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Lawyer Seeks Truth in Unsolved Murder BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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high-profile lawyer from New York hopes to uncover new information about the murder of U.S. Senator Charles Percy’s daughter Valerie, who was stabbed to death by an intruder while she slept in her family’s Kenilworth home 50 years ago this September. It was the first murder in Kenilworth and the brutality of the crime shocked people on the North Shore and beyond. John Q. Kelly is a personal injury lawyer who represents families in high-profile wrongful death cases, including the estate of Nicole Brown Simpson against O.J. Simpson; the parents of teenager Natalee Holloway, who disappeared in Aruba, and the estate of Kathleen Savio, ex-wife of former police officer Continued on PG 13
Upsides to Downsizing BY BILL MCLEAN
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he woman is 86 years old. She has called her North Shore house “home” for 53 years. Realities settled in recently, forcing her to consider downsizing. The house was put on the market. It was sold. “She needs to be out of the house by mid-August,” says the woman’s broker, Patti Skirving of Coldwell Banker-Winnetka. “It was overwhelming. It was difficult for her, stressful. There’s a lot of emotion involved, for many, when they downsize.” A North Shore couple in their 50s attend their son’s college graduation. The son lands a job in another state. The parents, fresh empty nesters, realize they use a little more than half of their 6,000 square-foot house. Maintenance costs mount. Keeping the home’s lush landscape lush suddenly becomes a challenge. They, too, consider downsizing. “We’re working with a lot of empty nesters who are ready to sell large homes on the North Shore and get into something that requires less maintenance,” Mike Golden, co-founder of @ properties, says. “There wasn’t a lot of movement in the market a few years ago because it hadn’t recovered to the point where some longtime owners were ready to put their homes up for sale. Now, more and more sellers are feeling comfortable with values, and they’re also recognizing the value on the buy side with low interest rates. They’re deciding it’s time.”
A kitchen in a condo. Homeowners don't have to give up luxuriousness when the opt to downsize.
There are plenty of upsides to downsizing, perhaps none bigger than living on a smaller footprint without giving up the luxuries and amenities of a mansion. Kelmscott Park — a new maintenance-free community of condominiums and luxury single-family home in east Lake Forest, created by Northfieldbased Focus Development and represented by @properties — is an enticing option to sensible
homeowners looking to scale down and maintain roots in an attractive setting. Lake Bluff homeowner Larry Booth, of Booth Hansen, is the principal architect, and the development’s landscape firm is Lake Bluffbased Mariani. “We are still seeing empty nesters, retirees and seniors,” Tim Anderson, Focus Development President, says of the prime candidates for moving to
smaller abodes. “However, these buyers aren’t looking for the condos of a decade ago, which featured downsized spaces everywhere. These buyers are looking for homes that offer entertaining spaces similar to the spaces in their homes now. The condominiums and homes at Kelmscott Park are designed with very gracious entertaining spaces that are made for family gatherings.
“I want each single family home and condominium to feel like a slightly smaller, more efficient version of the highquality, thoughtfully designed homes our buyers [are in now].” Call Peter Childs, principal at Childs Development in Lake Forest and a 2006 Lake Forest High School graduate, a “transition guide.” The son of Jamie Continued on PG 12
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IN THIS ISSUE [ NEWS ]
[ REAL ESTATE ]
11 s aying goodbye
18 open houses
Loyola Academy prepare to venture forth after graduation.
12 s olving a mystery
Lawyers seeks the truth in unsolved murder case.
Find out — complete with map — what houses you can walk through for possible purchase on the North Shore on Sunday.
19 houses of the week
Intriguing houses for sale in our towns are profiled.
12 u pside to downsizing
[ SPORTS ]
[LIFESTYLE & ARTS ]
23 c runch time for conor
Options for North Shore empty nesters.
14 n orth shore foodie
Mesa Urbana offers wide variety of cuisines.
16 l ove & marriage
Exploring the TV landscape of a relationship.
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North Shore’s Conor Dwyer aims for more gold at Summer Games in Rio.
[ LAST BUT NOT LEAST ] 30 sunday breakfast
How one North Shore resident is helping fuel the growth of lacrosse.
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Loyola Academy Learns How to Say Goodbye BY JAKE JARVI
This is our fifth story in a series highlighting exceptional students from the 2016 graduating class.
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hen it was time for Mary Cormier, Loyola Academy’s (LA) 2016 valedictorian, to prepare the speech she would deliver to a packed auditorium on May 23, she knew just what to do. “I just Googled ‘how to say goodbye,’” Cormier says with a laugh. Though that sounds like the most 21st century approach ever, modern civilization’s problemsolving panacea, Cormier used the resulting four-step formula she found on wikiHow.com as a baseline for crafting a speech filled with personal stories, Loyola inside jokes, and sincere sorrow for the people and place they were all now leaving behind. “A lot of us don’t really want to say goodbye,” she says. “Either to our friends or because of how
comfortable we are at Loyola. But we were only meant to be there for four years, so we have to say goodbye.” That was step one of the wikiHow guide, “Recognize when it’s time to leave.” Step two was “Talk about the good times you’ve had.” Over the previous four years, Cormier had crafted quite a diverse group of experiences to reflect upon. She joined the basketball team freshman year and graduated to the varsity team her junior year. Ever since freshman year, she’s also participated in Loyola Academy’s service programs. Her first year she tried on several versions of helping others; she visited a nursing home, she tutored younger children from other schools, and she assisted in a therapeutic horseback riding program for children with disabilities. Ever since then, she’s focused mainly on the tutoring side of service, as that’s what really spoke to her. Cormier’s dedication to education isn’t
Mary Cormier (left) being introduced by Loyola Academy principal Kathryn Baal, Ph.D.
simply about the inherent value of learning or a belief in bettering oneself. “A lot of people put a lot of time into giving you the opportunity to have that education, so I don’t think it’s
even an option to waste it,” Cormier says. “It ’s your responsibility to apply yourself.” Perhaps that feeling of responsibility to the community around her and her desire to do her part is something that was
ingrained through the many service projects she undertook through LA. The belief in the strength of the support system around her is exactly what she credits for her success. LA Principal, Kathryn Baal, Ph.D,
said as much while introducing Cormier during the commencement ceremony. “Though she shines in many areas, Mary will never take credit for herself,” she said from the podium. “When she does well on the basketball court, she says it’s because she was coached well. When she does well in the classroom, she says it’s because she had a stellar teacher. And when her gracious, caring attitude shines, she says it’s because she was raised well.” The support system to which she gives so much credit obviously did its job well. At the podium that day, Cormier stood tall and spoke on behalf of herself and the 517 other students assembled. Though they really didn’t want to say goodbye, they knew they’d been taught the skills to do so and move forward successfully. This fall, Cormier is headed to Northwestern University to study in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.
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NEWS DOWNSIZING Cont. from PG 1 Childs, also a principal at Childs Development, Peter walks clients through the challenges of the downsize move. The firm currently oversees eight houses under construction, with four pre-sold. He takes care of various compliance issues, securing approvals from the city of Lake Forest. Clients express their wants, their needs; he listens, acts. His advice to downsizers? “Make a list,” Childs says. “Think things over with your spouse or other family members and put must-haves on that list, the must-haves from your bigger house. We’ll work around those, massage the model some, customize, and do what we can to accommodate you. “It can be a culture shock to some, downsizing,” he adds, “and we’re here to make that move as seamless as possible. Downsizers
are going to experience a lifestyle change after moving, no question, but what they’ll discover is that downsizing simplifies everything.” There’s downsizing. There’s upsizing. There’s also re-sizing — a term, in some instances, preferred by Roberta Miller, a sales professional and marking specialist at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff in Lake Forest. “I’m finding that more and more buyers are looking to move for reasons that were much less common just a few years ago,” Miller says. “Many people are thinking of a home that can incorporate another adult in a private space, often on the first floor, often called an in-law suite. The person who uses this space can consider it a haven [bedroom, luxurious full bath, sitting area], less intrusive on the rest of the family. A newly graduated adult
Taking care of a home, a big home, presents challenges for the elderly. In some cases, yes, a reason not to downsize is cost; the bigger, older home has been paid off — there’s a freedom that comes with that. But the empty nesters, the retirees … many of them are living in homes with spaces they no longer use, no longer need. It makes sense for them to downsize. —Emilia Salonikas, Coldwell Banker-Northbrook
Morrison Pushes Assault Weapon Ban BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
website. Morrison said the legislature gave the sole authority over those weapons to the state earing the Illinois General when it passed Illinois’ conceal Assembly does not have carry law in May 2013. enough members favoring Morrison said she hopes a an assault weapon ban to make hearing before the Firearms it law, state Sen. Julie Morrison Subcommittee of the Senate (D-Deerfield) is trying to make Judiciary Committee at 10 a.m. it happen one town at a time. August 23 at the Bilandic BuildMorrison pushed legislation ing in downtown Chicago will she introduced over a year ago get a discussion rolling, which to restore the right of munici- will lead to passage of her bill if palities to regulate assault not more extensive legislation. weapons and high capacity Some legislators might magazines during a news confer- support the concept of local ence July 19 at Highland Park control but not the idea of a statewide ban on assault City Hall. When asked why she did not weapons, according to Morrison. seek a statewide ban on assault “We could possibly get that,” rifles in light of recent events Morrison told DailyNorthShore. where five police officers were com after the news conference. killed July 7 in Dallas by a “We need to have a discussion gunman using one of the mili- and respect everyone’s opinion. tary style weapons and another That’s why this (subcommittee) shooter slew three more in Baton meeting is so important.” Rouge July 17, Morrison’s State Sen. Terry Link (Danswer was simple. Waukegan), the assistant senate “The votes aren’t there,” Mor- majority leader who was also at rison said. “If it were up to me the news conference, said differthere would be a ban.” ing views on gun control in IlIf enacted, Morrison’s bill, linois are primarily geographic introduced May 5, 2015, restores rather than partisan. the right of municipalities to “When you start getting south regulate assault weapons and of Interstate 80, members (of high capacity magazines, accord- both parties in the legislature) ing to the general assembly tend to oppose gun control,”
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Link said. “We could possibly pass it in the Senate but it could not get through the house,” he added in an interview after the meeting. The makeup of the legislature with one Senate district encompassing two from the house makes it hard to get Democratic support for a bill where there is heavy downstate opposition among Democrats, who have a strong majority in both chambers, according to Link. “There are two of them for every one of us,” Link said. When the conceal-carry law was signed by then Gov. Pat Quinn in 2013, it gave municipalities a 10-day window to pass legislation regulating assault weapons. At the time, Highland Park passed a ban that was immediately challenged in court. The United States Supreme Court let it stand on Dec. 7. Other North Shore communities took different action in 2013. Deerfield approved an ordinance requiring safe storage of assault weapons while reserving the right to further regulate them in the future, Mayor Harriet Rosenthal said at the time. Lake Forest considered a ban but elected not to act, according to local news reports.
child might use the space to save money while climbing the corporate ladder, or looking to at least hop onto the first rung of that ladder. “So it might not necessarily be downsizing,” she adds. “The house may actually be more spacious than the previous one. It could be called ‘re-sizing’ … altering the way the space is used.” Among the trends that Coldwell Banker-Northbrook broker Emilia Salonikas has noticed is the high demand, among senior citizens, for ranch housing. One story is better than two, and simpler, when there’s no chance that a grown child is going to become a boomerang child looking for a place to live before escaping the nest for good. “Taking care of a home, a big home, presents challenges for the elderly,” Salonikas says. “In some cases, yes, a reason not to downsize is cost; the bigger, older home has been paid off
— there’s a freedom that comes with that. But the empty nesters, the retirees … many of them are living in homes with spaces they no longer use, no longer need. It makes sense for them to downsize.” Skirving, the broker for the octogenarian, served as more than a broker for a woman in the throes of a major transition. Skirving provided her client with a list of resources. The list included names of people and companies, specialists in the moving industry. They would help the seller sort and box. They would help the seller select items to discard, items to donate. “I held her hand throughout the process,” Skirving says. “What I like to do, and what I’ll do for her, is put together a hardbound photo book of the house, pictures of all of the rooms, pictures of the exterior. Homes have so much meaning to sellers.”
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Kelly said it’s peculiar that so little is known about a case that Drew Peterson –among others. made national headlines. He Kelly grew up in Glencoe and noted that media reports are the was 13 years old when Valerie only information he could find on Percy was killed. She was 21. the case. And the fact that no one “I just remember being trou- will release information about a bled and puzzled by it at the 50-year-old crime struck him as atypical. time,” Kelly said. So when Kelly noticed the case “I haven’t got a single docuwas nearing its 50th anniversary, ment in six months since I filed a he decided to seek information request. Pretty unusual on a cold about the murder. Kelly said he case,” Kelly said. Kelly said he has no idea what is motivated by curiosity in the case — he does not represent to expect from the records — if they are turned over — and has anyone. But when all of his requests for no plans for what he will do with information were denied, Kelly any new information the files may in April filed a lawsuit alleging a reveal. “Before I was curious and violation of the Freedom of In- now I am very curious,” he said. formation Act in Cook County Chicago native and author Circuit Court. The lawsuit was Glenn Wall, who wrote the filed against various Illinois agen- book Sympathy Vote about the cies for refusing to release records Percy murder, is interested in what about the murder of Valerie Percy. Kelly may find. The lawsuit seeks the release In his book, Wall points to of all records relating to the 1966 William Thorensen III, the son investigation conducted by the of a Kenilworth industrial tycoon, Village of Kenilworth, the Illinois as the prime suspect. Thorensen State Police, Cook County State’s grew up a block-and-a-half away Attorney’s Office, the Chicago from the Percy’s home. AuthoriPolice Department and Cook ties believe the murder weapon County Medical Examiner, ac- was a serrated bayonet, which was cording to the Courthouse News found in Lake Michigan three Service. days after the murder. Wall said
Thorensen was arrested in New York six months after the murder and charged with possession of old military weapons. But Wall said Thorensen refused to be interviewed or answer questions about the Percy case. Wall said that he was interested to learn the extent to which Thorensen was investigated by authorities, beyond what is already known. He also speculates whether DNA results conducted in 2002 reveal who had been in the Percy’s house on that fateful evening in 1966. “(L)earning more about who may have committed a crime can also help put to rest questions about those who didn’t do it. Also, a lot of time and money was spent on this investigation. The public picked up the tab,” Wall said. Since Thorensen was murdered in 1970 by his wife — who was acquitted on self-defense — Wall further contemplates the extent to which a dead suspect would be investigated by authorities. Certainly many people will be interested to know what those investigative files reveal about the Percy murder, which has remained a mystery over the past 50 years.
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NORTH SHORE FOODIE
Mesa Urbana Offers Global Flavor into the night and listed salads, appetizers and main courses,” GLENVIEW— Taleb said. “We listed them (toesa Urbana combines an gether) as seafood + meat + vegurban vibe with suburban etarian,” he added referring to the traditions, adding Amer- main courses. ican, Asian, Italian and French Taleb said the shared-plate flavoring to traditionally Mexican concept is still very much a part dishes. of Mesa Urbana. He has delegatChef Eusevia Garcia describes ed the job of communicating it the octopus as Mexican, the to the restaurant’s staff rather shrimp as American, the grouper than the menu. as Asian and the Salmon Al “The size of the portion varies. Carbon as a mixture with cara- The steak may be 18 ounces and melized mango, green papaya and the salmon is six ounces. We tell avocado crème fraiche seasoning people they can share if they want the plate. to,” Taleb said. “The green papaya and mango The steak is either carne are American but we make the asada or lomo de gaza. While avocado French with the crème the carne asada—which uses a fraiche,” Garcia said. “I’m always skirt steak—is traditionally looking for something to make Mexican with nopales empapeit special.” lados, beans and watercress salad, The restaurant has been open Garcia adds an international since February near the intersec- flavor to the lomo de gaza. It tion of Milwaukee and Lake features a New York strip steak Avenues in Glenview. with oyster mushrooms, truffle When owner Moe Taleb first oil and a side of bean relish. got the idea for Mesa Urbana he “The truffle oil is French and thought he was going to open an the bean relish is traditionally urban style, shared-plate eatery Mexican,” Garcia said. on the North Shore. After his The only fish and seafood perfirst three days he made a nuanced manently on the menu consists change combining city and of items Garcia said he can get fresh. One dish not currently on suburbs. The initial menu listed every- the menu but offered most of the thing the kitchen would prepare time as a special is a risotto crisp to serve guests but did not dis- halibut. He said the dish has a tinguish between salads, appetiz- strong Italian accent. “We put the Halibut over the ers, main courses, side dishes and desserts. Taleb wanted diners to risotto and crisp it,” Garcia said. pick out what appealed most to “We add tomato sauce and them and share the dishes with tomato fennel ragout.” the rest of the people at the table. Taleb has been in the food and He said the portions would often restaurant business for 15 years be smaller and people could ex- since he started Zig Zag Catering perience variety for their meal. in Chicago. He caters to business He learned quickly it was not people and others who want a working. banquet made to order. He has “After three days we changed also operated restaurants in the menu. We talked about it late Chicago.
BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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Owner Moe Taleb and chef Eusebio Garcia.
The Salmon al Carbon with an Urbana Margarita at Mesa Urban in Northbrook. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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Discover a unique destination with restaurants and shops tucked in historic storefronts, all nestled along the shore of Lake Michigan.
North Shorts Musings by Mike Lubow
“Full of Surprises”
A musical and visual arrangement that defies being “dated.” Irving Berlin wrote it. Willie n a nearby music school, young and old students between Nelson sings it. About lost love, classes look at a video one of with a melody and words that them has downloaded. You get under your skin. Irving’s song figure this’ll be pretty avant- is over ninety years old, and garde stuff. It’s anything but... Willie is over eighty. But toThe song was written in 1923 gether their video is timelessly by a Russian-born New Yorker, cool. and recorded in 2014 by a Texan Nelson, bearded, long-haired, in a cowboy hat. You gotta love and as craggy as his antique the surprisingly varied tastes guitar, gives us this song as a enjoyed by folks around here. gentle gift from the past to the And you gotta love the song present. His video, alternating playing on a North Shore I-pad between black & white and in 2016. An old standard, newly muted color, is full of surprises. imagined, called “What’ll I do...” Wild horses reel through a
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deserted town. There’s a teepee on a lonely mountaintop. A rattling pick-up. Photogenic folks in a cowboy roadhouse. Serene musicians in a down-home sound studio. Nelson and Berlin are American treasures who at different times in their long lives put heart and soul into a tune worth knowing. Cowboy country meets The Lower East Side. Willie meets Irving. So, remember the song title and the question it asks: “What’ll I do?” Your answer is simple. Find the free video online. Watch, listen and enjoy.
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LOVE & MARRIAGE
TV: Finding a Common Ground T
Joanna Brown
here are days when I feel like everyone around me is arguing. Political junkies are like pigs in slop, of course, but they are no less animated in their discourse then the sports fans or my family when we discuss who should get our take-out business this weekend. If there is anything we can agree on during these dog days of summer (pre-Olympics Games, of course) it is that there is nothing good on television. Zero. My DVR is just about empty of shows for people over age 8. A logical person would think this is great news. Nielsen reports that the average American watches more than five hours of television per day, so the summer void of good programming would allow me loads more time to read; catch upon household projects; and do things outside with my neighbors, husband and children. But that logical person would be wrong, friends. Science says that television is good for our relationships.
Propeller Insights and Xfinity released in July the results of study for which they surveyed 1,935 adults age 25-49 about their interactions over television. In it, 66 percent of couples said watching TV together has strengthened their relationship; for millennial couples (people born between the early 1980 and mid-1990s), it’s almost 75 percent. Toward that end, nearly 30 percent of couples have canceled a social engagement to watch their favorite TV show. Singles reported that television preferences affect them, too. Forty-three percent of respondents have gone on a date based on a potential mate’s television preferences, and 28 percent have chosen not to date someone because of their television preferences. I’m not sure what I think of this news. My television preferences skew toward crime dramas like Chicago PD, while my husband watches baseball —
Singles reported that television preferences affect them, too. Fortythree percent of respondents have gone on a date based on a potential mate’s television preferences, and 28 percent have chosen not to date someone because of their television preferences.
lots and lots of baseball. So for the sake of your relationship, stream something to binge watch during the next heatwave. Consider one of television’s classic couples. Lucy and Ricky Ricardo from I Love Lucy never fail to draw a laugh. Her ambition, combined with his short fuse, are delightful. Kevin and Winne from The Wonder Years remind us of first loves, in the shadow of the insightful adult who narrates the series. For office romance, consider the comedic Pam and Jim from The Office, or the dramatic Doug and Carol from ER. Both present good friends as great loves and stick out in my mind among the best television romances of my lifetime. Tell me which show you and your spouse are watching together before the fall television premiers, ‘via email to Joanna@northshoreweekend.com
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Royal Travel & Tours, owned and operated by Kendra Thornton of Winnetka, invited North Shore clients and guests to a presentation on luxury travel by Ambercrombie & Kent at Soho House in June. Royal Travel’s North Shore agents Brittney Magner, Melissa Lee, and Sophia Kondos welcomed clients and their guests, as all enjoyed signature cocktails, small bites, and a presentation featuring exotic destinations like Marrakesh, Havana, Queenstown, and Beijing. Royal Travel is a leading full-service travel agency, known for curating exceptional itineraries worldwide.
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REAL ESTATE
OPEN HOUSES 1. 15 Clover Lane LAKE BLUFF
6. 976 Valley LAKE FOREST
13. 1132 Pine Oaks Cir. LAKE FOREST
23. 950 Gloucester Crossing
Sunday, 1pm-3pm $445,000 Joan Maxwell, Baird & Warner 847-404-7763
Lake Forest SUNDAY 1-3 $849,000 Elizabeth Bushala, @properties 847.367.0500
2. 505 Mawman LAKE BLUFF
7. 120 Basswood LAKE FOREST
Sunday 2-4 $1,100,000 Houda Chedid, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
24. 948 Morningside Dr LAKE FOREST
35. 238 Leonard Wood South FORT SHERIDAN
Sunday 1-3 $749,000 Kim Campbell, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
14. 1361 W. Estate Ln. East LAKE FOREST
3. 667 Oak LAKE BLUFF
8. 203 Niles LAKE FOREST
Sunday 1-3 $589,000 Nirali Dalia, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
25. 1742 N. Waukegan Rd LAKE FOREST
36. 119 Pleasant HIGHWOOD
Sunday1-3 $559,000 Patricia Carter, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
15. 1871 Salisbury Ln. LAKE FOREST
4. 248 Circle Drive LAKE BLUFF
9. 60 S. Asbury Ct. LAKE FOREST
16. 327 S. Basswood Rd. LAKE FOREST
Sunday 12-2 $459,000 Suzanne Myers, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
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Sunday 1-4 $629,000 Chris Melchior, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
Sunday, 1pm-3pm $849,500 Jan Mason, Baird & Warner 312-560-3081
11. 1274 Arbor LAKE FOREST
18. 108 Heron Road LAKE FOREST
Open Sunday 1-3PM $999,000 Brad Andersen, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0816
LAKE FOREST
19. 443 W. Deerpath Rd LAKE FOREST
Open Sunday 12-2PM $825,000 Lisa Trace, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485
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10. 870 Beverly Place LAKE FOREST
12. 630 Academy Woods Dr
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Sunday, 1pm-3pm $1,090,000 Nancy Pratt, Baird & Warner 708-228-3149
Sunday 1-3 $2,200,000 Vera Purcell, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
Skok Half Day Rd
Sunday, 1:30pm-3:30pm $1,695,000 Chris Yore, Baird & Warner 847-804-2879
Sunday, 2pm-2pm $899,000 Joan Maxwell, Baird & Warner 847-404-7763
SUNDAY 2:30-4:30 $469,000 Chris Veech, @properties 847.881.0200
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Sunday, 1pm-3pm $729,000 Pat Kammerer, Baird & Warner 847-380-1855
Open Sunday 1-3PM $1,599,000 Jack Comerford, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485
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27. 790 Southmeadow LAKE FOREST
Sunday 1-3 $1,395,000 Marsha Nusslock, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
28. 1851 Wedgewood Dr. LAKE FOREST
Sunday 1-3 $1,495,000 Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty, Jason Hiller 312.751.0300
29. 1343 W. Estate Ln East LAKE FOREST
Sunday 1-4 $975,000 Jeanne Keiler, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855
31. 500 Thornvalley LAKE BLUFF
22. 242 Ahwahnee Lane LAKE FOREST
32. 1325 Kurtis LAKE FOREST
SUNDAY 1-3 $899,000 Falls/Douglass, @properties 847.295.0700
Sunday 1-3 $799,000 Houda Chedid, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
Sunday 1-3 $2,195,000 Houda Chedid, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000 33. 1871 W. Salisbury LAKE FOREST
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Sunday 2-4 $585,000 Suzanne Myers, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
21. 1781 Hackberry Lane LAKE FOREST
Sunday 1-3 $2,649,000 Sophia Childs, BHHS, KoenigRubloff 847.772.2140
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30. 881 Knightsbridge Ct LAKE FOREST
Sunday 1-3 $879,000 Suzie Hempstead, BHHS, KoenigRubloff 847.910.8465
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Sunday 1-3 $689,000 Eileen Campbell, Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty 847.757.5181
20. 1690 S. Ridge Road LAKE FOREST
Sunday 1-3 $750,000 Jennifer Joyce, BHHS, KoenigRubloff 312.498.0495
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34. 360 E. Westminster LAKE FOREST
Sunday 1-3 $2,199,000 Suzanne Myers, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
Sunday 1-3 $549,000 Sue Lindeman, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000
Sunday 12-2 $249,000 Dawn Miller, Jean Wright Real Estate 847-312-8413 37. 124 Maple Avenue HIGHWOOD
Sunday 1-3 $369,000 Nancy Feddermann, BHHS, KoenigRubloff 847.826.9382 38. 242 Aspen Lane HIGHLAND PARK
SUNDAY 2-4 $497,500 Pickus/Schulkin, @properties 847.432.0700
39. 978 North Ave HIGHLAND PARK
SUNDAY 11-1 $429,000 Janice Goldblatt, @properties 847.432.0700
40. 416 Ravine Drive HIGHLAND PARK
SUNDAY 1-3 $949,900 Sally Thompson, @properties 847.432.0700
41. 681 Vine Avenue HIGHLAND PARK
Sunday 1-3 $324,900 Janet BordenColdwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-833- 3171 42. 891 Half Day Road HIGHLAND PARK
Sunday 1-5 $325,000 Carol Degrazia Santi and Brendan SantiColdwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-668- 8449 43. 480 Barberry Rd HIGHLAND PARK
Sunday 1-3 $559,000 Pam Devendorf- Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-989- 0711 44. 1501 Ridge Road HIGHLAND PARK
Sunday 1-3 $589,000 Maxine Goldberg and Mark GoldbergColdwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-922- 4815
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OPEN HOUSES 45. 385 Park Ave HIGHLAND PARK
Sunday 1-3 $599,000 Janet BordenColdwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-833- 3171 46. 2090 Windy Hill Ln HIGHLAND PARK
Sunday 1-3 $865,000 Maxine Goldberg and Mark Goldberg- Coldwell Banker ResidentialBrokerage 847-833- 3171 47. 160 Linden Park Pl HIGHLAND PARK
Sunday 1-3 $899,000 Janet BordenColdwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-833- 3171 48. 1672 Ryders Lane HIGHLAND PARK
Sunday 1-3 $999,999 Jamie Roth and Maxine GoldbergColdwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-922- 3815 49. 702 Waukegan A6 DEERFIELD
Sunday 1-3 $340,000 Mary Kay Brunner-Dasse, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000 50. 850 Fair Oaks DEERFIELD
Sunday 1-3 $515,000 Lynn Barras, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855
51. 2310 Illinois Road NORTHBROOK
SUNDAY 1-3 $899,000 Kimberly Meixner, @properties 847.509.0200
52. 564 Drexel Ave GLENCOE
Sunday 1-3 $1,250,000 Bree Misiak, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.420.1214 53. 248 South Ave GLENCOE
Sunday 2-4 $1,149,000 Jamie RothColdwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-681-4170 54. 1138 Scott Ave WINNETKA
SUNDAY 1-3 $875,000 Susan Ringel Segal, @properties 847.881.0200 55. 1121 Ash Street WINNETKA
SUNDAY 1-3 $859,000
Kate Huff, @properties 847.881.0200 56. 594 Spruce WINNETKA
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CRUNCH TIME FOR CONOR North Shore’s Dwyer aims for more gold at Summer Games in Rio BY BILL MCLEAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM
RIO DEAL: Winnetkan Conor Dwyer, seen here swimming the butterfly, will compete in his second Olympic Games in early August. The Loyola Academy graduate and former competitor for the Lake Forest Swim Club qualified in two events (200-meter freestyle and 400 free). PHOTOGRAPHY BY USA SWIMMING
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he swimmer from Loyola Academy headed west to check out a college. This was in the 2006-07 school year, the swimmer’s senior year. The swimmer finished 10th in the 200yard freestyle and sixth as a member of a pair of relay teams (200 medley, 200 free) at his final state meet. Not bad. Not spectacular. He wanted to introduce himself to the college’s swimming coach during his visit. “The coach wouldn’t even meet with him,” Cindy Dell, still perplexed and a Lake Forest Swim Club (LFSC) coach, recalls. The coach wouldn’t meet with Winnetka resident and LFSC member Conor Dwyer, future two-time NCAA champion [at the University of Florida], future Olympic gold medalist [at the 2012 Summer Games in London], future Olympic qualifier at next month’s 2016 Summer Games in Rio de Janeiro.
Coaches everywhere like to tell the Conor Dwyer Story to any athlete within earshot. One of the story’s messages: Never, ever let mediocre results keep you from envisioning big, big dreams. “His growth and development got on a slower track than the growth and development of other swimmers,” Mo Sheehan, LFSC executive director/head coach, says. “Same with his work. But he was prepared when his body was ready, prepared to train hard and do whatever it took to get better, to get faster. He could handle our workouts. He liked them. The tougher they got, the more he thrived. You’d ask him to do 500 crunches, and he’d do those and 1,000 more before going to bed. “He had a lot of passion to improve,” she adds, “and he blossomed. He’s still blossoming.” Dwyer, 27, joined the LFSC in his junior year at Loyola Academy and represented the club at the 2008 Olympic trials in Omaha,
Nebraska. “Conor,” Dell says, “started opening eyes at a meet in Nashville [Tennessee] after his senior season at Loyola. He’d made the ‘A’ final in an event. Then, in a Grand Prix meet, before the trials [in ’08], Conor swam under a trials cut. Every time he raced he got better, leaps-and-bounds better. That’s why I called [University of Iowa men’s swimming coach] Marc Long and told him, ‘You’ve got to take a look at this kid.’ ” Dwyer became an Iowa Hawkeye. Dwyer ranks third on the program’s all-time list in the 200-yard free (1:35.27) and fourth all-time in the 100-yard free (43.67). The son of Patrick Dwyer and former Florida State University swimmer Jeanne Dwyer (nee Dowdle) transferred to the University of Florida before his junior year. All he did as a Gator was touch first in the 200 free and first in the 500 free at the NCAA Championships in 2010 and earn
NCAA Swimmer of the Year honors after the 2010 and 2011 seasons. “You could tell, immediately, he was a talent,” Dell says. “Great strokes, great technique, and he moved through the water so effortlessly. And he had that burst, that extra burst, at the end of his races. Fabulous. He still has that burst.” Dwyer placed fifth in the 400meter (3:46.39) and swam the second leg of the 800-meter relay at the 2012 London Games. Ryan Lochte swam the first leg, Ricky Berens the third. Some guy named Michael Phelps took care of the anchor leg. The quartet clocked a 6:59.7, electric enough for the gold medal. Dell and some 70 friends and family members of Dwyer attended the 2016 Olympic trials in Omaha, Nebraska, June 26-July 3. Some of the doors at the pool facility, CenturyLink Center, feature images of past Olympians.
There is a Conor Dwyer door. It got touched. Often. “We’d all meet at the Hilton, across the street [from CenturyLink], before each session, wearing our Conor Dwyer T-shirts (‘Dwyer, ’16’),” Dell says of the Conor Dwyer contingent of fans. “And then we’d walk, together, and enter through the Conor Dwyer door, always the Conor Dwyer door.” Their 6-foot-5, 194-pound hero sped to runner-up and Olympicqualifying finishes in the 200meter free (1:45.67) and 400meter free (3:44.66) events. The 200 free was super close, 19-yearold Townley Haas of NOVA Virginia Aquatics edging Dwyer by one-hundredth of a second. Haas and Dwyer might be 800 free relay mates in Rio. “He certainly turned into a great athlete and a great competitor,” Sheehan says. “Conor had such a great approach to training when he worked with us, getting
ramped up the way he did during workouts. He has talent and a great work ethic. Not many have both of those qualities.” Dwyer, born in Evanston, lives in California and trains with the Trojan Swim Club. He did much of his pre-Olympic trials training in Colorado Springs. Folks from the North Shore, though, raised him, shaped him, impacted him. Sheehan and Dell challenged him at LFSC workouts. They watched him knife, knife, knife in lanes. Watched his times melt. When he was out of the water? They noticed a different guy. “The nicest guy in the world, with the nicest family,” Dell says of Dwyer. “Humble as humble can be. There’s not a show-off bone in his body. Low-key as a person, but he is tenacious as a trainer, tenacious as a competitor. “It was so special,” she adds, “to be a part of Conor’s swim-career puzzle.”
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McDERMED WAS ‘D’ MAN All-American left his imprint on New Trier boys lacrosse team BY BILL MCLEAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM
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anny McDermed and lacrosse parted ways on a field in Lombard in early June. The New Trier defenseman, a 2016 graduate, did not shed buckets of tears after the state championship game against Loyola Academy, an NT loss at Montini Catholic, and he did not strive to mend whatever had to be mended with lacrosse. It was an amicable separation. It was time. Time to move on, time to look ahead to his summer job as a sports camp counselor in his hometown of Wilmette and to campus life as an engineering major at Valparaiso University. He sees cars in his rearview mirror. He sees lacrosse in it, too. It certainly would have been sweet, leaving his steady, the sport of a lacrosse, as a three-time state champion. He settled for Danny McDermed, two-time state champion (2014 and ’15) and one-time US Lacrosse Association All-American (’16). “He is a Division I athlete,” Trevians lacrosse coach Tom Herrala says of the 6-foot-3, 185pounder, among the state’s top shutdown defensemen in his final season in Trevians lax togs. “He was a beast, the way he played. Great feet, super fast. He’d always been one of the biggest kids on our teams, and he was aggressive … aggressive to a point; Danny didn’t draw a lot of penalties.” McDermed guarded a Marquette University-bound attackman in each of his last two seasons, virtually erasing the first one in a 2015 game in Detroit and dogging the second one in a 14-1 defeat of Fenwick in a 2016 playoff game. Marquette is a Division I school. “The attackman [in Detroit] was all-world, all this, all that,” Herrala recalls. “Danny shut that kid down. The kid scored a late goal, meaningless.” The Fenwick Friar attached to McDermed in a second-round playoff game in late May tried desperately to free himself from McDermed. The Fenwick Friar had been touted as the best attack in the western suburbs, thick hype surrounding him when he played in any suburb. The goal Fenwick scored on that day? It was tallied STICK-LER ON DEFENSE: Danny McDermed, seen here in the state championship game, was a by somebody other than Mc- shutdown force for the Trevians this past spring. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
Dermed’s man. “Our team watched film of that game,” long stick middie and University of North Carolina recruit Tyler Seminetta, a 2015 All-American and another 2016 NTHS graduate, says. “You could tell, we all could, how frustrated he was when he had the ball and Danny was guarding him. Fun to watch. Danny is an insane athlete, a phenomenal athlete. He guarded big guys and small, speedy guys. Players on other teams were genuinely scared of him and his abilities. “Had Danny stuck with football,” he adds, “he would have been the best defensive end in the conference.” McDermed tried football as a sophomore and ended up concluding, “It wasn’t for me.” Lacrosse, the sport that was introduced to him in the fifth grade, was his sport. “I went to a clinic and learned how to cradle and throw in a gym at Highcrest Middle School [in Wilmette],” says McDermed, sporting Kris Bryant-esque facial hair, wispy and neat. “I liked it. Lacrosse was new, fast-paced. My family had been a baseball family, a huge baseball family, and I played basketball. Defense was what I enjoyed playing in basketball, so defense was what I played in lacrosse. “I was skinny when I was little, really skinny. You could see my heart beating out of my chest.” He made the Freshman ‘A’ lacrosse team in 2013. Toward the end of the season, his coaches noticed the significant impact he made in games and reported their impressions to Herrala. “They told me, ‘You’ve got to look at this McDermed kid,’ ” Herrala says. The varsity coach looked at McDermed in the summer before McDermed’s sophomore year and challenged him in the offseason sessions, tested him. McDermed was ready, the coach surmised. Ready for varsity ball. The McDermed kid, with little club experience, made NT’s parent club in ’14, rotating in as a reserve and seeing time in special situations for a state championship squad. “I think he surprised a lot of people,” Herrala says. “People probably were thinking, at the
beginning of the season, ‘Who is this McDermed and what’s he’s doing on varsity?’ He turned into a really good defenseman and leader [voted captain, by his teammates, in ’16]. Good kid, great kid, super nice and downto-earth. If you were to just talk to him, without ever having seen him play lacrosse, you’d never believe he is the athlete he is … aggressive and intense and highly competitive.” The former lacrosse player is an introspective teen and a former band member (singer/songwriter/ guitarist) of a group named Big Brother. The multi-genre band cut an album, “Dune”, but disbanded after a year because the drummer left for college. McDermed wrote his Junior Theme at New Trier on what he’d gleaned from an Odd Thomas series book by Dean Koontz. “Choosing the right way to do things isn’t always the easiest way to do things — I considered that to be the book’s message,” McDermed says. “Say you’re walking and you cross paths with a homeless person asking for money. The easy thing to do would be to keep on walking; you wouldn’t have to stop, take your wallet out and give the person money. Offseason weightlifting? The easy thing to do would be to skip it one day. Do the hard thing, lift, and it would help in the end. “My mantra my whole junior year was, ‘Work hard, do the right things.’ ” McDermed got named to the all-Central Suburban team at the end of his junior season, the year NT won its second straight state championship. He got stronger before the start of his senior season, more aggressive, and he made sure he wielded a highly active stick. McDermed was a handful for opposing attackmen. From “Who is this McDermed?” to “McDermed, All-American,” in two years. “I might play club or intramural basketball at Valparaiso,” he says. “If I get bored, maybe I’ll pick up a lacrosse stick and a ball and find a wall.” McDermed and lacrosse, together again? Old flames are hard to douse completely.
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Bird watching: Tilson getting close to majors H BY KEVIN REITERMAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM
e’s on the cusp. Speedy center fielder Charlie Tilson continues to get high marks in the St. Louis Cardinals organization. The 23-year-old New Trier graduate, who is hitting .284 with a .349 on-base percentage and .761 OPS (on-base plus slugging), could be a September call-up for the big club. The 5-foot-11, 195-pound Tilson, a second round pick in 2011 by St. Louis, is the prototypical top-of-the-order guy. He’s hitting .315 in the leadoff spot this summer for the Triple A Memphis Redbirds. He’s put his speed to efficient use. Tilson has swiped 15 bases in 18 attempts in 95 games. And he’s got what Major League managers are looking for in a No. 1 hitter: punch. Tilson doesn’t hit a lot of home runs (4), but he does lace the ball into the gaps. He’s got 15 doubles and eight triples (tying a Memphis Redbirds single-season record). Tilson usually is not one to fall into extended slumps. Currently, he has put together a modest sixgame hitting streak. His progression through the system has been strong and steady. He hit .303 for Class A Peoria in 2013, .308 for Class A Advanced Palm Beach in 2014 and .295 for Class AA Springfield in 2015.
Ben Klimesh: At one point, things were going awfully well for the 6-foot-4, 220-pound righthander. The Wilmette native, who pitched collegiately for Trinity University in Texas, was promoted all of the way to the Cincinnati Reds’ Triple A affiliate in 2015. But despite having solid stats — 2-0 record, 3.65 ERA — Klimesh was afforded only 12.1 innings with the Louisville Bats. Then, after being moved to the Double A Pensacola Blue Wahoos, he had a couple of stints on the disabled list. Currently, Klimesh is pitching in the Class A Advanced Florida State League with Daytona. He’s made two short relief appearances for the Tortugas (2.1 innings, 0 runs, 0 hits, 3 strikeouts, 3 walks). Luke Harrison: Selected in the 35th round of the 2015 June Free Agent Draft, Harrison has proved to be a value pick for the St. Louis Cardinals.
signed to the Class A Short Season Connecticut Tigers. On July 23, he went hitless in four at-bats. No worries. Woodrow will get plenty of opportunities to rectify that. His time in the Gulf Coast League was quite impressive. The 21-year-old left-hitting Woodrow, who played his college baseball at Creighton, had an on-base percentage of .441. His OPS was .915. And he had five steals in five attempts with seven doubles and nine runs batted in. Charley Gould: Check out the RBIs. Gould might not have a high batting average (.241) at the moment, but the Lake Forest High School graduate has come up with some timely hitting (14 RBIs) during his pro debut with the Oakland Athletics in the Arizona Rookie League (AZL). The 23-year-old first baseman, who was drafted in the 26th round, is coming off a terrific senior year at William & Mary (22 doubles, 46 RBIs).
Chris Hall: The New Trier grad is transitioning well to pro baseball. The 22-year-old relief pitcher, a 14th round pick by Toronto, has seen action in seven games for the Bluefield Blue Jays rookie league New Trier grad Charlie Tilson follows through on his swing during a Memphis Redbirds game earlier this summer. PHOTOGRAPHY BY team. MEMPHIS REDBIRDS Competing in the Appalachian The 23-year-old right-hander Midwest League this summer. The Prior to playing in the Sally game, he was hitting 1.000. League, Hall (6-2, 212) has reghas been an effective reliever for reliever has worked 47 innings and League, things had been a little As a member of the Arizona istered 13 Ks in 10 innings while the Class A Peoria Chiefs. The given up only 33 hits. He has re- rocky for the 5-foot-8 second Rookie League (AZL) Mariners, allowing eight hits and four walks. Glenbrook South grad, who went corded 54 strikeouts to go along baseman. Drafted by the Los Goldstein came off the bench in His ERA is 2.70. He has one win to Indiana University, has allowed with 22 base-on-balls. Angeles Dodgers in 2015 (18th the ninth inning and singled home and one save on his ledger. Working out of the bullpen is only 27 hits in 40.1 innings this He’s been credited with five round), the ex-Bradley University a run in his team’s 4-1 victory. spring. His strikeout-to-walk ratio saves. His ERA is 3.45 and his star hit .226 with a .385 on-base The catcher’s stay in the Rookie a familiar role for Hall, who was is 38-15. He’s 3-1 with a 2.01 WHIP is 1.17. Opponents are percentage for the Ogden Raptors League was short and sweet. In the closer for Elon (North CaroERA and 1.04 WHIP. The op- hitting .189 against him. in his first pro season. five games for the AZL Mariners, lina) University this past spring. position is hitting just .182 against Hermeling, who pitched colThe Dodgers released the he hit .400. A converted catcher, he had 10 him. legiately for Louisiana-Monroe, 23-year-old on March 10. He was On July 20, Goldstein was saves for the Phoenix. Harrison (6-4, 225) is stacking was a star at GBN. During his picked up eight days later by the promoted to the Class A Short good seasons. In his rookie cam- senior year, he went 9-1 with a Yankees, who initially assigned Season Northwest League. After Boomer Synek: Two games. paign in 2015, he allowed only 31 1.72 ERA with 92 strikeouts in him to the Staten Island Yankees. going hitless in game one, he had Two hits. The former Glenbrook North hits in 35.1 innings to go along 62 innings. He was promoted to the River- two hits and a stolen base against standout debuted with the Pittswith 28 Ks and only three walks. Dogs despite hitting only .189 in Salem-Keizer on July 23. burgh Pirates rookie league team His ERA last year for State Chris Godinez: Being a 15 games with Staten Island. Danny Woodrow: He’s rising on July 20. And he came through College (Class A, Short Season) Yankee and playing in the South was 1.02. Atlantic League appears to be a Jason Goldstein: The ham- quickly. immediately. In a Gulf Coast good fit for the Lake Forest High string is healed. It’s go-time for The ex-Loyola Academy star League game against the Phillies, Alex Hermeling: The Los School graduate. the former Highland Park High has earned a quick promotion Synek went 1-for-3 with a walk. Angeles Dodgers have to be Two days later, Synek, an unGodinez has collected nine hits School and University of Illinois during his first pro season. The keeping an eye on this 6-foot-5, in first 20 at-bats for the Charles- standout. speedy outfielder, a 2016 draft pick drafted free agent who played 230-pound right-hander. ton RiverDogs, a Class A affiliate Goldstein, 22, a ninth round of the Detroit Tigers, hit .351 and collegiately at the University of Hermeling, a Glenbrook North of the New York Yankees, this selection by the Seattle Mariners lasted all of 18 games in rookie Evansville and Oakton College, product, is putting up fairly eye- summer. He’s hitting .450 with in the 2016 June Free Agent Draft, ball with the Gulf Coast League had a run-scoring triple in the popping numbers for the Great three walks, three runs and one proved to be instant success in his Tigers West squad. seventh inning in a 10-0 win over On July 22, Woodrow was as- the Yankees. He also drew a walk. Lakes Loons in the Class A steal. pro debut on July 14. After one
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Defensive whiz Wong continues to elevate her game BY KEVIN REITERMAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM
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t’s been a very good offseason for Elise Wong. The Lake Forest High School graduate and Windy City Field Hockey standout has been selected to participate in the USA Stars and Stripes Tournament and Training Camp. Earlier this year, Wong, who will be a sophomore at Princeton University, was a member of the United States U19 National Team, which played in a tournament in Germany. Playing on junior national teams is nothing new for Wong. She has been a member of U19 team for the past two years. She also was on the U17 team (201215). Known as a defensive stalwart, Wong was named First Team All-Ivy as a freshman. During her high school days, she led Lake Forest to a state title in 2013. The Scouts took runnerup honors in 2014, when Wong earned the state’s Player of the Year honors. At the Stars and Stripes Tournament, Wong will be joined by Lake Forest’s Lucinda Lytle and Oak Park-River Forest’s Christen Conley. Lytle, who attended Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts, just completed her sophomore year at Boston College. Conley, a rising senior who plays for Windy City, will play her college field hockey at Northwestern University. The tournament and camp will be held Dec. 26-31 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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CLUB FIELD HOCKEY Windy City: The Northbrookbased Windy City Field Hockey Club was well represented in the 2016 National Futures Championship in Lancaster, Pennsylvania last month. The U19 selections were Oak Park-River Forest’s Christen Conley (class of 2017) and Lake Forest’s Libby Thompson (class of 2017). Lake Forest’s Greta Kullby (class of 2017) and Lake Forest Academy’s Isabel Moody (class of 2018) were alternates. Six Windy City players — Lake Forest’s Logan Hanekamp, North Shore Country Day’s Jessica Hourihane, Lake Forest’s Maggie Mick, Winnetka’s Alexandra Morgan and Lake Forest’s Catherine Nicholson — were U16 selections. The U14 picks included Hilary
This was Rutkowski’s first MAJGT victory of the summer. She took runner-up honors in the Championship at Geneva National (71-81-74—226) on June 14-16 and MAJGT-IJGA Championship at Royal Hawk (78-7775—230) on June 27-29. She had a third-place finish at the Windmill Open on May 14-15. Players Challenge/Junior PGA Qualifier at Highland Park: Glenview’s Hanna Tanaka placed third (74-73—147) in the Players Challenge #4/Junior PGA Qualifier at Highland Park Country Club on July 21-22. Penelope Tir came in fifth (8070—150), while Emily Young was seventh (77-77-154). On July 18-19 at the Players Challenge #3 at Deerfield GC, Glencoe’s Rachel Rhee finished fifth (79-78—157). Glenview’s Sophia Lau was sixth (158), while Glenview’s Hanna Tanka was seventh (160). ELITE ELISE: Lake Forest High School grad Elise Wong, seen here during her freshman season at Princeton, was an all-Ivy League performer for the Tigers. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
Cox, Clara Geraghty, Grace Harris, Marley Heitman, Lauren Hughes, Maddie Kellner, Evie Lake, Julia LeClercq and Grace McGowan. Elsa Goldsberry was an alternate. College Commitments: So far, eight Windy City players from the class of 2017 have made their college commitments. The list includes three players from Lake Forest High School — Greta Kullby (Lafayette College), Grace Payne (Columbia University) and Libby Thompson (Duke University) — and three from New Trier — Julia Gottreich (Bowdoin College), Meghan Minturn (Colgate University) and Nell Van Schaack (Georgetown University).
third (76-67—143), while Winnetka’s Connor Prassas came in fifth (74-71—145). Other area golfers finishing in the top 20 included Wilmette’s Brian Joseph (146), Northfield’s Ben Scherman (148), Glenview’s John Kryscio (148), Lake Forest’s Jed Thomas (150), Winnetka’s William Nummy (150), Glenview’s Jack Grier (151), Lake Forest’s Billy Jack Bailes (152) and Wilmette’s Daniel Tanaka (152). In Players Challenge #3 at Deerfield Golf Club on July 18-19, Lake Forest’s Jason Folker took medalist honors (70-68— 138). Northbrook’s Evan Myers was fifth with a 151. Others in the top 10 included Highland Park’s Charlie Ezgur (152), Lake Forest’s Billy Jack Bailes (153), NorthCHIP SHOTS | brook’s Quinn McCarthy (153) BOYS SUMMER and Wilmette’s Michael Tanaka TOURNAMENTS (153). Folker also won Players ChalPlayers Challenge/Junior lenge #2 at Pleasant Run Resort PGA Qualifier at Highland on June 16-17 with a 144 (71-73). Park: Northfield’s Justin Choi was Highland Park’s Ari Herzog shot the runner-up at the Players Chal- a 149 to finish in a tie for seventh. lenge #4/Junior PGA Qualifier at And, Glenview’s Kevin Paek the Highland Park Country Club was the winner of Players Chalon July 21-22. He shot 70 in both lenge #1 at White Pine GC on rounds to finish four strokes May 1. behind Wheaton’s Luke ArmAJGA Wincraft/McArthur brust, who qualified to the Junior Towel & Sports Future Legends: PGA Championship on Aug. New Trier grad Matt Murlick 9-12 at Rumford, Rhode Island. definitely was in the hunt for a Michael Tanaka of Wilmette was title in this American Junior Golf
Association tourney at The Legend at Merrill Hills in Waukesha, Wisconsin on July 12-15. He finished three strokes back with a 223 (74-77-72). Northfield’s Justin Choi and Winnetka’s Chip Savarie shot 228s to finish in a tie for 15th. Lake Bluff ’s Scott Frevert carded a 231 for 25th place. MAJGT Harborside Classic: Northbrook’s Charlie Van Cleave finished fourth (72-78—150) in the Mid-American Junior Golf Tour’s Harborside Classic on July 13-14 at Harborside International. Glenview’s Jarrett Prchal placed in a tie for 10th (156), while Glenview’s Jack Grier and Winnetka’s Peter Miles shared 12th place (157) with three other golfers. MAJGT Classic at Notre Dame: Reb Banas of Winnetka was a top 10 finisher at the MAJGT Classic at Notre Dame on July 11-12 at The Warren Golf Course. He shot a 159 (82-77— 159) to share 10th place with two other players. AJGA Coca-Cola Junior Championships at Boyne Highlands: Glenview’s Charlie Nikitas shot a 66 on the second round and wound placing third in the CocaCola Junior Championships at Boyne Highlands in Harbor Springs, Michigan on July 4-7. He ended up with a 212 (75-66-
71—212), three strokes behind Michigan’s Devin Deogun. Glenview’s Kevin Paek took fourth (72-69-73—214), while Winnetka’s Connor Prassas was fifth (71-72-72—215). Jed Thomas of Lake Forest finished in a tie for 24th (223).
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Trinity College: New Trier grad Jack Junge had a stellar freshman season at Trinity College in Connecticut. He earned Ping Division III All-American honorable mention honors by the 2016 Golf Coaches Association of America (GCAA), and joined fellow rookies Taylor Kay-Green CHIP SHOTS | (Needham, Mass.) and Will GIRLS SUMMER Rosenfield (Baltimore, Md.) on TOURNAMENTS the Ping Division III All-Northeast Region Golf Team. The MAJGT Harborside Classic: Bantams, coached by Matt Glenview’s Nicole Wetoska fin- Greason (3rd Season), finished as ished one stroke in back of med- the runner-up team at both the alist Grace Curran (New Lenox) Eastern College Athletic Conferin the MAJGT Harborside ence (ECAC) Division III New Classic on July 13-14. Wetoska England Championships in the shot a 77 on the second round to fall and the New England Small end up with a 156. Hanna Tanaka College Athletic Conference of Glenview and Rachel Rhee of (NESCAC) Championship TourGlencoe finished in a tie for the nament in the spring. The fourth (167). Bantams won three other tournaMAJGT Classic at Notre ments outright, taking the WilDame: Nina Rutkowski, who will liams College Fall Invitational, the be a junior at Loyola Academy, Ekwanok College Tournament was the clear-cut winner at the in Vermont., and the Williams MAJGT Classic at Notre Dame College Spring Invitational. on July 11-12. Rutkowski shot a Junge was Trinity’s top links74 on the first round and a 73 on man during the spring campaign, the second round at The Warren winning the Williams College Golf Course to win the tourney Spring Tournament with a twoby six strokes over Wheaton’s round score of 145 and taking Sarah Hauenstein (153). Lake second place in the ManhattanForest’s Emily Young came in ville/NYU Invitational with a fourth (78-82—160), while Win- score of 148. Junge also carded netka’s Madison Banas took ninth a 159 in the NESCAC Champi(177). onships to tie for 10th.
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BY BILL MCLEAN ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT
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acrosse was a curiosity on the sports menu, nearing niche status in Illinois, when Mark Bundra played it for New Trier High School teams in the early 2000s. It was that “East Coast activity”, with the very best players hailing from either Maryland or Virginia every year. Lacrosse would migrate westward, slowly but steadily. The curiosity in the Land of Lincoln would become that recreation with a small, taut fishing net on each stick. The recreation with a small, taut fishing net on each stick would become that sport … that bona fide sport requiring skill and coordination and an inordinate amount of toughness. Players and witnesses in Illinois would recognize it as the ultimate hybrid sport, a fastpaced mix of soccer, hockey and basketball. Lacrosse is here to stay, entrenched. Local grade-school kids and middle-school kids see it on the sports menu and point to it. I’ll try this. “It’s now cool to be a kid on the North Shore, carrying a lacrosse stick around, playing lacrosse,” Bundra, founder/director of ALL IN Lacrosse in Northbrook, says, awaiting his order of Eggs Benedict and hash browns at Northfield Restaurant in Winnetka. “It’s a hot sport, and it’s high-scoring.”
Bundra and his staff at ALL IN train individuals and groups year-round. They work closely with park districts, mostly in Northbrook and Kenilworth. They rent fields. Willow Park in Glenview is an ALL IN location in the fall and spring and summer months. Forty high schools funnel players to ALL IN, born four years ago, and its busiest season is wintertime, the months preceding lacrosse season in the spring. Around 7 0 percent of the organiz ation’s committed stick wielders live in North Shore communities. One resides in Gurnee, another in Barrington. ALL IN has attracted lax players from Stevenson High School. Fifty athletes signed up for sessions in Year One. Today? ALL IN’s client list exceeds 600. “Lacrosse is way up in popularity, and I know interest in it will continue to rise,” Bundra, 31, says. “I’m so humbled, how this all came together at the right time, after a long, long journey [including stops at Sports Made Personal and True Lacrosse and a time when he considered attending business school]. I felt like a
around the fittest teens at ALL IN Lacrosse. “We’re very technical at ALL IN,” says the son of a physician (Stephen) and a music teacher ( Judy). “We focus on honing in on the small details of the sport, and we like to spend a lot of time on speed p l a y, playing f a s t . Touches are important, too. To u c h e s [gathering the ball] and doing something with the ball in tight spaces. When you’re Mark Bundra in a tight space in a game, you’re surfer, hitting the perfect wave, state of Illinois at the US La- forced to made a quick decision. and it just took me. I’m in a crosse Association All-American We’re all about reenacting game growth market, helping kids game at Towson University in situations. “My expectations for the kids develop in a sport I love. It seems Baltimore. The one: Bundra, every kid, boy or girl, wants to Winnetka resident. He played we train are high. I also want pick up a lacrosse stick these Division I lacrosse at Providence them to have fun while training. days.” College and served, in 2009, as a There has to be a balance; we Bundra, a 2003 New Trier practice squad player for the achieve that by playing music graduate, played three varsity Machine, Chicago’s franchise in during training sessions. Music seasons as a Trevian, suiting up Major League Lacrosse. appeals to kids.” as an attack in some games and He stood 5-foot-7 and Music is a part of Bundra’s life. as a middie in others. After his weighed 155 pounds in high Now a Chicagoan and married senior season, in which he deliv- school. Today he stands 5-9 and to Cynthia (a former Loyola ered a program-best 46 assists, weighs 175 pounds and still University soccer star) for a little only one player represented the appears fit enough to run circles more than a year, the Christopher
Knight (Peter Brady, of The Brady Bunch) look-alike works parttime as a DJ at weddings and at clubs. A lax man in daylight, a loop man at night. Balance. Bundra’s ability to relate well to kids stems from his years as an in-house babysitter at home. Little sister Sarah was born when Mark was 12. Big brother was an eighth-grader when he began coaching young lacrosse and hockey (his other sport) players. Bundra taught private lacrosse lessons during the summers of his college years. The career path he had carved at a young age continued to be bump-free. No need to turn back. “My staff at ALL IN, it’s an incredible one,” Bundra says. “Our administrator, Meredith Vail, does all of the scheduling and the invoicing and coordination with clients. Amazing; she’s amazing, incredibly valuable, and so are my assistants [Sam Story, Wes Griffiths and Amanda McLaughlin]. College students [New Trier products Mick Parks and Ben Connelly, among others] also help us. “Our four pillars at ALL IN are commitment, integrity, life skills and family.” This year’s New Trier boys lacrosse alumni game is set for July 30. Bundra will help Trevians coach Tom Herrala run it. He will compete in it, too. Look for Mr. ALL IN Lacrosse to play one way, the only way he knows: all out.
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