The North Shore Weekend EAST, Issue 19 by JWC Media

No. 19

saturday February 16 | sunday february 17 2013

featuring the news and personalities of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Glencoe, Highland Park, Lake Forest & Lake Bluff

The write stuff Rich Cohen talks about his work with Vanity Fair, his North Shore memoir — and a month hanging out with the Rolling Stones | P. 14

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08 Past is prologue Preservation of the past is a huge issue on the North Shore. Are things getting better or worse?

10 Space odyssey Highland Park High School graduate John Grunsfeld — who works for NASA — has made a number of trips into space.

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14 Sunday Breakfast Glencoe native Rich Cohen writes articles for Vanity Fair, and his next book is likely to be “Ditka meets Bellow” – a look at being a Chicago Bears fan.

18 Social whirl Take a look at some of the top parties attended by North Shore residents recently.

22 Off stage David Rosenberg has stayed involved with his passion, the theatre, through his work in public relations.

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26 Open Houses See a list — complete with map — of what houses you can see on the North Shore this weekend.

28 North Shore Offerings Take a look at intriguing houses in our towns.

sports 33 Classic contest The New Trier Green and Loyola Gold boys hockey teams battle it out at Soldier Field.

41 The champs North Shore Country Day’s girls basketball team claimed a Class 1A regional title.

LAST BUT NOT LEAST… 42 The Perfect Weekend Eileen and Paul Goldstein have enjoyed many great weekends. But their perfect one is going to New Orleans.

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he idea of saving historic buildings ignites much passion among North Shore residents. For the most part, we are fond of what we see in our towns — and devastated when a beloved structure is lost. Old Main, the heart of the former Barat College campus, will be razed within a year, most likely. It is among the most stately buildings on the North Shore — but no one can find a use for it anymore. An 1857 mansion on the lake in Winnetka — which served as a makeshift hospital during a ship’s sinking in the 19th century — may be torn down this year, upsetting some. But the new owners’ unearthed structural damage. What are their rights versus the wishes of those who want it to stand untouched forever? Many preservation commissions and foundations in our towns look to find a balance, championing the restoration of existing properties to help protect a town’s character rather than a wholesale demolition of structures or a refusal to alter them one iota. Joanna Brown

examines the state of preservation on the North Shore in this issue. Many readers enjoy Vanity Fair, resurrected in 1983 by Conde Nast after a long absence. Since 2006, Glencoe native and New Trier High School graduate Rich Cohen has been a contributing editor, most recently writing about his ultimately unsuccessful attempt to serve as billionaire Teddy Forstmann’s ghostwriter for his memoirs (the former owner of Gulfstream had disposed of others before Cohen came along). The talented Cohen, who has a number of books and scores of magazine articles to his credit, talks about his next project (described as a work of “Ditka meets Bellow”) and more in our Sunday Breakfast feature.

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8 | news out with the old? North Shore communities wage constant battle of preservation versus change Lisa Temkin, member of the Highland Park Historic Preservation Commission, stands outside the Mary Adams House, which was in foreclosure when the commission learned about it. The house was restored with modern features. photography by j.geil

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The Lake Forest Preservation Foundation recently hosted a discussion for about 50 attendees questioning whether to restore the original windows in their older homes or to replace them with new windows The discussion was held at the Lake Forest Library, an 82-year-old building that had just received a restoration of its own windows. On the plus side, explained Lake Forest resident and Preservation Foundation Board member Arthur Miller, the lumber from the original windows is old growth wood worthy of being restored. New technology in restoration products and procedures makes the original windows function like new. “Replacing or restoring — they’re both expensive,” Miller said. “Restoring is probably better than replacing, even if it is a bit more expensive, when you have a 100-yearold home.” In towns as old as those along the North Shore, the question of whether to preserve the old or replace with new construction is one that both homeowners and government officials grapple with on a regular basis. Local leaders say it’s the balance that makes their communities great. “The history of our community adds

to the richness of it,” said Lisa Temkin, who serves on Highland Park’s Historic Preservation Commission. “It doesn’t mean that we have no place for new homes, and it’s not that everything should stay old. But we have to choose what’s important to the community. “The character of a community comes from its older buildings, and we’re fortunate to have that on the North Shore.” It is the responsibility of the Historic Preservation to research local properties, review proposals for demolitions and exterior renovations in the Historic Districts, and make recommendations to the City Council for approval. “A lot of buildings come to us and we don’t do a thing. They’re not significant; they’re just old,” Temkin said, explaining that all proposals are evaluated against nine criteria; these include if the property was the site of a significant local or national event or if the structure exemplifies a specific style of architecture, landscape or construction materials. Depending on the number of criteria met, the commission can approve the request or delay demolition by up to three years while they market the property to a buyer who will work to preserve it. “I understand that people need to move

for a variety of reasons, but we try to help them,” Temkin said. “People ask all the time why should they landmark their house because they think that means it’ll never sell or they can’t update the bathrooms, and that couldn’t not be farther from the truth.” Rather, Temkin explained, the Historic Preservation Commission recommends certificates of appropriateness when planned renovations allow older homes to work for modern families while still maintaining the character of the home on the exterior. Highland Park’s Historic Preservation Commission staff liaison Andy Cross points to two recent success; historic properties updated for contemporary lifestyles. The Cornelius Field house, located at 147 Central Ave., is one of the oldest homes in town. It was built in 1875 by Highland Park’s second mayor. It was on the state watch list for endangered properties in 2009, as developers inquired with the city about demolition and subdivision of this desirable four-acre lakeside property. New owners, however, restored the home’s interior for modern living and earned a preservation award from the city. “It’s livable, and historically respectful. They probably added 50-70 years to the life of the house that’s been here as long as the city,” Cross said. “Preservation doesn’t

mean freezing in time.” Similar changes came to a Frank Lloyd Wright house at 1923 Lake Ave. The Mary Adams house, built in 1905, was in foreclosure when the Historic Preservation Commission learned about it. Buyers worked with a Glencoe architect to restore the house for modern living, including window restoration. They also moved interior walls and expanded the kitchen for entertaining. They, too, received a preservation award from the city, and the house was featured on the Highland Park Historical Society’s 2011 House Tour. Wilmette, which implemented a Historic Preservation Ordinance in 1989, similarly honors local properties with preservation awards. Village planner Erika Fabisch explained they recognize stewardship, restoration and sympathetic additions — such as in the case of 2012 honoree Roemer Baseball Park. A scoreboard, foul poles and storage facility were added to complement the historic Sheridan Road facility. Miller credits Lake Forest’s Building Review Board and policies for keeping the character of the community intact. Appointed by the mayor and approved by the City Council, the seven members of the Building Review Board examine all projects — including demolitions — that are outside the boundaries of the city’s historic districts. A separate Historic Preservation Commission reviews projects inside the city’s historic districts and projects that affect landmark properties throughout the city. “It’s all about harmony,” Miller explained. “We’re all concerned with the preserving the quality of our historic neighborhoods, our streetscapes, and the harmony of our neighborhoods.” In Lake Forest, Miller touts the recent restoration of the east side train station and the pending demolition of a building on the old Barat College Campus. A cell phone tower mounted on top must first be relocated. “Preservation keeps on going on,” Miller said. “It’s about managing change; you draw the lines to say what can be where so that as the community sees redevelopment, it does so according to plan. You manage to be harmonious, not monotonous. If you don’t, it just springs up everywhere, kind of like Whack-a-Mole.” ■

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In 1969, when man landed on the moon, John Grunsfeld, a Highland Park pre-teen at the time, sat in his backyard, admiring the stars from a view unobstructed by city lights. He imagined that one day, he would not only fly to space — but live in space. Now a five-time flown astronaut and head of NASA’s science department, Grunsfeld reflects on how the ravines and bluffs of the North Shore inspired him to shoot for the stars — the luminous, gaseous kind. “When we moved to Ravinia, I felt like I was entering the wilderness, being able to explore the ravines and beaches and forests of Highland Park,” said Grunsfeld.

“The immediate connection with nature sparked my interest in science as my career.” Grunsfeld is the grandson of Ernest Grunsfeld Jr., architect of the Adler Planetarium. Although free access to the planetarium was helpful, Grunsfeld’s grandfather was more influential in guiding him through birthday gifts. “He gave me gifts like science books that were well beyond my age, and that pushed me,” said Grunsfeld. He received a telescope from his grandmother and participated in the Astro-Science Workshop at the Adler, a Saturday science program which taught high school students college-level astronomy. Also a lover of photography, Grunsfeld would develop his own film in a makeshift dark room in the basement,

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which taught him a lot about chemistry and light. The skill helped him as an astronaut, as he was the “designated camera loader” in space. According to Grunsfeld, a typical space mission produces 10,000 pictures. What really nurtured his passion were the relationships developed with his teachers at HPHS. Several would allow him to work in their labs after hours. Patricia Mueller, who taught him two chemistry courses, let him take home various instruments to fix. He would, instead, play with them in his basement laboratory until the teacher remembered to ask for them back. “He was so responsible that I gave him a little more play,” said Mueller, reflecting fondly on Grunsfeld’s mischievous twinkle in his eye. “I wouldn’t have let any other students take home materials to fix. He was an excellent lab assistant. “Students should try throughout high school to find a subject they really love and focus on that,” said Grunsfeld. “For me it was science, and I threw everything behind it.” In doing so, he excelled in his field. After graduating from HPHS in 1976, Grunsfeld spent his undergrad studying physics at MIT before returning to Chicago. At the University of Chicago, he earned a master of science degree and doctorate in physics. He was selected by NASA in 1992 to join the Astronaut Office. Since 1995, he has been on five shuttle missions totaling 58 days in space. The last three missions were successful in servicing and upgrading the Hubble Space Telescope, arguably the most valuable instrument in unveiling the cosmos, which Grunsfeld once described as “brain surgery” in space. In being a photographer and realizing the weight of the project, it was Grunsfeld’s idea to turn the final servicing into a movie. After a successful pitch to IMAX, the important feat was immortalized in “Hubble 3D,” which is regularly shown at the Kennedy Space Center. “It gives you a sense of the awe and wonder of being on a shuttle flight and how otherworldly it is to work in space, plus the amazing science that Hubble has produced,” he said. Hubble has helped determine the distances between galaxies and offers the deepest views of the universe. Grunsfeld is a hot commodity after being appointed the head of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate a year ago. In August, he appeared on the “Colbert Report” to talk about Curiosity, the latest Mars rover. Grunsfeld may not have named the rover, but he is a tremendous advocate of exploring one’s curiosity — and that means getting away from the addictive gadgets that distract from the beauty that’s beyond the illuminated screen. “For people growing up on the North Shore, it’s a beautiful place with great opportunities to go explore, whether it’s the Chicago Botanic Garden or out on the beach to see huge waves breaking on the shore,” he said. “I encourage kids to get out of their basements away from the video games and get into nature, because I think that’s unique to the North Shore — not everyone has that privilege.” ■

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Originally from Montreal, Anne Hughes is the manager of Zia Gallery in Winnetka. She has a bachelor of fine arts in studio art, a master of fine arts in painting, and is an alumna of the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest. Reading: Loren Eiseley’s “The Invisible Pyramid.” I read it a number of years ago, and the book resonated with me. He’s an anthropologist, and he writes essays that are personal and about evolution, science, and it’s very moving work. It connects with what I’m interested in in my own artwork — thinking about the mystery of the world. Listening: I listen to Chicago Public Radio, NPR, and Jain Ghomeshi, a Canadian broadcaster. I love listening to CPR because of all the interesting stories you hear —there’s a lot of depth. Watching: I’m watching PBS. I’m into “Downton Abbey.” Now that it’s started up again, I have to follow it. I have to stop things on Sunday and watch it. Following: I’m always looking at art. Recently we went to Aqua Art Miami (aquaartmiami.com), a prestigious event for art galleries in the U.S. It has all of these venues all over Miami where you can buy art. I was able to catch some of the other shows, which was a luxury, because sometimes when I’m working there’s not time to get around. I’m so passionate about art

that I don’t really get visual overload — I just want to go see, see. It’s very inspiring. Activity: I’m juggling my own artwork with curating the exhibitions at the gallery. I started a series of small mixed-media works where I’m using pastels and applying found objects and acrylic paint. I work intuitively, and there’s always this kind of love of color and a feeling a mystery that comes along. A lot of times my work is connected to thoughts about the environment, nature and our place in it. Eating: I like to cook using lots of vegetables. And I make different types of salads, where I spice them up in different sorts of ways — Indian curry or Greek salad. Favorite mistake? I was in the sculpture studio. Sculpture was new to me, and I was working, working, working on this figure in clay. It was kind of realistic, and I was almost finished with it. I was carrying it to put it away and I tripped and it fell flat on the floor. The whole room let out a gasp and I thought oh, no — then the professor said, “Just work on it from where you left off.” I got into it and that sculpture turned out so much better than what it would have been — changing my focus, working with the forms that I saw, and letting that form into something else. I learned that playing with accidents and mistakes instead of letting them pull you down will take you somewhere much better. ■

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In a last effort to protect their country during World War II, German pilots purposely rammed their planes into American bombers, hoping to knock them out of sky on April 7, 1945 — less than four weeks before Adolf Hitler died. Unlike the Japanese kamikaze missions, the pilots tried to survive the attack by bailing out of the damaged planes. An estimated 180 planes soared up in search of their American prey. There were more than 20 successful rammings; amongst those hit were B-17s in George Kaiser’s group from the 452nd Bombardment Group. “There were dog fights all over the sky,” the Lake Forest veteran said. “Planes were blowing up and spinning all over the place.” Kaiser was not supposed to fly that day. A radar navigator had gotten appendicitis, and Kaiser was pulled to fill in. He was even happy to take the mission, as the target was a flak-free airfield. It was the first time he didn’t wear his flak suit — essentially body armor that protects from shrapnel. In his group of 38 planes, two were rammed and two were shot down. At the time, the crew thought the pilots had lost control, though Kaiser now sees it as “sending pilots to the slaughter.” Despite the vicious attacks, the group was able to bomb a jet-fighter base at Kaltenkirchen. For this mission, they received a Distinguished Unit Citation. “We bombed in group formation, and never ever have I ever seen such perfect formation,” said Kaiser, describing how the planes were almost touching wings. “It was something Hollywood could never capture.” Born and raised in Boston, Kaiser enlisted with three close friends. “We were the Musketeers of the neighborhood,” he recalled. Kaiser served from the fall of 1942 to the fall of 1945 and flew 28 missions while stationed in Attleborough, England, between Dec. 24, 1944 and April 11, 1945. He was the radar navigator for the lead plane for half of those missions, including his first, when the original lead plane’s wing came off after being hit by anti-aircraft guns. For his service, he received a Distinguished Flying Cross and an Air Medal with four clusters, one for every five missions completed. The missions are all detailed in Kaiser’s personal journal that he was able to salvage from the war. Within a month of coming home, he married his sweetheart, Kathie, with whom he corresponded

throughout his service, and even secretly visited during his 10-day break in the United States. They married on Aug. 5, 1945, a day before the first atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, and moved to Chicago so Kaiser could study social sciences at the University of Chicago. A passion for psychology landed him a teaching position at Sonia Shankman Orthogenic School for emotionally disturbed children on U of C’s campus, where he later became assistant principal. He spent 30 years in Glencoe working as a school psychologist in elementary schools while offering private clinical practice to patients during his off time. After 41 years in Glencoe, he and Kathie moved to Lake Forest. They were married 64 years and had two sons, Steve and Robert. Kathie passed away in 2009. “He’s sharp as a tack for 90 years old,” said son Steve. “I only pray that I can be that together at 90.” “It’s been a long, wonderful life,” said Kaiser, adding, “and when you live to be 90, you have a lot of coincidences.” A memorable coincidence was when he and his wife stumbled upon history in the making: the Martin Luther King, Jr. march on Aug. 28, 1963. They got to listen to his famous speech before hurrying over to Philadelphia for a meeting. Later that night, they saw themselves in the crowd on TV. Another coincidence — MLK and Kaiser were both born on a Tuesday on Jan. 15. The most recent coincidence was coming across the veteran feature in The North Shore Weekend on the Shanken twins. Kaiser, like the Shankens, was a navigator, attended the University of Chicago and has a son who was also a champion gymnast. The adjacent Chicago Botanic Garden article in that issue was a heart-stopper, as Kaiser remembers being at the Garden’s opening day and the innumerable walks through his wife’s favorite place on the North Shore. “She taught me the importance of nature,” said Kaiser. These days, Kaiser busies himself with discovering connections in various World War II books and movies, and keeping in touch with the authors and veterans. In the last three years, he began to share his own story more than ever, speaking to schools and organizations. “It’s like he took a long break, raising a family and making a living, and then got real interested in the war again,” said Steve. “All that history becomes really important again.” ■

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Lauren Clamage, a senior at Lake Forest Academy, is a true leader. In her junior year, Clamage helped found the Jewish Student Union Club, a first of its kind. Members get together monthly to discuss things like anti-Semitism and the issues in Israel. She says that religion has always been a big part of her life. LFA places students in different houses when they first arrive, and the teams compete against each other through little activities. Clamage is co-captain of the Sargent House, which stands in first place. Clamage is passionate about helping others, and she hopes to pursue pre-med

“Son, you’re all grown up now. You owe me two hundred and fourteen thousand dollars.”

and become a pediatrician, as she loves working with kids. She spent last summer volunteering in her hometown Lake Forest Hospital. Since freshman year, Clamage has been a part of Harvesting Hope, which raises money for a middle school in Waukegan, and also Caxy Key, a student ambassador program which organizes tours and open houses for families and the community. “LFA is one big family,” she said. “It’s a really great community to be a part of.” One of her favorite aspects of LFA is the diverse student population which has allowed Clamage to meet friends from across the globe. She is always interested in meeting someone different from her, learning what life is like in another country. “I feel like I’m studying abroad sometimes,” she said. “It’s taught me a lot about culture and respect.” Her junior year English teacher, Lusanda Mayikana, comes from South Africa, and she remembers Clamage always asking for her perspective on things. “She’s very inquisitive in a good way, as she sees it as an opportunity to grow,” said Mayikana. When she graduates this spring, Clamage can walk away saying she marked a first in the school record books: scoring more than 1,000 career points for the LFA girls basketball team. “She’s a gym rat and has worked hard, so it is wonderful to see her having lots of success,” said basketball coach Chris Tennyson. Since joining the varsity team as a freshman, Clamage won freshman female Athlete of the Year and MVP of the team her junior year. The journey won’t stop at graduation — Clamage will play at Macalester College this upcoming fall. “I have three brothers and they’ve all played basketball, so we’re pretty competitive as a family,” said Clamage on her drive to be the best player she can be. ■

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When Rich Cohen graduated from Tulane University in 1990, he sent a blind resume to The New Yorker. To his surprise, a woman asked him to interview for the typing pool, where stories from Roger Angell to John McPhee were inputted. “I didn’t know how to type,” said Cohen, a Glencoe native who was born in Lake Forest. “She gave me the test, left, and came back. I hadn’t typed anything. She asked why, and I said I didn’t know how. “She said, ‘What do you expect if you can’t type?’ I said, ‘I thought it would come to me.’ “ More than a quarter century later, the New Trier High School graduate is more than familiar with a keyboard. His stories have graced The New Yorker (where he was eventually hired as a messenger), Rolling Stone and, these days, Vanity Fair. His most recent book, “The Fish That Ate The Whale,” is his biggest seller yet. Cohen’s memoir “Sweet and Low” (his grandfather Ben Eisenstadt created the iconic artificial sweetener) revealed family secrets regarding the fight over the fortune, his mother’s disinheritance and more that left him persona non grata among some relatives. “Lake Effect” revealed teenage life on the North Shore, with a special focus on his best friend. “When I got married — before Facebook — you felt you were saying goodbye to these people forever,” said Cohen, who lives in Ridgefield, Conn. “These were the stories I told when I went out. I wanted to write those stories down in “Lake Effect” before I felt I was superior to them. I knew as I got older I would completely disregard my younger self.” Included in his writing journey was a month hanging out with the Rolling Stones Rich Cohen

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as they prepared for the worldwide Voodoo Lounge tour in the mid-1990s. “I watched them rehearse in a high school gym, then play in a bar in Toronto for 300 people,” Cohen said. “They’re the greatest bar band in the world, but you lose that in an arena, where they feel they have to put on a show (because the sound is inferior). “It was my favorite story to report. One of the greatest moments of my life was Keith Richards telling me how much Charlie (Watts) really, really likes me and believed me to be unusual. It was the ultimate high sign.” Cohen has interviewed a number of celebrities besides the Stones, including George Clooney, Madonna and Angelina Jolie. The most famous celebrity story in journalism is Gay Talese’s “Frank Sinatra Has A Cold,” a 1966 Esquire piece where Talese was forced to build a profile based principally on the comments of others and his observations of Sinatra, who refused to speak with him. Decades later, Cohen saw firsthand how tough it can be to procure meaningful time with the famous. “The problem is celebrities are surrounded by so many layers of protection. It’s hard to get to know these people,” he said. Cohen’s interest in writing began early. As a child, he put out a typewritten magazine that reviewed restaurants, covered foreign affairs — and even offered an expose on his parents’ sex life, which prompted the publication to be shut down for a time (“my first lesson in the First Amendment and its limits”). In junior high, he was fascinated as his father, Herb, wrote a book with a calligraphy pen on yellow legal

pads in the basement. “You Can Negotiate Anything” sold more than two million copies. “If you look back, it seems obvious and clear. I was always interested in writing,” he said. Only 21, with his main responsibility hustling around Manhattan to deliver galley proofs to New Yorker writers, he wrote his first Talk of the Town piece for the magazine. It examined the Worth monument in New York, situated across from the Flatiron Building. Named after General William Jenkins Worth, the site was in disrepair, and a movement to bring the deceased hero’s remains back to his namesake Fort Worth, Texas materialized. “You looked for the weirdest, oddest angles, stories that hadn’t been printed elsewhere,” Cohen said of writing for Talk of the Town. “It’s still embedded in me.” Among writers he admires, he mentions the late Joseph Mitchell and Ian Frazier, both New Yorker writers, while holding a special fondness for a Chicago author. “I super-admire Saul Bellow,” he said. “His characters always seemed like the guys who moved to Glencoe. A speech in ‘The Adventures of Augie March’ will rival anything in Shakespeare.” Speaking of Bellow, he influences Cohen’s next project — a fan’s look at the Chicago Bears, which Cohen describes as “Ditka meets Bellow” in tone. “The book is just a big in-depth disquisition on everything Bears, written in a way that I believe has never been done before,” says Cohen, who likes nothing better than eating a Sunday breakfast at Max’s Deli in Highland Park and watching a Bears’ game. Once that’s published, is there anything more to accomplish? Said Cohen, “I’d like to write the kind of book that if people don’t read it, they’d just die.” ■

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I felt sleepy and started to doze off, but Molly shouted ‘You’re on fire! You’re on fire!’ I jumped. The blanket was in flames and so were the cheap pants of my rented tuxedo. I danced down the beach hollering like Richard Pryor … Molly knocked me down and buried me in the sand. In other words, she put me out. How can you break up with a girl who has put you out? Excerpt from Lake Effect by Rich Cohen Glencoe native Rich Cohen spent a month with the Rolling Stones to compose a magazine article for Rolling Stone.

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Gill enjoys having the thyme to cook ■ by katie rose mceneely Mary Kay Gill is a former accountant and cooking hobbyist turned professional; she serves as the head of Sunset Foods’ “Thyme in the Kitchen” cooking classes. Years cooking? I’ve been cooking since junior high. But cooking professionally? 2008, when I got my degree from Kendall College. What made you decide to become a professional chef? My kids were grown, and I was looking for something I’d enjoy doing with my time. This levers a lot of my corporate skills; I’m good at planning, organizing and sharing what I know. In the food-related field, the way I use my skills is perfectly suited to my strengths and perfectly avoids what makes me stressed and uncomfortable. Best recipe tweak? Know why each ingredient is there — this is an evolving thing for me. It allows you to tweak and tweak with confidence. Signature dish? For my extended family: Chocolate éclairs. My kids and my husband love my spaghetti and meatballs. What do you like to eat at home? I like variety. I don’t have the same comfort food every day. Worthwhile gadget? I love my digital scale — it’s a nod to my accounting past. It gets me closer to a good result, and it makes me more efficient.

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Favorite cookbook? “New Best Recipes” by America’s Test Kitchen. It’s my favorite reference — I don’t go through it for recipe ideas, but I do use it for process knowledge. Funniest or most memorable kitchen incident? I remember using an immersion blender for the first time in culinary school; I forgot about the bag of herbs in the pot and it got wrapped up in the blade. One recipe you could teach me? Take a trout fillet and sprinkle it with salt, pepper, and cumin; heat a skillet until a drop of water sizzles and evaporates, then add oil. Put the trout in the pan with the skin up and cook for 2 minutes; turn it over and cook 2-3 more minutes, until it flakes easily with a fork. Put it on a platter and add 1 tablespoon butter to the pan. When that melts, add 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped hazelnuts and sauté until brown; take pan off heat and add 2 tablespoon lemon juice, 2 tablespoon white balsamic vinegar and pour over fish. Garnish with sliced green onions. ■ For more information on Sunset Foods’ Thyme in the Kitchen classes, call 847-810-0484 or visit sunsetfoods.com

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Courage: The Vision to End Segregation, The Guts to Fight for It Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education

Historical Landscapes: Architectural Design in Print

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This exhibit traces the saga of Reverend J.A. De Laine and the brave citizens of Clarendon County, South Carolina, who brought a pivotal lawsuit challenging racial segregation in public schools. The suit was the first of five across the country that would lead to the landmark 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education.

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Community outreach exhibit showcasing the talent and creativity of young artists from North Shore School District’s 113 (Highland Park High School and Deerfield High School) students. The District 112 Exhibit runs Feb. 13-23.

Red Rose Ragtime Jazz Band

God of Carnage

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Gorton Community Center | 400 E. Illinois Rd, Lake Forest | 4pm | Tickets $25

citadeltheatre.org. Under the direction of Wayne Mell, Citadel Theatre Company presents God of Carnage. As winter wears thin, so will the tempers of the characters presented on Citadel’s Stage. Yasmina Reza’s critically acclaimed and commercially successful God of Carnage depicts, through savage and cutting comedy, a darker side of the human condition. The winner of the 2009 Laurence Olivier and Tony Awards for best new play, this exciting and absurdist play is centered in conflict when a simple playground disagreement between children devolves into chaotic friction between their parents.

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Flywheel Sports Open House 600 Central Ave., Highland Park | Times vary; call for details | Free | 847-7804320 or email hpopenhouse@flywheelsports.com This four-day weekend event offers an open house allowing attendees to experience indoor cycling and low-impact body sculpting classes at Flywheel Sports Highland Park. Both FlyBarre and Flywheel cycling classes will be offered for free trial; please contact the studio to reserve a spot. Prizes and exclusive subscription offers will be available.

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Offstage Presence Passion for theatre is key to Highland Park native’s PR firm

David Rosenberg

by gregg shapiro If you attended an opening-night performance in Chicago’s downtown theatre district during the 1990s, you’ve probably seen David Rosenberg. Or if you attended an opening-night production at the Steppenwolf during the 21st century, you might have seen him there. And if you prefer smaller, off-Loop productions, you may have come in contact with Rosenberg at one of those theatres. He’s the smiling guy greeting the members of the press, their guests and other assorted guest-list types, handing them their tickets and press kits. A Highland Park native, Rosenberg has been in the public relations business for a number of years. I spoke with him about his PR career, his work in television and about his old hometown. Gregg Shapiro: After graduating from Deerfield High School, you attended Indiana University. What did you study there? David Rosenberg: I studied telecommunications – primarily because I had no idea what I wanted to do with my career. When the film “Broadcast News” came out in 1987 with Holly Hunter, Albert Brooks and William Hurt – a light bulb went off. I enrolled in several broadcast journalism classes during my final semesters at Indiana and was lucky enough to land a summer internship at WGN-TV. I started at CNN Headline News a week after graduation. I have to give a shoutout to reporter Muriel Clair

photography by j.geil (also a Highland Park resident) who took me under her wing as an intern at WGN-TV. She’s remained a mentor and a friend throughout my career. GS: You have been working in the public relations field for several years, most notably for Margie Korshak and later in your own firm, David Rosenberg Public Relations. How did you become interested in public relations? DR: It was actually my lifelong love of theatre that got me into public relations. I’m a horrible actor and have terrible stage fright, so being on stage was never an option. As a news producer, I was passionate about arts coverage on my newscasts and worked very closely with all of the theatre publicists in town. That’s how I found out about the opening at Margie Korshak, handling the Broadway In Chicago account. skin tightening Surprisingly, they hired me on the spot. Being a publicist wrinkle reduction is my way of being part of the Chicago theatre community. reversal I don’t think I could do sun PR damage for laundry detergent [laughs]. GS: Working for skin Korshak, as well as Steppenwolf texture rejuvenation Theatre Company, you must have had many brushes with celebrities. Do you have a favorite celebrity story? DR: When I was at Steppenwolf, I took Michael McKean (then appearing in “Superior Donuts”) to Wrigley Field to sing the seventh-inning stretch. It was the night the tornado sirens went off at Wrigley, and we all sat in our skybox and watched in amazement as they evacuated the entire park. Luckily, Michael was able to sing “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” before they called the game. GS: Are there any celebrities who surprised you in ways

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you hadn’t expected? DR: Sandy Duncan once told me she did not have a glass eye. I didn’t ask; she just offered that up. Random. For the most part, the celebrities I’ve worked with have been very pleasant, down-to-earth and passionate about their art. I won’t lie; I’ve had my share of unpleasant celeb encounters, but I’ll save those for my post-retirement memoirs [laughs]. Can we schedule a follow-up interview for 2043? GS: Certainly, David. What do you like best about running David Rosenberg Public Relations? DR: I’m working primarily with smaller to mid-sized theatres these days. It’s so rewarding when I see I’m making a measurable difference for these storefront companies. One feature story or positive review can often make or break a play for them. I also enjoy being my own boss – nobody knows when I’m working in my pajamas [laughs]. GS: Is there anything else you’d like to add about your work in television at CNN and WGN? DR: I don’t think there’s a bigger rush than being part of a live newscast every day. I was at CNN during the Gulf War and at WGN-TV on 9/11 – powerful experiences I’ll never forget. I have to admit, I still get a bit envious when there’s a big breaking news story or an election or a blizzard and I’m not in on the “news” action. Luckily, as a publicist I still get to visit all of my old TV haunts with on-air guests. I was at WGN recently with some of the cast members from “Book of Mormon” – it’s like going home! GS: You grew up in Highland Park, but now live in Chicago. How often do you make it back to the old neighborhood? DR: My parents still live in the house I grew up in, so I’m up in Highland Park quite a bit. In fact, I still go to Franco & Pino Hairstyling on Second Street for my haircuts. Pino’s been my barber for more than 30 years … he’s family! I’ll keep going there until he retires – or all of my hair falls out [laughs]. GS: Do you have any favorite childhood memories of Highland Park? DR: Mayberry’s Ice Cream! It was a huge, old-fashioned ice cream shoppe adjacent to Toys ‘R’ Us – we’d have our birthday parties there. Also, hushpuppies at The Mushroom (I just really dated myself), chocolate chip pancakes at Country Kitchen and $1.50 movies at the Highland Park Movie Theatre. GS: Do you have a favorite Highland Park hangout from your past – restaurant, shop, performance venue? DR: Michael’s Chicago Style Red Hots. I’m gluten-free these days, but sometimes ya just gotta grab a char-cheddar burger and cheese fries at Michael’s. They also have an amazing salad bar for days that I’m behaving. Also, I love to drive folks by Immaculate Conception Church, point and exclaim, “That’s where Steppenwolf Theatre got its start!… in the basement!” GS: Are there any new Highland Park spots that excite you? DR: You got me on this one. It’s all the nostalgic places in Highland Park that keep me coming back home. ■

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Loyola Gold’s Jacob Skarzynski (No. 51) tracks down the puck during Saturday’s Hockey City Classic at Soldier Field.

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For something all too familiar, New Trier Green’s 3-1 decision over Loyola Gold Saturday was something completely different. Just like the previous three matches this year, Saturday’s was intense and close and it ended with New Trier victorious. But never before had the two teams played each other under the skyline of Chicago and the lights of Soldier Field.The teams were among 14 area high schools invited to play at Soldier Field as part of the OfficeMax Hockey City Classic, a three-week hockey festival leading up to this Sunday’s college doubleheader at Soldier Field.It was an experience no player will forget. “It’s unlike anything I’ve ever done before,” said Charlie Shehan, who played a tournament at Cleveland’s Progressive Field last year as part of New Trier Blue. “It’s a hockey experience every kid should get to experience before they end their career.” Shehan added to the memory bank by scoring the go-ahead goal with 3:07 left in the second period thanks to an acrobatic assist from Jesse Arnold. “Jesse actually slipped on the ice – it was bad ice out there – he was going down, he just threw it up, back door,” Shehan said. “He made it really easy for me. I didn’t have to do too much.” By playing the fourth game of the day outdoors on a day where temperatures hovered above freezing, the Trevians (28-6-1) and Ramblers (28-17) had to contend with a “soft” ice surface. “The ice was softer, so it was harder to dig in and make your pushes, but you make do,” All-state senior Brian Enriquez said. Enriquez, who had not played an outdoor game before this one, tallied two assists in

the win. The first came on a shorthanded goal Zev Glass put in the net late in the first period. The second was a centering pass to all-stater Kyle Melton, whose slap shot from just in front of the blue line found its way past a couple Loyola defenders and into the net. Melton’s goal with 1:05 in the second period, came on a power play and gave New Trier its two-goal lead which it rode out in the third period. The Ramblers tied the game with 9:05 left in the second period when Hayes Williams rebounded a Sean RobinsonDuff shot in front of the net.“It was just a shot at the net, right in the goalie’s chest,” Williams said. “I saw it bounce out towards the right post. I saw an opening and shot it.” The game was physical, evidenced by the 41 penalty minutes unofficially logged throughout the game. A few skirmishes broke out throughout the game, including one at the end of regulation which prompted officials to ask the two teams to forego the traditional handshake line. “Usually, it’s not that bad,” Loyola coach D.J. LaVarre said. “One might say the atmosphere (had something to do with it). It’s usually two good-coached teams playing against two quality hockey teams. I think it might have been a little – whatever – full moon?” Players from both teams insist they are friendly off the ice, but add the familiarity (nine Loyola players are from within the New Trier district) stokes the intensity. “You can’t like them on the ice,” Enriquez said. “Outside, we hang out all the time, but when it comes to puck drop, it’s game on.” And it makes it all the more frustrating for the Ramblers — especially for players like Williams, who comes from Chicago and doesn’t have the background some of his teammates do.

New Trier’s Charlie Shehan (right) celebrates his second-period goal with teammate Jack Dolby.

photography by j.geil “We need to focus more on forgetting they’re our friends and just kill them,” Williams said. “We have got to put them down and forget about friendship.” When they’re not “killing” each other on the ice, the old friends will have a shared experience to look back on. “It was unbelievable just to look up and to think the Bears play here, and everyone else who has played here, and now we’re here,” Shehan said. “The Blackhawks haven’t even played here, and New Trier Green ends up on the ice.” The Blackhawks didn’t play on the ice here, but two former Hawks greats did the previous week. Hall of Famers Bobby Hull and Tony Esposito highlighted the opening ceremonies when the rink was opened to

public skates, high school games and other public events leading up to this Sunday’s OfficeMax Hockey City Classic college doubleheader, when No. 11 Notre Dame plays No. 3 Miami (Ohio) at noon, followed by No. 1 Minnesota playing No. 3 Wisconsin at 3:30 p.m. Highwood native Cody Murphy stars for the RedHawks. It will be the first outdoor game for three of the four teams. Wisconsin played Ohio State at Green Bay’s Lambeau Field in 2006 and Michigan at Madison’s Camp Randall Stadium in 2010. Ticket sales for the college games have been brisk, but some tickets are expected to be available this weekend through Ticketmaster. ■

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It would have been perfectly normal if visions of Winter Olympics glory had danced in Madison Pfalzer’s head in 2010. The Lake Forest High School defenseman was an Amateur Hockey Association Illinois all-stater at the time — as a freshman. But her mind was made up three years ago to pursue something entirely different. Pfalzer was more interested in a stage’s lighting and sound equipment as a concert tour manager than she was in lighting the lamp in hockey after her years as a Scouts star on ice. “I attended a concert with my mom (Sirii) at the House of Blues,” recalled Pfalzer, now a senior captain and four-time AHAI all-stater. “She got to know the bouncer people, who knew the tour manager, who knew all the band members. I observed what the tour manager did and I met him in the lobby. His name is Mitch. “He was a cool person, really out there,” she added. “I wanted to be a tour manager.” The puck stopped then and there for Pfalzer. The puck after her high school years, that is. “When she came home that night she told me, ‘Dad, I know what I want to do for a living,’ ” Kenn Pfalzer said. Madison Pfalzer plans to start her career path this fall at Northern Illinois University, where she’ll take general education courses for a year, and then attend the Mike Curb School of Music Business and Entertainment at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. The hockey standout cut her teeth in the field of tour management by completing a summer internship at a music festival in Michigan. A fan of

alternative and country tunes, she fetched water and food for band members, among other duties, and even got to travel with a band — in a helicopter. Most of her work days during the 10-day stretch of concerts lasted 16 hours. “I’ll be living in a bus mostly and traveling the world,” she said. “I want to live in Australia. It’ll be a challenging job, and I also know that in order to be successful as a tour manager you have to stand up for yourself.” Kenn Pfalzer, sitting nearby, smiled. “Hockey,” he said, “has been good training for such a job.” Madison Pfalzer was a figure skater when she watched her younger brother Mac play hockey for the first time. It was love at first slap shot. “I remember saying, ‘I want to play that sport,’ ” she recalled. Good-bye Salchow jump, hello stick deke. Pfalzer learned to play the sport at Centennial Ice Rink in Wilmette at the age of 8, before competing on Falcons and Chicago Young American (CYA) teams. She helped Lake Forest Scouts squads finish second, first and second at the Illinois High School girls state hockey tournament the past three winters. LF (12-4-3) is currently No. 2 behind rival and reigning state champion New Trier in the state rankings. An offensive-minded defenseman and one of the Scouts’ most physical players, the 5-foot-5 Pfalzer has three goals and five assists this winter, including a two-goal, one-assist game in a 6-1 defeat of Naper Valley on Nov. 18. “She’s an important weapon in our arsenal,” first-year Lake Forest coach Liz Zorn said. “Madison is not afraid to go into the corners, and she knows her role as a leader

Madison Pfalzer of the Lake Forest Scouts (left) battles fellow all-stater Carly Thomas of LF Academy in recent action.

photography by j.geil and one of our team’s best players. “Her teammates see her as approachable and I see her as coachable.” Pfalzer’s defensive partner, junior Caroline Knop, also earned AHAI allstate honors this year. Both were on the ice together when LF beat Loyola Academy 4-1 to capture the state title at the United Center two years ago. “I remember Madison constantly passing, talking and helping us on the ice,” Knop said. “She is always calm with the puck and never throws it away. She knows what to do when she has the puck.” Every time Pfalzer battles for a puck in a corner, she tells herself to do one thing.

“All I’m thinking is, ‘Win it,’ ” said Pfalzer, who suffered a torn ligament in a foot last season but did not miss a game. “I get such a rush from this sport, playing defense and blocking shots. It gets intense out there.” But she’s as unassuming off the ice as she is impactful on it. “When she walks into a room, there’s nothing arrogant about her,” Zorn said. “Madison has this quiet confidence about her, the kind you like to notice when you’re around an athlete. She’s a great kid who has earned every ounce of her positive reputation.” ■

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A hug from New Trier High School teammate Nicole Karabas made Samantha Stoddart leak happy tears at last week’s Stevenson girls gymnastics sectional. The two embraced shortly after Stoddart performed a 9.05 floor-exercise routine on Feb. 7. “Somebody saw me crying and asked me why I was so sad,” Stoddart, a sophomore, recalled after the meet. “I wasn’t sad at that point; I was thrilled. “There’s no greater feeling than being able to be out there competing for my team.” Her team had thought it would have to battle without Stoddart in 2012-13, after the member of the Trevians’ eighth-place team at state last winter suffered a stress fracture in her back in the offseason. But Stoddart got clearance from a doctor to return to the mats midway through the season, and she made her season debut at the New Trier Regional on Feb. 1. “I was told to take it slow and be really careful,” she said. “I really wanted to compete, but at the same time, in order to do that, I knew I’d have to take the spot of a teammate who had worked hard all season. “I was worried how that would make my teammate feel.” Trevians coach Jennifer Pistorius picked Stoddart to compete in every event but vault at the regional and sectional meets. New Trier easily won its regional with a 145.3-point effort and then secured its second straight state team berth by winning the Stevenson Sectional with 144.4 points. Lake Forest High School finished second (142.45) and three-time reigning state champion Carmel Catholic took third (142.25). Stoddart had to water down some of her moves because of her back issue, while adhering to the mantra, “Keep it clean, keep it safe.” But watered down versions of her routines are still solid. “Sam — I’m so happy for her,” said Trevians senior Kerry Scafidi, who won the uneven bars (9.625) and placed third in the all-around (37.425) and on floor (9.45) at the sectional. “Tonight she was a great contributor for us.” The night in Lincolnshire had the look and sound of a ho-hum regional meet. Heavy snowfall had made traveling more

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New Trier coach Jennifer Pistorius (left) joins hands with Elana Benishay, Claire Egerter, Stephanie Steen and Samantha Stoddart while watching Kerry Scafidi perform a routine at the sectional meet.

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challenging than executing a Yurchenko layout vault in the dark. The stands in Stevenson’s gym were half-full and the atmosphere lacked the electricity that usually accompanies a meet with state berths at stake. “There were more people at our regional,” Pistorius noted. There were more NT falls (five) on beam than she would have liked. Beam was the Trevians’ second event of the night. It was probably a good thing Pistorius’ crew had very little time to regroup before heading to floor for its third event. That also meant little time for the Trevs to dwell on their mid-meet struggles. “We needed a comeback and that’s what we got,” Pistorius said. “Some teams might have imploded after doing what we did on beam. But our team got it together and hit. We knocked it out on floor.” NT’s collective “home run” on floor resulted in a meet-best aggregate of 36.55, led by Scafidi’s 9.45 and followed by junior Elana Benishay’s sixth-place 9.3 (at-large state berth). Floor shows from Stoddart (9.05) and junior Stephanie Steen (8.75) also counted for NT.

Lake Forest Girls gymnastics judges expect to see competitors point their toes in nearly every move. Scores shrink when toes aren’t pointed during routines. Lake Forest High School senior Kylie Carlson brought up the issue after she and her Scouts edged three-year reigning state champion Carmel Catholic 142.5-142.25 for the state’s final at-large team berth at last week’s Stevenson Sectional. “That’s less than a toe point (deduction),” a thrilled — and relieved — Carlson said of the slim difference in scores between the second- and third-place teams at the meet on Feb. 7. Meet champion New Trier advanced automatically to state with a 144.4-point total. Before the meet a finger — one that belonged to Lake Forest junior Brittany Moccia — was the predominant digit. Moccia hadn’t been able to practice or compete a flip vault since breaking a finger on her right hand at a dual meet in mid-December. All she dared to do before the sectional was a series of non-flip timer vaults at practices.

To flip or not to flip a vault at the sectional? That was the question on the minds of Moccia and Scouts coach Robin Straus all last week. “(Straus) texted me during my lunch period (on the day of the sectional) and asked me to meet her in our gym,” Moccia said. “We talked about the vault I would use. I wanted to go for it; I wanted to go for the flip vault.” Moccia normally executes a Yurchenko layout, a difficult flip vault that earns a high score when it’s executed cleanly. She opted to throw a relatively easier Yurchenko (tuck) at the sectional. “(Straus) asked me, ‘Are you sure you want to do this?’ ” Moccia recounted. “I was sure.” Adding to the drama was the vault horse Moccia would have to handle at the sectional. It was none other than the one she negotiated at Stevenson when she suffered the finger injury. But she dismissed that potential distraction and focused on nothing but her team as she sprinted toward the apparatus. Her score of 8.4 counted as one of the Scouts’ four vault marks. Had it been a few tenths of a point lower, Carmel’s team would have exited Stevenson’s gym as the final at-large state qualifier. “Talk about guts,” Straus said after guiding the program to a fourth consecutive state appearance in her 34th and final season. “That vault was such a boost for our team, and believe me we got a total team effort tonight.” Carlson picked the perfect night to go 4-for-4 for the first time this season and earn a season-best and runner-up 37.85 in the all-around. She also qualified automatically for state on the balance beam (second place, 9.475), vault (third, 9.55), uneven bars (fourth, 9.425) and floor exercise (fourth, 9.4). Classmate Kat McKeon advanced to state as an at-large qualifier in her strongest events, beam (9.05) and bars (9.375), as well as an all-arounder (36.175). LF senior Carly Schmidt once again filled in admirably as the Scouts’ No. 3 all-arounder — a role she assumed after the Moccia injury. Schmidt finished 17th in the all-around (34.9.75), five days after competing as an all-arounder and helping the Scouts (143.45 points) capture their fourth straight regional title on the home mats on Feb. 2. ■

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Lake Forest High School’s three breaststrokers huddled briefly behind the home starting blocks before their race at last weekend’s North Suburban Conference boys swimming and diving meet. LF’s Scouts trailed first-place Stevenson by 24 points with only two events left on Feb. 9. Scouts senior Bogdan Balteanu, seeded third in the 100-yard breaststroke, looked at junior teammate Cole Mitchell, slotted in the penultimate heat and seeded seventh in the event. Then he spoke to his fully tapered mate. “We need you to finish a couple of spots higher than your seed,” Balteanu said. LF junior Rasmus Kull was seeded sixth in 100 breast. His effort in the final heat — in Lane 2, next to Balteanu in Lane 3 — would also be critical to the Scouts’ quest to catch up to Stevenson’s Patriots in the team standings. “Bogdan,” Mitchell would recall, “made the weight of the situation clear to us.” Mitchell did exactly what Balteanu had encouraged him to do, clocking a season-best 1:03.1 for fifth place – two spots better than his seed time of 1:05.48. In the next heat, Balteanu sped to a first-place and season-best 59.31, while Kull bettered his seed time and placed sixth in 1:03.58. The Scouts’ 1-5-6 finish was worth 35 points; Stevenson’s breaststroke trio scored 18 points. The gap between Stevenson and LF was narrowed to a tenuous seven points, with only the 400 freestyle relay remaining in the meet. Balteanu came up big again, joining sophomore Daniel Smith and seniors Peter Grumhaus and Colin Rowe for a victorious 3:10.35, nearly nine seconds faster than Stevenson’s fourth-place quartet (3:19.02). Game, set … meet to Lake Forest, which ended up with 286 points to runner-up Stevenson’s 283. The schools shared the overall NSC title because Stevenson had edged LF by four points in their dual last month. “Our breaststrokers — they all did such a great job,” Grumhaus said. “We would not have won this meet without the swims they gave us today.” They would have had to bow to a deep crew from Stevenson had the Iowa-bound Grumhaus been unavailable for the final home meet of his prep career. Grumhaus swam four times and collected four gold medals, including

Late heroics breaststrokers swim lights out, propel scouts to nsc meet title

Bogdan Balteanu, seen here in earlier action, touched first in the 100 breaststroke at the NSC meet.

photography by j.geil the one he earned after supplanting former Scouts star Mitch Stoehr’s pool-record in the 200 free with a 1:41.13. “A great guy, a great training partner when we were teammates,” Grumhaus said of Stoehr (LFHS, ’10), now swimming at Stanford. “I knew (breaking the pool mark) was a possibility today. “I’m guessing somebody,” he added, “will tell Mitch what happened. It won’t be me.” Grumhaus also easily won the 500 free in 4:34.21 and joined Smith, Balteanu and Rowe to win the 200 medley relay (1:36.4). Rowe topped the 100 free field with a 47.29 and took runner-up honors in the 200 free (1:43.33); Smith silvered in the 100 backstroke (53.22) and bronzed in the 50 free (22.74); the Scouts also got top-three efforts from senior Andrew Marsh (second place, diving, 355.9 points) and Balteanu (third, 200 IM, 1:59.64). “Every single day I am amazed at what these boys do,” Scouts coach Cindy Dell said. “I’ve been blessed, truly blessed. Week in and week out, they have been consistent, consistent, consistent.” Last week was Mitchell’s final week as a competitive

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Highland Park senior center Alex Block has 34 goals and 34 assists for a 31-win team.

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Refocused — and relaxed — Block returns to his goal-scoring ways for Giants ■ by

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After leading the North Central division of the Illinois High School Hockey League in points last year, Highland Park High School senior center Alex Block had only three goals in the first 12 games of the 2012-13 season. His assist total was at a healthy 13 after 12 games, a statistic in accord with a player who has always preferred to set up his teammates rather than pepper shots at goaltenders. But Giants hockey coach Sean Freeman could tell that Block was too wound up and playing with excess urgency. Block was boarding himself in a way — and not getting called

for a penalty. “He was being so hard on himself,” Freeman recalled. “I had to pull him aside one day and have a talk with him.” Freeman’s heart-to-heart with Block pumped new life into Block, who was encouraged by his coach to stop pressing and start relaxing. Freeman also delivered a reminder to HP’s valuable playmaker. “I told him, ‘This is high school hockey, this is supposed to be fun, and you’ll never be able to get these days back,’ ” Freeman recounted. “I also urged him to be more selfish, because he was giving up the puck too much instead of taking shots when he had the great angle — the money angle — while flying down the middle of the ice.” Block turned his season around in a hurry in the first half of

December, netting three goals to go with two assists in a 7-3 defeat of Conant on Dec. 2 and striking for four goals in a 14-2 rout of Grayslake a weak later. Four of his five points in the Conant game came in the third period. On Dec. 15, in an 8-5 victory over Carmel, Block scored three goals and assisted on another. “I still prefer passing to my teammates,” admitted the 6-foot-2, 186-pound Block, who ranked second among teammates in goals (34) and assists (34) for the 31-12-3 Giants through Feb. 11. “But (Freeman’s) advice was good. I had to settle down, relax and become more of a scorer.” Block played JV hockey for the Giants as a freshman and made his varsity debut the next year. Freeman compared his varsity’s system to that of an art class taught by a hands-off professor. “Players with offensive skills in our system have the freedom to express themselves and show their creativity,” Freeman said. “If a painter is talented, give that painter a brush and see what happens. It took Alex about a year to figure out what we like to encourage on offense, and when he got it, he took off. His junior year — that blew me away, the outstanding season he had. Alex showed everybody his great vision and his great hands.” One of Block’s strengths atop the ice is his stickhandling, a skill he developed with a stick and a puck — and a golf ball — in his family’s unfinished basement. HP junior forward Noah Pickus, the team’s points leader (42 goals, 42 assists), has also been down there, nicking up more than a few spots on at least one wall. “Practice, practice, practice,” said, Pickus, an Amateur Hockey Association Illinois (AHAI) all-state pick like Block and HP forward Alec Shapiro (32 goals, 28 assists). “That’s what Alex does and that’s why he’s as good as he is. He has great hands and a great shot, and he’s a very smart player. “A team player, too,” Pickus added. “He’s always there for you on the ice.” Jody Block has been there for her son behind the wheel for countless miles to and from countless ice arenas, something for which Alex will always be thankful. Alex also appreciates the influence his father Ben — a ski racer in his high school — has had on his growth as an impact hockey player. “My dad,” he said, “has always been there for me since I started playing (at the age of 3). He pushed me to work hard, taught me how to play the game and stressed the importance of stickhandling. If I have 20 minutes of free time at home, I’ll head down to our basement and work on my stickhandling with a golf ball, tapping it back and forth over and over.” ■

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Game-winning shots are rare and wonderful. Megan Nolan had a hard time getting her head around her game-deciding gem last week. For this North Shore Country Day sophomore, hitting a shot with so much on the line was hard to express. “It’s just now hitting me,” said Nolan, moments after the final buzzer. With tears (of joy) in her eyes, she added: “I have no words for this.” Except for these: “My dad always says, ‘Don’t think, just do it.’ “ Nolan made a 15-footer from the right corner with 22 seconds left in regulation. It lifted the Raiders to a 42-40 victory over topseeded Ida Crown in the Feb. 7 title game of the IHSA Class 1A regional at Chicagoland Jewish High School in Deerfield. “Even though my shots weren’t falling (she finished the game 3 for 13),” Nolan said, “I thought, ‘Better take it.’ ” “When it went in,” said teammate Annie Kroll. “I said, ‘Good, thank you.’ It was nice to see her step up like that.”

For Nolan, this was a “15 seconds of fame” kind of moment. Kroll, meanwhile, came up with an unforgettable final 16 minutes. The sophomore point guard hit five threepointers in the second half to put the Raiders (10-9) in a position to win. “I told her at halftime, ‘It’s your time,’ ” said first-year coach Dana Leonard, who starred at Northwestern following a Hall of Fame career at Glenbrook South High School. “She put everybody on her shoulders and carried us in the second half.” Kroll, who ended up with 19 points, four rebounds and five assists, was hardly noticeable in the first half. “(I scored) one point in the first half,” said Kroll. “I’m one of the leaders on this team, and I needed to show leadership.” The Raiders, who now have won two regional titles in their history, defeated host Chicagoland Jewish 33-30 in the regional semifinal on Feb. 5. Ilhana Redzovic led the way with 12 points. Safia Vohra and Kroll scored five points each. The team was scheduled to play Morgan Park on Feb. 12 in an Elgin Westminster Christian Sectional semifinal. ■

teamed up with Allen Tran, Jack Tresley and Eddie Kochman to win the 200 medley relay (1:42.65). He added a third-place finish in the 200 IM (2:04.79). Teammate Phillip Goldberg picked up a bronze in the 500 free (5:00.61) John Benson New Trier

Wrestling: The 220-pounder was one of the standouts for the Trevians at last weekend’s Barrington Sectional. The senior earned runner-up honors, losing to Glenbrook South nemesis Jacob Suter in the final 6-3. Benson (39-8) also came up short against Suter in the title matches at conference and regional. New Trier’s other sectional runner-up was junior Colin Kenyon (33-8) at 113. The team, which placed fifth (86 ½ points) in the team standings, also qualified 120-pound MJ Pritchard (third place), 126-pound Chris Alcock (third) and 160-pound Paul Papoutsis (fourth) to this weekend’s state meet in Champaign. Reed Malone New Trier

Swimming: The Trevians batted 1.000 at last weekend’s Central Suburban League South meet at Niles West, winning all 12 events to easily capture the championship. They also set eight pool records. USC-bound and “cleanup hitter” Malone sped to a pair of pool marks (1:41.81 in the 200-yard freestyle, 4:39.98 in the 500 free) and swam on two pool-record relay teams (200 free, 400 free). NT junior Jae Park supplanted two pool records by clocking a 1:53.01 in the 200 IM and a 57.92 in the 100 breaststroke, and Trevians senior Jack Mangan touched first in the 100 free (47.69) before topping the 100 backstroke field in a pool-record 51.47. Ben Laedlein Highland Park

Swimming: The Giants junior turned in a strong showing at the CSL North meet on Feb. 9 at Maine East. Laedlein claimed top honors in the 100-yard backstroke (54.96), while he

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Boys Basketball: Highlighted by Cook’s 20-point showing, the Trevians extended their win streak to 10 games with an easy 70-39 victory over host Evanston on Feb. 8. Jordan Thomas scored 13 points in the win, while Reid Berman added seven points and seven assists. The Trevians (23-4 overall) moved their CSL South record to 8-1 and will face visiting Maine South (8-1) on Friday (6:30 p.m.) to decide first place. Sam Iden Highland Park

Boys Basketball: The senior guard came up with a solid outing — team-high nine points and four assists — in his team’s 56-48 setback to visiting Deerfield on Feb. 8. Jack Morrissey Loyola Academy

Boys Basketball: The junior sharpshooter tallied 17 points to share game honors with teammate James Clarke as the Ramblers (18-5, 8-2) took down host Gordon Tech 49-40 on Feb. 8. It was the 11th straight win for Loyola, which will travel to St. Joseph on Friday night (7 p.m.). The team has clinched at least a share of the Chicago Catholic North title. Evan Boudreaux Lake Forest

Boys Basketball: The 6-foot-7 sophomore tallied a team-high 19 points in his team’s 59-50 setback to host Stevenson on Feb. 8. Teammate Sam Downey finished with 16 points as the Scouts fell to 15-7 overall. On Feb. 5, Boudreaux (20 points, 14 rebounds) and Downey (13 points) paced LF in a 53-49 victory over host Deerfield.

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For Eileen & Paul there’s plenty to enjoy in New Orleans

On Friday evening we fly to New Orleans. It’s rich in American history and culture. I (Paul) grew up there – three of my mom’s brothers had stores on Magazine Street. We’d be joined by our four children, their three spouses and our three grandchildren. We’d stay at the Windsor Court Hotel off of the French Quarter, which has wonderful ambiance. They also have a wonderful restaurant, but we’d get in late and go to sleep so we can wake up early the next day. For breakfast the next morning we’d walk to Mother’s Restaurant. Real authentic New Orleans cuisine. They have grits, collard greens. Then we’d hop on a streetcar and go down St. Charles Avenue to look at antebellum mansions. We’d head over to Tulane, where our son Jeremy went to school, and tour around. We hop back on the streetcar and eat lunch at Camellia Grill, a legendary diner sup-

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ported by the locals and the Tulane students. Then we go to the garden district and later do some antiquing. That evening, there’s a restaurant called Commander’s Palace, which is well known for the turtle soup and trout. After that, we’d go back to the French Quarter to listen to jazz at Preservation Hall and then have drinks at Pat O’Brien’s. On Sunday we’ll walk over to Café Du Monde and have coffee and beignets for breakfast. There’s a lot of action around Jackson Square — a bunch of street performers and painters. Then we take a boat ride on the Mississippi River or go to a Saints’ game — my father was a part owner at one time. That night we’d go to Galatoire’s, a five-star restaurant in the French Quarter. Our family ties strengthen as our children learn about their Southern roots. We hope they grow to love New Orleans as much as we do. ■ Eileen and Paul Goldstein, as told to David Sweet

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