The North Shore Weekend EAST, Issue 47 by JWC Media

No. 47 | A JWC Media publication

sunday breakfast Steve Fennell oversees the creation of fine pinot noirs and more. P. 18

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

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T ech savvy Schools on the North Shore are increasingly turning to iPads and more in their quest to educate students.

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Sunday Breakfast Steve Fennell, a winemaker in Santa Barbara County, discusses the joys of tasting pinot noir, chardonnay and more.

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Perfect Weekend Mary Beth and David Schmidt enjoy quiet weekends in Longboat Key before returning to their four children.

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Perhaps we could call it a film pinot noir

eleased in 2004, the movie “Sideways” became a surprise hit, enchanting critics (Roger Ebert offered a big thumbs up) and regular filmgoers alike. Featuring a host of wine tastings in Santa Barbara County amid an overlay of comedy and drama, “Sideways” helped put vineyards in the region — which had always been overshadowed by Napa Valley and Sonoma to the north — on the map. One such beneficiary was Sanford. Steve Fennell, winemaker and general manager of its two vineyards, recalled how many wineries were fearful of letting Hollywood into their tastings, unsure of how they would be perceived in the final cut. Not Sanford. Stars Paul Giamatti and Thomas Hayden Church are shown there enjoying a vin gris (which soon sold out after the movie’s release). And, of course, pinot noir is a staple in the film. “The effect on pinot noir was phenomenal — absolutely the first time pinot came into the mind of the American public,” says Fennell, sharing his thoughts along with a 2009 Sanford & Benedict pinot at Ravinia Festival while the Chicago Symphony Orchestra practiced. Read about the life of a winemaker at Terlato Wine Group vineyards in Sunday Breakfast.

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iPads, iPads, we all scream for iPads North Shore schools embracing ‘chalkless’ classrooms ■ by bill mclean Loyola Academy students are out of luck. They no longer can claim their dog ate their homework — unless pooches suddenly develop a craving for unsalted mobile devices. Loyola officially went 1:1 (1 iPad per student) on the first day of classes Aug. 20, a year after the administration at the Jesuit preparatory school in Wilmette launched an eBook pilot program involving 238 students and eight teachers. Loyola’s current enrollment is 2,000. “It was kind of amazing on the first day [this year] of school, seeing students walking our hallways and holding only an iPad and maybe a pad of paper,” said LA’s thirdyear principal, Dr. Kathryn Baal. “Also amazing that day was realizing 2,000 kids were all connected to the Internet at the same time.” While Apple computers near teachers’ classroom desks continue to outnumber edible apples on them, iPads in classrooms of all grade levels are almost as ubiquitous as students’ classroom chairs. In many school buildings along the North Shore, keyboards with delete buttons have permanently replaced pieces of chalks and erasers. “There is an initial cost for any new technologies to schools, students and the students’ families,” wrote Regina Dominican High School math teacher Mary Stenson and Director of Library Services Kate Houston in a joint statement to The North Shore Weekend. “At Regina Dominican, we view this not as a cost but as an investment in our students’ future. “Because the majority of our students own smart phones, we are working toward integrating technology alternatives such as smart-phone technology into our curriculum.” At New Trier High School last year, 700 students participated in a Mobile Learning Initiative eBook pilot program. This year 2,300 of the 4,000-plus students enrolled will use iPads and walk around the Winnetka and Northfield campuses with significantly lighter backpacks. In the 2014-15 academic year, New Trier will join Loyola Academy as a 1:1 school. “It [the pilot program] enhanced the learning experience, and we received enthusiastic responses,” said Niki Dizon, Communications Director of New Trier School District 203. “What also was exciting was hearing that the students used the devices in creative ways — ways we hadn’t anticipated. They used the iPads to organize their assignments, set up a calendar and communicate with their teachers.” The cost of using an iPad in classrooms and to complete assignments at home vary from school to school. At New Trier, the family of the user pays $350, with the school district providing a subsidy of $270. At Loyola, where 85 percent of all textbooks are electronic, the family of the user must pay for the entire iPad plus, on average, an $82 book fee in 2013-14. “A typical book fee for a student in recent years was usually between $600-$800,” Baal said. “One of the long-term positives of 1:1 will be the book fee at our school; it won’t go up. It does not cost as much to update an electronic textbook as it does to update a printed textbook.” Alexandra Mower has been learning Mandarin on an electronic device for several years. She also used an iPad to research titi monkeys for an assignment last year. Mower is 7, a second-grader at Cherokee Elementary School in Lake Forest. Her sister, Caroline, 9, is a fourthgrader at the school and a regular iPad user in math classes. Cherokee isn’t a 1:1 school yet, but it has iPads that double as carrots for the attentive and productive students. “You get to have fun while learning [on an iPad],” Caroline said. “It’s also a reward in class. If you finish your work and there’s time left, the teachers sometimes

What’s app with that? At Loyola Academy, every student uses an iPad in the classroom.

photography by joel lerner let you use them to play educational games.” The sisters’ older brother, 11-year-old Trevor Mower, is a sixth-grader at Deer Path Middle School and the producer of a cartoon featuring only Spanish dialogue — an assignment he created on a school-issued device last year. “You have to stay up [on technology], so you can monitor what’s going on,” said the kids’ mother, Jennifer Mower. “But I think it’s great what kids are gaining from this, including being responsible [for the devices]. My son makes sure he charges his netbook at home each night, and he gets some of his homework online. “If he has a question for the teacher,” she added, “he can email the question to the teacher at night.” Remember penmanship? Most grade-school kids these days don’t, because it hasn’t been taught regularly in classrooms in years. It’s so … 20th century. Third-graders aren’t learning the art of cursive handwriting anymore; they’re learning what the home row on a keyboard is and typing key words of a research topic in a search-engine rectangle. Farewell, pencils. Good-bye, pens. Both tools certainly had a good run. But verbal communication in the classrooms is still around, still hanging on, still engaging for students and teachers. “Teachers at our school have decided there comes a time in class when it’s good to say to their students, ‘OK, turn off your devices and let’s interact face-to-face,’ ” New Trier’s Dizon said. “Even our tech-savvy students have admitted that not all classes are better when they’re taught using eBooks. They sometimes prefer learning from and holding a printed text, like a novel in an English class.” But as long as something is novel, useful, time-saving

and applicable — the latest, coolest app, for example — it will generate buzz and pique students’ interests. While attending an iPad orientation on Aug. 23, New Trier senior Tom Fawcett said he received the necessary apps for his biology and Chinese courses. He later shared his familiarity with a pig-dissection app, pointing out that it showcased all parts of the pig at various angles — minus the pungent scent of formaldehyde. “It’s still all new and an exciting form of learning,” said Fawcett, who verbally committed to attend Stanford University on a tennis scholarship. “It’s also a productive way of learning. Using an iPad, it spurs people into wanting to learn more about a subject. I’ve talked with my friends about it [Mobile Learning Initiative], and they’re as excited as I am. “I haven’t heard anything negative.” Baal has heard a smattering of concerns from parents of Loyola students. Newness, in anything, has a way of producing unease. When technology is pervasive in a setting, it impacts people differently, enthralling some and ostracizing others. It can be overwhelming for a pair of lost iPad users who must sit among a throng of “I-get-it” iPad users. “People have told me they feel uncomfortable about what we’re doing,” the principal said, adding each Loyola student attended a three-hour training session at the school during the summer. “I understand that, and I tell them that. But I also assure them that we’re doing this in the best interests of the kids and their future — their global future. “An iPad,” she added, “is a tool, just like a piece of chalk was all those years ago. All of this, in one respect, is nerveracking for me because what we’re doing hasn’t been researched extensively. But I believe we’re giving our students tools that will enhance and transform learning.” ■

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Give it a shot: The North Shore Weekend ■ by bill mclean We put Guildhall bar manager Don Hernandez on the spot last week. Concoct a drink, we demanded. Come up with a libation that would best embody our publication, The North Shore Weekend, and could be named as such. Hernandez was up to the task — after glancing at a recent issue, featuring a trio of sailboats on its cover — near the end of his mid-week shift at the new restaurant and bar in Glencoe. “It would be a cucumber-type martini, with two ounces of organic cucumber vodka and one ounce of freshly squeezed lime juice,” Hernandez began. “I’d add a pinch of kosher salt, a fresh cucumber slice and one mint leaf.” He then clasped an imaginary martini shaker and shook it a few times. “After that, I’d strain it into a martini glass,” he said. A drink was born. Cheers! ■

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Bartenders stay in the mix with advice, creative concoctions ■ by bill mclean It is a weekday, close to 2:30 p.m., as a regular walks into Teddy O’Brian’s bar in Highwood. Kristie Grubich is behind the bar, pouring the man a Budweiser in a glass before the regular gets comfortable. Grubich places the beer and the bar’s TV remote in front of the customer, a thirsty fellow with a voracious appetite for “Jeopardy!” Alex Trebek speaks to the game show’s contestants. The regular listens between sips. Grubich goes about her business under the TV set. “We talk during the commercials,” said Grubich, in her 15th year of serving. “We talk about everything — and nothing.” What bartenders everywhere still charge patrons for listening to all kinds of woes and dispensing advice: nothing. “We’re the cheapest therapists out there,” said shift manager/bartender Elena Baltag of O’Neil’s, a casual fine dining establishment in Winnetka. But they wear an assortment of other “hats” as well, as

they strive to keep everybody happy while refilling mugs and glasses in a timely fashion. “When I work I’m a psychiatrist and a pharmacist at the same time,” cracked Don Hernandez, the bar manager at Guildhall Restaurant & Bar in Glencoe. “Bartenders have to consider themselves performing on a stage, front and center. “There are also days,” he added, “when I consider the bar area a confessional.” Add “priest” to his litany of on-the-job side jobs. Multitasking certainly comes with the territory, even when the bartenders are just bartending. Several along the North Shore noted more and more people are eating and drinking at the bar — and not just single customers looking to avoid eating alone at a booth in the dining area. “It’s less formal at the bar and more open, and I’ve noticed people, even groups of people, often want that kind of setting at a restaurant,” said Maya Rotman-Zaid, a manager/bartender at Miramar Bistro in Highwood. “Maybe that’s because so many people travel the world and they get accustomed to meeting people at bars in other countries.” Mar ty Jischke has been bartending for six yea rs, i nclud i ng the last couple of months at Abigail’s American Bistro in Highland Park. Bellyuppers aren’t just chowing down regularly at his bar; they’re ordering more adventurous concoctions than they had when Jischke got his feet — and first glass — wet in the profession. “People are willing to give new drinks a shot, and they’re taking suggestions from others at the bar,” said Jischke, who would like to own a restaurant someday. “[One of the trendy drinks] has been a mescal margarita. Mescal — it’s got that smoky flavor.” Another unique drink

The North Shore Weekend martini should be shaken, not stirred, as shown by Guildhall’s Don Hernandez.

photography by joel lerner going down gullets these days is bacon-rendered bourbon, Hernandez said. (The drink does not come with eggs.) What hasn’t changed for barkeepers: they’re reliance on social and listening skills. An antisocial bartender is akin to a gabby mime or an acrophobic rock climber. Each is a recipe for failure. “You definitely have to be sociable and a very good listener while tending bar,” Baltag said. “I enjoy listening because I’m a curious person. I’m interested in what people have to say, no matter what the topic is.” The best bartenders know how to read their customers accurately, engaging in conversation with the social butterflies and leaving the I’m-here-to-enjoy-my-drink-only customer alone. “I’ve had some unusual conversations with people while working the bar,” Rotman-Zaid said. “Some have been amazing. It keeps the job interesting, for sure; that will never change. If I find myself not interested in what’s being said, I go with it.” Bartenders find themselves having to deal with all kinds of stress, from toning down the occasional unruly drunk to running blurry fast in order to keep a patron on one side of the bar as happy as the one on the other end. “It can get high at times, the stress level,” Hernandez admitted. “It’s the restaurant business, with people on their feet for long hours at a time. But you have to do all you can to make the people at the bar feel good about their experience. “When customers come here and spend money,” he added, “they want the maximum experience that a restaurant can provide, a positive experience from beginning to end. I want to help them get that.” ■

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The perks of a homeschool education ■ by abby wickman

I can still remember my first day of homeschooling. My mom had a little bell she rang to signal the different parts of the day. However, the most confusing part was when the bell rang for school to be over, and I was dismissed. I remember picking up my books,

walking to the edge of the living room, and asking my well-intentioned mother, “Mommy, where do I go now?” I’m met with a wide range of reactions when I first tell people that I was homeschooled from kindergarten to my senior year of high school. A common one: “But you’re so normal.” A common concern most people have is that of socialization – how does a homeschooler make friends, if he or she stays home all day? Contrary to this popular misconception, as a homeschooler, I was probably out of the house just as much as a public school or private school student would be – maybe more. My mom was a huge fan of extracurricular activities, and encouraged all of us kids to be involved with clubs and organizations that would both engage our different interests and prepare us for college someday. From folk dance troupes to soccer teams to mock Senate programs – my mother kept us busy. However, she also kept it laid back. Most kids asked me, “Can you do school in your pajamas?” It’s true, some days I stayed in my pajamas and didn’t start school till noon. However, experience taught me that if I finished my school early and well, I would have more free time later in the day. This concept of being independent in my studies and setting my own goals was something that greatly benefitted me later on. Once I got to college, I was prepared to do a lot of work on my own with minimal supervision. I knew what had to be done, and I knew what the consequences of procrastinating would be. But don’t get me wrong; the transition to college was not seamless. Professors were not my parents, and flexibility with deadlines (and a 24/7 availability for questions) were not items laid out in their syllabi. However, being homeschooled prepared me for many of the difficulties of living and studying on my own.

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Additionally, having someone besides my parents see my work put more pressure on me – a motivating kind. Not only was I more conscious of deadlines, but I also knew that once I turned that paper in, there was no asking for it back to “correct something.” As a college senior, I’ve probably grown more comfortable with professors, though I still seek to turn in work I won’t be embarrassed to look back on. Being the oldest of my family’s four kids, I enjoy a close relationship with all of my siblings – a relationship that probably wouldn’t have been possible if we didn’t spend so much time together through being homeschooled. But we’re no hermits – we all love meeting new people, whether they’re within our generation or not. In fact, the ability to feel comfortable interacting with people from all ages and backgrounds is something I owe partly to being homeschooled. While I have a naturally bubbly personality, being homeschooled pushed me to make friends wherever I found myself. Furthermore, the opportunity for off-season vacations, the ability to focus more on activities that interested me, the freedom in scheduling, and working at my own pace are just a few more perks I found in being homeschooled. However, this is only one homeschooling family’s experience. According to the National Home Education Research Institute, more than two million students were homeschooled in 2010. This statistic alone provides for a variety of homeschooled experiences. As my college career at Trinity International University in Deerfield is coming to an end, I can look back on the friends I have, the things I’ve been a part of, and the accomplishments I’ve made, and be thankful for my homeschooled education. Though there were days I longed for the between-class interactions my public-schooled friends had every day, I wouldn’t trade my experience for anything. ■

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The Natural Resources Commission, the Park District of Highland Park and the League of Women Voters invite residents to participate in an “Adopt-A-Beach” cleanup event on Saturday, Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. to noon at several beaches in Highland Park. Help remove debris and record cleanup findings. Last year, volunteers removed thousands of pounds of trash from beaches and shorelines in Illinois, Indiana,

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Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth Thursday, September 12th at 7:00 p.m. The Winnetka Congregational Church

From the internationally bestselling author of No god but God comes a fascinating, provocative and meticulously researched biography that challenges long-held assumptions about the man we know as Jesus of Nazareth.

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■ by katie rose mceneely Robert Hicks is The New York Times’ best-selling author of the novel, “The Widow of The South.” Last year, he was a guest of honor at the Ragdale Foundation’s Novel Affair. He lives in Tennessee. Reading: My reading evolves. I’ll be reading something because I was reading something else — other than doing research on this novel, I’m still reading histories of post-Civil War years in the South. I’m also reading “Georgina,” a book on the Duchess of Devonshire. The reason I’m reading it is because the author wrote a book on the Civil War that I just finished, and I liked it so much I picked up “Georgina,” and I got hooked on it. Listening: I’m listening to a lot of really, very regional new music by young bands. I used to be in the music business, and my field was country music and alt-rock. I’m listening to a band called “Machines Are People Too.” It’s very avant-garde music. Watching: I’m not supposed to be watching anything — that’s the official answer. But if I was to tell you the truth, Kevin Spacey’s new series for Netflix, “House of Cards,” was my all-time favorite series this last year. I watched the entire thing in two days. Following: I wrote an op-ed for The New York Times called, “Why the Civil War Still Matters.” What I’m following is how people are responding to the Civil War. I think I’m going to end up doing a book out of it, so I’ve been following how people are responding to the sesquicentennial and to issues of race. Activity: I got involved with Ragdale because I had been the driving force behind the preservation of a plantation and thought maybe I could tell the story of the great moments of this house during the Battle of Franklin, in the waning months of the Civil War. So I tried to write a novel, and somehow it resonated with people, and it’s been going ever since. I realized this is what I want to be doing with my life. I’m working on my third novel as we speak.

It is about a woman named Mariah Reddick, who was in “Widow of the South.” She’s a mixed-race woman who has this amazingly rich and painful life, which is good and decent. It’s truly one contradiction after another — I hope it’s a book where women who are very comfortable can sit down and read it and think, “Gosh, I wish I’d had her life.” So much of her life was nothing but miserable, but she somehow transcended it — she was transformed, she was redeemed, by the way she faced hardship. I’m most interested in themes of transformation and redemption. I hope it’s inspiring. I have no clue when it’s going to be released.

“The idea that I could even write a novel had to be the best mistake I ever made. Any practical, brighter person would never have tried to do such a ridiculous thing.” | Robert Hicks Eating: I’m eating something that’s a phenomenon to Nashville, Tenn. — it’s called hot chicken. It’s not hot temperature-wise — it’s fried chicken literally coated with incredibly hot peppers. There’s about nine different places in the greater Nashville area that serve it, and I was at the mother church location earlier today. It’s really hot. So delicious. I know people who have flown out just to eat hot chicken, and it’s well worth any flight from anywhere. What is your favorite mistake? Much of my life has been kind of a mistake — I come from a generation of delusional people, and the idea that I could even write a novel had to be the best mistake I ever made. Any practical, brighter person would never have tried to do such a ridiculous thing. ■

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The importance of having good taste

■ by david sweet

“I found I had a pretty good palate,” he says. “One day I sat back and thought, ‘Science, palate, all the wine climates are beautiful …’ “Soon he enrolled at University of California Davis and attended wine-making classes. After a stint as an intern at Trefethen Family Vineyards in Napa Valley, he was hired there in 1996 as an assistant winemaker, where he managed the cellar, made blends and learned the importance of viticulture (meticulous grape growing). He served as head winemaker at Voss Vineyards in Napa Valley — where a sauvignon blanc under his guidance earned raves over four straight vintages — before joining Sanford in 2006, two years after the winery appeared on the silver screen as the first one visited in the movie “Sideways,” a sleeper hit. “The movie had a giant, giant impact, one that no one saw coming,” Fennell says. “The effect on pinot noir was phenomenal — absolutely the first time pinot came into the mind of the American public.” For the mind of a winemaker, Fennell points out that memory is an essential attribute. “If you have a good memory of vintages, you can be a winemaker for 80 years, and it never gets old,” he says. “I am fortunate to have a good palate memory — a 2010 may taste like a 1997. It’s a good reference point.” Tastings can be a mystery and even intimidating to the average wine consumer. Fennell — while enjoying a 2010 Sanford chardonnay — engendered to explain its components. “When we swirl, it extends the surface area of the wine and introduces oxygen. In smelling, we’re looking for any off characteristics from a cork, but there’s also the fruit aromas, the spices, the herbs. “One question I get routinely — do you put pineapple in your wines? We don’t, but it’s not just their imagination — a typical illustration by barry blitt wine made from grapes has over 200 aromatic compounds.” Given his long focus on tastings, it’s no surprise Fennell has enjoyed a prank or two on occasion. One time at Trefethen, he was in charge of the tasting program, and a blind one occurred Wednesdays at 11 a.m. “Just because I’d like to keep it interesting, sometimes I put in the same wine twice,” recalls Fennell about the tastings where participants ranked eight wines and then talked about them. “Our intern had the same wine in first place and in last place. He praised it, and then he said how bad it was. When I revealed it was the same wine, he said, ‘But they were so different!’ “ ■

As the Chicago Symphony Orchestra practices for that evening’s performance, Steve Fennell sits on a restaurant balcony at Ravinia Festival, opened bottles of wine within reach on a Sunday afternoon. “When you have a really good pinot noir, there’s not much better than that,” says Fennell, the winemaker and general manager for Sanford Winery & Vineyards, an operation majority owned by the Lake Bluff-based Terlato Wine Group. “It can be intense, flavorful. With pinot, when it’s good, it’s so good.”

“With pinot noir, it’s the balance of fruit, earthiness, having everything in harmony. The finish — the length on the palate — is crucial.” | Steve Fennell Sipping a 2009 Sanford & Benedict pinot noir — one of his favorites — is all part of the job for the 46-year-old as he prepares for a private wine tasting at Ravinia. In charge of planning operations for Sanford’s two vineyards in Santa Barbara County, it’s rare that his work takes him far from there. “I’m very involved with growing the best fruit,” he says. “In September and October, I’m at the winery every day for harvests, de-stemming. There are a lot of decisions to be made based on tasting, which can take two weeks to two months.” One might wonder: how does a winemaker reach that important final decision of which liquid goes into the oak barrel — a point at which there’s no turning back? “It’s really pure quality,” Fennell explains. “Winemakers, we just want to make the best kind of wines we can. With pinot noir, it’s the balance of fruit, earthiness, having everything in harmony. The finish — the length on the palate — is crucial.” Steve Fennell Though not as well known among aficionados as Napa Valley, Santa Barbara County is home to scores of wineries. Ensconced in the Santa Rita Hills, the two Sanford vineyards (one of which planted the county’s first pinot vines in 1971) are buoyed by the nearby Pacific Ocean. “We get this distinct cooling influence from the ocean,” Fennell says. “Both pinot noir and chardonnay are thin-skinned. In a cool climate, you extend the growing season, which leads to nice tasting.” Growing up, Fennell had always been fascinated by his grandfather’s attempts to crossbreed the wild grape vines of the Everglades in Florida with European vines. While he attended University of California Santa Barbara (“I literally decided to go to school there after I visited for 10 seconds”) where he studied geology and geography, Fennell visited the Santa Ynez Valley for wine tastings.

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“The transition from Commuter to Dinner Companion is a personal one, better handled some days than others. I know from experience.” But science says that our commutes are much more significant than that. Swedish researcher Erika Sandow found that couples with long commutes (at least 45 minutes) are more likely to break up. She tracked millions of Swedes over 10 years and found that couples with a long commute had a 40 percent greater risk of separating than those couples who worked closer to home. However, those couples that survived long commutes for five years came out with stronger relationships. Break-ups were also less common when one partner was a long-distance commuter before the relationship began.

(Of note, couples had an 8 percent reduction in separation when it was the woman who shouldered the long commute; women are tough that way.) In contrast, Chinese researchers looked at dual-commuting couples and found that partners who commute in the same direction, even if they don’t use the same train or leave at the same time, seem to be happier together than those who don’t travel in the same direction. The study, which was published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology in 2012, examined two groups of people: 280 Americans from across the country, and 139 people in Hong Kong. All participants reported their levels of marital satisfaction. In both cases, the researchers found a statistically significant link between the direction of the commute and marital satisfaction, regardless of how many children they had, how far they commuted or how long they had been married. The findings seem odd, but further research on couples and their movements reinforced them. When couples were asked to cross a room to retrieve an object, those who crossed the room in the same way (whether they took a direct route or walked the perimeter) also reported greater satisfaction with their partners. So it is: opposed to those couples who “part ways” when they break up, couples who move in the same direction have a deeper cognitive connection and are happier together. As proof, Philadelphia transit agency SEPTA annually runs a Valentine’s Day contest where people submit their stories of falling in love on a bus, trolley or subway. Popular vote determines a winner, and 14 winning couples take a ride on the Love Train – a rail tour of Philadelphia’s most romantic murals. I very much hope the tickets were delivered with flowers and chocolates, too. Love & Marriage columnist Joanna Brown can be reached at Joanna@northshoreweekend.com ■

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Julia Keller | The Book Stall | 811 Elm Street, Winnetka | 7 p.m. |

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author, who was an editor and reporter at the Chicago Tribune for 12 years, celebrates the release of her new mystery, “Bitter River.”

University of Wisconsin professor Andrea Thalasinos comes from Madison to discuss her new novel, “Traveling Light.” It’s a story about fate, family, and healing. A book signing will follow the program, and refreshments will be served.

Young Professionals Group of Lake Forest/Lake Bluff After-Hours Event

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 Autumn Glass Artworks | Downtown Highland Park | The fourth in a series of ongoing art installations on display in Downtown Highland Park, including Butterflies on Display, The Magic Garden, and most recently the Winter Mosaics, these projects exemplify the Great Arts throughout the community. Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Artisan Guild Show | Lake Forest Bank & Trust Parking Lot | 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. | Continues Sept. 2 | lflbartisanguild.com | The Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Artisan Guild’s fall show will include the work of its members, as well as live music and food. A portion of the proceeds will benefit CROYA. Art Fair on the Square | Deer Path Art League | Market Square, Lake Forest | 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Continues Sept. 2 | deerpathartleague.org | The 59th outdoor juried art show is the Deer Path Art League’s signature annual event. Selected exhibitors work in a variety of disciplines including: ceramics, digital art, drawing/pastels, fiber, glass, graphics/printmaking, jewelry, metal, mixed media, painting, photography, sculpture and wood.

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| Authentico | 770 N. Western., Lake Forest | 5:30-7 p.m. | The Young Professionals Group of Lake Forest/Lake Bluff, a business networking organization for local professionals ages 21 to 40, will hold an after-hours networking event. The Young Professionals Group meets four times a year to network and develop business relationships. The group is supported by the Lake Forest/Lake Bluff Chamber of Commerce. There will be a cash bar.

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A matter of taste

Chef has stake in prime cuts ■ by katie rose mceneely

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Sergio Martinez is the chef at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Northbrook. How did you start cooking? I started as a dishwasher at a hotel, and from there I jumped into the prep, and from there I could see what the chef was doing. I worked on the line and as a buyer. I worked as a line cook for years before moving up to be a chef. I’ve been working for Ruth’s Chris for 15 years. Years cooking: 25. What made you decide to become a professional chef? It’s hard to explain. I saw the other chefs working on the line, and I thought, “One day, I want to be one of those chefs.” Best recipe tweak? With Ruth’s Chris, we have standard recipes from the corporate chef, so it’s very hard to change them. The one I do myself is a halibut dish with lemon butter — it’s only offered at the Ruth’s Chris Northbrook location, not anywhere else. It’s my signature dish. Favorite food to make? I like steak! Mostly grilling. I like the rib eye — it has a great flavor, and it’s really juicy. What do you eat at home? I like Mexican food. My wife makes beef soup with vegetables, carrots, zucchini. My wife cooks most of the time — I do the grill. Worthwhile gadget? We have one I use a lot, called the Robot Coupe. It’s a blender, and it’s fast and it’s easy to use. Favorite cookbook? It’s not a book, but a show — it’s called “Hell’s Kitchen.” Gordon Ramsay is my favorite chef. I get a lot of ideas from him. Favorite fruit? I like strawberries. Proudest of? Working as a team — I don’t consider myself the top chef or the top over everyone,

but a part of the team. We have between 12 and 15 people working in the kitchen. Funniest kitchen incident? In December the guys were wearing those crowns for ladies. Tiaras? We were celebrating the New Year on Dec. 21 — it was really funny —we were still working, but the restaurant was closed. We were celebrating and cleaning, ready to go home after a long day. Ruth’s Chris Steak House is located at 933 Skokie Boulevard in Northbrook. For more information, visit ruthschris.com or call 847-498-6889. ■

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Diamonds & Dice… How Lucky Can You Get? photography by jon hillenbrand and bob kusel The Occasion: More than 500 members and supporters of The Auxiliary of NorthShore University HealthSystem at Evanston & Glenbrook Hospitals took over Union Station in Chicago to celebrate their 41st annual gala, enjoying a luxurious evening of silent auction, a diamond raffle, casino games, and live entertainment. The VIPs: Teddi Galanis of Glenview and Regina Valsamis of Northbrook served as the event’s co-chairs. The End Result: The evening netted more than $250,000, all going toward The DodoNA Project: DNA Prediction to Improve Neurological Health, visionary research at NorthShore which aims to predict, prevent, and halt neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, and ALS. foundation.northshore.org/gala

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22nd Annual Play for the Cure photography by eric rademacher The Occasion: Supporters and friends of the Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation turned out to “putt for pink” at a private club in Lake Forest during the organization’s annual golf outing, which drew about 80 guests. The VIPs: The 22nd annual event was co-chaired by Ryan Goldstein and Brad Jarol. The Final Tally: About $128,000 was raised and will go to the Lynn Sage Cancer Research Foundation, which supports contributions to the understanding, research, and treatment of breast cancer, in partnership with Northwestern Memorial Hospital and the Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University. lynnsage.org

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In tall Cotten Six-foot senior will be a go-to receiver for New Trier

Spencer Cotten of the Trevians hauls in a pass during last year’s state playoffs at Conant.

■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com New Trier High School senior wideout Spencer Cotten is a son of a former elite sprinter at Loyola Academy and the older brother of an elite golfer. His father, J. Spencer Cotten, broke the state record in the 100-meter dash, clocking a 10.31 in a semifinal heat at the state meet in 1983. “If I raced my dad today, he’d probably pull a hamstring,” Cotten said. “But only because of his age. There’s no way I would have been able to beat him in his prime.” An option quarterback at Loyola, the elder Cotten played wideout at Stanford University, garnering six career receptions for 52 yards and, as he likes to say, “a lifetime of memories.” Cotten, the Trevian, can drive a golf ball 250 yards. His brother, eighth-grader Bennett Cotten, can go half of a football field farther than that. “He’s really good, a two handicap,” big brother said. “I’m a 21 handicap, trending to 19.” He also is poised to regularly reach end-zone greens as the Trevians’ go-to receiver this fall. Cotten finished with 35 catches, second among teammates, for 365 yards and two touchdowns in a 6-4 season last fall. Cotten’s most memorable grab came late in the first half of a win against Evanston. Trevians quarterback Nick Hendricks lofted a pretty pass toward the back of an end zone, knowing the 6-foot-4, 195-pound Cotten would likely win the matchup with a defensive back. Cotten soared, snared pigskin and landed with both feet just inside the end zone.

“Great body awareness during that catch,” NT coach Dan Starkey said of Cotten, one of eight captains this fall. “That was real cool to see. “Spencer has had a very good [preseason],” added the coach, looking ahead to the Aug. 30 season opener against visiting Schaumburg (7:30 p.m.) “He’s improved as a pass catcher, as a blocker. We’re really excited about what he should be able to do for us. His coaches and teammates have a lot of confidence in him.” A Winnetka resident, Cotten played his youth football for the Wilmette Eagles, never once feeling pressure to follow in his father’s receiver-route footsteps. “I loved football from the get-go,” he said. “My dad never pushed me to play any sport. But it’s nice having a dad who is a lifelong fan of football. He knows the game well, and when we watch film together, he points things out to me — valuable things. He’s really helpful.” Something will push Cotten and his teammates this fall: the recollection of last fall’s 14-0 loss to Conant in the first round of the Class 8A playoffs. Though NT was missing several key players, including current senior quarterback Frank Nicholas (610 passing yards, 611 rushing yards) because of injuries, it had more than a few opportunities after reaching good field position. “It was frustrating, not being able to capitalize,” Cotten said. “We were there, inside [Conant’s] 30-yard line on a number of occasions.” Cotten is excited about the number of returning players to the fold this fall, including another 6-4 target in senior tight end Mark Snyder. Matt McCaffrey, a 2013 captain, missed all of last season

with an injury. He is capable of suiting up as a quarterback, running back or receiver. Before dropping back in a drill at practice, his eyes widen considerably when he sees Cotten line up wide. “I like throwing him a jump ball,” McCaffrey said. “He’s fast and tall, with good, strong hands. Spencer is physical enough that he can go across the middle on routes. He is also capable of stretching a defense, with his speed. “Spencer,” he added, “had a great junior season. But he’s not resting on that. He’s getting after it [in practices], showing all of us how motivated he is for this season.” Ivy League schools, particularly Princeton, interest Cotten. He isn’t fluent in Chinese, but that’s only a matter of time. Cotten will take AP Chinese this fall, after taking a course in Chinese in each of his first three years at NTHS. “I’m thinking of going into finance, something like investment banking,” he said. “China no doubt will be the top dog [in the world economy]. It would be good knowing the language as well as possible. I’ve been lucky, being able to take advantage of such a great Chinese department at New Trier.” Also fortunate are Cotten’s football teammates. In Cotten they get a consummate leader and steadying influence. The rah-rah stuff is for megaphone holders. Cotten speaks firmly and carries no shtick. “He coaches up kids well,” McCaffrey said. “If Spencer senses one of his teammates is upset with what was said at a practice, he is good at going over to that player and saying, ‘Understand what the message was, not how it was said to you, and learn from it, move on.’ It’s good to have that kind of leadership — that kind of leader — on a team.” ■

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Senior running back Julius Holley gained 731 rushing yards last fall for Loyola Academy.

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Working with kids a real rush for Loyola’s Holley ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com One of Julius Holley’s favorite things to do away from football fields is working with Chicagoland kids as a volunteer for Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Since 1938, the family organization has dedicated its resources to improving the quality of life, especially for African-American children. Its motto is, “Let’s work, let’s play, let’s live together.” Holley, a senior running back at Loyola Academy, gets as much of a kick out of seeing a Jack and Jill of America youth smile in his presence as he does when he celebrates with his teammates after running for a game-turning touchdown. “The kids I get to interact with bring out the kid in me,” the 6-foot, 210-pounder said. “They really do. We take trips to museums to give them historical perspective and do all kinds of other activities.” One is bowling. “I’m an OK bowler, an average one,” he said. But he certainly isn’t a mediocre gridder. His 37-yard run in a Class 8A playoff win at Bartlett last fall was striking, a Division-I type journey from the first explosive step. With Loyola in a shotgun formation and Holley the lone running back, Holley took the handoff and ran straight up the middle, as a sea of Bartlett defenders converged only to come up empty-handed. Holley then executed a blurry cut-right-cut-left sequence, went into turbo gear and nearly out-sprinted the Hawks’ entire secondary in the 31-7 rout. “That was magical,” Ramblers junior wideout Spencer Cecola recalled. “He shifted and ran hard all over the field during the run.” LA would top Palatine 19-7 the next weekend before falling 27-24 to Glenbard North in a state semifinal on Nov. 17, capping its fifth straight season with at least 11 wins under head coach John Holecek. “Not losing in a semifinal — that’s our focus this year,” Holley said before a morning practice last weekend. “What I want to do is make more big plays to pump up the team; I didn’t have many last year. I’ll do whatever it takes on the field to

get my teammates excited.” Holley rushed 172 times for 731 yards (4.25) and ran for 14 touchdowns last fall, to go with three receptions for 25 yards. Had he been healthy for most the season, he would have likely surpassed 1,000 yards on the ground. “Julius was nicked up last year,” Holecek said. “When he’s healthy, he’s the real deal, with the potential to run away from people and run over people. I like what I’ve seen from him [this summer]. He’s getting better, improving his vision and patience. He will be hard to tackle one-on-one, so teams will have to prepare for him by outnumbering us in the box. “Hopefully, that opens our passing game, which we always like.” Cecola doesn’t just like Holley’s abilities as a breakaway back. Holley’s leadership and on-field body language are also admirable. “If something doesn’t go his way on a play, Julius never gets down on himself,” the receiver said. “He gets right back up, heads right back to the huddle. He’s a good guy, a great leader. He makes good decisions on and off the field.” Among the schools Holley is considering are North Dakota and Ball State. But his primary focus in August is on making sure he’s as ready as possible for his final prep season. The Ramblers open the season on Aug. 31 with a home game against Milwaukee Marquette (2 p.m.). What also drives him is representing his Class of 2014 well. “My senior class, it’s the best,” said Holley, a Barrington resident. “Our seniors are close, really close, and we’re all ready to lead. All of us took summer conditioning seriously, doing what we could to get stronger and faster. [Holecek] is a wonderful coach, as are all of our coaches. “We’re really looking forward to the season.” Somewhere, more than a few Jack and Jill of America kids can’t wait to spend more quality time with Holley, a young man whose impact isn’t confined to action on gridirons. “Off the field, Julius is a low-key and friendly kid, with a nice smile,” Holecek said. “He’s a good student, too. He’s been a great representative of our school and football program.” ■

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Home alone

Kutschke looks to finish what he started at Lake Forest

■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com Nearly every member of the Kutschke family of Lake Forest scattered this summer. Ed and Sue Kutschke and their daughter, Carly, moved to San Diego in June. Two months later one of their sons, Tom, headed to Brown University, where the 2013 Lake Forest High School graduate and defensive lineman will hit the books and ball carriers. But their other son, Jack Kutschke, stayed put, opting to stick around for his senior year at LFHS and suit up for the Scouts’ football team as a 6-foot-5, 235-pound inside linebacker. A 2012 all-North Suburban Conference pick after leading the Scouts in solo tackles (67) and recording eight tackles for loss, Kutschke has arranged to live with the Clifford family during the 2013-14 academic year. Andrew Clifford (LFHS, ’13) quarterbacked LF to a Class 6A state semifinal last fall. “His love for Lake Forest football — that’s what impresses me the most about Jack,” LF senior defensive lineman Trent Williams said of one of the team’s captains. “He didn’t want to leave his football brothers.” Not even the enviable climate in San Diego — “About 70 degrees every day, with no humidity,” Jack said — could uproot him from the Midwest. Nor could the Pacific Ocean and the city’s Torrey Pines Golf Course, at which he played this summer. (Cary Kutschke, a sophomore, will play volleyball at Torrey Pines HS.) “I also gave surfing a whirl out there,” said Jack, who also likes to fish, hunt, snow ski and play hockey. He won’t just get more mileage out of his sweaters this fall; he also will wear out football opponents this fall, much to the delight of his teammates and coaches. “Jack is a great physical presence on the field, with his excellent size and ability to move very well for someone as big as he is,” Scouts coach Chuck Spagnoli said. “He makes plays that you don’t think someone of his size should be able to make. Jack also balances his responsibilities at school with his love of athletics. “Jack,” he added, “is as complete of a studentathlete as we have had.” As a student-athlete at the School of St. Mary in Lake Forest, Jack Kutschke played football for four years for a coach with a household name — Ed Kutschke. “That was different, playing for my dad those

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Lake Forest High School’s Jack Kutschke (number 56), seen here in action last fall, is a returning all-conference linebacker. The Scouts host Racine St. Catherine's on Friday night at 7:30pm.

years,” Jack Kutschke said. “But he treated me like he treated everybody else. Playing for him gave me extra motivation and it helped me get ready for high school football.” Ed Kutschke played football at New Trier High School and the College of Holy Cross. Jack Kutschke has verbally committed to attend Holy Cross. “I didn’t want the process to drag along, so I pulled the trigger [earlier this summer],” the linebacker said, adding he’ll likely be shifted to defensive end at the school in Worcester, Mass. “I’d been to camps in the summer there, and I like the way they do things. It’s a solid program at a great school. It offers a nice combination of academics and athletics.” Kutschke’s potent mix of brawn and brains should stymie running backs and disrupt game plans once again this fall. It certainly can’t be alluring for a running back, knowing a run up the middle against the Scouts will likely result in a crunching encounter with fast-closing player who would look perfectly normal obliterating overmatched foes as an offensive lineman. “Jack knows where he has to be and when he has to be there,” said Williams, who amassed five of his 7.5 sacks in a 31-19 playoff win over Notre Dame last fall. “He’s an intelligent player. He’s also a great leader, a player who always supports us.” Ed and Sue Kutschke want to be there for Jack each Game Day. But that will be tricky for both, with Tom playing college ball on the East Coast and Carly playing volleyball on the West Coast. “I think they’re going to alternate [visiting the Midwest for LF football games],” Jack Kutschke said. A family reunion for all of them might be in order for several weekends in November — playoff time in Illinois. Lake Forest’s 2012 season (9-4) didn’t end until Nov. 16, when LF lost 42-21 to visiting Cary-Grove in a state semifinal. “That was ridiculous, seeing how crazypacked our stadium was and experiencing the amazing atmosphere that entire day,” Kutschke said. “We showed a lot of character throughout the playoffs, from our resilience against Rolling Meadows [a come-from-behind 45-24 win] to taking care of business against Notre Dame. Against Lakes [23-21 in the second round] we performed well in a tight game. “The coaches on staff here,” he added, “they’re all still inspiring. They work hard for us, going to clinics and putting the playbook together. And we work hard for them.” ■

The Press Box Ex-Giants move on to the next level Soccer: Three of the top players on the 2012-13 Highland Park High School boys soccer team are playing at the next level. Nikita Katzman, an all-conference forward, has moved to Spain, and he’s playing for a minor league team: Puente Castro in Leon. Noah Bloch, an all-conference midfielder, is set to play soccer for Division III Vassar College in New York. A nd T r i s t i a n Pe n i c k , a n a l l - c o n fe r ence defender, will play at Carthage College.

Trevian 18U squad finishes 4th at national tourney Softball: The Trevian 18U team, which is coached by Steve Zuckerman, capped off its summer with a fourthplace finish in the PGF Midwest Nationals in St. Charles on July 22-28. According to the Trevian Girls Softball Assocation website, the squad earned wins over the Windmills, Stateline

Fury, Michiana Mystique and Bartlett Silverhawks before losing to the Team Oak Stars. The roster includes Anna Balch, Abbey Boyd, Madeline Flynn, Courtney Grasz, Claire Grossman, Clara Hecht, Jenny McTague, Megan Neuhaus, Tayler Oberman, Allison Quigley, Kristin Reichert and Liza Tarr. Last year, the Trevian 16U team finished fifth in the USSSA World Series in Overland, Kan. That roster included Boyd, Caruso, Flynn, Grossman, Neuhaus and Quigley.

Lake Forest High School honors 2013 athletes All sports: Lake Forest High School will unveil a new installation of honorees for its Images of Excellence mural on Friday night. The ceremony will be part of big sports doubleheader at Varsity Field. At 5 p.m., Lake Forest will host Loyola Academy in field hockey. Then, the Scouts’ football team will entertain Racine St. Catherine’s at 7:30 p.m. Photographed by Sportpics, the 2013 LFHS award recipients include Ben Asma (band), Billy Bund (cross country/track), Kylie Carlson (gymnastics), Andrew Clifford

(football/lacrosse), Sam Downey (basketball), Hannah Faucher (student council president), Peter Gruenes (baseball), Chris Janeck (soccer/lacrosse), Tommy Kutschke (football), Adam LaVitola (soccer), Maddie Lipp (tennis), Danielle Loeger (soccer), Isabelle Montagne (field hockey/ lacrosse), Nina Nissly (swimming), Gabriela Perino (volleyball/basketball/soccer), Colin Rowe (swimming/water polo), Helen Schlachtenhaufen (cross country/track) and Carly Schmidt (track).

Cardinals promote new trier's Tilson Baseball: Ex-New Trier High School star Charlie Tilson, who is ranked No. 11 in the St. Louis Cardinals minor league organization by mlbpipeline.com, was promoted to high A last week. The speedy outfielder is now playing in the Florida State League with the Palm Beach Cardinals. Prior to the call-up, the 20-year Tilson played 100 games with the Peoria Chiefs in the Midwest League. His stats included a .303 batting average with 49 runs, 30 RBI and 15 stolen bases. He had a walk-off triple in a 2-1 win over Wisconsin on Aug. 8. ■

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Michael Abrahamson Loyola Boys Golf: He was a standout performer at the Raider Classic. Abrahamson earned medalist honors (two-under par 70) with a three-stroke victory at The Den in Bloomington on April 21. His effort sparked the Ramblers to a one-stroke victory over New Trier 300-301. Michael Banas (75, tied for 7th), Nick Rossini (77, tied for 15th), Peter Leinenweiser (78, tied for 20th), George Galanis (78, tied for 20 th) and Nick Lavezzorio (79, tied for 24th) also came through. On Aug. 19 at the Hersey Invitational, the Ramblers took third (302). Abrahamson led LA with a one-under par 71. Drew Barrett Lake Forest Boys Golf: He shot a 71 at Bittersweet on Aug. 24 to help Lake Forest to runner-up honors in the Warren Invite. Led by Brian Dolehide (71), who won the scorecard playoff, Hinsdale Central edged the Scouts 300-302 for the team title. LF had four players under 80: Jack Garrity (74), Mac Montagne (78) and Jake Kuntz (79). On Aug. 26 at the Lake County Meet at Shepherd’s Crook, Barrett shot a 73 to share second place with Highland Park’s Patrick Flavin. The Scouts placed fourth in the team standings (316). On Aug. 22 at the Woodstock Invite, Sean Casey carded a 71, which put him at the top of the leader board with Barrington’s Tom Calbi (71). The Scouts, who placed third in the nine-team event (313), also received solid efforts from Barrett (75), Garrity (76), Montagne (79), Jake Kunz (80) and Graham Ganshirt (80). The Scouts came in 10th at the Raider Classic in Bloomington on Aug. 21. Montagne shot an 81 (tied for 33rd). Patrick Flavin Highland Park Boys Golf: He led the way — shooting a 73 and tying Lake Forest’s Drew Barrett for runner-up honors — as the Giants captured top honors (307) at the Lake County Invite on Aug. 26 at Shepherd’s Crook in Zion. The senior also came up with a strong outing at the Woodstock Invite on Aug. 22. Competing at Plum Tree National, Flavin shot a 72 to finish in a tie for third place with New Trier’s Matt Murdoch. The Giants placed fourth in the nine-team event behind Barrington (295), New Trier (299) and Lake Forest (301). The other scorers were Noah Apter (79), Noah Fishbein (79) and Brandon Nasatir (83). At the 14-team Warren Invite on Aug. 24, the Giants finished in a tie for seventh place (327) with Libertyville. HP’s top four were Nasatir (80), Flavin (81), Noah Fishbein (83) and Daniel Hetlinger (83). Matt Murlick New Trier Boys Golf: He shot par (72) at Plum Tree National and wound up in a tie for third place with Highland Park’s Patrick Flavin at the Woodstock Invite on Aug. 22. New Trier, which claimed runner-up honors behind Barrington 295-299, also had two other top-10 finishes: Matt Consolo (75) and Will Seaman (75). Gabe Krause (77), Scott Chudacoff (78) and David Perl (81) also played well. On Aug. 21 at the Raider Classic at the Den in Bloomington, the Trevians (301) finished one stroke in back of Loyola (300). John Wegener scored a 74 to finish in a tie for third. David Branfonbrener (75) and Nick Iserloth (75) also made the top 10, while Jack Hedstrom finished in a tie for 15th (77). Will Connelly shot a 79 to finish in a tie for 24th. Andrew Blechman/Sam Reategui North Shore Country Day Boys Golf: Paced by Blechman (74) and Reategui (74), the Raiders finished with a 308 to win the Independent School League (ISL) Preseason Tournament by 17 strokes on Aug. 22 at Cog Hill. Coach Joe Bosco, who directed NSCD to state titles in 2011 and 2012, also received strong play from Drew Miles (79) and William Skinner (80). Kelli Ono/Liza Kraff Highland Park Girls Golf: Highlighted by their 2-3 finish, the Giants cruised to a team championship at the Lake County Invite at Bonnie Brook in Waukegan on Aug. 26. Ono shot a 75 and Kraff added a 77 to pace HP (324) over runner-up Barrington (350). Gabby Levin (83, tied for 8th), Nicole Berardi (89, tied for 16th) and Emily Ablin (90, tied for 20th) also were instrumental. Stevenson’s Nicki Marquardt took medalist honors (73). Ono, meanwhile, earned medalist honors (78) and helped her team to a second-place finish in the Barrington Invite on Aug. 21. The host team defeated the Giants by four strokes, 333-337. Kraff placed fourth overall (80). Leah Chung shot an 89, while Ablin added a 90. Isabelle Kane Loyola Girls Golf: The senior standout shot a 76 to help her team to a first-place showing at the Rockford Invitational on Aug. 21 at the Rockford Country Club. LA scored a 320 to win the meet by 14 strokes. The team’s other scorers were Nicole Wetoska (79), Taylor Gentzkow (82) and Blake Yaccino (83). Lauren Holly/Lauren Sigurdson New Trier Girls Golf: This duo led the way as New Trier won its own invite on Aug. 20. Holly and Sigurdson shot 81s to share first place, while Becca Lindblad placed third with an 82. Louise McCulloch took fifth (83) for the Trevians (329). On Aug. 21 at the Rockford Boylan Invite, the Trevians finished second. The top scorers were Sigurdson (82), Lindblad (83), Lexi Salberg (83), Julia Schuham (86) and McCulloch (88). Emily Young Lake Forest Girls Golf: The sophomore finished eight strokes back and claimed fifth place (81) at the Lake County Invite at Bonnie Brook on Aug. 26. The Scouts, who finished eighth in the tourney (364), also received solid efforts from Genevieve Foster (91, tied for 23rd) and Stephanie Pintas (93, tied for 28th). Tanner Chester LF Soccer Association Travel Soccer: He had four goals in the four-game set as the LFSA U14 Select boys team finished 4-0 to win a title at the Daniel Cunniff Tournament. He had two goals in a 4-1 win over Evanston Select, and he tallied each goal in 1-0 victories over Evanston Classic and Chicago Fire North Red. Austin Becker and Sammy Marban scored one goal each in the finale, a 2-1 win over Chicago Fire North West Indiana. Preston Wickremesekera and Parker Roberts recorded goals against Evanston Select. ■

Darling looking to sustain success First-year North Shore Country Day head coach Kevin Darling directs traffic at a recent football practice.

■ by bill mclean

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sports@northshoreweekend.com Prep football coaches sometimes fear their players will get lost in the shuffle in the first couple of days of preseason practice. It’s not easy keeping dozens and dozens of teens, in all shapes and sizes and conditions, fully engaged for hours on end. But the deck of players dealt to new North Shore Country Day coach Kevin Darling in mid-August wasn’t stacked very high. He looked at only 23 pairs of eyes on Day One. “It is a challenge, having a small number like that and doing what’s necessary to minimize the number of injuries each practice,” said the 29-year-old Darling, a wide receivers/linebackers coach under NSCD co-coaches Jim Deuble and Fred Miller last fall. “But there are benefits, with one of them being it will be easier for me to develop unique relationships with all of them. “I have to be smart, and I’m going to make sure all 23 have a great experience.” Darling absorbed Big Ten football at Penn State from 2002-06, first as a walk-on wide receiver and later as a tight end. In between: stints at linebacker. He started in about half of the Nittany Lions’ games his senior year and scored a redzone touchdown against Illinois. After graduating with a degree in Crime, Law and Justice, he got invited to attend the 2007 rookie camp of the Washington Redskins — the team he followed as a youth in Northern Virginia. Joe Gibbs was at the end of his second run as head coach with the franchise then. “It was a great experience, meeting the other tight ends in camp and picking their brains,” Darling said. But he had to turn in his playbook on the fourth day of camp. Darling then worked as a paralegal for a spell in Washington, D.C., before entering the world of personal training. He also coached football at his alma mater, West Springfield (Va.) High School. As a functional therapist at Redefined Fitness in Wilmette since 2009, Darling has worked with clients ranging from the ages of 10 to 82. The new Raiders’ coach inherited a program that reached the state playoffs in each of the last three seasons. Last year’s Class 2A qualifier went 7-3, falling 36-12 to Amboy in the first round. “I’m very excited about Kevin Darling as our head football coach,” NSCD athletic director Patrick McHugh said. “It is a lot of responsibility, but he is a person of integrity and a wonderful role model. His demeanor leads him to being well-liked by players and coaches. “I feel fortunate to have him part of our staff.” The Darling Era begins Friday at 7 p.m., with a road game at Hope Academy in Chicago. “I’m big on taking care of the little things, and I’ve been stressing those since the first day of practice,” Darling said. “I want my players on time each day, and I don’t want to see any issues with their equipment during practice. Our practice motto is, ‘Be as efficient as possible.’ “Another thing I want them to be is competitive on the field but not at all costs. The players having fun — that’s something else I want to see from all of them.” ■

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For Mary Beth and David the Key to happiness is in Florida

We’ve enjoyed going down to Longboat Key in Florida for the past 21 years. Our home is on the Gulf of Mexico. We have a philosophy — we have four wonderful kids, but we see the benefits of adult time. We’ll head down together and get there on a Friday afternoon. We’ll grab a bottle of champagne and watch the giant sun set. It never gets old. That night we’ll go to Euphemia Haye, a restaurant within walking distance of the house. The fresh seafood there is always delicious — they’re especially known for their stone crab claws. After dinner, we head off the island to St. Armands Circle, where the shopping at boutiques is almost as good as the people watching.

“We’ll head down together and get there on a Friday afternoon. We’ll grab a bottle of champagne and watch the giant sun set. It never gets old.”

Mary Beth and David Schmidt live in Lake Forest, where David works as a dentist.

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On Saturday I (Mary Beth) will have a facial or massage at the Colony. They know how to take care of a mother of four there. We like to have lunch outdoors at The Old Salty Dog. You can’t beat the view at a table on the water. We like to sail our Hobie 16 in the afternoon. We love this particular boat — we actually sailed on it for our first date. For dinner, we love to go to the Beach Bistro — very quiet and romantic. Then we’ll go to Sarasota, 20 minutes away, and listen to live music at happening bars. We’re no longer parents — we’re hip youngsters when we go to these places. On Sunday we have coffee on the patio and listen to the quiet, lapping waves. We miss the kids by now. Sometimes we’ll catch an earlier flight home. We miss the hustle and bustle. We recently sold the house in Longboat Key, but we’ll go back. Once we return from a visit, we daydream about going back down there again. Mary Beth and David Schmidt, as told to David Sweet. ■

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