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08 Shore thing The North Shore is made up of many towns, each with unique aspects its residents love.

12 Read all about it Teens are all over the Internet — until it comes to their school newspapers, which are created the old-fashioned way.

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Business 28 Main Street Tucked behind Route 41 in Highland Park near the city’s municipal offices is a complex of light industrial buildings. One is the home of EFT Sports Performance., home to a world-class training facility.

16 Theatre Review The play “God of Carnage” put on

by Citadel Theater may be too close for comfort for some parents who see it. But it is well worth attending.

20 Sunday Breakfast Lake Bluff resident David Barkhausen has held political positions at local, township and state levels of government — and almost added county to his resume last fall.

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

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

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

sports 36 Signs of spring A North Shore prospect looks forward to life in the St. Louis Cardinals’ organization.

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erhaps it’s a waste of type to state the obvious: The North Shore is a special area. But the assertion becomes more interesting when one considers why it is and what makes it so.

From the Gazebo in Lake Bluff to the Baha’i Temple in Wilmette, interesting structures abound. Top-notch restaurants, from Michael in Winnetka to Lovell’s in Lake Forest, compel people to drive many miles for their offerings. Some who grow up on the North Shore leave after college only to return years later because it’s so advantageous to raise a family here compared to other parts of the country.

Great schools, parks, public recreation facilities — and, of course, homes — keep the North Shore as a whole vibrant and appealing. Yet each town on the lake is a little different from its neighbor. Check out the story in these pages.

The Society of Colonial Wars is a national group that keeps alive the memories of those who defended the American colonies before the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775. About

a third of the members in the Illinois branch reside on the North Shore. Bill McLean offers insights from those whose ancestors often were military or naval officers on the East Coast decades before the United States existed.

The school newspaper may seem like a relic.

Some remember mimeograph machines and other pre-Internet contraptions rolling out the latest issue. But high schools on the North Shore still create compelling publications, even though their teenage journalists are likely to get their own information from Facebook, Twitter and other Web sources. Joanna Brown reports in this issue.

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allie Smith grew up in Kansas and has been living in Wilmette for 20 years with her husband, Ralph.

“A lot of people return here to live,” she said. “That’s one of the reasons I like it here.”

One such boomerang Wilmettian is her husband, a 1950 New Trier High School graduate who was raised on the east side of the village.

The Smiths reside on the west side of Wilmette.

“The nice thing it has is a whole range of dwellings — houses, apartments, condos and very few McMansions,” Ralph Smith said.

“It’s very neighborhoody,” he added.

The North Shore is also a home to the famous. One of Lake Forest’s hometown heroes is former astronaut Jim Lovell. Many other well-known residents — including Highland Park’s Michael Jordan — accomplished their significant feats hundreds of thousands of miles from the moon (though with his leaping ability he may have been able to dunk a basketball there in his heyday).

The distance between the North Shore’s northernmost village (Lake Bluff) and southernmost city (Evanston) is 22 miles. It’s not difficult to understand the appeal of the stretch, from the vistas along Lake Michigan to the quaint shops and must-go-to restaurants in the charming towns.

“Our downtown,” Highland Park mayor Nancy Rotering said, “is incredibly vibrant yearround. We have a broad spectrum of shopping and cultural arts events for all tastes and interests.

“Ravinia Festival,” she added, “is such a unique venue, and not only during summer evenings; concerts are held there in the wintertime.”

Avid runner Megan Pierce lives in a Evanston and serves Winnetka as its assistant to the village manager (Rob Bahan). She runs along the lakeshore on weekdays and usually hits the Green Bay Trail on the weekend.

“When I commute to work along Sheridan Road I’m usually thinking, ‘I’m lucky I landed here,’ ” said Pierce. “What impresses me is the natural beauty of the village, as well as the unique residential characteristics and niche shops.”

The Smiths of Wilmette recently checked out “Sweet Charity,” a musical staged at Writers’ Theatre in Glencoe. Their favorite outdoor venue — for walking — isn’t too far away from their home, either.

“We love taking walks around Northwestern University’s campus,” Ralph Smith said.

“We enjoy everything about the area. The libraries along the North Shore are nice, the schools are great and a big plus is the work done by our police, fire and ambulance services.”

Ann Lyon of Lake Forest, meanwhile, likes nothing more than to blaze bike trails with her family.

“There are many trails in Lake Forest,” said Lyon, whose husband George grew up in town.

“I also love the beach; even in the winter it is beautiful and tranquil.”

Lake Forest & Lake Bluff Population: Lake Forest, 19,375; Lake Bluff, 14,888 Housing: Lake Forest—least expensive on the market ($249,000) and most expensive ($12 million) Lake Bluff—least expensive on the market ($169,900) and most expensive ($9.995 million)

Locals, Then & Now

Lake Forest Dave Eggers, writer Matt Grevers, Olympic gold medalist in swimming Jim Lovell, astronaut Vince Vaughn, actor Dave Eggers Mr. T, actor Lake Bluff Richard Marx, singer-songwriter John Paxson, Chicago Bulls vice president

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Three years from now, Market Square in Lake Forest will turn 100 years old. Lake Forest resident Howard Van Doren Shaw designed the quaint shopping center at the nudging of real estate investor Arthur Aldis. The downtown staple features

women’s fashion shops, Lake Forest Book Store, and Lake Forest Food & Wine, among other businesses.

Dining

Lovell’s in Lake Forest serves steak and seafood, while nobody would be surprised if the creative folks at The Silo in Lake Bluff put a deepdish steak and seaJim Lovell food pizza on the menu.

In the mood for a turkey wrap sandwich? Head to Caputo Cheese Market and don’t forget to grab a cookie on the way out.

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Ragdale in Lake Forest is an artists’ community and residence. The headquarters of the Chicago Bears— along with a number of Fortune 500 companies—are in Lake Forest.

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Winnetka & Kenilworth Highland Park & Glencoe Population: Highland Park, 29,763; Glencoe, 8,723 Housing: Highland Park—least expensive on the market ($134,000) and most expensive ($21 million) Glencoe—least expensive on the market ($249,000) and most expensive ($6.95 million)

Locals, Then & Now

Highland Park Billy Corgan, guitarist, singer Michael Jordan, pro basketball player, owner Mark Kirk, U.S. Senator Julius Peppers, Chicago Billy Corgan Bears defensive end Gary Sinise, actor Glencoe Fred Savage, actor Gene Siskel, film critic Harold Ramis, actor, director

Shopping

Saks Fifth Avenue left its building on Green Bay Road for good on Dec. 31, but Highland Park’s business district continues to be vibrant with 125-plus stores. E Street Denim houses 12,000 pairs of jeans from nearly 70 vendors. The Confection Connection on Central Avenue has been

providing its customers with treats and gifts for more than 25 years.

Dining

Bella Via in Highland Park is an Italian restaurant with specialties such as gnocchi, potato pasta stuffed with Portobello mushrooms, and lobster tortellacci.

In nearby Highwood is Froggy’s French Café. Executive chef Thierry Lefeuvre has been there since the beginning as a co-founder in 1980. He creates dishes that are flavorful but not heavy.

An independent coffee shop to check out after dinner is Glencoe Roast Coffee, located on Vernon Avenue in Glencoe. It serves Intelligentsia Coffee, and a fan of the place is typically a rabid one.

This & That

Got writer’s block?

Push yourself away from the laptop and head to Writers’ Theatre in Glencoe for a production of either “Sweet Charity” Writer’s Theatre or “The Letters.”

Ravinia Festival’s typical summer season in Highland Park includes 100-plus concerts. David Bryne and Sting will appear this year.

Population: Winnetka, 12,187; Kenilworth, 2,513 Housing: Winnetka—least expensive on the market ($274,000) and most expensive ($21.9 million) Kenilworth—least expensive on the market ($689,000) and most expensive ($8.95 million)

profiteroles.

Little Ricky’s in Winnetka is big on ribs.

But another choice would be the joint’s Winnetka Salad, which boasts spinach, grilled chicken, green beans, roasted corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, feta cheese and creamy Tarragon dressing.

Locals, Then & Now

The Book Stall on Elm Street in Winnetka is still standing and rapt children are still sitting—while listening to adults read to them inside the cozy, creakyfloored store.

The Book Stall The Winnetka home at 671 Lincoln Ave. was Macaulay Culkin’s character’s abode in the “Home Alone” movie.

The Winnetka Community House has a fitness center, offers all kinds of classes (from ceramics to dance) for all kinds of ages, organizes youth basketball leagues and dares visitors to survive a haunted house every October. Some couples even get married there.

One of The Kenilworth Club community house’s recurring activities is Fireside Book Club. It also rents space for birthday parties for kids. For adults, beginning at 6 p.m. on March 1, the club will hold a happy hour.

Winnetka Charlton Heston, actor Chris O’Donnell, actor Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense Kenilworth Charles Percy, U.S. Senator

Shopping

The Laundry Mall in Winnetka, like Market Square in Lake Forest, is a landmark cluster of businesses along the North Shore. Built in 1925, as the home of the Nelson Laundry Company, it was converted to its mix of retail tenants, office space and restaurants in 1980.

Dining

The quintessentially elegant restaurant in Winnetka is Michael and its French fare. Start with a warm terrine of chanterelle mushrooms and end with a trio of mini, toasted macadamia nut gelato-filled

Population: Evanston, 74,486; Wilmette, 27,087 Housing: Evanston—least expensive on the market ($23,900, a land value) and most expensive ($2.495 million) Wilmette—least expensive on the market ($269,000) and most expensive ($2.495 million)

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Dining

Evanston Marlon Brando, actor John Cusack, actor Charles Gibson, news anchor Erick Spoelstra, Miami Heat basketball coach Wilmette Bill Murray, actor Ann-Margret Olsson, actress Tom Ricketts, owner, Chicago Cubs

If you’re in Wilmette and not counting calories, inhale a stack of flapjacks at Walker Bros., The Original House of Pancakes, and later enjoy a dessert at Homer’s Homemade Ice Cream.

Among the seasonal flavors at Homer’s are pumpkin pie and eggnog.

Homer’s A pizza place to frequent in Evanston Homemade is Union Pizzeria on Chicago Avenue. It Ice Cream bills itself as “The union of big tastes, small plates and great music.” One of its several unique pizza offering is lamb sausage—Pinn-Oak lamb, eggplant, Gaeta olives and rosemary.

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People like to talk about Chalk Boutique in Evanston, especially those interested in investing in apparel and accessories that are thoughtful and well-made.

Lad and Lassie—a place for kids and their moms to find clothes—opened nearly 60 years ago in Wilmette. The store on Central Avenue carries Roxy, The North

Evanston is home to the private Northwestern University, a Big 10 campus. In 2007 Business Week ranked Wilmette No. 7 on its list of best places to raise children in the U.S. The Illinois Bureau of Tourism named the Baha’i Temple in Wilmette one of the “Seven Wonders in Illinois” in ’07.

Wilmette was named in honor of Antoine Ouilmette, a French-Canadian fur trader.

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Steven and Diane Miller of Glencoe donated $350,000 to Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago.

Steven Miller joined the board in 2008 and has served as president since July.

His gift marks the largest individual contribution in the theater’s 38-year history.

The principal and co-founder of Origin Ventures has structured his gift as a match.

“Our focus on new works, new voices, and telling the stories of all Chicagoans resonates with Diane and me,” he said.

“We want others that feel as we do to join us in supporting this theater that means so much to Chicago.”

Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne will make his Ravinia Festival debut this summer. He will be paired with St. Vincent on Saturday, July 6.

After a couple of semi-chance encounters, David Byrne and Annie Clark — who records and performs as St. Vincent — created their collaboration debut album Love This Giant, three years in the making. The Ravinia concert is part of their first U.S. tour together.

Winnetka North Shore Country Day School will start an $8 million project to renovate and modernize its Auditorium and Arts Center in June.

The auditorium restoration will transform the facility with a new full rigging and theatrical lighting system; catwalk, curtains, stage floor, orchestra pit and more.

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On Sunday, March 3, candidates running for Lake Bluff Library, Lake Bluff Trustee, and Lake Bluff School District 65 will meet at 1:30 p.m. Doors will open 1 p.m. at the Lake Bluff Recreation Center, 355 W. Washington Ave, Lake Bluff.

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photography by j.geil Skilled young reporters keep high school newspapers thriving ■ by

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Mary Rose Donahue is a young woman on the move.

Besides the usual busyness that comes with being a junior at Lake Forest High School, Donahue has attended school plays, cheered at Ellie Goulding’s last concert in Chicago, and spent a fair amount of timer with her new superintendent, Michael Simeck.

And she’s written about each experience along the way.

Donahue is a student in Lance Ferges’ Journalism II course, an English elective that has students brainstorming topics, interviewing, researching, and finally writing for publication about the topics that are most important to them and their peers.

They also edit each other’s work prior to publication three times each semester.

Contrary to the rumor, Donahue assured, print is not dead. Rather, student newspapers are thriving because of the skills young reporters develop.

“We hope they have a better understanding of media and responsible reporting,” said Joe Buccolo, who has worked with Highland Park High School’s student paper for 19 years. “I hope they get to be better communicators verbally, when we talk about how to interview and cite quotes.

“We talk about how they represent the whole paper and not just themselves when they make an appointment to interview someone — like the principal — and then don’t show up. We’re constantly reinforcing their skills in writing, interviewing and ethical reporting. They’re reporting the story, not creating it.”

Rumors of print’s demise among teenagers is premature. And the Internet, in this case, is not allpowerful. Consider: Though New Trier High School’s newspaper boasts a Web site, it draws little traffic.

Lake Forest’s newspaper does not even have a Web site. Highland Park High School is considering building one but isn’t rushing to do so.

An after-school activity for interested students, the student newspaper at Highland Park High School, Shoreline, is published quarterly in color, carries ads from local businesses, and is circulated to students on campus and members of the PTO by mail.

Both Lake Forest and New Trier high schools produce student newspapers in journalism classes offered during the school day by the English department; they take no advertising and are funded wholly by the respective school districts. Of note, Lake Forest High School woodshop students built the bins used to distribute the tabloid-sized newspapers on their campus.

Textbooks guide students on the same principles that Buccolo and his Highland Park colleagues teach

in writers’ workshops after school. Lake Forest High School’s Forest Scout has been published sporadically by an after-school club since 1935, but Ferges said a journalism class makes sense for the current student body.

Students produce three issues per semester, per class (there are two sections of journalism in session this semester). The Journalism II class is developing a sister publication to the Forest Scout, focused on “info-tainment and feature writing,” Ferges said.

Students choose every topic they write about, from theater review to volunteer opportunities to fashion trends in the weeks leading up to a school event.

Columns have covered the recent teachers’ strike, sporting news, and whether the ACT and SAT tests for college admission are fair evaluations of a student’s potential.

For Donahue, the hardest part is keeping her opinions out of new reporting and sticking strictly with the facts as presented. As an example, she cited a recent news article on the college admissions process, when she interviewed a guidance counselor and researched local statistics.

Similar articles can be found in the New Trier News. News, Sports, Opinion and Features sections highlight the items of most importance to students: reviews of school plays, current movies and local restaurants; students who do exceptional things outside of class, and a news report on why tickets to the last school dance sold out so quickly.

The Opinion sections features two columns and an unsigned editorial in each issue, focused on topics like the rise of a Facebook page called New Trier Compliments, with its random acts of kindness, and the difference between initiation and hazing.

Highland Park students are also addressing hot button topics in Shoreline. The middle of the paper – called Centerspread — presents articles on current events, such as gun control or the recent presidential election, without promoting an opinion. Buccolo said reporters work together to present both sides of the topics they choose.

The unsigned editorials reflect majority-rule discussions during staff meetings. During election season they encouraged voting, and after a recent food fight in Highland Park’s cafeteria an editorial encouraged participant to consider the impact of their actions on the maintenance staff, who delayed their winter break to clean the ceiling in the cafeteria and make other repairs.

“At my high school paper – we never touched anything like that,” New Trier journalism teacher Carlo Trovato said. “Students are taking more chances these days, and it’s paying off. They’re more engaged in some ways than I ever was.” ■

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LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP Buying a home entails adding a few more steps to make sure you know what you’re getting into. Most upscale neighborhoods, in order to maintain their exclusivity and land values are controlled by strict covenants and that means you want to know what the rules are before anything is signed. Be sure and seek the advice of your REALTOR®, asking questions and letting them know exactly what you’re looking for and what’s acceptable to you. In the long run, gathering all the information possible will only be a good thing. Your neighborhood, its covenants and home owner’s association are also a critical part of your new home and being an informed buyer can ensure your happiness in your neighborhood for years to come. Some things for you to do before you buy: • Talk to the people who would be your neighbors. Ask how much they love living in the area; if there have been any problems with the rules and/or the covenants.

• Get and read a copy of the area’s covenants, homeowner’s association rules, regulations and guidelines. Some associations are strict about everything from the color of the house, length of the grass in the yard, placement of the trash can or how many cars can be parked in the driveway.

• Find out about the zoning laws. This is important for remodeling or adding out buildings to the estate as well as finding out if any commercial property might be trying to find a way to build in the area.

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Being ahead of the game is a familiar trait for seventh- grader Brad O’Connor.

Having joined North Shore Country Day School in sixth grade, he is already the vice president of the middle school student council, helping make important decisions and planning for school socials. He recently helped make the call to KaBOOM! Play Day, an organization that builds playgrounds for inner-city kids, for the school’s upcoming Service Week.

“He is extremely conscientious and makes concerted efforts to help his classmates without adult intervention,” said math teacher and advisor Tim O’Connor (no relation). “To have the combination of intelligence, work ethic, athleticism, passion and drive is truly a gift.”

O’Connor excels on the playing field in and out of school. He competed in high jump, hurdles and dashes on the track team last spring and played soccer in the fall.

Outside of school, he played travel lacrosse for Loyola and swims for Northwestern.

His main sport is playing soccer year round with the Wilmette Wings, with whom he won a league two seasons in a row.

In 2011, O’Connor tried out for and made it onto the Chicago Nationals, a youth

soccer team that participated in the 2012 Gothia Cup, the Youth World Soccer Cup in Sweden. The team made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Sweden, the farthest an American team has ever gotten before.

Said O’Connor, “I liked playing soccer overseas; you don’t get to do that often.”

The two weeks spent in Europe (including a stop at the Olympics in London) was not the first visit for this world traveler.

O’Connor has been to Italy, France and Germany. He really enjoyed his visit to Israel last winter break, as he got to see religious monuments, visit Bethlehem and even float in the Dead Sea. His ambitions run high, as O’Connor dreams of one day playing soccer for Chelsea, and his interest in track and running pushes him to strive for the Olympics.

One of his favorite school subjects is science, and being a member of Science Olympiads is his outlet for advanced experimenting and learning. Last year, he took home a first place in optics at regionals, where he had to use mirrors in order to shoot a laser around a beam.

“It’s fun getting to learn all about science, because some of the stuff you learn you don’t get to learn in school for another few years,” said O’Connor. ■

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Last June, long-time friends Elliana Bondy and Dana Hughes of Highland Park wanted to change up their afternoon routine, so they grabbed a couple of coffees and bags of beads and set out to create some jewelry.

What transpired was beyond their wildest imagination.

While strolling the town, strangers gushed over their newly adorned wrists, looking to buy one of their creations. Within a week, Hughes was asked to stock their bracelets in Just Between Friends in Deerfield, leading to Danelle Designs.

“It wasn’t something we set out to do, so it’s been a quick learning process,” said Hughes, who has worked in television production. Bondy has a background in fashion and style. “We’ve had so many opportunities and we want to act upon them.”

The past seven months have been a blur of trying to keep up with the demand. Danelle Designs has evolved to handcrafted jewelry made up of leather, geodes, Druzies, agates, quartz, semi-precious stones and brilliant beads.

The most popular items are bead bracelets, tassel necklaces, leather cuffs and boot bracelets — a beaded bracelet with a charm that hangs down from your boot. The latest collections, which are inspired by the fashion season, are updated on the Danelle Designs Facebook page. Price points start at $65 and go up to $250.

Danelle Designs can be found in Enaz, Willow Boutique, Just Between Friends and Bondy’s Highland Park showroom, as well as stores in Ohio, California and Florida.

The ladies offer private trunk shows at homes for those who want to throw a unique “girls night” with wine, dessert and jewelry. They also offer trunk shows at events,

“It wasn’t something we set out to do,” says Dana Hughes (right), who created Danelle Designs with her friend, Elliana Bondy, in 2012.

photography by j.geil as they have done a number of charitable events and even donate a part of the proceeds. To book a show, visit www. danelledesigns.com.

“We source out to different places all around the world, because we don’t want it to look like everyone else’s bracelets,” said Bondy.

Bondy and Hughes knew of each other in high school, but were not close until their daughters became best friends in kindergarten. The girls, now in fifth grade, are a huge influence on their budding business, and have even opened

The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Illinois members Deputy Governor John H. Strothman (left), Governor Bob Burell and former Deputy Governor General Barry Carroll gather at Burell’s home.

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The day before his back lawn by Lake Michigan would be the setting for an unusual event in 2010, Barry Carroll of Lake Forest made a few phone calls.

The first one was to the police.

“I also called the fire department and my neighbors,” recalled Carroll, a former Deputy Governor General of The Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Illinois.

Carroll wanted to warn the locals that

they would hear rather loud musket shots and see plumes of blue smoke from his property between 3 p.m.-4 p.m. on a Sunday.

Not to worry, Carroll assured. The occasion was a “Shootout” gathering of Society of Colonial Wars members, who would be the audience of a reenactment conducted by a pair of Northwest Territory Alliance men.

“Those two men dressed up (in Colonial garb) and used replica Brown Bess muskets,” Carroll said. “But they didn’t use live ammunition.”

their own kid jewelry line, Danelle 2.

“We’ve been a great example for them to be entrepreneurs at any age,” said Hughes.

The focus for 2013 is finalizing the official Danelle Designs website and expanding into more cities and states around the country. For now, the ladies plan to keep the endeavor small and continue to co-create future lines.

“We’re just two moms who love jewelry, and it’s been great to get an opportunity later in life to start a successful business,” said Bondy. “We’re really thankful.” ■

The Society of Colonial Wars chapters (Illinois was established in 1894) were instituted to perpetuate the memory of those pre-Revolutionary War skirmishes and of the men who — in military, naval and civil positions — assisted in the establishment, defense and preservation of the American Colonies. In other words, it honors forefathers “whose public service made our freedom and unity possible,” the Society’s website states.

About a third of Illinois’ 137 members live on the North Shore. Any male 18 or older is eligible for membership provided that he’s lineally descended from an ancestor who was a person of importance (in the military, education, religion or business) before the start of the American Revolutionary War at the Battle of Lexington on April 19, 1775.

“The Society honors ancestors who lived in the wilderness and fought for survival,” said Bob Burrell, a Chicago resident and the Society’s governor who is also a member of eight other genealogical societies.

“There weren’t Hiltons around back then.”

Former Society of Colonial Wars-Illinois Governor David Linville of Lake Forest discovered one of his ancestors was John Ogden, a denizen of what is now known as New Jersey in the 1600s. Chicago’s first mayor, William Ogden, also counted John as an ancestor.

“I’ve always been a history buff,” said Linville, who said Illinois’ Colonial Wars group has a Kenilworth post office box but does not have a formal headquarters. “Our Society is steeped in history and its real purpose is to educate. It also provides funding for college students studying for their doctorates in Colonial history.”

One of the Society’s recent projects involves Fort de Chartres in downstate Illinois, near St. Louis, the last of three forts by that name erected in the 18th

century by France’s colonial government.

Built in 1720, it’s the oldest fort in the Land of Lincoln.

The Society of Colonial Wars-Illinois has funded pamphlets for self-guided tours of the fort. It also arranges trips to the site for the members.

“Parts of the fort have been rebuilt,” Linville said. “The walls are 50 feet high, and they were meant to portray France as a power then. The message was, ‘Don’t mess with France.’ ” After France lost the French and Indian War, it ceded land to England, including land beneath Fort de Chartres.

“George Washington fought in that war, and the war set the basis for our country,” said Burrell, whose ancestor from the Colonial War era was Thomas Keene, who fought in a series of land and naval battles.

“Our ancestors,” Burrell added, “had passion and loyalty. Our Society honors them because they deserved to be honored.”

Two of Carroll’s Colonial Wars ancestors were Richard Holden and his son, Nathaniel. Both were captured by Native Americans and held ransom for 17 months.

Richard Holden wrote a letter to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts seeking restitution (a combined 7 pounds, 10 shillings) after gaining freedom.

“It’s a good thing the Indians followed the advice of the French, or I wouldn’t be here,” Carroll noted. “The advice they took was to be more civil, so they sought money, not death.”

When Linville was governor of The Society of Colonial Wars-Illinois, his wife Barbara was the president of The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Illinois.

“We were quite the royal couple then,” Linville said with a chuckle. ■

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Laura Munson is a native Lake Forester living in Montana and The New York Times bestselling author of “This Is Not the Story You Think It Is.” She will lead a workshop at the Ragdale Foundation on March 9 and have a book signing at Lake Forest Bookstore and evening of discussion at Gorton Community Center with author Jenniffer Weigel on March 12.

Reading: I am reading a book by Aidan Donnelley Rowley called “Life After Yes.” She and I were connected through social media and after 10 minutes of talking we both realized we had Lake Forest roots.

Listening: When I’m in the car I listen to Mumford & Sons and the Avett Brothers. NPR has the Tiny Desk Series — anything on that, I love. When I’m writing I listen to Bach, Gregorian chants, stuff that’s more sweeping and meditative.

Watching: I want to be watching Downton Abbey, but we’re really not watching TV these days. We went to see “Life of Pi,” which I would think would be impossible to adapt from a book — they really nailed it.

Following: I love Jesse Kornbluth (headbutler.com).

He’s an online concierge — he writes about what’s happening in pop culture, culturally speaking. He used to be a film professor at NYU. He has a lot of range. I also like Jenny Lawson (thebloggess.com) and Gabrielle Blair (designmom.com).

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For the last month, I’ve been working on a novel — off the grid, sort of. I’ve been going to a little cabin in the woods with no electricity to just completely unplug.

Eating: I try to eat locally and seasonally. In the winter I tend to make lots of soups and stews and eat the things I’ve canned from my garden. In my freezer right now I have venison and elk and fish and I have huckleberry jam and tomato sauce. A lot of that is because the grocery store is fairly limited; there’s no Whole Foods in Montana.

Favorite Mistake: I was a film major. I took a screenplay class my senior year, and I had to write a 30-page screenplay; I ended up writing a full-length feature, 200page screenplay, half in Italian. I couldn’t not do it: I was fully obsessed in a way I didn’t know I could be. I turned it in, very smug, thinking I’d get an A. But when my professor passed it across the desk to me, I’d gotten a B minus.

I looked at him and burst into tears. He said, “This is not cinema! Take it to the fools in the English department.”

And I did. The head of the English department read it and said, “Where have you been for the last three years?

You’re a writer.” And I thought, no, I’m going to be the next Woody Allen. He put me in his advanced creative writing class, and I haven’t stopped writing since. ■

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From civilized discussion to chaos ‘God of Carnage’ reveals frailties of parents ■ by

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It may be hard to believe that a civilized discussion among concerned parents can devolve into chaos in just over an hour, but this is exactly what happens in “God of Carnage,” the 75-minute play on the Citadel Theatre stage in Lake Forest.

And if you suspend disbelief (yes, polite people really can lose control) and embrace this ensemble of characters writ large, you are sure to enjoy some laughs at their expense. There may even be a moment of self-recognition — There but for the grace of God… — but you’re not likely to admit that to anyone, perhaps not even yourself.

The action is sparked by a playground incident between 11-year-old boys when Henry hits Benjamin with a stick, and the parents arrange a meeting in the Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, apartment of Henry’s parents to discuss the event. It doesn’t take long for the veneer of politesse to fall away;

lightly. Especially Michael, who proclaims, “Marriage is the worst ordeal God can inflict on you — marriage and children. Children — they consume your lives and then destroy them.”

This line elicits laughs probably because the prelude to it has been physical comedy, including vomiting, cell phone sabotage, and flying flowers. Subtle entertainment, this is not.

In contrast to the larger-than-a-livingroom Goodman Theatre stage where “God of Carnage” was mounted in 2011, the inviting 150-seat Citadel Theatre space is well-suited for this domestic summit.

However, while the set efficiently telegraphed Cobble Hill aspirational with modern furniture and contemporary art, the profusion of primary colors less effectively communicated urban cool than sophisticated neutrals might have. One other false note was the costuming for Annette, whose long skirt and cardigan

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loyalties shift, personal insecurities are revealed, and marital discord is laid bare.

In “God of Carnage” playwright Yasmina Reza — best known for her urbane 1994 comedy “Art” — has blended satire and farce to deftly expose the frailties of this striving foursome. That the work has been translated into a half dozen languages underscores the universality of its themes. Obviously, highly involved, sanctimonious parents are not a North Shore phenomenon.

Henry’s parents are the art specialist and Africa expert Veronica, whose imperious tone leads off the discussion, and Michael, a hardware wholesaler, who is possibly not as refined or ambitious as Veronica would like. Benjamin’s father Alan, a corporate attorney wedded to his cell phone, is married to Annette, his fragile second wife. The focus of the action quickly shifts. Annette apologizes for her son, Alan takes calls from his pharmaceutical company with a problematic drug, Veronica advocates for culture, and Michael abdicates his role as broad-minded host. The arguments soon cease to be about a playground fight.

When rum fuels the recriminations, Veronica, asks, “Why can’t we take things more lightly?” But she too is complicit in the chaos, and no one is taking anything

sweater were more 1970s school teacher than contemporary professional. Michael’s garb — including biker boots, dog tag jewelry, and a gold bracelet that Veronica would never have tolerated — was likewise confusing and thus distracting. While Alan dressed the part and mastered his delivery of the offensive cell phone rant, his boyish demeanor was too gentle to convincingly evoke a hard-charging New York lawyer. Veronica’s Downtown look with boots and leggings was appropriately hip, which would have been exactly Veronica’s intention.

It is doubtful that the Greek philosopher Socrates was referring to dress when he recommended, “Be as you wish to seem,” which is sage advice. The characters in “God of Carnage” know this is what they should do — but they all forget it soon after the curtain goes up. ■

“God of Carnage” is presented through March 10 with performances Thursday through Sunday (Wednesday matinée on March 6) on the Citadel Theatre Company stage at the former West Campus of Lake Forest High School. For tickets and information, call 847-735-8554 or visit www. citadeltheatre.org.

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A Matter of Taste

■ by katie rose mceneely Phil Rubino is the executive chef at Royce in Highland Park.

How did you start cooking? My dad moved here when he was 17 (from Sicily). In 1983 he took over his uncle’s bakery — it’s been in the family since 1958. As a kid, I’d go work with my dad on the weekend; my whole life was planned out to be a baker. I made my first wedding cake when I was 15 years old.

Years cooking? 10 years.

What made you decide to become a professional chef?

Once I got a little more experience on the savory side, I realized I had a passion for cooking.

Best recipe tweak?

At Royce, we have a very traditional menu, so I tweak to make it “ourself.” What we do here is not so much tweaking the recipe as using quality products.

Signature dish?

In Chicago, where I’ve been cooking my entire career, I cooked seafood, a lot of flavor combinations. At Royce, we’re more of a burger place.

Favorite food to make?

I gravitate towards seafood because a lot of my career, the places I worked at were seafood-focused. As a chef, especially in the Midwest, I think people gravitate towards seafood because you don’t see a lot of it (in the area). Something you can’t have as easily is something you want more.

What do you like to eat at home?

I eat a lot of pasta. You have one pot to cook the pasta

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A French pocket knife — It’s called a laguiolet. I’m obviously not butchering tenderloin with it, but if I need to peel something really fast or cut open a piece of fruit, I have it on me.

Funniest kitchen incident?

So, at my second or third cooking job, we had a food runner. He was a kid just trying to make extra money on weekends. Me and a couple other guys I worked with loved playing jokes. So I told him I needed a left-handed sauté pan (there’s no such thing). This kid spent a total of 20, 25 minutes trying to find the pan. He had no idea what he was looking for.

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■ by david sweet When David Barkhausen was growing up, The First Family — a comedy album that featured impersonator Vaughn Meader and others parodying the John F. Kennedy White House — became a hot seller.

Ensconced in grade school at the time, Barkhausen himself had a knack for impersonations.

“I could do the Kennedy impersonation. And I could do (U.S. Sen.) Everett Dirksen,” said the Lake Bluff resident during a breakfast of raisin toast and coffee at Egg Harbor Café in Lake Forest.

Barkhausen wasn’t content to just keep impersonating politicians — he became one. His political career has spanned township, local and state governments — and he nearly added county government this past fall before falling to fellow Lake Bluff resident Sandy Hart for a Lake County board seat.

But his nearly 30 years on the political scene is likely coming to a close. Once he leaves his post as Shields Township clerk following the April election, he doubts he’ll run again for any political position.

“In a way I paid the price for past service,” said Barkhausen of his county board race, while crediting Hart for running an energetic campaign.

“Maybe they thought it was time to give someone else a chance.”

Barkhausen’s involvement in government extends back to his teenage years. The summer after graduating from Choate preparatory school in Connecticut in 1969, Barkhausen served as an intern for the Bureau of the Budget for the State of Illinois after bumping into deputy director George Ranney Jr. — whose sister Nancy was a friend of Barkhausen’s — at the State Capitol.

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tax passed,” recalled Barkhausen. “I was a young student. I thought it was necessary at the time. The 2.5 percent rate was relatively affordable then compared to the other Midwestern states.

Now we’re less competitive (with the 5 percent rate).”

At Princeton U n i v e r s i t y , Barkhausen’s sole political effort — to become sophomore class president — fell two votes short. He entered Southern Illinois University in Carbondale for law school, a far cry from his North Shore roots.

“I had the impractical notion of becoming a small-town country lawyer,” he said. “The North Shore seemed too easy and too conventional a path.”

But once he ran unsuccessfully for the State Senate in the southern tip of Illinois in 1976 —where he jogged more than 400 miles in about three weeks to try to court voters, similar to the way former Gov. Dan Walker walked across the state to garner publicity four years earlier — the North Shore looked more attractive. And in 1980, the Republican was elected to

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Barkhausen — whose senior thesis at Princeton had focused on Illinois transportation issues — introduced a bill which gave suburbs control of the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA). He also championed conservation issues.

He joined the Senate two years later, starting a 14-year run. Barkhausen helped strengthen state drunk-driving laws, reducing the blood alcohol content level to .08 from .10 and introducing an automatic suspension of the driver’s license for those who refused a breathalyzer test.

Given the state of Illinois’ troubled pension system today, Barkhausen is proud of his long-ago votes.

“I think it’s fair to say I voted against every significant measure to increase pension benefits,” he said. “There was a jolly lobbyist for the Illinois Firefighters Association who called me ‘Senator No No.’ “ Barkhausen served eight years on the Lake Bluff Village Board, where he helped save money (about $325,000 a year) by changing refuse service and limiting the village’s costs on paramedic services. Lake Bluff also attained its first triple-A bond rating during his tenure. But Barkhausen and other trustees were criticized for passing a plan to build senior housing on the historic Harrison House land — a plan that remains dormant seven years later after a handful of houses were constructed.

The sexagenarian is pleased with the goings on at Shields Township, where he’s served as clerk since 2009.

His slate has helped slash the supervisor’s salary from $70,000 to $30,000 and eliminated pay for trustees, among other savings.

Though he’ll be absent from politics later this spring since he chose not to run again, Barkhausen will keep busy with his Life Insurance Advisors firm and with the anti-litter campaign he launched at the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Rotary Club.

“While it’s impossible to police litter, we’re trying to condition residents to pick it up where they see it,” he said.

Looking back, Barkhausen sees his role in two plays at Lake Forest Country Day School — one as Don Quixote, the other as Scrooge — as somewhat indicative of roles he carried on later in life.

“It’s sort of funny. There’s Don Quixote tilting at windmills. And Scrooge (with his penny-pinching reputation).

“But as you know, Scrooge got his redemption at the end.” ■

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Michael Hainey, author of “After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story” Lake Forest Book Store | 680 N Western Ave., Lake Forest | 7pm | Book: $26 | 847-234-4420 to RSVP and reserve a copy Michael Hainey, deputy editor of GQ, will come to Lake Forest Book Store in order to sign copies of his memoir, “After Visiting Friends: A Son’s Story.” A portrait of a family and its legacy of secrets, “After Visiting Friends” is the story of a son who goes in search of the truth and finds not only his father but a rare window into a world of men and newspapers.

Tickets can be purchased in advance through its website.

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Renowned for her flowing, organic and poetic style, Crystal Pite has succeeded in bringing her dance approach to a wide audience. Fascinated by familiar storylines of love, conflict and loss, and the body’s role in providing the illustrative shape of those stories, in Pite’s vision, life is an epic tale which she strives to reflect in her ballets through the viewer’s own tale.

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Beauty Imperfect The Art Center – Highland Park | 1957 Sheridan Road, Highland Park | 6:30pm – 9pm | Free | theartcenterhp.org The Art Center – Highland Park presents Beauty Imperfect, featuring the work of Ronit Wiener, Polina Reisman, and Joyce Marcus. The artists strive to reclaim the concept of beauty by celebrating the female form in various life stages.

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155 W. Deerpath ( Deer Path Middle School) | 10am – 4pm | Free | 847-234-4282 or lflbchamber.com Held for the 18th year, the show will transform Lake Forest’s Deer Path Middle School into a showcase of 70-plus exhibitors. Experts will be on hand to give advice on almost every aspect of restoration, landscaping, remodeling, interior decoration and accessorizing the home, as well as leisure activities, a variety of state-of-the-art products and services, and wellness. Expo continues through March 3.

Glencoe | 2pm + 6pm | Tickets $60 | 847-2426000 or writerstheatre.org When Anna is called in for a meeting with her superior, everything seems to be going well. But nothing is quite as it seems in this thriller of politics and disinformation set in 1930s Russia. Written by John W. Lowell, directed by Kimberly Senior, and featuring Kate Fry and Mark Montgomery. Runs through March 3.

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North Shore musician goes his own way with solo work on vinyl ■ by

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Evanston Township High School has its fair share of notable alumni when it comes to movies, television and theater, such as John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Michael Madsen and playwright Jeffrey Sweet. When it comes to contemporary music, the numbers are considerably smaller.

Evanston native Ezra Furman is about to change all that. Having released three critically acclaimed discs as Ezra Furman & the Harpoons, front-man Furman stepped out on his own with 2012’s self-released The Year of No Returning (ezrafurman.com). Incorporating musical influences ranging from Nilsson and Paul and Linda McCartney to Buddy Holly, Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, among other. The disc balances moments of heartbreaking beauty with raw expressions of modern rock.

Gregg Shapiro: After releasing three albums under the moniker Ezra Furman & the Harpoons, your newest release The Year of No Returning is simply credited to Ezra Furman. Why did you choose to do that with this disc at this time?

Ezra Furman: A band is a hard thing to keep together. Everybody’s got their lives to live. My bandmates are doing other things now, but I knew I had more music to make.

It also felt good to stop making decisions democratically and become the sole arbiter of the details of my records. Artists sometimes need to be a little egomaniacal to get their best work done.

GS: How would you say that you have evolved as a musician and songwriter from your days with the Harpoons to now?

EF: I’m working on the long process of not needing anyone else’s approval. Every record I make is a little more confident and a little less of a plea to be liked. Other than that, I’ve become a better musician.

Back on the first Harpoons records, I relied on my band-mates to make all of the songs sound good.

All I did was write the lyrics and chords. But now, largely because of the guidance of the Harpoons, I know how to write complete arrangements with little input from others.

GS: The Year of No Returning was released on vinyl and as a download exclusively on your website.

Why did you release it in this fashion?

EF: Being that it was entirely self-released, my manager and I did absolutely every part of the work of putting it out. We couldn’t afford to release it on more than one physical format, and I chose vinyl because I like vinyl records, they sound good, and people could burn the songs onto a CD themselves anyway.

It was a little bit harder because vinyl costs more to manufacture and mail, plus vinyl is much bigger

and so took up way more space in my manager’s house — there were stacks of it all around us in that little room. But that’s what you get when you want to be totally independent.

GS: You wrote “I killed Ezra Furman, and I took his bones, and I made me a new man” in the liner notes for The Year of No Returning.

EF: I don’t know about you, but I destroy myself in order to live and move forward. You can’t hang onto the way you were. You have to become new all the time. This album represents that for me.

It was scary to make a big change and do everything myself, and it was scary to confront the bad feelings in me that I confronted on these songs. But these are things I have to do to stay really alive.

GS: In the song “Sinking Slow,” you sing about “waiting for a train/sliding ‘round Chicago/in a soft rain.” Do you think that being from Evanston and having quick access to the city on the CTA Purple Line had an influence on you?

EF: Well, I wrote those lyrics when I was living by the Montrose Brown Line stop. But Evanston is one of the best suburbs of Chicago you can live in, especially where I grew up near the El, because you can go into the city and soak up the city life. Going to concerts and poetry slams and improv along the Red Line all helped me become an artist.

GS: Speaking of Evanston, do you have a favorite Evanston hangout from your past – restaurant, shop, performance venue?

EF: I like Second Hand Tunes on Dempster. I like Buffalo Joe’s, even though I don’t eat meat—me and my friends used to hang out there every weekend.

GS: In December, you Tweeted that you “signed a record deal onstage the other night, with the blessing of the good people of Evanston.”

EF: That was at Space. I had a contract all ready, but I waited to sign it until I was onstage and I could ask the Evanstonians in attendance if I had their permission. I don’t want to betray my roots, and I had a bit of discomfort about going back to the world of record labels. But I think I’m signing to a really good one, run by the right people. I don’t want to say the name of the label yet because I want to let them announce it.

GS: Recently, you have been at work recording your new album in Chicago. What can you tell us about it?

EF: I’m adding the finishing touches now. It’s faster and louder than the last one. What happened in 2012 is I formed a new band, called The BoyFriends at least at the moment. So we made the record as a band. It’s totally manic. A real rock and roll record with some of my best songs ever on it. It’s going to be a surprise uppercut from out of nowhere.

And there’s a lot of saxophone. ■

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The general manager of one of Chicago’s professional sports teams heard a fan remark on the natural athletic gifts of the players. The general manager retorted, “What makes the difference is commitment and practice. I once saw Joe Montana and Jerry Rice stay after practice for two hours rehearsing a single pass route together.

They must have run it 200 times. Getting that pattern right had nothing to do with genetics.”

Tucked behind Route 41 in Highland Park near the city’s municipal offices is a complex of light industrial buildings. One of the units is the home of EFT Sports

Performance. A visitor to EFT will see a world-class training facility that includes a large center area covered in turf and a periphery filled with various strength, speed, and agility equipment.

Elias Karras founded EFT Sports Performance in 1993 and has built the facility into one of the premier athletic training sites in the country. Karras graduated from University of Illinois with a degree in natural sciences and a minor in nutrition. He has received awards for his work from the International Sports Sciences Association and from the U.S. Olympic Committee. He has trained numerous professional athletes, including Chicago Bulls All-Star Luol Deng and Chicago Bears wide receiver/punt

returner Devin Hester (“best workout in the world”), and has also served as a performance enhancement specialist for the U.S. Military Special Forces. NFL draft prognosticators recently awarded EFT one of its highest ratings as an NFL Combine Preparation Facility.

A typical day at EFT (which stands for Executive Fitness Training, its original intent) indicates the breadth of activity.

Early in the morning a group known as the RFG’s are training. These are business people who gather for intense physical training before the work day begins. One risible wag said that the initials are for “rich fat guys” but watching the workout, the phrase “professional level training” more readily comes to mind. After the early group departs, the college and professional athletes arrive, including numerous NFL and NBA players in their off-seasons.

In the late afternoon EFT hosts a third group, elite high school athletes. Lake Forest High School and state football champion Mount Carmel High School are just a few of the many schools who have active programs at EFT. Many of these highs school athletes will, in their junior and senior year, see their names added to the “Commitment Board” as their training, talent, and hard work pays off in the form of a college athletic commitment. Three days each week doctors and specialists from North Shore University Health System are

Blair Lambert is a salesperson at Domicile Furniture. “We sell pieces that people will treasure for the rest of their lives,” said owner Larry Bowman.

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The “best-kept secret on the North Shore” is how Larry Bowman of Domicile Furniture likes to think of his business.

Started in 1974 in Evanston, the independently owned company has not only been able to stay afloat — it has expanded into a Lincolnwood location that boasts a

showroom the size of about two football fields.

The loft-like outlet store in Evanston, Domicile’s home base for the past 30 years, has moved over when Lincolnwood took over as flagship store. Seven years ago, Bowman bought an old factory building off the Touhy exit, a bit off the beaten path.

About 130 truckloads of machinery and

junk had to be taken out of the building before he could even begin renovations. It took two years for a top-to-bottom makeover, including a re-bricking of the interior.

The showroom with more than 100 room settings has been featured on the show “190 North” and in publications.

“People of the North Shore appreciate our aesthetic, and they have supported us for

on site at EFT for sports medicine, health assessments, and physical therapy.

Even with this busy schedule, Karras has found time to start a philanthropic effort called Beyond Sports Foundation. The foundation offers a program geared towards helping underprivileged high school athletes excel in the classroom as well as on the playing field.

“These are kids who do not have opportunities or support,” Karras said. “They do have heart, desire, and enormous work ethic. We create opportunities with tutors, training, mentoring and encouragement so that they realize that they can be scholars as well as athletes. We get them ready for athletic success, and more importantly, success in life.”

The foundation has already graduated four high school players who went on to become NFL players and more than 50 that have become collegiate athletes.

EFT trainers push the athletes of all stripes hard, whether RFGs or professional athletes. Sometimes the strenuous workouts result in the athlete earning a “victim” T-shirt. The EFT website (http://www. eftsportsperformance.com) keeps a running tally of T-shirts awarded, sometimes referred to as the “vomit board”. The most recent count is 420. Somehow, the “victim” shirts are worn with pride. Maybe because they know that being a “victim” at EFT gets you a bit closer to becoming a champion. ■

39 years,” said Bowman. “We sell pieces that people will treasure for the rest of their lives.”

Over the years, Domicile has accumulated an eclectic mix of furniture offerings, including vendors from all over the world.

The store imports Gamma from Italy, which Bowman calls the finest leather on can buy, Palliser from Canada and Indian rugs.

Domicile has always been a supporter of American brands and strives to keep 95% of its inventory American-made products.

A notable addition is a West Virginia line featuring solid cherry furniture. The store has been making its own furniture from Bowman’s designs for the past 25 years, especially bedroom sets, which is something many furniture stores don’t do.

The most popular product is upholstered furniture, with price ranges accommodating the budget-conscious as well as highend shoppers. Customers can special order sofas and customize them with thousands of different fabrics, depending on what line you choose. Tables can also be designed, making Domicile’s products personal and one of a kind.

Bowman got into the furniture business because he enjoyed the creative aspect of an evolving industry. Innovative designs are always coming out, and as a smaller company, Domicile is able to rotate its inventory to keep up with those changes.

“When you go to a boutique on Armitage, you can find clothing brands that you wouldn’t find at Macy’s,” Bowman said, comparing it to how his local store differentiates from competitors like Crate and Barrel. He also states this as the reason why several TV and movie sets have chosen to rent furniture from Domicile while filming in Chicago.

“They know we are not a conventional store,” said Bowman. “We have things you can’t find anywhere else.” ■

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New Trier High School grad Charlie Tilson is a highly touted outfielder in the St. Louis Cardinals farm system.

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Tilson — a hot prospect for the Cardinals — expected to make a lot of noise this season ■ by kevin reiterman Upon entering the hitting facility, the first sound you invariably hear is the crack of the bat — that perfect acoustic of lumber smashing into cowhide.

In the batting cage, you find Charlie Tilson, the young phenom.

On a Tuesday afternoon in early January, the New Trier High School grad, flashing boyish good looks and a fit stature, was turning on one pitch after another on his way to emptying another bucket of baseballs — his umpteenth of the offseason.

As a hot prospect for a winning organization — drafted in the second round (79th pick overall) of the 2011 draft by the St. Louis Cardinals — the left-handed hitter spent the offseason studying his hitting chart and charting his future course.

He’s been hyped. The expectations are sky high for Tilson. Scout.com rated the 20-year center fielder as the No. 21 prospect in the Cardinals’ farm system. MLB. com ranked him No. 16, while Baseball Prospect Nation placed him on the organization’s top 10 list. Which is not bad, considering that the Cardinals were ranked the No. 1 farm system by Baseball America.

The talented, yet humble Tilson wears the precious prospect tag well.

“It makes you want to succeed,” said Tilson, who was among a select group of minor leaguers that reported to the Cardinals Spring Training facility in Jupiter, Fla., on Feb. 22. “It’s an honor (to make those lists). I’ve worked my whole life to be in a position like this. I still have to get in the batting cage every day. I still have to work — as if I was rated last.”

Despite being a lifelong Chicago White Sox fan — “As a

kid, my brother (Steve) and I fell asleep listening to White Sox baseball,” he said — the 5-foot-11, 175-pound Tilson is thrilled to be donning the bright red Birds on the Bat uniform of the Cardinals.

“It’s an organization that develops its players,” said Tilson. “And that’s good for me. If you’re doing well, they’re going to find a spot for you.”

Tilson will never forget his first professional at-bat.

It’s telling.

“We were playing a Houston affiliate (in Kissimmee, Fla.), and I hit about six foul balls and worked the count full,” he said. “And all I’m thinking is, ‘I can’t strike out.’ I wound up grounding the ball to second base. I was thrown out — but I ran my heart out.”

Tilson, who signed for first-round money with the Cardinals on Aug. 13, 2011, after turning down a scholarship offer from the University of Illinois, has yet to tear it up at the pro level.

Instead, while chasing down a long fly ball during an extended Spring Training game on May 12, 2012, the fleet-footed Tilson crashed to the ground and sustained a torn labrum on his non-throwing shoulder.

“A huge downer,” said Tilson, one of five siblings.

He especially felt bad for Joe Tilson, his dad.

“He was in town for the game,” the outfielder said. “It was the first time he was seeing me play (as a pro).

“I was trying to be aggressive,” he added. “And sometimes that can backfire on you. I’m looking at the bright side. The rehab went great.”

A member of the Cardinal Nation/Scout.com staff has given him an interesting nickname: “Cracker Jack.”

He wrote: “I can’t wait to open the box and see what is inside.”

This offseason, Rich Synek got to see his star pupil up

close — batting-cage close — and personal. Tilson trained twice a week and sometimes more with Synek, his former Highwood Braves travel team coach, at the Glenview Sports Academy in Northbrook. “(The Cardinals) haven’t been able to see what they’ve got,” said Synek, referring to the injury. “But now, he’s in a much better spot to have a good showing in spring training. I’m extremely confident that the Cardinals will see what they saw when they drafted him.”

In fact, St. Louis just might get a bonus.

Tilson, who has played in only eight professional games, wants to be more than just a speedy, slap-hitting outfielder.

He went into the offseason looking to add power. Five-tool outfielders have a way of standing out.

“My chart says that I hit the ball the other way,” said Tilson. “So my focus this offseason has been to develop power. Pull the ball. Hit it hard to right field.”

Synek, who uses the rotational hitting method (stay back, rotate the hips and drive the ball), has seen a transformation in Tilson.

“His power has not been hacked into,” said Synek. “He was hitting pitches on the outer third and taking them to the opposite field, while he would just fight off pitches on the inner third. I want him to take advantage of the whole zone. Master the entire plate. Pitchers at his level will exploit weaknesses because that’s what they are paid to do.

“Obviously, by being picked in the second round, he’s done a lot of things right,” Synek added. “But with that being said, I want him to fulfill those expectations. A lot of second-round picks don’t pan out.”

Interestingly, it was a show of power that paved the way for Tilson. tilson >> page 54

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After looking at the scoreboard for the championship-heat results of the 100-yard breaststroke at last weekend’s boys swimming and diving meet at New Trier High School, NT coach Mark Onstott draped both of his arms over the top of his head and expressed a priceless look while standing in a set of poolside bleachers.

NT junior Jae Park had just won his second individual race of the meet, clocking a 55.86 in the Trevians’ home water on Feb. 23.

Park had finished 22nd (59.68) in the event as a sophomore, a year after taking 37th (1:01.76) in the breast as a Trevs rookie.

Onstott appeared proud, thrilled and a tad stunned — all at once — as rounds of sustained applause blared throughout the natatorium.

“I’m not easily surprised,” Onstott admitted afterward. “But Jae, what he did today … He has this thing for exceeding what people expect. He also has a great engine in him, and he uses it efficiently.”

Park also touched first in the 200 IM (1:50.04) and swam on a pair of victorious relays (200 medley, 400 freestyle) for the Trevians, who cigarette-boated their way to a third straight state championship and the program’s 23rd overall.

Onstott’s crew amassed 189 points, well in front of runner-up Hinsdale Central’s 96-point effort.

New Trier senior and USC-bound Reed Malone capped his goggle-popping career with victories in the 200 free (1:36.82) and 500 free (4:23.27) and joined Park, Michigan-bound senior Jack Mangan and senior Brian Walsh on that triumphant 400 free relay (3:02.75). Malone collected three golds and a

silver at last year’s state meet.

In Friday’s state preliminaries last weekend in Winnetka, Malone swam to a state-record 1:35.6 in the 200 free, TNT-ing the previous mark of 1:37.24 set by Neuqua Valley’s Kevin Overholt in 2009.

The compelling story Saturday afternoon was Park, particularly near the end of the 200 IM. Park

“I’m not easily surprised. But Jae, what he did today … He has this thing for exceeding what people expect. He also has a great engine in him, and he uses it efficiently.” | NT coach Mark Onstott stands 5-foot-8, maybe 5-9. The top seed in the event was Addison Trail senior Nick Zito, all 6-8 of him.

It was a watery battle between a daunting skyscraper and a fearless hut.

Park trailed Zito by a few yards in the final 50-yard stretch (freestyle), and it seemed Zito’s wingspan would be way too wide for Park to overcome.

But Park caught up to the slender power forward in trevians >> page 55

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Sophomore Daniel Smith, seen here in earlier action this winter, was a valuable member of Lake Forest High School’s relay corps at state.

‘Scout magic’

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Grumhaus, Rowe help Lake Forest pull out third-place finish at state

■ by bill mclean At last weekend’s boys swimming and diving state meet at New Trier High School, Cindy Dell had to stand on a packed pool deck during six of the races at the finals session on Feb. 23.

But it was impossible for the Lake Forest High School coach to stand still whenever one of her Scouts was in the water. When Dell wasn’t grabbing both of her knees and watching intently, she was clenching both of her fists above her head and shaking them emphatically. When she wasn’t sporting a concerned look while resting her head on her left hand, she leaned hard to either the left or right as a Scout approached a wall to begin a turn.

Dell was essentially pacing — without taking a step.

“I do feel like I’m swimming every lap with them,” she admitted afterward with a weary smile. “Every lap in every race.”

But the last person Dell wanted to talk about after the gripping meet was Dell. She focused only on her Scouts, who finished third (93 points) to earn the program’s first state trophy since LF and future Olympian Matt Grevers captured the state championship a decade ago. Iowa-bound senior Peter Grumhaus was a medal-collecting machine last weekend, touching second in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle events (1:37.94, 4:24.24) and swimming on a pair of top-three relays (200 medley, 400 free).

“Scout magic,” a proud Dell said. “No guts, no glory. The door was open a little for us to get a trophy and it came down to how hard we’d push that door to get it. All of these boys — the ones who swam here this weekend, our alternates, our JV boys — came through for us this season.

“I got a text message from (senior diver) Andrew Marsh on Friday night (after the state preliminaries),” she added. “It read, ‘Let’s bring home a state trophy tomorrow.’ My reaction was, ‘Sounds like a good idea to me.’ ” Way back in late August, Dell was in her office at the school when LF senior Colin Rowe stopped

in for a visit. A straight-faced Dell looked right at her sprint specialist and told him, “You have what it takes to win the 100 free at state.”

The words stunned Rowe.

“The first thing I said to her was, ‘Really?’ ” Rowe recalled on Saturday.

Rowe ranked 23rd among the state qualifiers in the 100 free last weekend. But he scorched his way to the second-fastest time (45.65) in Friday’s state prelims and ended up fourth (45.77) on Saturday.

“An unbelievable motivator,” Rowe said of Dell.

“She never stopped believing in all of us, never stopped believing what we were capable of doing at state.”

Rowe’s father, Rob, also believed the Scouts could put an end to the state-trophy drought exactly a year ago. Colin was eating dinner with his family then, shortly after Warren’s Blue Devils finished third to capture their first state trophy in program history.

“My dad said, ‘Your team should be able to do (in 2013) what Warren did,’ ” Rowe said. “He was right.”

Rowe and Grumhaus joined senior Bogdan Balteanu and sophomore Daniel Smith to finish runner-up in the 400 free relay (3:04.01), well after the same foursome clocked a 1:33.33 to place third in the 200 medley relay. Smith took 12th in the 100 backstroke (52.04), and Marsh bowed for his second straight state medal after finishing eighth in diving (398.35 points).

After losing to New Trier senior Reed Malone (4:23.27) by nearly one second in the 500 free on Saturday, Grumhaus was the picture of contentedness — for his team.

“I couldn’t be happier,” said Grumhaus, who had no problem hearing Lake Forest’s vocal fan base chant, “Let’s go, Peter,” moments before the start of the 500 free championship heat. “Every year the hardest part of this weekend is Friday, when you’re doing all you can to advance to Saturday with a good seed. Saturday is the fun day.

“When I’m racing (on Saturday), all I’m trying to do is to get as many points as possible for my team.” ■

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In order to avoid a pass rush, a quarterback needs a mental clock in his head.

The same holds true for a basketball player.

Highland Park High School sophomore guard Luke Norcia passed a Timex test in Monday’s IHSA Class 4A regional quarterfinal game at Warren.

With the final seconds ticking off in the third quarter, Norcia made a steal and then fired in a long three-pointer from the right baseline.

The steal and shot gave the Giants (14-13) a 29-27 lead and catapulted them to a 48-35 playoff victory over Rolling Meadows (9-15), which entered the contest on a five-game win streak.

“A great job by Luke,” said Highland Park head coach Paul Harris. “He knew exactly how much time was left on the clock.”

“We needed a big play there. I got the shot off in time, and luckily I hit it,” said Norcia. “I’m just trying to help the team win.”

Norcia put together a near-flawless second half, when he scored 11 of his team-high 13 points by going 2 for 2 from three-point range and 5 for 6 from the foul line. He also had four assists in the second half and finished the game with five steals.

“It all came together for us in the second half,” said Norcia.

The Giants, who have won 14 games after starting the season 2-7, barely reached double figures (11) in the first half.

But they eventually erased RM’s 17-11 halftime

margin with some hard-nosed “D” and red-hot shooting. The Giants had an eight-point run in the third quarter and a seven-point run to start the fourth quarter.

“Momentum can be a funny thing,” said Harris.

“After we hit those back-to-back threes (Brandon Krawitz and Norcia) at the end of the third quarter, our guys were standing tall.”

Sophomore point guard David Sachs basically matched Norcia’s performance: 11 points, five assists and two steals. This splendid passer had assists on

“It all came together for us in the second half” | Luke Norcia three of four possessions in the third quarter. He added two more dimes in the fourth quarter, setting up baskets for senior Brandon Krawitz (11 points) and sophomore Jordan Krawitz (six points).

Highland Park’s defense was at its finest in the third quarter, when it forced the Mustangs into seven turnovers.

“Our kids played fearlessly in the second half,” said Harris.

The Giants, seeded No. 14, were scheduled to play No. 3 St. Viator (16-7) in a regional semifinal on Feb. 26. The regional final is set for March 1 (7:30 p.m.) in the Warren gym. ■

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Lake Forest Deer Path Wrestling: Six Deer Path Middle School wrestlers were crowned at the IESA regional, which was held at Deer Path on Feb. 23.

The champions were Jack Kovanda (65 pounds), Quinn Dailey (80), Caleb Durbin (90), Liam Pooler (112), Marko Tupanjac (119) and Cory Barth (215).

The other sectional qualifiers include Andrew Tuttle (2nd, 90 pounds), Seamus Tuohy (3rd, 112), Peter Kennedy (3rd, 126), Alex Svigos (3rd, 155), Andrew Goodwin (3rd, 167), Bridger Gunderson (4th, 80) and Chris Wasser (4th, 100).

Deer Path will compete in the Antioch Upper Grade School Sectional on March 2.

Earlier this season, Deer Path edged Johnsburg 251-245 to win the 12-team Deer Path Invitational.

The champions were Dailey, Pooler and Svigos. Tuttle, Tupanjac, Kennedy and Barth were runner-ups. The other placers were Kovanda (5th), Steven Shaul (6th), Durbin (3rd), Wasser (4th), Tuohy (3rd), Ben Toth (4th), Goodwin (3rd), David Choo (4th) and James Todd (3rd).

Highland Park Northwood Wrestling: Alex Rosenbloom (105 pounds) and D.J. Penick claimed regional titles for the Northwood Junior High at the IESA regional at Deer Path on Feb. 23.

Teammate Jett Koulentis picked up runner-up honors at 65 pounds, while fourth-place finishers Devin Robinson (112) and Aaron Jaffe (119) also qualified to this Saturday’s sectional at Antioch Upper Grade School.

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The squad, which will compete in the Deerfield Caruso Sectional, also advanced David Friedman (2nd, 167 pounds), Ryan Kochman (2nd, 275), Spencer Lavin (3rd, 100), Vince Park (3rd, 135), Ryan Boudart (3rd, 145), Russell Sanchez (4th, 135), Joe Dematteo (4th, 167) and Ben Kleinberg (4th, 185).

Lake Forest Mat Club Wrestling: Bennett Duggan and Ryland Murphy turned in solid performances for the Lake Forest Mat Club on Feb. 24 at the IKWF Maine South Regional.

Competing in the 9-10 age division, Duggan qualified to the sectional with a fourth-place finish at 75 pounds.

He recorded two pins and one technical fall. Murpy (1112) placed fifth at 95 pounds.

Earlier this season, Duggan was the 75-pound champion at the Libertyville Wildcat Shuffle, while he took fifth at the North Suburban Challenge. Murphy, meanwhile, was fourth at Libertyville and seventh at the North Suburban Challenge.

Casey Murdock Notre Dame Basketball: University of Notre Dame senior Casey Murdock of Wilmette won $18,000 when he made a halfcourt basketball shot on ESPN’s College Game Day show on Feb. 9. The finance/political science double major does not play hoops for the Fighting Irish.

Zoe Redei Highland Park Soccer: This standout, a forward for the Eclipse Soccer Club, has been named to the U.S. U-17 Women’s National Team camp, which will be held in Chula Vista, Calif., on March 2-9.

Redei currently is ranked No. 5 on Top Drawer Soccer’s Wilmette Junior High Wrestling: Two members of the Wilmette Junior Players to Watch.

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There’s a popular television ad — an insurance company — featuring ex-NBA star Dikembe Mutombo — waving his index finger and saying ‘not in my house’ — swatting away paper wads, laundry items and cereal boxes.

North Shore Country Day’s Riley Hall claimed that he’d never seen the commercial.

“Sorry,” he said.

But Hall has a little Mutombo in him.

Blocking shots is one of Hall’s specialties.

He’s averaging 3.5 swats per game.

NSCD head coach Rashid Smith likes to turn him loose.

“We broke down film the other day. He’s got about a 13-foot wing span,” Smith said.

“I don’t go out there trying to block everything — only when the opportunity presents itself,” said Hall. “I try to move my feet and get front of people.”

This solidly built 6-foot-4 center also has a little Joakim Noah in him. Like the Bulls all-star center, Hall uses his long reach and leaping ability to pull down rebounds. He’s averaging 12.0 boards per game.

And he’s can also shoot the three-pointer.

John Paxson? Steve Kerr? Well, maybe not.

But Hall definitely can put the ball in hoop. He’s an inside/outside guy who is averaging 16.5 points per game for the 16-9 Raiders.

Hall turned in a near-perfect performance in NSCD’s 66-29 win over Rickover Naval Academy on Feb. 20 in the semifinal round of the Class 2A Northridge Prep Regional.

His stat line: 17 points (8-11 shooting), 10 rebounds, five assists and four blocks.

He also was effective in the regional title game, a 41-37 decision over host Northridge Prep on Feb. 22. Despite being in constant foul trouble — he picked his third early in the second quarter and eventually fouled out — Hall managed 11 rebounds, six points, two blocks and two steals.

“He does a little of everything for us,”

said Smith, a former starting point guard at Rice University. “Even if he didn’t score a point, you’d leave the game and say, ‘boy, did he have a good game.’

“He is just so active out there,” the coach added. “He talks on defense. And his help defense is awesome. He’s not out there just to sweat.”

Hall, a three-sport athlete (tennis, soccer and basketball) who has been a lifer at NSCD (he’s been enrolled since the first grade), is just getting started as a basketball player. He’s all set to bolt to the west coast after being recruited by Division III Claremont McKenna College, which is located at the base of the San Gabriel Mountains in Southern California.

“I’m ready to move (on),” said Hall. “I’ve got family in California.”

He’ll join a strong program at Claremont McKenna, which is having another winning season (18-7 through Feb. 22).

Without question, the Stags will be getting a team player. Passing is a big part of Hall’s game.

“I love playing with him,” said NSCD senior point guard — and best friend — Jamie Swimmer, who also teamed up with Hall on the soccer field. “He’s always dependable. He always knows where I am at on the court. And after I pass it to him, he’s a guy who will get it back to me.”

Swimmer tallied 11 points in the win over Rickover and then scored six in the title game.

The other main target on this NSCD squad is senior Austin Curren, who finished with 21 and 23 points respectively in the two regional games.

“I’ve been told that I’ve been too unselfish,” said Hall. “But I take pride in my passing. There’s nothing like making a pass for an easy layup.”

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Loyola Academy senior Blake Morgan, seen here at the sectional on Feb. 16, helped his team place in two freestyle relays at Saturday’s state meet.

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After posing and smiling for a picture after winning the 100-yard backstroke at last weekend’s boys swimming and diving state meet at New Trier High School,

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Record-setting Jovanovic caps off state swim meet with another gold medal

Andrew Jovanovic sat in front of scribblers and tape recorders and shared some thoughts.

The winner from Loyola Academy had lost his smile.

“I’m shot,” the senior admitted, following

his 48.25 in the 100 back — his third race in a five-race span. “I went all out. It’s the strategy you have to have against swimmers from one of the fastest states in the country.”

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had another race (400 freestyle relay) to prepare for, and he had no intention of letting fatigue reduce him to that of a moored Rambler.

The 6-foot, 185-pounder couldn’t wait to hit the water for the final cruise of his magnificent prep career.

“All I have to do now is focus on my team,” he said as his smile returned.

Jovanovic, freshman Christopher Kearney and seniors Blake Morgan and Jack Considine then combined for a sixthplace time of 3:08.24 in the 400 free relay, swift enough for medal status. The shiny prize swelled Jovanovic’s career statemedal total to a school-record 15.

The four-time state champion also touched second in the 100 butterfly (48.11) and helped Loyola’s 200 free relay finish fifth (1:25.42, with Kearney, Considine and Morgan) last weekend. In Friday’s preliminary session Jovanovic sped to a staterecord 48.21 in the 100 back, supplanting the mark (48.77, in 2003) previously held

by Olympic gold medalist and former Lake Forest High School standout Matt Grevers.

“You can’t ask for more than that,” Ramblers coach Mike Hengelmann said. “A great swimmer and a great human being, like my other two captains (Considine and Morgan) are.”

A phenomenal swimmer prevented Jovanovic, a former state champ in the 50 free, from becoming a three-time state champ in the 100 fly last weekend.

Mundelein High School senior and Stanfordbound Connor Black topped the state record (47.2) he’d set in the previous day’s prelims with a national-record 46.71. The astonishingly fast feat knocked off the old mark (47.08) set in 2009 by Sean Fletcher of James Madison HS in Vienna, Va. smiles >> page 55

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It was a catch-22 season … without the catch.

Last spring, Regina Dominican basketball coach Kerry Durham huddled with her players and posed the question.

“I asked each of them to predict how many games we’d win (this winter)?” said Durham.

The coach got all kinds of answers.

Hers? “I said 22,” Durham hit it on the dot.

Maybe she should’ve said 23?

The Panthers (22-9) capped off a hugely enterRegina Dominican’s Kaley Held exhorts her teammates taining season on Feb. 21, when they fell to the during the sectional championship. host Cougars 42-30 in the championship game of the Class 3A Vernon Hills Sectional. photography by j.geil “It was a nice run,” said Durham, who is in her third season as the school’s head coach. “We played with the effort we needed. We just couldn’t get our first 16 minutes of the game. shots to fall.

But Vernon Hills, which held a 20-16 lead at half“You can’t discredit what these kids accomplished time, went on an 8-0 run midway through the third this season,” she added. “It’s one of the best teams quarter to take control of the action. that I’ve ever coached. And I had some nice ones at “Some of our decisions weren’t so great in the third Resurrection (High School).” quarter,” said Durham. “But we also had some shots Beating Vernon Hills (29-2) figured to be a tall rattle in and out.” order for the guard-oriented Panthers. The Cougars, Regina’s defense shined once again. Led by the who have three Division I players in 6-foot-2 senior Havoc Sisters — Lindsey Welch, Abby Wagner and Meri Bennett-Swanson (DePaul), 5-10 junior Sydney Gavin — the Panthers forced 12 first-half turnovers Smith (Vermont) and 6-0 junior Lauren Webb (unde- and 23 for the game. Gavin finished with five steals, clared), finished second in the IHSA tournament a while Welch had four takeaways. year ago.

“They play great defense,” said Vernon Hills head “Twenty-two wins. That’s a good season,” said coach Paul Brettner. “They play hard.”

The Panthers, who earlier won a regional for the Regina senior Caroline Adamczyk, who finished the contest with nine points and four rebounds. “We 13th time in school history, advanced to the round of played hard to the very end tonight.”

16 with a 63-56 sectional semifinal win over North VH’s height advantage — the team also starts Chicago on Feb. 19. It was their sixth straight win.

5-10 forward Alina Lehocky — certainly was a facGavin was a standout, tallying a game-best 20 tor. The Cougars, who outrebounded Regina 51-16, points to go along with four steals. Sophomore finished the game with eight blocks.

Maggie Palmer also had a strong outing, finishing “We haven’t been blocked that many times all with 15 points. Adamczyk scored 12 points. Wagner season,” said Durham. “They’re a long, big team. had five assists, five rebounds and four steals.

And they like to push the tempo.”

Regina also found a way hold down North Chicago Thanks to some clutch shooting by senior guard freshman phenom Tineesha Coleman (16 points), Erin Gavin, who finished with a game-high 13 who picked up her fifth foul with two minutes left points, the Panthers were right there during the in the game. ■

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Charlie Tilson swings away during a hitting session at the Glenview Sports Academy in Northbrook in January.

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Rewind to the summer of 2010. That’s when Tilson took part in the prestigious weeklong, wood bat Area Code Games in Long Beach, Calif.

And that’s where baseball people fell head over spikes for Tilson.

He stole bases. He bunted for a hit. He chased down a fly ball and threw out a

guy at third.

And, most importantly, he went yard.

“That one home run opened up eyes,” said Synek. “It vaulted him on the draft boards.”

“He hammered it against a kid who was throwing 95 mph,” recounted New Trier High School head coach Mike Napoleon.

“People were there to watch the pitcher.

But then, Charlie hits the home run and everyone is asking, ‘Who is this kid?’ ”

“That’s where it really got rolling for him,” said lifelong friend and long-time teammate Charlie McGuire. “He blew it up.

After that, he started getting offers from all kinds of Division I schools.”

Making the most of an opportunity didn’t surprise Napoleon.

“Charlie always has been able to shine when he needed to shine most,” the New Trier coach offered.

Napoleon also is not surprised that Tilson is trying to add power to his offensive repertoire.

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“Someone looked him in the eye and told him what he needed to do (Pull the ball, hit for more power), and he’s trying to do it,” said Napoleon. “When you’re a pro, you need to be able to pull the ball. And it will come for him with more (pitch) recognition and as he gains more strength.”

Speed, on the other hand, never has been a question with Tilson, a wide receiver/ kick returner for the Trevians football team. He immediately caught the attention of the Napoleon and his staff during the “Incoming Freshman Camp.”

“He was a little small back then, but he had the speed factor,” said Napoleon. “He ran a 7-flat 60. Freshmen usually don’t run like that.”

Despite attending a high school, which enrolls more than 4,000 students, Tilson was a fast mover at New Trier. He hit .405, .408 and .420 during his three varsity seasons with the Trevians.

As a sophomore, he hit No. 3 in the batting order and led NT to a Class 4A state title in 2009.

In 2011, he was named the Illinois Gatorade Player of the Year.

“What makes him special?” said Napoleon. “It’s his work ethic and

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competitive spirit.”

You get no argument from McGuire, who vividly remembers one of Tilson’s big moments.

“Senior year, we’re down two runs in the last inning to Glenbrook North, and he hits a two-run homer to tie it the game,” said McGuire. “He wasn’t a home run hitter. But there he was … hitting a homer in front of about 25 scouts.”

Being Tilson’s teammate wasn’t always easy.

“I remember tossing him batting practice in the cage before a game during our senior year,” said McGuire. “I felt the pressure of trying to throw him a strike, especially after all of the scouts ran over to watch him hit. He always wanted me to throw it right down the pipe.”

McGuire likes his chances with St. Louis.

“He’s got the great work ethic, and I think that’s what’s going to get him to the majors,” said McGuire. “I think the Cardinals see that.”

Current teammates also see it.

“We’ve talked about playing in St. Louis some day,” said shortstop Kenny PeoplesWalls, who roomed with Tilson last season.

“That’s what we’re working towards.

“And we have pretty similar work ethics,” added the Los Angeles native, a fourthround pick in 2011 draft. “We don’t get distracted.”

What jumps out with Tilson?

“He’s a great outfielder,” said PeoplesWalls, also a speedster. “He’s got the speed to get to any ball. And he’s got an accurate arm. On cutoffs, he’s always put the ball where I needed it.” And what about his power?

“He’s got a lot of tools,” the teammate said. “He’ll develop the power.” ■

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the final 25 yards and passed him in the nick of time.

Park’s time was 1:05.04.

Zito’s was 1:05.05.

One of Addison Trail’s coaches, shortly after the scoreboard flashed the times, jumped high and then slammed the pool deck with his hands after descending. He was upset for his swimmer, but his smile and wagging head essentially announced, “How close and exciting was that?”

Before entering New Trier in the fall of 2010, Park considered himself “a huge slacker.” He noticed some improvement in his times after his freshman season.

“They got better, but without much work,” he recalled after Saturday’s trophy ceremony.

Sophomore year, it hit Park, a cross country runner as a freshman and sophomore.

He realized it’s good to have swimming talent, but it’s considerably better to mix that in with a steady work ethic.

“I finally put my mind to it; hard work — it pays of,” said Park, whose mother (Ji Ae) and father (Si Hong) enjoyed Jae’s spectacular day after opting to take a day off from work.

“Seeing my mom and dad in the stands, that was inspiring,” he said.

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semifinal game at Guerin High School, figured to be a major player this postseason.

The team features four starters — Hall, Swimmer, Curren and Floris Hondmann — and the sixth man, Timothy Morette, from

Malone anchored the third-place 200 free relay (1:24.43) at state, following legs from seniors David Tao and David Schriesheim and junior Conor Fotsch. Schriesheim served as the anchor for the victorious 200 medley unit (1:32.35), after laps from Mangan, Park and Walsh, and later took 11th in the 50 free (21.36).

He tied for 17th place (21.57) in the 50 free a year ago.

“It was the event I was gearing for since last year,” Schriesheim said after bowing for his first career individual state medal.

“I’d been thinking about the 50 free all year — in bed, in practice, wherever I happened to be.

“I’m excited.”

Mangan placed fifth in the 100 backstroke (50.48) and sixth in the 100 free (46.27) for the champs, while Trevians freshman Charlie Gentzkow matched Park’s gold-medal haul by winning four events in races for athletes with disabilities at state. Gentzkow bettered his sectional time in two of the events (50 free, 100 breast) and also topped the 200 and 100 free fields.

“He’s awesome,” Schriesheim said of Gentzkow, who has a visual impairment.

“He’s got great flip turns and a powerful kick.” ■

last year’s squad which finished fourth in the IHSA Class 1A state tournament.

“Riley and I were just talking the other day. Sadly, there’s a limit to how many more games we’ll have together,” said Swimmer.

“We have to cherish these moments.” ■

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Fundamental U hosting mini-camps Fundamental University, an elite boys basketball program headed up by coach Mike Weinstein, will be holding minicamps — four two-hour sessions — for its academy teams.

Fundamental U plans to field three teams: 15U, 16U and 17U. The first tryout will be held on Monday, March 4 (7:30-9:30 p.m.) at Trinity International University in Deerfield with the second one scheduled for March 7 (7:309:30 p.m.). The other tryouts will take place on March 9 and March 10.

The fee is $150 per player and minicamps are closed to parents and spectators. Each session will include skill work, team philosophies, competitions, teaching

and live-game action. These college level training program camps will be used to evaluate players’ skill level and desire.

Weinstein, a long-time club coach, has trained a ton of top-level players, including two current Big Ten standouts: Mundelein’s Ben Brust (Wisconsin) and Zion-Benton’s Lenzelle Smith (Ohio State). Last year, his club team included New Trier senior Steven Cook (Princeton), Lake Forest senior Sam Downey (Yale), Glenbrook North’s Andrew McAuliffe (Davidson) and Mundelein’s Sean O’Brien (SIU).

All players must pre-register at the Fundamental U website: www.fundamentaluniversity.com. ■

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(21.77) in Friday’s prelims, missing a consolation-finals berth by five spots and 0.21.

Loyola’s championship-finals effort in the 200 free relay (1:25.42) bettered its prelims time by 0.31 and improved its prelims spot from sixth to fifth.

“Getting both relays to finals was one of our goals this weekend,” Hengelmann said.

“It was nice also to move up like we did in the 200 free relay.”

Loyola finished sixth (67 points) at state on Saturday, only one point behind fifthplace Normal University HS and four points ahead of seventh-place Marmion Academy.

“The Ramblers’ swimming family, it’s a constant,” Jovanovic said. “There’s not a doubt the bonds I formed in swimming will be there for the rest of my life.” ■

“When someone is as talented as (Black) is, all you can do is step back and say, ‘Wow,’ ” Jovanovic said. “It was fun, definitely fun, going against him.”

Jovanovic needed only one state medal last weekend to tie the school record for most career medals in program history.

He accomplished that in 100 fly, event No. 6 but event No. 1 for him. Jovanovic had to wait more than two hours before climbing a start block to compete in a heat.

Erik Mauer (’89) and Greg Mauer (’91) are now tied for second with 12 on the Ramblers’ career-medal list in boys swimming.

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