feedback has been positive. It’s so Hoffman, meanwhile, will never run nice to hear customers say, ‘Thank you. out of ornaments. She gives them to kids Our tree just arrived!’ ” who help their families pick out a tree at But non-profit tree lots, like Troop West End Florist & Garden Center. One 20’s and Tri-Ship’s at New Trier High year she handed out angel ornaments. A School, are thankful families continue to reindeer ornament dangled from regulars’ pick their trees the old-fashioned way: trees another year. together. And outside. Some serious bond“Customers also like to take home a ing goes on when a parent and child com- piece of the tree’s stump, after we cut it bine forces to bind a tree to the top of the off for them,” she said. “It looks like a family car. coaster. Then they’ll write the year they Tri-Ship is a leadership group at New bought the tree on the piece of stump.” ■

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By katie rose mceneely Terry Dason of Winnetka is the executive director at the Winnetka-Northfield Chamber of Commerce.

Reading: I am not reading anything right now! I do have a few things stacked up next to the bed, but I tend to read when I travel.

I’m planning to go to Atlanta for my godchild’s wedding next month, and that will give me a chance to read again.

Listening to: I’m listening to holiday songs on 93.9 in my car. Holiday and Christmas songs all day long — everything is holiday, holiday.

Watching: Just watching the holiday movies, and only when I’m cooking—I’m never home! I go out every night of the week for meetings or events, so I’m not home to watch TV. I’m not fond of reality TV. I love those corny movies; there’s always a happy ending.

Following: Three weeks ago I purchased my first iPhone, and as a result of having an iPhone 5, I am now on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Before I had to be in front of a computer, but now in my free time, while I’m waiting for things to start, I catch up on those sites so I can participate in what’s happening within our communities. I do have a communications person in the chamber who does a lot of this work, but my plan is to learn well enough that I can use it during Chamber events as they’re happening.

Activity: I play mixed-doubles tennis on Wednesdays and I’m in a wine group that meets once a month. I also walk with my college roommate every Saturday morning; those are three things on my calendar. And I’m going to get a more rigorous workout schedule in the new year.

Eating: I do like to eat out — I recommend all the restaurants in Winnetka-Northfield.

When we eat lunch [at the office] we always pick from our restaurants. I like regular old American food — I’m pretty much a traditionalist. I get fresh fruit from the Winnetka-Northfield farmer’s market and from that I make fabulous pies.

Favorite mistake: I was talking to a girlfriend of mine when we were running a benefit and I said I wanted a part-time job, because I wanted to do something besides volunteering. The next thing you know, I’m working full-time, seven days a week, every day! I couldn’t have anticipated how Winnetka-Northfield has kept growing and growing. It was a crazy thing that happened purely by accident, and now I’m doing important work that I’m passionate about.

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The Wilmette Rotary (noon) Club gathered nearly 9,000 books for needy innercity schools.

Many books came from Friends of the Wilmette Public Library and the Northfield, Skokie and Lake Bluff Libraries.

Others came from McKenzie, Romona, Harper and Central Schools, Highcrest and Wilmette Junior High, Marie Murphy, St. Joseph and St.Francis Xavier Schools — all in Wilmette — and St. Athanasius School in Evanston.

Books are being delivered to four Catalyst charter schools in Chicago’s Austin, Lawndale and Marquette neighborhoods — St. Agnes of God and St Procopius Schools in Little Village and Pilsen — and San Miguel High School in the Back of the Yards.

Winnetka North Shore Country Day School Academic Integrator Katie Kirsch traveled to Nairobi, Kenya to volunteer with children in November.

She was affiliated with Be Free Revolution, a non-profit that sells Kenyanmade craft products. The funds provide counseling for victims of rape and violence and supply local mentors for children in need.

“This organization spoke to me because they partner with schools. As a teacher, that was really important to me,” noted Kirsch, who has also worked at Chicago Quest, Highland Park Public Library and Lake Bluff Middle School.

Kirsch’s team also put together a field day for a school in Kibera. The entire student body was able to ride a bus from the slums to a local park.

Starting in January, the Village of Kenilworth will have a new recycling provider and a new recycling cart.

Recycling services with Republic Services will begin for $12.25 a month per household. Residents will see a $5 increase to their sanitation charge.

Republic Services will begin dropping off blue 95-gallon wheeled carts to each residence the first week of January.

Service will be picked up every other week by backdoor service. Recycling should be rinsed, flattened or crushed and placed directly in the cart. Do not place in plastic bags.

Please call Republic Services at 847981-0091 with any questions.

Lake Forest The Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce is hosting free horse & carriage rides in Market Square on Sunday, Dec. 16 from noon-3 p.m.

The final rides of the holiday season will take place at the same time on Sunday, Dec. 23. See www.lflbchamber.com for more information.

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North Shore Country Day’s Flannery to unite travels with service

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Saint Augustine once wrote, “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”

With touring Switzerland by train and seeing the waterfalls and glaciers of Iceland and Greenland all before eighth grade,

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Village Hall will be open from 8:30 am to noon on Saturday, Jan. 5 for residents who still need to purchase their vehicle license stickers.

Vehicle license stickers are supposed to be displayed by Jan. 1. Affix your sticker to the lower right-hand corner (passenger’s side) of the windshield in a manner that allows them to be easily read from the outside.

For more information call 847-5016000 or email financeinfo@winnetka.org.

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proved, so I’m excited to see what happens.’

— Emma Flannery North Shore Country Day School’s Emma Flannery has read a few chapters.

Flannery’s travels have certainly taken her to some interesting places across the world, but what really strikes her is the beauty within her homeland. When the tsunami hit, a family vacation to Japan was rerouted to driving a rental car out west, visiting Zion National Park and the Grand Canyon.

“It’s kind of silly; I’ve been to Europe and all these crazy places and I had never seen this other side of the country,” said Flannery of the popular destination, although she has skied in Colorado and hiked in the Rockies.

With her travels to date being leisurely, the Wilmette resident is now old enough to marry travels with a purpose. In the summer, Flannery plans to join Overland’s Costa Rica volunteer program. Overland organizes summer programs for fourth to 12th graders. Flannery has been with them for two adventure trips: a biking trip on the East Coast and hiking and camping in the Rockies. She is both excited to serve, which she says is an integral part of her life, and to immerse herself in Spanish, which she has taken since kindergarten.

“My Spanish teacher offered to do a fluency test with me when I get back to see

Emma Flannery

photography by j.geil how much I’ve improved, so I’m excited to see what happens,” said Flannery.

Her love for service is reinforced by the school motto, “Live and serve.” For her confirmation project, Flannery decided to team up with Lake Forest’s Bernie’s Book Bank and host a book drive at her school. The book drive wrapped up Friday, Dec. 7. Once collected, she will head over to Bernie’s to shelve and organize the donated books.

“Being a part of society is helping to improve it any way that you can,” she said.

“You meet really interesting people you might have otherwise never met. You see a whole different side to the society.”

Travel and service spill over into Flannery’s future ambitions, which is to write about the places she has traveled to or open medical practices in South America. However, she does not limit herself to anything, and is as multifaceted as any good writer strives to be. At NSCDS, Flannery participates in: Model UN, Science Olympiads, student council, chorus, school plays (she is cast in the spring play, The Rehearsal), field hockey, basketball and track and field. Some activities are planned into her school day so that she has time for what she really enjoys after school: theater and singing.

Flannery acted in Peter Pan in the fall, her first show with the Actors Training Center’s Repertory Company. She takes lessons at Wilmette’s Rock House music school, occasionally performing at the café downstairs. Flannery also takes voice lessons at the Music Institute of Chicago. In May 2012, she had a dream fulfilled by performing for and meeting Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim during an honorary gala by the Institute.

“Emma has always impressed me with her professionalism, focus and maturity,” said Voice Department Chair of the Music Institute Barbara Martin. “She is an excellent musician, and she possesses a wonderful oice of great potential. I am a great fan of hers.”

Various commitments can take a toll physically and mentally, but Flannery has that under control as well. To stay healthy, she swims and participates in meets at Big Blue Swim School. She often does yoga with friends, as she says the stretches and deep breathing techniques release tension and promote relaxation.

“I know that she is putting as much effort in other classes as she is for my class, so sometimes I wonder how she does it,” said math and science teacher Lee Block.” ■

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sunday breakfast Yonke guides New Trier through technological changes, challenges

by david sweet Few issues challenge school administrators equally across the land as the inclusion or exclusion of technology on campus.

Consider: Students use computers, iPads, cellphones and other devices outside of school — almost non-stop. What should the policy be on campus?

At New Trier High School — which features classrooms in Winnetka and in Northfield and whose 4,000-strong student body dwarfs many liberal arts colleges — embracing technology has been the theme.

“I think for high schools to say ‘You can’t do that at school’ is not realistic,” said Linda Yonke, superintendent since 2006 at New Trier, where students are allowed to carry cellphones at school (and must receive permission from a teacher to use). “Kids need to access a lot of resources. It’s more than a phone — it’s a computer.”

The thing that’s so striking at New Trier is the seriousness and hard work ethic of the students. They want to be challenged.’

— Linda Yonke Of course, technology has its headaches. Earlier this fall, police charged six students at New Trier with distributing inappropriate images through both e-mail and text. Still, Yonke and New Trier are championing technological innovations, including introducing iPads in certain classrooms.

“One of our French teachers said the class with iPads is three weeks ahead of the class without iPads,” said Yonke, sipping a Grande Earl Grey Tea at the Starbucks off of Willow Road. “In science class, they’re getting 100 percent homework completion.”

What’s not complete for Yonke is the look of New Trier’s two campuses, which boasts more than one million square feet of space. A 2010 referendum — designed to build bigger classrooms, a new field house and more for $174 million — was resoundingly rejected by voters.

“The messages we received were ‘too big’ and ‘at the wrong time,’ “ said Yonke, who successfully oversaw a $100 million renovation at York High School in Elmhurst.

“The issues are still there. We have a cafeteria that’s 100 years old.”

Known for its high-achieving students and slew of successful alumni, New Trier has another side that pleases Yonke. The High Five Choir unites those from the special

Linda Yonke

illustration by barry blitt education program with choral volunteers. More than 100 are involved with the choir, which has traveled to a state conference in Illinois and in Indiana to sing.

“Some of them can’t vocalize at all,” Yonke said. “To see how kids embrace these kids with disabilities is inspiring.”

New Trier’s commitment to service includes the senior class raising enough money to build a house for the Habitat for Humanity and for the school to be ranked as the second-highest contributor to the Chicago Food Depository.

Yonke grew up in Kankakee and eventually returned to Kankakee High School to teach English for 13 years.

She was promoted to an administrator there, became

principal of an Indiana high school and led York High School before being tapped as New Trier’s assistant superintendent in 2004.

Despite the challenges of leading a sprawling school whose budget of about $100 million is more than most Illinois towns, Yonke points to outstanding teachers, a strong board and a supportive community as big assets.

But she saved her highest praise for those 4,000 teenagers.

“The thing that’s so striking at New Trier is the seriousness and hard work ethic of the students. They want to be challenged,” Yonke said. “It’s a pleasure to be an educator in that kind of environment.” ■

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‘Voice For the Cure’ photography by troyan photography

Friends United for Juvenile Diabetes Research gathered last month at Resolution Digital Studios in Chicago for the musical soiree, “Voice for the Cure.” Over the past 13 years, this Highland Park-based organization has raised over $1 million in support of juvenile diabetes research. Fifty percent of the proceeds from “Voice For the Cure” will go to the University of Chicago’s Kovler Diabetes Center. ■

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Love & marriage The pain and confusion when a favorite couple divorces

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My friend Rachel is planning her wedding. We spend 40 hours a week working at desks that are no more than 30 feet apart, so I can’t help but hear stories of stressful catering contracts, failed attempts to find a flattering off-white dress in her price range, and the agony of trying to get a photographer on the phone.

But I love hearing about it all, because no matter how difficult a time she’s having, there’s a spark of joy in her discussion; she is just so excited to be starting her life as Mrs. Shafer. And I look forward to the day when Mrs. Shafer returns to pulling her own weight around the office.

I’m at an age where I have friends in each stage of life: dating, engaged and planning a wedding, waiting for a first baby to arrive, but also separating or divorcing. Rachel’s excitement helps to temper the agony of divorce.

The agony to which I refer belongs to me and my husband. Hearing that a friend’s marriage is over is heartbreaking for so many reasons, including the fact that our couples’ nights out for dinner and a movie have come to an end.”Brown, party of four” will irrevocably change.

To be sure, I checked with someone far less selfish than me. Highland Park social worker Anna Marcolin confirmed that many married couples feel like we do when their friends divorce.

“I think it’s important for the married couple to acknowledge that it’s a loss,” Marcolin said. “It takes time to find couples that you click with as a couple and to form those friendships. There is a lot of energy that we put into those relationships.”

Marcolin works with many clients in various stages of divorce, and they discuss how their friends treat them differently when there is no spouse to fill the fourth seat at dinner, bridge or golf. Girlfriends

don’t call as much, if at all. Men don’t meet up at the Lantern to watch a game.

“It’s because we don’t know what to say or how to behave in this changing relationship,” Marcolin said.

It gets even more complicated if the still-married couple has opinions about why the divorce occurred, or if they know that one of the divorcing spouses did something immoral, such as with money or an affair.

The best thing for everyone, she said, is to face reality: one couple is married and the other is not, but you all need to move forward.

“You have to decide what’s best for you, and each couple is different in that regard,” Marcolin said.

“But you know that the relationship between the couples won’t be the same and you have to decide if you can stay friends as individuals.

“It takes someone very evolved and with a lot of wisdom to stay with both individuals after a divorce.”

Marcolin advocates for taking control of the situation and reaching out to the divorcees. If you valued the relationship before, their decision to divorce shouldn’t change that or take away something that you really enjoyed.

“I would encourage you to pick up the phone and be honest. Reach out to each individual and say, ‘I care about you, let’s try to keep this together.’ It’s hard to do, but it can be done.

“But often it’s not done. Nine and a half times out of 10 people don’t do it. They let the relationship slide away,” she said.

There’s nothing better than an unexpected phone call from an old friend. ■ Love & Marriage columnist Joanna Brown can be reached at Joanna@northshoreweekend.com

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with freshly grated nutmeg Beat the egg yolks separately until light in color. Gradually beat in the powdered sugar. Beating constantly, add the alcohol very slowly. Cover and let stand 1 hour to dispel the “eggy” taste.

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Re-invent Gallery | 1202 Wisconsin Ave., Lake Forest | Opening from 5-7pm The Lake Forest High School Art Department will open a showcase of the students’ best 2- and 3-dimensional work, including photography, graphic design, drawing, painting, mixed media, ceramics, sculpture and animation, at Reinvent Gallery; some work will be for sale. The show will run through Jan. 26.

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Newborn to walking-age children and their adult guardian are invited to attend a storybook workshop mean to familiarize babies with the foundations of language. The session closes with a half-hour of age-appropriate play and socialization.

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The free open microphone night is supportive, laid-back, and open to musicians, singers, poets, and dancers. All ages are welcome.

Orphans of the Storm’s Holiday Music Series, which features both professional and amateur musicians, continues with cookies, cocoa, and singing. Reagan Brasch is a member of the Musikgarten faculty at the Music Institute of Chicago.

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Join the Geek Squad experts in exploring the key technologies behind mobile gadgets such as tablets, e-readers, and smartphones during a demo presentation. The “petting zoo” portion of the event will entail a hand-on learning experience; attendees are encouraged to bring their own devices.

Elf Academy Northbrook Court | 2171 Northbrook Court, Northbrook | 10am-1pm | 847-498-8161 Kids can be one of Santa’s little helpers at the Elf Academy.

The hands-on workshop includes holiday festivities, arts and crafts, and toy making. Participating children also will receive a special certificate to officially welcome them as one of Santa’s elves. Intended for ages 3-6.

| 1:20 – 2:35pm | Free | winpark.org or 847501-2040 Part of the Park District’s 40th anniversary celebration, this skating event will also include sleigh rides on the ice. Skates can be rented for $3 per session; children under 5 skate free with an adult.

Music Institute of Chicago Chorale Concert Nichols Concert Hall | 1490 Chicago Ave., Evanston | 3pm | Tickets $15 adults, $10 se-

door Lake Forest Dance Academy Performance Companies presents a holiday show appropriate for all ages. In addition to the show, there will be a bake sale and a gingerbread house raffle.

Highland Park Strings: Two Shades of Gray

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Glory, Alleluia: Songs for Christ’s Birthday Winnetka Presbyterian Church Choir | 1255 Willow Rd., Winnetka | 5pm | Free | will Offeringwinnpres.org or 847-446-7777 The Winnetka Presbyterian Church Choir presents their Christmas concert, led by Chancel Choir Music Director Geoff Duffy. Childcare will be provided.

niors, $7 studentsmusicinst.org or 847-905-150 Featuring conductor Daniel Wallenberg, this “Bon Appétit” concert is a choral celebration of food and drink, featuring works by Lasso, Brahms, Vaughan Williams, Paul Carey, and Jean Belmont. Special guests include host Matthew Owens, members of the Music Institute’s recorder ensemble, and guest instrumentalists and dancers. Meet and greet reception follows performance.

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Plaza del Lago’s renovated 1920s Spanish Court and its iconic tower, designed by architect Edwin Hill Clark.

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Passing Northwestern University’s campus and then traveling north on Sheridan Road, a driver mostly wheels down shaded roadways past substantial houses and buildings, such as the Bah’ai Temple.

But after rounding a corner in Wilmette, straight ahead in a tightly bound knot of development are a Mediterranean-style commercial center on the left and a row of high-rise apartment buildings on the Lake Michigan side.

Welcome to No Man’s Land.

When both Wilmette and Kenilworth incorporated, they left the northeast fractional quarter of 22 acres unincorporated.

Over a century and a half, this small patch has been a bucolic suburban retreat and an early Prohibition-era enclave of roadhouses and “jazz-dancing nite lifers,” as historian Robert Shea quoted in 1987 from the Western Architect. The architectural style reflected the notion that this was a bit of a Great Lakes Riviera.

From the 1929 Crash until the early

1960s, No Man’s Land’s attractions disappeared in fire (Miralago, 1932) and ruins (shoreline Vista del Lago night club, languishing as late as 1960). These delights were two beach clubs called Vista del Lago and the Breakers Beach Club, along with the stunning modernist Miralago dance club.

Not amused by either the lakefront party or the long hangover after, the solid citizens of Wilmette overcame efforts of a handful of armed holdouts and, with state laws passed in 1939 and 1941, finally annexed the untidy parcel on Jan. 6, 1942. Twenty years later, developers began high-rise construction, one building nearing completion north of the terrace remaining from the Breakers Beach Club, the old and new side by side.

West of Sheridan Road an early Spanish Court shopping center had developed also in the 1920s, with a Teatro del Lago movie palace, a San Pedro Restaurant, and a focal point classic tower that appears to owe much to the North Tower of Lake Forest’s 1916-completed Market Square.

As the high rises went up in the 1960s

this shopping center was renovated, but the theater was lost, replaced by a super market.

The little parcel on Sheridan and the lake has seen many styles come and go.

The post-Chicago Fire Henry Gage house, demolished in 1944, was a quite spectacular example of the Italian Gothic revival.

The late 1920s Spanish Court and Teatro de Lago echoed the visual cues of the popular French and Iberian Rivieras, known to many North Shore residents who traveled to Europe more than occasionally by 16-hour Chicago to New York Pullman overnight train service and week-long trans-Atlantic crossings to Le Havre and Paris.

The architect of Vista de Lago was the Theilbar and Fugard firm, Chicago, Beaux Arts classicists — designers too of Chicago’s contemporary Art Deco McGraw Hill Building, 520 N. Michigan (rebuilt as the Chicago Conrad Hotel in 2000). Vista del Lago, projected to 16 stories, only reached two flights and a terrace for outdoor dancing by the time of the 1929 Crash.

The showpiece though was the short-lived

What do you mean, No Man’s Land?

People throw around the phrase No Man’s Land in many countries. What, exactly, is meant by the term?

According to Webster’s, No Man’s Land can be “a piece of land ... to which no one has a recognized title” or “the unoccupied region separating opposing armies.” In fact, the term gained popularity as a particularly horrific area during

World War I. An agreement between Israel and Jordan in 1949 defined an area as No Man’s Land.

In the arts, No Man’s Land is a play by Harold Pinter and also a song by Billy Joel. And Charlton Heston, who starred in movies from The Ten Commandments to The Planet of the Apes, was born in No Man’s Land on the North Shore.

Architect George Fred Keck’s second floor Miralago ballroom focal point neon fountain, lost with the building in a March 1932 fire. Photography reproduced courtesy of the Wilmette Historical Museum.

(1930-32) but memorable International Style Miralago dance hall, designed by George Fred Keck who would also build for the 1933-34 Century of Progress House of Tomorrow.

Miralago’s second-floor ballroom was styled with a “silvered ceiling, black marble columns, jade-green drapes and lighting that changed colors,” according to No Man’s Land’s late historian Robert Shea, in his From No Man’s Land to Plaza del Lago.

The centerpiece was the neon fountain, one of Chicago’s great “lost” interior features.

The spectacular March 1932 fire was a foreshadow of the 1933 end of Prohibition, started in 1919 and nurturing No Man’s Land edgy reputation.

Today, the beach side of Sheridan is taken up entirely with several well-maintained high-rise co-ops and apartment towers of various 1960s and later Mies van der Rohe-inspired heavily-glazed-wall modes. If the romantic 1920s movie palace has been gone since the 1960s, the larger-than-typical Starbucks coffee house caters to the solid citizenry of tree-linedresidential-streets Wilmette. Architect Edwin Hill Clark’s classic Spanish Court tower still stands as a monument to the tiny former principality’s halcyon days of Riviera-like dreams and of a brief moment of late Prohibition splendor. ■

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Even on North Shore, antiquarian book stores face uncertain fate ■ by

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Florence Shay, the late proprietor of Titles, Inc., an antiquarian book store in Highland Park, didn’t exactly like a book in her store.

So she came up with an unusual — and blatant — way to warn her customers.

“Florence wrote a note and put it right next to the book,” recalled Simone Goodman, who’d worked with Shay as a book investigator for 26 years before Shay passed away at the age of 90 in August. “She wrote, ‘Nice illustrations, but the story is stupid.’

“You know what?” Goodman continued. “Somebody must have liked the book. It’s no longer here.”

Sadly, for Titles, Inc. regulars, the same fate awaits Shay’s quaint store on St. Johns Avenue. It held a four-day closing sale last weekend and plans to close the books on its warm place later this month.

“It’s the end of era … It’s tragic,” Goodman said before the start of the closing sale’s second day Dec. 7. “This is a magical place. Books in here are like arms that hug you as soon as you walk in.”

Given its educated populace, affluence and leisure time, the North Shore seems to be an ideal spot for antiquarian book stores — which sell old, used and out-of-print books — to flourish. But two shops have shut down this year, and there is no sign that new ones are on the horizon. Goodman and one of her colleagues, librarian Karyn Goldstein, figured most antiquarian shops will survive on both coasts and in states with a predominantly elderly population, such as Arizona.

Bookman’s Alley, an antiquarian book store in Evanston, closed its doors several months ago. Sort of. Its longtime proprietor, Roger Carlson, still entertains offers for his assets, according to Arthur Frank.

“I’ve been going there, off and on, for 30 years,” said Frank, a lawyer who retired 12 years ago. “It’s wonderful. But Roger doesn’t believe in technology, and his books … Their all his. None has ever been

on consignment.”

Frank has been collecting books for most of his life. One of his first collections was a six-volume set of Edward Gibbon’s “The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.” He also owns a book that was published in 1559.

“It’s still in good condition,” Frank said.

The book now lives in Round Table Books, an antiquarian book store that opened a little more than a year ago in Winnetka.

Round Table’s proprietor: Frank, Arthur Frank.

Round Table’s shelves are home to 5,000 books.

More than 7,300 of its books are available online, and some 40,000 books are boxed in storage. Frank sometimes boxes up to 1,000 books at a family’s library and transports them to his store on Lincoln Avenue.

“Some of the books are heavy, and my store’s record number for boxes of books from one family is 88,” Frank said. “But it’s been good exercise for me; I’ve lost 20 pounds since opening my store.”

He also reads less than ever before, because of the countless hours he puts in while crafting accurate descriptions of the books he sells online.

“It’s a difficult business, labor-intensive at times,” Frank admitted. “But I love it, and I love providing great customer service.

“Books,” he added, “make great gifts. They always have. I’m in this business because of a love for learning and holding a book – an original, physical object – in my hands. The feeling is stronger and deeper with an actual book than it is with an e-book.”

The feelings Titles, Inc. employees have for Shay are still strong, still deep.

“She was the business, the strength, the backbone, the educator, the personality, the leader,” Goldstein said. “Billy Corgan (of The Smashing Pumpkins) sang at her funeral, and she knew (author) Joseph Heller really well.

“Florence motivated all us here.” ■

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Highand Park’s Noah Pickus has been a scoring machine. He has 33 goals to go along with 26 assists.

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Iceman scoreth Pickus putting up monster numbers for Highland Park hockey team

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bill mclean

They’re half brothers, Noah Pickus and Dylan Tischleder.

But their one-on-one hockey encounters in their basement were full-tilt battles.

Pickus is the younger of the two and therefore had to accept a certain reality. “(Dylan) made me be the goalie most of the time,” recalled Pickus, now a Highland Park High School junior forward.

“But that helped me a lot, going against him so many times down there.”

It must have. Pickus’ numbers, in 28 games played this winter, were well above basement level: 33 goals, 26 assists.

A pair of team-high figures, in fact.

“He’s got natural ability and God-given speed,” Giants coach Sean Freeman. “Plus a work ethic that’s just as impressive.

“Noah,” he added, “is a phenomenal athlete.”

Noah was nearly a no-show on HP’s stats sheet as a freshman on varsity in the 2010-11 season.

Pickus scored one goal.

One. He already has surpassed his goal total (32) from last winter.

“He got more comfortable with his teammates, in the locker room and on the ice,” Freeman said of Pickus’ highly productive sophomore season. “Noah is not the most vocal leader, but he leads by being committed and working hard.

“Teammates notice that,” the coach added.

Foes and opposing coaches recognize Pickus’ speed and quickness and covet both traits. Freeman recalled a sequence in a game in which the 5-foot-10, 200-pound Pickus, seemingly from nowhere, foiled a breakaway threat.

“There Noah was, the lone ranger hi-ho-silvering and flying down the ice to catch up to a guy. When he got there, he gave the guy a smooth, clean hit … a good, old-school hit.”

As a defensive lineman/fullback for Highland Park’s football team this past fall, Pickus was a hit, recording 4.5 sacks to go with four other tackles for loss.

He also forced a fumble, recovered three fumbles, rushed 33 times for 208 yard (6.3 yards per carry) and hauled in nine receptions for 101 yards (11.2 yards per catch).

And the young man plays lacrosse in the spring.

Three seasons, three sports. … three demanding, bruising sports.

“Playing sports has taught me a lot,” said Pickus. “I’ve learned how best to lead, how important commitment is.”

One of his inspirations is his father, Ted, a real estate pro and tennis enthusiast.

The father and son have gone tennis-shoe-toe to tennisshoe toe on courts.

“He usually beats me in tennis,” Noah said. “That serve of his … It’s hard, very hard.”

Ted Pickus also doubles as an ace off the courts, his son added.

“My dad,” Noah said, “is a great ‘people person,’ a man who has accomplished so much in life. It makes me proud, knowing all he’s done. And he’s always been there for me.”

Pickus, the Giant, has been a dominant force for HP’s icemen (23-9-1). Against Prep, a co-op squad, he netted four goals and dished an assist; authored three goals to go with three assists in a game vs. New Trier White; and delivered a three-goal, one-assist effort against Loyola Maroon. The team’s other scoring leaders include Alex Shapiro (24 goals, 19 assists), Alex Block (18 goals, 22 assists) and Jonathan Chudacoff (10 goals, 16 assists).

“It’s not easy, transitioning from football to hockey like Noah does each winter,” Freeman said. “In football, you’re asked to go hard for 15 seconds or so (during a play), while in hockey, you’re expected to go just as hard for stretches between 45-50 seconds.

“It’s early December,” he added, “and Noah is still getting into hockey shape if you can believe that. He’ll be steamrolling by mid-January.” ■

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What’s on tap this weekend FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14

Boys Basketball: Lake Forest hosts Warren (7:30 p.m.)

What’s at stake? The 5-1 Scouts will be looking to get back on track after falling to Zion-Benton on Dec. 8. With Hall of Fame coach Chuck Ramsey no longer at the helm, the Blue Devils have begun a new era. Under the guidance of new head coach Ryan Webber, the Devils edged Stevenson 55-52 last week to run their record to 4-3.

High hopes

Regina Dominican’s Maggie Palmer drives to the hoop during Saturday’s win against Niles North.

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Durham has Regina Dominican headed in the right direction ■ by

kevin reiterman

Every team needs a Lindsey Welch.

“She’s the glue,” said Regina Dominican head girls basketball coach Kerry Durham.

“I count on her. I ask her to do a lot for this team.”

Welch, a senior guard, was at her very best in Saturday’s 59-28 victory over visiting Niles North. She finished with a gamehigh 17 points.

Welch also stood out on the defensive end.

“She was all over the place,” Durham said. “She’s one of our hardest-working players and our best defensive player.”

Using a match-up, run-and-jump fullcourt press, Welch and her teammates got real during the opening minutes of the third quarter — forcing Niles North to turn the ball over on seven of its first eight possessions.

Regina, which led by 11 at halftime, used some quick scores to go on a 11-0 run and never looked back.

With the win, the Panthers snapped a three-game losing streak and picked up their sixth victory of the season.

Which is significant. The team already has matched last year’s win total.

“Same schedule as last year,” said Durham, who is her second season at the helm. “So it’s nice.”

Make no mistake, Durham — a 1985 graduate of Regina — has big plans for this program.

At every practice and at every home game in Regina’s classic — and cozy — gymnasium, she can look up and see her name on two of the hanging banners: one as a member of the 1984 IHSA Final Four team and one as a member of the GCAC Hall of Fame.

This is home for Durham, who spent nine seasons as the head coach at highly touted Resurrection High School in Chicago. Under her guidance, the Bandits were perennial 20-game winners and conference champions.

“I’m trying to create a different environment here. A different way of doing things,”

said Durham, who played her college ball at Xavier, where she was a four-year starter.

“The kids are buying into it.”

The Panthers (6-4) got off to a terrific start this winter. They jumped out to a 5-1 record before suffering a 38-35 loss to St. Joseph on a last-second shot.

“That took the wind out of our sail,” said Durham, who is assisted by Aaron Borjon.

Regina then came up short against two other conference foes, losing to Queen of Peace 47-41 on Dec. 1 and Trinity 64-18 on Dec. 4.

Durham figured her team would be competitive this season. In addition to Welch, seniors Caroline Adamczyk and Abby Wagner are returning starters, while senior Erin Gavin and sophomore Maggie Palmer played extended minutes during the 201112 season.

Wagner is a heady player who brings a lot of versatility. She popped in 15 points in a 42-32 win over Lake Forest on Nov. 27.

Durham also is finding good minutes for sophomore guards Maeve Degnan and Audrey Jahns.

LF Academy

The Caxys (5-3) extended their win streak to four games on Dec. 10, when they topped visiting Chicagoland Jewish 63-21.

Lauren Clamage scored 19 points to lead LFA. Emily Krasnow tallied nine points, while Grace Coburn had eight points.

In other action last week, LFA defeated Woodlands Academy 61-20.

Clamage paced the Caxys with 17 points.

Krasnow scored 13 points.

Lake Forest high school

The Scouts (2-7, 0-3) could do very little on offense in its 44-19 setback to host Warren on Dec. 7. They also dropped a 68-35 decision to visiting Zion-Benton on Dec. 5.

Junior Annie Keller tallied 11 points and eight rebounds against the Zee-Bees.

Brooke Green finished with 10 points, while Maddy Gailey helped out with six points, four rebounds and four assists.

Against Warren, Gabby Perino had seven points and four steals. Green had five rebounds and two steals.

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North Shore Country Day

The Giants are off to a great start in conference play.

With last week’s victories over Maine East 57-30 and Niles North 51-44, Highland Park improved to 3-0 in the CSL North.

Paced by Lena Munzer (28 points, 17 rebounds, 10 assists) and Grace Quirk (23 points, seven assists), the team also handled Grant 64-39 in nonconference action on Saturday to run its overall record to 5-4.

Munzer (22 points, nine rebounds, six assists) and Quirk (12 points) also paced the Giants in the win over Niles North.

Against Maine East, Munzer put 29 points in the book to go along with 18 rebounds and six steals. Lizzy Logrande finished with 13 points and six rebounds.

Annie Kroll was clutch.

The sophomore guard canned a threepoint shot with nine seconds left to lift the Raiders over host Hope Academy 38-37 on Dec. 7. Kroll finished the game with 20 points to go along with seven rebounds, three steals and three blocks.

The team also received solid play from Meghan Nolan (seven points, eight rebounds), Becca Slotkin (14 rebounds), Ilhana Redzovic (nine rebounds) and Safia Vohra (seven rebounds).

In other action last week, NSCD dropped a 67-23 decision to Latin. Vohra led the team with 11 points and 10 rebounds. Slotkin also had 10 boards. ■

Girls Basketball: Highland Park travels to Glenbrook North (7:30 p.m.)

What’s at stake? The Giants, who are 3-0 in league play, will be aiming to take control of the CSL North race. The team is being led by senior Lena Munzer and sophomore Grace Quirk. As always, GBN figures to give HP a good test.

Gymnastics: Lake Forest hosts Carmel, Deerfield and Schaumburg in its Holiday Quad (6 p.m.)

What’s at stake? The Scouts, who are coming off a runner-up finish at the 10-team Conant Invitational, will get their second look at highly regarded Carmel. The three-time defending state champ took first at Conant. Junior Brittany Moccia led the Scouts at the invite, placing second in the all-around with a 9.4375 average.

Swimming: New Trier hosts Niles North (5:30 p.m.)

What’s at stake? The Trevians will be looking to flex their muscles again. The team has scored more than 100 points in all three of their dual-meet wins this winter.

Last weekend, they beat Naperville Central 128-54 and perennial state power Hinsdale South (5th in state last winter) 111-69. In their season opener, they scored a 142-27 victory over Rockford Guilford.

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Boys Basketball: Loyola hosts St. Viator (7:30 p.m.)

What’s at stake? The Ramblers continue to play well. They improved to 6-1 overall with wins over Bishop McNamara 61-36 and Evanston 42-35 last weekend.

St. Viator is putting together another strong season. The Lions, who are led by Ore Arongundade, have won five of their first six games.

Boys Basketball: North Shore Country Day hosts Mooseheart (3 p.m.)

What’s at stake? After a rough start, the Raiders (3-4) have righted the ship.

Sparked by the return of senior standout Austin Curren, who had been sidelined with a hamstring injury, they claimed their third win in a row with a strong showing at Hope Academy 70-47 on Dec. 7.

Swimming: Highland Park and Lake Forest travel to Stevenson for the Lake County Invitational (9 a.m. diving; 1 p.m. swimming) What’s at stake? LF will vie for a title after earning runner-up honors in the Red Division at the Barrington Relays on Dec. 8. The 400 free relay set a pool record (3:10.96) at Barrington. HP is coming off a 109-70 win over Addison Trail-Willowbrook on Dec. 7. Ben Laedlein is off to fine start for the Giants. He won the 100 backstroke in 57.07.

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Hats off to Quall

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Swimming (Girls): Trevians senior and USC-bound Riley Hayward, who helped New Trier capture its 13th IHSA state title last month, broke a school record that had stood since 1985. Her time in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.22) in the state preliminaries Nov. 16 bettered the previous mark in the event by more than two seconds.

Hayward’s effort supplanted Carrie Gustavson’s 1:04.32.

“I wanted that record so bad,” Hayward said.

Evidence of that desire was apparent all over walls in her room at home.

Hayward had adorned them with NT-green-and-blue signs, featuring Gustavson’s time.

Hayward finished runner-up (1:02.49) at state to Loyola Academy senior and USCbound Evan Swenson (1:02.42).

CLUB SPORTS

Soccer (Girls): Advantage Academy, which features Lake Forest’s Lily Bryant and Lincolnshire’s Isabella Michael, took third place in the recent National 3v3 Live Soccer Tour Tournament in Orlando.

Advantage, which is coached by Janet Albert, defeated a team from Florida 7-0 in the U10 third-place game.

The other squad members were Korbin Albert (Park City), Ashley Hutson (Lindenshurst) and Ella Richards (Chicago).

Lake Forest senior guard George Quall protects the ball against Zion-Benton’s Maurice Young during Saturday’s game.

Lake Forest point guard comes up with stellar game against Zee-Bees ■ by

kevin reiterman

George Quall was not easily recognizable.

The Lake Forest High School senior walked out of the locker room wearing his favorite winter lid — a dark brown aviator hat, a gift from his sister.

But, on the court in Saturday night’s 53-50 home loss to Zion-Benton (7-1, 3-0), Quall was very identifiable.

He was LF’s “mad bomber.”

Usually, Quall is all about feeding the ball to LF’s bigs: 6-foot-9 Sam Downey and 6-7 Evan Boudreaux. And he did plenty of that against the Zee-Bees — finishing the game with six assists.

But on this night, Quall, also known for his great perimeter defense, switched modes. He turned into a scorer, firing away and draining three of five three-pointers in the second half and finishing with a season-high 13 points.

Iden plays important role for Giants ■ by

t.j. brown

It wasn’t just that the three-pointer — right in front of the Highland Park bench — tied the game. It was who took the shot.

Yes, it was Sam Iden, the 5-foot-11 senior who hit the game-tying trey late in regulation of the Giants’ 57-53 overtime loss to Grant Saturday. It was only his second

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In fact, Quall was heavily counted on for his offense. He took the potential gametying three-pointer as time ran out. He missed the shot — hitting the front of the rim — but he had no misgivings about taking it.

“It’s a shot you dream about,” said Quall.

“I was thankful for the opportunity. It was nice that Carter (Bass) gave it up to me. I just wish that I would have made it.”

“It was a tough situation for him,” said Scouts coach Phil LaScala, who saw his squad lose for the first time (5-1, 1-1). “But he got a great look (at the basket).”

The 5-foot-11 Quall might be underrated — and unsung — but he’s not underappreciated.

“I have no qualms with him taking the last shot,” said LaScala. “He’s one of our best outside shooters.”

“He’s a cold-blooded shooter. A big-time shooter,” Downey said. “He stepped up for

us tonight.”

Quall played down his 13-point effort, which included a “cold-blooded” threepointer at the top of the key with seven seconds left to cut Z-B’s lead to 51-50.

“That was a function of my teammates,” he said.

His top priority is sharing the basketball.

“What I’m trying to do is get the ball to teammates where they can be successful,” Quall added.

Three of his assists went to Downey (17 points, five rebounds, two blocks) down low. He also fed the ball to Boudreaux, who ended up with 13 points, including a clutch three-pointer late in the game, four rebounds and four assists.

“George is our catalyst,” said LaScala.

“Our floor general.

“He’s put a lot of time into his game,” the coach added. ■

shot attempt all night. His three points in 29 minutes of work would be overshadowed by his two steals, three assists and two rebounds, if not for how critical his points were.

“Scoring is not really my job,” Iden admits. “We have guys like the sophomores and Sam Shrago and Brandon Krawitz. My job is to the little things right.”

The little things include deflections, which the Highland Park coaching staff tracks. Saturday, Iden led the Giants with eight deflections.

“Deflections are a big part of our defense,” Iden said. “It throws off offenses’ rhythm.

We just try to get our hands on the ball.”

The Giants have a young team with three

sophomores contributing significantly, and Iden along with seniors like Shargo, Max Kaplan and Krawitz, has taken on the leadership role.

“I know the future here is bright,” Iden said. “We have sophomores playing well, some talented juniors and a very good sophomore team. I’m just trying to show them the ropes a little bit.”

The Giants (2-6, 1-1) have taken some lumps early, and they will face some more stern tests before the month is out. This weekend features home games with CSL North rival Glenbrook North (Friday) and Lake Zurich (Saturday) before a Tuesday giants >> page 37

COLLEGE SPORTS

Basketball (Women’s): Freshman forward Maggie Lyon is off to an outstanding start at Northwestern. The 6-foot-1 New Trier grad is the second leading scorer (15.0) for the Wildcats, who have opened the season 6-1. She leads the team in steals (16) and three-point field goals (16) while she’s second in assists (26).

Football: Loyola Academy grad Brian Mulroe capped off his regular season with Northwestern by earning second-team AllBig Ten honors by the media (honorable mention by the coaches).

The 6-foot-4, 295-pound left guard, a Glenview native, also was honored last year (honorable mention by the media and coaches). With Mulroe leading the way, the Wildcats were the third best rushing team in the Big Ten this fall (230.9).

Mulroe and the Wildcats (9-3) will take on Mississippi State in the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Fla., on New Year’s Day. The Wildcats also feature Loyola grads Pat Hickey, Chance Carter and Eric Hauser and Lake Forest High School grad P.J. Carollo.

Hickey, a junior safety, and Carollo, a sophomore quarterback, earned Academic All-Big Ten honors. Carter, who has played in all 12 games, is a back-up defensive lineman.

Soccer (Men’s): Chris Ritter, a senior midfielder at Northwestern, was named the 2012 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. The New Trier grad, who was secondteam All-Big Ten, helped the Wildcats (136-4) reach the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

Ritter, who finished the season with 20 points (five goals, six assists), also was named Academic All-Big Ten. And the team captain is a finalist for the 2012 pressbox >> page 37

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Team on the upswing

Despite being shorthanded, Trevians take first place at Spartan Classic New Trier’s Claire Egerter performs on the uneven bars in last week’s dual meet at Maine South.

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bill mclean

Samantha Stoddart could have chosen to occasionally to show up in street clothes at New Trier High School girls gymnastics practices this winter.

It would have been a commendable act each time.

The sophomore, after all, had suffered a stress fracture in her back in the offseason.

The injury will sideline her for the entire 2012-13 season.

But Stoddart — a valuable member of the Trevians’ eighth-place team at state last winter, as well as a reigning sectional champ on the balance beam — chose not to go that route.

She instead opted to show up for every NT practice.

In her leotard.

“She even stretches with her teammates and helps them anyway she can,” Trevians coach Jennifer Pistorius said at Saturday’s Spartan Classic at Glenbrook North.

New Trier junior Stephanie Steen also missed Saturday’s meet.

She took the ACT. “She’s exhausted,” Pistorius said. “She said it was hard.”

Gymnastics, in general, is calculus-plus-physics hard.

But New Trier’s shorthanded squad made it look easy at Glenbrook North, winning the 12-team meet convincingly with a 139.325-point total.

Runner-up Libertyville scored 133.775 points.

Senior Kerry Scafidi paced the Trevs by topping the

all-around (37.35), vault (9.65) and floor exercise (9.6) fields.

“I enjoy gymnastics,” said Scafidi, who tied for 18th place in the all-around (36.45) at state a year ago. “It consumes my schedule, but I don’t mind because I love everything about it, especially working on new skills.”

Before her junior year, Scafidi danced and tumbled to swing music when she performed on floor.

“That kind of music … It’s suited mostly for young gymnasts,” she said. “I wanted to be taken more seriously, so I changed my music.

“It’s more intense now,” Scafidi added.

Expect more of the same from New Trier junior Elana Benishay this winter.

More success, that is.

Benishay placed eighth on the balance beam (9.25) and was the Trevs’ No. 2 all-arounder (35.35) at state last year.

At Saturday’s Spartan Classic she finished third in the all-around (36.625) and threw a meet-best 9.2 routine on beam.

NT sophomore Claire Egerter totaled 34.45 points (eighth place) in the all-around. Freshman Ana Dabrowski (30.9) also served as an all-arounder for the champs.

“We are so fortunate to have the overall caliber of gymnasts we have this year,” Pistorius said, referring to the program’s 29 gymnasts. “I’ve been so pleased with our freshmen, even those who had to be taught how to salute (after a routine).

“They’ve been working very hard,” she added.

Freshman Taylor Kwok was slated to lead off on the uneven bars Saturday. But an ankle injury forced her to sit out the meet.

“We’ve got good talent, and everybody feels a part of the team,” said Scafidi, who would like nothing more than to continue her gymnastics career in college.

Scafidi was the varsity’s lone junior a year ago.

She’s the lone senior on varsity in 2012-13.

“I like being around different groups of people, and I like the new faces I see this year,” she said.

Scafidi’s best event is floor. But she enjoys the uneven bars more than any of the other three events.

Her bars gig features straddle backs and a blind move (reverse pirouette), things that should never be tried at home.

Unless you’ve been practicing the tricky moves for years.

“So much of gymnastics is about muscle memory and being confident while doing routines,” Scafidi said.

Notable: NT scored 141.755 points at state last year after advancing to the meet as the state’s last at-large qualifier. … Scafidi, on Stoddart: “We’re all sad she won’t be able to compete for us this year. But she’ll be there for us, be around at all times. She’s a very positive influence on our entire team. She’s driven. … Scafidi has talked with gymnastics coaches at the University of Illinois. … Jessie Pace is New Trier’s JV captain this winter. …

Scafidi, on what it was like to compete at state as a team in February: “Exhilarating.” ■

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Highland Park senior guard Sam Iden dives for a loose ball against Grant.

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night road trip to Deerfield. Then it’s on to Hinsdale South for the Holiday Tournament. Plenty of time for Iden and the seniors to exercise their leadership.

“Sam’s a quiet leader — not a rah-rah guy,” HP coach Paul Harris said. “He’s about helping others, both in practice and off the floor. He’s an unselfish guy.”

Recap: Niles North’s hot shooting and athleticism gave Highland Park all they could handle in a 62-44 win over the Giants in Skokie last Friday. The Vikings’ B.J. Beckford scored 26 points on 10-of-16 shooting. The Vikings were 24-of-49 from the field for the night.

“You just tip your cap to Niles North,” Harris said.

“They were outstanding. It was a case of them clicking on all cylinders. I thought we got out there and gave them a good contest on most of their shots.”

Shrago led Highland Park with 14 points, while David Sachs added nine points and three assists and Luke Norcia seven points, three steals and three assists.

In Saturday’s loss to Grant, Sachs’ 15 points, four steals and three assists led the way. Norcia added 11 points, seven assists, four steals and five rebounds before fouling out.

Loyola Academy

It didn’t look good — early.

The Ramblers (6-1, 2-0) scored only three points in the opening quarter at Evanston on Saturday night. They trailed 22-15 at halftime.

The second half was a different story. Led by Jack Morrissey (15 points) and Kevin Kucera (13 points, 4-5 field goals, 5-5 free throws), Loyola rallied to beat the host Wildkits 42-35. Morrissey sparked the comeback by hitting two three-pointers midway through the fourth quarter.

Loyola also scored an easy 61-36 victory over Bishop pressbox >> from 35

Soccer News Net College Boot award.

Soccer (Men’s): Lake Forest High School grad Harrison Shipp has been named to the Capital One Academic All-America Second Team. The junior forward is the eighth men’s soccer player at Notre Dame to earn CoSIDA Academic All-American accolades.

Shipp played in all 22 matches for ND (17-4-1), which took first in the Big East, and finished the season with 18 points (six goals, six assists). The Fighting Irish lost to Indiana in double overtime in the third round of the NCAA Tournament.

McNamara on Dec. 7. Morrissey connected on six threes to finish with a game-high 24 points. Chris Sullivan hit five threes and wound up with 17 points. Kucera also played well with six points, five assists and four rebounds.

Bishop Mac was held to 11 second-half points.

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New Trier

The Trevians (7-2, 2-0) played one of their best games of the young season on Dec. 4 when they took down host Niles West 62-45.

And they continued that strong play on Dec. 7, when they claimed another road — and league — win over Glenbrook South 57-49.

Steven Cook tallied 25 points in the win over Niles West. He added 13 against GBS. Jordan Thomas was NT’s top scorer against the Titans with 15. Reid Berman had 14 points.

North Shore Country Day

Welcome back Austin Curren.

The senior standout, who had been sidelined with a hamstring injury, returned to the lineup and helped the Raiders (3-4) to a convincing 70-47 win over host Hope Academy on Dec. 7. Curren paced the attack with 15 points.

Jamie Swimmer, Riley Hall and Elias Butler also finished in double figures for NSCD. Hall had the play of the game, when he took a feed from Butler and finished off a fast break with a slam dunk.

LF Academy

The Caxys saw their overall record dip to 1-5 on Dec. 4, when they lost 56-38 to Kenosha Tremper.

Dejan Brissett led LFA with 10 points. ■

Soccer (Women’s): Emily Feldman, an all-stater for Highland Park High School, has been an impact player for Emory University.

The sophomore forward helped the Eagles (15-2-7) to a runner-up finish in the recent NCAA Division III tournament. The team fell 1-0 to Messiah in the final on Dec. 1.

Feldman finished the season as the team’s co-scoring leader with 20 points (eight goals, four assists). She also had 20 points during her freshman campaign (seven goals, six assists).

Feldman was key in her team’s postseason run. She had an unassisted goal in a 2-1 win over Wheaton in the tourney semifinal. ■

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For Gayle & Alan a North Shore weekend is music to their ears

We would devote a romantic Friday evening to savoring the incomparable cuisine, service and ambience at Restaurant Michael in Winnetka.”

Because our weekends often are driven by an intense performance schedule with the organizations for which Alan is music director (the Ars Viva Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Master Singers and the Lake Forest Symphony), an ideal weekend would be free of any performance commitment. While our ideal full week might involve a trip to the South of France, a weekend would be spent right here on the North Shore.

We would devote a romantic Friday evening to savoring the incomparable cuisine, service and ambience at Restaurant Michael in Winnetka. On Saturday we would sleep in as late as possible in our home before rising for an entire free day right here at home, knowing that home affords opportunities to enjoy every form of wildlife that exists in Northern Illinois (our wooded property empties out into acres of protected private land). On Saturday evening we would gather with some friends for a dinner followed by one of our passions: an evening of classical theater, likely at Writers’ Theatre in Glencoe or Theo Ubique in Rogers Park. We might have added the option of an evening at the Chicago Symphony, but admittedly it would be a bit of a “busman’s holiday.”

Sunday morning unquestionably would find us at the

Church of the Holy Spirit in Lake Forest, preferably on a morning when one or both of us would be participating in the service. We always attend the 11 o’clock service, as our lives in the world of music performance have forced us to become hopelessly nocturnal. But Alan is a closet Anglican priest, and we are both devout Anglo-Catholic believers who wish to make our faith central to all that is in our lives, failures and all. It’s a very Episcopalian way to live!

Then we would scurry back home to sit by the fireplace or by the koi ponds (according to the season) for a light lunch and some intimate conversation. We likely would spend some afternoon time working intensely (Gayle at her graphic design projects and Alan in score study and rehearsal preparation). We love our work and would be frightfully restless spending an entire weekend away from it! We then might cap off our weekend with a bottle of a favorite Bordeaux (typically right bank) and a favorite movie such as “A Man for All Seasons.” We would sleep soundly, knowing that it might be a long time before another equally delicious weekend would come our way. ■ Gayle and Alan Heatherington, as told to David Sweet

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