The North Shore Weekend EAST, Issue 26 by JWC Media

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No. 26

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08 Moving on up (or down) The need to upsize or downsize faces all homebuyers at some point. What’s the best way to negotiate either move on the North Shore?

12 Choosing the candidates

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

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LIFESTYLE & ARTS 42 Sunday Breakfast Susanna Calkins has always been fascinated by 17th-century England and murder. Guess what her first novel is about?

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

49 Goings On About Towns Find out about the best events coming up this week in the North Shore.

sports 78 Heady matter North Shore football coaches talk about concussions in the wake of a bill in the state legislature which aimed to limit contact practices.

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Voting machines

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lections in a democracy often surprise. But for that to happen, a race needs at least two candidates. In just about every North Shore town from Winnetka to Lake Bluff, a caucus — a nonpartisan group of volunteers who choose candidates to run for city council, school boards and the like — control local elections and have for decades. The groups vet citizens and add whom they consider the best ones to their slates. Most often, no one bothers to run against caucus choices; residents seem to trust that the caucuses know best. This also means election winners are known before votes are counted. Surprises on a spring Election Day are as rare as swimmers in Lake Michigan. In oft-quiet Lake Forest, both school board races — elementary and high school — are contested on Tuesday. In the wake of a sexting scandal involving a Deer Path Middle School principal in 2011, Ted Moorman and Patrick Patt are running outside the powerful system. Challenges to the caucuses are rare, even historic. Bill McLean talks about the most recent rebukes to the established order and whether

caucuses can continue to thrive in the 21st century. What will thrive for years to come is upsizing and downsizing. Every homeowner on the North Shore, at least once, faces the time when he or she needs to consider reducing bedrooms at a new house or getting a massive kitchen and more garage space at a new spot. Key considerations need to be made before negotiations begin. Realtors and others offer advice in these pages about how to tackle upsizing and downsizing. And speaking of tackling, high school football concussions have been in the news since a Vernon Hills state legislator crafted a bill to limit contact practices recently. Even Winnetka resident Hunter Hillenmeyer, the former Chicago Bear, backed it. But what about local coaches? T.J. Brown has the story in sports.

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Some North Shore homeowners end up in lakefront condominiums once they downsize.

■ by bill mclean Personal organizer Bonnie Hillman Shay led a workshop at the Highland Park Senior Center recently. Many of the attendees were either in the midst of downsizing their home choice or thinking about it. Nearly as many were also paralyzed — with fear. “Thinking about the quantity of their stuff at home and the decisions they’d likely have to make before moving scared them,” said Shay, owner of Mariposa Creative Solutions in Highland Park. “Plus they were attached emotionally to so many of their belongings. “I saw a lot of anxious people. One of my messages to them was, ‘If you focus on the future, it’s easier to let go of the past.’ ” The real estate market hasn’t returned to the peak it reached in the not-so-distant past, but it’s hopping along the North Shore with many homeowners looking to either downsize or upsize. In the first 90 days of 2013, the number of showings by brokers at Coldwell Banker’s 10 North Shore offices reached nearly 20,000 — a 40 percent increase compared to the same three months last year. “Homes at $700,000 and lower are hot,” said Patrick O’Rourke, a Coldwell Banker Regional Vice President based in Glencoe. “We’ve been showing a lot of houses at that price and below. There are two rules in our field: ‘Move up in a down market; move down in an up market.’ “We feel the marketplace is getting better. But you know

Home economics what? We’re also not sure.” One of broker associate Sherry Molitor’s clients at Koenig & Strey was positive the timing was perfect to upsize in Winnetka after selling his home at a loss. “The family’s children were growing and the children

“There are two rules in our field: ‘Move up in a down market; move down in an up market.” | Patrick O’Rourke had their friends over at the house more often,” Molitor said. “When you upsize, you need to consider what’s going

on in the marketplace. When you’re not getting the kind of return you want when selling, there are times you can more than make up the difference when you upsize. “That wasn’t a wash for the owner; it was better than that,” she added. “He was thrilled to upsize because he figured he’d live in that house for 20 years at a tremendous value and come out ahead.” The real estate field isn’t local, Molitor noted. “It’s hyper-local,” she said. “It’s so important to known the nuances of your area as well as the marketplace. I try to counsel my clients while looking at the big picture.” For those looking to downsize — senior citizens and empty nesters, among other population segments — condominiums or townhouses are popular options after a spouse perishes or kids start to flourish in careers. “Downsizing for many is a great opportunity to simplify life,” said broker Carrie Healy of Jean Wright Real Estate in Winnetka. “You can also downsize in square footage

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Upsizing can bring additional space, while downsizing can simplify life while upsizing in terms of the quality of the new house.” Another example of upsizing and downsizing at the same time is of a family that wants more closet space in a smaller home. Another family might want a smaller house on a bigger plot of land near the lake. “Everybody’s needs and desires are different and personal,” said Michael Golden, co-founder with Thad Wong of Chicago-based @properties. “Some people might move from a five-bedroom house to a three-bedroom but want a larger living space for entertaining. If they are most concerned with the size of their home, they may need to work with a realtor who can help them find communities that can provide what they want for their price. “Whether you are upsizing or downsizing,” he added, “what you buy is typically a function of what your price point is.” Shay, the personal organizer from Highland Park, usually refers to downsizing as “right-sizing.” It sounds better.

It also sounds … right. “Downsizing — that’s so negative, isn’t it?” she said. “I heard someone describe it as right-sizing and I liked it immediately. It’s neutral in a way, but it also puts a positive spin on what can be a challenging transition for many.” Shay, by the way, plans to complete her right-sizing on April 6, to a house in Highland Park a mile away from her current residence. “I’m finding the process to be exciting because I’m paring what I own in a discerning way and getting ready for the next chapter in my life. “What’s funny,” she added, “is people I know are saying, ‘Oh look, the organizer is moving; the expert has to do what she encourages others to do. Let’s see if she can pull it off.’ ” Reid Wettersten of Evanston had no idea he would return from a trip to Florida in November as a three-home owner after seeing a house on Siesta Key. The plan with his wife

Bonnie was to look, not buy. He had owned two homes then, one in Evanston and one in Kenilworth. “We get down there and the realtor immediately lowered the price by $50,000,” Reid Wettersten said of the nearly 4,000 square-foot (nonconforming space included) abode — an upsize in square footage compared to his houses in Evanston (2,500) and Kenilworth (2,200). “Well, we knew what we wanted, so we bought it. When we got back to Illinois we put both houses on the market.” One is slated to close on April 8, the other on May 3. Ninety percent of their furniture now rests in the Sunshine State. The couple — Reid is retired and Bonnie works for Astellas, a pharmaceutical company, in Northbrook — moved into a house at The Glen in Glenview on April 1, and will rent it before deciding their next move in late August. Their first date in early January 2011 was at a restaurant at … The Glen. “A block away from where we live,” Bonnie said. Reid Wettersten earned his real estate license shortly after that marketplace peak in ’06. “For those looking to downsize or upsize, know what you want and firm that up after significantly narrowing your choices,” he said. “That’s the best advice I can give. “I play tennis, and when I miss a really easy shot in a match, I sometimes hear, ‘Hey, Reid, too many choices, huh?’ ” ■

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■ by bill mclean Lake Forest residents Beth Laufenberg and Patrick Patt met at a local playground last year. Laufenberg’s son is an elementary school student in District 67, as is Patt’s grandson. The kids were playing. “You’re a member of the Lake Forest Caucus, right?” Laufenberg recalled Patt asking that day. Laufenberg’s quick reply was, “Yes I am.” The encounter between Laufenberg — a former Ward 1 Lake Forest Caucus Committee member and current caucus communications chair — and Patt — a leader in education for 40-plus years, including superintendent of Oak Grove School District 68 in Green Oaks from 1983-2001 — was friendly and pleasant. Patt interviewed with the Lake Forest Caucus last year, hoping to receive one of the four District 67 School Board endorsements from the city’s caucus system and appear on the ballot for the Consolidated Election on April 9. But he did not get a nod. Mike Borkowski, Beth Clemmensen, Jeff Folker and Robert Lemke did. Patt, though, will not be just an interested voter on April. He will run as an independent candidate for one of four school board positions. “It’s been around a long time, and they’re all well-meaning people,” Patt said of the Lake Forest Caucus, established in 1935 and consisting of nine representatives from each of the city’s four wards and six executive officers. “But I don’t think our school system is as exemplary as it should be. I’m running because I believe my background in education is better and more extensive than the other candidates.” Lake Forest is one of several communities along the North Shore that uses a caucus system to buttress its non-partisan, all-volunteer form of government. But a caucus does not just recruit, vet and interview candidates for positions such as mayor, village president, alderman and school board; it also recommends to a mayor or village president the appointment of scores of candidates for local boards and commissions. “The caucus system is fantastic when it recruits qualified people to serve on important boards and commissions in the community,” said Ted Moorman, a 54-year resident of Lake Forest who is running as an independent candidate for one of four High School District 115 positions. “However, the highest levels of local elected offices deserve more scrutiny. I am concerned the caucus process has resulted in an appointive system rather than an elected one.” Gary Peet thought similarly nearly two decades ago. “You hear it a lot, that a caucus system is insular and not terribly responsive,” said Peet. “I tended to share those views, quite frankly.” Peet is now the Lake Forest Caucus president, in a term that will end April 23. He started as a Ward 2 Caucus Committee member after being recruited by a neighbor who was serving as a ward chair. The last independent candidate to run successfully in a contested election in Lake Forest, he noted, was District 115 board President Sharon Golan in the early 2000s; she is completing her second four-year term as board president and is no longer eligible for caucus endorsement because of a term limit. “I now have a great deal of faith in the caucus system,” Peet said. “It’s a system tailored perfectly for a community like ours, and our only agenda is to practice good government. Too often, in other systems that rely on regular elections, you see so much money being spent on campaigns and the kind of rhetoric that often tears communities apart.” Kimberly Handler isn’t a big fan of partisan politics, either. The Winnetka Caucus Council Chair believes it promotes divisiveness and keeps strong leaders on the sidelines. “A caucus system eliminates long, drawn-out campaigns that seem to take place year round,”

“While (the caucus system) is not a perfect process, residents consistently and overwhelmingly say that the form of government is the right one for Winnetka,” says Winnetka Caucus Council Chair Kimberly Handler.

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said Handler, a Winnetkan for nearly 30 years. “(After interviewing dozens of recommended citizens for each position), the Caucus Council is able to slate extremely well-qualified and civic-minded people to serve in important leadership roles who otherwise would have no interest in being the ‘fulltime politician’ that partisan politics encourages.” The only contested election in Winnetka on April 9 will be the one for Village President, between Gene Greable and independent candidate Chris Rintz. The Winnetka Caucus Council — it’s been around since 1915 — asks the village’s voters what they think of … the caucus system. “Every year we ask questions on our survey related to whether residents are aware of, understand and support the caucus process,” Handler said. “While (the caucus system) is not a perfect process, residents consistently and overwhelmingly say that the form of government is the right one for Winnetka.” The form of government is also used in Lake Bluff, Kenilworth, Glencoe and Northfield (Highland Park offers mainly contested elections and paid government posts). Kenilworth calls its caucus system “The Kenilworth Citizens’ Advisory Committee.” Handler has been amazed for years at the diverse backgrounds and talent of her neighbors and other Winnetkans (from 14 geographic areas), as well as their willingness to give their time and share their expertise — for free. “We get so many perspectives, from a retiree who may have lived here her whole life to a busy, young dad who recently moved to the village,” Handler said. “The caucus system will be around in 10 years, because I’m sure the issues we’ll face on the North Shore then will still need to be addressed by a cohesive group of volunteer residents with strong traits, skills and characteristics.” Laufenberg of the Lake Forest Caucus knew about as much about the caucus system as a firstgrader knows advanced calculus when she moved to Lake Forest in 2005. “I knew nothing,” she admitted. “I grew up in a south suburb. But now I’m a big believer in it; I learned a regular election, with all those signs in front yards and campaign funding, is not an efficient process to get the most qualified candidates on a ballot.” ■

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Baumann draws a bead on creating top-notch art ■ by katie rose mceneely JoAnn Baumann is a fiber and sculptural beadwork artist living in Glencoe. Reading: Because of what I do, I don’t have a lot of time to read; I need my eyes and my hands for work. So my husband and I listen to audible.com. I’m looking forward to reading “Tandia” by Bryce Courtenay, the same author who wrote “The Power of One.” Listening: I listen to audio books. I listened to the entire “Pillars of the Earth” series and “Game of Thrones”; that kind of genre is interesting to me because of how in depth they are and all the webs that are wove. I like a good mystery. I’ve listened to all of Daniel Silvia’s books so far. Watching: I watch way too much, with one eyeball and one ear. We watch “Person of Interest” and I like “White Collar.” And I watch “Justified” with Timothy Olyphant. He’s a bad good guy, loves to kill people — but only the bad people! Following: I am following a lot of people on Facebook all over the world who are doing the most amazing beadwork. It’s amazing how far and wide beadwork has travelled. I’ve been doing it for over 20 years so I see the entire range from people just

starting to people who are doing very elaborate work. I looked at the friends of people I liked and now people respond in languages I don’t even recognize. It’s been fascinating to me to see people doing the same things you’re doing at the same time living across the ocean. Activity: I consider myself a fiber artist. Not only do I do beadwork, which I consider making fabric out of beads, but I also felt and dye fabric and combine the dyed fabric and wool to make something called “Nuno” felt. “Nuno” felt is when you take a piece of porous fabric and lay felt down and press the wool fibers through the silk. It compresses and becomes a fabric — a different kind of fabric, a meshed fabric. You take many different elements, and it becomes a different piece. Eating: My husband started doing this primal diet — that means basically no white stuff. Light on the carbs, lots of protein, all the vegetables and fruit you want to eat. I like to do Indian and Asian favors. Instead of having seafood over pasta, we have seafood over roasted cauliflower. It’s awfully good! When we go out to eat, my preference is Asian or Indian. Favorite mistake: Mistakes usually lead

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The Alumnae of Northwestern University has awarded full or partial funding to projects sponsored by several Northwestern schools, as well as the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art, Materials Research Center and NuVibe. Awards for 21 grants, totaling $125,000, are included in the Gifts and Grants Program for 2013. Grants include full or partial funding for: -- Development of an iPad application for the Block Museum; -- Application of “clickers” to anonymous student judgments of basic science or clinical problems; -- Construction of authentic period costumes from the turn of the 19th century for a production of Pride and Prejudice.

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Lake Forest Students at Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart raised $593 for the United Nations’ World Water Day recently. The Common Ground club of the Lake Forest school launched activities plus a fundraiser to support The Water Project, Inc. Students carried buckets filled with 40 pounds to replicate just some of the weight, plus more, that children elsewhere carry numerous times each day. The buckets could not be dropped as they represented water, which would have been spilled.

North Shore Elections will take place in all North Shore towns on Tuesday, April 9, for local positions, including city government, school boards and more. Check your city or village’s local Web site to find out more on how to vote that day. Be reminded that political signs should be removed from lawns right after the elections. Winnetka The Winnetka-Northfield Chamber of Commerce’s 37th Annual Recognition Lunch will be Wednesday, April 10 at the Winnetka Community House at 11 a.m. All are invited to attend the annual lunch that recognizes area residents, community leaders, business members and volunteers. There will be networking, a fashion show, awards and a silent auction. Tickets are available for $40 per person and $350 for a table of 10. For reservations please call: 847-446-4451 or email director@winnetkanorthfieldchamber.com.

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At this time of year, homeowners look out on their reappearing lawns and plan maintenance schedules that will bring their grass back to life. Imagine having more than 200 acres of property that will visited by several hundred tough critics while around 150,000 visitors walk across that grass in a single week. This is the daunting prospect faced by Chad Ball, the golf course superintendent at Conway Farms Golf Club, the site of this year’s FedEx BMW PGA Tournament. Chad is responsible for making sure that the golf course is in pristine condition for this event. Of course, he will have some help. Chad’s regular team at Conway Farms includes nine full-time, year-round employees and a dozen seasonal workers who report for duty each summer. During the tournament this fall, Chad will also coordinate more than 30 volunteers who will assist in keeping the grounds in order. The Conway Farms grounds crew maintains over 180 acres of golf course including 26 acres of fairways, three acres of greens, and four acres of tee boxes. These are all planted with penncross bentgrass, a special hardy variety of golf course grass that was developed by Professor Burt Musser at Pennsylvania State University in the mid-1950s. This grass rapidly replaced the standard bluegrass used on golf courses up until that time. Penncross bentgrass is so valuable today that the original strains are still jealously guarded in growing sheds at State College, Penn. The stolons are flown each year to Oregon, where they propagate on special turf farms for distribution throughout the golf course market in North America. Chad’s team also maintains Conway’s 40 acres of rough, which are sown with a blend of bluegrass. Conway also has 60 acres of natural prairie grasses. This last would seem to be maintenance free, but the natural prairie grasses must be mowed each autumn. These natural grasses are also prone to invasion from non-native weeds. In addition to the natural prairie, the club’s six acres of wetlands give the course some of its challenging character. These natural spaces are home to a variety of wildlife including deer, coyote, red foxes, owls, hawks, geese, ducks, and a community of smaller rodents. The grounds crew maintains the driving range, the practice tees, the sand bunkers, hundreds of trees and shrubs, flower and herb gardens, and flower pots. All this is under the demanding eyes of a membership committed to the traditions of golf and this year the PGA. “I came to Conway because it is a highend, walking-only golf club. We have more single-digit handicap members than any other club in the Chicago area,” Chad said.

“And I came because the commitment of Conway Farms is to contributing to the tradition of golf by hosting amateur events from all over the country. I have met with our course designer, Tom Fazio, on many occasions and this helps us preserve the tradition.” Chad, a Grand Rapids, Mich. native, has spent his entire career in golf-course maintenance, starting as a night water man at Cascade Hills Country Club. In 1980 he interrupted his career to attend Michigan State’s esteemed turf grass management program. After graduation he returned to work in progressively more important roles at several top golf clubs in the Milwaukee area, before coming to Conway Farms in 1995. The most skilled hands still need proper tools. Conway Farms has more than $1 million of course maintenance equipment. The six walking greens mowers are set at 0.100 inch height, the six tee box mowers are set exactly at 0.315 inch height, the four big riding gang mowers used on the fairways are set at 0.400 inch height, and the rough mowers are set at 3.000 inch height. “The PGA event will use mostly the back tees so the course will play at 7,216 yards. But, we have not made the course any harder than it normally plays. The PGA wants spectators to be entertained, and this means that people want to see eagles and birdies.” Water is the lifeblood of a golf course, especially in an area where severe summer droughts are common. “Everything we do from an irrigation standpoint is controlled by the weather,” he said. “We monitor temperature, humidity, and dew point and then our computerized watering system calculates the flow for each of our 1200 sprinkler heads on the property. We don’t need a night water man these days.” The irrigation system is made up of over 100 miles of PVC piping from the big 14-inch diameter supply pipes to the 1 1/2 inch distribution lines. All of the irrigation water comes from the three rainwater ponds on the course and these feed three pumps of 100, 60, and 30 horsepower each, located in the pump house adjacent to the 15th tee box. The pumps are cycled and controlled by a computer system that balances the supply. The pumps can supply water to the system at a maximum rate of 1,800 gallons each minute. The retention ponds are connected by underground culverts. In extreme drought conditions, the ponds can be replenished by a well that is located on the east side of the 15th fairway. This well can pump 300 gallons each minute. Hosting a major golf tournament is a honor for any club. But it is a particular compliment to the people who devote their careers to creating and maintaining a world-class course like Conway Farms. ■

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Highland Park High School poised to put the arts in FOCUS ■ by angelika labno More than 250 artists will lead workshops and performances at no charge at Highland Park High School during FOCUS on the Arts 2013: Explore. Engage. Enlighten. “The alumni likes to come back, because some of them got turned on to what they’re doing because of FOCUS on the Arts,” said Jody Weinberg, coordinator of FOCUS, which started in the 1960s. “The most amazing about the whole thing is there are so many good surprises,” she added. “One kid changed his whole college plans because of a workshop he attended.” A new genre, Social Justice in the Arts, is being introduced to open students to a better understanding of today’s issues. Hannah Higgins, art history professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, will explore the impact of AIDS-related artwork by artists and average citizens on public awareness and sympathy for the disease. Rohina Malik will perform “UNVEILED,” her one-woman play that depicts her experiences as a Middle Eastern woman living in the United States. “FOCUS Night at the Movies” returns for its second year on Friday, April 5, as a teaser to the main event. Modeled after the Academy Awards, the festival will feature student-made-and-produced films. “Opening Night” celebrations kick off Tuesday, April 9, during an evening of Blues, Jazz and Gospel music. Performances include HPHS Jazz Ensemble and Chorale, local blues guitarist Fernando Jones, jazz legend Orbert Davis and his

quintet and the Soul Children of Chicago. Highlights from Wednesday, April 10, or “Art Night,” include graffiti artists NICONE, LUCX and AMUSE 126; ArtBeat Live performance painting by Elliott From; and chalk art by Nancy Pochis Bank. “Art Night will be more interactive than ever with hands-on opportunities for silk screening, black clay board sketching, paper collage, knitting, origami design and participating in a nationwide project to recreate Betsy Ross’s original American flag,” said Art Night Co-Chair Alison Bloom. April 11 is “Dance Night” and features performances by: DanceWorks Chicago, Giordano Dance Chicago, Luna Negra Dance Theater and Muntu Dance Theater of Chicago. HPHS’s dance troupe “Collage” will also make an appearance. Day workshops take place on the HPHS campus April 10-12, and students are exempt from their usual classes to participate in architecture, media, art, music, dance, drama or writing gatherings. Space permitting, community members can sit in as well. Forty alumni will return to lead various workshops. Student Kaya Monsen, Music Workshops co-chair and performer, is excited about FOCUS. “It’s by far the best week of the school year. It gives the students ownership,” she said. FOCUS is held every other year thanks to hundreds of volunteers, including HPHS faculty, students, parents and community members, who coordinate the programs. A complete schedule can be found at www.HPHSFOCUS.org. ■

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