The North Shore Weekend EAST, Issue 39 by JWC Media

No. 39 | A JWC Media publication

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A former veteran of Wall Street writes a novel set during financial meltdown. P. 16

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it’s a dog’s life for canines at North Shore beaches. P. 14

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grabs runner-up honors in doubles’ championship. P. 25

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

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

Market movers Farmers markets are open for business all across the North Shore – and many offer far more than the basic fruits and vegetables.

Real Estate 20

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

Open Houses Find out — complete with map — what houses you can walk through for possible purchase on the North Shore on Sunday.

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High five John Dwyer, a 1967 Loyola Academy graduate, has guided the school’s girls’ lacrosse team to five straight state titles.

Sweet spot Jolly Good Fellows recently opened to big crowds, offering yogurts, cupcakes and more. They may be able to survive where other North Shore sweet shops have failed.

Littel big man Lawrence Littel, a World War II veteran, earned six medals in the Pacific Theater.

Going to the dogs Dog beaches are a hot spot every summer on the North Shore. What amenities do they have?

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Lifestyle & Arts 16

Last but not least…

Sunday Breakfast North Shore native Scott Stevenson, a former Wall Street banker, has written his first novel — a murder mystery set on Wall Street.

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

Perfect Weekend Ann and Peter Silberman find joy and eye-opening experiences during a trip to Buenos Aires.

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ViVé Farmers markets are North Shore’s food network

s anyone who knows me will attest, I’m not a gourmet cook. Scratch that. I’m not a cook. Period. (I’ve been told turning bread into toast — which I’ve become fairly proficient at — doesn’t count.) But I am an eater. And whatever has been on my plate from a farmers market over the years has been gobbled up quickly. The North Shore is stocked with superb farmers markets. Beyond the fresh fruits and vegetables, handmade crepes and other special fare can be purchased. Read Abby Wickman’s cover story on the cornucopia of items in this issue. Speaking of food, Jolly Good Fellows Sweet Boutique is a new addition on the North Shore and — especially with the kids out of school — has been a popular destination for its cupcakes, candy and more. Interestingly enough, sweet stores haven’t been a hit on the North Shore, with three closing recently. But Laura Fellows’ recipe for success was created for the long haul — she’s thought about

this type of shop for about a decade. Read Joanna Brown’s profile inside. Many get eaten alive on Wall Street, but North Shore native Scott Stevenson — who dined on lobsters, steak and other sumptuous fare during his years with Merrill Lynch and other investment firms — did not. Now, he’s written a novel influenced by his experiences called “Decay Time – A Wall Street Murder and Morality Tale.” Stevenson had no intention of writing a book once he exited the business in 2008, but after suffering through media reports of Wall Street’s rapaciousness, he desired to put a human face on the citadel of capitalism. (As an aside, the two of us played together on the 16-1 Lake Forest Country Day School baseball team in 1978 — I hope his book sees success like that enjoyed by the long-ago Panthers’ squad).

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Kendall McKinven, Style Editor

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An objective eye lends to a competitive sale! How you live in a home is completely different from how you sell a home. The professional home stager is able to look at your home objectively in a way that you, your friends and your family cannot—after all, you’ve lived there for years and have many happy memories associated with the rooms. Your buyers, however, don’t have that history—that’ll be theirs to make, when they make an offer. When your house is on the market, it’s absolutely critical to create rooms with aesthetically pleasing focal points, direct the flow of traffic between rooms and generate an overall ambience that promotes each room as an oasis of calm, inviting buyers to not think of the property as “your house”, but instead, to see it as “their home”. Color, art and room themes—what’s really important? There’s a reason we trust the services of trained professionals—when you cut corners, you always take a risk. Just as you wouldn’t trust a janitor to perform surgery, you should remember that home sales and Home Staging® are professions like any other, and that by enlisting the services of a trained professional, you’ve shown prospective home buyers how serious you are about the piece of real estate you’re listing. While your friend or family member may indeed have a good “eye” for home design, ask yourself if you’d be willing to keep your home on the market longer, or settle for a lesser offer than your home is worth, just to save a few pennies in having it professionally staged. To get a top-notch home sale, you must be willing to invest in top-notch service!

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Ann Pagtmeier and Laurie Sherman help Mathew Jones of Apple Holler Bakery bag up an order at the Northfield Farmers Market on Saturday.

A veritable cornucopia

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Vegetables, fruits — even handmade crepes — draw customers to North Shore farmers markets ■ by abby wickman “It’s like you’re inside a Norman Rockwell painting,” Lake Forest resident Lori Baker said of her first visit of the summer to the Lake Bluff Farmers Market. “We love the diversity of everything that’s offered,” Baker said. “Fresh white fish caught yesterday to handmade crepes – even music. I mean, my gosh.” Farmers markets are in full swing on the North Shore. Replete with fresh offerings of a variety of foods and other items, they draw hundreds of customers each week to downtowns, and those from out of town often stay to frequent local stores as well. Some farmers markets offer targeted selections. The Wilmette French Market — open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. through Nov. 2 — features traditional market tents from across the pond. “We lived in France for a year, so the French market was a good draw,” Wilmette resident Jack Martin said. “It’s a place to get fresh veggies or fruits and to support this kind of community.” Passion Flower Company owner Jennifer Nickson became a vendor at the French market primarily as a means of advertising. “I do pretty well here. I sell a lot of Christmas gifts and things for people,” Nickson said. “[The market] works really well for me because this is most of my advertising.” Similarly, Jenny Pruim owns Cloud Nine Sterling Silver Jewelry and sells about 80 percent of her goods at local farmers markets. “It’s just me, and it’s not a big corporate enterprise,” Pruim said. “I’m a local girl, and this helps support my family.” Pruim’s father, an author, also sells his books at the market.

“You get the opportunity to meet the customer firsthand as opposed to selling [the book] just through Barnes and Noble,” Pruim said. “They’re an upbeat, dynamic venue in which to sell… here you have the natural foot traffic.” “Going with the flow” of the market’s foot traffic is what Wilmette resident Jen Truszkowski appreciates about the French market. Located in the Wilmette Metra Station parking lot, the vendor tents are lined up in two rows – allowing customers to walk between tents selling clothes, coffee, plants, baked goods and other items. “I love the coffee and fresh produce,” Truszkowski said. For those who prefer to visit an actual farm, the Garden Farm Market at Elawa Farm in Lake Forest is open on Tuesdays (noon to 5 p.m.), Fridays (8 a.m.-1 p.m.) and Saturdays (8 a.m.-1 p.m.). Vegetables, flowers and other fare picked from the 16-acre property are available, along with scones, soups and more cooked in its kitchen, where Gale Gand is a chef.

“It’s just me, and it’s not a big corporate enterprise. I’m a local girl, and this helps support my family.” | Jenny Pruim In its 20th year, the Lake Bluff Farmers Market is open from 7 a.m. to noon every Friday until October. However, the 25 vendors (and a few savvy customers) arrive as early as 6 a.m. on some days. “The vendors come early to set up, and people have learned that,” Market Manager Gridley Swanton said. “If

they’re going to the train or something, if they’re going to work, they stop by early to pick something up.” River Valley Kitchen long-time employee Cheri Daniels has been selling at the Lake Bluff Farmers Market for about 10 years, along with several other small and locally based businesses. “We grow the mushrooms organically. We do all the canning ourselves – we have a small processing kitchen on our farm where we do all the canning,” Daniels said. For those who both buy produce and grow their own, Master Gardeners from the Lake County Extension of the University of Illinois are available every third Friday to answer gardening questions. “People can bring in samples of plants for identification – same thing if their plants have a disease. They can bring in a stem or something that has the disease on it, and we’ll help them ID the disease,” said Master Gardener and Lake Bluff resident Daun Roth. “Somebody had mildew on their cucumbers and then [we told them] how to treat that.” Located on the Village Green in downtown Lake Bluff, the vendor tents and tables surrounding the village’s gazebo make for a bustling scene. “Seeing everybody you know, it’s a real social gathering,” Baker said. “It’s so fun and so original.” Also on the North Shore, Highwood’s Gourmet Farmer’s Market is open on Wednesday evenings from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. until Sept. 4 and is located in Everts Park in downtown Highwood. The City of Lake Forest Farmers Market and the Glencoe Farmers Market are located in the towns’ respective Metra Parking lots and open Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Ravinia in Highland Park has a Farmers Market every Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Those looking for a Winnetka Farmers Market may visit the Northfield Farmers Market, run through the Winnetka-Northfield Chamber of Commerce. It is open on Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. at 6 Happ Road in Northfield. ■

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Morgan Fellows (left) and Carter Fellows display a selection of Jolly Good Fellows’ cupcakes.

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How sweet it is

Jolly Good Fellows aims to succeed where others have fallen short

Lake Forest resident Laura Fellows celebrated the grand opening of her sweet shop, Jolly Good Fellows, on June 15. It wasn’t on a whim — she’s been planning the store for more than a decade. The former interior designer had long clipped pictures of things she loved and design she admired. And when she shopped around the North Shore discovering businesses she liked, she encouraged them to expand into Lake Forest. “But no one was biting,” she recalled recently. “This community was built on the basis that the kids can walk to school and to the beach, but there was no place to go and ‘hang out’ or buy a cookie for $1.” As her three children got older and she reclaimed more time for herself, Jolly Good Fellows was born. The sweet boutique in Market Square features cupcakes, frozen yogurt and other bakery goods for customers of most every age. Cupcakes are baked without added preservatives, mixers or fillers. There are options, too, for customers who are dairy-free, gluten-free, sugar-free and vegetarian. Just down the aisle from a Scout Blue Moon cupcake and Pomegranate Raspberry non-fat frozen yogurt machine is a candy counter stocked with oversized gummy bears, jawbreakers and candy buttons. An old-fashioned soda counter and lollipop chandelier round out the space. “I wanted a place where kids would come and spend their allowance on a treat without grabbing their parents’ credit card,” she said. “I wanted families to come together and have everyone choose what they’re in the mood for, because sometimes your kids just want gummy bears.” Sweet shops have faced mixed success in the area. A few blocks away from Jolly Good Fellows, Sweet’s — which features ice cream and candy — has been open since the 1980s. Yet in Lake Bluff, the store Sweet Things folded after less than two years in business. Two Highland Park sweet shops

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closed this year, including Maria’s Sweet Bites, which focused on cupcakes. Fellows’s method of building a business through her intimate knowledge of the community where she raised her children (all of whom work at Jolly’s) has her poised for success, local experts agree. “Business owners today have to know their market and find how they will fit into the fabric of the community. You have to know what you’re doing and find the perfect location,” explained Joanna Rolek, executive director of the Lake Forest Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce. Highland Park Chamber of Commerce executive director Virginia Glasner said the difference between success and failure lies with the delivery. “Customers have the capability of buying from anywhere, so for a local business to succeed they have to offer a really great product and exceptional customer service. They have to make the customer feel special, and if you can do that you’ll have a lifelong customer,” Glasner said. Fellows welcomed her first customers this spring – and admits that she nearly cried the first time a child showed her a fist full of change and asked what she could afford. Fellows said the Market Square storefront that she occupies (formerly The Toy Station) was the first space she looked at. The store’s nostalgic atmosphere was an obvious fit. “I knew Lake Forest and what would work, and I knew that the very modern, sterile yogurt shops you see a lot of right now would not resonate in Lake Forest,” she said. Moving forward, Fellows said her goals are simple. Sure she has strategies in place to give her shop has year-round staying power (her basement space is as large as the street-level store) but first thing’s first: “Right now, I need to be sure the shop is running well, I need to know that the staff is happy and that the customer is happy. It’s going to be a great summer for walk-ins.” ■

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“Parents still love their children. They just need guidance,” says Judi Lindgren, who volunteers for CASA.

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‘Can you imagine how that kid feels?’

CASA concentrates on improving abused children’s welfare

Volunteer advocate Judi Lindgren was getting her hair done at a salon, and Executive Director Terri Greenberg was picking out charity gift cards at the mall when they first heard about CASA. They were immediately hooked. Standing for Court Appointed Special Advocate, CASA is a program started in 1976 by Superior Court Judge David Soukup in Seattle. Frustrated at the lack of facts needed to determine a child’s welfare, he established the volunteer-based organization so that abused and neglected children could have “an extra set of eyes and ears” throughout the case. Caseworkers, who balance an average of 60 cases, come and go; CASA advocates, who closely manage one or two, hope to be the “constant” in a child’s life. Today, CASA has more than 1,000 chapters across America, with a Lake County program based in Vernon Hills. In the past year, 276 advocates volunteered more than 45,000 hours to help abused and neglected children throughout the county. They study each case, regularly meet with the children and communicate with family members, doctors, teachers and others deemed useful to the case. In court, they present a detailed report to the judge and any recommendations. Lindgren had been an elementary school principal in Deerfield for 17 years. She wanted to continue serving kids after retirement, but in a different capacity. After 40 hours of classes and training, she took on her first case in October, 2011. She has visited her child in a foster care situation, during supervised visits with his mother and during unsupervised visits. She has even gone to pediatrician checkups and secured a double stroller for the mother. The goal of her case is to reunite the mother with the child. “That mother-and-child or father-and-child bond is so strong, that even in difficult situations, parents can be trained to get on track with their lives,” said Lindgren. “I think one of the things that have come across loud and clear to me is that even in situations where children have been neglected and taken away, parents still love their children. They just need guidance.” Noga Villalon of Winnetka got involved four years ago

and is now on her third case. After working in investment banking in London for 20 years, she came back to U.S. to “pursue things for the soul, not for the pocket.” Through her experiences, she has developed more understanding about why juvenile delinquents act out when they do. She sees them coming from households with no role models. The parents drink or use drugs. They do not have the necessary supplies for school. A teacher once told her that the child couldn’t go out for recess because his torn-up shoes posed a safety risk. “Can you imagine how that kid feels?” Villalon said. “If we get involved early enough, we can help them become productive members of society.” The need for more advocates is evident in the statistics. According to a 2012 report by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, there were over 1,400 children abused in Lake County, and the annual numbers are increasing. Illinois child deaths have also skyrocketed Like every nonprofit, states Greenberg, CASA’s constant challenge is to raise funding and awareness. In her 12 years as executive director, she catapulted the program to great heights and earned multiple honors, including a national award for “Outstanding Executive Director.” After attending one of her galas, Dr. Phil became a spokesperson for the entire CASA program, which helped further increase the number of advocates across the country. “I’ve seen horror stories, and the abuse is unfathomable,” said Greenberg. “You can’t walk away from this. I see the difference one person can make in these lives, and it’s certainly my passion.” Villalon recently received a text message from a teenage girl. She thanked Villalon for helping her be the first person in her family to graduate from high school, adding, “If it wasn’t for you, I’d probably be lost.” “Nothing in my professional life, like starting my own company and being successful, gave me the same kind of fulfillment that that text gave me,” said Villalon. Anyone can be a CASA advocate, not just those with legal or educational backgrounds. The time commitment varies per case but averages at 10-12 hours per month. More information can be found at www.casalakecounty.com. ■

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Dr. Mark Hill recently represented the City of Highland Park for the 10th anniversary conference of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative held in Marquette, Mich. Highland Park was recognized as following best practices with regard to recommendations of the organization. “This is incredibly pertinent to the city in terms of energy sustainability, climate change adaptation, waste and water management, and more,” Dr. Hill said.

Community Partners for Affordable Housing (CPAH) has two townhomes available in Highland Park for income-qualified households. Each home has three bedrooms and is within walking distance of a Metra station. CPAH is holding an information session on Tuesday, July 9 at 7 p.m. at 400 Central Ave., Suite 111. To find out if you qualify for one of these homes or to register for the information session, please contact CPAH at (847) 681-8746 or at akaufman@cpahousing.org.

lake forest The Lake Forest High School Environmental Club recognized five Lake Forest restaurants as recycling-friendly businesses. The Deerpath Inn, Gerhards Bakery, Market House on the Square, MH Fish House, and Sweets were each awarded a certificate recognizing their use of completely recyclable food take-out containers.

WILMETTE Beverly and Marshall Fleischman in the Wilmette office of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage were named outstanding award winners recently. In May, the duo received recognition for being the top agents of written contracts, new contracts, and closed contracts.

lake forest On Saturday, July 13 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., the League of Women Voters-Lake Forest/Lake Bluff will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Illinois women’s right to vote in presidential and municipal elections. Stop by for a glass of bubbly and stay for a wine tasting at Grand Cru Wine Merchants, 840 S. Waukegan Rd., in Lake Forest for a $10 donation. A percentage of sales will be donated to the League. A century ago Gov. Edward F. Dunne signed the Illinois Municipal Voting Act into law, making Illinois the first state east of the Mississippi River to allow women to vote in local and presidential elections.

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kenilworth After 29 years of service to the Village, Police Chief John Petersen announced his retirement. The Kenilworth Board of Trustees will be hosting a farewell celebration for Petersen on Monday, July 8 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Kenilworth Club. Please join us in wishing Petersen the best of luck in his retirement and in all of his future endeavors.

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Lawrence Littel.

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Littel played big role in World War II ■ by angelika labno At Clark Field in the Philippines during World War II, Lawrence Littel walked over to three Jeeps pulled off to the side of the road. Approaching them, he said, “You better get out of here; they’re shelling from the mountains up here.” He looked over to the guy sitting next to the driver. It was General Douglas MacArthur. “He looked at me, with his hand kind of low, like he gave me a half salute. He smiled, and he turned around,” said Littel of Evanston, who shared his story of being stationed in the Pacific during a Veterans’ Roundtable meeting recently at the Wilmette Public Library. “He was running to get to Manila,” Littel added. Littel was drafted at 18, straight out of Evanston High School, and sent to training in Texas with no idea of where he would end up. When in New Caledonia, he was assigned to the 160 th Infantry Regiment in the 40 th Division as part of the California National Guard. He then travelled around the Pacific, practicing landings in New Guinea and relieving Marines in Guadalcanal. On Jan. 9, 1945, Littel arrived in Luzon — the biggest island in the Philippines — as part of the largest landing in the Pacific. The mission of driving out Japanese forces began. The first job was making the way down to Camp O’Donnell, the last stop on the Bataan Death March that had killed numerous U.S. soldiers. Littel was training for a landing in Kyushu, Japan when the atomic bombs were dropped in August, 1945. “Nobody knew about the atomic bombs; it was a surprise,” he said. “We were rushed up to Korea, because we didn’t know what the Russians were gonna do.” He stayed in South Korea (the country had just been divided into two parts by the

United States and Soviet Union) for four weeks, where he went around to surrendered Japanese barracks. When his troops got to the 38th parallel —whose importance they knew nothing about at the time — a general warned them from going any further. That afternoon, a B-17 flew over them and shook its wings before going across the parallel. Once it got over a ridge, the Russians and North Koreans shot it down.

“Nobody knew about the atomic bombs; it was a surprise. We were rushed up to Korea, because we didn’t know what the Russians were gonna do.” | Lawrence Littel “In other words, the Cold War started right there,” said Littel. For his service, Littel was awarded six medals, including a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He was also one of 11 to survive out of 187 in the company. Littel credits his faith for saving him, and he especially appreciates a man named Father O’Brien for keeping his morale up. “He was one of the bravest men I ever knew,” said Littel. “He ran around and gave men their last rites — he held the Jewish services, too. “I talked to him several times; we prayed. It was a helping hand.” ■

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Dogs have their days at North Shore beaches ■ by abby wickham

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Rick Surkamer often walks a friend’s dog — a German Shepherd and Golden Retriever mix named Cricket — around Lake Bluff’s dog beach. “Down here you can have a great natural beach, and the dogs can also enjoy it,” Surkamer said. “During the week it’s very quiet. On the weekends it’s very busy.” With the warm weather finally here, North Shore residents are visiting their local dog beaches with greater frequency. At Sunrise, “the mornings are particularly busy – people like to take their dogs out for a swim first thing,” said Lake Bluff Park District Communications and Promotions Manager Jeff Spillman While all of the North Shore dog beaches (Sunrise Beach, Gillson Park Dog Beach in Wilmette, Centennial Park Beach in Winnetka, and Moraine Beach in Highland Park) require permits or special paperwork to be completed in order for dog owners to use the beach, prices vary across locations. Residents can expect to pay $35-$40 for a season pass, while prices can quadruple for non-residents. North Shore dog beaches also often include different amenities for their patrons. For the convenient retrieval and disposal of dog waste, most of the beaches provide dog “baggies,” or as Sunrise Beach calls them, “Mutt Mitts” – degradable pick-up mitts. Centennial Park Beach in Winnetka provides a shower area for owners to rinse off their dogs after a day of play. Located in Wilmette, and adjacent to Gillson Park and Beach, the Gillson Park Dog Beach is open to both residents and non-residents of Wilmette who have purchased a dog tag and completed an application for a dog beach permit. Highland Park resident Erin Perry

enjoys bringing her 12-week-old Labrador to the beach because of its cleanliness, and the fact that the beach is enclosed. Though the beach is off-leash, owners must keep their dogs leashed the entire walk to and from the beach – including the path and wooden walkway uphill of the beach.

“The mornings are particularly busy – people like to take their dogs out for a swim first thing.” | Jeff Spillman Rare among North Shore communities, Lake Forest does not have a dog beach. Lake Forest Superintendent of Special Facilities Jeff Wait does not recall any proposals or plans for one being discussed. A Lake Forest dog beach would not be a section of Forest Park Beach, “just because of the layout, and there isn’t a contained area [for the dog beach],” Wait said. Though some believe dog beaches should only be used in the summer — when humans flock to the shoreline — Gillson Park Dog Beach frequenter Gabin Lendon disagrees. Along with his faithful companion, Moose, he has been coming to the beach almost daily for the last three years. Though it can get busy in the summer, it’s always empty in the winter, Lendon said. “It gets me out in the wintertime. Otherwise, I’d sit at home, but when you have a dog you know you have to walk him,” Lendon said. “Put on the right gear, and you won’t get cold.” ■

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Jacie Kuchan

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Former ballet dancer twirls to career in physical therapy

therapists who were hired by the company to treat us, and they’d come in every morning for an hour or two and help us with small injuries. I had a lot of treatment; and then I got injured, and I’ll never forget sitting across the table from this doctor and him saying, “We can fuse this joint, but either way, you’ll never dance again.” I didn’t have a high school education — if you’re going to be a professional dancer, you can’t have an education. I was 25. I went back home and decided I didn’t want to be a ballet teacher, I wanted to go to college, and because I was older, I narrowed in on the physical therapy — it was what I knew. And I’ve always wanted to work with dancers. It wasn’t easy.

Jacie Kuchan has a doctorate in physical therapy and is a former ballet dancer. She works as a physical and dance therapist at Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital. She lives in Fort Sheridan. Reading: I’m reading about the Arab world, and it’s the history of Lawrence of Arabia, “Setting the Desert on Fire.” It covers 1916 to 1918 and sets up the precedent for what’s now going on in the Arab world and how things have developed in Iran and Afghanistan. Listening: I do enjoy listening to classical music, but I haven’t done a lot of music lately. I also like 93XRT. Watching: The last two movies I’ve seen are “Lincoln” and “Argo.” I enjoyed them both — I like history, I find it fascinating, and even though I knew what was going to happen in “Argo,” it was still told very well. And “Lincoln” did so many things — the movie narrowed in on a few aspects, but I enjoyed both of them. I also watch BBC World News for a half hour with my morning coffee as I wake up. You get a little bit of American news, but you get a lot of international news. Following: Right now I go down and see the Joffrey all the time, I have a good friend that I follow closely. But I’m also working on the dance aspect of physical therapy; I’ll be attending a bunch of continuing education classes in New York City, focusing on physical therapy for dancers, and I’ll have certification in that within the next two years. I’m really excited about that. Activity: I, myself, don’t dance anymore, but I do exercise five days a week. I take a couple of classes and I jog, just to keep myself in shape for the work I do. My job is very physical. I primarily do outpatient physical therapy — I’ll treat teenagers to Medicare patients, anything from tendinitis to a total hip replacement. I’ve had 11, 12 patients that are dancers that I’ve been working with, and it’s very fun to take the knowledge that I had as a dancer and the knowledge that I have of anatomy and physiology and put that knowledge to work with dancers and figure out what their pain is. When I was a dancer, we had physical

“I went back home and decided I didn’t want to be a ballet teacher, I wanted to go to college, and because I was older, I narrowed in on the physical therapy — it was what I knew.” | Jacie Kuchan Eating: One of my favorite restaurants is Froggy’s. I eat pretty clean; my friend who’s a dancer, she doesn’t eat anything with more than seven ingredients on the label, and I’ve taken that to heart. This is not an absolute, but it’s a nice guideline that I follow. What is your favorite mistake? I’ve made many mistakes. I think for me, I don’t know if I can point one out, but mistakes are how you learn. So go out, make a lot of mistakes, but you learn something from every one. You grow as a person, as a clinician. They don’t need to be thought of as a negative. ■

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When Wall Street creates book value

■ by david sweet After tossing his Blackberry into Manhattan’s East River in 2008, Scott Stevenson thought he had left Wall Street for good. But he’s returned to it — not physically, but in print. “Decay Time — A Wall Street Murder and Morality Tale” is the Lake Bluff native’s debut novel. Published by Ice Cold Crime this spring and available on Amazon.com and Kindle, the paperback aims to put a human face on a way of business often lambasted by the media and others. Once he departed investment banking after stints with Merrill Lynch, Deutsche Bank and others, “I had no intention of writing a book,” says Stevenson, who moved his family to Chattanooga, Tenn., soon after leaving his high-stress job. But the financial markets and the global economy imploded as the months dragged on in 2008. Unemployment jumped. Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank below 7,000. Finger-pointing began, and Wall Street was blamed for the mess. Reading about it and watching television reports, the veteran investment banker grew more upset as misconceptions piled up. “I was tired of the scapegoating,” says the 50-yearold, who was involved in the creation and distribution of a variety of financial products. “Clearly Wall Street and some of the behavior there contributed to what happened, but they were singled out. Having sat in the jaws of the beast for 15 years, what they were describing wasn’t accurate.” Once the Occupy Wall Street movement grabbed the spotlight, Stevenson was stirred to write. “That was the tipping point. It became fashionable to bash the bad corporate people,” he says. “Wall Street is not a bastion of goodness, but not everyone has bad ethics — not everyone is Bernie Madoff.” A graduate of Lake Forest Country Day School, Stevenson started the novel with the goals of educating and entertaining the reader while weaving in a morality tale. But he admits his discipline in the business world didn’t translate to being an author. “It was a lot more difficult than I thought it would be,” notes Stevenson, who enjoys Egg Harbor Café in

Scott Stevenson

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Lake Forest for Sunday breakfast when he visits the North Shore. “It was really like, ‘Do I feel like writing today?’ “Also, I had communicated in broken English in the business world — Bloomberg messaging, quick sound-bite communication — so to type 80,000 words that has coherency and readability was a challenge.” Stevenson’s book is not a tell-all in fictional form (“The bitter ex-Wall Street employee story is sort of hackneyed”). It is a realistic look at a Wall Street trading floor (at the fictional Smyth Johnston) and how its well-educated occupants try to survive daily chaos. “I wanted to give a better understanding of how stressful it was,” he says. “The characters I developed are almost caricatures of people in those particular roles. “In the quest for money, human frailties arise. Most of the people on Wall Street have to work hard just to keep their jobs. They’re drinking too much, their marriage goes stale — it’s the human condition.” A fan of Shakespeare because of his insights into human behavior along with his emphasis on the struggle of good versus evil, Stevenson made sure a murder was part of the plot for moral reasons. “There is a day of comeuppance, a day of reckoning — bad behavior is ultimately met with some form of justice,” he explains. Stevenson is scheduled to hold a signing of his 326-page book (which includes a glossary of financial terms) soon at his college alma mater, Vanderbilt University. Whether students there will be enamored of a relatively positive book on Wall Street remains to be seen, but whatever the reaction, their lives (especially when school costs exceed $60,000 per year) are influenced by the best-known financial district in the world. “Wall Street is a gateway to capital,” Stevenson says. “You can hate it or like it, but we are inextricably tied to it.” ■

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Harmonious Healing photography by larry miller For the 17th year in a row, The Myra Rubenstein Weis Health Resource Center Luncheon saw a sold-out crowd walk through the doors of Highland Park Country Club to celebrate their work in support of NorthShore University HealthSystem and Highland Park Hospital. More than $100,000 was raised, which will go toward the Living in the Future (LIFE) Cancer Survivorship Program at NorthShore.

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evening of story and song curated by Arlene Malinowski and Will Rogers. Off-site parking Street about a 10-minute walk from Ragdale. Want to submit your North Shore event to Goings On About Towns? Send an email with the particulars and the subject heading “GOAT” to katierose@jwcmedia at least 10 days before publication, and we will do our best to get it in.

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A matter of taste

Glencoe mainstay succeeds with own recipes ■ by katie rose mceneely

Frank Zadeh.

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Frank Zadeh owns and operates Frank & Betsie’s Restaurant in Glencoe with his wife, the eponymous Betsie. How did you start cooking? When I was an undergraduate, I was working after my classes for Hyatt Corporation, Hyatt Regency O’Hare. We had a dining room called “Hugo’s Dining Room.” We had a lot of tableside preparation. I started working as an assistant for the waiter, but very soon I was promoted to waiter and then captain. I went to the management for the Hyatt, and I worked sometimes for the corporation, After a time I was promoted to food and beverage director, so I had close contact with the chefs working for us. I learned first how to make European pastries. I became very skillful on that, and I learned general cooking from the executive chef. Then I went to graduate school and spent three years working for different corporations, but decided I wanted work for myself. I opened my first restaurant in Highland Park, Maison De Patisseries. I had a small menu and then I saw that my pastry was popular, so I started selling it wholesale. I met Betsie and we decided 16 years ago to move to this location and established as Frank & Betsie’s restaurant. Because we’ve been so busy and popular, we did not continue our wholesale business. We’re only baking for ourselves now. Years cooking? 29 years. Best recipe tweak? I create almost 99 percent of my own recipes. Signature dish? One thing people order in advance is our lamb shank, which is slow oven-roasted with garlic and rosemary with bordelaise sauce. Favorite dish to make? Chicken Florentine is my favorite — boneless, skinless chicken wrapped in sautéed spinach with caramelized onion and feta cheese, lightly battered with panko breadcrumbs and slow-roasted.

What do you like to eat at home? To be honest, we don’t eat that much at home, we are always here. Most of the time we eat very simple or we eat out. Sometimes at our second home in San Diego, I cook more because I’m more relaxed, and we are very close to the ocean. Favorite vegetable? I love asparagus. Funniest kitchen incident? The funniest thing I can mention is when we opened Frank & Betsie’s, it was so busy that I was working with two assistants. One day one of the assistants made a nice sandwich for himself and said he was going to eat it in his car and take a break. He never came back. He couldn’t take the pressure. It became a joke with the staff: “Oh, you’ll make a sandwich and take a break.” Frank & Betsie’s Restaurant is located at 51 Green Bay Road in Glencoe. For more information or to make a reservation, visit frankandbetsies.com or call 847-446-0404 ■

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23 | sports Dwyer’s dynasty Success rate of Loyola Academy’s girls lacrosse coach is something to behold

John Dwyer has guided the Ramblers to five straight state titles.

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■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com John Dwyer was a 1967 Loyola Academy graduate and football player at Georgetown University when he handled a lacrosse stick for the very first time. He didn’t say, “What’s this, the Jolly Green Giant’s oddlooking ladle?” But Dwyer was perplexed. “I had no idea what to do with it,” recalled Dwyer, Loyola Academy’s girls lacrosse coach for the past 12 seasons. “A friend of mine, also a football player, had handed it to me. “I totally embarrassed myself back then, trying to play catch with accomplished players.” Dwyer got better at it — by whipping balls at dorm walls and snaring the rebounds. While wearing a … catcher’s mask. “That’s how I learned the fundamentals of lacrosse,” said the Winnetka native. Those involved in Illinois high school girls lacrosse learned nothing new in the spring. Loyola’s Ramblers (233) won a fifth straight state championship and eighth in 11 years on May 31, and their popular, super friendly coach is still a shorter, not-so-Zen-dependent version of Phil Jackson. Dwyer also guided his program to a fifth consecutive No. 1 ranking (LaxPower.com) in the Midwest, and nine Ramblers — including first-teamers Katherine Eilers, Grace Foley, Maggie Nick, Anna Schueler and Mary Kate Vanecko — earned all-state honors. “John is intensely focused on team goals each year,” said Jeff Dees, an assistant under Dwyer for 11 years. “State titles are nice, sure, but he also wants to make sure his girls play the game the right way. He likes it when his players share the ball and execute his set plays well. “John,” he added, “is also adept at breaking down film of an opponent, pointing out that opponent’s weaknesses to his team and then coming up with ways to exploit those weaknesses.” Before being named girls lax coach at Loyola, Dwyer “helped out” as a football coach at the school. Before Kelly Amonte was hired to coach women’s lacrosse at Northwestern University, she conducted lax clinics for

young girls (sometimes 20-30 at a time) at Skokie Playfields in Winnetka. Dwyer showed up at those clinics. Dwyer paid attention. Amonte [now Kelly Amonte Hiller] eventually led clinics at Loyola Academy. Amonte has guided the Wildcats to seven NCAA women’s lacrosse championships since 2005. “I went to a million lacrosse clinics, all over, and I watched a lot of film,” said Dwyer, who went to London with family members last summer to watch his nephew, Conor Dwyer, capture an Olympic gold medal in swimming as a member of the United States’ 800-meter freestyle relay team. “Studying film — I did that because of my football background.” His father-in-law, Terry Brennan, coached football at the University of Notre Dame from 1954-58, going 32-18. In his early years as the Ramblers’ girls lacrosse coach, Dwyer welcomed outstanding athletes from other sports and often turned them into crack lax players. You can’t teach speed and strength, but you can certainly teach cradling and passing and catching. More often than not these days, he gets lax savvy freshmen, thanks to the sport’s steady growth in the Midwest and well-coached clubs like NU-based Wildcat Elite. Schueler wasn’t one of them. One of the best athletes in the school came out for lacrosse in February of her freshman year. She was as green in lacrosse as Dwyer was at Georgetown in the late 1960s. “Anna,” Dees said, “used her speed and talent to work her magic within John’s set plays.” Schueler will play Division I lacrosse for the University of Michigan. Years ago, in a 4th of July community sprint in Winnetka, a grade-school girl turned into a blur in no time. Dwyer had one question for the speedster after the race: “Do you play lacrosse?” The speedster was Foley. Foley ended up playing varsity lacrosse for three years under Dwyer and will continue to compete in the sport at Georgetown. She played a vital role in LA’s 16-5 defeat

of Montini Catholic in the state championship game in Glenview on May 31. “He’s committed to the program 100 percent and never late for practice, even though he has another job [as director of institutional fix income at Robert W. Baird],” said Foley, a tri-captain in ’13. “The love he has for the sport is pure, and he really cares about every player every year.” LA girls assistant coach Elizabeth Kadison O’Connor (Loyola Academy, ’02) played on Dwyer’s teams and served as a two-year lacrosse captain at Boston College. O’Connor has been an assistant since ’09, meaning she’s 5-for-5 in state title games. She was not a member of a state championship squad as a player. LA’s crew in ’02 — O’Connor’s senior season — finished state runner-up to Lake Forest High School. LA had a comfortable lead at the half of the title game. LA lost by a goal. The sting of the result still lingers for O’Connor. “I felt I had let John down,” she recalled. “He loves the X’s and O’s of lacrosse, and he’s always had high expectations for his teams. At the same time, he constantly encourages his players and becomes emotionally attached to them. He’s like a father to them. “I love watching him after his teams win state. He walks around with the biggest smile, so satisfied and proud of his girls.” Another one of his assistants is one of his six children, Kathleen Dwyer. John Dwyer’s collective win-loss record the past five seasons (112-12, .903) is gaudy, borderline cartoonish. His ’13 squad beat three eventual state champions [from Michigan, Minnesota and Georgia] and finished the season on a 19-game winning streak. Dwyer has coached 45 Division I recruits at LA. “Kids these days have so much going on in their lives, academically and in other areas,” he said. “We like to think, as coaches, that when the kids spend two hours at a lacrosse practice with us, they consider it a haven. “I love the sport, love coaching, love watching a girl succeed in a sport she hadn’t been introduced to until her freshman year. What makes it all so special is getting to coach a sport at Loyola — my home.” ■

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CLUB SPORTS Soccer (Girls): Alex Bukovac and Molly Cahill, who will be seniors at New Trier High School, helped the Academy United U17 girls to a second-place finish at the 2013 Region II Championships in Des Moines on June 22-26. Academy United missed a chance to move on to the nationals, when it fell to Iowa City Alliance 3-1 in overtime. Soccer (Girls): FC United’s Devin Burns, who scored a team-record 35 goals for Loyola Academy this spring, tallied two goals in the U18 Division at the 2013 Region II Championships in Des Moines on June 22-26. FC United fell to Team Chicago Academy Botofogo 2-1 in the final. Earlier this summer, FC United defeated Botofogo 2-1 in the State Cup. Both teams will advance to the National Championships in Overland Park, Kan., on July 22-28. FC United will be the Region II representative. Botofogo earned a berth by winning the National League title. FC United, which is coached by Loyola’s Craig Snower, features five other Ramblers in Corey Burns, Brittany San Roman, Lauren Smith, Jill Stevens and Gabrielle Zadina. The roster also includes Lake Forest’s Carly Hoke and New Trier’s Kim Greenberg, Tricia Lybrook and Nora Mabie. Soccer (Girls): Almost. The FC United U13 team earned runner-up honors in the 2013 Midwest Regional President’s Cup in Kansas City on June 13-16. The team, which is coached by Shannon Hartinger, lost the title game to Ohio Premier Eagles Black on penalty kicks. Prior to that contest, FC United dominated action in the qualifying games — outscoring its three opponents 9-0. The team is consisted of Emerson Adams, Chloe Cappas, Vanessa Eljaiek, Maggie Filkin, Whitney Hoban, Kiersten Kerrane, Ali Malehorn, Nell Martin, Megan Minturn, Savannah Noethlich, Ellie Pass, Ruby Siegel, Jessa Snower, Loren Steinberg, Edina

Taerbaum, Niki Urban, Ashton Womsley and Cassie Young. Volleyball (Girls): The Wildcat Jrs. 18 Black squad finished 16th in the Open Division at the AAU Girls’ Junior National Championships in Orlando on June 18-26. The roster features New Trier’s Haley Fauntleroy, Brittani Steinberg and Taylor Tashima; Regina Dominican’s Erin French; and Highland Park’s Maxie Mottlowitz.

PREP SPORTS

North Shore Country Day: Three Raiders will play hoops at the next level: Austin Curren (Lake Forest College), Riley Hall (Claremont McKenna) and Jamie Swimmer (Connecticut College). Four NSCD graduates — Ayo Okesanya (St. Thomas), Joel Hylton (St. Thomas), Andrew Segal (Bates College) and Sam Tullman (Pennsylvania) — are set to play college football. The other Raiders planning to compete at the collegiate level include distance runner Hanna Cunningham (George Washington), sailor Anna George (Smith College), tennis player Annie Morris (Colby College) and field hockey players Addison Ball (DePauw) and Lizzy Gendell (St. Lawrence).

COLLEGE SPORTS

Baseball: It was an award-winning season for Tyler Goldstein. The Highland Park High School graduate, a junior pitcher at Johns Hopkins, earned third-team honors on the Capital One Academic All-American Division III Baseball Team, American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team and D3baseball. com All-Mid-Atlantic Region Team.The 5-foot-10 righthander finished the season 8-3 with a 2.58 ERA. He allowed only 59 hits in 66 1/3 innings with 58 strikeouts. An economics major, his GPA is 3.60.

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Baseball: Lake Forest High School graduate Matt Lawrence made the most of his opportunities this spring for Division I Lafayette. In limited action — five starts and 15 games — the freshman outfielder hit .348 with a home run. Baseball: Logan Spurlin, a 2012 graduate of Loyola Academy, had a fine first season at Northern Kentucky. The catcher/first baseman hit .271 with a team-high four home runs and 19 RBI. He was named to the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team. Baseball: Freshman Charlie Gould, who played at Lake Forest High School, appeared in 28 games for William & Mary (39-24). He hit .250 with 10 runs and 10 RBI. His on-base percentage was .352. Baseball: New Trier High School grad Tim Duxbury, a senior pitcher for Denison University, was a first-team all-conference pick. He went 6-3 on the mound. And as a position player, he hit .298 with 20 RBI and 17 runs. During his four seasons with the Ohio school, he played every position except catcher. Connor Murphy, a New Trier grad, also made the all-conference team for Denison. He was honorable mention after posting a 4-5 record and a 3.63 ERA. The right-hander had three complete games. Meanwhile, Loyola Academy grad Andrew Touhy batted .299 with 23 RBI for Denison. The Wilmette native was hit by a pitch 12 times. He had 11 multi-hit games. New Trier grad Lowell Hall, a senior catcher for Denison, batted .286 for the Big Red. He was named to the NCAC All-Tournament team. Baseball: Jim Risi capped off his collegiate career by leading Butler University in hitting (.339) and earning second-team All-Atlantic 10 honors. The ex-Highland Park High School star, a left-handed hitting first baseman, smacked 18 doubles and seven home runs to finish with a .579 slugging percentage. Meanwhile, Lake Forest High School grad Billy Laing made nine starts for Butler. The senior right-hander (1-2) allowed 50 hits in 51 innings. He had 46 Ks. ■

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THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

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Golf (Boys): The Highland Park High School senior-to-be shot a 223 to finish fifth at the 44th Illinois State Junior Amateur Championships at Makray Memorial on June 25-28. His solid 71 on the second round keyed his performance. Hinsdale’s Brendan O’Reilly and Northbrook’s Nick Hardy finished the three rounds with 214s. O’Reilly won the playoff. Lake Forest’s Ian Mankoff finished in a tie for 15th (230). Ian Kelsey of Deerfield shot a 224 to tie for sixth.

Alexana Astor/Kelsey Willian New Trier

Water Polo (Girls): Astor, who will play at Chapman College, finished the season with a team-high 96 goals to go along with 48 ejections drawn, 23 assists and 89 steals. Willian, who is headed to Hamilton College, had 58 goals, 23 assists and 91 steals for the Trevians this spring. Astor was named all-conference, all-sectional (1st team) and all-state (2nd team). Willian was all-sectional (1st team) and allstate (3rd team). The other all-sectional players were Lindsey Siegel (2nd team), Hannah Caywood (2nd team), Samantha Padavic (honorable mention) and Julia Ulrich (honorable mention). Siegel’s season stats included 46 goals, 32 assists and 81 steals. Padavic had 24 goals, 33 assists and 53 steals. Ulrich had 20 goals, 43 assists and 82 steals. And Caywood made 150 saves during the ’13 season and became the school’s all-time record holder for saves (357).

Matt Murlick Winnetka

Golf (Boys): He finished three strokes in back of champion Burke Barsamian (154) during play at the MAJGT’s Aberdeen Classic on June 27-28. Murlick finished in a tie for third (157) with Buffalo Grove’s Karmaren Sandhu and Henry’s Bobby McBride. Joe Egan of Lake Forest placed sixth in the event (158), while Highland Park’s Noah Apter was seventh (159). Winnetka’s William Seaman and Nicholas Iserloth shot 160s to finish in a tie for eighth.

Evan Swenson/Marta Considine

Kelli Ono

Loyola

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Elizabeth Zordani, who will be a junior at Lake Forest High School, took runner-up honors in girls’ 16 doubles at the Midwest Closed Championships.

Thomas Fawcett

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Winnetka

Tennis: A rising senior at New Trier, the 6-foot-5, 200-pound Fawcett defeated Hinsdale’s Martin Joyce 7-6 (5), 6-0 in the boys’ 18 singles title match at the USTA Midwest Outdoor Closed Championships in Indianapolis on June 26. The Winnetka resident is ranked No. 10 nationally by tennisrecruiting.net. Wilmette’s Aron Hiltzik, who dropped a 6-4, 6-2 decision to Joyce in the semifinals, defeated Paul Oosterbaan 6-4, 6-4 in the third-place match. Hiltzik, who has committed to Illinois, is ranked No. 3 in Illinois and 27th nationally. In doubles play at the Midwest Closed, two Lake Forest players — Peter Tarwid and John Zordani — reached the 18s semifinal round before losing. Tarwid teamed with Naperville’s Eric Marbach, while Zordani partnered with Clarendon Hills’ Mike Lorenzini. In boys’ 14 doubles, Highland Park’s Jacob Edelchik joined forces with Hinsdale’s Axel Nefve and advanced to the semifinal round. He also made it to the consolation quarterfinals in singles. Elizabeth Zordani Lake Forest

Tennis: She teamed up with Anna Sanford of Westerville, Ohio, and captured top honors in girls’ 18 doubles at the USTA Midwest Outdoor Closed Championships in Indianapolis on June 26. In the semifinal round, Zordani and Sanford topped Glencoe’s Carol Finke and Ohio’s Brooke Broda 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (11-9). In 18s singles action, Zordani and Sanford met in the round of 16. Sanford

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Highwood

Golf (Girls): She shot an 82 on round two and wound up taking seventh place (167) in the MAJGT’s Aberdeen Classic on June 27-28. Dana Gattone of Addison carded a 147 to win the title. Kenilworth’s Blake Yaccino finished eighth (168), while Lake Forest’s Emily Young was ninth (170). Winnetka’s Julia Schuham shot a 171 to tie for 10th.

won the match 6-4, 6-4 and went on to claim the singles championship. In 16s doubles, Lake Forest’s Christina Zordani and Zoe Spencer of Chicago just missed making the finals. They lost 6-4, 6-2 in the semifinals. In 16s singles, Zordani advanced to the quarterfinal round. Meanwhile, Lake Forest’s Elysia Bolton claimed runner-up honors in the girls’ 14 singles on June 27. She was topped in the final by Meg Kowalski of LaGrange 6-1, 6-4. Along with Chrissy Fuller of Newburg, Ind., Bolton also made the finals in doubles. The duo lost to Ahmeir Kyle (Michigan) and Haleigh Porter (Homewood) 6-3, 6-4. In 12s doubles, Winnetka’s Cameron Compall teamed up with Indian Creek’s Isabel Alviar and advanced to the quarterfinals. 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).

Sam Danneker/Jack Duffy Lake Forest

Volleyball: This junior tandem starred in the middle to lead the Scouts and earn first-team all-conference honors. They’re hard to separate. Danneker registered 118 kills (61 percent) with 19 blocks and 18 digs. Duffy racked up 117 kills (56 percent) with 32 blocks and 12 digs. Senior Jeff Habjan also was recognized. He was honorable mention all-conference. Collin Merk Loyola

Volleyball: The junior was the digs leader (349) and one of five players to make allChicago Catholic League for the Ramblers. The others garnering all-conference recognition were David Wieczorek, Sean Barry, James McCabe and Kevin Webster. Wieczorek, a junior outside hitter, amassed 427 kills, 66 blocks and 59 aces. Barry, a senior outside hitter, tallied 240 kills, 148 digs and 30 aces. McCabe, a right-side hitter and setter, led the team with 337 assists and added 102 kills and 73 blocks. Webster, a senior middle hitter, contributed 117 kills and 76 blocks. Coach Lionel Ebeling was given the Tony Lawless Award (outstanding coach in the Blue Division). Dustin Borenstein/Mason Majszak Highland Park

Volleyball: The two seniors were named to the all-conference team. Borenstein will play college volleyball for

Water Polo (Girls): They were named coMVPs for the Ramblers and nominated for the NISCA All-America team. Swenson, who will swim at USC, completed her senior campaign with 126 goals to end up as LA’s third all-time leading scorer (253 goals). She was first-team all-conference, firstteam all-sectional and first-team all-state. She was third-team all-state as a junior. Considine, a junior, tallied 121 goals this spring. She is fourth all-time at Loyola (223). She was first-team all-conference, first-team all-sectional and second-team all-state. Senior Meredith O’Brien claimed the team award: Rambler of the Year. She came up with a team record 321 saves. She was second-team all-conference, second-team all-sectional and fourth-team all-state. Senior Allison Sajnaj was a second-team all-sectional selection. She finished the season with 62 goals, including a team record 11 in one game. Senior Katie Lynch wound up with 41 goals. She made all-conference (2nd team) and all-sectional (honorable mention). Kyle Strobel Loyola

Water Polo (Boys): The senior goalie was named the MCAC Tony Lawless Co-Player of the Year. Strobel, who collected 240 saves on the season, was first-team all-conference and second team all-sectional. Jack Considine, who was second-team all-state, first-team all-sectional and firstteam all-conference, finished the season with 70 goals. Junior Cameron Shewchuck scored 67 goals and was the team leader in assists. He was second-team all-conference, firstteam all-sectional and third-team all-state. George Finn tallied 41 goals and made first-team all-conference. Ben Pasquesi, who scored 52 goals, was second-team all-conference and second-team all-sectional. Ray Lynch was second-team all-conference. He scored 16 goals and led the team in assists. Daniel Hengelman was the MCAC Tony Lawless Coach of the Year. ■

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THe North shore weekend

07/06 – 07/07/13

For ann and peter

Buenos Aires offers range of memorable experiences For our 25th anniversary in 2008, we hired a private guide to take us to South America. We started in Buenos Aires We flew in on a Friday, and Friday night was Yom Kippur. We asked our rabbi where we could go, and he said the Lamroth Hakol on Caseros Street. The service was all in Portuguese, but all the music was the same, so we could sing to that. The temple is one of the oldest in Buenos Aires. Everyone had assigned seats and a nametag. The service was so beautiful – it gave us tingles. We stayed at the Faena Hotel in a suite. It was one of the most gorgeous hotels we’ve been to. We ate dinner there that night. It’s true about the Argentinian beef being the best in the world. We were treated like a prince and princess. Then we went to the disco in the hotel, where American rock music like Bruce Springtseen was sung in Portuguese. I (Ann) started talking with a gorgeous man who was head of a modeling agency and whose family was involved in the chocolate business. He said he would send us a package to our suite, but we didn’t give him the number. We ended up partying with this group of beautiful men and women.

“We’re swimming around, and all of a sudden the star dove in to say hello. He said, ‘Have you ever had a mimosa?’ The next day we went to Florida Street. Stores like Tiffany and Gucci were there, and in the middle of the closed-off street there were bohemian artists, street musicians and hippies. We were so touched by all of them — they were soul-based people like us — they were so gracious to us. Even a dirt-poor person offered us food. Later we hung out at the hotel at the pool — just us, a famous rock n’ roll star who was performing in Buenos Aires and his two security guards. We’re swimming around, and all of a sudden the star dove in to say hello. He said, ‘Have you ever had a mimosa?’ We sort of laughed that he’d want one, given his tattoos. We said we had, and he said, ‘You haven’t had mine.’ It had Grand Marnier in it. skin tightening We went to the Rojo Tango show at the hotel that night. A really good experiwrinkle reduction ence –- very romantic. They gave us a special table for our anniversary and sun damage reversal champagne. When we got back to our suite, there was a note from the rock n’ roller saying to come to the after party. We partied with the band all night. skin texture rejuvenation Earlier that afternoon we had gotten a 20-pound-plus box filled with every type of chocolate imaginable from our friend at the disco. We don’t know how he got our suite number. On Sunday we decided we’d go back to Florida Street and pass it out -– the protein bars and more. There was more poverty there than we’d ever seen. It was a way for us to give back. We were greeted with such warmth Ann and Peter Silberman get together at their Winnetka home. Peter is chairman of Anixter and love – it was an amazing experience. Center’s 10th annual Lester J. Anixter Memorial Golf Outing. Ann and Peter Silberman, as told to David Sweet. ■

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