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Top principal candidate spurs uproar BY ADRIENNE FAWCETT
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he Lake Forest and Lake Bluff community is in turmoil over the candidacy of a Lake Forest High School principal whose data was removed from the Internet less than a day after her name was leaked to residents. The missing website information is just one of objections to top candidate Dr. Chala Holland, who is an assistant principal at Oak Park & River Forest High School. Many residents have stated that they object to the content of her writing, some of which was cached and therefore retrievable. For example, a post on the Facebook page for her consulting firm, Holland Education Consulting Group (HECG), showed an image of Malcolm X. The post contained the quote “Only A Fool Would Let His Enemy Teach His Children” along with a comment from HECG stating “His words continue to resonate. His life will never be forgotten.” People also have expressed concern about a post on the website for HECG, dated Jan. 1, 2013, that focused on academic
tracking (when students are assigned to different levels based on academic performance) and how it perpetuates racism in schools, as well as to links to other articles about white privilege and internalized racism. On May 21, sister Web site Daily North Shore published a letter to the editor by Lake Forest resident Jennifer Neubauer questioning why LFHS was considering Dr. Holland for the post of LFHS principal, and pretty soon the LFHS principal search was the main topic of conversations all over the community. On May 22, Superintendent Michael Simek sent an email to parents implying that they were taking information out of context — which prompted many people to point out that context was taken away when Dr. Holland’s websites and social media accounts were removed from the Internet. Many people said they wanted to know more about her background and how her experience and views on education apply to the LFHS mission. To address the issues, the District 115 administration held a special meeting Tuesday at 7
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pon first impression, Harry Thornton is clean-cut and polished. He’s articulate, insightful, and humble — and when he speaks, it’s with a silky timbre. It’s not hard to imagine him, on stage, spitting out Shakespearian soliloquies as Hamlet (which he has) or belting musical notes in front of a packed audience (he’s done that, too). Yet, though his maturity may suggest otherwise, Thornton has only just graduated from high school. Recently, as a senior at Evanston Township High School, Thornton placed as one of ten finalists in the English-Speaking Union’s 32nd annual National Shakespeare Competition. It was a long road. More than 15,000 students compete in 57 ESU branches nationwide; to reach the finals, Thornton had to win both the competition at his school and the one for the entire Chicagoland branch. Only then could he travel to New York with the other branch winners to perform a Shakespearian sonnet and monologue (his was from Hamlet) in front of a panel of judges at Lincoln Center Theater — of those 57 student representatives, just 10 were invited back as finalists to recite a randomly assigned monologue later that day. “Part of what made it such a powerful experience,” Thornton says, “is that there were students from all over the country, all coming together to perform the works of this writer who lived hundreds of years ago. Being with a group of fellow students who are interested in that idea was rare, and important to me.” This was not Thornton’s first trip to New York. As a freshman, he advanced to New York, but did not make it to the finals. Continues on page 12
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IN THIS ISSUE [ NEWS ] 12 b ody english
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t’s rare to find a PGA Tour event that makes the North Shore its home for three years in a row. The Encompass Championship is returning to North Shore Country Club in Glenview in July. The Champions Tour event (previously known as the Senior Tour before a marketing pro rebranded the name) will feature a few new faces during its third visit, including former Masters champion Ian Woosnam and Jeff Maggert. They will join defending champion Tom Lehman, who sank a putt last year on the final hole to capture the tourney — his only victory in 2014. “You do something on the last hole to win, it’s always extra special,” Lehman said at the club recently, where a number of writers tried to sink the same 12-footer Lehman drained to win $100 for charity. The
majority weren’t even close, despite the lack of knee-knocking pressure Lehman faced. My miss wasn’t my most embarrassing moment on the hole. Just beforehand, I attempted to make a savvy sand shot from the greenside bunker. Instead, the ball flew onto the roof of the clubhouse before resting unseen on a balcony. “That’s not out of bounds, “ exhorted Mike Galeski, the always amiable tournament director. In fact, the golf lifer had seen a similar shot once at the Bob Hope Classic. The pro hopped onto the clubhouse and made a bogey. But back to Lehman. The former British Open champion was full of engaging stories, including the final hole at Royal Lytham & St. Annes Golf Club in 1996. There was plenty to think about that day. Not only had Greg Norman blown a six-shot
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lead to lose the Masters to Nick Faldo on the final day that year (the same lead Lehman carried into the British Open’s last round), Lehman had just missed claiming the U.S. Open a month earlier on the 18th hole. A policeman had been assigned to follow Lehman for all four rounds. Once the final balls are on the 18th green at the British Open, the crowd traditionally pushes forward and surrounds the putting surface before the last two golfers arrive. The policeman grabbed Lehman by the arm and stormed through the 50-person-deep group. Eventually, they stood at the green. “Tom, we’ve been through a lot together,” Lehman recounted the constable saying, “but now you’re on your own.” More recently, Lehman played a club tournament in Scottsdale, Ariz. — an
alternate-shot event — with his wife Melissa. “Playing with your wife can be tricky,” he said to some laughter. “You have to watch what you say. “On the first hole I hit a 290yard drive, and she puts it in the desert. I hit it on the green, and she putts it 20 feet past the hole. I sink the next putt for a 5. “I come off the green, and I’m mumbling. She asks what’s wrong. I said, ‘We’ve got to do better than a 5 on a par 4 if we’re going to win.’ The champion golfer wasn’t expecting what came next. “Well, you had three shots,” she said, “and I only had two.” Enjoy the weekend.
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Real soccer moms play soccer BY EMILY SPECTRE
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he term “soccer mom” doesn’t just refer to moms who drive minivans full of kids to practice all the time. It also includes moms who play soccer. Wander over to the Wilmette playing fields on any given Sunday afternoon this spring — rain or shine — and you will find North Shore women engaged in a fun yet competitive game of soccer. They are members of the North Shore Women’s Soccer League, which was founded about six years ago by North Shore women seeking an outlet for their athletic interests while finding another way to socialize. “It is really fun to have kids cheering us on the sidelines,” said Stacey Cohen, Winnetka resident and captain of the
Winnetka Wild team. Cohen has had plenty of experience cheering on the sidelines herself as a mother of four children, two of whom play travel soccer. But Cohen has come to love the game on her own terms. An avid athlete growing up, she never played soccer but learned about the Women’s Soccer League from a tennis partner who lived in Wilmette. Cohen decided that Winnetka should also form a team and, through word of mouth, recruited 14 other Winnetka women. Whenever possible the women practice on Saturday mornings and have a volunteer coach who also coaches youth soccer and played the sport in college. While not everyone grew up playing soccer, “everyone grew up as an athlete and that obviously helps,” Cohen said.
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“I’ve gotten a lot better at acting,” Thornton notes, an achievement he attributes less to a finetuning of technical skill and more to the well of life experiences he’s accumulated in the intervening years. “Alienation and frustration with parents — I wasn’t fully able to address those as a 14-year-old. Now I feel like I can do Hamlet justice.” In the fall, Thornton will study acting at Carnegie Mellon’s theater conservatory. While most of the students he’ll encounter there will come from an art school background, Thornton sees his public school education as an advantage. “As an actor, you always want to be drawing on your surroundings, observing people, living life,” Thornton says, “and you really get to do that at a big public school.” If one of the primary goals of the ESU’s competition was to foster understanding and preserve the integrity of William Shakespeare’s language in the face of hackneyed texts, tweets
Jennifer Dougherty is cocaptain of a Wilmette soccer team and has been involved with the Women’s Soccer League for about five years. Wilmette boasts four soccer teams that are formed loosely around the village’s elementary schools. About half of Dougherty’s team played soccer growing up, while the other half played other sports. “The level of play, skill and competition has really gone up over the past couple of years,” Dougherty noted. The Women’s Soccer League is open to all women over 30 (moms or not), and Dougherty describes it as “a leisure league, ” that is primarily about having fun. “It doesn’t matter what your level is,” she said. Dougherty played soccer growing up and joined the Women’s Soccer League out of
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a love of the game. “I really missed [soccer]. It was an important part of my life growing up,” she said. Dougherty was instrumental in affiliating the Women’s Soccer League with the Wilmette Park District, which reserves the playing fields and provides referees and insurance. Before partnering with the Park District, the members frequently struggled to find open fields and insurance. The teams play in the spring and fall, with seven games in each season. North Shore suburbs represented are Evanston, Wilmette, Winnetka and Glenview. Approximately 160 women participate in the Women’s Soccer League, which has a play-off each fall that includes the standings from the spring season. But while the players enjoy a healthy dose of competition,
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Dougherty. More information and registration for the North Shore Women’s Soccer League can be found at www.wilmettepark. org.
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and other grammatical injustices, they have succeeded with Thornton. This summer, he’ll play Orlando in a production of As You Like It. Someday, when he’s old and gray, he hopes to tackle King Lear. “These plays are so old — the fact that they still exist is a testament to their importance,” Thornton says passionately, from a place of genuine authority. “I think they offer profound insight into human nature. There’s
ultimately the league is about community, friendship and fun. “I think its a great example of sportsmanship for our children, and we get to show them that their moms are pretty tough and have fun too!” said
innetka residents remain leery of the stormwater project the Village Council is cconsidering, according to the Winnetka Caucus’s May stormwater survey in which more than 650 residents participated. The Village Council recently held two stormwater study sessions to learn more about the progress of the project. On April 28, the Village Council learned that estimated costs for the project had increased by 70 percent to $58.5 million. Factors contributing to the increase are more detailed design information, a greater length of deep sewer tunnel required, boosts in overall construction costs, and construction of a water outfall structure that would filter the stormwater of pollutants before draining into Lake Michigan.
A majority of survey participants responded that they were aware of the rising costs of the stormwater project. But the results of second survey question indicated the majority of respondents were against the high sticker price. The survey asked: “Including financing costs, the entire tunnel project could climb higher than $58.5 million. What level of cost would you support for the tunnel project?” A total of 348 respondents (55 percent) answered they did not support this tunnel project at any level of funding, while 151 (24 percent) answered “no increase.” An overwhelming majority of respondents (75 percent) did not support the proposed tunnel project if the discharged stormwater runoff into Lake Michigan does not comply with all regulatory agency standards. The Village stated in its stormwater update
published in its May 15 Village Newsletter, “If the Village cannot satisfy the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency’s (IEPA) water quality requirements, the [Stormwater Tunnel and Area Drainage Improvements] project will not be constructed.” Survey respondents were also given the opportunity to share anonymous comments about the project, which the Winnetka Caucus will share with Village Council and staff. While some of the 342 comments submitted supported the project, the vast majority were critical and questioned why the Village Council was proceeding when the residents voted against it in a non-binding referendum in the spring of 2014. To see the results of the Winnetka Caucus Survey, go to www.winnetkacaucus.org. To learn more about the Village’s stormwater project, visit www. winnetkastormwaterplan.com
written posts that remained in circulation. And some people in attendance expressed dissatisfaction when Dr. Holland’s colleagues from Oak Park & River Forest High School took the podium to share their positive experiences and offer support for her candidacy. After hearing from at least two
dozen people, the board and administration went into executive session, after which they announced that they were extending the discussion for several more days and will announce another special meeting some time between the evening of June 1 and the board’s regularly scheduled meeting on June 9.
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a.m. A crowd filled the meeting room to voice opinions about the principal search — many objecting to the choice of Dr. Holland, some objecting to the process, and some speaking out to support her as an educator. Many asked that Dr. Holland’s website data be returned to the internet. Others said they took issue with
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Hundreds tour historic Wilmette homes BY EMILY SPECTRE
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ore than 250 people attended The Wilmette Historical Society & Museum’s 28th Annual Spring Housewalk on May 17, touring four homes that celebrated the history, architecture and character of Wilmette. The homes ranged in age from the early 1900s to a house built in 1872, the same year the Village of Wilmette was incorporated. The event is the primary fund-raiser for the organization, which uses the proceeds to staff the museum as well as to pre-
serve clothes, pictures and other items in the museum’s collection. According to Nancy Canafax, vice president of the Historic Society & Museum Board and Chairwoman of the Housewalk Committee Canafax, the theme of the housewalk — “Preserving Our Past” — means preserving the architectural and historical integrity of a home, while also making updates to fit a modern family’s needs. “I hope that they say with our theme ‘Preserving Our Past’ that it is possible to retain what is important…without tearing it down and replacing it,” she said. The wood-framed home lo-
cated on Central Avenue near McKenzie Elementary School appeared was an example of a young family transforming an older home, while leaving the original footprint virtually unaltered. Owned by a local architect and his wife, the couple tried to preserve the original house while modernizing it to complement their family life with two young sons. The couple were careful to preserve as many unique features of the home as possible, such as the original front door, cast iron window sash weights and base and crown moldings throughout the home. The influence of the Prairie
The living room of a home built in 1872. Photography by Emily Spectre
School was evident in two of the East Wilmette houses on the tour, with both homes featuring a hipped roof with deep overhanging roofs and an emphasis on horizontal lines. The owners of the home at 1010 Elmwood Avenue displayed historical photographs of the home’s interior, allowing visitors to observe the subtle changes to the house over time. The original owners commissioned a professional photographer and the Historical Museum owns the collection of historic photographs. The home at 1046 Linden Avenue was the oldest house on the tour. The home retained many of its original details, such as original windows and oak woodwork in the dining room. While the prominent porch on the front of the house was not original, the owners took care to replicate the overall style of the original porch. Wilmette resident Nancy Emrich took a break from the tour to relax on home’s ample porch. “It is an extraordinary sampler of what Wilmette housing is like,” observed Emrich. Her companion from Kenilworth seemed to take the tour’s theme to heart. “It makes you realize that old houses are adaptable to a modern lifestyle,” he said.
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n cafes and fast-food joints across the North Shore, you see people drinking fewer carbonated drinks and more water. In days past, a typical lunch would be a sandwich and, say, a Coke. Sure, there’s the lemon family of soft drinks, but to keep this short (the whole idea of these columns), we’ll use Coke to represent all soft drinks. At a popular lunchtime dining spot in Northbrook Court recently, you could see person after person heading to the fountain machine with its array of choices — but most customers only pressed the button for plain water. This makes soft-drink fans feel unfashionable, unhealthy, unseemly and guilty. But water IS probably a wiser choice. Less likely to add chemicals to your diet, cause burps and
prompt acid reflux. Plus, it’s free. But if you don’t subscribe to the water-instead-of-soda-pop movement, we’ll drink to your independent spirit. As a bonus, here’s a tasty trick to take things a step further. When you push the soft-drink button, stop before your cup is completely filled. Then take it to the coffee urns nearby, and put just a splash of coffee into your cola. Regular or decaf, your call. But just a splash, or it’ll foam all over the place. When you do this, not only are you rebelling against the sanctimonious water drinkers, but your creative concoction of coffee-cola works. It’s less fizzy, less cold on the back of your throat — and it tastes really good. It’s way more interesting than plain water. Just as you’re way more interesting than plain water drinkers.
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Patty Jenkins was tapped to serve as manager of Dickinson Hall, which has been in operation as the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Senior Center for almost 45 years and boasts a membership of 1,400 Lake Forest and Lake Bluff residents. Said Steve Potsic, chairman of the Senior Resources Commission, “Patty will provide dynamic leadership for Dickinson Hall as it serves the evolving needs of mature adults in our communities.” The City of Lake Forest conducted a national search for the best candidate.
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Betty Kay of Wilmette received an award from the Illinois State Historical Society for bringing history to life to children and
adults. Since retiring after 34 years of teaching in Springfield, Kay has travelled from Galena to Steeleville. She offers several presentations in period clothing — including her current one in which she portrays Three Illinois Women During the Civil War.
became North Shore’s eighth head of school in 2000. According to James Lumberg, chair of the Board of Trustees, “Tom will depart as one of the school’s most impactful leaders in its nearly 100-year history.”
The Crescents and Highlanders were both Highland Park teams established in the 1800s. Volunteers who wish to play should be high school age or older; please contact the Historical Society.
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The novel “Old Heart” by former Lake Forest High School teacher Peter Ferry will be released on June 9. Ferry will appear at the Printer’s Row Lit Fest June 6-7. Ferry — who taught English for 27 years at Lake Forest High School — is the author of the 2008 novel “Travel Writing” and is a frequent contributor to the travel pages of the Chicago Tribune. He lives in Evanston.
Tom Doar III, head of school of North Shore Country Day School, has announced he will retire in June 2016 after serving for 27 years as a teacher, administrator and head of school. Doar joined North Shore in 1980 as lower school head and also served as director of admissions. In 1989, he become lower school head of Rye Country Day School in Rye, N.Y. and returned to North Shore in 1996 to work in development and admissions. He
The Highland Park Historical Society will host “Highland Park’s Crosstown Base Ball Classic: Crescents vs. Highlanders” on Sunday, June 14 at 2 p.m. This will be baseball played to rules circa 1858. In the 1850s, “base ball” was a gentleman’s game — and a barehanded one at that. A ball caught on the fly or the first bounce was considered an out, dramatically changing hitting and fielding strategies.
nual Watercolor Works exhibit through July 13 at the League Gallery, located on the second floor of the Winnetka Community House, 620 Lincoln Ave. The exhibit features origi-
nal works by watercolor and gouache artists throughout the Chicagoland area, with most of the pieces for sale. The North Shore Art League is a not-for-profit organization now in its 91st year.
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RAGDALE SET TO PRESENT ‘THE UNGALA’ BY SHERYL DEVORE
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he official name is the Ragdale Ring Gala, but Ragdale Foundation Board member Marci Holzer is calling it “the ungala.” “I go to so many galas, but this one is not a sit-down black-tie dinner — and we’re not dancing to an orchestra,” said Holzer, the event’s cochairwoman. Instead, the Saturday, June 13 event will be a garden party, “a moveable feast” in which attendees venture from meeting actors dressed in turn-ofthe-century garb to observing dancers with fire to listening to live music. “It’s going to be mind-blowing,” said Holzer of Highland Park. The event will culminate with the unveiling of the winner of Ragdale’s international competition asking architects to reinterpret Shaw’s Ring,
an outdoor theater created by architect Howard Van Doren Shaw in 1912 for performances of his wife Frances Shaw’s plays.
“It’s going to be mind-blowing.” —Marci Holzer “They’d cast their neighbors and their friends,” said Jeffrey Meeuwsen, Ragdale’s executive director who brought back the concept of the ring in 2013. “They had 200-300 people at 9 o’clock on a summer evening, with cocktails in the Ragdale House and the performance outdoors in the ring. I just love that idea. “A lot of what we do is cre-
ate a retreat and tuck our artists away,” he said of Ragdale. “It’s rare for us to open up the campus like we do at the gala. I was looking for special opportunities that would serve creative people and the public.” So, in 2013, Ragdale launched a competition seeking large-scale submissions exploring architecture, sculpture, landscape, design, public art and performance. The winning design team receives a grant and spends several weeks at Ragdale creating the Ring to be unveiled at the gala. The Ring is then used throughout the summer for various performances. At the June benefit, attendees can see previews of the summer’s performances. “We encourage the applicants to find inspiration in the original ring — not that they’re literally repurposing the same designs, but rather creating an open-air theater for a community, a space that can accommodate a variety of
audience members and a variety of performances,” Meeuwsen said. This year, cabaret shows and storytelling will be featured, he said. The gala “really lets people in the community see the breadth of what Ragdale is really about,” Holzer said. “Ragdale is a national treasure.” Another fundraiser, Novel Affair, concentrates on authors. “With this fundraiser, you see architecture,” she said. “We celebrate Howard Van Doren Shaw, who was the architect of Market Square in Lake Forest and so many other buildings that are on the historical registry.” This year, the foundation will present a new Howard Van Doren Shaw Award to the winners of the competition, an up-and-coming architecture firm, Design With Company in Chicago, Holzer said. For inspiration, the company has reviewed many of Shaw’s projects in the Chicago area,
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Summer Soiree co-chairs Ashley Blankstein-Delaney and Debbie Hulick. PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBIN SUBAR
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or decades, the NorthShore University HealthSystem’s annual Hospitals’ Gala has been a formal, black-tie affair, not unlike the other benefits that populate local partygoers’ social calendars in the summer months. After careful consideration, however, this year’s organizers decided it was time for a change. “The presidents of the hospitals got together and said we needed to attract a younger audience,” said event Co-Chair Ashley Blankstein-Delaney. With that goal in mind, she and the other organizers lowered the ticket price, added a DJ and dueling pianos in addition to their standard live band, shifted the dress code from formalwear to cocktail attire, and moved the event to the Morgan Manufacturing Center — an indelibly hip, industrial-chic warehouse in the West Loop outfitted with exposed brick, overhanging flood lamps and a massive skylight. They even changed the name — from the stuffier-sounding Hospitals’ Gala to the more casual, cosmopolitan Summer Soiree. It will take place Friday, June 13. “I felt that the gala needed to be revamped to bring some life back into what’s already a great event,” said the president of the Auxiliary of NorthShore University HealthSystem Claudine Gerbel. “We needed to get rid of the black tie and the sit-down
“I felt that the gala needed to be revamped to bring some life back into what’s already a great event.” —Claudine Gerbel dinner to try to appeal not only to a younger crowd, but to keep our current supporters happy.” This year’s fundraising goal is appropriately innovative: all proceeds will go to facilitate training and programming at the Grainger Center for Simulation and Innovation — a 13,000-square-foot, state-ofthe-art facility in the basement of NorthShore’s Evanston hospital. Essentially, Grainger provides a rehearsal space for doctors and surgeons to hone their skills before performing on the big stage; using amazingly lifelike human patient simulators, practitioners can deliver a baby, stop a gushing nosebleed, drain a
knee, perform a colonoscopy and more. “I think we’re definitely the forerunners, here,” Gerbel says. “People come from all over the country to use the facility.” Gerbel hopes to raise at least $325,000 for the cause. Fundraising is not the benefit’s only goal, though. “One of the things about getting young people involved is we’re not just asking people for their money,” Blankstein-Delaney, who works on a purely volunteer basis, suggested. “We’re also asking for people’s time.” The two women are understandably passionate about the cause. Gerbel gave birth to two children at NorthShore, while Blankstein-Delaney, a Glenview resident, is an ovarian cancer survivor of 19 years — many of her doctors were (and still are) at NorthShore as well. Both joined the auxiliary board as grateful former patients, simply looking to give back. “Even though we’ve gotten bigger, I still feel like we are this community hospital,” Gerbel asserted. (The NorthShore University HealthSystem is comprised of Glenbrook, Evanston, Skokie and Highland Park hospitals.) “We haven’t grown too big for ourselves. The care that people can receive here is wonderful and really groundbreaking. We’re so fortunate to have this right in our own backyard.” For more information, go to http://foundation.northshore.org/ soiree.
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THE DINER WITH A TURKISH INFLUENCE
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asmin was eight years old when her father opened a diner on Central Street in Evanston. The diner, however, takes its name for the cross street. Or was Prairie Joe’s named for Yasmin’s brother? “I thought [it] sounded American,” offers Yasmin’s father, Aydin Dincer, the one-of-a-kind restaurant owner, artist, and allaround iconoclast. “Then I realized I had a son named Joe.” When the diner first opened
in 1991, Dincer put his kids to work. Joe was placed on a crate and was in charge of the bacon. Yasmin bussed. Looking back, Dincer calls it “free labor” with a touch of affected nostalgia, as if pining for those days. Yasmin, now standing behind the counter with an apron, a smile and a slowly shaking head, has heard it all before f rom her father. That’s because the entire family, his wife Diane very much included, has worked together off and on since he opened the doors to Prairie Joe’s all those years ago. The first time I walked through the doors, I felt like I had been transported — to where, well, I wasn’t sure. But as a Jersey boy, there’s nothing that feels more like home than a diner, especially one with a retro quirkiness pervading. For one, they only take cash. Daily specials are truly daily. And then of course there was the artwork and the “knick knacks,” as Dincer calls them, covering every wall. I came to do a separate interview, but I left happily entranced with this slice of
Americana. Turns out I’m not the only one. While regulars are legion, a far wall honors a certain nucleus of regulars for all time with paintings that could be arrayed around a boardroom. These men —they’re all men — stare at their successors with vacant eyes. It’s a dedication to the few who have graced the diner with their presence on an almost daily basis: plumbers, firefighters, janitors. Some had been coming to this place before Prairie Joe’s even existed, says Dincer. “Sometimes it feels like a sitcom,” says Yasmin. “You knew everyone’s name and what they were going to order.” While the clientele and the menu have changed —at first Dincer Americanized it, with meatloaf and homemade sausages — he now honors his Turkish roots, serving meals influenced from his childhood in Ankara, Turkey’s capital. The carrot salad burrito with hummus and feta is such a dish. Looking around, it’s hard not to notice the knick-knacks he’s collected over the years. All the paintings — his own — are for sale. Across the street, the bartender at Bluestone mentioned to Dincer he used to come here since he was in diapers. Dincer smiled as he told me the story. It was a nice feeling, being a staple of the neighborhood. What did he tell the bartender?
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More than 300 Chicagoans came together at Ignite Glass Studio in the city in April to celebrate the commitment of those who help lift those out of the poverty for good during the LIFT LOCAL annual fundraiser. More than $150,000 was raised to support LIFT’s programs. Guests enjoyed a night of inspiring stories, food, cocktails, and dancing during the event, which also honored City of Chicago Treasurer Kurt Summers Jr. liftcommunities.org/Chicago ART & LILI DUQUETTE
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HUNGARY … FOR MORE Strong-armed Barrett set to train in water polo hotbed after leading Trevians to second in state
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he goal, delivered from half-pool, should have been worth two points, maybe three. Not one. New Trier High School junior Lauren Barrett had thrown it in a girls water polo state semifinal against Lyons Township High School last weekend. It was Steph Curry-esque, lengthy and accurate and splashy. The goal — Barrett’s sixth of the game, in Stevenson High School’s pool — put New Trier up 12-11 in overtime. The distance the shot covered surprised nobody on May 23; the righthander had launched a similar goal in the third quarter. As New Trier’s fans roared their paintpeeling approval from the stands above the water, Barrett raised her arm, clenched her right fist, shook her right arm. It wasn’t an overly demonstrative celebration. It was a fitting one, modest in nature … like Barrett. “My favorite kind of shot,” the 5-foot-10 Barrett admitted after the 12-11 victory. “It’s a slower shot than a lot of other shots — that makes it tougher, in a way, on a goalie.” It’s polo’s Eephus pitch. Barrett, the team’s leading scorer, had whipped in four goals in a 14-3 defeat of Lincoln-Way Central on May 21. She would add another goal in New Trier’s 11-3 loss to Stevenson (36-0) in the state final, staged six hours after the dramatic New TrierLyons semifinal. “Lauren fully committed to water polo two summers ago,” Trevians coach Matt Wendt said on a weekend when his crew (23-10) finished higher in the state tournament than any other squad had in program history. “She trained in San Diego [with the Shores, a water polo club] twice. Here she is, a kid from the Chicago area, going to California to get better. She’s going to Hungary this summer to train, to get better. Hungary. Hungary is the epicenter of water polo.” Laszlo Hruza is f rom Hungary. He is also one of Wendt’s assistant coaches. Hruza
coached Barrett when Barrett was a freshman, a youngster eager to absorb anything and everything about water polo. He helped Barrett set up her water polo-soaked summers. “He has taught me so much, and he has been such a wonderful supporter … the biggest supporter,” Barrett (90 goals, 29 assists in ’15) said. “Water polo means absolutely everything to me. It’s my entire life right now. During my free time, I like to play water polo, play more water polo and then play some more water polo after that.” New Trier started the season with five water polo games between March 3 and March 17. The Trevians lost all five. Wendt’s bunch turned its season around on March 20, and not just because it defeated Loyola Academy 8-5 for its first win. The team participated in a lock-in at the school. The event started on March 20. It ended the next morning. Former Carmel Catholic High School football coach Mike Fitzgibbons served as lock-in facilitator. Polo players wore blindfolds, essential garb in team-bonding, trustbuilding exercises. “That lock-in was so good for the team,” New Trier senior and University of Villanova-bound Maria Breen said. “There was trust we all had for each other before that night. After that night, the level of trust got to a completely new level, a higher level.” Trevians senior Kaleigh Dolan paced the team in assists this spring, with 41. She dished five of them in the state semifinal. The lock-in? One huge assist, in her mind. “Our 0-5 start … that was rough,” Dolan recalled after the state final. “We became closer after the lock-in, much closer. At times we had to communicate, but we couldn’t communicate verbally. That helped. “This team,” she added, “was such a special one. We were all best friends in the pool and best friends out of the pool.” The best game of the tourney was the New Trier-Lyons Town-
Lauren Barrett of the Trevians prepares to launch a shot during the state water polo tournament. The junior finished the season with 90 goals and 29 assists.
ship semifinal, wet hands down. LT led 3-0 at the 5:43 mark of the first quarter and 10-6 at the midway point of the third quarter. NT outscored LT 4-1 in the fourth quarter and 1-0 in the six-minute OT session, getting a balanced effort on offense (four Trevs chucked goals in the fourth frame) and several clutch stops from senior goalkeeper Keelin Frank, who finished with 16 saves in another stellar performance. Dolan, with help from sophomore Kami Grochowski, foiled high-scoring Lions senior Caroline Walsh (121 goals in ’15) with 48 ticks left in OT. Breen came up big 45 seconds later, stifling LT’s final scoring threat. NT’s thrilled field players sprinted and splishsplashed toward Frank to begin the team’s watery celebration. The victors had overcome foul trouble to senior Stephanie Jodloman, the team’s second-leading
scorer, and sophomore Sarah Caywood, a pivotal defensive player. “I trust anyone who comes in off our bench,” Barrett said. “The thing about our team is, we’re small [only nine field players], but our depth is strong.” Barrett’s younger brother, Bo, attended New Trier’s final three state games at Stevenson last weekend. The eighth-grader held up a sign, flapping it repeatedly, no doubt, soon after his sister scored a goal. His arms got quite a workout last weekend. It allowed him to rest his soccer legs. “I love watching my brother play soccer,” Lauren Barrett said. “That’s what I love to do when I’m not playing water polo, when I’m not practicing. I don’t know anything about soccer, and I don’t know what position my brother plays. But I do know that he’s a fantastic player.”
played well. We worked really hard. This group is such an extraordinary group.” … The year Notable: Barrett and Jodlo- before water polo became an man each scored four goals in Illinois High School Association New Trier’s 14-3 defeat of (IHSA) sport, in 2001, New Lincoln-Way Central in a state Trier’s girls squad finished fourth quarterfinal on May 21. at the state tournament under Caywood and Dolan each tallied coach Kim Cole Moore and astwice, and Grochowski and sistant coach Jim Wagner. The junior Julia Green contributed a Illinois Swimming Association goal apiece. … Dolan tossed in (ISA) named Moore its 2001 two more goals in the semi, to Girls Water Polo Coach of the go with her five assists. Breen (2 Year. goals), Jodloman (1) and Caywood (1) also threw shots New Trier boys water polo: past LT keeper Jessie Witten- The Trevians lost 20-9 to St. berg. … Barrett, Jodloman and Ignatius in a state quarterfinal Dolan each scored a goal in the at Stevenson on May 22. New final. Stevenson did not allow a Trier (23-10-1) scored three goal in the second half. “Steven- goals in each of the final three son’s depth … it’s 10-deep,” quarters. Senior Chandler Wendt said. “Their players’ speed Tempest paced the Trevians with helped their counterattacks. They five goals, followed by classmate got some easy goals, and their Alex Grant’s three. Sophomore goalie steered a lot of shots away Danilo Scekic contributed a goal. from the goal. I thought we
Bo knows his sister is pretty fantastic, too.
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kind of does his own thing. At school he’s pretty much in the background. A lot of people don’t know how successful he is in track. If you were to go up to somebody at our school — somebody not on our track team — and mention how good he is, you’d probably hear, ‘Oh, really?’ ” Really. Brumund-Smith appreciates the speed and talent of Hoch. So do his teammates. They all know what they will get from Hoch at every track and field meet: an all-out effort. There might be only one pressing question surrounding Hoch, given what occurred at last week’s sectional. Can he pick up a 7-10 split at a bowling house?
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avin Hoch raced in the 110-meter high hurdles at a big track and field meet last week and, unintentionally, turned a hurdle into a cruel bowling pin. The Lake Forest High School junior, well ahead of the rest of the field in a preliminary heat at the Class 3A Palatine Sectional, smashed his trail leg into the lane obstacle. The hurdle then cartwheeled and obstructed the path of another hurdler. You don’t want to pick up such a “spare” in track and field. The smashand-interference sequence resulted in a Hoch disqualification. The two-time state qualifier in 2014 (in the 110 and 300 intermediate hurdles) would have to hope to extend his season later in the 300 hurdles on May 21. “He got disqualified because he was racing so well in that heat, because he was so far ahead of everybody else,” Scouts coach John Brumund-Smith said. “Had Gavin not had such a sizable lead, that [tumbling hurdle] would not have been a factor. It would not have gotten in the way of anybody. “The good news, if there is any, is that Gavin understands the 110 is not his main event,” the coach added. “He’ll come back from this. He’ll be OK.” Hoch, more than an hour later, raced in the 300 hurdles. He wasn’t OK. He was way better than OK. The 6-foot-1, 150-pounder sped to an electric 38.02 in his main event. It topped the field and broke the school mark of 38.54 he had set at the Lake County Meet on May 8. The time also ranks first among the 31 300 IM hurdlers who qualified for this weekend’s state meet in Charleston (May 28-30). “Disappointing,” Gavin said of his DQ. “I tried to ignore it, shake it off. It happens.
Gavin Hoch of the Scouts glides to a first-place finish in the 300-meter hurdles at the Class 3A Palatine Sectional. PHOTOGRAPHY BY jOEL LERNER
“I felt really good in the first 150 meters [of the 300]. I carried it through. I did not want to pull another ‘110’, so I made sure I did not smash into the final hurdle. I’m happy, really happy. I hope I make it to finals [at state]. That would be really cool.” Hoch first caught Brumund-Smith’s attention at an indoor meet at Evanston Township High School two winters ago. Hoch was a new face, a sophomore transfer from Hinsdale Central High School. He had stumbled in the 55meter hurdles at an earlier meet. No big
deal. The indoor season in track and field is like baseball’s spring training. Hoch got set to race in a prelim at Evanston. Brumund-Smith got ready to expect little. Seconds later, Brumund-Smith’s eyes morphed into full moons. “Gavin killed it. Gavin raced incredibly well,” the coach, a former hurdler, recalled. “He did an amazing job. He made it to the finals in the event. We had never had a kid make it to the hurdle finals at that meet. I was standing next to someone, and I remember saying, ‘Hey, we have ourselves a hurdler.’ ”
Their elite hurdler is a humble sort, with form that is “effective, not beautiful,” Brumund-Smith noted. That is fine. A hurdler’s form does not attempt to leave a pageant with a tiara. A beautiful thing is a near-37-second time in the 300 hurdles. “He’s fast, extremely fast,” Lake Forest junior Chase Horvat, a 400-meter racer, said. “But, as soon as he finishes a race, he’s a normal kid … doesn’t bring up how fast he went or where he placed. You will never hear him gloat. He’s pretty quiet before races, gets into his zone,
Notable: Scouts senior Matt Mekaelian and junior Stephen Mathew also qualified for state at last week’s 3A Palatine Sectional. Mekaelian placed eighth in the 3200 run (9:27.96), and Mathew cleared 6-feet-3 (runner-up) in the high jump. Lake Forest High School finished ninth (25.5 points) at the 15-team meet. LF’s 800 relay of Liam Pooler, Jonathan DiValerio, Chris Meng and Matthew Mick placed fourth in 1:31.49. The quartet of Pooler, DiValerio, Meng and Matthew Begley took fifth in the 400 relay (43.39). Hoch, DiValerio, Keegan Filkin and Mick collaborated for a 3:27.05 (seventh place) in the 1600 relay. Other top-10 efforts from Scouts entrants: Julian Quinn (sixth, 100 dash, 11.23; sixth, 200 dash, 22.56); Meng (seventh, long jump, 20-7); Jonathan Bang (ninth, discus, 137-5); Mark Myers (ninth, 3200, 9:29.9); Landon Edwards (ninth, high jump, 5-9); and Pooler (10th, long jump, 20-2). … Former Scouts standout hurdler Mike Ellis had held the school record in the 300 hurdles (38.83) for seven years before Hoch supplanted it on May 8.
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Loyola: Junior Liz Satter will be taking her game to the next level. The 6-foot-2 forward made a verbal commitment to the University of Pennsylvania on May 22. Satter, who plays her club basketball with the Illinois Rockets, earned all-conference honors this past after leading the Ramblers in points (310) and rebounds (187). She shot 73 percent from the foul line. She also was named to two all-tournament teams: New Trier Thanksgiving Tournament and Mundelein Holiday Classic
Eclipse: Highland Park’s Zoe Redei took part in the U.S. U-19 Women’s National Team’s 24-player camp at the U.S. Olympic Center in Chula Vista, California. She is trying to earn a spot on the 2016 FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup team. Meanwhile, Highland Park’s Lydia Brosnahan plays for the Eclipse Elite U-15 team, which went 1-0-1 against the Michigan Hawks in Elite Clubs National League play earlier this month at Oak Brook Sportsscore. Brosnahan scored the team’s lone goal in the 1-1 tie..
Memphis: Ranked No. 3 in the nation in the pole vault, junior Carolina Carmichael will competing in the NCAA East Regionals this week in Florida. On May 17, the former Lake Forest High School star cleared 14-9 to set a record at the American Athletic Conference Championships. She also set a new stadium record at the University of Connecticut. Carmichael, who will compete in the USA Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June, currently has the seventh best vault in NCAA Division I history.
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and punched sharp volleys. They moved quickly, efficiently, intelligently. They then clinched a state berth with an emom Fitzgerald, boys tennis coach phatic overhead finish. The LA faithful at Loyola Academy, became Tom started to cheer and clap vigorously Fitzgerald, matchmaker at Loyola before the ball returned to earth at the Academy, earlier this month. He had A.C. Nielsen Center in Winnetka, surveyed the field of schools slated to Horne’s hometown. Arocho lives in Norcompete at the New Trier Sectional and ridge, where the ball might have finally figured Ramblers sophomore Peter rested. Horne and freshman Alan Arocho — a “We executed,” Horne said of the pair of talented singles players — would memorable point. “Executed well. Evbe a formidable doubles team at the erything came together.” Horne/Arocho topped both of New sectional. Meet Tom Fitzgerald, clairvoyant Trier’s entrants from there, solving coach. Thomas Hanley/Wyatt Mayer 6-3, 6-2 “Both have all the shots, and they in a semifinal and Jeffrey Chen/Mahir complement each other,” Fitzgerald said. Wagh 6-2, 6-3 in the final on May 23. Horne/Arocho, having played in a They improved to 11-1 and had a good handful of doubles matches this spring, shot at earning a 5-8 state seed. netted the top seed in doubles and lived “Both are quick, smart and very skilled up to the billing resoundingly, capturing players, with good court presence,” a sectional title in Northfield on May Fitzgerald said. “You put them together, 23. They won four matches. They did not and you know they’ll do whatever it takes drop a set in the two-day event. They did to be successful. They’re fearless.” not lose more than three games in any They met each other for the first time of the eight sets. when Horne was nine and Arocho was “They play similarly, and they think eight. The setting was — where else? similarly,” said 2014 Loyola Academy — a tennis court. They have faced each graduate Anthony Arocho, Alan’s older other three times in sanctioned singles brother and Brown University’s No. 6 tournaments, with Horne holding a 2-1 singles player this spring. “They’re willing edge. Horne qualified for state in singles to try new things. They catch on quickly. last year. The 6-foot, 150-pounder hadn’t Both move well on the court, and they’re played a doubles match for the Ramblers good at communicating. Communica- before Fitzgerald matched him up with tion is big in doubles.” Arocho in a dual meet at Providence The match point of the quarterfinal Catholic on April 30. The 5-10, 145-pound Arocho chose between Horne/Arocho and a duo from Maine South had a little bit of every- not to play any kind of tennis for six thing on May 22. Up 6-1, 5-1, Horne months as an eighth-grader. Another and Arocho ripped big groundstrokes sport interested him.
comfortable with a paddle racket in hand. Paddle tennis is tennis’ little brother, a sport conducted in a roofless cage. A few years ago Horne struck paddle shots at a national tourney in New Jersey. “I’ve played a bunch of sports,” said Horne, the Chicago Catholic League’s reigning No. 1 singles champ (Arocho and Ramblers senior Jack Nichols took first at No. 1 doubles at the CCL Tournament on May 16). “I’m a huge sports fan. I follow the Cubs, the Blackhawks. I’ve been to four Cubs home games [this spring], and I’m going to the DucksBlackhawks playoff game [on May 23].” The ticket to the hockey game was an early birthday present. Horne celebrated his birthday on May 26, four days after his (state) berth day in Winnetka.
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Notable: CCL champion Loyola Academy (18 points) finished runner-up to New Trier (33) at the New Trier Sectional last weekend. Nichols and junior Patrick Browne also advanced to state Loyola Academy’s Peter Horne (left) and Alan Arocho team up to take first place in doubles. The LA pair placed fourth in doubles at the New Trier Sectional. after defeating entrants from Evanston PHOTOGRAPHY BY jOEL LERNER and Niles West in straight sets on May “Baseball … I wanted to play baseball,” tournament in Kalamazoo, Michigan. 22. … The state meet was scheduled to said Arocho, a center fielder who also That wasn’t just something to write home start on May 28 at Hersey High School roamed soccer pitches, as a forward, in about. That was something to write to and several other sites in the northwest his pre-Loyola Academy days. relatives and good friends at homes all suburbs. … Anthony Arocho, an applied Arocho returned to hitting service over the country. math/economics double major at Brown, Horne, in the same 12s division, had went a combined 8-4 at state meets in returns last summer, ditching power alleys for doubles alleys. Home again, made it to the doubles semifinals of the his sophomore and junior seasons at on a tennis court. Arocho had reached Midwest Open in Milwaukee. His Loyola Academy. He reached the sixth a 12-and-under doubles final, with partner then was current Lake Forest round of the consolation bracket at both current Stevenson High School fresh- High School freshman Connor Po- meets. man Sam Komis, at a United States lender, a qualifier, in singles, for this Tennis Association (USTA) Level 3 weekend’s state meet. Horne is also
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between points, the bottom of one palm repeatedly tapping the strings of her raised racket. “Jeffrey is even-keeled and very focused when effrey Chen’s opponent on the other side of he plays,” says Trevians junior Nick Hamburger, the tennis net did not just attempt to get the third-place finisher at No. 1 singles at the inside Chen’s head. He tried to sign a lease Central Suburban League South Tournament on and stay there for a while. May 16. “He’s very mild-mannered and really, Chen, a New Trier High School freshman, was really humble. A great competitor, too, a com12 years old at the time, a singles entrant at a petitor who doesn’t allow negative thoughts to national tournament in Arizona. His opponent bring him down.” either had off-the-charts-terrible vision or quite Before competing in doubles at a sectional meet a penchant for cheating. on the home courts last weekend, the 5-foot-8, “He was making the worst calls,” Chen recalls. 130-pound Chen had battled at No. 1 singles and “Before that match I didn’t have the best mental at Nos. 1 and 2 doubles as a rookie varsity netter. game. I was very hotheaded. But I changed during One of his best wins at singles came against that match. I responded to his bad calls with another freshman, Maine South’s Danilo Kovasilence, total silence.” cevic. One of his best wins in doubles — with The former hothead turned cool. The cool head junior Mahir Wagh, a transfer from Bermuda prevailed in the desert. Chen’s foe had to look — came against Lake Forest High School’s top elsewhere for a place to live. Chen’s behavior in duo of Jordon O’Kelly/Greg Frauenheim, which tennis matches has continued to be impeccable. reached the Round of 16 in doubles at the state If Miss Manners ever dares to take on Chen in a meet last year. Chen/Wagh qualified for state in doubles on match, she would applaud his comportment
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May 22, skipping to a 6-0, 6-0 quarterfinal defeat of a pair from Maine West at the A.C. Nielsen Center in Winnetka. They lost 6-2, 6-3 to Loyola Academy’s Alan Arocho/Peter Horne (11-1) in the sectional final on May 23, a week after capturing the No. 2 doubles title at the CSL South Tournament. “Jeffrey,” New Trier coach Ted Eckert says, “is versatile, and he has great doubles sense for a freshman. That’s unusual. Kids his age are usually focused on singles.” Chen’s focus on his first day of school at New Trier: Don’t get lost. The Northfield resident had attended Sunset Ridge School. His eighth-grade class in 2013-14 comprised 45 students. Chen probably passed that many students, at least, on the way to his first NTHS class last fall. “I memorized the routes I would have to take for each class,” he says. The backdrop to the other transition Chen had to make this year also included additional bodies. A year-round ranked player like Chen typically cracks winners in front of a parent or two at sanc-
tioned tennis tournaments in the summers, falls and winters. A round of applause in such a setting ranges from barely audible to polite. Teammates, coaches, parents and friends typically cheer for players during a high school season. Support in that setting ranges from audible to raucous. “It’s been really fun,” Chen, one of three freshmen to make Eckert’s varsity this spring, says of life as a first-year Trevian. “A great experience, really.” Notable: New Trier (33 points) qualified the maximum, four entrants, to this weekend’s state meet and easily won its sectional last weekend; runner-up Loyola Academy finished with 18 points. Trevians junior Tom Bickel defeated his twin, Scott Bickel, 6-3, 6-3 in the New Trier Sectional singles final on May 23. NT senior Thomas Hanley and junior Wyatt Mayer joined Chen/Wagh as doubles qualifiers. Hanley/Mayer topped Loyola Academy’s Patrick Browne/Jack Nichols 6-2, 6-3 in the match for third place.
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Highland Park High School’s Brett Davidson sets the early pace in the 3200 meters at the Loyola Sectional. PHOTOGRAPHY BY TING SHEN
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rett Davidson displayed unbelievable will — and staying — power in the 3200 meters on May 21 at the Class 3A Loyola Sectional. The Highland Park High School junior was all in when it came to going all out for a trip Downstate. His body pretty much was wasted after the eight grueling laps on the Loyola oval. “I was so dead after the race,” Davidson. “Couldn’t even stand up.” Charleston, at they say, is nice this time of year. And Davidson will get a chance to soak in the statemeet experience this weekend after advancing with a fifth-place finish in a personal-best time of 9:28.19. He was one of eight entries to meet the state-qualifying standard of 9:29.04. “The whole season was about this meet,” said Davidson. “It’s all about this very day.” And he pulled it off. The race started out not being very Davidson-like. Instead of hanging back and chasing, he was the one being chased. He led the entire field at the mile mark. “No one wanted to take the lead and set the pace,” said Davidson. “So I took matters into my own hands.” Eventually, the Niles North 1-2 punch — senior Dhruvil Patel (1st, 9:21.47) and junior Martin Barr (2nd, 9:21.86) — took control of the race. Hersey’s Josh Plishke finished more than five seconds in back of Barr. “Brett ran tough,” said HP head coach Mike Sommers. “He took the lead and pushed the pace. It’s not easy running from the front like that.” Sommers believes good things are ahead of Davidson — starting this weekend. “There’s a lot of room for improvement,” the coach said. “He’ll be in an even faster field at the state meet. And good competition will bring out the best in him.” In addition to Davidson, senior Eddie Smoliak,
who cleared 14-10 to win the sectional pole vault, will be making a return trip to Eastern Illinois University. He claimed a fifth-place medal (14-6) in 2014. The Giants also experienced heartache at the Loyola Sectional. First, junior Ryan Kriozere tripped and fell while going over the second hurdle in the 110-meter high hurdles. He never made it to the finish line despite running a 14.99 in the prelims (state qualifying is 14.74). And, due to the injury, he had to scratch out of the 300 hurdles. “He lost his balance and landed on his hip bone,” said Sommers. Davidson is confident that his best friend will land on his feet — and come back even stronger next year. Meanwhile, Davidson said the conclusion of the 1600 meters “was devastating to watch.” Giants senior Ben Casey missed qualifying by an eyelash. He took sixth in 4:23.42. The state-qualifying standard is 4:23.42. “I put it all out there,” Casey said. “But I came up a little short.” “It breaks your heart to see a kid work so hard and then not get out,” said Sommers. Like Davidson, Casey forced the issue. He was the race’s frontrunner for three laps. “I went out perfectly. Just the way I wanted to,” said Casey. “In the final 200, my mind was good. I was right there. “But the last 100 hit me hard,” said Casey. “I tried to fight through it, but I couldn’t.” Like Davidson, Sommers found it hard to watch his ace down the stretch. “It was like he was running in mud in the last 100,” said the coach. But the future remains bright for Casey, who will run at the University of Redlands, a Division III school in California. “Ben is tough. Resilient,” said Sommers. “This is not the end of the world for him. He’s got a lot of (college) races ahead of him.”
TEAM ROUNDUPS The Rundown Girls Track Highland Park: Whoa! Junior Charlotte Nawor was one of seven runners to beat 5:00 in the finals of the 1600 meters at the Class 3A state track and field meet on May 23 in Charleston. Her time of 4:59.80 earned her a seventh-place medal. In Friday’s prelims, she ran a personal best 4:58.21. At last year’s state meet, no one ran under 5:00 Lake Forest: Diana Mzyk finished in a tie for 12th place in the high jump (5-2) at the Class 3A state track and field meet in Charleston on May 23. Meanwhile, in the Wheelchair Division, LF sophomore Ana Kohout claimed two state titles: 400 and 800 meters. She also took third in the 200. Loyola: Junior Lila Adler came home with an eighth-place medal at the Class 3A state track and field meet on May 23 in Charleston. She cleared 11-0 in the pole vault. Meanwhile, junior Kathryn House just missed nabbing a medal by taking 10th in the 1600 meters (5:03.99), finishing one spot behind Fremd’s Ayako Higuchi (5:02.56). House qualified to the finals by running a personal best 4:59.18 in Friday’s prelims. New Trier: Mimi Smith claimed another state medal on May 23 in Charleston. The senior star, a Wake Forest recruit, raced to a fifth-place finish in the 3200 meters (10:52.47). Senior pole vaulter Nicole Karabas just missed earning a medal (tied for 11th, 11-0). The 4x800 relay team of Savannah Noethlich, Grace Fagan, Molly Schmidt and Kelli Schmidt also finished 11th (9:29.66). Footnotes Girls Soccer Highland Park: The Giants were eliminated from the postseason by Hersey 7-0 on May 19. Lake Forest: The host Scouts (14-5-2), who were scheduled to meet Carmel in a sectional semifinal on May 27, cruised to Class 2A regional title on May 22 with a 3-0 victory over Lakes. Paige Bourne, Gwen Walker and Sheridan Weiss scored the goals. Sophomore forward Delaney Williams was issued a red card. On May 19, Bourne came up
with three assists in her team’s 7-0 victory over Resurrection. She is now the school’s all-time single-season assist leader (19), breaking the record held by Nicole Lipp (16). Loyola: KK Phelan’s goal off a feed from Shannon Powers gave the host Ramblers (20-3-2) a 1-0 victory over Niles North in a Class 3A regional title game on May 23. LA was slated to face host Evanston in a sectional semifinal game on May 26. New Trier: Natalie Laser’s goal with 29 seconds left in the first half led to bigger and better things for the Trevians, who wound scoring six times in the second half to beat host team 7-0 and claim a Class 3A regional crown on May 23. The Trevians, who were scheduled to play Maine South on May 26 in the semifinals of the Evanston Sectional, improved to 22-1-1 with the win over the Wolves. The other goals were scored by Maggie Armstrong, Kelly Maday, Bina Saipi, Caroline Smith, Dana Ulrich and Molly Purcell. Drop Shots Boys Tennis Highland Park: The Giants took runner-up honors in the extremely competitive Deerfield Sectional on May 23 with 23 points. Glenbrook North won the team title with 28 points. HP will send three players to this weekend’s state tournament. Sophomore Jacob Edelchik earned runner-up honors in singles, while David Aizenberg and Max Gordon placed third in doubles. Lake Forest: The Scouts will send a maximum amount of entries to this weekend’s state meet after winning the Antioch Sectional with 36 points on May 23. Senior Brice Polender and freshman Connor Polender finished 1-2 in singles. In doubles, seniors Greg Frauenheim and Jordon O’Kelly took first. Teammates Ben Kasbeer and Colton England were the runner-ups. North Shore Country Day: Junior Blake Oslan finished fourth in singles at the New Trier Sectional on May 23 to earn a berth into this weekend’s state tournament. Volleys Boys Volleyball Highland Park: The Giants saw their season come to close, when they dropped a 25-15, 25-
23 decision to host Warren in a regional quarterfinal on May 25. Stick Nation Boys Lacrosse Lake Forest: The Scouts took care of Wheaton Warrenville South 18-10 on May 23 in the quarterfinal round of the 2015 Illinois High School Lacrosse Association’s (IHSLA) state playoffs. LF (16-5 overall, 15-3 in Illinois) opened the postseason with a 16-0 victory over Stevenson on May 18. Then, on May 21, the Scouts took down St. Charles North 20-8. They were scheduled to play New Trier on May 27. Loyola: The Ramblers ended the season with a 14-2 record in Illinois and 15-7 overall after falling to St. Viator 8-7 in the quarterfinal round of the IHSLA state tournament on May 23. LA began the playoffs with wins over Fremd 19-0 and St. Charles East 13-8. New Trier: The Trevians (16-4, 14-0 in Illinois), who were set to take on Lake Forest in state semifinals on May 27, earned state playoff wins over Conant 17-2 on May 19, Neuqua Valley 15-5 on May 21 and Naperville Central 15-6 on May 23. Girls Lacrosse Lake Forest: After beating Schaumburg 19-4 in the opening round of the Illinois High School Women’s Lacrosse Association’s (IHSWLA) state tournament on May 18, the Scouts (9-10) came up short against Palatine 14-11 on May 20. Katie Karahalios and Kara Antonucci came up with hat tricks in the loss to Palatine. Audrey Kaus (2), Marielle St. Amand (2) and Lindsey Close scored the other goals. In the win over Schaumburg, Antonucci (3 goals), Close (3 goals, 2 assists), Kaus (3 goals, 1 assist), St. Amand (3 goals, 1 assist) and Grace Geraghty (4 goals) led the way. Loyola: The Ramblers (20-3-0) opened play In the IHSWLA state playoffs with a 19-0 victory over Libertyville on May 20. They were scheduled to play Palatine on May 27. New Trier: The Trevians (172-0) topped O’Fallon 14-1 in their opening round game of the IHSWLA state playoffs on May 19. They were slated to take on Glenbard West on May 27.
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Lisa Barr slides out of the booth and stands to greet me. Even surrounded by the brunch crowd at The Original Green Bay Café, there’s little mistaking the petite spitfire in the dress. Barr, in fact, practically pulsates. It’s not long before the truth comes out: she admits to being a little wired on caffeine. But this shouldn’t come as a surprise, she tells me. It’s merely a daily ritual. So much so that her husband, David, bought her a sign that could be mistaken as a mantra. “Get me the coffee,” it goes, “and nobody gets hurt.” Good thing she’s had her coffee. And yet the Original Green Bay Café is typically a place reserved for the author to decelerate from the daily grind. The buttery pancake yin to her up-tempo yang. I can see why. A chalkboard on the far wall is filled with menu items written in electric-colored chalk. The wooden booths feel cozy. The word quaint comes to mind. It’s as if the entire state of Vermont were being represented by a café in Winnetka. Barr orders a grapefruit juice, followed by an omelet with spinach, Swiss cheese, mushrooms, potatoes, and a side of rye toast. Her preference for most, if
not all, of the above is to be cooked well done (burnt). Barr is a woman who knows what she likes. How far would you go for your passion? This is the question at the heart of her debut novel, “Fugitive Colors” (Arcade Publishing). Her novel won the Independent Publisher Book Awards gold medal for Best Literary Fiction 2014 and first prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript at the Hollywood Film Festival (Opus Magnum Discovery Award). Having just returned from a whirlwind trip to Israel, Barr’s novel will be published in Hebrew in the fall. “Fugitive Colors” tells the story of Julian Klein. A young, idealistic Jew growing up in 1930s Chicago, Klein rejects his orthodox upbringing in favor of his true passion: painting. Absconding to Paris, Klein is quickly caught up in the artistic freedoms of the City of Lights, or what Hemingway referred to as a “moveable feast.” Klein, however, is the only expatriate at his feast. Once there, he meets the aspiring yet inferior German artist, Felix von Bredow, and the talented French painter Rene Levi, along with Levi’s girlfriend Adrienne and
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Even today, it’s estimated that at least 100,000 pieces of artwork have not been returned to their rightful owners. In 1991, Barr was a young journalist serving as managing editor of “Today’s Chicago Woman.” She still remembers being sent on assignment to cover the “Degenerate Art” exhibit at the Art Institute of Chicago. What struck her in that moment was a poignant feeling some authors spend their whole lives searching for. She had found a story that needed telling. She would find the time to actually write it years later. She was in Jerusalem, placed on a nine-month bed during the pregnancy of her first child. At the time, the graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University was living in Israel, working as a reporter for The Jerusalem Post. All that energy had to go somewhere. She invested it into the first draft of her novel. “I never get writer’s block because I don’t have time for it now,” says Barr, who has three teenage girls at her home in Deerfield — or what she refers to affectionately as “Drama Central.” Barr has a beautiful home office, she tells me. But there’s the laundry, the dogs — all these distractions. So she retreats to the nearby Starbucks.
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