The North Shore Weekend East, Issue 143 by JWC Media

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Social scene

Award-winning novelist tackles Hurricane Katrina. P34

SPORTS

Winnetka’s Matt Murlick takes 5th at prestigious golf tourney. P27

Check out our expanded coverage of social events. P20

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NEWS

Winnetka likely to spend $150,000 on master-plan consultants By Emily Spectre

search committee comprised of Winnetka village staff and trustees recommended the consulting team Teska Associates, Inc., Goodman Williams Group and Sam Schwartz Engineering to develop a master plan for the village’s struggling business districts at a recent Village Council meeting. The consulting team submitted an estimated budget of $147,920 for the project. Teska Associates and Sam Schwartz Engineering, which would be overseeing the master plan and parking and transportation analysis respectively, estimated their cost at $118,430. Goodman William Group would provide a market analysis report for $29,490. The consulting team was the lowest bidder of the seven consulting firms considered by the village. Trustee Bill Krucks was on the search committee that vetted the Continues on page 12

Wave that flag

Patriotic celebrations will abound on North Shore By BILL MCLEAN

t amuses Wally Hayward every year around this time. The Kenilworth resident and former Chicago Cubs executive joins members of his family for a bike ride to Evanston. Scattered, at various spots along the city’s Fourth of July Parade route, are lawn chairs, folding chairs, blankets and other items … two days before the parade. Dibs. They got dibs. Some want to make sure they get to park themselves in a prime spot for one of the best Independence Day parades on the North Shore. “It’s really something what people will do to stake out their territory for a parade, to secure their real estate,” Hayward says. “We love seeing the creativity of the residents.

Young families have fun every year during the Fourth of July on the North Shore.

“It’s such a huge thing, that parade,” he adds. Up and down the North Shore, huge things abound for residents, young and old, on our country’s birthday. For pets, too, young and old. The first of Highland Park’s two parades is its Children’s Bike & Pet Parade, sponsored by the Highland Park Chamber of Commerce. The Jesse White Tumblers will do their thing at Duke Childs

The Fourth of July Lineup Glencoe

8 a.m.: Rotary Fun Run at the Train Station. 10 a.m.: Preschool Games at Kalk Park. 10 a.m.: Art Fair at Wyman Green. Noon: Glencoe’s Got Talent at Kalk Park. 2 p.m.: Village Parade. 6 p.m.: Music by Shout Out at Lakefront Park.

Field in Winnetka, giving spectators the opportunity to warm up their “oohs and aahs” before the start of the village’s fireworks show. Wynonna Judd’s band, Wynonna & the Big Noise, highlights Lake Forest’s celebration at Deerpath Community Park on July 4. On July 3 at Gillson Park in Wilmette, following a Fun Run/Walk For Fun, roving performers will entertain Tastefest consumers.

Other must-see and must-sitfor options: • Glencoe will use Kalk Park (preschool games and talent show), Wyman Green (art fair), downtown Glencoe (parade) and Lakefront Park (concert and fireworks) to observe the United States’ 239th birthday. • Glenview normally stages its Twilight Show Concert and Fireworks at the Glenview Park Golf

9 p.m.: Fireworks at Lakefront Park.

Glenview

10:30 a.m.: Bike Parade for children ages preschool to 9 years. 11:15 a.m.: Parade, Harlem Avenue to Central Road. 7 p.m.: Twilight Show Concert & Fireworks at Gallery Park.

Highland Park

9:30 a.m.: Children’s Bike & Pet Parade.

Club. Not this year, on the 50th anniversary of its Fourth of July celebration; no shouts of “Fore!” on the 4th. The course recently underwent a major renovation. The 100piece North Shore Concert band and fireworks will delight ears and eyes at Gallery Park this year. Lynne Stiefel, Village of Glenview communications manager, Continues on page 12

10 a.m.: Main Parade. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Highland Park Fourth Fest – Sunset Woods Park, 1801 Sunset Road. 6 – 11 p.m.: Concert & Fireworks at Wolters Field, 1080 Park Avenue. 8:15 – 10:45 p.m.: Float and Fireworks – Hidden Creek Aqua Park, 1220 Fredrickson Place.

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10 a.m. :The 105th Lake Bluff Fourth of July Parade will officially start. Continues on page 12

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IN THIS ISSUE [ NEWS ] 12 c elebrate good times

Towns on the North Shore display their patriotism in a variety of ways on the Fourth of July.

13 h ockey madness

The good fortune of the Chicago Blackhawks has been a boon for business for one Winnetka store.

[LIFESTYLE & ARTS ] 16 n orth shorts

Read Mike Lubow’s brief, insightful musings about life.

18 north shore foodie

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20 social whirl

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22 open houses

Find out — complete with map — what houses you can walk through for possible purchase on the North Shore on Sunday.

23 h ouses of the week

Intriguing houses for sale in our towns are profiled.

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26 big ‘d’ ahead for big forward

Spencer Farina has a big decision ahead of him. Will he play soccer for New Trier High School this fall? Or will he play for his club team?

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the bulk of it is really an explanation to the world why this step of dissolving political bands with England needs to be taken. It features a list of complaints about King George III. “He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people,” notes the Declaration (though the king surely was stung by his subjects’

harangue and lost the ensuing war, he survived on the throne and continued his 59-year reign into the 19th century). After finishing, look at all of those who signed it. The dozens basically put ink on their own potential death sentence – Great Britain would have hanged any one of them who it captured. Think how the republic would have suffered if future Presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (who authored the Declaration of Independence), along with Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, had their necks snapped on the gallows. Nearly 240 years into this great experiment of freedom and liberty, the United States’ founding document remains as relevant and as important as ever. Take a few minutes today to see what it’s all about. You may even win the game of reciting a sentence. Enjoy the weekend.

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there will be an awful lot of traffic,” he said. During the public comment period, residents also raised concerns about the height and scale of the project. “I feel confused why we are not applying our zoning guidelines to this plan,” said Winnetka resident Katie Comstock. “It is too big of a project. We have zoning laws. Let’s stick to the zoning laws,” Winnetka resident Bob Stevens said. Winnetka resident Jane Dearborn said she is concerned about the plan’s location of garbage repository and commercial deliveries at the corner of Elm Street and Arbor Vitae Road, a residential area. She said it places an unfair burden on people on Maple Street, Arbor Vitae Road and the townhouses and that it will greatly increase traffic congestion on Elm. Commissioner and Trustee Carol Fessler asked that Stonestreet respond to the questions residents raised at the next meeting. The Plan Commission continued the public comment period to its next regular meeting scheduled July 22. Black & Veatch’s competing bid, Saunders advised the Council to award the contract to V3. “I think [given] the value that we would get for the project that is singularly important to the village at this

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Lake Forest

5-10 p.m.: Wynonna & the Big Noise will be playing during the Festival & Fireworks. Events will take place at the Deerpath Community Park, 400 Hastings Road. Northbrook 7:30 a.m.: Liberty Loop 5K and the Liberty Lap Fun Run at Techny Prairie Park and Fields.

Wilmette ( July 3)

8 a.m.: Fun Run, Walk For Fun at Gillson Park.

“It’s really something what people will do to stake out their territory for a parade, to secure their real estate.”

9:15 a.m.: Youth Run at Gillson Park. 4 p.m.-10 p.m.: Celebrations & Fireworks at Gillson Park

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10 a.m.: The parade steps off from the intersection of Elm Street and Glendale Avenue. 11 a.m.: Traditional flag-raising ceremony, children’s flag parade and family races. 6 p.m.: Fourthfest at Duke Childs Field. 7 -9 p.m.: Blooze Brothers. 8 p.m.: Jessie White Tumblers. 9:20 p.m.: Fireworks.

slate of Fourth of July activities, Hayward typically likes to check out what Wilmette has to offer each year on July 3, followed by what Winnetka has to offer each July 4. “My family,” he says, “loves having so many options on the North Shore. The celebrations bring communities together, families and friends and neighbors. Each celebration helps define the character of each community. “I remember seeing friends and their kids at the Winnetka parade, the kids running after flying candy from floats. I’m no longer quick enough to grab the candy before the kids do.”

Starbucks given go-ahead to sell wine, beer and meet up with friends. But sometimes, you just want a glass of wine and a delicious bite to he Winnetka Starbucks can sell wine eat without going to a bar or making a restauand beer after the Village Council rant reservation.” Starbucks made national news in the spring unanimously approved a Class F liquor of 2014 when it announced that it would be license at a recent meeting. The village code was amended to create a li- expanding its sale of alcohol in locations across quor license class for coffee shops in Winnetka. the country. The company first started selling The change is part of a national rollout by wine and beer at a Seattle location in 2010. Other Starbucks in the Chicagoland area the chain called Starbucks Evenings. On its website Starbucks states: “We’ve always been that currently serve alcohol include four Chiyour neighborhood spot where you can take a cago locations and the suburban shops in Schamoment to unwind, grab a well-deserved treat, umburg, Burr Ridge and Evanston.

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ace Grant hang from the ceiling of the immaculate shop. A green chair rests on the hardwood floor. Chicago Cubs fans at Wrigley Field sat in that same green chair in the 1930s. Impressive stuff, cool By BILL MCLEAN stuff, adorn the walls, mostly strikschool bus rolls to a stop in ing photos and uniforms of superNorthfield, not far from a stars — past and present — in charming sports memo- frames. Keith McDonough’s business rabilia shop. A grade-school boy, Sam McDonough, exits the bus is 22 years old. Sam McDonough and heads toward the shop, filled — former milk and cookies fan, with merchandise that had either former New Trier High School been worn or autographed by basketball player, current Bleachers Sports & Framing general some of his sports heroes. Keith McDonough is Sam’s fa- manager — is 27 years old. The ther and the shop’s owner. Father matriarch, Patti McDonough, is the shop’s sales manager. greets son. “We’ve been in the business for Son heads toward milk and a long time, going back to pre-Incookies. “He didn’t just eat there,” Keith ternet days,” Keith, a Rogers Park McDonough recalls. “Sam also did native, says. “Today you have to be selling in all areas of the markethis homework there.” The charming sports memora- place, and you have to be diverse, bilia shop is now named Bleachers have to offer a variety of items for Sports & Framing. It is located in collectors and customers interested Winnetka, the business’ third loca- in framing merchandise for gifts.” It is late June. Bleachers Sports tion. Game-worn sneakers of former Chicago Bulls forward Hor- & Framing is Chicago Black-

had defeated Tampa Bay 2-0 in Game 6 to clinch the Cup. Kane is holding one end of the Cup with his right hand, Toews the other end with his left. The photo will be converted to canvas and autographed by both Hawks. Keith McDonough — third cousin of Blackhawks President and CEO John McDonough, by the way — recently ordered 25 of the 20”x29” canvas pieces (price to be determined) for his shop. They

Keith McDonough hoists a picture of Patrick Kane hoisting the Stanley Cup at Bleachers Sports & Framing in Winnetka. Photography by Joel Lerner

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hawks-heavy, the buzz of the team’s third Stanley Cup championship in six years still ringing, still elating rabid fans. Red Blackhawks sweaters here, red Blackhawks Tshirts there. Keith McDonough’s favorite hockey player is Patrick Kane, the Blackhawks’ impossibly talented right wing. Kane and Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews posed for a photograph on the United Center ice June 15, minutes after Chicago

will be in stock in July, as will 25 photographs of an item Keith McDonough has dubbed “The Ambassador Piece.” The 26”x26” piece features Kane and Toews flanking ex-Hawks and Hall of Famers Denis Savard, Tony Esposito, Stan Mikita and Bobby Hull. All are standing on UC ice and in uniform, with their autographs scratched near the base of the image. McDonough plans to sell each Ambassador piece for “under $1,000.” Buyer beware? Not at Bleachers Sports & Framing, where the authenticity of its items is airtight. Counterfeit merchandise, sadly, permeates the sports memorabilia industry. Federal agents seized more than 4,000 fake Blackhawks items — estimated retail value of $181,000 — during the Stanley Cup Final and the victory celebration in Chicago on June 18. “We’ve always striven to be a reliable business, with all the transgressions inherent in autographed memorabilia,” Keith McDonough notes. “We sell unique things and

arrange them creatively, in frames, for our customers. We’ll frame anything.” Bleachers Sports and Framing is not just for sports fans. One corner of the shop is devoted to music memorabilia, a framed photo of The Who’s Pete Townshend and Roger Daltry hanging near a guitar’s pick guard, signed by U2 frontman Bono. The shop is also home to a framed photo of Ronald Reagan (plus an Reagan inauguration invite, plus an autographed book plate) and a framed leather jacket, autographed by none other than The Fonz, Henry Winkler. Winkler also wrote, above his name, “Stay cool.” Looking for a happy day at one, two, three o’clock or four o’clock? Step inside Bleachers Sports & Framing. Bleachers Sports & Framing is located at 557 Chestnut Street in Winnetka. Visit www.bleacherssports.com or contact the shop at (847) 441-7767. Hours are Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., and Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

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ith our Independence Day celebration imminent, you can’t help but trip over references to the Founding Fathers. Some are majestic, as the images carved on Mount Rushmore of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Others are less so, such as the caricatures of those two who race around the stadium during the fourth inning of the Washington Nationals home games.

And though they say that beside every great man is a great woman (or something like that — this idiom from the 1940s needs updating), nobody is blasting Dolley Madison’s face out of a rock formation and calling it a national park. The closest we’ve come is a recent movement to put Eleanor Roosevelt on the $20 bill. Women On 20s (womenon20s. org) organized an online vote earlier this year to select one woman from a slate of 15 who

the organization presented to President Obama with its petition to put a woman’s face on paper currency. In 600,000 votes cast over 10 weeks, Mrs. Roosevelt was bested by the deserving Harriet Tubman. But I digress. The issue remains that the First Ladies are a huge part of the success of the Founding Fathers and many of our Presidents, though they receive little credit for their efforts. In honor of the July 4 holiday, I’ve highlighted just a few of their many contributions to our nation’s history and foundation. Dolley Madison (1809-1817), wife of James, was known in Washington as a perfect hostess. But her strength came through when the capital was attacked during the War of 1812. Mrs. Madison rescues state documents and a portrait of George Washington from the President’s home just before British troops set fire to the mansion. Sarah Polk (1845-1849), wife of James, was a most independent woman of her era. She served as her husband’s private advisor, reading his speeches and working alongside him in other business matters as he worked to expand the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean. Eliza Johnson (1865-1869), wife of Andrew, was an invalid. But it was Eliza who taught her husband to read and write during the early years of the marriage and enabled his entrance into politics. Helen Taft (1909-1913), wife of William, was the first First Lady to ride in the same

“Though they say that beside every great man is a great woman (or something like that — this idiom from the 1940s needs updating), nobody is blasting Dolley Madison’s face out of a rock formation and calling it a national park.” carriage as the President from his swearing in at the U.S. Capitol to the White House. But her legacy is the swath of cherry trees (a gift from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo) that she had planted along the Potomac River. The annual National Cherry Blossom Festival brings 1.5 million visitors to Washington, D.C. Lou Hoover (1929-1933), wife of Herbert, used her lifelong role as a Girl Scout leader to explain her progressive opinions about women, self-esteem and leadership while in the White House; she used the radio to promote these views. Mrs. Hoover was sworn in as a troop leader by the organization’s founder in 1917 and elected national president in 1922. She served as honorary national president while she was First Lady. Betty Ford (1974-1977), wife of Gerald, and Rosalynn Carter (1977-1981), wife of Jimmy,

worked to gain states’ support for the Equal Rights Amendment. Mrs. Ford shocked reporters when she announced her support for this issue in her first news conference, as her husband opposed the legislation. But her honesty sealed her place in cultural history, as she was similarly unafraid to discuss publicly her drug and alcohol abuse and her battle with breast cancer. Could you support your spouse in the White House? Send me an email at joanna@northshoreweekend.com.

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magine it: Northbrook Court had a couple of bookstores in the same mall. Down the road, two other bookstores competed nose-to-nose at Lake-Cook and Waukegan. Highland Park had a big one on Central; all the North Shore suburbs featured bookstores.

Musings by Mike Lubow Today, website shopping, epublishing and reading devices are closing the book on much of that business. These contemporary conveniences are pretty cool. But you can’t help thinking ... There was a day when you stood in one of those bookstores scanning colorful racks of new re-

leases. The smell of glossy paper, fresh ink. You were looking for a good summertime story — but didn’t know exactly what it would be. Then, maybe a previously unknown author caught your eye. Richard Ford, say. A guy you’d never heard of. Popular wisdom

says you can’t tell a book by its cover. Baloney. Ford’s “The Sportswriter” grabbed you. Since that day, you’ve read many more of his books as they came out over the years. It didn’t have to be Ford. It could have been somebody like Gillian Flynn, another discovery who wasn’t, at the time, a household

name like Grisham or Hemingway. These authors were strangers until you bumped into them by chance in a bookstore while perusing the aisles. Without stores can such random encounters still happen? Of course, you can shop online. But how likely is it you’ll discover

something there that you weren’t already searching for by name? This is a turn of the page in modern literary marketing. All you can do is shrug it off; just go with the flow. And go to the North Shore’s remaining bookstores while they’re still hanging in there.

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alk into Bangers & Lace on a weekday at an off-hour, and it strikes you. Or should I say, many things strike you at once. The rustic Midwestern lodge feeling. The antique rifles and stern-faced deer heads, the olivegreen stools, lacey white curtains, wood-burning stoves, brick walls, pheasants, the bar’s long wooden countertop, a mountain goat, mirrors, lamps with craning golden necks, and a wall-mounted trout with a party hat. Like I said, it strikes you, but exactly what that is — somewhere between a hipster locale and the bar equivalent of the Bates Motel maybe — is up for debate. The chef, Jesse Miller, appears from the kitchen. He offers us a beer from the extensive list, citing the age-old proverb: somewhere, it’s got to be 5 o’clock. We respond accordingly, eyeballing the beer list, a towering chalkboard behind the bar. We look pleasantly dumbfounded. Miller comes to our rescue. Surveying the list, I ask him what he’s looking for. A pecan porter, he says. One that would go excellently with the menu’s

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new dish, the “No Spring Chicken.” Alas, to no avail. “Apparently it kicked last night,” he notes, going for the next best thing: an 1809 Berliner Weiss by German brewing company Professor Fritz Briem. “It’s got a farmhouse funk to it, a little acidity — a little sour,” says Miller. He grabs a couple of 12-ounce snifters and pulls the corresponding tap. (At any time, Bangers has more than 30 international beers on tap.) Indeed, the ghostly stains of past brews linger on the chalkboard’s edges. Miller plates the dish, and we relish in his (second) choice in beer. “My inspiration for [this] dish was the first day that was over 60 degrees,” he says, laughing. “I

wanted to do something light, something fresh.” This Evanston-based restaurant has a sister — the original in Wicker Park. The name is the same: “Bangers” is the British term for sausage, and “Lace” stands for Brussels lace, the intricate veil of beer foam that clings to the side of the glass as you drink it. For the dish, aside from selecting the right libation to complement it, Miller’s advice is simple: “Make sure you have your oven set at the right temperature for the chicken. You always want to roast chicken at usually around 450 degrees, just to get that nice sear on the outside and to make sure it stays nice and tender and juicy on the inside.” And not to fear: it says creamy corn but there’s no cream in the dish whatsoever. Come into the restaurant, and you can feel assured the birds they use are Amish chickens. That means no genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and they’re completely free range. Adds Miller, “It’ll fill you up, but it won’t make you feel full.” Bangers & Lace is at 810 Grove Street in Evanston. Call 847-9050854 for reservations.

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The Women’s Board of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) hosted a luncheon at the Chicago Club in May celebrating the life of Dr. Henry B. Betts. Dr. Betts, who passed away in early 2015, was widely known for his research that aligned with RIC’s vision to fully integrate science and clinical care. The more than 180 guests had the pleasure to hear Dr. Richard Lieber, senior vice president of RIC, speak on ways to better help patients.

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Fans, friends, and family gathered at Froggy’s French Café in mid-June to raise a glass to 35 years of fine French cuisine as owner and chef Thierry Lefeuvre celebrated his eatery’s anniversary. Customers stopped by for a champagne toast and some delicious food as all celebrated the last three and half decades of the Highwood-based restaurant. Dave & Sue Fowler

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he tall soccer star toured a miniature golf course in Lincolnshire last weekend, battling 19 moving obstacles on 18 holes and facing a gigantic clown with a permasmile, among other visually arresting hazards. Spencer Farina, 6-foot-2 and the third of six siblings, joined family members for some fun at ParKing. The dangerous, talented forward and senior-to-be at New Trier High School made choices at the facility, one being the color of his ball. He made decisions. Do I bank this putt or attempt to shoot it past a moving obstacle? Am I here to win or have a blast? Farina, a Wilmette resident, faces an entirely different kind of decision as the final summer of his prep life unfolds and melts: High school soccer in the fall or academy soccer in the fall? “I’m procrastinating,” admits Farina, an all-sectional pick and author of eight goals and 15 assists for a Class 3A sectional championship squad (21-4-2) last fall. “I don’t know what I’m going to do. I met with [New Trier coach Wes Molyneaux] a couple of times after the season to talk about the issue, the decision. He’s been really nice about it, respectful and understanding.” His older brother, Jeffrey (the second-oldest in the Farina bunch), played two seasons at New Trier before deciding to develop his game with the Chicago Fire Academy during his junior and senior years. He is tall, too, a 6-3 forward. Jeffrey Farina, a sophomore-to-be at the University of Notre Dame, played in all 21 matches for the Irish (12-5-4 last fall), two as a starter. He scored two goals, dished a team-high seven assists. ND, ranked No. 1 in the nation before the start of the NCAA men’s tournament, fell 1-0 to Virginia in the NCAA Round of 16 on Nov. 30. “I look up to my brother. He’s been an inspiration to me,” Spencer Farina says. “He devoted

Magic man: Spencer Farina was an all-sectional pick for the 21-win Trevians last fall. He had eight goals and 15 assists. He plays club soccer with the U17 Chicago Magic, which recently won the Region II championship. PHOTOGRAPHY BY joel lerner

a whole lot of time and energy to soccer when he was in high school, sometimes five, six hours a day [with Fire Academy teammates and coaches]. And he got rewarded for it — Notre Dame soccer is big-time, a big-time Division I program.” Farina is a member of Chicago Magic PSG Preacademy U17, based in Highland Park and coached by Bato Radoncic. It traveled to northern Wisconsin last month and returned home as US Youth Soccer Region II champion, having qualified for nationals (starting July 21 in Tulsa, Oklahoma). He and his

U16 Magic mates reached US Youth Soccer nationals last summer. Farina’s primary role for the current Magic crew is a critical one, the forward taking care of No. 9 duties, mostly with his back to the opponent’s goal. He sees to it that his speedy outside wings receive wellplaced passes. “Our tallest guy on the team, strong up top,” Magic goalkeeper and University of Wisconsin-Green Bay-bound Carlos Pineda (Highland Park High School, ’15) says. “He’s a big part of our team, a great team player with great touch. Spencer is

always really calm, even when he’s finishing. It’s important to be calm the older you get, because soccer gets faster against players at higher levels. “The way he distributes the ball … his passes are simple,” Pineda adds. “Spencer keeps the team relaxed, slows the game down. I like how he takes a second, when he has the ball, to see what’s going on around him, then he goes from there, gets the ball to where it needs to be.” Farina motored mostly along the outside of pitches for the Trevians last fall, a willing and highly effective distributor for

high-scoring forward Duncan Gill (NTHS, ’15). Farina also served as NT’s primary throw-in guy. “A big piece of what we tried to do and probably our most creative player,” Molyneaux says of the 175-pound Farina. “He did a lot of neat things for us, scored a couple of pretty goals. He’s a big target, holds the ball well, has great vision. Fun player to watch. His throws … every time they made their way toward the box, they were dangerous.” Farina got his start in the sport at the park district level. He then played U9 travel soccer

for the Wilmette Wings, a seven-year-old butting heads (inadvertently) — and soccer balls — against older, more experienced booters. U9 coaches (and, later, U10 coaches) deployed Farina on defense in some matches, in goal in others. “I wanted to get more serious about soccer,” he says of playing up at such a young age. At the U11 level, with players his age, Farina settled in at forward. The tall forward, between Magic soccer matches, enjoys spending time this summer with his youngest siblings, Kevin, 9, and Sophia, 6. “Sophia,” he says, “is 6½, not 6. Don’t tell her she’s 6; she’ll get mad at you.” The big brother laughs, a happy teenager sharing bits of information about another meaningful topic (family). Another brother, Jo Jo Farina, is a sophomore-to-be at New Trier, a defender coming off a season of Freshman ‘A’ soccer. The oldest of the six Farina children is Princeton University student Allie. Big brother Jeffrey has a high soccer IQ. Big sister Allie? A high IQ. “She’s one of the smartest people I know,” Spencer Farina says. “She could be President of the United States one day, or run a huge company.” Spencer Farina could be a Trevians soccer player this fall. Or an academy soccer player. Notable: Michael Gallo, a senior-to-be at New Trier, also played on the US Youth Soccer Region II champion Magic U17 team last month. Normally a forward, he played outside back in two group matches, a semifinal and the final (a 3-1 defeat of Alliance 98, Michigan, on June 24). “Michael did a really good job in an unfamiliar position,” Farina says of Gallo, named a Trevians captain for the 2015 season. “Fast, he’s fast, and he always works hard.”

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Ferrari does it to Matt Murlick. Does it to him every time. If such a car is anywhere near the senior-to-be at New Trier High School, he stops, stares, marvels, smiles. One of his classmates, Andrew Huber, has been nearby when a Ferrari catches Murlick’s attention. “He’s always talking cars, always looking out for a Ferrari,” Huber says. “Matt likes them red or yellow, bold colors. He’s a bold guy.” Matt Murlick must be a fan of the color green, too. Golf is his game, his passion, his escape from the rigors of admiring a certain Italian luxury sports car. “Matt, since I started playing with him three, four years ago, has always been a really good putter,” Huber adds. “His putting stroke is consistent. He’s good around the greens, which makes him a threat at any tournament.” Murlick competed at the 46th Illinois State Junior Amateur Championship at Makray Memorial Golf Club in Barrington June 23-25. He shot 73-71-76 at the par-71 course, solid enough for fifth place and a five-tournament America Junior Golf Association exemption in 2016. He was a threat. On the front nine, on Day 1, Murlick carded a 6-over-par 41. On the back nine, on the same day, he took only 32 shots (4under). The 5-foot-10, 145-pound Trevian birdied the 10th hole and holed out from a fairway for an eagle on 11th. Two holes, 3-underpar, front nine forgotten. Completely. From there it was, in essence, full Spieth ahead. “The birdie [on 10],” Murlick recalls, “was the turning point. I started to feel confident.” The result at Makray extended Murlick’s string of strong showings in 2015 to three. He had topped the field at the Deerfield Open April 18-19, carding a

4-over 147 (74-73) at a MidAmerica Junior Golf Tour (MAJGT) event at Deerfield Golf Club. Less than a month later, at Shepherd’s Crook Golf Course in Zion, Murlick tied for third place (71-72) at another MAJGT tournament. “Working on my game [at Northwestern University’s indoor golf facility] in the offseason, especially from 100 yards and in, kept my game fresh,” Murlick, a two-year varsity member, says. “I was there three times a week sometimes, with some of my teammates and other kids from Loyola [Academy] and Glenbrook North. It helped me a lot, doing that in the winter months.” Murlick helped New Trier finish runner-up at the Class 3A state tournament last fall, shooting a 155 (80-75) at The Den at Fox Creek Golf Course in Bloomington. The aggregate score ranked fourth among Trevians and tied for 29th place overall. He had earned medalist honors at the Glenbrook North Regional weeks earlier, touring Sportsman’s Country Club in an even-par 70 for the championship squad. He had tied for fifth place at the Central Suburban League South Tournament five days before that. “You have to rely on your teammates during the season, and Matt is reliable, in addition to being a supportive teammate,” says Huber, who paced the Trevians at state last fall with a 76-74 (sixth-place tie). “We found out we can depend on him to come in with a strong score. What makes him dependable is his strong mental game. No matter what kind of round he’s having, he stays focused, stays strong.” Mention his upcoming New Trier season, his final autumn in a program that has captured nine state championships and finished DRIVEN: Matt Murlick, seen here during high school action last fall, took fifth at the Illinois State state runner-up 14 times, and then Junior Amateur Championship. He will be one of the pacesetters for the reigning Class 3A state listen to Murlick, his voice reach- runner-up. PHOTOGRAPHY BY Joel Lerner

ing a “I-just-saw-a-Ferrari!” level. “I am really, really excited,” Murlick says. “Last year we had a very good regular season and were close, really close [at state]. The team is looking good.” Three NT seniors — former state champ Jack Junge, Will Connelly and Will Seaman — played their final prep rounds at state last fall. Significant losses to graduation, all of them. They will be missed. Murlick, Huber and junior-to-be Justin Choi will return as state-meet linksters, been-there, putted-there vets. Murlick caddies some at Skokie Country Club in Glencoe this summer. You are much more likely to find him at Winnetka Golf Club, working on his game, playing a few rounds. It is the Trevians’ home course. It is his home course. “I’m there practically every day [in the summer months],” he admits. “I’m the golfer in my family now, the only golfer. My parents don’t play. My brothers [Andrew, a freshman-to-be at the University of Illinois, and Ben, a freshman-to-be at NTHS] no longer play. I’ve always liked golf. I started playing golf when I was 8. I went to golf camps.” He putts golf balls, chips golf balls. Matt Murlick also drives golf balls. There’s only one other thing in the world he would like to drive. The thing is bigger than a golf ball, bigger than a golf cart. You don’t get a third clue. Notable: Winnetkan Drew Miles, a senior-to-be at North Shore Country Day School, finished in a tie for 27th place (7577-78) at the Illinois State Junior Amateur Championship at Makray Memorial. Jed Thomas, a sophomore-to-be at Lake Forest High School, shot 77-77-79 (tie, 39th place), fourth best among Class of 2018 entrants in the field.

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twice in the tournament, tallied the team’s lone goal against TFA. LFSA advanced to the playoff round by going 2-0-1 in the Group A pool. Bridget Mitchell was a scoring machine. She came up with a hat trick in a 4-1 win over Futura Academy Vardar (Missouri), while she also scored a goal in her team’s 2-0 victory over CESA 02 Orange (Indiana). Julia Loeger and Malori Killoren also tallied goals. The other squad members include Sarah Bires, Margaret Buchert, Sophia Divagno, Nicole Doucette, Halle Douglass, Ingrid Falls, Molly Fisher, Anya Kavanagh, Hayden Keller, Emma Manolovic, Alyssa Marquis, Calista O’Connor, Emily Paton, Faith Roberts, Quinn Sokol, Emerson Waddle and Abigail Wickman. In U19 action, the Chicago Red Stars, who roster Lake Forest’s Ginny McGowan and Angela Waddle, finished 3-0 in pool play and then lost in the semifinals on PKs to Cleveland United White 3-2. McGowan will be a sophomore at Notre Dame. Waddle plays for Vanderbilt. FC United U17 missed the playoff rounds after going 1-1 in pool play. The team dropped a 4-1 decision to the Michigan Jaguars and defeated Ft. Wayne United 2-1. The goals were scored by Bina Saipi, Celia Frei and Alex Yasko. FC United U14 wound up 1-1-1 in pool play. The team tied Maplewood Blast (Minnesota) 2-2 in game one on goals by Jolie Carl and Emily Chrisman. In game two, FC United downed BHRapids (South Dakota) 4-0 on goals by Carl, Lily Conley (2) and Makayla Stadler. And in its 3-1 loss to FC Pride (Indiana), the team’s lone goal was scored by Sophie Michael. In the U18 bracket, Jessica Ritchie, a New Trier graduate, scored a goal for Eclipse Elite White in its 3-2 loss to Omaha FC Elite in pool play. Eclipse, which also featured Lake Forest’s Jenny McKendry and Lake Bluff’s Aspyn Repp, finished 0-2 in pool play.

Summer Golf Tournaments Meadowbrook Classic: Glencoe’s Margaret Hickey, who recently completed her sophomore season at Loyola Academy, carded a 162 (81-81) to claim runnerup honors in the 36-hole Mid-American Junior Golf Tour (MAJGT) Classic at Meadowbrook Country Club in Racine, Wisconsin, on June 25-26. She finished nine strokes in back of Barrington Hills’ Reena Sulkar. Highland Park’s Nicole Berardi (class of 2017) ended up with a 177 to finish in a tie for eighth place. Lake Forest’s Megan Sturonas (class of 2017) placed 12th (181). In boys action, Northbrook’s Charlie Van Cleave (class of 2017) shot a 158 to place fourth in the Meadowbrook Classic. The other area golfers to finish in the top 15 included Lake Forest’s Elliot Georges (8th, 164), Winnetka’s Christopher Lee (9th, 165), Glencoe’s Nicholas Stachowiak (tied for 11th, 172) and Wilmette’s Ethan Wagner (15th, 178). MAJGT Championship at Geneva National: Glenview’s Charlie Nikitas came on strong — shooting a 69 on the final round — to make things interesting on June 18. His 54-hole total (220) placed him fourth overall, three strokes behind medalist Robbie Morway of Mequon, Wisconsin. Northfield’s Justin Choi (class of 2017) came in fifth (221), while Glenview’s Kevin Paek finished in a tie for sixth (222). In earlier MAJGT tournament play, Choi claimed runner-up honors at the 36-hole Windmill Open (147) on May 30-31, while Paek finished in a tie for third (150). Andrew Huber of Winnetka also was a top-10 performer (152). In the girls tournament at Geneva National, Glencoe’s Margaret Hickey tied Raelyn Spears (Minnesota) for sixth place (238). Hickey also was a standout at the MAJGT Windmill Open on May 30-31. She earned runner-up honors with a 167. Glenview’s Nicole Wetoska placed eighth (173).

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Courtside | USTA Tennis Circuit Midwest Closed (12s/14’s): Highland Park’s Eli Gordon claimed the Boys’ 12 Singles title at the United States Tennis Association (USTA) Midwest Closed Championships in Okemos, Michigan, on June 20-25. Gordon, the younger brother of HP doubles standout Max Gordon (3rd in state doubles with David Aizenberg), defeated Grant Dunham of Madison, Wisconsin, 6-3, 6-1 in the final to finish the tourney with a 7-0 record. In Girls’ 12 Doubles, Lake Forest’s Brooke Theis teamed with Soren Leichter (Bloomington, Indiana) to earn runner-up honors. Theis also starred in singles play. She defeated Ellie Pittman of Indianapolis, Indiana 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 in the third-place match. In Boys’ 14 Doubles, Highland Park’s Jeremy Learner partnered with Chicago’s Natan Spear and reached the semifinal round before falling to the duo of Michael Bukhalo (Glenview) and Andrew Zhang (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan) in three sets. Bukhalo and Zhang lost the final 6-1, 6-0. Bukhalo also was a standout in singles. He defeated Winnetka’s Jake Zipoli 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 in the third-place match. Zipoli finished the tourney winning five of seven matches. In Girls’ 14 Singles, Winnetka’s Cameron Compall ended up with a 5-2 record, falling to Karina Miller (Ann Arbor, Michigan) 6-0, 7-6 (3) in the third-place match. Compall and fellow Winnetkan Anna Ross reached the doubles quarterfinals.

Emma Patlovich, who will be a junior at Lake Forest High School, has made a verbal commitment to the University of New Hampshire. Photography by joel lerner Midwest Closed (16s/18s): Highland Park’s Jacob Edelchik made it to the consolation quarterfinals of Boys' 16 Singles at the Midwest Closed in Indianapolis on June 20-25. He finished the tourney with six wins. In Girls’ 18 Singles, Lake Forest’s Elysia Bolton (Class of 2018) played up and went 4-2 in the tournament. She lost to Caty McNally (Cincinnati) 6-1, 6-2 in the quarterfinal round.

Footnotes | Club Soccer Region II Championships (Boys): The Highland Park-based Chicago Magic U13 team went 2-0-1 in pool play before losing in the semifinals 2-0 to SC Waukesha (Wisconsin) at the US Youth Soccer’s Region II Championships in Fox Cities, Wisconsin, on June 20-24. Meanwhile, the FC United U16 squad dropped a 1-0

decision to FC Wisconsin Nationals in the semifinals after going 3-0 — three shutouts — in pool play. Coached by Yianny Caparos, the FC United’s roster includes Jose Aguilar, Cristopher Aguirre, Alex Alfaro, Tommy Arner, Ben Brandt, Jose Castillo, Matt Grady, Seth Grossman, Dylan Hardin, Sean Hickey, Julian Hilpuesch, Tim Iscra, Josh Klier, Kenji Nii, Jon Sanchez, Dylan Ter Molen, Matt Underwood and Oswaldo Zariana. In U19 action, the Chicago Fire went 3-0 in pool play before losing to the Michigan Wolves 3-2 on penalty kicks. Lake Forest’s John Moderwell, who plays for Northwestern, was a member of the team. In pool play competition, Moderwell had two goals. Region II Championships (Girls): The Lake Forest Soccer Association (LFSA) U13 Select squad advanced to the semifinal round of the US Youth Soccer’s Region II Championships in Fox Cities, Wisconsin, on June 20-24. The team, coached by Oktay Akgun, was defeated by TFA Elite O1 (Ohio) 3-1. Paige Copeland, who scored

Wildcat Juniors: The 14 Purple squad won six of 10 matches and finished fifth in the Premier Division at the 42nd AAU Girls Junior National Volleyball Championships in Orlando on June 15-26. The squad features Grace Bozzo, Sabrina Dempsey, Allyson Gordon, Brynn Holohan, Gillian Klise, Annie Magner, Molly Mahon, Madeline McGregor, Jordan Moser, Jasmin Sevilla and Katherine Wyse. Two other teams in the program — 17 Purple and 18 Black — came home with top-20 finishes at the national event. Competing in the Club Division, 17 Purple won six matches and ended up 17th. The roster includes Gabrielle Banez, Nicole Beto, Lindsey Daul, Erin Denham, Talia Harrington, Fallon Konow, Meghan McGrail, Katie Pillion and Meghan Riordan. The team’s head coach is Erin Schroeder. Guided by head coach Cassie Rose, 18 Black won five matches and took 18th place in the Open Division. The team members include Eleni Balourdes, Shannon Carroll, Stela Kukoc, Courtney Lewis, Gabriella Olhava, Sarah Shafiq, Isabelle Tashima, Allyson Vaughn and Mackenzie Walker. Sky High: Ashley Williams, who will be a junior at Lake Forest High School, helped 16 Black to an 11th-place finish in the Open Division at the 42nd AAU Girls Junior National Volleyball Championships in Orlando on June 15-26. Meanwhile, Lake Forest’s Emma Patlovich, who plays for 16 Red, recently committed to play volleyball at the University of New Hampshire. She will be a junior setter for the Scouts this fall. Patlovich, who was honorable mention all-conference last fall, and her 16 Red teammates currently are competing in the USA Volleyball National Championships in New Orleans.

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n the last vignette of Aftermath Lounge: A Novel in Stories, a widower named Paul Zimmer has moved back to his rebuilt home in Pass Christian, Miss. His daughter and grandson now live with him. It’s been years since Katrina; the creep of BP oil is slowly making its way toward shore. But vestiges of The Storm still linger. Homes have been washed away entirely, residents have been changed in unmistakable ways, and the shelves of a local bookstore are stocked with Katrina books being sold at a discount: a whopping 50 percent off. This is where we find ourselves, more or less, today. On the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (Aug. 29), it’s fitting that there is a deluge of literature to match the storm surge that crested levees in New Orleans and brought brackish water rushing down streets and into homes — in some places to stay. These books commemorate, in myriad ways, the displaced: hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana, Alabama, and Mississippi. They commemorate the lives lost. Amidst the flotsam and jetsam, the haunting collections of photos and multidisciplinary studies, scathing examinations and, yes, even young adult fiction, Aftermath Lounge sticks out. For one, it’s set in Southern Mississippi: a world away from the devastation and national spotlight that settled on New

Orleans, but a place not without its own devastation. A place, in fact, still reeling from the ghost of Hurricane Katrina. Enter the author of six award-winning novels and Aftermath Lounge, Margaret McMullan. I’m sitting down with her for a tall, chai soy latte at the Starbucks on Rush Street. It’s a glitzy corridor. From where we sit, we’re a stone’s throw away from Hermès, Prada, and Barneys New York. McMullan, who grew up in Lake Forest, is on the tail end of a book

roaming stray dogs, a Mennonite f rom Philadelphia who helped to collect her family home’s door knockers, the “ K atr ina 15” pounds, a pervading feeling of desperation and of hope — inspired a work of fiction about how tragedy shaped the community. “Emotionally, it was the only way I could tackle the material,” says McMullan. “But I didn’t want to tell my story. Everyone from different backgrounds, financial situations — they all Margaret McMullan | Illustration by Barry Blitt lost.” The storm was the originally great equalizer. It also brought constructed in a community closer like nothing 1845, and it quickly became her else could. father’s pet project, overseeing In tandem with Aftermath its restoration numerous times Lounge, McMullan has curated over the years. The family vaca- an anthology of essays by female tioned there every summer. It authors writing about their — Margaret McMullan would even prove the setting for fathers. Every Father’s DaughMcMullan’s marriage to her ter: Twenty-four Women husband, Patrick O’Connor, a Writers Remember Their Fathers includes a moving she says, that gets more pro- novelist from Chicago. reading and signing tour. “These luncheons are very nounced whenever she’s down On the edge of the Gulf tribute to McMullan’s own intimidating because all the South. (She was born in Missis- Coast, Pass Christian was prac- father, who passed away three women are beautiful, and I just sippi, moving with her family to tically wiped off the map when years ago and with whom she feel like such a country hick Lake Forest at around nine or Katrina struck. When the water shared a close bond and love of coming in from Indiana,” she 10 years old.) receded, the house still stood, literature. Even when they lived on the but everything inside was blown says with a laugh. Effervescent The two books are “weirdly and blunt, with a frankness that North Shore, McMullan’s family out. McMullan went down to related, in that they both had a I found refreshing and a cackling traveled to Mississippi often. salvage everything she could. She lot to do with my father,” adds laugh I found contagious, Mc- Eventually, her father bought a ended up staying, helping to McMullan, “and [both] came Mullan talks with an incon- house on Scenic Drive in Pass rebuild. out of tragedy, for lack of a better spicuous Southern drawl; one, Christian. It was an old home, That experience — the word.”

“Emotionally, it was the only way I could tackle the material.”

McMullan contacted the Canadian short story writer Alice Munro first. Munro’s story, Working for a Living, was one of the last things McMullan had read to her father, and she wanted to know if she could include it in her collection. Munro happily obliged. From there, she added Jayne Anne Phillips, Alexandra Styron, Ann Hood, Bobbie Ann Mason and Maxine Hong Kingston, among others. Pulitzer Prizewinning author Jane Smiley told her: “I’ll give it to you in three days.” Her story “No Regrets,” is going to be the basis for the author’s first memoir. For her own part, McMullan received a Fulbright award to teach at the University of Pécs in Pécs, Hungary, for her upcoming nonfiction work, Where the Angels Live. According to McMullan, the anthology gave her the courage to go full steam into nonfiction, a book about the search for a lost family member that resulted in finding out about a whole family she didn’t know about. McMullan will be moving from Evansville, Ind. to her family’s home in Pass Christian. The homecoming, after all this time, feels right, she says. Even if Natasha Trethewey’s Theories of Time and Space — a poem about life on the Gulf Coast — rings true. No matter where it is, home is home. That means even “at the coast, the pier at Gulfport where/ riggings of shrimp boats are loose stitches/ in a sky threatening rain.”

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