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Northwestern University professor Tim Calkins’ students won’t really be into this Sunday’s game. But they and their professor will focus intently on Super Bowl ads.

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Wrong they may be, but predictions have a bright future

am going out on the proverbial ledge and making a prediction: I predict that predictions will never go out of style. The year 2015? No doubt you’ve read predictions about the stock market, Oscar nominees, and more. Fortunately for the supposed soothsayers, few are ever called out for being dead wrong. The most recent prediction that grabbed my attention: Big first baseman Anthony Rizzo announced that the Chicago Cubs — they of sub-.500 records as far as the eye can see — will win the NL Central this season. I chuckled before recalling it’s not as outlandish as another local sports prediction. Last summer, Brandon Marshall, the Chicago Bears wide receiver, said with authority that Jay Cutler would be named the National Football League Most Valuable Player during the 2014 season. Cutler not only failed to capture that honor; he wasn’t even the MVP on his own team. To take it a step further, he wasn’t even the MVP in his own backfield (a tip of the cap to Matt Forte). As Lao Tzu — who was not known as a Bears fan — said, “Those who have knowledge don’t predict.” Though pro sports seems to be filled with more absurd chest-thumping predictions than other areas of life, the most famous one actually came true. Before Super Bowl III, New York Jets quarterback Joe Namath guaranteed his team would beat the Baltimore Colts, a 17-point favorite. At that time,

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the American Football League had not fully merged with the NFL and was considered substantially inferior. But Namath’s Jets prevailed, 16-7. With Super Bowl 49 (sorry, my familiarity with Roman numerals gets messed up around that number) on tap Sunday, we’ll hear the pre-game announcers predicting the victor with utmost certainty. But one North Shore professor isn’t interested in predictions — in fact, he’s one of the few people in America not interested in the game. Northwestern University’s Tim Calkins and a number of his Kellogg School of Management students will conduct their 11th annual Super Bowl Advertising Review. They will assess which spots during the game, where 30-second commercials will run for a record $4.5 million apiece, are the most effective. “The panel isn’t concerned about humor or emotion or visual impact,” notes the advertising review. “The focus is on a more important question: Did the ad build the brand and build the business?” Read about Tim and his busy Sunday in this week’s Sunday Breakfast.

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before-and-after photos of the dog. “We do health-club stuff here, not therapy,” Cocallas says. Dogs have got it made on the North Shore, from their sidewalk encounters with dogfriendly owners of beautiful homes with spacious lawns, to a tail-wagging destination like Yuppy Puppy (Lake Bluff-based dog care/play care), to the proximity of a slew of top-notch animal hospitals. Metra plans to allow small pets (placed in carriers) to ride on trains with their human commuters. Lisë Dominique’s seven-year-old English Labrador Retriever, Harvey, knows exactly what he will get to taste when he sits outside of Bluffington’s Café in Lake Bluff. He will get to slurp vanilla ice cream, but only after a first lick by Dominique, a radio broadcaster and voice over actor who lives in Lake Bluff and was born in Lake Forest. Harvey has Facebook and Twitter accounts. (Paw-friendly keyboards? Who knew?). Harvey is Dominique’s best friend and the subject of her book, The Adventures of Harvey the Wonder Dog. “If Harvey could speak, he’d say, ‘The North Shore is a great place to romp in the leaves, play in the snow, run through the grass and swim in Lake Michigan,’ ” Dominique says. Another benefit for a canine of the North Shore is the canine owner’s likelihood to shop at specialty pet shops, a shop like the Wilmette Pet Center on Green Bay Road. It sells highquality, grain-free, byproduct-free food. “Ten years ago, maybe six or seven years ago, a lot of pet owners didn’t know the difference between high- and low-quality food,” says Janice Greenberg, a pet adoption counselor and public relations professional at Heartland Animal Shelter in Northbrook. “They do now, though. So many pet lovers live on the North Shore. So many pet lovers take advantage of what the area has to offer their pets, dogs especially. I remember my sister’s dog, swimming in a forest preserve lake for the first time last fall. The look on that dog’s face … so happy. That dog was so happy.”

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College nabs $2 million in donations

Lake Forest College announced that anonymous donors have pledged $2 million to boost career preparation and employer engagement to benefit Lake Forest College students and alumni. “Access to sustained, meaningful career development while in college is vital for our students’ happiness and prosperity after Lake Forest,” said President Stephen D. Schutt. Lake Forest College’s career, internship, and professional development services are administered through the Career Advancement Center, led by Associate Vice President Lisa Hinkley. Nine out of every 10 Lake Forest students utilize CAC services during their four years on campus, and more than half complete internships for college credit.

Construction jumps in Wilmette

The Village of Wilmette has seen a steady increase in new housing construction since 2012, with the last year nearly reaching pre-recession construction activity. According to the National Bureau of Economic Research, The Great Recession lasted 18 months, starting in December 2007 and concluding in June 2009. While the recession officially ended in 2009, Wilmette’s construction activity continued to lag through 2011. In 2011, only 14 demolition permits were issued, down from a high of 50 in 2007. Since that time, demolition permits have continued to increase each year, with a total of 47 issued in 2014. As of publication, no demolition permits have been issued in 2015. Typically, roughly half the houses built in Wilmette are speculative houses, while the other half are custom, according to Lisa Roberts, Assistant Director of Community Development for the Village of Wilmette. Recent development has been consistent with this trend. ~ Emily Spectre

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who were adopting electric power sources for their shops and factories. In the decades that followed, Grainger sold everything from electric toy trains to kitchen utensils through their network of branches and catalogs. Today, Grainger — headquartered in Lake Forest — stocks and sells more than 500,000 items for commercial customers. The company’s market capitalization is approaching $18 billion. Technical advances can create distribution opportunities. Baxter, headquartered in Deerfield, boasts a market value beyond $40 billion. The company traces one of its corporate roots back to American Hospital Supply, which came into existence when plasma was developed as a blood-transfusion substance. American Hospital Supply was the plasma distribution expert. Market forces also create opportunities for new distribution businesses. Vernon Hills-based CDW has grown by distributing

an array of information technology products. CDW helps its customers integrate these products into modern informationtechnology systems. With $5 billion in annual revenues, privately owned MedlIne distributes more than 350,000 medical products to hospitals, doctors’ offices, and clinics. This Mundeleinbased company allows healthcare providers to concentrate on their patient services instead of using valuable resources to purchase the supplies needed in the modern healthcare profession. The administrative heavy lifting is left to the experts at Medline. There is much discussion today about how the Internet will destroy the need for distributors and wholesalers. But for agile and entrepreneurial distribution companies, Internet sourcing and purchasing will represent just another market change that can create opportunity for them. A personal experience illustrates this

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The Integrated Global Studies School (IGSS) is a school-within-a-school program at New Trier High School. Inquisitive, focused, open-minded, an-d compassionate New Trier juniors and seniors can apply to join and devise a course of study around their interests, culminating in a project in the community. When it came time for 18-year-old senior Cameron

Schiller to choose her project, she focused on TED Talks, an annual conference in Silicon Valley built around the philosophy of “ideas worth spreading.” Originally conceived to host inspiring speakers in the fields of technology, entertainment, and design (thus the acronym), TED has since spread to include many other scientific, cultural, and academic arenas. Schiller recruited her friend and fellow IGSS member Anna Kahler to help her manage the project, and the two

began the lengthy process of applying to host a TEDx event, an independently organized gathering that can use the TED branding and adhere to core TED principles. “We got rejected,” Schiller says. “But we kept applying because we really wanted it to happen. After a few Skype calls with people who work for TED, we were able to come up with a consensus of what the event would be like. We wanted it to be about inspiring this generation to be ambitious.” Under the theme of “Little People’s Big World,” Schiller and Kahler scoured the area for people of all ages to speak for 15 to 20 minutes on subjects that would be meaningful to their age group. They ended up with 11 speakers — including Kate Bellanca, the chief executive officer at the International Renewal Institute in Chicago, and professor Celeste Napier, a neuroscientist who helped attendees understand the development of the teenage brain. “Anna and I are 18 years old, and we’re going to college next year,” Schiller says. “It’s a period in our life where a lot of people are going in very standard directions, like we’re along this path that’s already predetermined. We wanted to inspire people to do what they want to do and not be discouraged.” Though TEDx events are typically planned for and organized by a team of people, Schiller and Kahler set out to tackle this one themselves. They put up several hundred posters for the event, spoke about it in their classes, and sent out word via all of their social networks. Though they had some pretty distracting competition at the school — it was also homecoming weekend —their TEDx event went off without a hitch in the fall. Schiller says it was worth all the effort, and that she and Kahler were happy to highlight the kind of impact New Trier’s IGSS program can have. “The theme of our event spoke to both of us because it’s a pretty fundamental time right now for people choosing different paths,” she notes. ■

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Two-year-old Hunter (left) and 3-year-old Spencer Morgan of Lake Bluff with their English Mastiff, Hulk, at the Prairie Wolf Dog Park in Lake Forest. photography by

joel lerner

Lake Forest resident Mark Litzsinger owns three dogs. Two of them — fiveyear-old Aston and nine-month-old Sanibel — are Samoyeds. Bentley is a five-year-old Golden Retriever. They are show dogs. Aston earned grand champion status; Sanibel got viewed at an all-breed show at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Grayslake last weekend. All three like to sleep and people watch in Litzsinger’s front yard. All three tend to halt traffic, both vehicular and foot. “People always want to stop what they’re doing to see my dogs, to pet them, to talk with me about the dogs when I’m out there doing yard work,” Litzsinger says. “What I find so appealing about the North Shore is how dog-friendly the residents are. And the police departments in the Lake Forest and Lake Bluff … I can’t say enough good things about those police officers. They

are fantastic. One day I got a call from a police officer, who told me, ‘So and so has your dog. Your dog is safe.’ ” Susie Atkinson lives in Evanston. She grew up in Winnetka. She owns two terriers, Sally and Cricket. One of her favorite activities in the world is walking her dogs in neighborhoods she had traversed as a youngster. Her dogs get exercise. “I get exercise, too,” Atkinson says. “I love walking my dogs and looking up at all the birds. So many great birds exist on the North Shore. My dogs also love going on errands with me, love getting milk bone treats at banks, at hardware stores, at the dry cleaners. “Every day, pets on the North Shore,” she adds, “must look around and think they had won the lottery.” For more North Shore dog photos, please see DailyNorthShore.com. ■

Moxie Burt, a 3-year-old Great Dane, and Emmitt Almighty Burt, a six-month-old pug, get comfortable amid the artwork in their Lake Forest mansion. photography by joel lerner

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Elizabeth Brown and Mia Buhl

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Salmon spawns a delicious dish

Tuna may be the chicken of the sea, but salmon’s versatility in the kitchen is much more akin to poultry. Salmon can be sautéed, pan-seared, poached, broiled, baked or grilled over a cedar plank. Since it’s divine on its own, accouterments tend to be little more than a sprinkling of lemon and the light aroma of olive oil. Due to overfishing, today’s salmon falls into two camps: farm-raised or wild-caught. If given a choice, always go wild, as their farm-bred cousins generally have a fattier build. But either way, salmon has a significant amount of omega-3 fatty acids, which have been known to reduce the risk of heart disease.

TOTAL TIME: 40 minutes SERVES: 4

“For January, people want healthy items,” says chef Mia Buhl. One half of Buhl & Brown Kitchens in Lake Forest, Buhl prepares gourmet family meals — all natural, all delicious — with chef Elizabeth Brown who, together, share 40 years of experience in restaurants and as private chefs. Their wild mushroom seared salmon, along with warm French lentils, is one of Buhl & Brown’s daily specials e-mailed to more than 400 people. Their preparation — baking it over a bed of mushrooms — makes the salmon meatier, but it’s quick, taking only five to seven minutes to cook — perfect for the parent on the go. “The preparation is simple,” says Brown, “but the outcome is greater than the sum of its parts.”

2 teaspoons Dijon mustard ¼ cup vegetable oil 3 tablespoons walnut oil 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves 1 teaspoon salt ¾ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 small carrot, peeled and finely diced 2 scallions, thinly sliced

Warm French Lentils: 1 small onion 1 bay leaf 1 whole clove 2 cups dried French lentils 3 tablespoons sherry vinegar

1. Prepare the onion pique: attach the bay leaf to the peeled onions using the clove as a tack. 2. Combine the lentils and the onion pique in a saucepan. Add enough water to cover by 4 inches and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce the heat to low and simmer until the lentils are just cooked through, about 20 minutes. Skim off any foam that rises to the surface.

3. Meanwhile, whisk together the sherry vinegar and mustard in a small bowl. Slowly whisk in the vegetable and walnut oils to form an emulsion. Stir in the thyme, salt, and pepper. 4. When the lentils are fully cooked, drain them and discard the onion. Place them in a bowl and toss together with the carrot, scallions, and the dressing. Taste for seasoning and serve warm.

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The wild mushroom seared salmon, complete with warm French lentils, is one of Buhl & Brown Kitchens’ signature dishes. photography by joel lerner

Wild Mushroom Seared Salmon: 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oi Salt and freshly ground black pepper

16 medium oyster mushrooms, stems removed 4, 6-ounce skinless salmon filets

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees. 2. Brush a baking sheet liberally with extra virgin olive oil. 3. Arrange the mushrooms cap sides down, edges overlapping slightly, in 4 separate rows on the baking sheet (you are going to lay the pieces of salmon atop the mushrooms so your rows should be about the same size as each piece of fish). 4. Season the salmon on both sides with

salt and pepper. Set each filet round side down (skin side up) atop a row of mushrooms. Roast at 450 degrees for 5-7 minutes or until the fish is just cooked through. 5. After roasting, the mushrooms should adhere to the salmon; carefully slide a metal spatula under them and remove the fish from the baking sheet 6. Serve mushroom-side up atop warm French lentils. ■

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Oscar & Richard & Joe: An Evening About Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Allegro

Ravinia Festival’s Bennett Gordon Hall 200 Ravinia Park Road, Highland Park 8:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 www.ravinia.org The Music Theatre Company joins forces with The Ravinia Festival for a one-night engagement. After the immense popularity of “Oklahoma!” and “Carousel,” Rodgers & Hammerstein created a revolutionary new musical, Allegro. The show sharply divided critics, but Stephen Sondheim was an early admirer and has cited it as a major influence on his work.

Justin Roberts and the Not Ready For Nap Time Players

First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest 700 N. Sheridan Road, Lake Forest, 10 a.m. Tickets: $10 (children under 1 are free) www.firstchurchlf.org A concert featuring Grammy-nominated Justin Roberts promises to be a fun, biblically-based music experience.

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Thursday, February 5

“Rock Around the Clock”

Winnetka Community House 20 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka 7 p.m. Also Feb. 6 (7 p.m.) and Feb. 8 (10:30 a.m.) Tickets: $8 at door or (847) 431-0374 The Winnetka Children’s Hour will present an original musical comedy performed by local children ages 4-14. “Rock Around the Clock,” written by parents of the Winnetka Children’s Hour cast, takes place in the 1950s when the town diner, where all the kids hang out, is at risk of closing. Who can save the diner, the kids ask? Perhaps it’s the town’s homegrown music sensation, the famous Elton Parsley!

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■ by joanna brown I sit down every two weeks and pen this column on the lighter side of marriage. But a new report from the Pew Research Center says my efforts may be for naught. The Washington D.C.-based non-partisan group conducts social science research and public opinion polling. Its recent examination of U.S. Census data found a historically high number of adults age 25 and older have never been married: 42 million — about one in five. Within that number, it seems that men are more likely than women to have never been married (23 percent of men, compared to 17 percent of women). Consider the change since 1960, when one in 10 adults had never been married. This figure reflects 10 percent of men and 8 percent of women. But if you’re just making a list of things that have changed since 1960, you’re going to need another pen and maybe an extra ream of paper. We look to places like the Pew Center to explain why these changes happen. So, I read on.

The Pew Research Center offers several reasons for the shift in marital status, including a growing number of adult partners living together (24 percent of nevermarried adults ages 25-34) and raising children together outside of marriage, and a rise in the average age of marriage to 27 for women and 29 for men (it was 20 and 23, respectively, in 1960). In addition, the Pew Research Center determined that opinions on the role marriage plays in our society are just another facet of the generation gap. Younger adults, age 18-49, believe that our society is just as well off if people make things other than marriage their priority, while older adults believe our society is better off when people make it a priority to get married and have children. So marriage isn’t a priority, but it’s still on the bucket list of about half of all nevermarried adults; they say they want to marry eventually. These women are focused on finding someone with a steady job and similar ideas about having and raising children, while men are primarily looking for someone who shares

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Why are fewer people choosing marriage?

their feelings about children. Less important to both genders are religious and moral values, level of education, and racial or ethnic backgrounds. Men and women report similar reasons for not being married: 30 percent say they haven’t found the right person. Nearly as many say they are not financially prepared for marriage, and 22 percent feel they are too young or not ready to settle down. So how do I increase the audience of people to read this column? I try in each one to remind people that marriage isn’t easy every day, but it’s a good thing in the long run. Forbes Magazine took up my plight in September, too, with a long list of (far less romantic) benefits that come with a mar-

riage certificate. Among them: Estate tax marital deductions in the event of one partner’s death. This does not apply to domestic partners. Gift tax marital deductions, allowing for tax-free gifts of any amount to a spouse who is a U.S. citizen. One financial planner told Forbes that some unmarried couples are surprised to find they owe taxes for gifts or other financial support. Survivors benefits from a pension plan. Legal rights, such as in the case when one spouse is in a fatal accident and damages are awarded. Tell me what about marriage you want to read about in this space. Send an email to Joanna@northshoreweekend.com ■

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out & about What’s the biggest change you’d like to see on the North Shore? photography by robin subar

Marc, Alyssa & Jake Weiner, Northfield

Stephanie Chandler, Winnetka

Sam Rosen and Shannon McNerney, Glencoe

Victor Pontis, Winnetka

Marc: Less traffic on Willow Road! Alyssa: Bigger parking lots. Jake: More car dealerships.

Sam: More stuff to do. Shannon: Sam just said what I wanted to say!

Rachel and Molly Brady, Glencoe (formerly of England)

More vegetarian restaurants.

Rachel: More pubs! Glencoe desperately needs more pubs.

Nomi and Michael Abrams and Nash Johnson, Northbrook

The end of construction on Willow Road.

Nomi: Better communication of outdoor facilities like trails. Michael: More stores. Nash: I think there should be more kid-friendly restaurants.

socials Keshet Benefit Concert Photography by larry miller

A crowd of more than 800 helped rock the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts during Keshet’s Annual Benefit Concert, this year featuring Foreigner. The 10-time multi-platinum group played hit after hit. The $375,000 raised will benefit Keshet’s educational scholarships, vocational training, and recreational programs for individuals with developmental disabilities. keshet.org

Simon Lesser, Carol Patinkin

Michael & Wendi Ezgur, Karol & Matt Berns

Stella & James Wagner

Pauline & Neil Sheehan

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Classy, not flashy

New Trier wrestling team boasts an ideal student-athlete in Iida

Incoming: New Trier High School’s Luke Iida (right) goes airborne during his title match at 138 pounds against Deerfield’s Andrew Mehrholz. photography

■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com Luke Iida relived some fond memories at a wrestling meet last weekend. They had nothing to do with pins or takedowns or escapes. They had everything to do with strings and amps and straps. New Trier’s 138-pound wrestler received a black-and-white electric guitar some 10 years ago, right around the time he starting playing the piano. It was a cool-looking and sleek instrument, perhaps a distant cousin of Ralphie Parker’s Red Ryder Range 200 BB gun in the movie “A Christmas Story.” “I loved that guitar,” Iida, a senior, recalled at the Central Suburban League Tournament at Glenbrook South on Jan. 23. He played it during the day. He played it during the night. Neighbors were treated to free, impromptu guitar solos. Not all of the neighbors requested encores. “I probably woke up some of them at times,” Iida said, cracking a slight smile. He certainly got the attention of Deerfield High School junior Andrew Mehrholz, third at the Class 3A state meet as a 120-pounder last winter. Iida did not need to strum once,

letting his wrestling jam for him, letting his wrestling send a message or two. Mehrholz (35-2), alas, defeated Iida 6-2 in the final at 138 pounds on Jan. 24 in Glenview. The Warrior could not relax for one second in the six minutes he needed to secure the victory against the game, tireless Trevian. “I tried,” Iida (22-10) said. “He’s quick and strong and really good. He likes to turn people, likes to tilt. I felt I gave him a good effort.” Iida, classy to the core, shook Mehrholz’s hand after the bout and marched off the mat, back erect and eyes looking straight ahead. Other runners-up at the meet whipped off their headgear and stomped off, looking for a place to sulk and stew and pace in private. “Luke has always been a good representative of New Trier, of his family, of our school’s wrestling program, which we consider a family,” NT wrestling coach Marc Tadelman said. “He did not back down, did not back down at all, against a returning state placer. Luke goes hard and utilizes his moves well. He’s in good shape, and he’s strong … strong for a 138-pounder. He’s one of the strongest 138-pounders around, I believe.”

Iida’s best win to date came in the quarterfinal round of an invitational in Whitewater, Wis., on Dec. 30, when he topped an opponent 3-1. The opponent was ranked third in his weight class in Wisconsin at the time. “I’m not the most technical wrestler,” Iida admitted. “I like to take a couple of shots, stick with what I know. I’m not flashy. Against [the Wisconsin grappler], I was constantly moving. That helped me set him up.” Sam Wiczer, a senior from Highland Park, had to face a whirling, relentless Iida in a semifinal at the league tourney. Iida recorded a fall at 1:45, his second pin in as many matches at Glenbrook South. “I did not give him a break,” Iida said. “I did not give myself a break.” Iida’s wrestling-room partner and longtime friend is 132-pound senior Alec McKenna, a Northwestern recruit with a 32-1 record. They met as second-graders. McKenna raced through his bracket at the league meet, topping Evanston senior James Marshall-Davis 3-0 in a final after advancing via fall (2:31) and technical fall (4:13) in his first two rounds. CSL coaches named McKenna the South’s Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament.

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“Good friend, very good wrestler,” Iida said. “He is more technical than I am, has better techniques than I have.” Others in Iida’s support system include his parents, Tim and Nancy, and Tadelman. Tadelman worked with Iida during Iida’s youth wrestling years. “Luke,” Tadelman, “improves every year. He’s a hard worker, tough. He works hard in the wrestling room, in the weight room. Sets a very good example for the younger guys. He’s a good guy, a good citizen, a guy who respects wrestlers and coaches. Wrestlers and coaches respect him. And he never complains.” Notable: New Trier, honored at the CSL Tournament for winning the CSL South with a 5-0 record in division duals, finished third (153.5 points) at the tourney. Six Trevians left with top-three medals, including Iida and McKenna. The others: sophomore Jake Lowell (runner-up, 170 pounds), freshman Patrick Ryan (third, 113), junior Jack Alcantara (third, 152) and senior David Raynes (third, 285). Lowell improved his overall record to 26-9. … NT’s Trevians vie for Class 3A sectional berths at the Glenbrook South Regional on Feb. 7. ■

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Three-point shooting DeLeo finds her niche with Ramblers

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Teams beware: Loyola Academy’s Alexa DeLeo drives past a Mother McAuley defender. The senior has emerged as a legitimate outside scoring threat. photography by george pfoertner

■ by kevin reiterman sports@northshoreweekend.com She’s no longer invisible. No longer nondescript. That “luxury”? Long gone. Opposing teams must pay attention to Loyola Academy’s Alexa DeLeo these days. She no longer blends … into the hardwood. Scouting reports bear her name now: upper case, bold letters. They have to account for her threepoint shooting. “She’s become our (main) outside threat,” said LA head girls basketball coach Jeremy Schoenecker. “She’s got the ability to extend the court, especially when we have Liz (Satter) and Sarah (Elston) inside.” DeLeo is not necessarily drawing double teams, but opponents — like visiting Mother McAuley on Jan. 22 — are closely monitoring her whereabouts on the court. The 5-foot-7 senior guard, who aptly wears the No. 3 jersey for the Ramblers, is at her best, when she’s firing up shots from beyond 19 feet, nine inches. “ ’D’ is not my thing,” she said. Shooting is. DeLeo has a quick release to go along with good form and technique. She’s been trained well. And lately, she’s been on target. During the first nine games of January, she’s attempted 51 threepointers and connected on 21 of them (42 percent). “She’s come into her own,” said Schoenecker. DeLeo’s breakout game came on Jan. 20 in a home game against St. Ignatius. She popped in six of nine from three-point expanses to score a career-high 20 points. “Just a great feeling,” said DeLeo, not even trying to hide her smile. “We were running the floor well and making the extra passes. And I was the recipient of those extra passes.” Putting up 20 in a game was a bit of a reach. “I never thought I’d get that many … especially after last year,” she said.

DeLeo didn’t see the floor much during the 201314 season. “I came into varsity basketball a little timid,” said DeLeo. “But now, I’m confident. “Personally, I feel like a new player this season,” she added. DeLeo, a fun-loving teammate known for her humor and impersonations, has gained the respect of her teammates. They have come to count on her. “Alexa is awesome. She makes each one of us better,” said Satter. “She is always positive, on and off the court. “And she’s fiercely competitive,” Satter added. “She plays to win and is a great team player. She’ll make the extra pass and always seems to be in the right spot to receive the extra pass.” DeLeo made all of the right moves in the offseason. She played travel basketball for Full Package Athletics and spent a lot of time refining her outside shot. “To get playing time, I knew I needed to work,” she said. Notable: The Ramblers (14-8, 6-1), who were scheduled to play Niles West on Jan. 27 and Maine South on Jan. 28, have turned things around. Since going 2-2 in the Mundelein Holiday Tournament, they have a 7-2 record during the month of January. Led by Satter (12 points, 8 rebounds), DeLeo (9 points) and Mary Cormier (8 points), LA topped host Niles North 53-45 on Jan. 24. On Jan. 22, Satter led the way with nine points and 13 rebounds in the team’s 38-25 victory over visiting Mother McAuley. Tyra Mills and Maeve Stanton also helped the cause by pulling down seven rebounds apiece. The Ramblers also have received a lift from Elston. She’s back on the court after sitting out 3 ½ weeks with a concussion. “She brings a lot of the table,” Schoenecker said of his four-year starter. ■

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Wrestlers in arms: Spencer Jacobson of the Giants (bottom) battles Deerfield High School star Sage Heller in the 160-pound final at the league meet. photography

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Throwing himself into … wrestling Highland Park’s Jacobson steps up his game in a big way ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com Spencer Jacobson was the quarterback, always the quarterback. Andrew Cohen was the wide receiver, always the wide receiver. Years ago, as recess buddies in grade school, they could not wait to hit the schoolyard, a Jacobson spiral descending toward Cohen’s hands before all of their classmates had escaped from the sedate indoors. They are Highland Park High School wrestling teammates now, a pair of juniors. Takedowns, not touchdowns, excite them. Cohen entered high school as a member of a wrestling-centric family. Jacobson did not. “I was in eighth grade [at Edgewood Middle School], when Andrew convinced me to try wrestling,” Jacobson recalls. “I tried it. I loved it. I still love the work ethic it takes to get good at it. The hard work, the determination, the discipline you have to have in the sport to have a chance at succeeding … there’s no other sport like it. “Wrestling has changed my life for the better.” Jacobson reached the final of the 160pound class at the Central Suburban League Tournament at Glenbrook South on Jan. 23. So did Sage Heller, a junior at Deerfield High School and a returning Class 3A state qualifier (at 138 pounds). Heller entered

the championship bout with a 35-1 record. Jacobson had won 22 of 26 tests in his second season on varsity, a year after finishing with a .500 mark as a light grappler in the 160-pound division. Heller defeated Jacobson 8-1. “[Heller] has a different style, a funky style,” Jacobson says. “Tactical. He’s very tactical. I hope I get another crack at him [in the postseaon].” Jacobson’s former go-to wideout routed a Maine East entrant 12-2 in the match for third place at 132 pounds. A major decision by a major recruiter. Cohen improved to 28-4. “That was good for us, Andrew thinking Spencer would like wrestling and persuading him to give it a shot,” says Giants wrestling coach Chris Riley. “Spencer has become a better wrestler, technically. He’s made significant strides this year, improved his skills. He’s always been a gamer, very competitive, intense, gutsy. I also like his focus, the way he works. Strong, strong kid, too. “You’re not going to see him goof around much,” the coach adds. “Spencer doesn’t waste time.” Spencer Jacobson doesn’t like mediocrity. His so-so record last winter bothered him, bugged him. It made him queasy. “I was sick of losing,” he says. “What do you do when you’re sick of something? Make

sure you don’t have to experience that feeling again. Make sure you do whatever is necessary to avoid losses, all those losses. I knew it would mean working hard, really hard, to get better. I was willing to do that.” Jacobson threw himself into wrestling in the offseason, toiling for hours — serious hours — at the Poeta Training Center in Lake Forest. The Poeta in the name of the facility is Mike Poeta, a former star wrestler at Highland Park High School and the University of Illinois. Too-many-to-count wrestlers (from a big chunk of the competing schools) at last weekend’s league tournament are Team Poeta members. “I am so fortunate,” Jacobson says. “I am coached by Coach Mike and Coach Riley, two great coaches. I get to represent my school and Team Poeta at meets. Working out [at Poeta’s center] is like working out at a man cave for wrestlers. You should see it; what a great place. And Coach Riley … awesome, he’s awesome. Those men, through the sport of wrestling, have given me a competitive edge as an athlete, as a student, as a guy who works out. “I’ve got this killer instinct now, because of wrestling.” School, though, still comes before wrestling in the alphabet and in Jacobson’s mind. Science fascinates him these days, biology in particular.

“I like the evolution part of science,” he says. “It’s cool, pretty interesting.” What would be really cool for Jacobson is getting hot in the state series, beginning in early February. He is an honorable mention pick (160 pounds) on the Illinois Matmen website, having finished third at each of the Lake Park and Leyden tournaments this winter. The designation thrills Jacobson, a humble teen, a Giant who, only a year ago, went 0-2 at the CSL Tournament and had as many losses as he had wins. “What an honor. That’s such an honor, being recognized on a site like that,” Jacobson says. Notable: Sophomore D.J. Penick emerged as the Giants’ lone champion at last weekend’s CSL Tournament, topping Evanston senior Malik Pratt 10-5 in the final at 152 pounds. Penick (27-2) pinned foes from Glenbrook South and Niles West to reach his bracket’s final. HP freshman Alex Rosenbloom (126 pounds) and senior Louis Castellanos (195) each took runnerup honors. Giants senior John Ciancio (224) recorded a fall at 0:55 in the match for third place at 170 pounds. HP placed fourth (139.5 points) at the 12-team meet. … The Giants vie for Class 3A Sectional berths at the Stevenson Regional on Feb. 7. ■

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In the stretch drive: Lake Forest High School’s Grace Torkelson goes for the block during earlier action this season. She is 42 rebounds shy of the school’s all-time record. photography

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Rebound maven Torkelson poised to rewrite record book at Lake Forest ■ by bill mclean sports@northshoreweekend.com Her rebound numbers are huge, almost cartoonish. Lake Forest High School senior forward Grace Torkelson grabbed 18 rebounds in a basketball game in mid-December, four days after coming down with 19 boards in a game. Nineteen boards … in one game. That’s hard to do, even in a one-on-one, no-ref game of Nerf hoops in a cozy room at home, a 6-foot-2 hoopster (Torkelson’s height) going up against a shorter hoopster. Torkelson’s rebound totals in three Warren Holiday Tournament games in December: 13, 14, 15. Her point totals in the same games: 12, 17, 16. She is a veritable Miss Double-Double, the Scouts’ reliable version of the Chicago Bulls’ double-double machine, Pau Gasol. “Grace has always been a great rebounder, a significant presence down low,” Lake Forest basketball coach Kyle Wilhelm says of his third-year varsity starter. “She does a great job of getting in position for rebounds, knowing where to go, where to be. And she’s mobile for a post player. We like to push the ball, and Grace usually beats the other team’s defense down the court and puts herself in an ideal position to rebound.” Torkelson ranks second all-time in career rebounds at LFHS, with 701 through Jan. 26. She needs only 42 more to break the mark set last year by Annie Keller (LFHS,

’14). Forty-two rebounds … Torkelson might need four games to collect that many, maybe three. She is averaging nearly a doubledouble (10.5 point per game, 9.5 rebounds per game) for a 14-11 squad. “Grace is a serious mismatch for teams,” Scouts senior guard Brooke Green says. “She makes it look so easy in the post. The way she plays, she’s pure domination.” Green has a story. Its central figure is Torkelson, its setting a basketball game between LFHS and Lake Zurich High School. Torkelson hits the floor, sustaining a back injury. She gets up and delivers an order to Green: “Pass me the ball. I’m going to score.” Green passes the ball to Torkelson. Torkelson scores, gets fouled. Torkelson makes the ensuing free throw. “Determined,” Scouts senior forward Katie Hanson says. “That’s how she plays. That’s how she always plays. She’s such a big threat for us, offensively and defensively.” Torkelson was one of the Scouts’ three strong post players last year, the 5-9 Keller and 6-2 Kate Aronson (Class of ’14) being the others. But Wilhelm needed one of them to play the ‘3’, to get comfortable outside of the paint on offense, to stretch defenses. The coach chose Torkelson, who ended up second (8.28 rpg) to Keller (8.9 rpg) among teammates in rebounding. Torkelson lives in the paint this winter. Letters could very well be forwarded to P.O.

Box Out, attn. Grace Torkelson, if her family’s mailbox at home ever gets too full. “What I’m most proud of is what Grace is doing with her role this year,” Wilhelm says. “She’s embracing it, something we needed her to do after we lost so many points and rebounds [to graduation] last year. She knows what is expected of her. She’s comfortable with those expectations. There’s clarity. Our guards are getting good looks because of Grace’s presence down low. “Teams scout us. Teams then try to figure out ways to stop Grace or contain her.” The daughter of former Northwestern University football player (James) and former NU lacrosse player (Corinne), Torkelson does not plan to play competitive hoops in college. She is looking at Miami (Fla.) University and the University of Illinois. Miss Double-Double might double major in communications and business, with an eye towards a career in public relations. Both of her eyes, for the next month or so, are on collecting more rebounds. In bunches. “I’m going to miss basketball, definitely,” says Torkelson, who serves as a popular volunteer at House of Peace Shelter, a haven in northern Lake County for women and children suffering from domestic abuse. “I love the game. I love that high you get when your team is running things well and playing well and winning. It’s hard to get that kind of feeling anywhere else.” It will be difficult — impossible, really

— for Wilhelm to forget a light moment involving Torkelson at a recent practice. Torkelson stumbled and fell during a drill. Nobody was anywhere near her when she unintentionally attempted to impersonate a bouncing basketball. “There Grace is, on the floor, busting out with laughter,” Wilhelm recalls. Torkelson is reminded of the incident. She laughs. She has an explanation. “I tripped over that three-point line,” she says. Notable: Green scored a team-high 13 points in Lake Forest’s 54-39 defeat of host Mundelein (Wilhelm’s alma mater) on Jan. 21. Torkelson tallied 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds. The win evened the Scouts’ North Suburban Conference Lake division record at 4-4 and marked the first time a Wilhelm team had swept a season series in the division. … Green scored nearly half of her team’s points in a 49-37 win over Warren on Jan. 24 to move to 5-4 in league play. The 5-10 guard poured in 24 points, going 9-of-14 from the field (5-of-9 from three-point land). She also finished with five rebounds, four assists and three steals. Torkelson netted nine points and pulled down 10 rebounds. Scouts freshman forward Maeve Summerville popped for nine boards. … Green (14 points) and Summerville (11) paced LF’s offense in a 46-45 loss to Lakes on Jan. 26. ■

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Norcia led the team with 10 points and two steals. Krawitz had five rebounds.Deerfield (138, 5-1) leads the Central Suburban League North Division by one game over HP and Niles North (15-7, 4-2) will play at Maine West on Jan. 30 before facing St. Joseph on Jan. 31 at the Batavia Invite. Lake Forest: Senior Evan Boudreaux came up with 20 points and 14 rebounds in LF’s 52-49 victory over host Lake Zurich on Jan. 23. Noah Karras was the team’s other main scoring threat. He went 4-for-8 from beyond the arc and ended up with 16 points. Lorenzo Edwards had six points and three rebounds, while Steve Vogrich grabbed five rebounds for the Scouts (18-1, 6-1). Lake Forest Academy: The Caxys (13-4) had their six-game winning streak snapped at the Culver Military Tournament, when it lost a 64-63 heart-breaker to Fort Wayne Canterbury (Ind.) on Jan. 23.The team also dropped a 70-61 decision to Western Reserve Academy (Ohio) on Day Two of the tournament.In the Canterbury game, Chris Harris led the way with 17 points. He also had 17 points against Western Reserve, while teammate Diago Quinn led the team with 19 points. Loyola: Junior guard Brandon Danowski turned in another impressive outing, but it wasn’t enough.On Jan. 23, the Ramblers (12-7, 6-2) lost an overtime game to host Fenwick 40-39. Danowski, who made a career eight threes against Leo on Jan. 16, made 6 of 10 threes against Fenwick and wound up with a team-high 18 points.The other statistical leaders were Peter Poggioli (10 points, 4 rebounds, 3 blocks), Ramar Evans (6 points, 7 rebounds) and Michael Mangan (5 points, 6 assists, 4 rebounds). New Trier: For the second time this season, New Trier came up short against arch-rival Evanston. On Jan. 23, the host Wildkits won 54-41 to snap NT’s seven-game win streak. Robbie Abuls led NT with 13 points. David Hammes and Colin Winchester had seven points apiece for the Trevans (13-7, 6-2).

Producing big numbers is nothing new for the 6-foot-3 junior. As the centerpiece of New Trier’s current 20-1 record, Boehm is averaging 15.3 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game. A rare talent who can dominate at both ends of the court, she recently earned all-tournament honors at the Dundee-Crown Holiday Tournament.

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COURTSIDE Girls Basketball Lake Forest Academy: After splitting two games at the Culver Tournament, the Caxys (15-2) returned home to defeat Chicago Academy 47-13 in third round of the Fenton Invite. The leading scorers were Theresa Onwuka (13 points), Jasmine Sawyer (9 points) and Jenny Levitt (8 points). In the opening round of the Culver Tournament, LFA topped the host team 45-37 on Jan. 23. Onwuka finished with 17 points, while Aleeya Sawyer had 12 points.A day later, LFA dropped a 59-44 decision to Fort Wayne Canterbury. Onwuka scored 18 points, while Brianna Sturkey and Jasmine Sawyer had eight points each. Onwuka and Sturkey were named to the all-tournament team.

New Trier: The Trevians claimed win No. 20, when they defeated host Evanston 50-25 on Jan. 23.Point guard Haley Greer paced the NT attack with 13 points. She canned three three-pointers in the first half. Kathryn Pedi also reached double figures with 12 points, while senior Jackie Welch added eight points. Jeannie Boehn had six points for NT (20-1, 7-0). Regina Dominican: Seniors Maeve Degnan and Maggie Palmer have been named to the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (GCAC) Red Division all-conference team.Regina (13-8) will play Resurrection in the first round of the GCAC Red Division tournament on Feb. 2 (7 p.m.) at Trinity. On Jan. 22, the Panthers used a balanced attack to defeat host St. Ignatius 47-38. Degnan led the team in scoring with 13 points. Maggie Palmer produced nine points, seven rebounds and five assists. Audrey Jahns came up with 11 points and eight rebounds. And Regina Trejo had her best outing of the season: 8 points, 6 rebounds.

PINNACLES Wrestling Loyola: Senior Ryan Wosick is in position to become the school’s all-time leader in wins. Wosick defeated Mount Carmel’s Leo Ortiz 6-1 in the 182-pound final at the Chicago Catholic League Championships on Jan. 24 at DePaul College Prep. He went 3-0 in the tourney to up his record to 32-6 on the season. For his career, Wosick is sitting on 92 wins. He is in position to break the all-time record of 95 wins, which was set by Matt Paloian in 2012. LA’s Joe Scheidt also performed well at the CCL meet. He placed third at 195 pounds. The Ramblers are scheduled to compete at Thorton Fractional South on Jan. 30. Then, they take part in the Glenbrook South Regional on Feb. 7.

SLAPSHOTS Girls Hockey Lake Forest Scouts: Tori Soukup scored two goals to lead the Scouts to 4-2 win over Upper Fox Valley on Jan. 25. Mary Claire Newtown and Sheridan Weiss also scored, while Alex Kazarian and Delaney Weiss had two assists apiece. Ava Applebaum and Suzanna Newton had the other assists. LF (10-4-3) also earned wins over Evanston 3-1 on Jan. 23 and Fenwick 2-1 on Jan. 20. Kyra Mangasarian scored twice against Evanston. Sheridan Weiss also had a goal while the assists were credited to Newtown, Shannon Miller and Olivia Remissong. Corynn Salazar provided solid goaltending, recording 26 saves. Miller and Newtown (unassisted) came up with the goals against Fenwick. Mangasarian had an assist. Salazar made 14 saves. Nina Wilson is the team’s top goal-scorer with nine. ■

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sunday breakfast | 39 The Big Game is all about … commercials

■ by simon murray

Le Peep isn’t bashful. The breakfast chain on the corner of Church and Benson doesn’t claim to have the best breakfast in Evanston, nor in Chicagoland or even the continental United States. No. Le Peep has its sights set on global domination, boasting the Muhammad Ali of taglines — Le Peep Restaurants: “The Best Breakfast Food in the World.” Scanning the walls for a Michelin Star or a Guinness World Record certificate, my peepers instead fall on a man seated with a laptop open in front of him. He’s wearing a beige blazer. Bearing the hallmarks of a businessman — inquisitive, focused, caffeinated — Tim Calkins, who stands to introduce himself, is something more. He’s a clinical professor of marketing at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, and he is an expert on all things branded. I ask him if he wouldn’t mind sending an email explaining what makes Le Peep, in his mind, a successful brand. His response: “A lot of brands try to be all things to all people and that doesn’t work very well. Le Peep is focused on providing convenient, tasty breakfasts. The restaurant is what it is: a convenient breakfast spot.” Indeed. It’s also something of a tradition for the professor, who pops into Le Peep on his way to the Allen Center where he teaches marketing strategy, branding, and biomedical marketing in the masters of business administration and executive education programs. But on this morning, he’s looking forward to one thing in particular. The Big Game . . . of advertising. “What I like to do is to get people to rethink how they watch the Super Bowl,” explains Calkins, who leads the Kellogg Super Bowl Advertising Review. What he describes as an “experiential learning program,” the advertising review allows his students to analyze the juiciest of spots — Super Bowl commercials — in real time. “At business school, we talk a lot about concepts and theories. This is an example of how we connect them.” In the United States, the TV advertisement

is generally considered to be the most effective mass-market advertising format. During popular events like the Olympics or the Academy Awards, networks charge millions of dollars for commercial broadcasting. But all televised events pale in comparison to the National Football League’s greenback juggernaut, the Super Bowl, which commands well over $4 million for 30-second spots during the game. Why? Because they can — and there’s no competition. Year after year the Super Bowl tacks on another Roman numeral and breaks its own record, becoming the mostwatched American television program in history again . . . and again . . . and again. In 1969, around 125 million people watched man take his first steps on the moon; last year, 167 million people tuned into Fox—to watch the Seattle Seahawks run all over

who began seriously evaluating Super Bowl advertisements with his team at Kraft Foods and has since fine-tuned the program, now in its 11th year, at the Allen Center. “One of the things we always have to tell the students when they apply — there’s no beer served,” says Calkins, who turns down hundreds of applications each year to serve on the panel. “And the reason we don’t serve any beer is because we need everyone to retain their intellectual faculties so we give a fair shake to the fourth quarter advertisers.” Calkins acknowledges it’s a strange way to watch the game. “Every time there’s an ad, the room will get quiet.” The panelists sit there, eyes glued to the screen, intently grading the advertisements as they debut. They’re looking for a six-part framework concocted by Professor Derek Rucker, who oversees the pro-

the Denver B r o n c o s i n the swamps gram along of New Jersey. with Calkins. The Super Bowl The acrospells big business n y m , AD-PLAN, in America. And like is broken up a hungry remora that has into gradable factors outgrown the underbelly Tim Calkins illustration by barry blitt of the great white, Super that determine the straBowl advertisements have tegic value of each ad: become a cultural phenomenon in their own Attention (“it’s got to stand out”), right, with the potential in today’s world to Distinction (“it’s got to be different”), be more watched and shared than the game Positioning (“it’s got to deliver a benefit”), itself. This rings especially true for Calkins, Linkage (“between the creative execution and

the brand”), Amplification (“people have to remember something notable and relatable to the brand”), and Net Equity (“it’s got to be consistent with the brand”). Your typical viewer isn’t doing this. Mostly, we evaluate commercials by entertainment value — if it resonates with us humorously or emotionally. For most of us, it’s no surprise that the Seattle Seahawks are playing the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX in Glendale, Ariz on NBC. Yet nobody knows what kind of ad Esurance, Microsoft, or Nissan will be running other than Esurance, Microsoft, and Nissan. In that way, Super Bowl commercials are a little like the Big Game itself, with a lot of planning and preparation going into one comparatively small window of time. “Very rarely in the world of marketing do you see companies quite so exposed,” Calkins notes. “Nobody talks about what did someone run in terms of advertising during ‘Murder She Wrote’ or ‘CSI: Miami.’ ” The pressure to think outside the box accounts for bizarre failures, like Audi’s Frankenstein canine creation, the Doberhuahua, or HomeAway’s launching a baby into a plate glass window. Thirty seconds isn’t a lot of time, but it’s enough to implode the fate of both brand and career. Successful advertising campaigns can go down as legend; clunkers will haunt executives for the rest of their lives. For every “1984” (Apple) introducing the Macintosh computer, there’s a “Tibet” (Groupon) crassly attempting humor that backfires. But for Calkins and his program, that’s the beauty behind it all: knowing a team of people has worked desperately hard to put together a great commercial, and then trying to understand in what direction were they trying to go. He likens it to watching a sporting event when you know the rules, versus watching one where you don’t. “Same thing with a Super Bowl commercial,” says Calkins. “When you really watch it and try to pull it apart, it’s much more interesting.” Welcome advice, especially for those of us feeling deflated from the off (and on) the field issues that have increasingly come to pass this year. Maybe a welcome distraction in the form of a commercial is just what we all really need. ■

the north shore weekend | saturday january 31 2015 | sunday february 01 2015