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ILMETTE — Sisters f rom the Fraternite Notre Dame religious order are seeking a special use permit to open a French bakery in the storefront previously occupied by Heavenly Hearth Bread Company at 1101 Central Avenue. Called St. Roger Abbey Patisserie, the bakery plans to serve an assortment of baked goods, soups and sandwiches — with all proceeds donated to charity. Residents who frequent the Wilmette French Market may be familiar with the sisters from St. Roger Abbey who sell organic baked goods there and donate the proceeds to charity. “Whatever we sell is to help our mission,” Mother Superior Marie Martha told the Zoning Board of Appeals on Dec. 2. “Our mission is to help the poor [and] the needy. So this is a good cause.” The order also sells baked goods on its St. Roger Abbey website, Continued on PG 8

Left to right: Max Loebman, Max Goldstein, and Stef Roti.

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he suburbs of the North Shore have a long and enduring history and presence in the world of modern rock music. Members of Fall Out Boy, singer/songwriter Liz Phair, musicians Jason Narducy and Freda Love Smith, and Smashing Pumpkin Billy Corgan are just a few music makers with connections to the stretch between Evanston and points north. It’s time to add the trio Yoko & The Oh No’s, featuring magnetic lead singer Max Goldstein (from Highwood) on vocals, drummer Stef Roti (from Wilmette) and bass player Max Loebman, to the list. It takes more than a clever name to get people’s attention (although it doesn’t hurt) and Yoko & The Oh No’s have been getting plenty, including a mention in the December 2015 Out 100 issue of Out Magazine (featuring President Barack Obama on the cover). Working in the band’s favor on its eponymous Autumn Tone Records debut is a strong set of tunes, including “Heart Attack,” “Nobody Wants To Know,” “In Pieces,” “Lone Wolf ” and “Who’d Stop Me,” all performed with a youthful exuberance. I spoke with Max Goldstein and Stef about the band and more. Continued on PG 8

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APARTMENT PLAN 5-Story building could be coming to Green Bay Road.

LAKE BLUFF MIDDLE SCHOOL $9.2 million project set to start.

[LIFESTYLE & ARTS ] 9 LOVE AND MARRIAGE A look back at 2015.

[ SPORTS ] 15 STAT KING

Ramar Evans leads the Loyola Academy boys basketball team in points, rebounds and assists.

[ LAST BUT NOT LEAST ] 18 SUNDAY BREAKFAST

From Downtown Evanston to Downton Abbey: Interview with Elizabeth McGovern.

9 NORTH SHORTS Life Lesson

10 NORTH SHORE FOODIE A Taste of Wheeling

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Middle School Project Set to Start in Lake Bluff Superintendent Jean Sophie. Sophie said there would be discussions with the neighbors AKE BLUFF—If the mild throughout the project from its winter weather keeps up, commencement until completed construction could start on before the start of the 2016-17 a $9.2 million renovation project school year in September. redoing almost every aspect of “We are going to consult with the Lake Bluff Middle School the neighbors to make sure we meet their needs as far as noise in February. The Lake Bluff Village Board abatement is concerned,” Sophie of Trustees unanimously ap- said. “We will test the impact of proved Lake Bluff School Dis- the ABR (auditory brainstem trict 65’s plan at its Dec. 14 response).” meeting but placed a condition The district has hired two on the consent essentially requir- acoustic engineers who will ing the district to keep the noise measure the impact to assure the down. noise will not be a nuisance in A group of residents living the neighborhood, according to near the school raised the noise Sophie. Lake Bluff residents will also issue stemming both from the construction and the heating, see evidence of the impact of the ventilating and air conditioning cost of the project when their system, according t o next real estate tax bill arrives. BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM

The district upped the levy six percent, according to Jay Kahn, the director of finance and operations for District 65. The owner of a $600,000 home will be paying $325 more than a year ago in property taxes, according to Kahn. The bump includes $40 for continuing operations, $160 for existing debt service and $125 solely for the middle school renovation. Sophie said the project is scheduled to begin March 1 or sooner weather permitting. When it is done, she said nearly every space at the school will be updated for 21st century learning. “With the exception of the gym and the band room, every other space will be touched in some way,” Sophie said in a Nov. 17 Daily North Shore story.

The project will have an addition with five classrooms, a completely redone library, a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) facility, three new science labs, a new cafeteria, enhanced security and more, according to Sophie. With the remodeling and expansion there will be a change in the school calendar giving the school community a longer summer vacation, according to Sophie. After school is over for the summer, she said the students will not return for the 2016-17 school year until a week after Labor Day. Sophie said the reason school is starting late in the fall is to get significant work done before the students return and the roof on the addition to avoid delays from inclement weather.

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hen we think of sword fights, we think of daring swashbucklers back to the days of Errol Flynn, maybe the cliﬀside battle of The Princess Bride, or, given the current climate, maybe a lightsaber or two. What we tend not to think of is women. Vicky Pappas is changing that. As a co-captain of the New Trier High School (NTHS) épée division of the women’s fencing team, she’s been showing people how it’s done. She took first place in épée at a pre-season fencing meet at the beginning of November. “It was exciting,” Pappas says. “I’ve placed in tournaments before, but I’ve never placed first. I had to fence my co-captain (Amanda Wong) to win. She got second. In the next meet, though, I had to fence her again, and she beat me. So, that’s good.”

With the two co-captains of the NTHS women’s épée team facing oﬀ for first place after all the other schools fell away, it’s a real indication of the seriousness with which they approach the sport and the high level at which they’re achieving. There are three types of competitive fencing—foil, saber, and épée. Foil is the version depicted in most media. Competitors wear electronic jackets called lamés and the torso is the only area where a hit, called a touch, counts. In saber, the target area includes the head and neck, and touches are achieved with the side of the blade as well as the point. In épée, the whole body counts as the target area and they compete with a stiﬀer, heavier blade. The fencer’s blades are all attached to electric wires to keep score electronically. The first competitor to five touches wins. Matches are typically quick. If a match lasts three minutes without

“ We are here I’ve placed in tournaments before, but I’ve never placed first.” –Vicky Pappas anyone scoring five touches, the person with most touches wins. Pappas originally became interested in fencing when her older brother took a fencing extension class the summer before his freshman year at New Trier. She signed up for the extension class the summer before she started eighth grade and has brandished the blade

ever since. “I like how we work a lot more on strategic ideas, so it’s not just about how strong you are or how fast you are,” Pappas says. “If you are holding your weapon incorrectly, then your arm is open and someone can hit you. You can also pretend to have your arm open, someone could try to hit you, and you could parry their blade and hit them. Or you could feint, pretend to hit them, disengage, then hit them. It’s just really interesting.” NTHS fencing teams have proven a major force in the Great Lakes High School Fencing Conference. The girls team has won their annual championship nine times out of the last 20 championships, by far the best win record for women’s teams in that time period. The NTHS men’s team has won 14 championships in the last 20 years, including an unbroken winning streak for nine years in a row.

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place. The other Max is really into 1960s garage rock. We all really Gregg Shapiro: Max and Stef, like The Kinks. I’m obsessed with I’d like to begin with the basics, Amy Winehouse. We like a wide such as what is the genesis of the variety of music and it often band’s name? overlaps, too. With The Beatles, for example. Max Goldstein: We were with GS: Stef, who are some of the some of our band-mates from (our previous band) The New drummers, female and male, that Originals. We were coming up you look to for inspiration? SR: I admire a lot of different with funny band names; some that were puns and some that had drummers. I like when drummers “and the” (in the title). They were don’t try to be fancy and don’t try all really goofy and sort of jokes. to overtake the band. They just When one of our old friends said, play what they’re supposed to. I “Yoko & the Oh No’s,” something really liked (the late) Keith Moon about it stuck. When we put the (of The Who) because of his band together it was there. And energy. we love Yoko! GS: Songwriting on the Yoko GS: That was actually my next & The Oh No’s disc is credited question. Does Yoko Ono know to the band. How does that wasn’t really for me, I wasn’t process work? about the band? MG: Yes! She does Q&As on feeling it. After that, Max and I MG: Max wrote some songs her website every week and I really wanted to make music and I wrote some songs. Then we actually submitted a question. I together. We started working put our heads together. Each song have her book, I have her CDs, I together again because we both isn’t necessarily written by all of read her Twitter every day. My missed it. We also learned from us, but it’s a representation of who question was, “Do you feel that The New Originals. What we are. The album wouldn’t have all people are connected in some worked, what didn’t and what we existed if any one of us wasn’t a way? If yes, why do we try so hard liked. The music that we make is part of it. That’s we decided to to separate ourselves from one fun. put that down. This album repanother.” I also mentioned that I SR: Max and Max started resents us as a collective and not am in this band called Yoko & making music on the side for fun. as individuals. the Oh No’s and I asked her if Then they asked me to join. It GS: Chicago is well-known she liked our name. To be honest, was really like a side project of for its diverse and fertile music I wasn’t expecting a reply at all, that band and we just kept going scene. Do you feel like the band and it took longer than I thought with it. has been embraced by area music it would be. Stef sent it to me. GS: In what year did all of this fans? Stef Roti: She responded that taking place? MG: Yes, definitely! It took a she thought we were funny. SR: The New Originals started while to really feel it, especially MG: That we have a good in 2010. in the beginning. I’m not sure sense of humor. MG: Two years ago (2013) was how much of it was reality and GS: How did you all meet and when I came home from school how much of it was my own inand The New Original broke up. security. It took me a long time how did the band form? MG: Me and Max (Loebman) That’s when Yoko became the to feel comfortable talking to met at a rock summer camp. He main focus. other bands at shows, to feel like was 11 and I was 13. A year or so GS: The song “Nobody Wants a part of the scene. They’ve defilater, I ran into him at a coffee To Know” includes a Velvet Un- nitely embraced us. We’re doing shop. We started talking and then derground reference. How would something that’s pretty different we formed The New Originals. you define the band’s musical than a lot of the other bands Probably a year after we started influences? playing in the scene. It’s been cool MG: They’re very all over the to see that shift on a local level. The New Originals, I quit. It

“ We’re doing something that’s pretty different than a lot of the other bands playing in the scene.” –Max Goldstein

WILMETTE Cont. from PG 1 as well as at a store in Vernon Hills and at other markets, such as the Christkindlemarket in downtown Chicago. All of the baked goods are made by nuns at the monastery using organic ingredients. According to their application, the sisters will sell an assortment of baked goods such as macarons, French breads, croissants, cakes, cookies, pies and savory pastries. Also for sale will be sandwiches, soups, and salads, as well as soft drinks and coﬀee. “We are here to serve the community and serve good product, quality, product,” Mother Marie Martha said. “I am sure you will enjoy it.”

“ We are here to serve the community and serve good product, quality, product.” –Morther Marie Martha

While the sisters originally sought approval for outdoor seating, after receiving objections from neighbors they decided to drop that portion of their application. Zoning Board Chairman Patrick Duﬀy noted at the meeting that the sisters could re-apply for outdoor seating at some time in the future if they were interested. The Zoning Board of Appeals was enthusiastic about the new business, voting unanimously to recommend the special use permit to the Village Board. “I can’t wait for you to open. My mouth is watering. I am very excited that you are coming to the village and we look forward to having you,” Chairman Duﬀy said.

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GS: Being a band based in Chicago, home of venerated music festivals such as Lollapalooza and Pitchfork, do Yoko & The Oh No’s have a preference for one fest over the other? MP: I went to Lollapalooza every year from eighth grade through high school. It’s an amazing festival and it brings a lot to the city. I personally prefer Pitchfork a little bit. It’s a little less overwhelming. I would love to play either of them [laughs], I’ll say that. GS: Do you think there’s a chance that Yoko & The Oh No’s will be playing one or both this summer? MG: Hopefully! If we are, we don’t know yet. That’s definitely a goal of ours for the future. SR: Especially as a hometown

band, it would be great! GS: Yoko & The Oh No’s have North Shore roots, with you, Max, being from Highwood and Stef being from Wilmette. Would performing at Ravinia have special meaning to the band? MG: I worked at Ravinia [laughs]! GS: What did you do at Ravinia? MG: I was an usher. I swept garbage in the pavilion. To be honest, it would be awesome to play there. To play for the people I used to work for. SR: I’ve been there so many times with my family. I don’t know of another concert (venue) around the North Shore that can bring everyone out there. They have all types of music. I’d love

to play there. GS: What’s next for the band? SR: We’re going to focus on recording our second album. We’re also planning to play SXSW (in Austin TX). We’re hoping to get some (show) dates on the way there and back. MG: We want to go on tour this summer. We’re really looking forward to that. GS: When do you think the new album will be available? MG: That’s a good question. We have the material and we want to get it down while it’s still fresh in our minds. The (songs on) album we just put out is very old for us. We wanted to learn from that, how to play songs that are four years old. We wanted to get those down so that we, as a band, could start moving forward.

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A LOOK BACK AT 2015: WHAT READERS THINK ABOUT DIVORCE

she told her boyfriend. “Eh. It was average,” he replied. I don’t know enough to take sides in their debate (though I’d probably side with her anyway), but I know that I, too, have had a pretty great year in this space. I am most appreciative of the feedback I’ve gotten f rom readers. I responded to all of it privately, and shared much of it in follow-up columns. This weekend, I’m looking back at the notes I’ve kept in my inbox. Without question, I receive the most feedback when I write about divorce. In September I wrote about two Canadians whose selfie went viral. They were smiling ear to ear outside of the courtroom after their divorce was finalized. Shannon Neuman wrote alongside her photo, “We have respectfully, thoughtfully and honorably ended our marriage in a way that will allow us to go forward as parenting partners.” Among the responses was a long note from reader Jennifer Rosen, who divorced her husband in 2003. She described spending time with her two children and her ex-husband after the divorce, and how it feels normal and comfortable. “Relationships are all about choices. My relationship with my ex is a crucial one not only to me but our children. much younger friend recently We have chosen the better path recapped an exchange between for our family.” her and her boyfriend: I also heard from attorney “We had a pretty great year,” Jennifer Cunningham Beeler,

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t this time of year, we can’t help but reflect on where we have been, and where we are headed. In that spirit, a

who alerted me to some changes in family law for 2016. “The biggest impact will be that the term ‘sole custody’ will be eliminated; the thought has been that the majority of divorcing couples want to, and are able to, cooperatively joint parent, and demanding to be the sole custodial parent has caused costly and divisive custody battles. The new term will be an allocation of parental responsibilities, and the law changes ‘visitation’ to the more neutral ‘parenting time’ for

each parent.” I plan to learn more about this in the coming weeks. But before I look back at any more of 2015, let’s consider some advice I relayed in my favorite column from 2015. I asked residents of Vi at the Glen this summer to reflect on their experience and share their best advice for newlyweds. A study from the Harvard Business School reported that individuals who seek advice are perceived as being more competent than those who do not seek advice – especially

when the task for which they need advice is diﬃcult. From Jim and Dolores Conway, married 59 years: “We have learned, sometimes the hard way, that there are three - not always easy - rules to follow. But it’s well worth the eﬀort. First, compromise: no one is always right and no one is always wrong. Second, communicate: no one is a mind reader, so let your partner know what is bothering you. And third: keep your sense of humor. Life is short, so enjoy each other.”

North Shorts Musings by Mike Lubow “Life lesson”

there’s a ravine nearby, and he likes to explore it. The other day he got tangled here’s a youngster who lives around here. Call him in some dead branches and was Paulie. We don’t use real pretty banged up. Scary looking names, but always use real stories... cuts and probably a sprain. Paulie’s in one of those North But after a few hours in the ER, Shore neighborhoods where a few stitches, a few meds, and

one of those inflatable casts that lock tight with Velcro straps, Paulie was getting life back on course. You hear that he even kept a play date arranged by his folks. This involved a ride. Stops, starts and bumps in the road couldn’t

have been comfortable for him, what with stitches and the blow-up cast that made him look and feel like a creature from another planet. But, he ignored all that, and had a great time. He even got a little more active than he was sup-

posed to. Lots of running and fun. But Paulie’s a fun guy and accepts things that can’t be changed. Which is why you take notice. After the play date, after he got home, you saw Paulie and his folks getting out of their car. He ran up to you, all happy, friendly, full of

his usual enthusiasm, living large in every small moment. Later, you muse to yourself: gotta be more like Paulie. Whatever life throws, roll with it and have as much fun as you can. Imagine, getting a life-lesson like that from a one-year-old dog.

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Exploring a Taste of Wheeling American chefs. Born in Roanne, France (a small town near Lyon), rank D’Angelo had never the eccentric Banchet loved to been treated like the Pope ride motorcycles and had a knack before. So it was altogether at playing cards. He also aﬃxed surprising when the general what would be a lightning rod manager of Tuscany in Wheeling for the restaurant industry in was treated like one in Lyon, Wheeling, attracting the most France; people—friends of electric and eclectic restaurants friends—came to meet him as a result: the collection of which “because they thought we were on Milwaukee Ave being known important,” he said. He chuckled, to this day as Restaurant Row. recounting the memory fondly. Which is why Wheeling’s They had found out through Taste of the Town is such a big the grapevine that they were deal. A little over a month ago, from Wheeling, and needed to restaurants from all over the town see for themselves, he explained. descended on the Westin Why? Well, because . . . Le Chicago North Shore to show Francias. oﬀ their plates, bites, dishes, and What was once known as one hor d’oeuvres to a salivating of America’s finest restaurants, crowd of lucky guests. This year, Le Francias was the brainchild close to 1,000 attendees and over of Jean Banchet, a larger-than- 20 local restaurants mingled in life figure in the kitchens and the Westin’s spacious Ravinia minds of a whole generation of Ballroom. BY SIMON MURRAY

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“The chamber has been real supportive to the restaurant community in Wheeling,” said D’Angelo, who would be addressing the crowd at 5:30 p.m. “Wheeling is like a small big town . . . Restaurant Row has some world-class restaurants: we have Bob Chinn’s Crab House, [Tuscany], RAM [Restaurant & Brewery], and many of the restaurants that are represented here tonight.” At their own booth were Executive Chef Peter Menteer and Sous Chef Yo Chang of the Westin. Serving seasonal bisques oﬀ their banquet menu, the chefs ended up being a big hit with the attendees, who kept coming back for more of their diﬀerent colored creamy vegetable soups. “Some variations may require tweaking here and there with different steps and cooking methods but they all have the same basic base ingredients,” said Menteer. “One thing to keep in mind is that the vegetable needs to be cooked for quite some time in order to have a nice velvety consistency.” He added: “If the veggies are not cooked long enough, your soup will be grainy.” For more information about the Wheeling/Prospect Heights Area Chamber of Commerce & Industry, please visit wphchamber.com. The Westin Chicago North Shore is located at 601 N Milwaukee Ave in Wheeling.

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Supporters of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s ( JDRF) Illinois Chapter took over McCormick Place Lakeside Center and Arie Crown Theater on December 12 for a memorable evening of fundraising and entertainment. Hosting 2,000 guests and volunteers, the evening featured the organization’s Fund A Cure program, a sit-down dinner, exciting live and silent auction, and ended with a roofraising performance by REO Speedwagon. In its 36th year, the event raised $4 million to further JDRF’s work to support research to cure, treat, and prevent type 1 diabetes. The One Dream Gala was co-chaired by Michael and Sarah Alter of Glencoe. jdrf.org/Illinois/gala

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Onwentsia Club set the festive backdrop for the c, recently held in midDecember. The largest fundraising eﬀort for the organization, the Gift of Giving Gala was a black-tie aﬀair with more than 250 guests, silent auction, dinner, and dancing to the popular band Final Say. The Women’s Board has pledged $2 million to the new hospital, making it the largest gift in the Board’s history. Proceeds from the Gift of Giving Gala will support the pledge.

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arrett Collopy was on an ice rink, down on all fours, gasping, wheezing, wondering if the wind that got knocked out of him would ever return. He also had never felt more … alive. Collopy was a grade-schooler at the time, a rookie Chicago Youth American hockey player, and he loved everything about hockey, even the harsh stuﬀ. He was new to the checks-arelegal games on that day. A check into the boards had reduced Collopy to an ice chip in skates. “That happened to me all the time,” Collopy, a Highland Park Giants senior center/wing, recalls. “Collisions, so many collisions.” He would pop back up, breathe again and skate again, sore but more than eager to catch up to a free puck and make it do whatever he wanted it to do. A nineinch glove on a nine-inch hand, Collopy on ice. Good fits, both of them. The 5-foot-6, 136-pounder is a third-year varsity member of the Giants. He is lightning fast and running-bull-in-Pamplona tenacious. He administers board-rattling, wind-snatching checks these days. “Garrett plays like a 6-foot-6, 260-pounder,” Highland Park hockey coach Sean Freeman says of his alternate captain. “He’s a spitfire, plays a lot like I played when I was young. He’s got skill and fire, a tough kid. If I am ever in an alley, and I need someone there with me, I’m picking Garrett.” Through Dec. 16, when HP and visiting Evanston skated to a 1-1 tie, Collopy had scored 14 goals and delivered 13 assists (in 27 games) for a 15-14-2 club, both of the stats ranking second among teammates. Forward David Shapiro had scored 24 goals (in only 19 games), and forward Kieran Jagadeesh had provided 23 assists (in 23 games). Collopy, Shapiro, Jagadeesh, defenseman Casey Eisenberg and goaltender Ty Jablonski, along with Coach Freeman, were picked to represent HP in an Illinois High School Hockey League (IHSHL) All-Star game at West Meadows Ice Arena in Rolling Meadows on Jan. 3. The Giants sat atop the IHSHL North-Central standings, with a

Lightning fast Garrett Collopy skates with the puck during earlier action this season. The 5-foot-6, 136-pound senior continues to come up big for the Highland Park hockey team. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER.

7-3-2 record, before the winter break. Collopy struck for 17 goals and had 12 assists in a 35-13-2 season last winter. That crew featured plenty of leaders, many of them HPHS graduates today. Freeman wanted a leader, needed a leader, with some feistiness and resolve, in 2015-16. He is getting that, and more, from Collopy. Daily. “I have to be a leader,” Collopy, author of six goals and seven assists as a sophomore on varsity, says. “We’re young; we have a ton of young kids on varsity. I’m here to teach them a work ethic, the right work ethic, in the most demanding sport. We play really, really good teams on varsity, established teams. There’s a huge diﬀerence between junior varsity and varsity hockey games, and part of my job is to make sure our young guys are ready for that diﬀerence.”

Collopy does not have to say a word to get his teammates inspired in games. Teammates watch him. Teammates get energized, instantly. It is a good thing referees do not issue speeding tickets to skaters in games, because Collopy would be a serial oﬀender if they did, a teen without a license to thrill. There is a sandpaper side to him, too, a critical trait in hockey, one that comes in handy when a puck has to be dug out of a corner or when a situation calls for a brash check. “Garrett is the energy behind our team a lot of the time,” Giants junior left wing Jake Mandel says. “He pumps us up before games, makes big hits and big plays in games. If we need a spark, he gives us that. I love it when someone takes the puck away from him and he does everything he can to get that puck back. He’s showing ev-

erybody he’ll never back down. He’s illustrating his true grit to everybody. “On the ice,” he adds, “Garrett never runs out of fuel.” Collopy’s first major hockey influence was one of his Falcons Hockey Association coaches, Jan Masopust. Collopy was seven years old, showing up for practices and games but “not showing much as a hockey player,” Collopy admits. Masopust sensed something in Collopy, something special. Masopust helped Collopy find that something and exhibit that something in practices, in games. The coach coached. Hard. The player listened. Intently. The sport was no longer just a sport to Collopy; it had become a passion, plus a part of his identity. “[Masopust] was the first to push me to my limits,” Collopy says. “He convinced me that I had

a future in this sport. I’m glad he did that. I’m glad he believed in me. I still, because of him, try to be the best all-around player I can be when I’m on the ice. He gave me the edge I still have today.” Freeman took Collopy’s hockey game to another level by being, well, Freeman: highly competitive, mad about hockey. He works in the construction industry. Collopy served as an intern for Freeman at construction sites last summer. Collopy, son of a former biochemist ( Jim) and a marketing professional (Fran), cleaned up sites, bashed walls, cleaned up the stuﬀ that used to be walls. The grinder on ice was a grinder outside, adept at transitioning from a worker with a hockey stick to a worker with a shovel. The grinder made things happen in chilly ice arenas and under an unforgiving sun. “Coach Sean, his work ethic …

it’s unbelievable, in hockey and in construction,” Collopy says. “That guy loves to win more than anybody else I know. That guy loves to work. Nobody is as competitive as he is. His desire to win continues to rub oﬀ on me.” Highland Park’s Giants play their home varsity hockey games at Centennial Ice Arena. The arena was where a tot named Garrett Collopy, between his second and third birthdays, first wore a pair of skates, beginner skates, the ones with double blades attached to each boot. Ice, ice, baby. Giants pour out of their locker room, hit the ice, start to warm up for a mid-December game. A board door slams shut. An opposing team warms up at the other end of the rink. Blades produce soothing music. Collopy, wearing skates with single blades and jersey No. 79, is all grown up, faster and grittier and a nice, nice player. “The biggest diﬀerence I’ve noticed from Garrett this year is his leadership,” Freeman says. “He has ownership of this team, proprietorship of this team. He also gets that the clock is ticking, that there’s going to be a last dance soon, that the last song in his high school hockey career is about to play. Garrett is fully aware of the investment he has made as a hockey player. “I love Garrett, the hockey player,” the coach adds. “But there’s more to him than that. Every day, be it at a practice or at a game, Garrett makes me laugh, and that makes me remember why I coach high school hockey.” Notable: HP hosts Latin at Centennial Ice Arena on Jan. 9, beginning at 8:20 p.m. It will be HP’s first game since a 1-1 tie vs. Evanston on Dec. 16. … Highland Park’s top six Giants, in points, through Dec. 16: Kieran Jagadeesh (36 points — 13 goals, 23 assists); David Shapiro (27 — 24, 3); Garrett Collopy (27 — 14, 13); Dylan Abt (19 — 11, 8); Thomas Quirk (18 — 10, 8); and Kyle T. Powers (15 — 8, 7). … Giants goaltender Ty Jablonski was 13-9-2, with four shutouts, after that 1-1 tie on Dec. 16. He stopped 16 shots against Evanston.

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UNIQUELY QUANTIFIED Loyola’s multi-dimensional Evans continues to expand his game — and fill the stat sheet BY KEVIN REITERMAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM

e went to middle school at Chicago’s Walt Disney Magnet — a hop, skip and jump shot away from Lake Shore Drive. So it’s only fitting that Loyola Academy’s Ramar Evans experienced a magical moment in the third-place game of the New Trier/ Loyola Thanksgiving Tournament on Nov. 28. With 1.3 seconds left in regulation, he hit an off-thedribble, step-back 17-footer to beat Lake Forest 37-35 in overtime. Evans was the star attraction that night. With that one followthrough jumper, Ramar-velous turned the basketball court at 1100 Laramie Avenue in Wilmette into his own personal Magic Kingdom. Everyone in the house, including the Lake Forest defender, knew he was going to spread the court, drive hard with the dribble and take the final shot. It goes down as Evans’ finest basketball moment — so far. But don’t worry, the kid is just getting warmed up. “His best days on the court are coming,” Loyola Academy head coach Tom Livatino says. Evans has a unique skill set. He’s a five-positional player. He’s Ben Zobrist in basketball shorts. “A multi-dimensional player,” says Livatino. “Things are going to work out for him. He’s got great quickness. Great explosiveness.” His versatility allows him be a stat stuffer. “He leads us in points (13.4 per game), leads us in rebounds (6.4), leads us in assists (2.3),” Livatino adds. “He’s really good.” But Evans’ game remains in construction. “He’s playing at a high level right now,” says Livatino. “But he knows he should be playing at an even higher level. That’s our expectations of him. “He still needs to be more consistent,” the LA coach adds. That love for the game thing? He’s got that on LockDown. Last offseason, Evans played club basketball with the U16 Chicago LockDown team, which was coached by current LA assistant Nick Oraham. He teamed up

Loyola Academy’s Ramar Evans (No. 25) applies defensive pressure on Taft’s Arnel Grozdanic. The junior standout leads the team in points, rebounds and assists. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER.

with some talented folks and learned a ton. He also kept close tabs with fellow Ramblers. He constantly received text messages throughout the oﬀseason from senior shooting guard Brandon Danowski, who played for the Chicago LockDown U17 squad. Most likely, their text conversation went something like this: Hoops? What time? “We played a lot of one-on-one. A lot of King of the Hill,” says

Danowski. The dedication paid oﬀ — especially in the shooting department. Evans’ outside shot has never been better. “He’s definitely progressed in that area,” Danowski says. Currently, Evans is shooting a lofty 52 percent from three-point land (17-33). “Being in the gym and shooting all summer really helped,” says Evans. “It’s the part of the game that I really worked on.”

Last season, he was only a marginal three-point shooter, hitting 23 of 62 from beyond the arc. With his ability to knock down long-range shots, Evans has become even more diﬃcult to guard. Possessing a rock-solid 6-foot-2, 180-pound frame, he’s a match-up nightmare for most teams. “He’s a powerful guard,” says Danowski. “With the way he uses his body, he’s especially tough driving to the basket and taking it to the hole.”

There’s no way to pigeonhole his game. Evans’ passing is just as eﬀective as his shooting. He’s bound and determined to get the ball into the right hands. “Our oﬀense is now second nature to me,” Evans says. “I have a good feel for it. I know the ins and outs.” Feeding the ball to Danowski, who made 99 three-pointers last year, is never a bad option. The same holds true of senior sharpshooter Will Plodzeen. “I trust Brandon,” Evans says.

“And Plodzeen has been outstanding for us. I’ve been very impressed with Will.” Being the team’s point guard doesn’t stop Evans from going all out on the glass. “Rebounding,” he says, “is my favorite thing to do. Love it. Nothing like gathering in a rebound and going with it.” He developed his inside game years ago. “I’m a former big man. I played a lot of four and five when I was younger,” says Evans. “But my dad (Ramar Evans, Sr.) always told me to work on my handles. He always wanted me to have something to fall back on.” Being a two-year starter, Evans has been asked to be a team leader. “That’s been the biggest change from last year to this year,” he says. “Last year, I was the kid. Other guys on the team were looking out for me. “This year, I’m the parent. It’s tougher. But I like it,” Evans adds. He definitely didn’t shrug oﬀ his responsibilities in that overtime game against Lake Forest. He had the closing seconds all mapped out in his mind. “I took the ball with 45 seconds left and held it until there were 12 seconds left,” he recalls. “Honestly, I was trying to take it the rim. That was my first instinct. That was my thought process. “But I ended up taking what he gave me,” Evans adds. “I had to go with the flow. I had to make a quick decision. So I went with the step-back jumper.” And he couldn’t have shot it any better. Nothing but … magic. Notable: The Ramblers, who are playing in the VisitMeza.com Basketball Challenge at Mountain View High School in Meza, Arizona, improved to 7-4 on Dec. 22 by downing visiting Taft 70-51. The Ramblers made11 three-pointers in the contest. Will Plodzeen hit five threes to finish with a game-high 23 points to go along with six rebounds and five assists. Eddie Trapp had 12 points, while Brandon Donowski added 10 points.

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GRADE A PERFORMER Multi-dimensional Palmer turns in all-tourney performance at St. Viator Classic BY KEVIN REITERMAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM

olleen Palmer, known for her book smarts, is one of the top students in the junior class at Regina Dominican. Her basketball IQ? It’s also high. Backboard high. Executive suite (23rd floor) at the Chicago Palmer House high. In the second quarter of the final game — a 54-43 setback to Maine East — at the St. Viator Snowflake Tournament on Dec. 23, the multi-dimensional Palmer scanned the court and decided to play waitress. Over and over again, she passed up shots in order to serve the ball inside to the teammate with the ideal Regina Dominican first name: Regina Trejo. It was the right thing to do. The suite thing to do. Trejo, a junior, ended up having the quarter of her life — scoring 10 of her teamhigh 13 points in that eightminute stretch. “Regina was having a good day, and I wanted to get the ball inside to her as much as I could,” Palmer said. Palmer changed things up in the second half. She sea-changed it. The 5-foot-9 Panthers guard, who was named to the all-tournament team, decided to assert herself on the oﬀensive end. And the hard-to-guard inside/outside player with a three-point shooter’s touch scored all 11 of her points came in the final two periods. “That’s her game,” said Regina coach Kerry Durham. “She’s not going to be a one-dimensional player. “She’s very much the quarterback on this team. She’s going to get everyone in the right spots. She’s going to share the ball. She’s going to try and lift the level of everyone’s game,” the coach added. “And, what she did in the second half today is pretty typical of her.” A three-year starter on varsity, Palmer came into the four-game set at St. Viator averaging 11.6 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game. “She’s got the fundamentals of this game down,” said Durham. Playing the tough ‘D’ also is a must with Palmer. She doesn’t skimp.

“Colleen’s stature? It lends itself well to the college game,” said the Regina coach. Palmer definitely has the right court demeanor. In the second quarter of the Regina-Maine East game, she had a referee’s call go against her. Instead of challenging the call, Palmer raced back to the defensive end, looked over at her mother and sister in the front row and cracked a respectful and knowing smile. The ref missed that one, didn’t he? No complaint. No malice. “My dad tells me to just walk away,” said Palmer. “Once they make the call, they’re not going to change it.” Palmer, however, will do everything in her power to change the direction of her current team. The Panthers lost three of four at the St. Viator Tournament and sit 3-10 at the break. “It’s a growing year for us,” said Palmer, who was part of an 18-win team in 2014-15 and a 17-win squad in 2013-14. “We’ll pick it up.” Notable: The Panthers opened play in the St. Viator Classic by falling to Zion-Benton 57-20 on Dec. 19. Colleen Palmer finished with a team-high 11 points. … In Round Two, Regina took care of Elmwood Park 51-31. Sophomore Kelly French led all scorers with 23. Palmer had 10 points. … And in a Round Three contest, the Panthers came up short against Glenbrook North 43-35. Palmer (13 points) and French (10 points) led the way. … French, who also plays club volleyball, is starting to come into her own. According to coach Kerry Durham, the 5-10 French didn’t decide to play hoops until two days before practices started. Regina Dominican junior Colleen Palmer drives to the bucket against Glenbrook North’s Jordan Davison during Round Three action at the St. “She’s a great shooter. And she’s versatile. She brings a lot to the Viator Classic. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER. team,” said Palmer. French came Basketball? Soccer? Her main defensive assignment right-hand dribble. “I was just other way. Diving on the floor for into the tourney averaging 12.8 in the Maine East game was trying to shut her down. a loose ball is big part of her game. She’s got next-level talent in points and 6.8 rebounds per game Janelle Alba Garner. Palmer never “Our whole team takes pride Palmer’s bent for defense runs both sports. Her sister, Maggie … The Panthers have no seniors lost track of the senior star, and in playing good defense,” she deep. Her other sport is soccer. Palmer, currently plays Division on the squad. But Durham is her glove-like defense limited added. And she’s all about denying the III basketball at Illinois Wesleyan. excited about her freshman trio: Garner to 10 points. Black kneepads come standard opposition. She lines up at No doubt, Durham, a former Caitlin Ward, Kaitlan Byrne and “I knew she (No. 5) was a good with Regina Dominican uniforms. sweeper for her Glenview-based college basketball player at Xavier Mary Grace Stanton. “Watch player,” said Palmer, who did a Everyone wears them. club soccer team: FC-1 Academy. University, will push her toward those three,” said the Regina the hoops. good job of taking away Garner’s Palmer wouldn’t want it any She’s a goalie’s best friend. coach.

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ern’s 54 years; her beauty is timeless and no doubt part of the reason she was chosen to play Lady of the house Cora Crawley back in 2010, when Downton began. A woman of grandeur and matriarch-inwaiting to the fearsome Dowager Countess, played McGovern is discussing the i m p e c impending downsizing of cably by Downton and the inevitable re- Maggie percussions on the pampered S mith, aristocrats that reside there as the Cora is hit series comes to a climax. “I also the think, to a certain extent, Cora is most ‘real’ naïve about what it will be like p e r s o n to live with no money, but she’s amongst the very happy to embrace the idea Crawley charof having absolutely nothing, acters; unafraid because she’s never experienced to cross the what that is. So, I don’t think she’s boundaries between particularly stressed about the master and servant, changes. She can roll with the a woman not conpunches,” smiles McGovern. strained by the usual Lady Cora’s looming lifestyle trappings of English, post Edchange aside, the same could be wardian society. said for the actress herself, who, She is also the only American despite finding huge success both in the aristocratic Downton at home and the UK, isn’t fazed household; born and bred in the one bit by the announcement that city of Evanston, McGovern’s the upcoming sixth series will be family moved to Los Angeles the last. “I’m ready to put Cora when she was 10. While admitto bed for a while, I really am. I ting she feels shaped by Los tried my best to bring her to life Angeles as much as Illinois, she for six years but I’m looking still has very fond memories of forward to doing the same now her birthplace. “It was an absofor somebody else.” lutely brilliant place to grow up. With her flawless complexion, Evanston is one of the great incredible cheekbones, and regal American cities; it’s got a lot of air, it’s hard to believe McGov- the culture that New York oﬀers

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and not so much of the angst, because there’s more space. The Midwest tends to be more open and accepting, there’s a lot of music, a lot of theatre, it’s a great culture, and a beautiful city. The people are just more accepting and nice,” she says with characteristic warmth. During Downton’s five years on our screens, we’ve watched the lords and ladies— and their staﬀ—go through many highs and lows, both private and intensely personal. The series spans

“I thought the writing really got across the impact of the sudden death of Sybil on Cora and Robert’s relationship. It was really great writing because it wasn’t just generic grief,” she says. “Julian (Fellowes, show creator) really addressed the specific impact of grief on specific relationships and the kind of fallout that often occurs from a child’s death, the different stages of grief and forgiveness. I thought that it was done in an interesting way and I loved playing that.” However, one aspect of Downton McGovern admits she won’t miss is the drawn out process synonymous with creating such a huge production: “The biggest challenge to surviving Downton Elizabeth McGovern Abbey would be surviving the Illustration by Barry Blitt tedium. It’s always the same on a significant time period in any TV show—it’s a slow, laboriBritish history, beginning on the ous process that actually has not day after the sinking of The HMS changed that much since film Titanic in 1912 right through to began. I mean, it’s gotten a little the frivolous yet austere roaring bit more streamlined but you still 20’s. Lady Grantham endured a do shot after shot and it’s still significant amount of the heart- laborious, no matter how ahead break, losing beloved son-in-law of time we are technologically! Mathew in a car crash and her So, you name it, I’ve tried everydaughter Sybil during childbirth. thing—from reading books to Surprisingly, these are the story- joking around with people, listenlines McGovern relished playing. ing to music on earphones,

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