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he two women sitting at the table have been seeking answers about managing stormwater in Winnetka for two years now. Given that Village of Winnetka trustees recently voted to look for alternatives to a stormwater tunnel with a price tag of $58.5 million, both women believe the time is ripe for a better way. A solution for stormwater management needs to be overarching, they say. “We’ve been emphasizing the need for a Plan B and are thrilled the village is seeking one,” says Anne Wilder of Protect Our Water Winnetka Continues on page 13
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ighland Park native and Evanston resident Melissa Carlson returns to First Folio Theater at Mayslake Peabody Estate Forest Preserve as Hermione in William Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale through Aug. 9. Carlson is a regular onstage with First Folio, as well as with numerous Chicago theater companies including Court Theater, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Victory Gardens, Raven Theater, Famous Door Theater and Red Hen, in addition to The Lyric Opera. She has also appeared as Meredith on the NBC series Chicago PD. Additionally, Carlson is an educator, specializing in teaching Shakespeare to Chicagoarea students. A member of Actor’s Equity, Carlson answered questions about
her career shared her memories of growing up on the North Shore. Gregg Shapiro: Melissa, you are a native of Highland Park. Was attending the theater part of your North Shore upbringing? Melissa Carlson: It was. My mother brought me downtown to see musicals, and her love of opera afforded my exposure to it at an early age. GS: Did you do theater while you were in high school in Highland Park? MC: I did. I would not have become an actor if not for the arts programs offered in school District 113. My first foray into playing Shakespeare happened in high school. I can honestly say that I owe my professional career to Barbara Patterson and Tim Conway, my theatre teachers at Highland Park. They introduced
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me to the art form with an intense passion — to me that is the key behind the birth of passion itself. It lies within the first touch, the first exposure the soul has to anything whether it is acting or otherwise. What a remarkable gift, to instill that emotion, that motivator within a child no matter what the medium. Passion is the stuff of life. I don’t think you are truly alive without passion. GS: When did you know that you wanted to be an actress? MC: I was cast as Cherrie in Bus Stop by William Inge at
Vote means genealogy room is history BY EMILY SPECTRE
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he Winnetka-Northfield Public Library Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its July 20
meeting to close the library’s genealogy room, despite protests from residents and people from neighboring communities. While the genealogy collection
Highland Park High School, and we ended up taking it to a high school theatre competition downstate. Cherrie was a broken soul, a woman who had been used by life yet remained utterly devoted to the ideals of love. I was only 16 at the time and for me, the understanding of the psychological complexities of life and love were just beginning to bloom. But I found I could relate to her in ways that surprised me even then. It was the first time I was challenged to really connect with and fully embody those types of emotions
has been a fixture at the library since 1963, the library will close the room on July 30 with plans to relocate the collection outside of the library. The community of volunteers who have worked in that space for many years was dismayed by the board’s decision to repurpose the 492-squarefoot room into a meeting and programming room. Numerous volunteers and patrons spoke in support of the collection
on stage. To be emotionally vulnerable without fear, to trust the process, to become completely raw and to do it publically was an overwhelming and thrilling experience, like the embodiment of the saying “leap and the net will appear.” But more importantly, I learned that what we do when we are involved in art we are doing something that is bigger than ourselves, ideally. Creating this type of art is much more exciting Continues on page 12
during the public comment period. “You are taking something away from the children and future children of Winnetka,” said Winnetka resident Bernard Hammer. Winnetka resident Robert Leonard urged the board to delay any decision until after the Winnetka Caucus survey went out in the fall with questions concerning this issue. Continues on page 12
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For decades, Woodbridge gave it little thought. In 2005, while watching TV at his Lake Forest home, the longtime Trinity University professor heard about a Hitler pistol for sale, jarring his memory. After many phone calls, much research and recruiting Chicago Tribune Pulitzer Prize winner Maurice Possley to help tell the story, he crafted “Hitler in the Crosshairs,” published by Zondervan four years ago. The engaging book encompasses a hen John Wood- little-known German uprising bridge’s father, near the end of World War II Charles, escorted which received U.S. support, the the 6-year-old to storming of Hitler’s apartment his office in the 1940s, the by American troops in Munich and how Woodbridge’s father, a youngster expected the worst. “I didn’t know what I had Presbyterian minister, landed the done wrong,” Woodbridge Fuhrer’s favorite gun, the recalls. German leader’s cherished 50th In their Savannah, Ga., house, birthday present. That was the end of the story he was shown sheets of personal stationery, a name em- until last month. Woodbridge bossed in gold at top. Introduced received a brief e-mail from the to a golden gun, featuring two editor at his publishing house. 16-gauge shotgun barrels, he Out of nowhere, his work had noticed the initials AH. reached the 19th spot on The The paper and the weapon had New York Times’ list of bestbeen the property of Adolf selling nonfiction e-books. Hitler. Amazon had put a special
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discount rate on the book, and no doubt the word “Hitler” in the title helped spur sales. Rick Kogan hosted co-author Possley on his WGN program afterwards and said “Steven Spielberg, this should be your next movie.” Though Spielberg hasn’t called, Hollywood is showing interest. Woodbridge says Carla Robinson, whose credits include “Battlestar Galactica,” offered to write the screenplay on spec recently after seeing Woodbridge’s and Possley’s movie proposal, which includes potential actors (such as Vanity Fair cover boy Channing Tatum) for the main roles. “The interest in a good World War II movie apparently is pretty high right now because the Greatest Generation is disappearing,” Woodbridge says over coffee at Starbucks. “And from what I’ve heard, The New York Times bestseller list cachet kicks things up in Hollywood.” Woodbridge, who has taught history at the Sorbonne in Paris and at Northwestern University, believes the little-known story needs to be told. About 400 Germans — led by German
Army Officer Rupprecht Gerngross, who broadcast messages urging resistance of the regime — helped cripple Nazi control in Munich in April, 1945. That allowed the Allies to arrive in the city almost unscathed before heading to Berlin, where hundreds of thousands of Russians had been killed. The soldier Ira “Teen” Palm — a great friend of Woodbridge’s father — had been tapped to enter Hitler’s Munich apartment with other soldiers and assassinate him; instead, Palm gathered the stationery and gun from the empty abode and gave them to the Presbyterian minister, who had led him to his faith in Christ. To his surprise, Woodbridge wasn’t punished on that long-ago day in his father’s office. Instead, a memory of a golden gun is putting the silver screen in his crosshairs almost 70 years later. Enjoy the weekend.
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ing playing a role I was nothing like on the face of things? I mean to me. Entertainment has its place everybody knows the quintesand value, but for me, it’s about sential “Hepburn” delivery and having a responsibility to give a look. voice to those who would otherIn some ways you can’t win wise perhaps not be heard, and [laughs]. You’re either going to beyond that, to give a voice to be criticized for being too much concepts that need to be illumi- Katharine Hepburn or not nated; to inspire a social dialogue enough like her to be convincing. within the viewing audience. Her persona and vocal quality Theatre-art, as a whole, is a was so unique, she was often a powerful tool, not only for expres- target for parody and this prosion but for change. It is an illu- pensity was certainly among the mination of the human experience. challenges. But I realized it was To have the honor of enriching not my job to impersonate this people’s points of view or challeng- woman but rather to embody her ing their existing view is a pro- essence — which is a very differfound opportunity. ent thing. GS: You are playing HermGS: Before you did Tea At ione in The Winter’s Tale at First Five, what was your opinion of Folio. What can you tell me Hepburn? MC: I had always had a great about the history of your relationship with First Folio? respect for her. She seemed inMC: This is my fourth show credibly self-possessed with a with First Folio Theater. Their strong sense of who she was. And faith in me has afforded me the I really admired her “pull yourself opportunity to play some of the up from your bootstraps” kind of most fascinating and challenging a mentality. She was a strong women, and I will be forever woman. After working on the grateful for that. David and piece it kind of felt like I knew Alison are people who simply her personally; like we went adore Shakespeare, which is through something together. She something we share. They devote was now an old friend. It was their entire life to making art and strange and lovely at the same they do it with complete abandon. time. I was never up there alone. I always felt her with me. It was I like that. GS: In addition to doing hard to say goodbye. Shakespeare at First Folio, you GS: Shakespeare appears frealso played Katharine Hepburn quently on your resumé, not only in the one-woman show Tea At in terms of being an actress, but Five. What was that experience also as a Shakespeare educator. like for you? How does Shakespeare influence MC: Terrifying [laughs]! I your life? often felt extremely vulnerable, MC: Shakespeare, the man, his which is a good thing. This is how works, the time in which he lived you learn. In a one-woman show — all of this has fascinated me there is no safety net. It ties into from an early age. My real foray the most visceral of human emo- into Shakespeare was playing tions. Survival. Kate in The Taming of the Shrew Tea at Five is essentially a in high school. Here’s the thing condensed version of her life about Shakespeare — people take story. Kate Mulgrew played the the fact that they cannot sit down role on Broadway. Kate was ex- and pick up a Shakespearean text, traordinary in the role as an simply read and understand it as actress but she also embodies a negative thing. To me that’s part Hepburn far more than me, in of the attraction. This is one of appearance and nature. In the two primary concepts I try to beginning I was really hung up instill in the kids whom I teach. on that. How could I be convinc- You need to alter your perspective
Shakespeare from something dry and antiquated to something alive, current and exciting! Take the intimidation factor out of it. He’s reaching out his hand. He wants you to be an active part of things, which is quite the opposite of being estranged by his works. Ironic, isn’t it [laughs]? You wouldn’t believe the stack of books, lexicons, dictionaries and helpful modern-day translations I use to work my way through the text. Yes, it can be difficult, but there’s no shame in that. It is a different language in many ways. We are not living in Elizabethan times, we are living today, so use whatever you need but most especially, use him! You are a detective looking for clues, and Shakespeare places them everywhere! Let’s say he capitalizes a word like honor. He wants you to know this word has a particular weight in this moment. It may be a theme. It may be a quality the character who is speaking holds dear. He also uses punctuation very specifically and without stage direction, almost instructing the actor. He’s saying, “Hey, I’m using a semicolon here, not a period as you might expect, so pay attention.” This is his way of telling the actor to drive through the thought or perhaps not take a breath just yet as it will break up or muddy the meaning of the line. All this informs the performance tremendously but also helps the reader as well. That said, yes these are published works, but I have a deep belief that he wrote these plays with their intended
the board, at a minimum, to keep the collection together. Volunteer Betty Voigt said she met with Matt Rutherford, a curator from Chicago’s Newberry Library, who visited the genealogy room to review the collection. “One of the things that [Mr. Rutherford] said a couple of times was that he thought that the collection should remain intact,” Voigt said. “I am very distressed to hear
what sounds to me like a plan to break up the collection. I guess I am selfish, but it is more important to me that it stays together,” Glenview resident Cary StoneGreenstein said. At this point the library has not found a new home for the collection. Director Rebecca Wolf is in discussions with the Lake County Genealogy Society, located in Vernon Hills, which she said is potentially interested
GENEAOLOGY Cont. from PG. 1 “I cannot understand why you would fly in the face of Winnetka tradition,” he said. Leonard also asserted that the board appeared to be against senior citizens. He said an email board President Laurie Peterson sent to Trustee Brian Johnson stated that most of the volunteers were older. And many people urged that
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purpose being that they are seen and heard not read. They are not books. They are plays. The second thing I tell my students is that when you strip these plays down the themes are not dissimilar to those of today. Romeo and Juliet, for example. Who can’t relate to being young and in love? Or take the terrible feud between the Capulets and the Montagues? I have taught quite a bit in some very depressed and underprivileged areas in the city where gang violence was a gut-wrenching part of everyday life. Romeo was a young teen. These kids understood this play in the most profound ways. They began to see that Shakespearean themes like corruption, power, love, loss and war are all a part of the human experience. GS: You are an active member of the Chicago theater community. What does it mean to you to have such a vibrant theater scene available to you?
MC: It really is that — a community. I think this is at the heart of the matter. We hold each other up. We catch each other when we fall. Chicago theatre has a collaborative and ensemble-like sensibility as a whole. Living and working in Chicago as an actor is a singular experience. GS: Do you have any favorite Highland Park cultural or dining spots that you would like to share with the readers? MC: The Highland Park Public Library is a wonderful place. They have a fantastic program series which includes free readings by The Shakespeare Project of Chicago, a company I have worked with for many years. For food, I love The Nite N’ Gale, which is just over the border into Highwood. Old school. Great food. It really is a North Shore staple. I live in Evanston now, and I’m a regular at The Lucky Platter and Brother’s K coffee shop. They often see me memorizing my
scripts there [laughs]! GS: In addition to your stage work, you can also be seen as Meredith on NBC’s Chicago PD. Please say something about what it means to you to be part of that series. MC: I recognize how blessed I am to have had the opportunity to work on CPD. Dick Wolf has quite a roster of hit shows under his belt as a producer. It’s been a dream realized for me. My stepfather would always say, “I’ve got my cap ready!,” referring to a dark blue cap he had that could be worn by a driver. We would often laugh about this. He always believed in me and supported my career. He passed away before I was offered the role of Meredith. My family has been so supportive and I am very lucky that way. I don’t need to be famous. I just want to do good work. I wouldn’t say I was “driver worthy” but I hope I’ve made him proud so far.
in the entire collection. Wolf expressed uncertainty as to whether the terms would include a long-term loan of the collection, or whether Lake County would acquire it. The Glenview Public Library has also expressed an interest but does not have room for the entire collection. For now, the library plans to move the entire Midwest collection upstairs and store the rest of the collection in boxes.
Basford, who illustrated each of the elaborate black-and-white ink drawings of leaves, flowers, birds and trees that fill her book, told the Times she initially had doubts about whether people would be interested in an adult coloring book. A fan of Basford’s work told the Times she attributes the book’s popularity to its ability to “transport you back to a gentler time of life.” Basford’s success has moti-
vated many leading publishers to seize onto the trend. In addition to Basford’s popular titles, “Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Patterns by Adult Coloring Book Artists” and “Balance” by Angie Grace hold spots on the Amazon best-seller list. Lake Forest Book Store and The Book Stall at Chestnut Court will both continue to carry coloring books for adults through the fall.
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WATER GROUP Cont. from PG. 1 (POWW ). “Winnetka needs to go for an alternative plan that’s comprehensive, integrative, and sustainable.” Since stormwater has enveloped sections of Winnetka several times over the past few years, the village has pursued a tunnel project on Willow Road
designed to empty excess water into Lake Michigan. “We’ve been asking the village to take an environmental look at everything and see what each flooded house could do personally on their own property,” said Debbie Ross, also of POWW. “This can all be calculated scientifically with environmental engineers.
“We know we need new pipes. There’s no question of that. But do we need the tunnel?” Protect Our Water Winnetka is a local group that rose up two years ago to give voice to concerned folks wanting to protect water quality in the North Shore’s sparkling gem, Lake Michigan. Now the group is applauding the decision by the
village to look at alternatives that will safeguard both water quality and taxpayer wallets. POWW has joined hands with two environmental agencies, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT). Both organizations have made Freedom of Information requests on behalf
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ot Cakes recently moved two doors down to 1138 Wilmette Avenue, and a new Mexican restaurant called Trendy Taco will open in its previous Wilmette location. Hot Cakes owner Carla Connett is opening Trendy Taco. “It will have a Mexican
Santa Fe feel,” she said. Trendy Taco will be primarily a take-out restaurant with no table service and limited seating inside and outside of the restaurant. Connett envisions a fast-paced spot that will offer affordable burritos and tacos. “Everything will be totally fresh just like the other cafes,” said Connett, who also owns
Greenbay Cafe in Winnetka. Connett has always wanted to start a Mexican restaurant and seized the opportunity when she decided to move Hot Cakes to a new location. She hopes to open Trendy Taco by late fall, but in the meantime she is busy renovating and adjusting to Hot Cakes new location. Connett described the new
decor as a mix of the Greenbay Cafe and old Hot Cakes. A f riend painted cheery floral murals on the walls, and pine beadboard accents gives the space a rustic appeal. The spacious layout has attracted new customers and families who like to dine on the weekends. “The response has been phenomenal,” Connett said.
North Shore Announcements Review Lake County
The Lake County Community Foundation announced $159,500 in grants to nonprofit organizations, addressing the needs of the most vulnerable individuals and families in the county. Recipients included Mano a Mano Family Resource Center ($25,000 to increase the organization’s capacity to meet significant and increasing demand for comprehensive immigration
services in Lake County), Boys & Girls Club of Lake County ($10,000 to cover expenses incurred during the Waukegan School District 60 strike in October) and Ounce of Prevention Fund ($10,000 to develop a North Chicago Community early learning plan for North Chicago Community Unit School District 187).
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The 47 members of Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart’s Class of 2015 are
heading off to college this fall with 87 scholarships worth more than $1.1 million. Highlighting this achievement is the Chick Evans Caddie Scholarship, a full tuition and housing college scholarship for golf caddies that is renewable for up to four years, awarded to Shalonda Jones. “When I first started caddying [four years ago], the only thing I knew about golf was Tiger Woods,” said Jones, who caddied at Westmoreland Country Club in Wilmette. Jones spent 12-hour days caddying, six days a week the last four summers, staying at the Northwestern Evans Scholarship House in Evanston.
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Jarrett Takaki of New Trier High School made his orchestral debut with the Harper Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Linc Smelser. Takaki played the Prokofiev Piano Concerto #3 in C Major, Op. 26, Mvt. 1 and was awarded a first-place prize in the Senior Division of the Emilio Del Rosario Concerto Competition. As the first-place winner in the Walgreens National Concerto Competition, he per-
formed at Gordon Bennett Hall, Ravinia Park in April. He performed at Weill Hall in Carnegie Hall in May as the first-place winner of the 2015 American Fine Arts Festival, International Piano Competition.
Preview Highland Park
The Art Center Highland Park (TAC) invites the public to “reclaim, reuse and repurpose” as it hosts its 27th annual Gogh Green! Recycled (Pre-Owned) Art Sale from July 24 through Aug. 14. Art aficionados can get a first look at an opening benefit auction on Friday, July 24 from 7-10 p.m. while enjoying drinks and hors d’oeuvres. Tax-deductible tickets are $65 in advance or $75 at the door. All proceeds will benefit education in the arts. The sale includes thousands of pieces that have been donated to TAC from private collectors, galleries, estates and institutions throughout the year, including paintings, prints, ceramics, decorative objects, vintage posters, silver, antiques, sculpture, art glass, jewelry, and more.
of POWW and have suggested a panoply of options that encompasses green solutions to complement gray infrastructure. “The most important thing is that $58 million is a lot of money,” says Karen Hobbs, NRDC senior policy analyst, “and that has to be balanced with the very real impact that people are feeling in their homes. Con-
stantly having your basement flooded over and over again every time we get a storm is unacceptable, right? Clearly something needs to be done.” Heavy rains in Chicagoland keep breaking records. On June 16, 2.5 inches reportedly poured down on O’Hare Airport, hitting a record for the calendar day, according to the Chicago Tribune.
Architectural movement’s impact on Wilmette is highlighted homes to share their history and to point out the distinct Prairie ast Wilmette is well known School features. The Prairie for its architecture and his- School was known for horizontal toric houses, but few resi- lines, simplicity, a respect for dents are aware of how the Prairie natural materials and the integraSchool architectural movement tion of the house to the landscape. influenced the design of many The tour included 1120 Michhomes. igan Avenue, which was built in Residents learned about this 1914 and designed by architect distinctive style at the Wilmette John Van Bergen and is listed on Historical Museum’s Prairie Ar- the National Register of Hischitecture Walking Tour this toric Places. Van Bergen grew up month. in Oak Park and was the last Led by local architectural his- architect hired by Frank Lloyd torian Connie Casey, the tour Wright before he left for Europe. looked at homes that represent The house overlooks Lake Wilmette’s best examples of Michigan, and all of its major Prairie School architecture. The rooms were designed to face the tour culminated with a house on lake. Casey pointed out the canLake Avenue designed by Frank tilevered roof lines and the Lloyd Wright. natural materials of brick and Prairie School refers to a group stucco that were used. While five of Chicago architects in the late art glass windows adorn the front 19th and early 20th centuries of the house, Casey noted that who created a new American 100 art glass windows are inarchitectural style that was dif- cluded throughout. Van Bergen ferent from the architecture is known locally as the architect who designed a Wilmette home popular in Europe. “It is one of the few indigenous on Isabella Street that recently American architecture styles,” was saved from destruction and Casey explained to a group of relocated. The last stop on the tour was approximately 25 people attending the tour. the Frank J. Baker house designed The style wasn’t called Prairie by Frank Lloyd Wright and School until the 1960s, when the located at 507 Lake Avenue. The term was coined by historian H. house is also listed on the NaAllen Brooks, who wrote exten- tional Register of Historic Places. sively about the movement. The The house was built in 1909 with most famous architects associ- a T-shaped floor plan that has ated with the Prairie School are the chimney at its center. Louis H. Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright. The Historical Museum plans to As Casey led attendees on a hold a second walking tour on Aug. winding tour across east Wil- 1. For more information, please go mette, she stopped in front of to www.wilmettehistory.org.
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Memories of a great kitchen spur chef By Simon Murray
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Banchet in 1973. True story: Banchet was enticed to leave his native France when Hugh Hefner invited him to work at the original Playboy Club in Lake Geneva, Wis. But bunnies and an executive chef position weren’t enough for the chef ’s outsized personality. So he went south. During its heyday, Le Francais would set the gold standard for fine dining in Chicago. But its kitchen would have an ancillary — but no less important — outcome: cultivating a stable of great chefs. Some, like Jean Joho, and René Bajeux, would make their own indelible marks on the culinary world. That kitchen, the one filled with the trappings of culinary titans, made its mark on Richie. He thinks about it always. “It influenced my whole career. How
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Deka’s Cassoulet is influenced by the famous Le Francais restaurant. Photography by Joel Lerner
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Socials 6th Annual Villa Del Lago Polo Charity Cup Photography by Nan Stein
It was an afternoon of sights and sounds as the Villa Del Lago-Equestrian Connection Polo Cup took place at Crab Tree Farm in Lake Bluff. Jim Cornelison of Chicago Blackhawks fame sang the National Anthem before the hooves of the two teams began match play. Halftime welcomed the traditional divot stomp, as well as an Equestrian Connection special needs driving demonstrations. One hundred percent of the Polo Cup proceeds go to Equestrian Connection, providing therapeutic riding scholarships throughout the year.
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Socials NorthShore Summer Soirée Photography by Nan Stein
Chicago’s Morgan Manufacturing was the site for The Auxiliary of NorthShore University HealthSystem’s first Summer Soirée, the new twist on NorthShore’s annual Hospitals’ Gala. More than 575 business, healthcare, and civic leaders gathered for the affair, including a high-energy dueling pianos performance from Howl at The Moon. Food stations, live and silent auctions, and live demonstrations from the up-tothe-minute technology of the Grainger Center for Simulation and Innovation rounded out the evening. More than $220,000 was raised in support of NorthShore. northshore.org
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Mortgage is the term collectively used by most people when they refer to a loan used to buy real estate. This can be misleading, in that these securities are not always mortgages, but deeds of trust. A true mortgage is a written contract that specifies how the property will be used as a term of security for the loan. In these contracts, the primary mortgage lender will usually have a first lien on the property, giving the lender priority over all other lien holders, with the only exception being a tax lien. In a true mortgage contract, all due taxes must be paid prior to closing and the mortgager (borrower and buyer of real estate) is required to pay into an escrow account specifically earmarked for taxes and insurance, thereby protecting the interests of the primary lender. In these contracts, however, the title of the property is in the name of the mortgager, not the lender; should the mortgager default on the loan, the lender (mortgagee) is required to foreclose on the property in court. If the court approves the action, the property is sold to the highest bidder. A deed of trust differs from a mortgage in that it gives the title to a neutral third party (trustee) who is partial to neither the interests of the borrower nor the lender. In these contracts, the lender is the beneficiary; should the borrower (trustor) default on the loan, the lender then asks the trustee (neutral third party) to foreclose on the property. Following the procedure set forth in the deed of trust and adhering to state laws and regulations, the trustee then forecloses on the property. Lenders prefer deeds of trusts over true mortgages for the provision of security in the event of a defaulted loan due to their quicker and less costly method of foreclosure. The ease and security of deeds of trust has not weakened the state of mortgage contracts. Mortgages are still the prevalent security instrument in many states whose laws and regulations favor the specifications of mortgage contracts. These states are called lien theory states. States whose legal regulations favor deeds of trust are referred to as title theory states. Other states have adapted their legal structures to an intermediary approach, which grants security to both the borrower and the lender in cases of default. The intermediary approach makes provisions for deeds of trust, but also requires the lender to provide a notice of foreclosure to the borrower prior to the physical repossession, allowing the borrower the opportunity to rectify the default. Before entering into any kind of real estate contract, discuss with both your Realtor® and your lender whether you live in a lien or title theory state, or if your state takes an intermediary approach. Though one never enters into a contract with the goal to default on the loan,it is important in today’s economy to be informed and well-prepared for the worst-case scenario.
For professional advice from an experienced Realtor, call Jean Wright at (847) 217-1906 or email at jwright@jeanwright.com
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OPEN HOUSES 8. 15 E Washington Lake Bluff Saturday 11-1 PM $399,000 Laura Henderson, Baird & Warner 708.997.7778
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3. 51 Wimbledon Road Lake Bluff Sunday 1-3 PM $939,000 Julian Harkleroad, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 224.456.5019
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11. 495 S McComick Lake Forest $1,250,000 Laura Henderson, Baird & Warner 708.997.7778
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4. 300 E. Prospect Avenue Lake Bluff Sunday 1-3 PM $999,000 Marina Carney, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485
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23. 901 Timber Lane Lake Forest Sunday 1-3 PM $749,500 Brad Andersen, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0816
14. 716 Kendler Ct. Lake Forest Sunday 12-2 PM $ 1,155,000 Brunhild Baass, Baird & Warner 847.804.0092
24. 1160 Regency Lane Lake Forest Sunday 2-4 PM $1,195,000 Linda Smith, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485
15. 945 Pinecroft Lane Lake Forest Sunday 2:30 - 4:30 PM $ 1,150,000 Baird & Warner, Brunhild Baass 847.804.0092 16. 1191 Prairie Ave Lake Forest Sunday 12-2 PM $585,000 Deb Fischer, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.309.9119 17. 1140 Sir William Lane Lake Forest Sunday 1-3 PM $1,185,000 Nancy Feddermann, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.826.9382
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13. 282 East Woodland Lake Forest Sunday 12-2 PM $283,000 Mike Welsh, Baird & Warner 847.373.2464
6. 605 Moffett Lake Bluff Sunday 1-4 PM $519,000 Catherine McKechney, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0816
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19. 1470 S. Ridge Road Lake Forest Sunday 1-3 PM $1,195,000 Joanne Marzano, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.809.8156 20. 1179 Grandview Lane Lake Forest Sunday 2-4 PM $899,000 Ann Jones, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.691.1111 21. 145 Washington Circle Lake Forest Sunday 2-4 PM $954,500 Elizabeth Wieneke, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485
12. 810 Buena Rd. Lake Forest Sunday 1-3 PM $687,700 Gloria Loukas, Baird & Warner 847.542.1239
5. 631 E. Ravine Ave. Lake Bluff Sunday 1-3 PM $1,099,000 Lisa Trace, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485
18. 489 E. Illinois Road Lake Forest Sunday 1-4 PM $1,225,000 Jean Anderson, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.460.5412
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25. 1028 Havenwood Lane Lake Forest Sunday 1-3 PM $1,495,000 Nancy Adelman, Griffith,Grant & Lackie Realtors 847.234.0485 26. 630 Meadowood Drive Lake Forest Sunday 1-3 PM $1,549,000 Scott Lackie, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485 27. 202 E. Old Elm Rd Lake Forest Sunday 1-3 PM $765,000 Elizabeth Wieneke, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors 28. 62 Niles Avenue Lake Forest Sunday 12-3 PM $515,000 Jonathon Nagatani, @properties 847.295.0700 29. 60 S. Canterbury Lake Forest Sunday 2-4 PM $715,000 Donna Mercier, Coldwell Banker 847.234.8000
30. 2030 Knollwood Lake Forest $1,685,000 Sunday 1-3 PM $1,685,000 Vera Purcell, Coldwell Banker 847.234.8000 31. 385 Onwentsia Lake Forest Sunday 1-3 PM $1,990,000 Mary Pat Lundgren/Carol Russ, Coldwell Banker 847.234.8000 32. 168 Lakewood Pl Highland Park Sunday 1-3 PM $995,000 Amy Antonacci & Debbie Glickman, Baird & Warner 847.687.4332 33. 2142 Magnolia Highland Park Sunday 1-3 PM $749,000 Marlene Rubenstein Team, Baird & Warner 847.565.6666 34. 254 Red Oak Highland Park Sunday 2-4 PM $1,268,500 Marlene Rubenstein Team, Baird & Warner 847.565.6666 35. 522 Burton Ave Highland Park Sunday 12-2 PM $479,000 Karen Skurie, Baird and Warner 847.361.4687 36. 2087 Windy Hill Lane Highland Park Sunday 1-3 PM $1,349,000 Karen Skurie & Margie Brooks, Baird and Warner 847.361.4687/847.494.7998 37. 2445 Hybernia Drive Highland Park Sunday 1-3 PM $1,300,000 Alla Kimbarovsky, @properties 847.432.0700 38. 830 Moseley Road Highland Park Sunday 12-2 PM $649,000 Debbie Scully, @properties 847.432.0700 39. 929 Timber Hill Road Highland Park Sunday 1-3 PM $598,900 Deborah Brill, @properties 847.432.0700 40. 3089 Parkside Drive Highland Park Sunday 2:30-4:30 PM $450,000 Debbie Scully, @properties 847.432.0700
43. 810A Chestnut Deerfield Sunday 11 AM - 1 PM $289,000 Marlene Rubenstein Team, Baird & Warner 847.565.6666 44. 858 Central Avenue Deerfield Sunday 2-4 PM $399,000 Connie Dornan, @properties 847.998.0200 45. 2780 Shannon Northbrook Sunday 1-3 PM $769,000 Shawn Gavin, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855 46. 39 Caribou Crossing Northbrook Sunday 1-3 PM $390,000 Debbie Glickman & Amy Antonacci, Baird & Warner 847.687.4332 47. 3345 Sunset Trail Northbrook Sunday 1 pm - 4 pm $2,499,000 Dena Fox and Marlene Rubenstein, Baird & Warner 847.565.6666 48. 4095 Sunset Lane Northbrook Sunday 1-4 PM $1,599,000 Susan Teper, @properties 847.998.0200 49. 2205 Woodlawn Road Northbrook Sunday 1-4 PM $1,585,000 Stephanie Sadoff, @properties 773.432.0200 50. 2368 Bellevue Place Northbrook Sunday 2:30-4:30 PM $1,150,000 Karen Feldman, @properties 847.881.0200 51. 1440 Woodhill Drive Northbrook Sunday 11-1 PM $1,149,000 Connie Dornan, @properties 847.998.0200 52. 2122 Scotch Pine Lane Northbrook Sunday 1-4 PM $975,000 Susan Teper, @properties 847.998.0200 53. 1883 Mission Hills Lane Northbrook Sunday, 12 – 3 PM $419,999 Susan Updike, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.533.9636
41. 1327 Nyoda Place Highland Park Sunday 2-4 PM $268,888 Susan Segal, @properties 847.881.0200
54. 2985 Walters Ave. Northbrook Sunday, 1-4 PM $1,939,000 Vicki Nelson, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-.446.4000
42. 1347 Sprucewood Lane Deerfield Sunday 1-3 PM $814,999 Yvette Stone, Baird & Warner 847.867.0832
55. 551 Oakdale Glencoe Sunday 1-3 PM $789,000 Peg O’Halloran, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855
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OPEN HOUSES 56. 171 Franklin Road Glencoe Sunday 12-2 PM $2,995,000 Susan Maman, @properties 847.881.0200 57. 810 Greenleaf Glencoe Sunday, 1–3 PM $2,550,000 Chris Downey, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.340.8499 58. 1044 Old Elm Rd. Glencoe Sunday, 1-3 PM $699,000 Sue Hertzberg, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847.446.4000 59. 1623 Elder, Northfield Northfield $279,000 Sunday, 3-5 PM Suzy Thompson, Jean Wright Real Estate 847.542.4132 60. 2116 Middlefork Road Northfield Sunday 2-4 $849,000 Bonnie Tripton, @properties 847.881.0200 61. 3010 Arbor Lane, #302 Northfield Sunday, 1-3 PM $309,000 Beverly Smith, @properties 847.881.0200 62. 618 Willow Rd. Winnetka Sunday 11 am -1 pm $289,000 Dena Fox and Marlene Rubenstein, Baird & Warner 847.565.6666 63. 385 Provident Winnetka Sunday, 1-3 PM $1,149,000 Meg Sudekum, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855 64. 316 Sheridan Winnetka Sunday, 2-4 PM $1,390,000 Florence Krieger, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855 65. 433 Locust Winnetka Sunday, 1-3 PM $1,550,000 Peg O’Halloran, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855 66. 377 Provident Winnetka Sunday, 1-3 PM $1,449,000 Christine Drimalla, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855 67. 310 Locust Winnetka Sunday, 1-3 PM $1,235,000 Mary Anne Perrine, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855 68. 302 Rosewood Avenue Winnetka Sunday, 2-4 PM $1,295,000 Wendy Friedlich, @properties 847.881.0200
69. 757 Locust Winnetka Sunday, 2 – 4pm $1,395,000 Jeanie Moysey, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.800.8110 70. 1095 Merrill St. #B2 Winnetka Sunday, 2-4 PM $160,000 Hilde Wheeler Carter, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847.446.400 71. 1103 Sunset Winnetka Sunday 12-2 PM $1,050,000 Anne Malone, Coldwell Banker 847.912.4806 72. 523 Greenwood Avenue Kenilworth Sunday, 12-2 PM $2,295,000 Team Mangel, @properties 847.881.0200 73. 324 Sheridan Road Kenilworth Sunday 12-2 PM $1,789,000 Team Mangel, @properties 847.881.0200 74. 650 Park Drive Kenilworth Sunday, 2 - 4 PM $945,000 Sherry Molitor, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.204.6282 75. 2750 Commons Glenview $339,500 Sunday 12-2 PM Dawn Miller, Jean Wright Real Estate 847.312.841 76. 444 Elm Street Glenview Sunday 1:30-3:30 PM $729,000 Connie Dornan, @properties 847.998.0200 77. 1828 Long valley Road Glenview Sunday 11-1 PM $699,000 Connie Dornan, @properties 847.998.0200 78. 1337 Hawthorne Lane Glenview Sunday, 2-4 PM $539,000 Connie Dornan, @properties 847.998.0200 79. 320 Central Park Wilmette Sunday, 2-4 PM $836,000 Betty Finn, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855 80. 605 4th Street Wilmette Sunday, 1-3 PM $422,500 Peg O’Halloran, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855 81. 336 Greenleaf Avenue Wilmette Sunday, 12-2 PM $1,199,000 Monica Childs, @properties 847.881.0200
82. 3148 Temple Lane Wilmette Saturday, 11 AM-1 PM $1,149,000 Sandra Amani, @properties 312.254.0200 83. 757 12th Street Wilmette Sunday 12-2 $819,000 Connie Dornan, @properties 847.998.0200 84. 1630 Sheridan Road, #8N Wilmette Sunday, 1-3 $499,999 Cummins/McDonald, @properties 847.881.0200 85. 226 Linden Wilmette Sunday, 2:30–4:30 $759,000 Crystal Tran, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 312.404.5994 86. 1535 Greenwood Wilmette Sunday, 12–2pm $675,000 Jeanie Moysey, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.800.8110 87. 2100 Elmwood Wilmette Sunday, 12 – 2pm $729,000 Muggsy Jacoby and Carol Grant, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.924.3811 and 847.421.7501 88. 816 Ouilmette Ln. Wilmette Sunday, 12-2 $1,199,000 Sue Hertzberg, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847.446.4000 89. 1228 Gregory Ave. Wilmette Sunday, 12-2 $945,000 SFC Team, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847.446.4000
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$2,590,000
410 Marshman St Highland Park 7 Bedrooms / 6 full and 2 half baths Exclusively Presented By: Karen Skurie, Baird & Warner Merle Styer, Coldwell Banker Karen: 847-361-4687 Merle: 847-922-7600 French provincial home with beautiful ravine views. First floor laundry room. New kitchen with high end appliances. 2nd staircase. Deluxe master with fireplace, huge marble bathroom, walk-in closets. 3 bedrooms, play room. Lower level with 3 bedrooms and 2 baths, huge recreation room with lots of built-ins and storage. Exercise Room. 3-car heated garage.
90. 912 Amherst Wilmette Sunday 12-2 $449,000 John & Ted Nash, Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty 847.338.2756 91. 2201 Kenilworth Wilmette Sunday 2:30-4 $699,000 John & Ted Nash, Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty 847.338.2756 92. 307 Davis Street Evanston Sunday 1-3 $1,050,000 Ginger Cavalier, @properties 847.763.0200 93. 1115 Monroe Street Evanston Sunday 11:30-1:30 $699,000 Michael and Lene Thomas, @properties 847.763.0200
$1,099,000
120 Bertling Winnetka 5 Bedrooms, 4.1 Baths Exclusively Presented By: Sarah Dwyer, Jean Wright Real Estate 847-727-4619 sdwyer@jeanwright.com Living room with hardwood floors, fireplace and intricate wooded door header. Sunroom off living room with vaulted ceilings and three walls of windows with views of yard. Updated eat-in kitchen with high end appliances, marble countertops, wide plank wood floor, island and seating area. Family room has glass doors opening to deck. Large master suite includes custom marble bath, walk-in closet and walk-out deck. Third floor has 5th bedroom, sauna and flexible living space. Great basement, playroom and laundry.
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Rising … and shining brightly Heading into his senior year, New Trier’s Brecht ‘makes a big jump’ BY KEVIN REITERMAN, sports@northshoreweekend.com
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e’s sort of like the silver Ferrari in the garage. Ben Brecht, blessed with an ideal pitcher’s frame, has not been overused through the years. Not excessively. He remains in mint condition. His coaches, especially those at New Trier High School, love having a pitcher of his make on their team, and they have been smart not to overwork him. They have not burned him out. And, despite standing 6-foot-8, being left-handed and throwing a baseball 90 miles per hour, Brecht — unlike the Ferrari — has not been overpublicized. But that’s changing. Rev up the hype machine. Brecht, who has the size and ability to suffocate hitters and make them feel very uneasy at the plate, has been shiny good for some time. But, according to Sean Duncan of the Prep Baseball Report (PBR), the rising New Trier High School senior has made a meteoric rise this summer. He’s getting a lot of buzz. “He’s definitely made a big jump,” Duncan says. In mid-June, Brecht shined brighter than most at the PBR ProCase-Midwest showcase in Joliet’s Silver Cross Field. He put the pedal to the medal. “I know he was pretty good this spring, but he’s now on the pro scouts’ radar,” Duncan says. “He’s high on the list. He was one of the biggest winners at the ProCase.” “I tried to make the most of it,” Brecht says. He didn’t mind putting his wealth of talent on full display. “I went out there and tried to block everything out. Just throw strikes,” says Brecht, who possesses a three-pitch repertoire (fastball, curve, change-up). “I tried not to think about who was watching me or who was hitting.” Brecht, who verbally committed to University of CaliforniaSanta Barbara prior to his junior season, is on the fast track, when it comes to player ratings. PBR just came out with its new list earlier this month, and he’s ranked No. 6 in Illinois’ class of 2016.
outs were backward Ks. “My sophomore year was pretty good,” says Brecht. “My ERA (1.93) and strikeouts (58 Ks in 29 innings). But I walked a lot of hitters (18). My pitch count would get up, and I’d only be able to pitch four or five innings. “He had a good stuff as a sophomore, but he wasn’t sharp,” said Klipowicz. “He took a giant leap this spring. He’s a more complete pitcher. “He’s got a high level of competitiveness,” the coach adds. “He’s got a good understanding of the game. He figures out hitters’ weaknesses.” Watch for the radar guns. A la Glenbrook South 6-foot-9 righthander Fitz Stadler, who was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 32nd round in June, Brecht figures to get plenty of attention next spring. “With the way he’s progressed, I expect there will be a lot of interest in him,” said Klipowicz. “He’s got people talking.” Brecht is keeping things in perspective. Like he tends to do, he’s staying ahead in the count. “It all remains to be seen,” he says. “I’ll decide things when the time comes. “But my goal is to play professionally some day,” Brecht adds. “Whatever gets me there.” Notable: Pitching most definitely is Brecht’s No. 1 priority. But he can’t hide the fact that basketball tugs at his heart a little. pitching potential in the seventh Well, he is 6-8. grade. And by the time freshman Before focusing solely on baseyear rolled around, it started to ball, he played freshman and reveal itself and he knew that sophomore basketball at New “pitching was ticket.” Trier. Further proof? That came “I’m seriously thinking about during the 2014 season. Specifi- going out for the team,” Brecht cally, May 1, 2014. says. He plans to show up for open Unafraid and hardly bashful, the then-sophomore toed the gym this fall. rubber against the league’s best The basketball thing makes hitting team — Glenbrook South sense. His 6-foot-6 dad, Tom, — and went right after it. played college basketball for CoBrecht turned out to be very lumbia University in New York. Clayton Kershaw-like that day. Brecht, a weight room and He struck out the first eight workout fanatic, also has another dream. batters he faced. Double takes? There were “I’d like to run a marathon plenty of those. Five of his punch- someday,” he says.
BRECHT-NECK SPEED: New Trier High School left-hander Ben Brecht delivers a pitch during action this past spring. PHOTOGRAPHY BY George Pfoertner
“If he continues to progress, things are going to be very interesting for him,” says Duncan. “He’s got an athletic arm. “Typically, with a kid 6-8, there’s a lot of moving parts,” Duncan adds. “Guys like that aren’t fully coordinated. And it takes a lot to repeat their delivery.” But that’s not the case with Brecht. As the ace hurler for the Trevians this past spring, he exhibited remarkable control. In 47.1 innings, allowing only six walks. “That (six walks),” says New Trier pitching coach Scott Klipowicz, “is a pretty tremendous feat, especially for a power pitcher. He didn’t get to a three-ball count too
often. “You can see why he catches the eyes of scouts,” Klipowicz adds. “His ball has a lot of movement and gets up on hitters pretty quickly. He ties them up. And he’s got that free and easy delivery. He throws very efficiently.” And efficiency rules. Brecht made a concerted effort to cut down on his pitch count. “My main goal going into the (spring) season was improving my command,” says Brecht, who ended up earning all-league honors with a 4-0 record and 0.59 earned run average. And the strikes? They just kept coming. He was in the K zone all
season. He finished with 79 strikeouts. “I’m very grateful where I am right now,” Brecht says. “But I can’t take anything for granted. I’m not going to rest on my laurels. The key is to keep getting better.” And the big lefty appreciates the way the NT coaches, including head coach Mike Napoleon and Klipowicz, have handled him. He threw 100-plus pitches in only one game this past spring. “I see where some coaches ride and ride their pitchers,” says Brecht. “My coaches haven’t done that with me. They have a great awareness of the situation.” Brecht started to realize his
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‘D’ is for DeNoble Position shift fits Lake Forest High School standout to a ‘T’ BY BILL MCLEAN, sports@northshoreweekend.com
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mma DeNoble entered a room and placed her left hand, flat, on a table. The field hockey player attempted to lift her left ring finger. The finger stayed flat. The rehab session, in the summer of 2014, did not start well for DeNoble, then a juniorto-be at Lake Forest High School. The Scout had suffered a broken bone in the hand at a national tournament in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, while playing for Windy City Field Hockey’s U16 Flame squad. A struck ball shattered it, not a pretty sight, not a pretty aftermath. She underwent surgery the day after the injury. Her hand, today, still contains a titanium plate and “a bunch of screws,” DeNoble notes. Her constant companion at each of her rehab sessions last summer was her field hockey stick. The start of her first varsity season was five weeks away, and DeNoble’s goal was to be able to grip the stick again and play in the season opener. DeNoble informed her physical therapist of her goal. The presence of the stick at the rehab session served as a reminder of the goal. For the therapist. For DeNoble. “It pushed me, seeing that stick each day,” DeNoble, now a seniorto-be, recalls. “It motivated me.” Five weeks passed. Lake Forest High School faced Loyola Academy in a season opener. DeNoble, rehab companion in both hands, did not just play in the game, a 3-2 overtime loss. DeNoble scored a game-tying goal and soared at least three feet to celebrate the tally. “I had missed tryouts,” says DeNoble, the leading scorer for the Scouts’ JV team a year earlier, in 2013. “I didn’t start that game. Scoring that goal … that’s when I knew, that’s when I thought, ‘Okay, I’m fine, fully recovered.’ ” That wasn’t DeNoble’s first signature moment in the sport. That occurred years earlier, and it involved autographs of older field hockey players, players she had idolized as a third-grader. They gripped field hockey sticks and played for Lake Forest High School. DeNoble received a photograph of that year’s varsity squad,
the signatures of each player scribbled near the edges. “I still have that photo,” DeNoble — teammates call her “DeNobes” — says. “I cherish it. I knew all of the players. I looked up to all of them. I admired them and everybody who had played for the Scouts. “Now, I’m a senior … it’s weird, so weird.” DeNoble fell for field hockey way back in the second grade, an impressionable athlete eager to develop her skills at New Vision Athletics in Lake Bluff. Wendy Ross was her first coach. DeNoble, a nanny/babysitter these days, babysits Ross’ kids. She started playing travel field hockey in the fifth grade. Playing competitively for Windy City Field Hockey (WCFH), based in Northbrook, became her thing, her passion. The Chicago area’s oldest and largest field hockey club since 1991 is run by owner/director Katie Beach, a former Olympian and Division I coach. DeNoble and her WCFH U19 Fire teammates placed third at the National Club Challenge in Virginia Beach, Virginia, July 12-14, a year after that U16 Flame crew finished fourth at the National Club Championships in Pennsylvania. “What a coach, what a great coach,” DeNoble says of Beach. “She’s tough, and she sets a high bar. I’m still learning things. There are so many types of shots; I’m still learning shots. I’m still learning ways to get around people. [Beach] started a Roots youth program at Windy City, and she’s one of the most supportive coaches I’ve ever had. I can talk to her like she’s my second mom.” DeNoble found a new home on field hockey fields at the start of her junior season. Scouts coach Melanie Walsh shifted DeNoble from forward to defender. It didn’t faze DeNoble in the least, and it showed in her play. She helped LF finished runner-up to New Trier High School at the state tournament last fall. “Emma flourished [on defense], has become a fabulous defender,” Walsh says. “She is so dedicated to the sport and to her team and
has natural leadership abilities. We get positive energy from her. She’s encouraging, supportive and confident. Her presence on the field is significant. As a player, she’s strong and versatile, with good vision and the ability to control the ball. She played every position [except for goalie] well in agegroup field hockey, and now she’s established herself as a great defender.” DeNoble’s summer has been packed, with field hockey, with jobs, with yoga, with trips to the gym for workouts. On Tuesdays and Fridays, from 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m., she serves as a nanny for a five- and a two-year-old. Dance parties break out sometimes, the toddlers gyrating to the delight of a swaying DeNoble, indoors, outdoors, whenever the beat of music moves them. She babysits others, works as a hostess at Market House on the Square in Lake Forest, completes custodial duties at Forever Om Yoga in Lake Forest in exchange for free yoga classes, lifts weights and somehow sets aside time each day to … breathe. “I like to de-stress, and I get to do that when I’m at Forever Om or when I lift weights,” she says. “I like being artistic, too, and ceramics also helps me relieve stress.” Years ago, at an indoor facility at Northwestern University, DeNoble, holding a field hockey stick, stood near a throng of NU football players, potentially a stressful scenario. She was a middle student then, an ant among purple hippos and rhinos and elephants. Lake stood nearby. DeNOBLE CAUSE: Senior Emma DeNoble of the Scouts goes after a loose ball during action last fall. A gridder asked DeNoble a quesShe will play college field hockey at Colgate University next year. PHOTOGRAPHY BY Joel Lerner tion. “We were there for a field is the consummate teammate.” told them to not take it person- play last year. They heard her, too. hockey camp, and the football Among DeNoble’s many ally, that I do that because our They liked what they saw. They players had just finished making strengths in game situations is program at Lake Forest demands liked what they heard. DeNoble an appearance on the Big Ten vocal leadership. Teammates know excellence, expects excellence. My verbally committed to the school Network,” Lake recounts. “One exactly when they are out of posi- yells are loud, but they’re not and the Raiders’ women’s field guy wanted to know how hard a tion or when they had just execut- vicious. I yell because I want to be hockey team in the early spring player could hit a field hockey ed a game-turning play, thanks to another set of eyes for my team- of her junior year. ball. Emma told him that a male DeNoble. DeNoble is there, mates who don’t see what an op“Emma is not afraid to be vocal could hit a ball, on average, 109 always, to instruct loudly, to praise ponent is attempting to do. on the field, to express herself, to mph, or maybe it was 107 mph. loudly. She likes to yell. Timely “I expect my goalie to yell at throw herself out there in any Emma had read that somewhere. hollers often lead to success. me, to be another set of eyes for situation,” says Colgate-bound She and the football players “I’ve warned players, especially me.” Maggie Lake, a senior-to-be at talked about field hockey for the younger ones, that I will yell Field hockey coaches from New Trier and a Windy City Field about five minutes. It was pretty during games,” DeNoble says. “I’ve Colgate University saw DeNoble Hockey U19 Fire midfielder. “She funny.”
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Retracing his steps Highland Park’s Casey’s had quite the injury ordeal at the 2014 state cross country meet BY BILL MCLEAN, sports@northshoreweekend.com
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is Achilles injury has completely healed. But the hurt — the emotional kind — still lingers a little. Flashback to Nov. 8, 2014. Ben Casey was all set to set the world on fire. The Highland Park High School distance ace, who thankfully graduated this past spring with both of his Achilles tendons completely intact, strolled up to the starting line at the IHSA Class 3A state cross country meet last fall full of confidence. But, five seconds into the race, the unthinkable happened. A fellow competitor accidentally spiked him. “Right after the starter’s gun went off,” Casey said. “I had to run the whole race with a hole in my Achilles. “Pretty devastating.” Also … pretty amazing. Kevin Caines, former head cross country and track coach with the Giants who now serves as an assistant, remains in wonderment of Casey’s gutty performance on the three-mile layout at Detweiller Park in Peoria. “Try running with a puncture in your Achilles,” said Caines. “It wasn’t a broken femur or anything like that. But it was a trauma injury. “To run, you really need to have your tendons functioning,” the coach added. “Every single step you take, you feel it.” Caines wasn’t surprised that Casey stayed the course and finished the race. “He’s a kid who puts his heart and soul into running,” Caines said. “He’s had more than his share of ups and downs. But he’s one of the most talented guys we’ve ever had (in our program). Elite athletes can amaze. Elite athletes figure out a way to push through the boundaries of pain — even the agony of a perforated tendon. On that fateful day, Casey’s threshold for pain was profound. This was a case of mind over tatter. A pierced Achilles tendon? Apparently, it’s not Ben Casey’s CASEY AT THE RACE: Ben Casey (HPHS, '15), seen her during the Central Suburban League championships, will run at Redlands University. PHOTOGRAPHY BY Joel Lerner Achilles’ heel.
There’s no way to truly document this. But Casey’s 126thplace finish just might be the finest 126th-place effort ever performed at an IHSA state cross country meet. Somehow, he completed the three miles in 15 minutes, 31 seconds — a 5:10.2 pace. “It really hurt in the first 400 (yards). And that’s where I lost ground,” said Casey. “And it hurt pretty badly in the last mile, and that’s when I kind of shut down. But I never even thought about giving up or stopping. Our coaches always tell us, ‘Be defiant.’ “I know it was a freak thing. Dumb luck,” he added. “It’s taken me a long time to get over it. But, I’ve had to move on.” The tough part? Casey entered the state race in primo condition. He was in an Autobahn zone. No speed limits. A week earlier at the Schaumburg Sectional, he took eighth (15:17) in a terrific field at the Busse Woods Forest Preserve, edging long-time nemesis Sam Oh of Stevenson High School by one second. And, a week before that, he claimed the fifth spot (16:10) in the Libertyville Regional at Adler Park. “I had worked hard. I was trying to do everything right,” Casey said. “Beating Oh was a confidence booster. Finishing in the top 10 at state was my goal.” To his credit, Casey proved to be a quick healer. And having a dad like Timothy Casey didn’t hurt. The elder Casey is a foot and ankle surgeon. “That’s been pretty helpful,” the runner said. Casey wound up being sidelined for a month. He made it back for the outdoor track season — and experienced a few more “ups and downs.” On May 15, in the Central Suburban League North championships at Niles North, he raced to a first-place finish in the 1600 meters (4:23.43). One week later at the Loyola Sectional, Casey put together a gallant effort only to miss quali-
fying to state. Heading to the bell lap of the 1600 meters, he was looking strong and leading the entire field. But on the final lap, his legs failed him. “That was devastating for me to watch,” said HP distance teammate Brett Davidson, minutes after the race. HP head coach Michael Sommers had a similar sentiment, after watching Casey finish just shy of the state-qualifying standard. He ran a 4:23.42. He needed a 4:22.04. “He’s tough. He’s resilient,” said Sommers, after the sectional meet. “This is not the end of the world for him. It wasn’t his day. But he’s got a lot of races left.” Casey, who is as fit as can be right now, is ready to head west. He’ll run cross country and track at Redlands University in southern California. “With his work ethic, he’s far from reaching his potential,” says Caines, “especially if the fire in his gut keeps burning.” Running at the next level has become a natural progression for HP’s elite distance runners. The list includes all-staters Ari Rothschild (Elon University), Jonah Hanig (Columbia University) and Angel Estrada (University of Illinois). Davidson, who will be a senior this fall, is next in line. “Looking at their success makes me want to push myself and prove myself at the next level,” Casey said. Notable: In addition to lifeguarding, Casey has been training with Hanig this summer. “I’ve learned a lot from him,” said Casey. “He’s telling me to be consistent with my training and take care of the little things. He’s definitely had a good influence on me.” … Running is a family thing in the Casey household. His two brothers — Matt and Jack — will be running for HPHS this fall. … Casey’s two other sports-related passions: pick-up basketball and paintball. “My uncle is big into paintball. It’s pretty exhilarating.” His dad? A former basketball player.
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Liz of the party Teammates, coaches find Loyola’s Satter — a Penn recruit — fun, engaging and highly skilled BY BILL MCLEAN, sports@northshoreweekend.com
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t is a typical school day at Loyola Academy, hallways abuzz with students going this way and that way between classes. Student Bailey Busscher hears a student’s voice. It is an unmistakable voice from above, an animated and genuinely friendly one. The voice belongs to 6-foot-2 basketball player Liz Satter. “Hey, Bailey!” Satter, a smile spreading under dancing eyes and light strawberry blonde hair, shouts. “How’s your day going?” Busscher’s day gets better and sunnier, instantly, because she’s near the good friend she first met when both were in the fifth grade. “I remember that day,” Busscher, a Ramblers basketball player and lacrosse player, recalls. “My dad introduced me to Liz and Liz’s dad. She was this bright ball of energy, a happy and confident girl. Still is.” The girl is a senior-to-be at Loyola Academy now, a University of Pennsylvania-bound hoopster with an uber-positive disposition and an undying penchant for making to-die-for desserts for her loved ones and friends and teammates. Satter spreads joy. Satter spreads icing on cupcakes. “Sweet, pleasant,” Satter’s AAU Illinois Rockets coach, Drew Ondik, says of his second-year Rockets forward. “She’s always upbeat and excited and engaging. All of that is becoming, endearing … endearing stuff. She’s talkative, too. She’s a talker. She has all of the qualities you want your coach on the floor to have. Teammates look up to her, look to her for leadership. Liz points things out to me during timeouts. Liz suggests things to me.” Satter, a Glencoe resident, had been a Full Package AAU player when she joined Ondik’s U17 Rockets, a Naperville-based team, in the spring of 2014. Her split from Northfield-based Full Package was an amicable one; she still trains with Full Package basketball trainer Steve Pratt and plays pickup games with Full Package players. Satter, a transfer student from New Trier High School, was coming off her first year (2013-14) as a Ramblers varsity member, having averaged 3.5 points and 3.2 rebounds per
HEART OF THE SATTER: Loyola Academy’s Liz Satter drives the lane against Evanston during a regional title game last winter. She will play college hoops at the University of Pennsylvania. PHOTOGRAPHY BY George Pfoertner
game as a sophomore for a Class 4A regional champion. “She came to us as a young player with a young player’s skills,” Ondik recalls. “She was not a phenomenal player then. Liz was trim, athletic, long. She ran well. But she had limitations. Liz had a good summer, not a great one. We then analyzed her game and told her she would need to improve her ball handling and shooting in order to attract the attention of Division I schools.” A flashback is in order here. Back when she was a 5-foot-8 sixth-grader, Satter went online to find out if she had made Full Package’s top team for her age group. She cried that day. Ann Satter noticed her distraught daughter and asked, “Did you get cut?” Liz Satter, happy and shocked, shook her head. “I somehow made that team,” Satter says. “Who knows why? I sure don’t. I was awkward. My
coordination was awful.” Her coordination improved, just like her ball handling and shooting would after her first season with the Illinois Rockets. Her junior season arrived at Loyola Academy. Satter ended up pacing the team in points (10.7 ppg) and in rebounds (6.4 rpg) and, unofficially, in smiles. She shot 51 percent from the field (inside three-point range) and 72 percent from the freethrow line for a 17-12 squad. She made two holiday all-tournament teams (hosts Mundelein and New Trier high schools) and earned All-Girls Catholic Athletic Conference and team MVP honors. “She did some nice things for us,” Ramblers coach Jeremy Schoenecker says. “What I liked a lot about her last season was her demeanor on the court. It stayed the same … even, steady. It never changed. Whether she was playing well or not so well, I saw the same Liz. She got tougher, too. She got
tougher, physically and mentally. “Liz,” he adds, “kept her teammates up and became a great leader. She’s a fantastic kid, a funloving kid.” Satter’s second AAU season with the Rockets arrived this past spring. Ondik noticed a different Satter, a different player, a better player. Others noticed what Ondik had noticed. “The coach [Bill Gibbons] from [College of the] Holy Cross told me that in all of his years in evaluating and scouting players, he had never seen a player improve, from the end of one AAU season to the beginning of the next, as much as Liz had,” Ondik says. “She showed vast amounts of improvement. It was eye-popping. She now catches the ball, puts it on the floor and blows by girls, either to the right or to the left. She’s now decisive, very decisive, with the ball. Confidence helped make her decisive. Liz no longer hesitates —
her hesitancy had given the advantage to the player guarding her. And her three-point shooting form … it’s perfect now. “I see her as a stretch-four [a sharpshooting power forward] at Penn.” Before a rib contusion reduced her minutes, Satter averaged 15 points, 7.5 boards, four assists and two blocks for the U17 Rockets (23-14 through July 16, with a couple of tournaments remaining this summer). “I was not a flashy scorer [for Loyola Academy in 2014-15],” Satter says. “I was a quiet scorer, hit the occasional three [22 treys, third among Ramblers]. Toward the end of the season, I became more of an assertive player.” It is the midpoint of Satter’s summer before her senior year, her AAU season winding down, her other commitments abundant and all-important. She serves as a co-director of Eat.Play.Learn,
a youth development program in Evanston for third-, fourth- and fifth-graders. Some of the program’s counselors are older than Satter is. She reports to Eat.Play. Learn program head Rick Kolsky, a Full Package basketball coach, her first AAU coach, who saw heaps of promise from an awkward Liz Satter more than five years ago. She works out under the supervision of performance (strength and conditioning) trainer Chris Truex at the Illinois Bone & Joint Institute in Highland Park. An early riser — “I’m a morning person, usually up at 6 a.m.,” she says — Satter cherishes every minute with her family, reads books and gushes about her little sister, 5-foot-10½ Celia Satter, a hoopster and a f reshman-to-be at Loyola Academy. “We look and act alike. She’s a mini-me,” Liz says. “She grew late, so she has guard skills. She also makes killer chocolate chip cookies. They’re amazing; she puts love into her baking.” Liz and Celia (their brother, John, is an Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy graduate and a sophomore-to-be at the University of Illinois) live in the house in which their mother lived as a youth. Ann Satter’s old room is now Liz’s room. Ann, the eighth of nine children, had shared the room with siblings. Ann Satter’s favorite story about Liz is a story she has shared with everybody she knows. Liz was five years old, heading to the first day of a summer camp in Glencoe. Mom was driving. Liz found out all of her fellow campers would be strangers. Daughter looked at mother and declared, “I’m going to make a new friend today.” Can you hear her saying it? Many can. “I don’t remember saying that,” Liz, with another one of her smiles lighting up another room, says. Liz Satter, ever so friendly and outgoing, probably didn’t make a friend at camp that day. She more than likely made friends, accent on the ‘s’, a number higher than the number of her fingers and toes. Combined.
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Inside the Press Box Chip Shots | Summer Tournaments MAJGT Sanctuary Classic: Winnetka’s Drew Miles turned in rounds of 76 and 71 to finish with a threeover-par 147 at this Mid-American Junior Golf Tournament on July 16-17 at the Sanctuary Golf Course in New Lenox. He wound up placing in a three-way tie for fourth place. Devin Johnson of Geneva was the medalist (141). Miles, who will be a senior at North Shore Country Day, finished in a tie for 14th place at the IHSA Class 1A state tournament last fall. Lake Forest’s Ale Raganelli (75-75—150) and New Trier grad Jack Junge (73-77—150) shared ninth place with Robbie Morway of Mequon, Wisconsin. Two Winnetkans, Reb Banas (class of 2017) and Brett Golden (class of 2015), tied Aurora’s David Lipan for 12th place. They each shot 151. On the girls’ side, Glencoe’s Margaret Hickey (class of 2017) and Lake Forest’s Emily Young (class of 2016) placed in a tie for 10th. Both shot 160. Midwest Junior Players Championship: Northfield’s Justin Choi (class of 2017) shot 74-73-72 (219) to finish in a tie for fifth place in this American Junior Golf Association tournament at Mistwood Golf Club in Romeoville on July 14-16. Ryan Gerard of Raleigh, North Carolina, claimed medalist honors with a 207. 85th Illinois State Amateur: Northbrook’s Nick
Hardy and Highwood’s Patrick Flavin were top-10 finishers in this prestigious tourney, which was held at Panther Creek Country Club in Springfield on July 14-16. Hardy, who will be a sophomore at the University of Illinois, capped off the four rounds by shooting a six-under 65 to place third. He wound up with a four-round score of 276 (70-71-70-65), which was one stroke behind Wheaton’s Tee-K Kelly and Chicago’s Conor Dore. Kelly took the title by winning the playoff. Flavin, a Highland Park High School grad who will be a sophomore at Miami of Ohio, also had a terrific final round: five-under 66. He ended up in a four-way tie for sixth place (73-72-70-66—281).
stick nation | girls field hockey Lake Forest Academy: Daniel Joseph, a 6-foot-3, 240-pound defensive end, is headed to the Big Ten. Ranked as the fifth-best player in Illinois by 247Sports, Joseph has verbally committed to Penn State. Joseph is the brother of Faith Ekakitie, a red-shirt junior defensive lineman at the University of Iowa. Windy City: The Northbrook-based club sent two squads to the 2015 National Club Championships in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on July 9-14. The U14 Spark, which went 1-1-1 in pool play, ended up with a 2-3-1 overall record. The roster included Clara Geraghty (Winnetka),
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Amy Griffin (Wilmette), Lauren Hughes (Chicago), Grace McGowan (Lake Forest), Alexandra Morgan (Winnetka), Julianne Ross (Kenilworth), Maddie Kellner (Cedarburg, Wisconsin), Julia Fortier (Wilmette), Julia LeClercq (Lake Bluff), Eleanor Flynn (Downers Grove), Logan Hanekamp (Lake Forest), Addie Sidles (Lake Forest), Anya Kavanagh (Lake Forest), Margaret Mick (Lake Forest), Kate Thomason (Wilmette), Julia Hender (Lake Forest), Sophio Bruno (Glenview) and Mary Jane McNary (Glenview). The U16 Flame also took second in pool play (1-1-1) and wound up with a 2-3-1 record. The roster members included Emma Goldberg (La Porte, Indiana), Ellie Diefenbach (Lake Forest), Bergen Soudan (Winnetka), Elizabeth Henderson (Winnetka), Margot Bergonia (Kenilworth), Libby Thompson (Lake Forest), Grace Payne (Lake Forest), Nell Van Schaack (Winnetka), Julia Gottreich (Kenilworth), Natalie Klein (Winnetka), Paige LeClercq (Lake Bluff), Melissa Davis (Lake Forest), Maggie Stoll (Lake Bluff), Meghan Minturn (Winnetka), Tyler Guttman (Lake Bluff), Theresa Cooney (Winnetka), Catherine Nicholson (Lake Forest) and Christen Conley (Oak Park). The WC Eagles of Pennsylvania went 6-0 in both age groups. The tournament attracted coaches from 51 colleges. Meanwhile, the U19 Fire took third place with a 2-2-1 record in the 2015 National Club Challenge in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on July 12-14. The team members included Dani Brockstein (Deerfield), Emily Conklin (Lake Forest Academy),
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SUNDAY BREAKFAST
She’s a pro at knowing what reporters want
By Simon Murray
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obert Matthew Van Winkle, better known by his stage name Vanilla Ice, wanted something that was almost impossible. He was scheduled to go on Windy City Live’s midday show, which started at 11 a.m. His flight, if he had it his way, would land at O’Hare at 9:30 a.m., only 90 minutes until showtime. But that left open the possibility for disaster — in the form of thunderstorms, grounded planes, missing white rappers — to loom too large for some. “It’s cutting it really tight,” warned Anne Kavanagh, trying her best to be diplomatic. The founder of MediaPros 24/7 was in her daughter’s car — hers was in the shop, much to the chagrin of her daughter — a blue Ford Fusion with her MacBook Pro thrown in the back, talking on speaker phone with the concert promoter from Kankakee Valley Park District’s BBQ Fest. “Like we say in news. Deadline: If you don’t make it, you’re dead.” Not only would Vanilla Ice be performing at the festival (“Vanilla Ice is back!” proclaimed the flyer) but so would other 1990s groups like grunge duo Local H, post-grunge alt-metal band Puddle of Mudd, and Queens, N.Y. hip hop trio SaltN-Pepa. A man billed simply as “Goat,” from the TV show Full Throttle Saloon, would emcee. As the Kankakee County
“Try to do something nobody else is doing. I always try to use that philosophy.” —Anne Kavanagh Convention and Visitors Bureau was one of her clients, Kavanagh was in the unique position of making sure all the artists were placated, overseeing their lodgings, needs, wants, desires, and, maybe most importantly of all, their media rounds. Salt was most definitely in to appear on radio, but Kavanagh and the concert promoter were still waiting to hear back from Pepa. And what of Spinderella, the group’s DJ? He would have to check. Would the radio show’s hosts need to know their real names? Again, that was up in the air. In the driver’s seat, Kavanagh barely moved, but the nimble mental juggling I was witnessing was impressive. Once ensconced in a calm booth at Jasper’s Café in Glenview, Kavanagh orders scrambled eggs with diced ham, hash browns, and wheat toast — “and it’s well worth the calories,” she laughs, adding “if you’re going to sin, you better sin in the right place.” When people ask Kavanagh if traditional media is dead, she
tells them flatly: No it’s not. Even after leaving an Emmy award-winning reporting position at Fox News Chicago (one she held for over 23 years) to start her own communications and film company in 2010, Kavanagh is still singing its praises. Her reason? A long-winded example: the city of Kankakee was once infamous for being declared the worst place to live in America by Places Rated Almanac. In 1999, David Letterman pounced on it, giving the town its own Top 10 list and donating two gazebos as a prank. Last year, juniors at Kankakee High School were ready to return the favor and show the world that their hometown was no longer the worst city in America. Gaining the city’s permission, they demolished the gazebos,
Anne Kavanagh | Illustration by Barry Blitt
repurposing them into a rocking chair that would be sent as a retirement gift to the host of the Late Show. But when they sent a letter to the producer, they were politely denied a segment in the show’s final months. Kavanagh leapt into action. First, she positioned the story in front of the media machine; reaching out to Mary Schmich, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist at the Chicago Tribune. When she agreed, Kavanagh
blew up social media with the story. Eventually, she found spots for the students on WLS Radio and on CBS (the Late Show ’s parent company). From there, the Associated Press picked it up. Says Kavanagh, “And then it went everywhere — all over the world.” At the end of the day, when they could ignore it no longer, the Letterman producers (sheepishly?) said yes, they would like to do something. The students got their six-minute segment showcasing their hometown, and Letterman got his rocking chair. A graduate of DePaul University and Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, Kavanagh got her first big break after her story on the four-sport student-athlete Jean Ponsetto (now athletic director of DePaul University) won a Columbia University sports writing competition. She could’ve written about the men’s basketball team (then a Final Four team), but she chose instead to highlight an athlete finally given a chance thanks to Title IX , which was still fairly new at the time.
“What it showed me was, if you pick a topic that’s different and new, you will get attention,” says Kavanagh. “Try to do something nobody else is doing. I always try to use that philosophy.” Kavanagh’s experience in the newsroom puts her in a unique position: MediaPros 24/7 offers media training, crisis management, publicity, video content production, event planning, and website consulting. She coaches people looking to enter politics, experienced politicians, business leaders and other high-profile professionals on how to speak to the media. She leverages her media contacts to get stories in front of the right outlets. And she works with a team of professional reporters, producers, and writers to get authenticity in each story. “Too often public relations companies promote an event or promote an individual,” notes Kavanagh. “Many times they don’t understand reporters want good stories — the more compelling and trendsetting, the better.” She’s also adroit at planning ahead, at covering every detail. Vanilla Ice would, indeed, miss his plane. But not to worry. With two minutes to go until showtime, Salt-N-Pepa — Cheryl James and Sandra Denton —surprised the host at Windy City Live. They ate cheesecake with the audience. And Kavanagh successfully coerced Vanilla Ice into apologizing on video to the hosts, because nowadays, public image is everything.
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