The North Shore Weekend EAST, Issue 38

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Summer parties

Orren Pickell talks about his lengthy career in custom-built homes.

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Adults are having fun, but how do you keep kids entertained?

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On the run

Billy Bund is ready to take his talents to the University of Michigan.

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

Emma Burlew, Natalie Notz and Kari Myers enjoy a past Independence Day

Three cheers for the red, white and blue

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Red, white and blue With parades and fireworks, the Fourth of July will be as fun as ever on the North Shore — and thankfully, not as hot as last year.

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On the run Billy Bund will join the University of Michigan cross-country team after a stellar senior season at Lake Forest High School.

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An intimate look After a run of more than 40 years, Betty Schwartz’s Intimate Boutique is shutting its doors.

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S ocial Media Kelly Jackson of Glencoe, who was tapped as the new principal of Cherokee School, talks about what she’s reading, listening to and more.

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goings on about towns Find out about the best events coming up this week in the North Shore.

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Sunday Breakfast Orren Pickell, builder of high-end homes, has overcome challenges to remain a big factor in the North Shore market.

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

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Perfect Weekend Stacey Flaster and Andrew May find joy in a Father’s Day weekend spent at home and downtown.

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The Declaration of Independence.

Few Americans could recite 10 words of the historic work, whose passage is the reason we are celebrating on Thursday. Though many assume it is packed with grandiose language embracing freedom, it is primarily a laundry list of accusations made against King George III of Great Britain.

Take 15 minutes out of your holiday to see what all the fuss was about.

After that? Have fun on the North Shore — there will be plenty available. From parades (Northfield’s doesn’t allow politicians) to the Crazy Water Cup Relay in Glencoe, kids and adults alike should find plenty to entertain them. Bill McLean previews it all on page 8.

Our veterans deserve special tribute on the

Fourth, for without them we would not be celebrating it. Jerry Adler fought valiantly for the United States in Korea – and tried to put the many horrors he saw out of his mind for the next half century. Then he opened a cache of letters he had sent his parents from the war, and the memories started flooding back. Read Angelika Labno’s compelling piece in these pages.

A staple of the Fourth (and summer in general) is outdoor backyard parties, where adults inhale barbecued food, imbibe tasty drinks and converse freely. But what about the kids? How do they stay engaged so parents aren’t spending parties telling them to throw the ball somewhere else and, by the way, stop hitting each other? Abby Wickman gets tips from North Shore moms inside.

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Highland Park Library Executive Director Jane Conway is joined by some of the contingent that will march in the 4th of July Parade to honor the 125th anniversary of the library.

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Bands, Duck Splash and more to provide plenty of fireworks across North Shore ■ by bill mclean At the start of last year’s 4th of July parade in Lake Bluff, the temperature settled in at a steamy, Death Valleyish 102 degrees.

Eerily it happened to be Lake Bluff’s 102nd Independence Day parade.

Glencoe celebrated our nation’s 236th birthday and the 100th anniversary of the Glencoe Park District last July 4th. Temps also hit triple digits in that village, turning redwhite-and-blue snow cones into colorful puddles in no time.

“Hot,” recalled Margie Ziegler, an executive assistant in the village manager’s office in Glencoe. “That day was so hot. Nobody will forget what that felt like.”

This summer, Highland Park’s theme for its 4th of July festivities is the city’s library. Earlier this year the Highland Park Public Library turned … 125.

Uh-oh.

But fear not: Villages and cities on the North Shore have planned plenty of cool Independence Day activities (some temperature related, some not) for their residents and visitors, young and old. Kalk Park in Glencoe will be the site for a number of morning family games, including Crazy Water Cup Relay and Duck Splash. Can’t get soaked enough? Head on over to the dunk tank.

There’s still time (deadline: July 1) to register for “Glencoe’s Got Talent” competition, to be held at 3 p.m. on Village Court after the parade.

Dennis DeYoung won’t be a contestant. A founding member of the rock band Styx, he’ll be at Deerpath Community Park in Lake Forest, tuning up for the start of his performance [with his six-member band] at 8 p.m.

Hours after the children’s bike and pet parade ends in Highland Park, the Independence Day concert at Wolters Field will feature the grand finale of the Bitter Jester

Battle of the Bands contest, with the winner to entertain an audience before a fireworks display.

“The whole day is a joint effort by the park district and the city,” said Jennifer Dotson, executive assistant to Highland Park’s deputy city manager.

Dotson was put in charge of going over the applications for entries in the parade (deadline: June 7), set to start at the intersection of Laurel and St. Johns avenues. One man intends to drive a 1976 vintage transit bus in the lineup of floats, marching bands, dignitaries and a variety of other groups. Dotson is also looking forward to watching Highland Park’s Illinois Rhythmic Gymnastic Center members perform en route to the parade’s finish at Sunset Park.

“It requires a lot of coordination to stage a parade, especially with one that has floats and various forms of entertainment,” Dotson said. “You need to make sure there is enough space between certain entries.”

“It’s a great holiday, always exciting. Last year’s heat … ridiculous.” | Jennifer Dotson The highlight of Northfield’s 4th of July celebration each year is its two-pronged parade, hands (make that, batons) down. One leg of the parade heads east on Old Willow Road, while the other traverses Winnetka Avenue.

All parade entries conclude the journey at Willow Park on Wagner Road.

“Unlike many 4th of July parades, ours doesn’t involve politicians,” said Linda Gittel, executive assistant to Northfield’s village manager. “It’s all about the kids here.

The kids take part in the parade, with some either riding on decorated bikes or in decorated wagons.

“We’re not real glitzy. We’re a small town, a town with families that like to get involved and meet up during a holiday like the 4th of July.”

Northfield does not conduct a fireworks show on Independence Day; the village launches such loud, brilliant fare for its State Fair in September.

Glencoe kicks offs the beach segment of its 4th of July activities at 6 p.m., with Ken Schultz delivering a brand of entertainment geared toward kids. The Glencoe Beach barbeque starts at 6:30 p.m., followed by a set of songs from Spoken Four.

Fireworks — unleashed offshore — will awe folks beginning at 9 p.m.

The bulk of Wilmette’s Independence Day events will have been a day old by then. Hosted by the Wilmette District, the celebration takes place at Gillson Park on July 3. Games and rides for children, along with roving entertainers and a Taste-Fest, start at 4 p.m. Slated for 7 p.m., in the park’s Wallace Bowl, is a sneak preview of this summer’s Starlight Theatre musical, “Seussical.”

Fireworks will begin to spill from above Lake Michigan at 9:30 p.m., between the Pier and Wilmette Harbor.

Among Wilmette’s other scheduled events/rides on July 3 are mini golf, tot train and obstacle course (4-8:30 p.m.); the Jesse White Tumblers (7-7:30 p.m.); and a post-fireworks concert (10:45 p.m.) by The Dooley Brothers.

Some Winnetkans, meanwhile, might opt to alter their traditional 4th of July plans by watching up-and-coming pros smack winners at the USTA Pro Tennis Championships at the A.C. Nielsen Tennis Center (the tourney ends July 6).

Later, at 6 p.m., it’s ad-in for fans of the annual Fourthfest at Duke Childs Field, where children will be able to get their faces painted and their tummies sated before more rounds of spectacular fireworks.

“No rain; we’re all hoping for good, comfortable weather this year,” Dotson said. “It’s a great holiday, always exciting.

“Last year’s heat … ridiculous,” she added. ■

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Nola Gleason enjoys a trampoline — complete with a net for safety — which is one way to keep kids entertained during an adult summer party.

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Backyard parties are great for adults, but how do you keep the kids entertained?

For those with children, backyard summer parties with adults — complete with grilled food and drinks — can be either enjoyable for all or a desperate search for kid-friendly activities.

“The kids want to be participants,” said Wilmette resident Robin Baugher. She and her husband, Peter, have hosted everything from barbeques to wedding receptions in their backyard. Because they have access to Lake Michigan, the Baughers have a rule: no child’s feet touches the sand without an adult.

In fact, safety is a key and often-overlooked aspect of kid-friendly parties every summer.

Gina Gooden, a Winnetka mom of a twoyear-old and three-month-old, suggests keeping foods that are potential choking hazards out of reach from kids and gating off stairs.

“It’s a lot of things that people don’t always think of – just keeping your house safe,” Gooden said.

Baugher suggests yard games, such as a bean-bag toss, croquet, or a form of soccer off to the side of the yard as potential activities to help kids feel like the party is “for them.”

“If there’s dancing, play some songs that they would enjoy,” Baugher said. “Our DJ invited [the kids] onto the dance floor.”

“I think the two biggest things are to keep it simple and to relax,” Gooden said. She often offers only two beverage options for the kids – pink lemonade and lemonade or water.

“I might have paper straws and mason jars to drink out of – then I can make it look like I put more effort into it, while keeping it simple,” she said.

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craft birdhouses to paint, or providing toy shovels and buckets for the sandbox.

“I often go to Jo-Ann Fabrics and buy whatever $1 craft they have,” Gooden said.

“Just make something for the kids to do, because if the kids don’t have something to do, the parents can’t interact.”

Gooden attended a party this year that was not kid-friendly -- a crowded space and no activities for children. “I left the party shortly after it began, because it was unenjoyable for me – there was nothing for my child to do,” Gooden said.

Baugher also suggests having a “quiet corner” -- a designated space for a mom who might need to pull her child away from the party.

“Just make something for the kids to do, because if the kids don’t have something to do, the parents can’t interact.” | Gina Gooden “Have an area set off in the house – a spare bedroom or the corner of the living room with a blanket on a chair, where a mom can take her fussy child,” Baugher said. “That’s just one of the biggest things -- make them feel welcome.” ■

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Betty Schwartz Goldfarb (left) and Angie Fioretto are shutting down Betty Schwartz’s Intimate Boutique after a long run.

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Beloved boutique to be intimate no longer ■ by s.h. sweet As people stream into Betty Schwartz’s Intimate Boutique to take advantage of its summer sale, they’ve been surprised to find the store is closing.

And then the sadness sets in.

“This is the only place I can find a bra that fits me,” one customer laments. Another asks, “Where are we going to go now?”

Betty Schwartz Goldfarb, the proprietor and namesake of the store, has been in business in Highland Park for more than 43 years. Her mother, Molly, opened Schwartz’s Corset Shop around World War I and built up two stores in Chicago. Betty worked after school and on holidays for her mother.

By the time Goldfarb decided to move her family north, the family company also had other stores. But the flagship store was the one in Highland Park, first on Central Avenue and ultimately, a fixture on Second Avenue in downtown Highland Park for more than 30 years.

Goldfarb heard from an old schoolmate that Highland Park “was really coming into its own” and she found a home she loved in town as well. And so the dynasty continued on the North Shore.

The secret to decades of success has been the personalized service that the store offered. While the industry evolved over time, Goldfarb and her associates embraced new styles and expanded their inventory to include all types of underwear, sleepwear, swimwear, cruise wear, shoes, stockings, socks, leggings, and even thongs.

Yet, at its heart, the store always put the needs of its customers first. Nowhere else in the Midwest could a woman find a bra that fit her, whether she was a size 30AAA or 52JJ. And underwear, nightgowns, and swimwear that fit, too. In a 1989 interview, Goldfarb commented the store carried over 7,000 swimsuits.

The store has been one of a handful that offers surgical fittings, an aphorism for a bra that would fit a woman who has had a mastectomy. Many decades ago Betty’s mother literally created liners from foam to fit into the bras the store sold so women would not be embarrassed “We see two and sometimes three generations of families coming in to shop with us,” says Angie Fioretto, who became the face of the store since she assisted customers for most of her tenure — although she is an owner, buyer, and manager as well. “ We have always done special orders and shipped to customers wherever they might have moved.”

Many customers come in asking for Angie by name and expect their long-time sales people to always find them just what they need for any occasion. And at Betty Schwartz’s Intimate Boutique, the right size is almost always in stock. Sometimes, a celebrity performing at Ravinia or in Chicago came in to be properly fit to enhance that snazzy outfit or costume.

Goldfarb remembers her first customer in the Highland Park store, just as well as she recalls the size, brand, and price of intimate apparel for many of her customers. When they were still setting up the store and were not officially open yet, a woman stopped at the door and asked to be admitted. Goldfarb let her in and sold her two Bali bras.

“And she’s still one of our customers today!” she laughs.

Once the store closes (no later than July 2, but perhaps before), Goldfarb will miss her customers.

“I’ve had one job my whole life,” she admits. “And I have loved every minute of it. Our customers have made this experience wonderful for me. It’s not a one-way street.”

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Consisting of 8-foot-high by 10-foot-long steel sculptures, this traveling art exhibit will make its home in Highland Park throughout July.

In conjunction, The Puppy Mill Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness about animal cruelty in puppy mills, will be participating in the numerous events, fundraisers and doggy socials planned.

LAKE FOREST The city’s new Web site, www.cityoflakeforest.com, launched on June 14.

The original website, designed in 1997, had only been upgraded one time — in 2008.

“Family, Education, Tradition and Philanthropy,” the city’s founding cornerstones, are highlighted on the home page, along with a slide show, a navigation system and quick links.

“One of the goals was to provide access to information being sought in three clicks or less,” said City Manager Bob Kiely.

lake bluff The Foodstock Concert event, which benefits the Lake County C.O.O.L. Food Pantry, is scheduled for Sunday, June 30 from 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on the Village Green.

Participants will enjoy a variety of musical acts and food and are encouraged to donate non-perishable food items to benefit Lake County residents in need.

WILMETTE Village President Bob Bielinski noted that despite more than $47 million invested in sewer projects in the past 20 years, Wilmette will do quite a bit more in the next two years.

He wrote in the village newsletter that more than $11 million of capital projects are budgeted for sewer work west of Ridge Road. He expects the Village Board to approve a bond issue to fund the projects.

The April 18 storm had a part in these plans.

“The water volumes overwhelmed the sewer systems, and overland street flooding was widespread,” Bielinski noted.

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Wintrust Community Banks will be accepting donations of new and used children’s books at more than 100 branch locations through Aug. 16.

Wintrust hopes to collect 100,000 children’s books to be donated to Bernie’s Book Bank of Lake Forest, which works to increase book ownership by distributing new and used books to at-risk children.

Says Brian Floriani, executive director of Bernie›s Book Bank, «We recently distributed our millionth book, and in 2013, we will distribute another million books to more than 70,000 children.”

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“The Forgotten War” is not just a colloquial term for Highland Park veteran Jerry Adler.

It would indeed be a deliberately blurredout memory of battles, terror and death had it not been for the box of letters at the bottom of Adler’s closet.

Like many veterans, Adler didn’t speak of his experiences for years. The only record of his service — which was part of the Intelligence and Reconnaissance Squad in the 3rd Battalion-38th Infantry Regiment of the 2nd Infantry Division —lived in the written correspondence with his parents.

He wouldn’t read those letters — which his parents gave him after the war — until after a trip to Korea more than 50 years later, but now he flips through them in chronological order. The bulk of them are printed from a typewriter; the handwritten ones are almost too faint to read.

“My life is here,” he said, holding up a stack.

He scans through them, reading aloud the notable memories. One of them takes place on his ship departing from Seattle. It was a funny feeling, standing on deck and watching the United States disappear from view, he wrote. Others recap watching a dogfight between two airplanes, capturing Chinese soldiers, and hearing music on the radio, “considered a treat in Korea,” he notes.

Another letter discloses an accidental discharge aimed at his right leg. “Why it didn’t hit me dead center, I’ll never know,” he said. He wrote to his parents that it left a big red welt on his calf, but like other notes, it was a sugarcoated version of his experience, so as to not further worry them.

But the wound bled. It left a scar. And had he reported it, his fellow soldier would have gotten a jail sentence.

One of the stories considered too intense for his parents’ knowledge was the September, 1952 Chinese offensive near the 52nd parallel. Adler had served on Heartbreak Ridge, Pork Chop Hill, Three Sisters and Old Baldy nearby — the latter being the most important hill on which

he associates his service in Korea. It was devoid of any greenery, hence the nickname, and was a total war zone. Adler can only remember parts of the ruthless assault where mortars rained down on them. The first wave of Chinese soldiers threw themselves on the barbed wire and the others would step over them. The Americans regained Old Baldy, but not without hundreds of casualties.

“I guess I’ll never know, or can never figure out, why I’m here and guys 10 feet from me are not here,” he said.

It was a battle deciding whether to return to the land that still owned a part of him, but in the end, Seoul was tacked onto the end of an extensive trip around Asia in 2006. Adler made two visits to the Demilitarized Zone: the tourist sector one day, and the furthest north point of South Korea, where few are able to visit. The short drive is made excruciatingly longer due to checkpoints, minefields and other barricades imposed to prevent a Northern invasion.

Standing at the barbed wire, Adler reached across to touch a blade of grass from the Communist grounds. The hills that he once served on were now North Korean territory and out of reach. Looking over at Big Baldy, the once-deserted hill was now like a lush forest preserve.

“I couldn’t recognize any part of it. I couldn’t go there…so I stood at the barbed wire, and I thought about it, and then I cried,” he said.

“Incidents come to me that I remember, and sometimes it’s a tough memory. It’s hard to explain.”

Since that visit, Adler has opened himself up to veteran activities, such as joining the Highland Park American Legion. Now that he’s come to terms with his past, the Rutgers journalism graduate is working on a memoir and itching to pen a Korean War narrative connecting his letters.

“There’s so much that is triggered in my mind that is not in the letters. I didn’t tell my parents the gory parts, the fact that I was in enemy territory three or four nights a week,” he said, before humbly adding, “I don’t know who would want to read it, besides me.” ■

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A principal goal for Jackson is to succeed in new role ■ by katie rose mceneely Kelly Jackson, formerly the assistant principal at Wilmette Junior High, will become the new Cherokee Elementary School principal on July 1. She lives in Glencoe.

Reading: Several things. I have a large pile of books on my nightstand, one of which is “Pathways to the Common Core: Accelerating Achievement,” by Lucy Calkins, Mary Ehrenworth and Christopher Lehman. It’s a roadmap of ways to work with staff and to look at the Common Core standards on their way to implementation so we can focus on increasing rigor and complex thinking in the classroom. I also have the “New Principal’s Field Book: Strategies for Success,” by Pamela Robbins, for obvious reasons. The job by nature is unpredictable, and it’s a good resource to have by your side. I try to read things that are relevant to my career, but I’m attracted to novels and books that talk about overcoming adversity in the end.

Listening: I listen to a wide variety of music. I currently work in a junior high as an assistant principal. I’m currently really listening to the Justin Timberlake “20/20 Experience” CD, and I’m looking forward to his concert this summer. I also recently went to a Josh Ritter concert at the Vic. Watching: I’m not watching right now, because “Homeland” is not on TV. It’s the show I most look forward to — it’s like a good book that you can’t put down because you can’t wait to see what’s coming next.

It’s intriguing and keeps you on the edge of your seat — anything where you can’t predict what’s next is a good show.

Following: In the field of education, we have new initiatives that are at the

forefront, one of which is the Common Core implementation — districts are taking steps towards the process; I was lucky enough to be able to attend ASCB Conference in Chicago for a couple of days, and they talked about unpacking the Common Core. I’ve been going to a lot of conferences and workshops to learn about that. Along with that, the new teacher evaluation system is coming to Illinois, and it’s really focused on reflection and learning and continuing to be the best of your job. I’m trying to get more information as an administrator.

Activity: I really enjoy spending time with my family. I have a three-and-a-half year-old daughter, so blowing bubbles and running in the sprinkler are common summer activities. I also love to bake, and I tend to browse Pinterest for new ingredients or recipes to try.

Eating: Fresh fruits and vegetables.

That’s one of my favorite things about spring —I love to have a colorful plate with new things to try. I like shopping produce at farmers markets; it’s always an enjoyable summertime experience. I love fresh heirloom tomatoes, just sliced for eating.

What is your favorite mistake?

I look at mistakes as learning experiences, but when I was teaching Spanish a few years ago, I was teaching restaurant vocabulary. Instead of teaching the word for “appetizers” (antojitos) I taught them the word for “glasses”(anteojos). Part of the class was challenging the students to go to restaurants and try using the language vocabulary, and the next week a student informed me that I had the wrong word.

I was very embarrassed and learned that I should really check carefully, but it’s a pretty funny experience. ■

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Pickell’s blueprint is to build for the long haul

■ by david sweet When Orren Pickell grew up, he said no one — from his parents to his teachers — explained that, if he chose, one day he could go into business for himself.

So it was a revelation for him at age 17 to join entrepreneur Tom Keck in Oak Brook as a painting contractor.

“It was eye-opening to see how he ran a business,” says Pickell, who eventually put himself through Bradley University in Peoria — where he studied architecture and construction — by working long hours for his own painting business.

That firm has metamorphosed today into Orren Pickell Building Group. The custom-home-building firm in Northfield has notched numerous awards, including the “Best In American Living Award” from the National Association of Home Builders, and at one point employed more than 130.

Though the housing downturn nearly knocked him out — an investment group acquired the assets of Orren Pickell Designers & Builders LLC for $350,000 a few years back, according to Crain’s Chicago Business, and retained Pickell as president and chief executive officer — he remains a force in high-end homebuilding on the North Shore and elsewhere.

“What a custom home builder does is design and build people’s dreams,” explains Pickell, who constructed his own dream house in Mettawa during the 1980s along with another later in Lake Geneva. “Real custom is when the client comes to you because they want your abilities.”

Pickell’s company has jettisoned any interest in speculative development after a numbing foray. In 2007, near the height of the market, his firm bought the historic Lansdowne estate in Lake Bluff and subdivided its 21 acres. Even after slashing the lot prices by 25 percent in 2010, buyers were scarce.

“I lost a ton,” Pickell said. “In the past during a downturn people would buy great land that was stable – land on the shore in a town with great schools. I had never seen quality real estate decline in value.

Orren Pickell If I hadn’t been developing property, I would have been in great shape.”

Running a debt-free company today which builds homes in Wisconsin, Indiana and Michigan along with Illinois, Pickell remains busy, especially as business is improving.

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“My job is to solve problems that will always come up,” says Pickell, whose company boasts a 95 percent on-time construction ranking. “There’s design issues. Maybe the cabinetry didn’t fit together, though it looks good on drawings. You have to walk through and say, ‘That’s not how we planned it.’ “ Pickell enjoys designing and trying to figure out how to grow the 22-employee firm, which includes his daughter Lisa as chief operating officer. He starts each day by reading the Bible.

“It’s very important. It keeps you centered,” he says.

“Whatever you believe in, you should focus on it once a day to keep your bearings. It helps me keep peace within myself.”

Pickell believes in giving back. His company is helping to remodel distressed housing in North Chicago and sell it to people for one-third of their income.

“That’s been very rewarding,” he says.

Pickell notes that he’s always wanted to build houses, and he started in Elmhurst in the mid-1970s. Faced with a lot he had purchased but not feeling competent to build upon it with no experience, he happened to run into a mason, and they started in. After three months of 15-16 hour days, Pickell’s first house was standing (and still stands today).

Perhaps his most memorable day in the industry occurred in the 1980s on the coldest day in Chicago history, marked by a wind chill of 66 degrees below zero.

“My crew and I were framing a roof. The crew wanted to go home, and my dog wouldn’t get out of the truck,” he recalled. “We kept working as the black lab watched through the windshield. Back when men were men and dogs were smarter than me. I’ve changed my tune a little since then.”

For Sunday breakfast, Pickell enjoys heading to Walker Bros. The Original Pancake House (“great food, and I happened to build a house for Ray Walker”). To relax, Pickell — who once participated in the Mackinac Island race — enjoys sailing when he can.

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Here comes the bride — live on the Internet joanna brown

If the camera really does add 10 pounds, then this season’s brides are in for a rude awakening.

The Wall Street Journal reported this month that an increasing number of couples are streaming their weddings live online for a worldwide audience of “invited” guests. That means that brides — notorious for crash dieting in the days before their big day — will don the white gown and walk down an aisle amid a few dozen guests on site; a camera crew will capture the ceremony and broadcast it in real time to a few hundred more people watching on their home computers. A handful of companies offer the service.

The newspaper shared the story of a small town firefighter who knew just about everybody in town. Rather than host them all for dinner on his wedding day, the couple was married at a remote cabin with 25 guests, while many others were invited to watch from their homes across the country. Miss Manners hasn’t yet decreed whether they were expected to send gifts.

In another case, a teacher in New Jersey dressed her two young daughters in sundresses and gathered them around the laptop to watch her brother say “I do” on a beach in St. Lucia. Their mini-beach party saved the teacher money on travel.

While darling, the scene reminds me of the party I attended when Prince William married Kate Middleton. My mother-inlaw and I made scones and tied scarves around our sun hats when her friends joined us for the international broadcast.

The ladies had a delightful morning critiquing the gowns and looking back at their own weddings. But Kate and William are strangers to them, and the wedding meant little more than that that of 90210’s Donna and David, or any of Erica Cane’s dozen weddings in the days of “All My

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There must be ways to make steaming weddings more personal than those of our favorite television characters, I reasoned.

I called Frank Andonoplas, a Chicagobased master bridal consultant. He was the first man to earn the title and one of a few among the 71 master bridal consultants worldwide. If there is a trend in weddings, Frank would know, and he’d have ideas for making it personal. He designed a wedding for two ice skaters on a hockey rink, for crying out loud.

Frank told me that live streaming could be done, but that he’s never done it. (well, he did it once, but that was a radio stunt with a technical crew to coordinate the details). Brides and grooms have broadcast their vows, the cutting of the cake, or the first dance direct to one other party via Skype, he said, in order to include someone unable travel to the live event — like an elderly grandparent.

Another of Frank’s grooms held a live cell phone in his breast pocket so that his hospital-bound mother could hear his vows to his bride. An accommodating officiant began the ceremony with a prayer for her recovery, and then clued wedding attendees in to their long-distance companion.

In fact, the officiant led the crowd in greeting the groom’s mother before they proceeded with the wedding.

No doubt this was an emotional moment for many – far more so than the Royal Wedding parties that dotted the United States that April morning. I congratulate these couples on the creative ways that technology has added to their celebration and helped them to zero in on the most important elements of their day together.

Let me know about other ways that technology has made a wedding more personal. Send an email to Joanna@northshoreweekend.com ■

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Long-time Winnetka restaurant enjoys a makeover ■ by jake jarvi People who’ve been going to O’Neil’s in Winnetka for the last 22 years will be glad to know that most of their menu has remained intact since they closed for a major redesign in February.

When the doors re-opened this spring, however, the menu staples were about the only recognizable thing in the dining room.

Down came the wall separating the dining room from the bar. Tall-backed booths were replaced with low-backed couches and chairs. Gone are the darker wood tones that gave the dining room its Italian feel, along with the faux murals and hanging ceiling drapes. Instead, the dining room offers views of both the bar and the open kitchen.

The color scheme has shifted to white with a variety of different lighting fixtures hanging from the open ceiling.

Pops of blue accent lighting draw attention to the bar and the planters. Frosted glass cobalt blue water bottles arrive at each table to complete the design.

“The concept was to go in the opposite direction,” says Patrick O’Neil, owner of O’Neil’s. “We felt it was time to make it more South Beach; lively and current. Get the dark woods and carpets out of there. It was a big risk, because it had been successful for so many years, but we felt stale.

“We stripped it from the floor up. There’s O’Neil’s in Winnetka has a new look but is still serving many of its favorite meals, such as roasted half nothing from the old store there. It’s a whole duck with orange sauce, orzo and fresh vegetables. new restaurant.”

Along with revamping the space, O’Neil’s photography by joel lerner

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The festivities begin at 5 p.m. on Friday and continue from1 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

Julia Pandl, author of “Memoir of a Sunday Brunch”

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| Winnetka Wine Shop | 726 Elm Street, Winnetka | $40 per person | 847-446-2716 | The staff at the Winnetka Wine Shop will lead a class on how to pair the right wine with favorite cookout items, including guacamole, beef sliders and more. Food and wine included.

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also added a few of their hidden specialties —- previously available by request —- to the new menu. Always a popular special, the seared ahi tuna has a permanent spot amid their appetizers. A roasted chicken entrée with roasted potatoes and green beans is available. Rounding out the new additions is a fried egg-topped Kobe burger with a side of Parmesan and truffle oil fries.

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“We felt it was time to make it more South Beach; lively and current.” | Patrick O’Neil haven’t gone anywhere.

“It was do or die,” says O’Neil. “I always say if you’re not growing, you’re dying. We plateaued about five years ago, and I felt like we weren’t staying current.

“We’ve got Chef Ramiro [Velasquez] from Carlos in Highwood. He’s wonderful. It was time to completely remodel from floor to ceiling. That whole place can be power washed at the end of the night. There are no seams anywhere in that building. It’s the right way to do restaurants now.”

O’Neil’s is located at 1003 Green Bay Road in Winnetka. For more information call 847446-7100 or visit oneilswinnetka.com. ■

p.m. | Free | theartcenterhp.org | Two exhibits are on view at the Art Center: “Emotions of Color,” which features the paintings of oil painters Elisa R. Boughner and Nina Weiss, and “Wariors and Art: A Path to Healing,” a five-week multi-media exhibition featuring artwork by veterans.

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Check with your local community organizations to find out when parades and fireworks will occur. And make sure to take a look at our Fourth of July coverage in these pages!

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Art of the Heirloom

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FARE Spring Luncheon Raises More than $420,000 for a Cure for Food Allergies photography by jennifer girard Nearly 400 guests gathered at the Four Seasons Hotel in Chicago to support Food Allergy Research & Education (FARE), the nation’s largest food allergy organization.

The second annual luncheon was chaired by Denise Bunning, Linda Levinson Friend and Cari Sacks, and raised more than $420,000.

Guests were invited to a morning symposium on research featuring Dr. Kari Nadeau, director of the Stanford Alliance for Food Allergy Research at Stanford University. Dr. Nadeau was the subject of a recent cover story in the New York Times magazine. Dr. Nadeau also delivered remarks at the luncheon that followed. The keynote address was delivered by Ted Allen, noted television personality, author, and host of the Food Network’s Chopped. Chef Paul Kahan of Blackbird, Avec, the Publican and other restaurants was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Attendees at the morning symposium

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L-R: Myrna Bartelstein, Cari Sacks, Sheila Keeshin, Eydie Sternberg

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One of a kind “Back 2 School” center pieces designed by Kathy Tufano.

Michael Hans (Glenview), Alisa Rodriguez (Assistant Director at DFSS)

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The Illinois Currency Exchange Charitable Foundation, headed by Matthew Kurtzman of Wilmette and Abby Hans of Glenview, hosted a fundraising luncheon at Galleria Marchetti with celebrity emcees Daniella Guzman and Stefan Holt, coanchors of NBC5 Chicago Today, to kick off “Back 2 School.” The 9th annual program, the largest in Illinois, will provide school supplies to 25,000 students in economic need. New homeless and military initiatives were announced, two college scholarships and three awards (education/public service/ corporate sponsor) were given. $100,000 was raised to support education.

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Style and graciousness define this stately Georgian, built in 1975 by the current owners. The wonderful exterior presence is a prelude to the beautiful interior that offers style and luxury with a level of detail that showcases the classic charm. The home has uniquely spacious rooms with architectural detailing, hardwood floors, 9-foot ceilings, kitchen by Kitchen Classics and a guest suite. The lovely grounds create a private sanctuary and back to the 10th fair of a country club. www.133Pembroke.info

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A matter of taste

His Motto? A variety of choices, especially green ones ■ by katie rose mceneely

Andy Motto

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Andy Motto is the executive chef at Quince Restaurant in Evanston.

How did you start cooking? I started washing dishes at a pizza place all through high school. I started making pizza and then I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend the Culinary Institute of America in New York. I just knew I loved it and wanted to pursue that.

Years cooking? About 16 years What made you decide to become a professional chef? I liked the lifestyle — I really liked the adrenaline rush, getting into service and the stress, really.

Best recipe change? Recipes are just recipes; they’re more or less a guideline. I don’t follow them very often.

Signature dish? We try to change the menu with seasonality. I don’t think I have a particular dish, though I definitely like to introduce Asian ingredients into my cooking.

Favorite food to make? I really like making fresh pastas. I kind of like making everything, but ravioli, tortellini, things of that nature. We roll the dough through a machine, but we make the dough by hand.

What do you like to eat at home? Simple!

Let’s see, on a day like today I might grill beer can chicken.

Worthwhile gadget? I do love the VitaPrep, an amazing blender, very highpowered. We do a lot of purees and sauce work. It’s a workhorse.

Favorite cookbook? I would say Thomas Keller — “French Laundry” and “Under Pressure.” I still, to this day, refer back to it.

Favorite fruit or vegetable? I love corn, tomatoes — the homegrown heirloom varieties are amazing. And getting into the summer, I love good watermelon.

Proudest of: I’m extremely happy about our gardening situation — we have a pretty awesome rooftop garden this year. It’s only gotten better over my four years here. We have water barrels, and we’re trying to become as green of a restaurant as we can.

Through the summer months, we harvest a pretty good amount. Maybe 50 percent this year? That’s what we’re shooting for.

We also go to the Farmers Market. We try to be local and sustainable.

Most memorable kitchen incident?

Once the kitchen flooded — the basement flooded and I had to run out and buy socks, wash my shoes and get through the rest of service. It was a long, uncomfortable night.

You get through it.

Quince Restaurant is located at 1625 Hinman Ave. in Evanston. For more information, visit quincerestaurant.net or call 847-570-8400. ■

Recipe: Beet Salad Wash 5 pounds of beets, rub with canola oil, season generously with Kosher salt and roast in a baking dish with ½ inch of water, covered with aluminum foil, at 35o degrees for 1-3 hours, until beets are tender. Let cool and peel, then slice into bite-size pieces.

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rOOm COnversIOn neCessItIes Re-purposing unused areas of a home into functional rooms provides the homeowner many benefits. The immediate benefit of converted rooms is that they provide enjoyment, relaxation and purpose in what was previously wasted space. Longterm, room conversions add value to a home by providing prospective buyers with the maximum efficiency of a home’s floor plan and square footage, as well as the uniqueness of the converted room. Efficiency kitchens, libraries, observatories, home theatres, greenhouses, wine rooms, spa-sauna combos or secondary suites are all distinctive choices for a room conversion that make a home stand apart from others, while simultaneously benefiting the homeowner by providing convenience and a sense of luxury without the hefty price tag. Before beginning any room conversion, however, there are necessary considerations to make before deciding what licensed contractors will be required in order to ensure the new room’s comfort, safety and long-term maintenance. The first consideration is, what room are you converting, and what will this room need? For example, venting an insulated attic room properly is crucial for comfort, safety and household maintenance. Improperly ventilated, an attic conversion will not simply be uncomfortably hot, but it will also be damaging to the overall structure. Likewise, basement and garage conversions must have adequate light and ventilation, as well as be sealed to protect against dampness and moisture. Once you’ve taken the necessities into account, it’s time to start the fun part—building a oneof-a-kind room into your family’s unique house!

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■ by bob gariano The Hittites of Asia Minor perfected the smelting of iron 3,500 years ago. The new material provided a military advantage that allowed them to rule over an empire that rivaled the Egyptians for 1,000 years.

Iron’s utility was enhanced when Andrew Carnegie brought modern steelmaking technology to the United States in the late 19th century. Steel became as fundamental to the Industrial Revolution as semiconductors are to the Information Age. North Shore resident Dr. Greg Olson is a professor of materials science at

Northwestern University’s McCormick School of Engineering. He is a recognized pioneer in the field of computational design of new materials, especially iron-based metals and alloys used for the most demanding applications. The company that he co-founded, QuesTek Innovations, is based in Evanston and develops new materials for companies that need ferrous metals that reach higher levels of performance.

“I knew that I wanted to be a scientist when I was in third grade. I was always collecting rocks and minerals,” Dr. Olson says. “I especially liked crystals.”

The crystal that particularly attracted

Dr. Olson in his later research and commercial career was iron. Olson was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for 23 years, earning his undergraduate and graduate degrees and then doing research on metals. In 1988 he came to Northwestern, where he is co-director of the university’s Material Research Center and director of the Steel Research Group.

Iron, with its various alloys and grain configurations, combines the most attractive properties and economics of any modern material. Iron can be alloyed, heat treated, and formed in a variety of procedures that alter the molecular and granular structure. These alterations involve thousands of different alloys and an almost limitless configuration of the larger metal crystals or grain structures. Over the last three millennia, metallurgists have discovered different formulations purely through experimentation. Dr. Olson’s research has changed this approach to developing new materials.

“Computational design means that we can create new materials on the computer instead of in a lab or foundry,” he notes.

“We use our chemical and thermodynamic knowledge to predict the performance of new metals before we go into the lab to make samples.” It is an approach with substantial advantage in materials that are alloyed and homogenized at 5,000 degrees Fahrenheit and which are heat treated at more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Dr. Olson went on. “We still take our new materials into the laboratory to confirm our predictions through testing and analysis.

But by using an iterative design approach on

the computer first, we can use the information in our databases to model new metals without the expensive and time-consuming process of physical experimentation.”

The market implications are distinct. “In spacecraft, a pound saved is worth $10,000, in aircraft design a pound saved is worth about $100, and in automobiles a pound saved is worth $3 or $4,” he says. “That is why steel technology is so important to automotive manufacturers. Even though the performance of materials like titanium would be useful to automotive companies, its use is limited by its $40 per pound price tag.”

Dr. Olson is an unusual combination of businessman, scientist, teacher, and engineer. In examining the bare chassis of a new McLaren sports car, he noted, “Using adhesives to bond high-strength metal structures has an advantage. You don’t have to compromise the alloy by making it suitable for welding. That’s how they have been making aircraft for two decades, so we know these bonds have the properties for other highperformance applications like race cars.”

He stopped to examine the McLaren’s exhaust manifold. “You know the bird cage Maserati of the early 1960s was the first car to use a welded space frame. It was designed for endurance competition like the 24 hours LeMans race. But it failed because the welds on the exhaust manifold tubing kept cracking. Chassis vibration and flexing caused the failures. Today we could help them by designing an alloy to prevent the failures.”

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Highland Park brothers John and Mark Sider started the sports drink company Greater Than.

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Brothers use their coconuts to build sports-drink firm

It was a yoga class that led Mark Sider, 32, of Highland Park to his big idea.

His teachers started talking about coconut water as a healthy form of hydration after a workout.

“I really liked the concept,” Sider said.

And it was from that idea that Greater Than — a coconut-water-based sports drink — was born.

Sider and his brother Jon, 27, were always athletic but never really into typical sports drinks. They grew up in a healthy household, conscious of what they were putting in their bodies, and beverages like Gatorade came with artificial dyes and flavors as well as sugar.

“Athletically you want to give yourself every single edge you possible can,” said Sider, which meant seeking out healthier alternatives to the popular Gatorade brand.

It was in 2009 when he was chasing his dream to be a professional golfer that Mark approached his brother with the idea of breaking in to the beverage business.

He started with what he had learned in yoga class, but he wanted to change one major thing.

“The problem was I didn’t like the way it tasted,” he said. “It was kind of funky,” The Sider brothers teamed up with sports nutritionists and professionals to get a formula for their enhanced coconut-water concoction.

“It’s not quite like baking cookies in your kitchen,” said Mark.

Inspired by sports-orientated brands like Nike and Under Armor, Mark Sider said they wanted the packaging to be more sporty than the coconut beverages that were

“We might fight about something, but we both have the same vision for the brand.” | Mark Sider “We’re Chicago people,” said Sider, who counted 2012 revenue north of $1 million.

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Sider said it’s good to be working with his brother Jon on this project because ultimately they both work for the “good and success of Greater Than.”

“We might fight about something, but we both have the same vision for the brand,” he said. ■

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Reappearing act Bund found a way to overcome an injury to beat the clock — and salvage his final the season with the Scouts

Lake Forest High School’s Billy Bund will run at Michigan next season.

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sports@northshoreweekend.com Billy Bund once got knee-knocking, heart-racing, flopsweating nervous as a senior at Lake Forest High School in 2012-13.

Not before the start of the Illinois High School Association Class 3A state cross country meet in Peoria on Nov. 3.

Not before the start of the 1600-meter run at the IHSA 3A

state track and field meet in Charleston on May 25.

The 6-foot-1, 150-pound Bund turned into a wobbly pile of head-to-toe jelly before … asking a girl to last month’s prom.

She said yes.

He probably then unleashed an isolated tornado, after exhaling.

“Billy asked her in the basement of the school,” Lake Forest senior-to-be and cross country/track runner Liam Gayter recalled. “That was tough on him. But he got through

it and they had a good time.”

Bund’s time at last fall’s state cross country was 14:17.

His time in the mile at last month’s state track meet was 4:14.84.

Both were better than good.

Each was swift enough for fifth place.

“I’m pretty calm before a race,” said Bund, who will race for the Wolverines’ cross country and track teams at the running >> page 39

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Ben Klimesh New Trier

Baseball: A relief pitcher for the Dayton Dragons, a Class A farm team for the Cincinnati Reds, Klimesh was named to the Midwest League All-Star team. A 15th round pick in the 2012 MLB free-agent draft, the 6-foot-4 right-hander is 3-0 with four saves and a 2.78 ERA. He has 41 strikeouts in 32 1/3 innings.

During his senior year at Trinity University in San Antonio, he was 13-3 with a 1.71 ERA. Daniel Rafferty/Danny Woodrow Loyola

Baseball: This senior duo was named to the Chicago Catholic League all-conference team.

Rafferty, a pitcher/first baseman, will take his game to Bucknell. He finished the spring season 5-5 with a 2.39 ERA. He had 69 strikeouts and 14 walks in 64 innings.

Woodrow, a right fielder, will play at Creighton. He batted .404 with 22 steals and 33 runs. He struck out only four times.

Luke Turelli Lake Forest

Baseball: The 6-5 right-hander was one four all-conference players for the Scouts.

Turelli, who will pitch at Augustana College, finished 5-2 with a 2.45 ERA. Senior Peter Gruenes and junior Luke Johnson also were first-team all-NSC selections, while JR Reimer was honorable mention. Gruenes hit .321 with 15 RBI. Johnson hit .297 with a team-high 22 RBI. And Reimer batted .330 with 35 total bases.

David Hochstadt/David Joseph Highland Park

Baseball: Highland Park placed two juniors on the all-conference team in Hochstadt and Joseph. Hochstadt, a first baseman, hit .429 with four homers, 10 doubles and 20 RBI. Joseph, a shortstop, batted .327 with eight doubles.

Bennett Cotton Winnetka

Golf: He shot a 75 to place fourth in the Illinois State Junior Amateur Qualifier #5 at Fox Run Golf Links on June 20. By making the cut, he now will compete in the 44th Annual Illinois State Junior Amateur Championship at Makray Memorial GC on June 25-27.

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A ton of local players have qualified.

At the ISJA Qualifier #4 at Cantigny Golf on June 19, Lake Forest’s Martin Montagne advanced with a seventh-place finish (73).

At the ISJA Qualifier #3 at Pine Meadow GC on June 13, the local qualifiers included Lake Forest’s Lavezzorio (2nd, 71), Lake Forest’s Jack Garrity (tied for 3rd, 73), Winnetka’s Andrew Huber (tied for 17th, 77) and Highland Park’s Noah Fishbein (tied for 22nd, 78).

At the ISJA Qualifer #2 at Sportsman’s CC on June 10, the qualifying list included Wilmette’s Will Connelly (tied for 3 rd , 73), Glencoe’s Scott Chudacoff (tied for 3 rd , 73), Wilmette’s John Wegener (tied for 3rd, 73), Winnetka’s Jack Hedstrom (tied for 3rd, 73), Wilmette’s Matthew Consolo (tied for 3rd, 73), Winnetka’s Michael Adler (tied for 11th, 74), Lake Forest’s Drew Takacs (tied for 11th, 74), Highwood’s Patrick Flavin (17th, 76), Winnetka’s Christopher Nolan (tied for 18th, 77), Lake Forest’s Andrew Barrett (tied for 18th, 77), Glencoe’s Spencer Savitz (tied for 18th, 77), Glencoe’s David Brandfonbrener (tied for 18th, 77) and Winnetka’s Nick Newell (tied for 27th, 78).

And, at the ISJA Qualifier #1 at Broken Arrow GC on June 8, Winnetka’s Chip Savarie shot a 77 (18th-place tie) to earn a berth.

Graham Ganshirt Lake Bluff

Golf: He claimed top honors in the senior boys division (16-18) at the Al McLean Open — the Illinois Junior Golf Association Open #4 — at Wilmette GC on June 18. The 2014 grad shot a 70 to win by three strokes over runner-up Tyler Aldrich of Wilmette. Glencoe’s Spencer Savitz finished in a tie for fifth (76) to finish ahead of Wilmette’s Brian Gerner (tied for 7th, 77), Nick Newell (tied for 9th, 78), Lake Forest’s Rylan Terrasse (tied for 9th, 78) and Glencoe’s David Perl (tied for 9th, 78).

In senior girls, Winnetka’s Rebecca Lindblad and Gina Denenberg carded 84s to share runner-up honors. Highland Park’s Tina Berardi was fourth (85). Wilmette’s Ellen Conway (7th, 90) and Maggie Brown (9th, 96) also finished in the top 10.

In junior boys (14-15), Glencoe’s Brandon Koch recorded a 75 for third place. Winnetka’s Chip Savarie and Highland Park’s Noah Fishbein shot 76s (tied for 4th), while Winnetka’s Michael Adler came in with 77 (tied for 7th).

In junior girls, Winnetka’s Madison Banas finished in a tie for seventh (95), while Wilmette’s Haley Hultquist ended up in a tie for ninth (96).

In earlier action this summer, Banas shot a 94 to share fourth place in the IJGA Sectional #2 at Deerpath on June 11. At the Jr. Elite Series #1 at Glenview Park, she finished in a tie for sixth (87-85-172).

Hultquist placed third (92) at the IJGA Sectional #2 at Deerpath on June 11. And she was seventh at the IJGA Regional #5 at Lake Bluff Bluff on June 12.

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Chip Savarie Winnetka

Golf: He made the trip to The Links at Carillon GC in Plainfield on June 20 and came home as the medalist in the junior boys division. The 13-year-old won the IJGA Sectional #5 tournament by five strokes (72).

Earlier this summer, Savarie recorded a 75 to win the IJGA Sectional #2 at Deerpath GC on June 11. He also took top honors (71-74-145) at the Junior Elite Series #1 at Glenview Park on June 17-18. And at the IJGA Open #1 at Bonne Brook GC on June 7, he placed third (77).

Michael Adler Winnetka

Golf: He carded a 71 to win the junior boys division at the Bensenville Open — IJGA Open #3 — at White Pines GC on June 18.

It’s been a good summer for the 13-year-old Adler. He also claimed titles at the IJGA Open #2 at St. Andrews on June 17 (75) and IJGA Open #1 at Bonnie Brook on June 7 (75). He took runner-up honors at the IGJA Spring Sectional #3 at Oak Brook GC on June 1 (39).

Noah Fishbein Highland Park

Golf: He’s come up with three top-4 finishes in IJGA junior boys action this summer.

The 15-year-old placed in a tied for second (78) in the IJGA Regional #7 at Countryside GC on June 14, while he was fourth (tie) at the IJGA Open #4 at Wilmette GC on June 19 and IJGA Spring Sectional #2 at Deerfield GC on May 11.

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Luke Massar Lake Forest

Golf: He claimed medalist honors in senior boys at the IJGA Regional #5 at Lake Bluff GC on June 12 with a 72. Wilmette’s Tyler Aldrich finished in a tie for third (77).

A day earlier, Massar was 14th at the IJGA Sectional at Deerpath GC. Jason Folker was the junior boys champ (75) at the IJGA Regional at Lake Bluff.

Lake Forest’s Max Rappeport and Winnetka’s Connor Prassas shot 81s to tie for third.

Meanwhile, Prassas finished in a tie for third with Lake Forest’s Alessandro Raganelli and Glencoe’s Colin Moody at the IJGA Sectional #2 at Deerpath CG on June 11. Lake Forest’s Sam Brush (81) was second at Deerpath, while Winnetka’s Brendan Gloyd (6th, 83), Brennan Smith (7th, 84) and Keegan Smith (tied for 8th, 85) and Lake Forest’s Michael Banas (tied for 8th, 85) and Max Rappeport (tied for 8th, 85) finished in the top 10. headliners >> page 39

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“I try to be a person who’s in the moment, who absorbs the moment.”

Bund endured a trying final track season at LFHS after sustaining an early stress fracture in his left foot. The injury sidelined him for nearly two months and nearly turned him into two-thirds of a world-class triathlete.

“A lot of biking, a lot of swimming,” Bund said.

“I’m not good at those sports. But that was all I could do, cardio-wise.”

Bund would have been excused had he grown bitter each day he couldn’t run. That never happened.

He was too busy staying positive, too busy doing everything he could possibly do to get healthy and run again for the Scouts.

“A lot of kids in Billy’s situation would have moped around and felt sorry for themselves,” Lake Forest track and field coach John Brumund-Smith said.

“Billy had a great attitude the whole time he was out.

He never got down. He’s a fantastic kid, a rare kid.”

Bund didn’t run his first 1600 race of ’13 until May 16, at the 3A Buffalo Grove Sectional. He got slotted in the slow heat, akin to making Miguel Cabrera face Little League pitching near the end of the Detroit Tigers’ season.

But track is an apple and baseball is an orange.

It’s hard to race well when nobody else in your heat is in your league; it’s easy for a multimillionaire ballplayer to blast a 12-year-old’s 70-mph fastball halfway to Pluto.

“The PA announcer who worked the meet is knowledgeable, and he knew Billy would have had an easier time qualifying [for state] in the fast heat,” BrumundSmith said. “People knew Billy would win that slow heat, no problem.”

The problem: clocking a state-qualifying time against snails and turtles.

Mr. PA knew that and got chirpy from the press box during most of the race.

“He was great, the way he got the crowd going and the athletes from other teams to cheer for Billy,” Brumund-Smith said.

Bund needed to run a 4:22.74 to advance to the state meet in Charleston; he went 4:20.27 — 32 seconds faster than the runner-up’s time in the slow heat.

A little more than a week later, in his final race in LFHS threads, Bund trimmed his time in the mile to a svelte 4:14.84, speedy enough for a fifth-place, headliners >> from 38

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all-state showing.

It also was a personal-best.

“I was happy with the result,” the humble Bund said. “And a little surprised. I had no expectations before the race. My main thought as I lined up was, ‘Try your best.’ That was the only thing I could control.”

He had made history a year earlier in the same event, after finishing 10th at state with a time of 4:16.11. It was the fastest mile time at an IHSA state meet that did not result in all-state (top nine) honors for the runner.

Bund then followed that effort up with an impressive fifth-place showing (14:17) at the 3A state cross country meet last fall. No other Scout in program history had toured Detweiller Park’s course faster than Bund had.

The only Scout to have ever captured a boys cross country state championship was Jim Gibson, in 1985.

He won the race in 14:28.

“Billy strategically executed that race to near perfection, and he ran the race with 100 percent effort,” Scouts cross country coach Nate Sweet said of the 2012 North Suburban Conference and 3A Libertyville Regional cross country champion.

“Billy’s work ethic, motivation and drive to be the best … those qualities impress me the most. Once a goal is set, his focus on achieving that goal is remarkable, even when setbacks get in the way.”

People of all ages — his family, friends, teammates, coaches, teammates’ parents, track fans — spurred Bund this past spring. While he pedaled and swam diligently in rehab sessions, they checked in with him regularly for a progress report.

“It was nice hearing from people,” said Bund, a cross country and track captain in 2012-13. “They were great to me, incredibly supportive. I liked it when people asked, ‘When are you coming back?’

That helped me. That motivated me.

“The Lake Forest community,” he added, “inspired me. When I finally got to run again, I was always thinking about the community.”

On May 18, a Saturday, Bund woke up. The community wasn’t on his mind then; putting on a black tuxedo later in the day was.

It was the day of prom, a day for Bund to turn into a bundle of nerves again. But Billy Bund survived — by being Billy Bund.

“He’s a fun-loving guy, extremely kind to everybody,” Gayter said. ■

Taylor Gentzkow Winnetka

Golf: She came up with a top-five finish in the Mid-American Junior Golf Tour’s Second City Classic at Coyote Run Golf Course on June 13-14. She had rounds of 76 and 74 to finish with a 150.

In boys action, Glencoe’s Scott Chudacoff shot a 148 to win up in a tie for seventh place.

Kelli Ono/Noah Apter Highland Park

Golf: Ono, who will be a junior at HPHS this fall, finished three strokes back and claimed runner-up honors (155) at the Mid-American Junior Golf Tour’s Sanctuary Open in New Lenox on June 19-20.

Kenilworth’s Blake Yaccino took eighth with a 168.

In boys action, Apter shot a 74 on round two to place fifth (154). Jack Junge of Winnetka finished in a four-way tie for seventh (155).

Maddie Lipp Lake Forest

Tennis: In addition to winning a state doubles title and earning a scholarship to Northwestern, Lipp capped off her career at Lake Forest High School as a National High School Tennis All-American.

All-American honors run in the family.

Her sister, Nicole, was an All-American soccer player at Duke University.

Elysia Bolton Lake Forest

Tennis: She claimed the girls’ 14 singles title at the 2013 Chicago District. She defeated Nicole Roe 6-4, 7-5 in the championship.

Wilmette’s Aron Hiltzik and Winnetka’s Jack Zipoli took runner-up honors in their division. Hiltzik dropped a 6-2, 6-4 decision to Michael Lorenzini in boys’ 18 singles. Zipoli fell 6-4, 6-1 in the boys’ 12 singles.

Lake Forest’s Christina Zordani (girls’ 16 singles) and Highland Park’s Eli Gordon (boys’ 12 singles) were third-place finishers, while Winnetka’s Cameron Compall was fourth at girls’ 12 singles.

The Midwest Closed Junior Championships for 16s and 18s will be held in Indianapolis on June 25-30.

Mike Gajos New Trier

Volleyball: The 6-foot-6 senior opposite, a second-team all-stater and CSL player of the year, has been selected to the Illinois All-Star team. He finished the season with 214 kills, 31 solo blocks and 91 digs.

NT’s other all-conference players included senior outside hitter Carlos Zambrano (174 kills, 26 aces), senior setter Matt Wascher (88 kills, 726 assists, 39 aces, 158 digs), senior middle blocker Hank Sholl (111 kills, 24 solo blocks, 48 assist blocks) and junior middle blocker Jack Serrino (158 kills, 29 solo blocks, 48 assist blocks). ■

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For stacey and andrew a night in the city punctuates Father’s Day weekend

I (Stacey) recently developed a school in Highwood called The Performer’s School. We do audition workshops.

The week before Father’s Day, we had 24 students there — it was a huge success.

After the busy week it was nice that Friday night to stay home and grill. We had a nice quiet time with the kids (Jackson, 6, and Melanie, 3). Then we went to Frost Gelato in Highland Park, and the kids got ice cream from Dairy Queen. We all ate outside.

On Saturday night we got really dressed up and went into Chicago without the kids. We had dinner at the Atwood Café in the Hotel Burnham. We love it because it has the 1920s-inspired theme — very Art Deco. We dated in 1996, and then we met again in 2003; we used to go to the Atwood Café when we were dating.

“We had dinner at the Atwood Café in the Hotel Burnham. We love it because it has the 1920s-inspired theme — very Art Deco.”

Stacey Flaster, who is involved with theater, and her husband Andrew May, a lawyer, enjoyed a recent weekend on the North Shore and in the city.

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Then we went to see “The Book of Mormon.” We loved the play. It’s accessible for someone who’s not in theater.

We see shows together all the time. Afterwards we came home and watched Dave Chappelle’s Comedy Hour.

Sunday was Father’s Day. We went to brunch at Norton’s in Highland Park. We took the kids for a walk to a nearby park, and we all ran the bases. Our son got the best time – 25 seconds. That night we went to Nite ‘N Gale’s in Highwood – we love Highwood and its restaurants.

Stacey Flaster and Andrew May, as told to David Sweet.

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