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Nancy Rotering is full of brio for job as mayor. P.46

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Controlled chaos How North Shore moms try to stay on top of it all. P8

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North Shore Weekend NEWS 08 Organizing principles

With kids overscheduled, laundry neverending and holiday parties happening, how do North Shore moms keep track of it all? What are their secrets?

12 Making movies

Winnetka native Bill Kennedy and Lincolnwood native Isaac Feder met on a “creative blind date” in Hollywood in 2007. Now, they have a movie to show for it.

14 News Digest

A summary of news that’s happened around the North Shore and a preview of upcoming events.

LIFESTYLE & ARTS 19 Social Whirl

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

20 Goings On About Towns

Find out about the best events coming up this week in the North Shore.

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LAST BUT NOT LEAST… 46 Sunday Breakfast

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verybody wants to save the Earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes,” writes the humorist P.J. O’Rourke. He’s right. Mom is always underappreciated and overextended. Laundry, groceries, kids’ hockey games — how does she keep it all organized? And we haven’t even mentioned cooking meals, making beds and affixing Band-Aids — on top of a job outside the home for some. The whiteboard is often a fixture in North Shore houses. A full month is charted in different colors. Practices, tutors, birthday parties and more are noted in same-sized squares, erased seemingly as soon as they were filled to start acknowledging the next month’s activities. The contents of these whiteboards are sometimes transferred into pocket-sized laminated calendars to be placed in cars for harried moms to check. Bill McLean writes in these pages about how the North Shore Mom stays organized to do it all and (with the help of wine and yoga) how she keeps her sanity. We move from moms to sisters. In Market Square, Three Sisters has shut its doors after a long run. Named after the three Christopherson siblings (Mia, Mari and Kari), it has been run by Mari, offering women’s clothes and accessories, from sweaters to jewelry.

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North Shore moms work hard to stay organized — and no month is crazier than December ■ by bill mclean From a distance, the whiteboard calendar on a kitchen wall in the Gleasons’ house in Highland Park appears to be a multicolored mess, an art project gone D-minus bad. Practically every square — for each day in December — contains at least one reminder of an activity for the family of six: Robin Taxman-Gleason and her husband, Chris Gleason; Robin’s stepchildren, 14-year-old Connor and 10-year-old Logan; and the couple’s pair of toddlers, four-yearold Nola and two-year-old Talia. The parents’ to-do items were written with a pink dry-erase marker. Green words and start times denote activities for the preschoolers. Wondering what Connor has to do on a certain day? Look for the blue scribbles and scratches. Anything jotted in black is a Logan commitment. Packed. The Gleasons’ days are crazybusy packed. “That whiteboard is my bible,” says Robin, a preschooler teacher who plans to celebrate Hanukkah (Dec. 16-24) and Christmas under the same roof again this month. “December is a tough month, and not just because we’re all doing so many things and driving all over the place. When we’re home we all usually have to stay inside because of the weather. And we’re all usually sick at the same time. “I try as hard as I can to attend a yoga class two times a week. Yoga keeps me sane.” Moms on the North Shore do not get varsity letters for serving as invaluable captains of their households and making sure their children arrive at games on time. And in full uniform. But they should, shouldn’t they? Especially during the merry month of December, when holiday and birthday parties (for kids and adults) seemingly outnumber the number of school days and work days, and when the driver’s seat of the family car becomes way more familiar than the comfy chair in the den. “You have to have a sense of humor during this time of year,” says Lake Forest

Go to bit.ly/dnsmoms to comment on this story at DailyNorthShore.com resident Catherine Yehle, a mother of four (ages 11-16) who works 20-plus hours a week as program director at Gorton Community Center in her hometown and recently joined the Lake Forest Caucus. “You can’t take everything too seriously. The calendar we put up on a wall in our kitchen is one of those big ones you see in offices. December … it’s not pretty; there’s a lot written all over it. “I remember my mom put a sign up at home with the line, ‘Christmas should be every other year.’ ” Yehle laughs. Many swim practices for one of Yehle’s children start at 5:45 a.m. On those days she wakes up at 5:30 a.m., taxies (fare: free) the athlete to the school, drives back home, gets ready for work. After work, there might be a hockey tournament on the docket, a dance commitment for another child, volunteer duty (with her husband, Jeff) at a school’s

Whiteboards on the North Shore help organize the crazed schedules of moms.

concession stand, dinner to prepare, a tennis match with friends. Maybe all of the above. Busy, busy. “Tennis helps my mind,” Yehle says. “I like it because it forces me to be sharp. I have to be sharp when I play against the women in our group.” Jennifer Riccardi Virgili of Wilmette works five days week in Chicago as director of corporate finance and banking for Boeing. The mother of three young passengers at home (ages six, four and one) likes to work out at her work place and run. “Get the endorphins going — that keeps me sane,” says Virgili, who grew up in Northbrook and attended Glenbrook North High School. “But I don’t get overwhelmed in December because I make sure I don’t overcommit, don’t take on more than I can handle. My kids … they’re getting invited to parties now and doing activities on the weekends. My [company-issued] Blackberry holds my work and personal calendars. My calendar used to be in my head before I had children.” Act I in Alex Buck’s typical day: view her work, personal and three kids’ schedules and focus on completing one medium- and one low-priority task — before tackling her high priorities. “I used to deal with only high priorities,” says Buck, a resident of Evanston, mother of three (ages six, five and two), COO of a law

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firm, practicing attorney and co-founder of Plumwise, a private, selective recommendation site. “It would take me eight months to complete all of my mediums and lows. Now, I’m at least taking care of some of those. “My kids go to three different schools in three different towns [Wilmette, Winnetka and Evanston], so it can get a little hectic at times. Each day I make sure my husband [Jon], our nanny and I have a laminated version of the schedule detailing all of our commitments. You can put that in the seat next to you in the car or in the center console.” In addition to her highly active professional and family lives, Buck somehow manages to find time for commitments to

to people hosting parties in December is, ‘Don’t be afraid to cater, don’t hesitate to hire a bartender.’ We have found it’s more sane to have a bartender.” During December — and the other 11 months — Jacque Heydorn of Lake Forest prefers running around. And working out. And leading fitness classes at Shred 415 in Northfield. The mother of three (ages eight, 10 and 12] and wife of Warren raises two boys who wrestle and a daughter who swims. The Heydorns’ activities-laden whiteboard adorns a wall in their laundry room. Wonder what spins more in there, … heads or the washing machine? “A lot of people out there are snapping at

“My [company-issued] Blackberry holds my work and personal calendars. My calendar used to be in my head before I had children.” | Jennifer Riccardi Virgili nonprofit organizations. Her social life? She has one of those, too — without having to apply an oversized shoehorn to squeeze it into her jam-packed days. Alex and Jon attended three parties between Dec. 1-7, including their own. “I love hosting parties,” Buck says. “I love parties this time of year. My advice

others because they’re stressed at this time of year,” Jacque Heydorn says. “They’re also tired or not feeling well. They’re not getting enough sleep. Maybe they’re not exercising. I tell my kids, ‘You’ll treat people as well as you feel about yourself.’ It’s important for all of us to do whatever we need to do to get that feeling.” ■

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Three Sisters bids adieu after successful run ■ by joanna brown

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Lake Forester Sally Downey has two daughters and seven goddaughters to shop for each holiday season. And she’s routinely stopped by Three Sisters in Market Square to find something special. “Over time, the staff there got to know us. There was one woman, Heidi, who knew exactly what my one daughter would like,” Downey says. “And another woman there always found something perfect for my other daughter.” This holiday season, unfortunately, Downey is searching elsewhere. Owner Mari Christopherson has closed Three Sisters after 15 years in Market Square. “It’s been a great run, but it’s time for my next adventure,” Christopherson says of the women’s clothing shop named for her relationship with her two sisters. “A job is a job, but I can honestly say that there wasn’t a day that I didn’t love the store.” The store was every bit an adventure for Christopherson, who left a position with a Chicago-based not-for-profit association to open Three Sisters in 1999. She had no fashion background (she calls herself more of an egghead than a fashionista), but she possessed an interest in contributing to her hometown’s economy and its sense of community. After a call to younger sister Kari Falls of Lake Bluff, they were on their way. “It was largely intuition,” Christopherson says of her decision to sell women’s wear. “I went to the bank 15 years ago with a two-page business plan, because you could do that back then. “We never followed the New York trends. We always had a sense of the local style, and we kept our friends and customers in mind when we made choices for the store.” Much harder was deciding what to call the store. Her first choice was CE4, the telephone exchange common to the neighborhood where she grew up and still lives. Instead, she chose the homage to the relationship she enjoyed in that neighborhood with older sister Mia, who

now lives on the West Coast, and younger sister Kari. “We were lucky growing up. There was a big age gap, but we were always very close,” Christopherson says. “And when I was planning the store I knew I wanted to carry what the 35-year-old sister would wear, what the 28-year-old sister would wear, and what the 20-yearold sister wear.” Like any new business, the first year came with ups and down. “We were two blonde sisters, and we love coral and orange, so we bought heavy in those hues in our first fall in 2000,” she recalls. “We came to find out that there are very few people who look good in orange. But that’s part of business: you have to be willing to take a risk, and you have to be able to laugh it off.” Other risks included lines by Diane von Furstenberg and Tory Burch. When the national department stores discovered them too, Christopherson knew it was time to move on to other designers. But the store quickly found its stride. A report Christopherson compiled upon closing her doors for good this fall revealed that she’d sold precisely 10,890 cotton V-neck sweaters by 525 America. She stocked them every season, in most every color imaginable. Basics like that, combined with the personal service that Downey enjoyed, made the store a local favorite. “The staff never talked anybody into anything,” Christopherson says. “We all can open our closets and point to something and think, ‘Why did I ever buy that,’ and I never wanted anyone to think that way about something from our store.” As another tenant prepares to move into Three Sisters’s old spot, Christopherson has accepted a position as director of advancement with Lake County Court Appointed Special Advocates, an organization for which she has been a longtime volunteer. “These children really need a voice,” she said. “Seeing what happens five miles away from our homes is heartwrenching.” ■

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Winnetka native Bill Kennedy and Lincolnwood native Isaac Feder met on what they call a “creative blind date” in Hollywood in 2007. Kennedy — now a story editor for the award-winning Netflix series “House of Cards” — was looking for a writing gig, and Feder — who has since directed the documentary “Life on the Line” — was on the hunt for a screenplay. In the hours that followed, they settled on an idea that would become “Sex Ed,” a 90-minute romantic comedy released in November that charts the plight of middle school teacher (and virgin) Eddie Cole (Haley Joel Osment) as he attempts to educate his students on his least practiced subject, while facing another challenging lesson: what it means to become a man. While the Chicago link between Kennedy (the movie’s writer) and Feder (its director) was coincidental, their suburban upbringings instilled reassurance in their compatibility before they even met. “I thought we’d have some shared history and shared sensibilities,” says Feder. Kennedy agrees. “We both grew up on John Hughes movies — John Hughes was someone we talked about a lot. We got along right away.” While financial reasons led the two to film in Tampa, it was their Midwest backgrounds that prompted Chicago to be the setting frontrunner — right down to the original working script title. “The Kedzie Avenue Story” was meant to depict Osment as he moved from Kedzie Avenue in Skokie to Kedzie Avenue in Logan Square — a portrayal of how the most monumental challenges in our lives often stem from the most unexpected catalysts. “We wanted to tell a fish-out-of-water story,” says Kennedy. “It’s about the fact that you can grow up and feel like you have a sense of the world, but when

you move five miles south and are even on the same road, you’re in a completely different world, and you have to learn how to navigate it as an adult.” And when Kennedy and Feder set out to make the film, this notion couldn’t have felt more real. The two had accomplished much at a young age — Kennedy had just graduated from Duke University with a Louis Sudler Prize in the Arts and a published novella, “Culhane,” under his belt, and Feder had just received a master of fine arts degree in directing from the American Film Institute. Still, they weren’t feeling that their hard work was paying off — yet. “You graduate from these places and you feel like things are supposed to come together for you, and they don’t,” says Kennedy. “When Isaac and I look back on ourselves as 22-year-old guys, we were trying to figure out how to meet women, have jobs, pay rent, get car insurance and all that. Even though we felt like we were men, it was a very bewildering and scary time.” That time only got tougher as they endured seven years of rewrites and declining offers to take the script to other directors. While the pair had never anticipated or wished for such an extended creative process, they agree that the timing was providential. “While Billy was writing it, he was living it,” says Feder. “And by the time we got to make it, we both had a little bit of perspective. I had gotten married. Things had changed. It was nice to have that additional lens while making the movie.” And in an industry where ideas fade and collaborations buckle, those seven years also proved instrumental to the duo’s dedication to each other and the film. “We were on set together every day,” explains Feder. “We both knew the story, which made it that much easier to communicate to everyone else on our team. We were all making the same movie — and that’s because Billy and I were always making the same movie.” ■

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Moraine Township trustees proposed a tax levy reduction of more than 5 percent for the 2014 assessment year. Moraine Township services include general and emergency assistance for incomequalified residents, a van service for seniors and disabled residents, and a food pantry. “Our goal is to efficiently deliver a safety net to township residents who are struggling through difficult times,” says Township Supervisor Anne Flanigan Bassi. Stacey Portugal (left) and Pam Danzig

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Two Highland Park entrepreneurs have launched FitRats.com to help individuals connect to gyms, studios, and more on the North Shore. Co-founders Stacey Portugal and Pam Danzig recognized the opportunity through their own personal and professional experience. Danzig, a lifelong fitness enthusiast, found that many small gyms and specialized studios operated on an inadequate word-ofmouth basis. “Most of the businesses on our site haven’t done any advertising themselves,” says Danzig, “but they’re partnering with us because they’re excited about our unique approach and the buzz that’s being created.” The website combines information about local wellness businesses with original educational content. Portugal, a certified life coach and nutrition counselor, writes a blog on new trends in wellness with contributions from guest writers and business owners.

Lake Forest

Gorton Community Center launched a $6.5 million capital campaign, which will revolutionize the historic building — converting it to a 21st-century arts, cultural and educational venue — while strengthening Gorton’s endowment. The campaign provides the resources to renovate the first floor and the theater to create a state-of-the-art center for performing arts, lectures, film and special events. The $2 million lead gift by Nancy Hughes, in memory of her husband John — who directed hits such as “Home Alone” — inspired the theater renovation. The architectural plan was developed by Wright Heerema. Construction by general contractor Bulley & Andrews is expected to be completed in the spring of 2015.

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Club RAD, a group of nine-and-ten-yearold Lake Foresters, will be competing with their robot in the First LEGO League (FLL)

State Regional Qualifying Tournament on Saturday, Dec. 13 at Northwood Junior High School in Highland Park. The winners will proceed to the state championships. Says Lars Matson, a Club RAD member, “This takes a lot of work, but it is lots of fun. We have analyzed and prioritized the missions, designed and built the robot from scratch and are now learning to program it.” Matson is joined by John Borkowski, Katy Borkowski, Carleigh Keenan, Holden Docherty, Olivia Joyce, Grace Flusser, Marty Stohlgren, and Ahna Frede on the Club RAD team. ■

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Robert Schleifer of Highland Park, who is deaf, is the recipient of a 3Arts Fellowship from the University of Illinois in Chicago. Reading: I’m reading “Art” by a French playwright named Yasmina Reza. It’s a play about friendship, and the focal point is friendship though art; three characters purchase a piece of art. The artwork itself is completely white except for three little scratches on the canvas — it was a very expensive piece. The friends start arguing. It’s comedy, drama, sarcasm, how this art reflects their friendship. We’re working on a translation into American Sign Language (ASL) — the original French will be translated into English, and then we’ll translate that to ASL. Hopefully we will be able to produce that in Chicago theatre. We’ll see. Watching: I’m a very visual artist. I love people watching, I love to watch movies. I love to watch everything — that’s my major focal point of the day. I also watch my dog. I notice everything, every day. Following: I read the news — CNN — on my iPad, and I follow up with colleagues and friends. Of course, art also — the theatre in Chicago. I just finished the Jeff Awards in Chicago. I was following that to see who won for each area. Hopefully one day I will be able to get a Jeff Award! That’s a dream. I’ve never seen any full ASL performance at a professional theatre in Chicago. I would like to make that happen — start with “Art” and do

more after that. Activity: When I won the 2013 3Art award — UIC offered me a fellowship there. My first thing that I wanted to do was develop a play and I decided to choose the play “Art” because I liked the storyline and there’s only three characters in the play, and I wanted to translate it into ASL for the reason being that I wanted to show it’s not about deafness at all — it’s about friendship. I wanted that to show through the production. Additionally, the ASL will be able to show how beautiful the language is, and deaf culture will be involved as well. It’s like 3-D production, signed on the stage, completely in ASL. Of course they would add a voice actor for hearing people to be able to understand what’s going on onstage. I’ve taken two or three people to establish a team to work on the language from English to ASL, to assess the English language and be able to transfer it to ASL. We’re translating line by line — it’s a very deep language — and also adding the culture of deafness plus the signing and receptiveness and the grammar and structure of the language. It’s very involved. We’ve been working all summer on that part. We’re going forward. It’s a risk. Eating: I just ate oatmeal this morning and an apple and drank apple cider vinegar with honey. What is your favorite mistake? As an actor, I got a lot of rejection. And rejections were huge, but it’s just a number. Through the rejections, I’ve learned how to make things work out, how to be successful through rejection. ■

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Sheridan is on right road with clothing idea ■

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A few years ago Sheridan Clayborne — now a senior at Highland Park High School — wondered what happened to the clothes that people put in the donation bins outside of a big department store in Highland Park. “They always have these signs on them like ‘Help Support,’ but they never talk about what you’re actually supporting,” Clayborne says. “I looked into it, and you can’t really find out. “I come from a family of six, so I understand the necessity of handing down clothes. I thought it would be a great idea to start District Duds.” District Duds is a charitable company that collects cast-off clothing and then filters it to several outlets. Clothes in great condition are sold for $1 per article at a clothing drive. The inaugural drive took place in May at the District 112 office in Highland Park, where more than 100 bags of clothes were sold to about 500 customers. Not only could parents find extremely discounted outfits in excellent condition for their kids, but the proceeds were donated to North Shore School District 112. Abt Electronics provided the organization with several large, weatherresistant donation boxes, each bearing the District Duds name and full list of charitable intentions. The clothing Clayborne collects that isn’t in sellable condition but can still be worn is given to less fortunate members

of the community through bi-annual giveaways. The items that are no longer wearable are recycled. Since it’s a program that benefits schools in the community, many of the donation bins can be found inside school buildings, such as Northwood, Oak Terrace, and the District 112 building in Highland Park. An additional donation bin resides at the Ace Hardware in Highland Park. Clayborne also offers home pick-up for people who contact him through the District Duds Facebook page. Donors bag up all the clothes they’re donating, arrange a timeframe for him to drop by and leave everything by the front door so he can grab it while making his rounds. “It might seem time-consuming, but it’s not too bad. I really only need to take about two hours out of every week,” Clayborne says. “It’s easy to find the time to do that. This is something I really am interested in and I know that getting used clothing can help. The more families I can help the better.” In fact, Clayborne would like to see the program spread outside of Highland Park into other North Shore communities. “I’m talking with a few of my friends down in New Trier, because this business plan is really easy to extrapolate out to other communities,” Clayborne says. “It’s a really simple idea, it’s easy to implement, and the schools get all the money. All that really needs to happen is to put the ball in motion.” ■

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The French adage que cera, cera (whatever will be, will be) became a hit song when Doris Day popularized it in the Alfred Hitchcock movie “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” The play on words was crafted by a witty wine book author. It is a language twist about ancient history and future expectation in the form of a fabulously versatile wine. Saturday Dinner 2005 E. Guigal, St. Joseph Vignes de l’Hospice, Rhone, France; $129 The first recorded notes of this wine date back to Hannibal’s attempt to defeat the Roman Empire and brought the Shiraz grape from North Africa to Southern France in the second century B.C. The French eventually changed the pronunciation to Syrah and planted it widely along the Rhone River Valley. The steep cliff-side vineyards have little topsoil and intense sun exposure, which contribute to powerful black fruit and mineral expression of the region’s top sites. From dried flowers to minty/spicy aromatics to the profound jammy flavors, this flagship wine begs for a hearty, gamey meat course to shine. Best 10 to 25 years after vintage and a minimum one hour of decanting. Midweek Meal 2004 Sequel Cellars Syrah, Columbia Valley, Washington State; $60 When the winemaker of the legendary Penfold’s Grange Hermitage of Australia retired, he discovered that the soil and climate conditions along Washington State’s Columbia Valley resembled those of his old home. He replicated the best techniques and materials to craft a comparable masterpiece at his new home. After over a decade of Herculean efforts, he has started to succeed beyond expectations. All the flavor, texture, power and harmony of his former masterpieces are somewhat evident — but at a spectacular value price! From a standing rib roast to a rack of lamb or a slow braised brisket, this rising star will surprise all dinner guests. Best 10-14 years from vintage and after one hour of decanting. Best Value 2010 Ramsey Petit Sirah, California; $17 When monstrous dimensions are not required for succulent pork, veal, game fish or poultry recipes, here is another serendipitous discovery. The “Petit” refers to the smaller-sized grapes of this relative to the Syrah — but not to its opulence. It actually shows a lot more variety of berry and plum flavors, albeit with less peppery spice. An ideal partner of Asian, Caribbean, TexMex, North African, Greek and fusion dishes, the generous fruity quality of the Petit Sirah really complements slow-braised, medium-spicy dishes — e.g. sausages, gyros, kabobs, as well as curry, ginger or paprika recipes. Best 4 to 8 years from vintage, after 30 minutes of aeration. E-mail Johnson Ho at wines@jwcmedia.com

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Raspberry and Orange Sgroppino This sherbetty Italian palate cleanser is traditionally made with lemon sorbet, but here we’ve used raspberry and orange — a really delightful drink with glorious color. If you don’t like tart drinks, you may want to add a teaspoon of sugar. Glass: Coupe Garnish: Basil Ingredients 2 small scoops of raspberry sorbet 1 ounce freshly squeezed orange juice 1 ounce vodka ¾ ounce prosecco Gently whisk together the first three ingredients. Add the prosecco, stir gently and pour into glass. Garnish and serve.

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Regina Dominican Christmas Concert

Regina Dominican High School, O’Shaugnessy Theater 701 Locust Road, Wilmette 7:30 p.m. Contact Dave Hiett, Music Director, at dhiett@rdhs. org for more information. The annual Regina Dominican Christmas Concert features students in orchestra, chorale and chamber choir as they perform traditional Christmas songs and carols as well as songs unique to the Regina Dominican community such as the “Fruit Cake Song.” There will be a reception in the foyer following the concert.

Saturday, December 13

Author Gary Karton

The Book Stall 811 Elm Street, Winnetka 10-11:30 a.m. Glencoe native Gary Karton will be at the store for a meet-and-greet, talking about reading, writing and the power of imagination. One lucky child will have a chance to be a character in Gary Karton’s next book, “The Rock of Sarraka.” Every purchaser of “The Last Akaway” until Dec. 31 will be entered into a drawing; one winner will be drawn at random on Jan. 5. Recommended for ages 9-13.

Film Festival

Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah 3220 Big Tree Lane, Wilmette 7:30 p.m. $10 per person Beth Hillel is presenting its Film Festival series. The first of three will be “The Jewish Cardinal,” the true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger, the son of Polish immigrants, who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to Catholicism at a young age and later entering the priesthood. There will be a lively discussion led by congregant Jonathan Lehrer following the movie. Refreshments will be served.

“It’s Christmas, Charlie Brown”

Actors Training Center, Wilmette Theatre 1122 Central Avenue, Wilmette Saturday at 10 a.m. and Sunday at 10 a.m. Tickets: $18 847-251-7424 Charlie Brown is feeling depressed due to the overcommercialization of Christmas; his little sister Sally has written to Santa Claus asking for cash, and Snoopy has decked out his doghouse in the hope of winning a Christmas decorations contest. Lucy recommends that Charlie Brown gets involved in some “real Christmas projects” and asks him to direct a school Christmas play, but he is both

ignored and mocked by his peers after he returns with a small baby tree as a prop.

Sunday, December 14

Family Service Posada Celebration

Family Services Highland Park High School, 433 Vine Avenue (H entrance parking) 3-7 p.m. Admission: $1 per person 847-432-4981 Bring the family to celebrate with traditional music, watch beautiful dances, and enjoy delicious holiday food. Fun booths supported by Highland Park High School clubs and other groups will feature items and adventures of all kinds. All proceeds benefit the Latino educational and health-and-wellness programs of Family Service: Prevention, Education & Counseling NFP. Want to submit your North Shore event to Goings On About Towns? Send an email with the subject heading “GOAT” along with the particulars — Event Name, Event Location/Sponsor, Event Address, Event Time/Date, Event Cost, contact information (web or phone) and a 30-word description of the event — to katierose@jwcmedia.com at least 14 days before publication, and we will do our best to get it in.

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Dear Friends, Each year around this time, I remind myself how lucky I am to have a healthy family, a comfortable home, a job that I love, and people around me who make each day’s challenges a bit easier to face. I am deeply thankful and don’t take anything for granted. I also recognize that there are far too many people in this country and around the world whose lives are a daily struggle for survival. My challenges cannot possibly be compared to theirs. Let us take this season to not only give thanks for what we have, but to find in ourselves a heightened level of compassion for those less fortunate, and to act on it.

As I look back on 2014, I am proud of our successes and grateful for the amazing team of professionals with whom I have the privilege of working every day.

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Holiday décor keeps firm — and clients — jolly

“We like to offer things on the artistic side of different.” | Craig Bergmann

Flowers and more keep an interior cheery during the holidays. photography

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Craig Bergmann Landscape Design has always brought its creative force of gardeners indoors during the winter to create larger-than-life holiday wonderlands across the North Shore. It is not out of the ordinary to find Craig Bergmann himself rummaging through flea markets and antique shows. The items he selects may go into the final construction of elaborate holiday décor and towering ornamentations for his Chicago-area clients. Ever since Bergmann founded his eponymous landscape design firm, his team has been servicing homes around Chicago land when the cold forces people inside, burying their yards in a coat of white. “As the garden spectacle wanes, we like to turn the attention to the front entries of the homes or major ornaments that are out in the landscape,” says Bergmann. Over the years, Bergmann and Co. has designed everything from a Baroque branch chandelier — inlaid with brown-corded lights, “little nuance things like that” — to a nine-foot tall, multi-ornament tree, to garlands of green vines and clusters of purple grapes that, when plugged in, were actually lights. Bergmann says he derives a lot of his influence from botanical gardens around the country — including the Chicago Botanic Garden, where the firm has been featured for many years during the Antiques, Garden & Design Show. “We like to offer things on the artistic side of different,” notes Bergmann. “Because we’re gardeners, we’re not just landscapers.” “We have a team of design savvy gardeners that come up with some really unique and fun things,” adds head gardener Russ Buvala.Typically, this includes containers that reflect the style of both the architecture

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and the customer, so a home’s contemporary look could warrant a design atypical of the traditional holiday décor. “We would do something dramatic that might have a lot of texture and scale but might not at all look like the traditional Christmas tree or red and green arrangement,” says Bergmann; such as a tree built from nothing but ornaments. There are, of course, those who like the Old-fashioned way the best, and Bergmann and his team provide for those clients unchanging, annual winter staples. Others enjoy adding the ornaments themselves, and for those revelers Buvala and the maintenance division responsible for winter decorating will install a pre-finished natural tree: leaving the rest up to the family or a decoration party. Repurposing is also an important aspect of what they do. “It’s personalized. I love the idea of saying, ‘What do you have for us to use?’” says Bergmann, noting that they will go out and use materials from the gardens they manage year-round as much as they will import specimens from the Pacific Northwest and Michigan. Instead of cutting back and throwing unused greens into the compost pile, they’ll salvage “a great seed head and utilize it inside for a winter scene.” Bergmann’s team will also wait for the right moment for dormant pruning. An example he was reminded of was a recent project in Ohio. There, the lawn was covered in spruce trees, with one “smack dab in the middle of a view we wanted to have open, because you can see forever,” says Bergmann. “Let’s just leave it there for now,” he told his client, who failed to see the prescience of the designer. After wondering why, Bergmann, with his trained eye seeing months in advance into a firelit living room covered in holiday decorations, waited a moment before responding. “That’s your Christmas tree,” he said. ■

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Resolve to overcome disease continues to be a winning — and inspirational — game plan for Highland Park gridder Rudman

Squeeze play: Highland Park High School’s Tommy Rudman hauls in a pass during the Giants’ state playoff game against Fenwick. He was CSL North’s Defensive Player of the Year. photog-

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sports@northshoreweekend.com You are a seventh-grader in a room with a doctor and your parents. You’ve lost a scary amount of weight, your stomach hurts constantly, you’re tired, and you recently missed two weeks of school. Straight. The doctor tells you that you have Crohn’s disease. You look at your parents, and they’re visibly upset. The cold room gets colder. Your reaction to the news is confusion because you had never heard of the disease and you have no idea how to spell it. Now you know what Highland Park resident Tommy Rudman experienced five years ago as an ashen, 105-pound Elm Place Middle School student. Crohn’s (rhymes with drones) disease is a chronic inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract. Rudman is now a senior at Highland Park High School, one of the best athletes at the school, the reigning Central Suburban League North Defensive Player of the Year in football, a workout regular at Performance Factory Training in Highwood, a super fan of super hero movies who likes to order Sour Patch Kids candy, a pretzel and a blue slushie before movies. And that Crohn’s thing? Rudman still has it. Rudman still deals with it, still manages it. Rudman still stares it down. “There were times I thought about locking myself in my room when I was in the seventh and eighth grades,” recalls the 5-foot-11, 185-pound linebacker/safety/slot receiver, who helped the Giants win all nine of their regular season games this past fall. “It was really frustrating, going through what I had to go through. But I wasn’t one of those who always wondered, ‘Why me?’ I kept telling myself, ‘I won’t let this beat me.’ ” The doctor put Rudman on steroids shortly after the diagnosis, and Rudman’s immediate thought was the one any normal, naïve, sports-loving boy would have upon hearing the ‘s’ word. “I thought, ‘Great, I’ll get big and muscular and really strong,’ ” Rudman says. “Instead I got fat, with acne all over my neck, chest and back. I was embarrassed. I never wanted to take my shirt off.”

Initially he had to stay away from dairy products, nuts, popcorn, anything with seeds, spicy food and raw vegetables. Subsequent treatments — the kind he continues to undergo every two months, at the University of Chicago Medical Center — involved a two-hour REMICADE infusion that lessens inflammation. During the treatments he either takes a nap or watches a movie. (The only food he has to avoid today is popcorn). Rudman underwent an infusion on the eve of two football games in 2014 — and played in both victories. “My coaches were great to me, totally understanding,” he says. His head football coach, Hal Chiodo, remembers fondly what Rudman did at a summer college camp last summer. “Tommy,” Chiodo says, “ran a 4.5 in the 40 [-yard dash]. The timer summoned over another coach and had him run it again. He ran faster the second time when both clocks were on him. “Tommy was the best athlete on our football team when it came to running and jumping. Our senior class was full of great competitors, which was the reason we went [undefeated in the regular season]. Of the great competitors in Highland Park football history, Tommy Rudman is certainly near or at the top of the list.” Lake Forest Academy’s football team found that out in its season-opening 41-10 loss at Highland Park on Aug. 29. Rudman returned an interception 20 yards for a touchdown and caught five passes for 111 yards. In a 17-14 defeat of host Deerfield on Sept. 26, Rudman came down with receptions at critical junctures of the game-winning touchdown drive, capped by quarterback Sam Nevers’ 36-yard TD toss to Luke Norcia. Rudman finished with 46 tackles (14 for loss), three interceptions and three TD catches in 10 games for one of the best squads in program history. The noise from one of his tackles for loss — in a 63-0 rout of visiting Maine East on Oct. 10 — might still be ringing in Highland Park senior running back Cole Greenberg’s ears. “The hit Tommy made on that running back … it sounded like a car accident; it was that loud,” says Greenberg, the 2014 CSL North offensive player of the year. “In addition to being a great athlete, Tommy was a great leader for us. But he also has a side to him, a little-kid side — that’s another reason so many of us love being around him.”

Rudman wore a super hero costume at school on Halloween, the day before HP’s marvelous season would end suddenly with a 17-10 loss to visiting Fenwick in the first round of the Class 7A playoffs. “The costume he was wearing that day … it looked funny on him, really funny,” Greenberg recalls. “It was a kid’s costume, size large.” But Rudman’s favorite ensemble in the fall was his Giants football uniform (No. 7), especially as the season progressed and the buzz about the team’s success reached a teemingbeehive-at-every-corner level at HPHS. “Not once did I dread going to practice, because the winning was so much fun,” says Rudman, who is interested in majoring in business and looking at Indiana University and Lehigh (Pa.) University — the alma mater of his father (Adam) and uncle (Peter). “All that work we did, it all paid off. There was nothing like the feeling after a win, walking off a field and seeing how happy everybody was, how excited we were knowing we’d get to play another game the next weekend.” The Crohn’s disease survivor is happy — and thriving — these days for a number of reasons, with none bigger than the way he opted to tackle the condition. “I never complained,” Rudman says. “I never wanted to complain. I never let it fully get to me. My thinking was and still is, ‘I will be fine; I will tough it out.’ Facing what I’ve faced, I learned I can persevere through anything. “If somebody my age or younger gets this, that person has to know that no matter how rough things get, it’s not forever. That person should focus on getting better, not on the disease.” A local resident made and sold a variety of spa products this fall, earmarking half of the profits for Crohn’s disease research. Rudman happens to know the entrepreneur/philanthropist quite well. She is a 10-year-old fifth-grader at Indian Trail Elementary School in Highland Park. She is Abby Rudman — the youngest of Tommy’s three sisters. “She didn’t even tell me about her plan to donate money to Crohn’s,” Tommy Rudman says. “My mom [Emily] told me. When I found out about that, it made me … happy. I felt really honored.”■

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Bounce-22: Brooke Green of the Scouts races downcourt with the basketball during her team’s win over Highland Park. Last spring, she helped LF capture the Class 2A state title.. photog-

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sports@northshoreweekend.com Brooke Green dribbled a basketball with her left hand, then with her right hand, then with her left hand again, followed by her right hand again — all while running at full speed against a backpedaling Highland Park High School defender. Green, a 5-foot-10 senior guard for Lake Forest High School, then spun hard and gracefully, creating just enough space to bounce one more left-handed dribble and bank in a left-handed layup. Green is right-handed. The two points swelled host Lake Forest’s lead to 29-11 on Dec. 6, in a game LF would win by a 55-42 margin. But forget about the numbers for a spell. Green’s alluring, spellbinding move was worth revisiting afterward. Sitting in the bleachers of an empty gym, Green was prompted to do so. Green obliged. “Oh, that. It’s something I like to do,” she admitted. “It’s kind of like a move I do in soccer.” Yes, in soccer — minus the illegal use of the hands. Scouts soccer coach Ty Stuckslager saw Green execute the dribble-left-dribble-right-spin move in practices. Repeatedly. It reached the point where, one day, he dubbed the move “The Brooke.” What Green had to be last winter, for the entire 2013-14 basketball season: “The Stats Person.” A torn ACL in her right knee — suffered on the night of the last day of

a summer hoops camp at the University of Notre Dame, following her sophomore year — kept her planted, iPad in hands, on the Scouts’ bench during games. “I did get to practice,” Green recalled. “But all I could do was shoot.” Green served as a varsity point guard her sophomore season. The knee injury happened. She rehabbed, earned a Ph.D. in patience, missed the first couple of weeks of her junior soccer season and then helped the Scouts capture the first girls state soccer title in program history. Green showed up for basketball this winter wearing an onerous black knee brace, eager to start again for the Scouts but not to supplant incumbent starting point guard Delaney Williams, now a sophomore. They both start this winter. “It’s nice, having two point guards on the court at the same time,” Lake Forest coach Kyle Wilhelm said after his club improved to 4-4 on Dec. 6. Green and Williams, though, don’t get in each other’s way while directing the offense. Green, a captain, is more than capable of performing productively as a point guard, shooting guard, small forward and power forward. And she makes it look as easy as 1-2-3. And 4. “Versatile. Brooke is so versatile,” said LF senior Grace Torkelson, the starting ‘5’ (center) who also plays quite well as a power forward. “It’s really nice to have her back; that was tough, competing without her last year. She brings everybody together. When

we’re down in games, she takes great shots, helps us get back in those games. “What she did [score 19 points, in a 48-39 defeat of Woodstock North on Nov. 24) in one of our tournament games at Vernon Hills,” she added, “was fun to watch. She hit some big threes, drove for some other baskets, did a lot of things well for us.” Green’s averages, through Dec. 6: 11.3 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals. She paces the team in scoring. Green kept her “Stats Person” successor busy and alert in the Highland Park game last weekend, generating 13 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals. “Nothing is eye-poppingly big when you look at her stats,” Wilhelm said. “But she does very well in many categories. Brooke helps us in every facet of the game. “Everybody looks up to her,” the coach added. “She’s hard-working, super competitive. She has to win every drill in practice. And she’s physical. You can see the soccer in her when she’s jockeying for position in a basketball game.” Green intends to play basketball and soccer at the club level when she enters a college. Indiana University and the University of Iowa have accepted her. She is waiting to hear from Clemson. “I love both sports,” Green said. “I will still need to have those sports in my life when I’m in college. I’m thinking business, maybe [for a major]. I would love to live and work in Chicago after graduating from college. Travel … I’ll also want to travel a little bit.”

The discussion turned to inspirations in her life. Green contemplated the topic for a few seconds before blurting, “I got this! [Actress] Jennifer Lawrence. She never worries about criticism. She lives her life, acts in movies. She’s funny, relaxed. I like her personality.” After road basketball games, Green sits with Torkelson on the team bus. Green’s typical demeanor for the trips home: funny, relaxed. “Brooke always makes me laugh in the bus,” said Torkelson, who has known Green since they were third-graders. “Her sense of humor is observational, sarcastic … sharp.” Notable: Torkelson wears jersey No. 21 for the Scouts’ girls basketball team. Torkelson nearly matched that number in rebounds against Highland Park’s Giants on Dec. 6, settling for a game-high 19 to go with her 15 points (team high), four assists, three steals and two blocks. Nineteen. That’s nearly five boards per quarter, and Torkelson did not play every minute of every quarter in the 55-42 victory. Williams finished with seven points, seven rebounds and three assists. Scouts junior forward Meghan Malles contributed nine points and six boards. … Green had team highs of 12 points and seven rebounds in Lake Forest’s 57-35 loss to host Libertyville on Dec. 5. She and Williams each dished three assists. Senior forward Katie Hanson added eight points for LF (0-2 in the North Suburban Conference Lake division). ■

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Stick wizard Segvich provides plenty of color — and skill — for New Trier Green

A mighty fine 9: Brent Segvich of New Trier Green digs out a loose puck during earlier action this season. The senior leads the team in points. photography

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sports@northshoreweekend.com Who is Brent Segvich? A huge fan of The Who, that’s who. And Led Zeppelin. And The Rolling Stones. And Boston. And Styx. And (name any classic rock band and watch Segvich’s face light up). “My dad [Sam] got me interested in that kind of music when I was little,” says the senior hockey forward and New Trier Green’s leader in points (36 — 22 goals, 14 assists). “The Who album, Who’s Next [released in 1971] … great album. Fourth through sixth grade I attended a rock and roll camp in Niles. ‘Pinball Wizard,’ I remember hearing that Who song right around that time. Great song.” It is minutes after NT Green’s 5-2 loss to Barrington at the North Shore Ice Arena in Northbrook on Dec. 7. The 5-foot-11, 190pound Segvich is one of the first players to emerge from Green’s locker room. He took the loss hard, like his teammates did, but he has perspective — “Good reality check for us,” he says — and plenty of energy left to share his fervid passion for music and report that his top two preset buttons are set to classic rock stations The Loop (97.9 FM) and The Drive (97.1 FM). Hockey stirs Segvich, too. His dad taught him how to skate at Watts Ice Center in Segvich’s hometown of Glencoe. High on Sam Segvich’s list of requirements before settling on a home on the North Shore was the proximity of an ice rink. Brent was three years old when he took his first lesson, a tyke atop blades who would eventually want to fly atop ice and shoot one-timers just like

Brett Hull — the NHL equivalent of The Who’s Roger Daltry, in Segvich’s world. “Brett Hull … tough player, great hands, great eye-hand coordination,” says Segvich, who netted Green’s first goal in New Trier’s 3-1 defeat of Glenbrook North in last year’s Amateur Hockey Association Illinois (AHAI) state championship game at the United Center. “I love shooting one-timers. I love shooting, and I love passing … the tic-tac-toe passing you see in hockey, how can you not like that?” Segvich played Chicago Young Americans (CYA) hockey from the seventh grade through his freshman year. He was an eighth-grader when he watched New Trier Green win a state championship at the United Center. Everything about the game thrilled him. The sounds. The visuals. The sea of fans. The victory. The sounds and the visuals after the victory. “I saw the fans, I felt the excitement, and I knew I wanted to play for New Trier Green someday, play with and for my friends,” Segvich says. Segvich stopped playing CYA before his sophomore year, in 2012. It allowed him to lace his skates up for his first New Trier game. A year later, he ranked second among teammates in goals (36) to 2014 NTHS graduate Matt Solberg (38) after Green (37-9-1) captured its 12th state title in program history and 10th in 17 years. NT Green’s current record is 27-7. Segvich’s plus-minus rating sits at a superb — cartoonish, really — plus-31. “Not once have I ever regretted leaving CYA hockey,” Segvich says.

If a hard-hitting linebacker wore skates and pads and wielded a hockey stick, he’d be Brent Segvich. Segvich knows only one speed when he’s on a sheet of ice: turbo. He and New Trier Green senior forward Jason Kuker nearly teamed up for a pair of goals in the loss to Barrington last week. He and Kuker also inadvertently collided at fullspeed in the first period. Segvich’s two-word breakdown to Kuker, as they glided by one another shortly after the clash: “My bad.” But he said nothing to Barrington’s goal after crashing into and dislodging it late in the third period. “Big, strong kid, with a lot skill,” New Trier Green assistant coach Chad Bidwill says of Segvich. “He’s a goal-scorer, a big part of our team. We rely heavily on him. But what makes him successful isn’t just what he does for us offensively. Brent also plays well at the defensive end of the ice. “And he works as hard in practice as he does in games,” the coach adds. Off the ice, Segvich is an all-star cut-up, a fun-loving goofball who could show up as an audience member at a Zanies and perform on stage — as a last-minute replacement for a professional stand-up comic. And then there’s Segvich’s singing voice. It must be better than decent because friends have urged him to attend an “American Idol” tryout session. “He’s a big singer … loves to sing, loves to sing anywhere,” New Trier Green backup goalie Joe Eidelman says. “We want him to sing the national anthem at sporting events. A lot of us do. Maybe he’ll sing at the United Center someday. If you’re lucky,

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he’ll perform in front of you. “Good guy, good player,” he adds. On a hockey team that’s like the New England Patriots: always very good, always the team to beat. NT Green shoots for a third straight AHAI state title later this winter. “There’s always a lot of pressure, playing on a team like this,” admits Segvich, interested in pursuing club hockey in college. “But to me it’s fun pressure. This loss [to Barrington, on Dec. 7], sure it was tough. But a loss can be a good thing sometimes, you know? A loss like this, maybe it will wake us up, remind us that we’re human.” Having Brent Segvich, human, around certainly eases pressure. Nothing breaks up the tension of a taut locker room like a teenager breaking into song after a scoreless period against a rival team. Segvich has been there, warbled that. “He’s a funny character, Brent,” Bidwill says. “He keeps everybody loose and happy and cheery.” Notable: New Trier’s Graham Soman and Kevin Marren scored the goals in Green’s 5-2 loss to Barrington’s Broncos on Dec. 7. Forward Brendan Kenny had two assists. NT Green coach Bob Melton was not behind the bench for the Barrington-NT game. He was in New York, coaching NT’s Blue team to a tournament title in Buffalo. … NT Green senior goalie Jack Junge made the save of the night against Barrington, using the back of his left glove to parry a bullet of a shot at 6:10 of the second period. The puck popped up and fluttered southward. Junge casually trapped it (think of a referee catching a flipped coin) with his right glove. ■

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Spirit of 76: Charlie Murray of the Ramblers made his presence known this fall. The fun-loving senior was a force on the O-line. photography

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Candid, tough-minded Murray proves he has the right stuff at right tackle ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com Charlie Murray settles his 6-foot-5, 290pound frame on a chair and revisits his past — back when he was a fourth-grade running back during an intramural season of five football games. “I think I got tackled twice all season,” a nostalgic Murray says, curling a grin. “Halfback. Yes, I was a halfback, a fast one. I returned kickoffs for touchdowns. “Those,” he adds, “were the days.” Murray’s days as a Loyola Academy right tackle ended cruelly a week before the Ramblers would beat Curie’s Condors 14-7 in the Prep Bowl at Soldier Field to cap an 11-3 season last month. The senior and Wilmette resident had twisted his left kneecap awkwardly in a Catholic League semifinal against Brother Rice on Nov. 22. A doctor advised Murray he would risk having to undergo knee surgery if he were to play in the Prep Bowl. It was advice he did not want to hear. But he heeded it because he wants to play in a season opener for a college football team next fall. Murray had suffered a broken right hand in the third quarter of a Class 8A playoff loss to Stevenson on Nov. 8, kept it his little secret and continued to play. He weighed slightly more than 290 pounds in

a Catholic League playoff game against St. Rita the following weekend, thanks to the cast he had to wear. Loyola Academy senior lineman Nick Cassier lined up at right tackle instead of Murray at Soldier Field on Nov. 29. Days before the game, Murray and Cassier had a conversation. Cassier: “I’m sorry, Charlie.” Murray: “Sorry? Don’t be sorry. Be excited for yourself. I’m excited for you.” In between his final intramural run and the first day he put on a Ramblers football uniform, Murray — a graduate of the School of Saints Faith, Hope & Charity in Winnetka — attended Loyola Academy football games. The atmosphere, awash in maroon, at each game gripped him. “I loved going to those games. I went to a bunch of them,” recalls Murray, one of five sons of Bob and Barbara. “The state semi, against Maine South … you don’t forget an experience like that.” One of his two older brothers, 6-5, 305pound James, started as a sophomore right tackle at the College of the Holy Cross (Mass.) and blocked for ex-LA quarterback Peter Pujals this fall. Charlie watched film of James’ games. Being an offensive lineman, Charlie did not watch the ball. He watched the big boys in the trenches. Closely. He watched James. Very closely.

“I called James up and gave him some pointers during his season,” Charlie Murray says, as another grin appears. “He didn’t become an offensive lineman until his junior year at Loyola. I was a lineman way before that, right after my days as an intramural player. But James … he also gave me pointers.” Charlie’s other brothers are Bo, a student at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota and a former hockey and baseball player at Loyola Academy; Patrick, a freshman linebacker at LA; and Sean, a sixth-grader and budding offensive and defensive lineman. Their father, Bob, is a Fenwick graduate. One of their uncles, Jamie Baisley (Loyola Academy, ’93), played linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars of the NFL, the Chicago Enforcers of the now-defunct XFL and the Rhein Fire of now-defunct NFL Europe. Charlie Murray started two games and played on the field-goal unit for Loyola’s Class 8A state runner-up squad last fall. He stood 6-2 and weighed 260 in 2013. “It was a nice varsity experience,” an appreciative Murray says. Murray was not very nice to defensive linemen in 2014, creating ample corridors for the Ramblers’ rushing attack and helping the team’s trio of quarterbacks extend

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plays with his pass-blocking. “He has a strong punch, and for a big man he moves his feet swiftly,” Ramblers football coach John Holecek says. “He should have a good chance of playing college football.” Holy Cross, Butler, Fordham and Colgate interest Murray, who expects to make his college decision in February or March. In the meantime he’ll heal, study, work out. And make people of all ages laugh — a strength that shows no signs of atrophying anytime soon. “I like being able to do that,” he says. “My sense of humor, you could say, is a little dry. I’m always thinking of new ways to make people laugh. I like improv, and I’ve taken a couple of theater classes. Honors Theater II, I really loved, took it with [former LA quarterback Jack Penn]. We acted in a school play together. “A focus of the play,” Murray adds, “was a family’s dynamic. I was at the head of the dinner table in a scene.” The number of cousins in his family could easily pass for the population of a small, incorporated village. Every once in a while Murray and some of his relatives like to get together to play a math game. The one rule: no calculators. “It’s called a ‘formal cousin count,’ ” Murray says. “We sit around and count up all the cousins on both sides of the family. It takes about 20 minutes. The number right now is at about 60 cousins, I believe.” Bobby Walker first met Murray at a Loyola football practice in the summer of 2011, before their freshman season. Two things about Murray struck Walker, a tight end, back then: Murray’s charisma and Murray’s ability to flatten very good players. “It’s impressive to see a player his size move around and move people,” Walker says. “He’s a huge guy. In [the second week of the 2014, versus Edwardsville, in a 29-28 overtime win], Charlie went up against one of the top prospects in the country and dominated him … dominated on three, four straight plays. “But he’s not just a great lineman and great teammate,” Walker adds. “He’s one of the funniest kids, kind of a goofball. Charlie likes to impersonate voices, likes to run around and be crazy. He’s been my best friend since freshman year.” Two of Murray’s aunts work at Loyola Academy. Aunt Genevieve serves in the admissions office, Aunt Beth in the counseling office. “That was helpful, having them around my freshman year, knowing I could stop in, see them, maybe ask to borrow some money at times,” Murray recollects. What’s priceless to Murray is the value of examples sets by his grandparents on both sides of the family. “All of them believe family comes first … always comes first,” Murray says. “They’re the best. They’ve been inspirational to me. My grandpa [Jim Baisley] is a war vet, 81 years old, a smart man. He’s retired, but he’s never been busier in his life than he is now. He helps raise money for war vets.” Athletic, entertaining, respectful, fun to be around, serious, grateful — some of Murray’s qualities, at the age of 18. The former hard-to-tackle halfback with the easy smile will certainly miss suiting up and turning serious for Saturday afternoon home football games at Loyola Academy. The current right tackle with the easy smile also will never forget how he developed on days other than Game Days. “I’m thankful for the opportunities I’ve received at Loyola Academy, for the guidance I’ve received from so many adults,” Murray says. “Being a part of Loyola Academy has had such an impact on me, in so many ways. “And I can’t wait to come back next year to watch and support Loyola Academy football. I will always follow the football program.” ■

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over Lake Forest for a Class 4A regional title last winter — has built a reputation for knocking down shots from outside 19 feet, nine inches. He’s a human Range Rover in royal blue high-tops. In his team’s showdown game against Deerfield on Dec. 6 — a 56-47 setback in a Central Suburban League North opener — Norcia simply busted out. He lit it up. No. 11 in the white jersey scored 15 of his game-high 18 points in the final 12 minutes. In the friendly confines of his team’s home gymnasium at 433 Vine Ave., he turned into the Mad Bomber from Beyond. He finished the night with five threes. “He shot some deep ones tonight,” said fellow guard David Sachs, a long-time teammate, admirer and fellow long shooter. “But you could tell they were going in.” Norcia >> page 45

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With Kevin Reiterman & Bill McLean twitter: northshore sports @tnswsports Circling the Bases Baseball New Trier: He’s going to be a Gaucho. Ben Brecht, a 6-foot-7 junior left-hander, has made a verbal commitment to the University of California-Santa Barbara. The Prep Baseball Report (PBR) ranks him 15th in Illinois among Class of 2016 players. At the Shoot-Around Boys Basketball Lake Forest: The Scouts used to a balanced attack to upend host Zion-Benton 58-49 on Dec. 4. The Scouts improved to 5-0 overall and 1-0 in the NSC Lake division. Senior center Evan Boudreaux led LF with 20 points and 16 rebounds. Senior guard Noah Karras tallied 11 points, while junior forward Lorenzo Edwards returned from injury to finish with 11 points and six rebounds. Senior Steve Vogrich had the three-ball going. He hit three from long-distance to end up with nine points. Zion-Benton’s Admiral Schofield led all scorers with 22 points. Loyola: Michael Mangan tallied a career-high 25 points, but it wasn’t enough on Dec. 5. The visiting Ramblers (3-2) fell 50-47. New Trier: Robbie Abuls has made his college selection. The senior guard/forward made a verbal commitment to Division III DePauw (Ind.) University. Abuls, a two-year starter for the Trevians, played his club basketball with Illinois Old School. Meanwhile, on the court, the Trevians (2-3) dropped a 72-60 decision to Deerfield on Dec. 2. At the College Level Men’s Basketball Princeton: New Trier grad Steven Cook put 28 points in the book in his team’s 77-64 win over visiting Stony Brook on Dec. 6. The sophomore guard/forward was 5-for-7 from threepoint range, while he made 7 of 9 free throws. He also had seven steals and four rebounds. Cook is averaging 11.0 points and 3.6 rebounds per game for the Tigers (3-6). He is the team leader in steals (15). As a freshman last season for a 21-9 Princeton team, Cook made 13 starts and averaged 4.5 points per game. At Courtside Girls Basketball Highland Park: The Giants are receiving solid play from junior Dahlia Cohen. She tallied a game-high 18 points in a 55-42 loss to host Lake Forest on Dec. 6. She had three three-pointers. Lake Forest Academy: This team is cruising. Lake Forest Academy is off to a 7-1 start. After going 4-1 in the Vernon Hills Cougar Classic, the Chris Tennyson-coached squad topped Woodlands Academy 57-21 on Dec. 4 and Willow Academy 60-32 on Dec. 5. Theresa Onwuka was unstoppable against Willows, finishing with 28 points. She had 19 against Woodlands. Teammate Jasmine Sawyer had 15 points in the win over Willows. She had a 26-point game at the Vernon Hills tourney. The Caxys will not play again until January. Woodlands Academy: The Wildcats received balanced scoring in their 44-16 win over CICS-Northtown on Dec. 5 Jocelyn Gonzalez led the way with 11 points, while Marisa Perino added 10 points. The leading rebounders were Catie Slaughter (10) and Mary Hurtgen (9). Roaming the sidelines Football Lake Forest: Senior inside linebacker Jack Traynor capped his three-year varsity career by setting an Illinois High School Association (IHSA) state record. He wound up with 378 career tackles, surpassing the old mark (355) held by Greenville’s Brian Zeeb (1989-90). Lake Forest: Senior defensive back Virgil Young has received an offer from Butler University. Footnotes Boys Soccer Highland Park: Three Giants were named to the Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association (IHSSCA) all-sectional team: Zach Kohn, Carlos Pineda and Omar Rodriquez. The all-conference picks were Kohn, Pineda, Rodriquez, Tony Barrios, Juan Marban and Eamonn Moore. The Giants, who finished 13-7-4, were led in scoring by Tommy Quirk. The sophomore forward had 21 points on eight goals and five assists. Kohn had 17 points (5 goals, 7 assists), while Barrios had 16 points (6 goals, 4 assists. Moore was credited five goals and two assists for 12 points. Pineda finished the season with a 0.92 goals against average. He had 8 ½ shutouts. Lake Forest: Hunter Moore collected a number of postseason honors for the Scouts (8-12-3). The senior was firstteam all-sectional, all-conference and all-academic. He was the team MVP. Junior Keegan Kullby was named first-team all-conference and honorable mention all-sectional. The other Chicago Fire All-State/All-Academic players were Paul Passalino (2nd team), Brian Roper (special mention), Scott Dent (honorable mention), Parker Marsh (honorable mention) and John O’Connor (honorable mention). Moore, Passalino, Roper, Dent, Marsh, O’Connor, Paul Ankenman, Wil Audley, Luke Bauder, William Pintas,

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“I was feeling it,” Norcia said. “Usually, I wouldn’t take shots (the extra long ones) like that. But most of them were taken in rhythm. “I’ve always shot from far out,” he added. His last two shots were NBA-esque. The coolest kind: dribble, stop and pop. On the first one — with 3:24 left in regulation — Norcia took an inbounds pass near midcourt, rushed it up the floor, put on the brakes and gunned in a 22-footer. On the second one — with 2:24 remaining — he intercepted a pass at the half-court line, raced to the other end, stopped on a dime and deposited a 23-footer. “He read eyes on that play,” said HP head coach Paul Harris, well aware that Norcia starred at defensive back and wide receiver on the Giants’ football team for the past three years. “He makes the steal and then pulls up for the three. “Making a play like that says a lot of about him,” Harris added, “He plays with no fear.” Norcia’s other intrepid play came with 2:55 left in the fourth quarter, when he tightroped the baseline, drew a double cover and zipped a pass to senior center Jordan Krawitz, who netted a key 14-foot jumper. “Kicking the ball to Jordan was the plan all along,” said Norcia. “I have faith that Jordan is going to hit that shot.” Nothing Norcia does surprises Sachs. Never has. Never will. “Luke stepped up and made some plays tonight,” said Sachs, who finished with 13 points. “He brought an energy. A spark. He finds ways. We love that about him.” Norcia’s contributions have been invaluable to HP’s success. “He plays the game hard. And we need the mental toughness that he brings,” said Harris. “Other players in our program see his will, his desire. It’s contagious.” Norcia’s body language and facial expression down the stretch couldn’t have been any clearer. He wanted his team to pull out this game in the worst way. The loss cut deep. For Norcia, it was the “three” he didn’t want to count. For the third year in a row, the Giants (4-2, 0-1) lost to their archrivals on their hardwood. “I thought we’d get the W tonight,” said Norcia, who is averaging 12.3 points per game. “An extremely tough loss. “But Deerfield is a scrappy team. A good team,” he added. “They outplayed us tonight.” The play, which will stick with Norcia for days, came with just over two minutes left and the Giants down by six, 50-44. The 6-foot-1 Norcia had a chance to pull down a long rebound off a miss by Joey Lane. Instead, the Warriors (4-2, 1-0) got the board and retained possession. “I got out-hustled for that rebound,” Norcia said. “If I get that rebound, maybe it’s a different story.” But Norcia said that he doesn’t plan to dwell on the loss for long. He’s got a lot of basketball to play this winter — and in coming years. He plans to continue to shoot the “III” ball — and play Division III college ball. “I can’t see myself not playing basketball,” he said. ■

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On a recent morning, the Walker Bros. in Highland Park is feeling less like The Original Pancake House and more like The Original Pancake Monastery. An elegiac song plays on the speakers — all strings and flutes — or what a bard would strum around a campfire in days of yore (or what modern-day imitators would play at a Renaissance Faire). The stained-glass windows depict various floral arrangements. Breaking the medieval spell, exposed light bulbs overhead are in contrast with the various Christmas and Chanukah decorations. Walker Bros. on Central Avenue, it turns out, is an equal opportunity holiday employer. It also happens to be part of a Sunday ritual for Highland Park’s Mayor Nancy Rotering, her husband Rob, and her four boys; a place that can easily handle their growing, vociferous appetites. Today, however, the mayor is eating alone, save for this writer. Rotering places her order without even glancing at the menu. Though she usually orders The Dutch Baby (think German pancake; not Netherlands infant) she’s currently in the mood for oatmeal. “Now that we know what the mayor had for breakfast,” she quips, her jade eyes glowing. (At one point, this journalist misspeaks, asking if the city is installing more storm prevention systems when he means to say storm protection systems. “We cannot prevent storms, I’m sorry to tell you,” she says, laughing.) Some mayors like to be called “The Honorable,” or “Your Honor,” or even “Madame Mayor.” Rotering says Nancy works just fine. That casualness is pervasive: she’s downright chummy with the server, and later explains that many of the staff’s children play soccer together with her boys. But when certain issues are raised, she immediately becomes Madame Mayor. Like “silos,” for example. Whereas Don Quixote waged war against windmills, Rotering has established a culture that breaks

down policy silos, or the lack of transparency sure that she is understood and also to poke and communication between departments and a little bit of fun. even residents. Highland Park has had a balanced budget When the food arrives, Rotering is for all four years she’s been in office. in the middle of explaining one of “We’re in great shape,” she the first things she implemented says proudly. “We’re one of as newly elected mayor: a a handful of AAA-bondretreat for the City Council, rated cities, and we work where members could brainhard to maintain that.” storm together for an entire The most recent budget had been day. (Since then, they have passed only a few done that at least once a days earlier by a year.) At that time, there unanimous vote. was a turnover of the “There’s no tax majority of the counincrease,” notes cil, and “it was a nice Rotering, “and we’re opportunity to say, able to continue to ‘What direction do invest in infrawe want to go?’” structure. We’ve added sidewalks explains Rotering. They settled on for the first time in three priorities decades, which has to concentrate really helped peoon: fiscal stabilple develop a sense ity, investing of community and in infrastrucconnectivity.” ture, and pubSpeaking of conlic safety. nectivity, Rotering is “ It was practically humming. interesting; She utilizes everythrough all thing from a newsof the brainletter, blog, Facebook storming, page, and Twitter to through all communicate news the things updates to her resithat matdents. On Twitter she tered to has tweeted ever yabout missbody on ing teens, the counoffered cil, when a ler ts you boiled notiit down — fying it came under drivers to avoid those three categospecific intersecNancy Rotering illustration by barry blitt tions, and promotes her ries,” says Rotering. “It came under son, John’s (aka Boy of those three categories,” she says again, this Silence’s) electronic music mixes. time leaning closer into the journalist’s phone, On Nov. 3, that was put to the test. In which is recording the conversation, to make 24 hours, Highland Park experienced

three public safety incidents: a shooting at Highland Park Hospital and two robberies downtown. The day after, she assembled her staff for a meeting. What she told them was “heaven forbid this happens again, or something like this happens, we need to be putting the word out with schools.” Schools in districts 112 and 115 had soft lockdowns, but some parents were uninformed of the reason why. Rotering is adamant about fixing that going forward, and she says they are focused on apprehending the thief who still remains at large. A blog post titled “What Happened Today?” on her website gives a detailed account of what happened and a description of the suspect. Rotering happens to be the first female mayor of Highland Park, but says she never really took it to heart. (As of January of this year, of the 1,351 mayors of U.S. cities with populations over 30,000, 18.4 percent of them were women. Illinois has 11, and a majority of them are in the North Shore.) Instead, her goal was to bring a new voice of leadership to city hall. Although, she does say that as a mother of rambunctious boys, she does bring a certain energy to contentious meetings. “I have to have control of my dinner table, and I bring that to those kinds of meetings,” she says laughing. She also takes an interest in the youth of the community. Between keeping the shelves of the food pantry stocked to giving high school students a chance to sit on planning commissions to adapting a new program where every third grader spends a day at City Hall. For the third graders, she holds a mock council meeting and talks to them about the importance of using their voices. It must be working. Rotering says when she runs into them on the street, they come up to her and scream, “We had the best time at City Hall!” and she screams back “Go run for office when you’re a grown up!” Though her salary for the part-time job is about $13,500 and her work schedule is CoolSculpting is the non-surgical body contouring treatment effectively 24/7 — “because that’s just how eliminates your body. No needles, surgery and b I roll” — fat shefrom says she wouldn’t have no it any Developed other way.by ■Harvard scientists, CoolSculpting is FDA-cleare

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