The North Shore Weekend EAST, Issue 75 by JWC Media

No. 75 | A JWC Media publication

saturday march 15 | sunday march 16 2014

sunday breakfast

socials

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Tom McAfee steers hospital to new heights. P.21

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Winter Club nabs a number of hockey titles. P.52

local news and personalities of Wilmette, Kenilworth, Winnetka, Northfield, Glencoe, Highland Park, evanston, Lake Forest, Mettawa & Lake Bluff

No place like home

Special dens for men are better than ever on North Shore. P8

The Perper home in Highland Park

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Man caves are becoming more popular on the North Shore and have been quite a haven during the never-ending winter.

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

28 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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52 Fire on ice Talk about being white hot. The youth hockey program at the Winter Club of Lake Forest celebrated four championships in two days.

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S pring in the air With spring break coming up, whether one goes to the slopes or the beach, protecting one’s skin is an important consideration.

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Every man for himself in these sanctuaries

onsider the man cave. In many ways, the name sounds lifted from another era, perhaps CroMagnon or, at the very least, before women’s lib. The image it stirs includes a La-Z Boy recliner studded with broken Doritos, a small refrigerator brimming with Budweiser, a television tuned to football — and somewhere, a “Keep Out” sign and maybe a crooked poster of those three entertainers of yore, Moe, Larry and Curly. On the North Shore, though, man caves are a little more refined. And they have been quite popular during this interminable winter. Bill McLean reports on the different variations in this week’s paper. The new Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital will not feature a man cave — but the 400,000-squarefoot facility, due to be completed in 2017, will have just about everything else. The man behind the modern facility is Tom McAfee. Hired in 2006, he’s

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Neanderthals no more Man caves are high-tech havens on North Shore ■ by bill mclean

Pool tables, bars and more are part of man caves on the North Shore.

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Me Want New Name The term "man cave" may seem slightly anachronistic in the 21st century — especially on the North Shore, where some of these havens feature eight big-screen televisions and other technological wonders. The North Shore Weekend's Facebook page at Facebook.com/ TheNorthShoreWeekend invites you to participate in our Man Cave Reader Poll. Our editor will be choosing the most creative response to our Man Cave question among those entries that like the NSW Facebook page.

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Man caves — also known as mantuaries, hubby hideaways and the forerunners to media rooms — have come a long way since taking up space in oil-stained garages and dank basements. In many cases they’re now immaculate, high-tech havens for homeowners who want to close a door on the stresses of life and then lose themselves in the joy of watching their favorite football team win a televised game on one of several flat screens. A billiards table nearby comes in handy during halftime, as does a wet bar. Sometimes the crackling from a man cave’s fireplace drowns out the sound of liquid hitting ice cubes in a glass. “You could define a man cave as a deluxe, comfortable setting that allows people to separate themselves from everyday worries,” says Roberta Miller, an associate broker at Koenig & Strey in Lake Forest. “It gives a person a feeling of escape.” But Miller and others in real estate along the North Shore believe men’s “Do Not Disturb” signs on the entrance of their caves have largely fallen and now serve as welcome mats — for women and children. “It shouldn’t be a room just for men,” says Susan Silverberg, marketing coordinator at Coldwell Banker in Deerfield. “I like the idea of sitting around in a big room in your PJs. The husband and wife should take turns using it; the whole family should be able to enjoy it.” Dan Perper and his wife, Danielle, live in Highland Park with their three children, ages 6 to 11. Dan’s cave features eight TVs, cozy furniture and a unique door separating it from the home library. Close the door, push a button and, gradually, the door’s glass frosts over. Cool — in more ways than one. “I’m a big NFL fan,” says Dan Perper, an investment firm partner and an even bigger Chicago Bears fan. “I’m in there every Sunday during the football season. When I’m in there I don’t hear a thing going on in the rest of the house. For about every 20 times I’m in there, my wife is in there with me once, and our 6-yearold knows how to work the whole room. You should see him, the way he plays video games while watching TV.” According to mancavesite.org, “man cave” was first used as a description for a room in 1992. In 2012, in a piece written by Adam Tschorn of the Los Angeles Times, interior designer Courtney Cachet notes a man cave would have been “called a media room” in 2005. “I promise you,” she adds, “as soon as the economy takes even a little bit of an uptick, there will be a resurgence that will put to shame what we’ve seen so far. People will be pulling out all the stops. We’ll see man caves with bowling alleys.”

Barbara Shields, a broker at @ properties in Winnetka, would like to strike “man cave” from the domestic lexicon altogether. “A so-called man cave … that’s so pedestrian,” she says. “A man who wants a place to be alone at home only has to go to his beautiful library, or his office, or a wine room. An office is classic and timeless, a perfect place for a man to close a door to the world and be with his golf trophies, books and other things.” Orren Pickell has seen all kinds of man caves, from a low-budget shelter with a kegerator (a refrigerator modified to contain and dispense beer) to a high-end room with a poker table as its centerpiece and an air handler to disperse cigarette and cigar smoke. “The best man caves are the ones that take care of all of a man’s video and audio needs, the ones with multiple TVs, games — they’re essentially large entertainment centers,” says Pickell, president and CEO of Orren Pickell Building Group in Northfield. “It’s a space for a man to do anything he wants. “But I’m sure there are wives who also like man caves,” he adds,” because wives get to escape their husbands when the husbands are in those caves for all those hours.” Hours before men’s hockey games at the University of Notre Dame, Irish players get to hang out in a room in the Compton Family Ice Arena, relaxing while watching TV on a leather couch or playing Foosball. The convenient refuge is dubbed, “The Chill Room,” aka man cave’s little brother. For Highland Park resident Ian Robinson, a man cave wouldn’t be a man cave without sports jerseys in glass cases on walls, posters of sports heroes, baseball bats and football helmets here, baseballs and golf balls there, and other varieties of sports memorabilia doing double duty as room ornaments. “When I think of the early man caves I also think of the ones with a wood-paneled bar in a wood-paneled basement,” says Robinson, branch manager and broker at Coldwell Banker in Northbrook. “Many of the them now are home theaters with huge screens. The definition of a man cave depends on the man. I have an office at home; it’s like a library. It used to be a spacious place for me to sit on a couch, read books and relax. Now our son’s toys are in there and we’ve converted it into a family room where we spend a lot of time together.” Tom Girot, president of Thomas Sarti Girot Interiors in Park Ridge, has been in the design trade for 35 years and worked on many North Shore homes. Nearly every house he enhances boasts a media room, aka a man cave’s classy cousin. “I don’t need a man cave or any room similar to it,” says Girot, a Morris resident. “I don’t want one. “I live vicariously through my clients.” ■

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Not speaking the same language

Mandarin program’s fate unclear after kindergartners lose choice ■ by angelika labno

Cherokee School students Devin Balmelli, Redding Worth, and Brian Zeeman have spoken to parents about their support of the Mandarin Immersion program.

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For the past three years, students of Lake Forest District 67 have been able to join the Mandarin Immersion Program. It divides the school day: half of the lectures are in Mandarin, the other half are in English. Faced with increasing pressure from opponents, the District 67 Board of Education has considered ending the program. Last month, it suspended Mandarin for dozens of incoming kindergarteners, allowing only those currently enrolled to continue their studies. “Whether we want to admit it or not, Mandarin Immersion has fundamentally changed the nature of one of our schools,” noted Superintendent Michael Simek at the Feb. 25 meeting, referring to Cherokee School, where it is housed. “The building has become dominated by one program.” Opponents call the program elitist, creating a division between the kids. They also protest that children in the program receive more attention than others. Pro-Mandarin parents believe that early introduction to a different language and culture will prepare their kids for the global workplace. They cite that youngsters from other countries speak several languages (in Europe, 60 percent of students in upper secondary education study two or more foreign languages, according to 2009 figures published by Eurostat). They have created an online petition to submit to Simek and the board to urge them to change their decision. “We need to preserve and protect the freedom of choice to ensure each and every child can prosper,” the petition reads in part. Cherokee Elementary School third-graders Redding Worth, Devin Balmelli and Brian Zeeman — who have been in the program since its inception — vocalized their support at a recent parent meeting. Worth says she would be “downright devastated” should the program be discontinued.

One of the pro-Mandarin arguments is that the earlier kids are exposed to a second language, the better. Language acquisition becomes more difficult the older one gets. Studies show that learning a foreign language increases standardized test scores, creativity and critical thinking skills, according to the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages. Worth, who also speaks French and Spanish, can already attest to the benefits of knowing a foreign language. During a trip to France, she faced a barrier when she conversed in English. Once she switched to their native tongue, people warmed up, “taking pictures with me and cupping my face,” she said. Balmelli made a plea to continue the program through a video she made in Chinese addressing the Board of Education. She described how she and her younger sister Hannah have benefitted from the program, and that she would be sad should her baby sister, Harriet, not get the same opportunity. “She would need to take Mandarin on Saturdays, and we are very busy on Saturdays,” Balmelli explained. “She also wouldn’t be able to learn all the fun songs and poems like the children in my classroom.” The average school day at Cherokee (students at Everett and Sheridan schools who wish to be involved in Mandarin are bussed over) includes Mandarin instruction in math, language arts, culture and science. Nearly 160 kindergarten-third grade students are enrolled. The program is reported to cost about $20,000 a year, and Lake Forest is one of the few cities in the state to offer it. Zeeman, who learned Mandarin while living overseas in Singapore, hopes the program continues. “I would think that it would be unfair to the younger kids (to stop the program), because everyone should be able to do what they want in school,” she says. ■

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On slopes or at beaches, sunscreen is a spring-break necessity ■ by angelika labno

As North Shore’s residents prepare for their spring vacations, ski gloves and bikinis will be packed. But one item should not be forgotten. Whether it’s at the top of a Vail blackdiamond run or on the beaches of Florida, the danger of sun rays stays the same — and sunscreen is the best shield against the skin’s worst enemy. “My older sister says that teenagers she

“Whether it’s 30 SPF or 50 SPF, reapplication is what’s essential.” | Dr. Andrea Knox-Hochstedt

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knows don’t like to use sunscreen, but she feels it’s important to apply it to prevent cancer,” says Danielle Prindle, 11, of Lake Forest. “I wear SPF 70 because I have skin that burns easily, and I don’t like when my skin peels after a sunburn.” Since the skin is the body’s largest (and fastest-growing) organ and its first layer of protection, taking care of it is crucial — even when one is tempted after an interminable Chicago winter to swim in the Caribbean without it. There’s one mistake that people continuously make, says Dr. Andrea Knox-Hochstedt of Winnetka’s Whole Beauty Institute. “Whether it’s 30 SPF or 50 SPF, reapplication is what’s essential,” said Hochstedt, who specializes in non-surgical anti-aging

treatments. Skincare is the name of the game at Whole Beauty Institute, which is an extension of Dr. John Q. Cook’s regular practice. The Winnetka resident studied English literature during his undergraduate days at Yale University before finding a passion for medicine (he’s also fond of restoring historic houses, including his 1911 Winnetka home). Cook completed training in general surgery before settling on plastic surgery. When he started his independent private practice in 1988, Cook saw a demand for continued skincare from patients who had facelifts and other facial rejuvenation surgery and set out to make Whole Beauty Institute one of the first medspas in the country. “At the time we didn’t yet have botox, advanced fillers or many of the technologies that are now available to help treat our patients,” said Cook. “I diligently set out to learn about the options that were currently available and put together a first-class team to help me deliver these services.” The medspa offers non-surgical treatments -- such as chemical peels and laser treatments -- to rejuvenate skin, correct sun damage or turn back the clock. Skincare is broken down into three categories: evening out skin tone, cellular renewal and collagen stimulation. Peels targeting various needs are applied in-office and are followed with specialized take-home maintenance kits to supplement the effects of the peel. The extent of Whole Beauty’s offerings can be found at www.wholebeautyinstitute-skincare.com. ■

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Founder is wide awake to potential of new beverage

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photography by joel lerner ■ by jenna schubert Northfield resident Rocky Mosele stumbled upon his idea to invent caffeinated, lightly flavored club soda through personal experience. The story behind his company, Caffeinated Club — which began operating out of its Glenview-based headquarters in the fall — is unique. “It’s a testament that truth is always stranger than fiction,” Mosele says.

“I looked at my club soda and said, ‘Why doesn’t this just have caffeine in it?’ ” | Rocky Mosele As a successful businessman who attended New Trier High School and DePaul University, Mosele has developed several businesses during his career (his other company is International Star Registry). In the fall of 2012, Mosele was at a business dinner in Chicago, when he decided to order a drink. Because his busy travel schedule had left him tired, he declined his usual vodka and club soda and tried a Red Bull energy drink mixed with vodka. Yet the taste of the energy drink was unappealing. “I looked at my club soda and said, ‘Why doesn’t this just have caffeine in it?’ ” Mosele says. Afterward, he began researching and was surprised to find that caffeinated club soda was non-existent. So by April of 2013, he appointed a project manager to help him make his idea of caffeinated club soda a reality. In September, the Caffeinated Club bottling facility in Glenview opened, and the first beverages were produced in October. The Caffeinated Club sodas are available

in four flavors — raspberry, orange-grapefruit, lemon, and clear (flavorless) — and contain no sugar, calories, or artificial sweeteners. They are also kosher-certified and vegan-friendly. Each single serving 12-ounce bottle has approximately the same amount of caffeine as a can of Coca-Cola. The product is sold in boutique grocery stores such as Foodstuffs, The Grand, and The Marketplace grocery store. Caffeinated Club was also recently picked up by Southern Wine & Spirits (a $16 billion company), which will distribute the products to every major grocer in Illinois and nationwide. “People rave about the product on our Facebook page. The feedback has been terrific,” Mosele says. “We’re not trying to be everything for everybody, but we’re certainly something for a lot of people. For any caffeine-drinker, we’re a viable option.” One such caffeine drinker, Alex Breuder of Wilmette, recently switched to Caffeinated Club sodas. “I’ve been trying to find a healthier alternative for my Diet Coke obsession, and I’m happy to report I haven’t had one in more than three weeks,” she says. Customers like Breuder are part of the reason Mosele has high hopes for the future of Caffeinated Club. His main goal is to roll out the product nationally and internationally, and to see Caffeinated Club become a regular household brand. In the meantime, he will continue his work — which is also his passion. “I’ve heard the phrase, ‘If you love what you do, you don’t work a day in your life.’ I have been blessed that I haven’t had to work a day in my life,” Mosele says. For more information, visit caffeinatedclub.com. ■

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The Grainger Foundation committed $5 million to NorthShore University HealthSystem to support research and professional training in leading-edge surgical techniques. The gift will provide funding to the NorthShore Center for Simulation and Innovation, which will be named the Grainger Center for Simulation and Innovation. Says Dr. Mark S. Talamonti, chairman of surgery, “The Grainger Center for Simula-

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Noting a lack of integrated care models in the Midwest, three co-founders opened Chicago Sports Institute last year to create a facility that combines performance training, sports medicine and integrative health management under one roof. David Hollinger, director of sports performance, says, “Our methodology can not only be applied to elite athletes but to the weekend warrior as well.”

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Twelve newly trained adults were sworn into their volunteer position by Judge Valerie Ceckowski as representatives of the Lake County Juvenile Court and as advocates for abused and neglected children. “Their training will enable them to turn around the life of a child by making sure the children are safe, healthy, doing well in school and in other parts of their life,” said Terri Zenner Greenberg, executive director of Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA). Amy Stoll of Winnetka, Cristen Forrester of Wilmette, Cathy Ross of Glencoe, Ann Ross of Glencoe, Elsa De Jaegher of Winnetka and Jean-Jacques De Jaegher of Winnetka were among those sworn in as volunteers.

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On Saturday March 15, the Les Turner Foundation will honor Highland Park resident Harvey Gaffen at the 27th Annual “Hope Through Caring” Award Dinner. Les Turner ALS Harvey Gaffen Foundation serves more than 90 percent of the ALS popula-

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Early voting will take place through Saturday, March 15 at sites designated by county clerks.

State law requires early voters to present government-issued photo identification such as a passport, driver’s license, or military ID. All early voting is conducted on touch screens. Please check the Cook County Clerk’s website (www.cookctyclerk.com) or the Lake County Clerk’s website (https://countyclerk.lakecountyil.gov) for early voting locations. ■

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Novelist’s books focus on positive — and resonate with teens

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photography by paul barnett ■ by jenna schubert For many authors, a love of reading is something that is revealed during childhood. But for Simone Elkeles, New York Times best-selling author of the “Perfect Chemistry” series and other teenage romance novels, an interest in reading did not develop until much later in life. Born in Chicago, Elkeles spent her early years in Glenview and then Deerfield. As a student at Deerfield

High School, she never enjoyed reading — mainly because the assigned books did not spark her interests. For her, school was less about the homework and more about the relationships she built with her friends. “My favorite class was my lunch period,” she says. “But to be honest, my sociology and psychology classes at Deerfield really intrigued me; I liked to study how people think and how they interact in social situations. And I think that my high school helped me create a love of understanding people.” Elkeles continued to pursue her interests in college, graduating from the University of Illinois in Champaign with a bachelor of arts in psychology. Following her graduation, her father was diagnosed with lung cancer and passed away shortly thereafter. She then inherited the family manufacturing business, which became her full-time career. After she married and started a family, she sold the company and stayed home to raise her two children. It was during a trip to the library with her children that she suddenly developed a strong passion for reading. “I must have read 100 books in about six months – It’s like my eyes were opened,” Elkeles says. “I realized that it’s so powerful to be able to make somebody laugh or cry. And I knew that I wanted to do that with my written words.” In 2000, despite no creative writing training, she began writing. At the time, she had developed an interest in reading romantic novels, because she enjoyed their happy endings, and she decided to write a romantic novel for teens. In 2005, she found an agent who got her first book, “How to Ruin a Summer Vacation,” published. Now, her works include nine novels for teenagers, including the How to Ruin trilogy, The New York Times bestselling Perfect Chemistry trilogy, and her most recent novel, “Wild Cards.” Elkeles — who says she was never expecting to achieve such success with her writing — attributes her novels’ popularity to their positive messages. “A lot of teenage books focus on the negative parts of being

in high school (‘I’m a loser,’ ‘No one understands me,’ and ‘I get made fun of’),” Elkeles says. “Even though everyone has issues, I love writing teen books that focus on the fun parts of being in high school.” She also claims that her goal is simply to entertain and to be authentic with her writing, rather than to instruct or to judge teenagers for their decisions. Her novel “Perfect Chemistry,” for instance, follows the life of a teenage boy who finds the courage to leave a gang. “The fan mail I get from teens makes my life. I’ve heard things like, ‘I want to be like your character Alex and get out of the gang I’m in,’ or, ‘I stopped cutting myself when I read your books,’” Elkeles says. “And, wow, I’m just writing entertainment for myself, but my words are so powerful to my readers – it’s unbelievable. I never expected it.” Her novels also contain lighthearted aspects of teenage life as well. “At Deerfield High School, I always wanted to try out for the football team, but I was too embarrassed to be the only girl. So I didn’t try out, and it’s seriously the one regret of my life,” Elkeles says. “So, when I wrote ‘Wild Cards,’ I made the lead female character the only girl on the high school football team.” In fact, the Chicago suburbs play an important role in Elkeles’ novels. In the Perfect Chemistry series, Fairfield High School is based on Highland Park High School. Her novels also mention Rosewood Beach in Highland Park, the Bahá’í Temple in Wilmette, and many other locations in Deerfield, Chicago, Evanston, and Winnetka. Currently, Elkeles lives with her family in Buffalo Grove and is putting the finishing touches on her 10th novel – the second book of the Wild Cards series. Aside from spending time with her 16-year-old daughter and 13-year-old son (they recently went on a trip to Alaska to try dog mushing), she is also a Girl Scout leader and hopes to learn guitar playing. But, of course, much of her time is spent writing. “My house gets neglected, but my fans don’t,” she says. ■

New arts academy features long pedigree ■ by gregg shapiro

Samara Harand has theater in her blood. “My mother actually went into labor while watching ‘South Pacific’ on television, so I am truly a musical theater baby from birth,” Harand says. A director and choreographer of a multitude of musicals and revues at Harand Camp of the Theatre Arts in Wisconsin, Harand also has theater credentials at Boston University’s On Broadway, as well as Victorian Village Resort. The new Company Show director for Starland Kids in Deerfield, Harand’s re cent cred its i nclude “ L ega l ly Blonde,” “West Side Story,” “Bye Bye Birdie,” “The Wizard of Oz,” as well as tributes to Bob Fosse and Jerome Robbins. Harand, who holds a master of fine arts in arts management from Brooklyn College, has worked both on Broadway and off at venues such as Roundabout Theatre Company, The Producing Office, in addition to the Tony Awards. She is the founder and executive director of the new non-profit organization Harand Academy of the Arts (harandacademy.com) in Deerfield, Gregg Shapiro: Samara, I first met you when you were doing theater publicity. Can you please say something about what that experience was like for you? Samara Harand: Working as a theater publicist was a wonderful introduction to the Chicago theater community, and I am so thankful to Beth Silverman (of The Silverman Group) for hiring me right out of college. During that time I had the opportunity to work with amazing artists, writers, producers, and administrators. I learned so much about the business of theater and what it takes to succeed in this industry. People who have never worked in PR wrongly assume that anyone can do it. I

really can’t think of a better training ground for arts managers. GS: How are you related to Sulie and Pearl Harand of the Harand Studios of the Theatre Arts? SH: While Harand Camp is one big extended family of Haranders I am part of the actual Harand family. Sulie Harand, who founded the original studios with her sister Pearl (and their husbands Byron and Sam) is my grandmother. GS: If you weren’t so steeped in the theater world, what other careers would you have considered for yourself? SH: I actually denied my roots for a long time and tried to go into anything but theater. While I loved performing throughout school, my original plan was to become a lawyer. I even took the LSATs; but when I choked on my best section, I took it as a sign that I needed to stop living in denial and focus on what I love – which is the arts. GS: In 2013, you founded the Harand Academy of the Arts. Tell us about it. SH: Harand Academy is very much founded in the spirit of the original Harand Studios that were based in downtown Chicago in the 1950s. Our primary goal is to offer quality training in a positive, noncompetitive environment. Kids face enough challenges growing up, and theater should be a safe place to explore your creativity, build self-confidence and find your voice. We had wanted to bring back the studio for years, and the requests for year-round shows and workshops had been consistently building in the last year especially. That the stars aligned for us to be able to launch in the same year as the 60th anniversary of Harand Camp is very special. It really brings everything full circle to where it started. GS: How did you go about designing the curriculum? SH: We definitely took the input of

Harand students (both past and present) and also thought about the types of classes and shows we would have wanted to take at that age. We want to give our students the tools to succeed not only as performers but also as people and we want them to be challenged and have fun. That’s definitely the most important part! GS: Did you have one or two theater educators who had a substantial impact on you? SH: This should go without saying, but Sulie and Pearl Harand most definitely had the largest impact on my life as an artist and theater educator. I think their philosophy of “No Man is an Island” is something that will always stay with me in every aspect of my life. Plus, for two women to do what they did - at a time when women were not supposed to be the breadwinners - is absolutely inspiring. Also, during my time at graduate school in New York I had the opportunity to work with so many arts professionals on Broadway and in the non-profit arena, but Harold Wolpert (the managing director of Roundabout Theatre Company) stands out in my mind. He always forced me to think strategically and showed me what it takes to be the leader of an arts institution. While I always knew I would come back to Chicago (the greatest theater community in the world!) I wouldn’t trade my time in New York for anything. GS: What can you tell me about Starland in Deerfield? SH: I love Starland, and the creative outlet and training they provide for North Shore children and families is wonderful. I was originally hired by Starland owner Adam More to direct the fall company musical “The Wizard of Oz,” and our professional relationship just grew from there. The second I walked into the beautiful arts

facility this past August I was struck by the terrific, positive energy of the staff and students. The philosophy and the overall vibe felt very similar to Harand. So later, when I discovered that there was space (and time) available to potentially offer classes and shows for older students…it just seemed like kismet. GS: Harand Camp, the Studios’ overnight summer theater camp in Wisconsin, is entering its 60th anniversary season. Are there plans to mark the occasion in a special way? SH: We are holding a big 60th Anniversary Gala at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in downtown Chicago on Saturday evening, March 8. Haranders from all eras are expected to attend. It’s going to be a very special night with amazing food, entertainment, and memories. All proceeds from the event will benefit our other non-profit – the Harand Camp Scholarship Fund – which helps send children to camp who otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford the experience. We also have big things in the works for this coming summer. For example, our first session pageant (our full-length musical revue) will be dedicated to the “best-of Harand Camp” featuring some of our favorite songs and dances from years past. It is going to be a very special summer and one not-to-be-missed. GS: What are some of the advantages of being located on the North Shore? SH: I think families on the North Shore understand the importance of arts education to a child’s development. We would like to eventually expand to add a city location in the future, but Deerfield is the perfect place to start. We have many current Haranders and alums in the area so there is a builtin audience and awareness for the Harand name. I probably run into at least two or three parents per week at Starland that are connected to Harand in some way. We are very lucky to have found a home there. ■

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Sophomore puts on a clinic in how to help refugees ■ by angelika labno Most people go through medical school before opening a clinic. Yet Joyce Caldwell, a sophomore at Lake Forest Academy, is paving the way for a new clinic in an impoverished village in the Dominican Republic.

“Kids would run around with burn marks infected all over their bodies, and it’s so unfair that they have no access to anything.” | Joyce Caldwell

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A 10-day trip to the country through Global Leadership Adventures opened Caldwell’s eyes. The Lake Bluff resident — who says she has wanted to be a doctor for as long as she could remember — observed health problems of the locals and narrowed the reasons to a lack of health education and a scarcity of medical resources. “Kids would run around with burn marks infected all over their bodies, and it’s so unfair that they have no access to anything,” she said. “It blew my mind that no one’s done anything for those people.” Caldwell garnered support from others on the trip to raise awareness for the cause, which was termed Helping Humanity. They chose Carrabayo, a Haitian refugee camp, for the location of the clinic. She saw a need because

of the discrimination against Haitians and their subsequent “invisibility” in a Dominican society. Children of Haitian squatters are not recognized by either Haiti or by the Dominican Republic. The main goal is to provide people with basic medical care. Once the clinic is finished, the second project is educating young girls on sexual diseases in hopes of deterring them from prostitution, as it is rampant in the area. An estimated $12,000 is needed for the threeroom facility. Examples of equipment desired include basics such as an examination table, sink and shower, stethoscope, and medical kits. Pressured by the goal to break ground by this summer, Caldwell — also the group’s president of fundraising — has already raised a third of the amount through T-shirt campaigns at her school and by soliciting family and friends. There is a link on the website www.helpinghumanityworldwide.org for people to donate or to get involved by volunteering. “It’s incredible how little you can do and how much people will believe in you and your cause,” said Caldwell. Despite their lack of rights, money and medical care, Caldwell was amazed at the happiness possessed by the Haitian refugees. In 2009, Britain’s New Economics Foundation ranked the Dominican Republic as the second-happiest country in the world; the United States earned the 114th spot. “They are the future of our society, as they know how to use natural resources,” said Caldwell of Carrabayo’s residents. “They look at us like we’re angels to them, but it’s completely the other way around for me.” ■

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■ by katie rose mceneely Ben Whitehouse is the artist-in-residence at Evanston Art Center through April 13. Originally from London, he lives in Wilmette. Reading: I am reading two kinds of things at the moment: one is on scientific findings about the universe — what’s going on with the Higgs-Bosen, what does it mean that we have measured and confirmed it? How can we measure the fact — and I use the word fact — that we live in a universe of not one dimension of reality, but multiple dimensions of reality? This is absolutely fascinating to me. I have a tentative grasp of it, but I try to understand these things. I also read quite a bit of studies about the new data pouring in about the effects of carbon emissions on our planet. It’s a deep concern to me. I consider the data and what it means to me as an artist who cares very much about this planet. Listening: At the moment, I am listening a great deal to Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” and in particular to one recording of it by the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra’s Martin Fighert. That’s because I am in the middle of creating a video performance that will take place as a kind of setting for a live performance of [the piece]. Watching: Planet Earth. How it moves and changes moment to moment, hour to hour, and day to day, and realizing that if looked at properly, each day is a unique symphony of interdependent, causally-related experiences. Following: I am following my intuition and my impulses to grow as an artist, wherever that takes me. (And as a person, by the way.) Activity: My focus for this residency is “Only Sky,” which amounts to a collaboration between

me and the people of Evanston. We will examine both the beauty of our one, shared sky, and the importance of keeping it clean for all of us. No one person alone can solve the problem of carbon poisoning, and it will take all our individual talents to find a solution, I have come up with an art project in which I collaborate and each participant uses their vision and talent and action to make a painting of our one shared sky — each person will observe the light in the sky and make a small painting, which will be placed together. It’ll be on April 6th. Much of my residency is preparing to this. The result is that we will create a beautiful sky image that presents the desire of all of us coming together to clean our sky, just as we’ve come together to make this painting. I see great opportunity for community in that idea. What we do in Wilmette or London affects the sky in Antarctica. “Only Sky” is a shared landscape experience. Eating: As much healthy food as I can. I care a lot about what I eat. I shop at Whole Foods and try to eat healthy fruits and vegetables and good proteins. I’m a soccer player at the age of almost 52, and if I’m going to play soccer, I’m going to be ready. What is your favorite mistake? I have noticed that it is a huge mistake to underestimate any person’s contribution. Everyone is a teacher for me. To put it another way, my favorite mistake is not paying attention adequately. I’m constantly upset at myself for not being conscious enough to grasp what’s in front of me. All my mistakes are my favorite; they teach so much. I’m not sure how to value one over the others. They’re all so useful. For more information, visit whitehousestudio.com. ■

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lifestyle & arts | 21 sunday breakfast ■ by david sweet Tom McAfee’s introduction to his chosen profession was as painful as it was defining. When he was 15, his father, William, suffered a heart attack in front of him and died. “It was a catastrophic event that had a profound impact in my life,” says McAfee, president of Northwestern Lake Forest Hospital (NLFH), about the tragedy that prompted him to eventually become involved in healthcare. “I recall very specifically the people involved in caring for him.” Since joining NLFH’s 160-acre campus in 2006, where he oversees a 201-bed hospital along with hundreds of doctors and nurses, McAfee’s impact on the century-old institution has been broad. He led an affiliation with Northwestern Memorial HealthCare, which has brought new physicians (including the Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute) to Lake County and cut purchasing costs. And he launched the construction of a new facility, due to be completed in 2017, to replace the brick building that has

“It’s a sophisticated project beyond maybe building a submarine. There are so many moving parts — the needs of a radiologist and a general surgeon are vastly different.” | Tom McAfee served patients since World War II. “It’s probably one of the most challenging and rewarding projects I’ve ever been involved with,” says McAfee, who has built several cancer centers in both Philadelphia and Ohio. “It’s enormously complex. It’s a sophisticated project beyond maybe building a submarine. There are so many moving parts — the needs of a radiologist and a general surgeon are vastly different.” Two nationally known architectural firms, HGA and Pelli Clarke Pelli, worked on the designs, which were approved by the Lake Forest City Council earlier this year after 18 months of discussion. “The No. 1 priority for us in the design was safety,” says McAfee. “But it’s not just the physical design — a community like Lake Forest takes great pride in the architecture and the aesthetics.”

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Once it’s completed, the $378 million complex will feature a 400,000 square-foot hospital with an additional 100,000 square feet of medical office spaces. The new building will have five interconnected pavilions, each three stories. Outdoors, a stretch of grass — prompted by McAfee’s enjoyment of how Lake Forest High S cho ol holds graduations on its front lawn — can host celebrations and events, while walking, hiking and fitness trails are designed to promote good health. Hired to run a building where employees and visitors routinely walk by patients’ rooms to reach their destination and where physicians must navigate tunnels and sidewalks to visit their peers in the outlying 800 and 900 buildings, McAfee says it didn’t take long to realize the hospital needed a new facility. “This is wellequipped from a technology standpoint, but it’s not positioned to provide contemporary healthcare,” says McAfee of the aging Tom McAfee structure, whose purpose after 2017 is unclear. After his father’s death in 1979, McAfee moved from

upstate New York to Centerville, Ohio and graduated from its high school. While earning a bachelor of science degree at Wright State University, McAfee served as a hospital orderly, confirming his desire to enter healthcare. He later added a master of hospital and health administration from Xavier University in Cincinnati. McAfee spent a decade at the Cleveland Clinic Health System, both as a senior executive for operations of the 431-bed Hillcrest Hospital and as vice president of Cleveland Clinic’s East Region Oncology Service. Recruited to the then-Lake Forest Hospital, McAfee was most impressed by the board of trustees who hired him. “I enjoyed Cleveland. The board is why I came,” he says. “For a young CEO, to work with that kind of talent … their mandate was we want the hospital to be positioned for long-term success.” With a partner ranked No. 6 in the country and a new facility positioning the institution to achieve that mandate, what’s left? McAfee says there’s plenty of work to be done. “A fundamental philosophy is continuous improvement,” he notes. “Then we’re hitting the mark.” Despite busy days and evenings that leave little time for hobbies (“I’m a horrible golfer — that’s evidence I’m spending enough time here”), McAfee is as committed to healthcare as the first day he knew he wanted to join the industry. “There’s no more honorable profession to be part of than healthcare. The letters I receive — and I receive them all the time — we have a profound impact on lives,” he says. “How treatment illustration by barry blitt people’s CoolSculpting is the non-surgical body contouring could you have betterno job?” eliminates fat from your body. No a needles, surgery and b

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“We’ll all be exhausted afterward — but it’s so worth it.” | Lori Slager Now a manager of Hackney’s on Lake Avenue in Glenview, Lindi says that the holiday has become more of a kids’ day in the last 20 years. “The whole concept of the holidays has turned into a family event,” said Lindi, “but it’s still been our busiest day for 75 years — no matter what day it falls on.” With March 17 falling on a Monday this year, some North Shore Irish establishments are opting to start the celebration well before that. Hackney’s, with its trail of shamrocks and kellygreen lights, put the kitchen into holiday mode this

past Monday, offering corned beef, cabbage, Guinness potato soup and homemade dark rye bread every day of the week. The kid-favorite bagpipers in kilts will play Friday through Monday. A themed balloon man entertains on Sunday, and a piano player will pound out Irish tunes Monday evening. At O’Neil’s in Winnetka, the menu has been painted green. Along with corned beef, cabbage and shepherd’s pie will be a side of green pasta with pesto and green beans. Bartenders will be serving a special concoction named the “Irish Buck” consisting of Irish whiskey, lime juice and ginger beer. Traditional Irish Trio Band with Paddy Homan entertains on Monday night. Bridie McKenna’s in Highwood mixes up traditional and modern entertainment this weekend. Guests are encouraged to sing an Irish song on Friday’s karaoke night, then pass the microphone to Irish rock/traditional band Tim O’Shea and Friends on Saturday. Seamus O’Kane appears on Sunday. Bridie’s is usually closed on Mondays, but it will make an exception for its trademark holiday with bagpipers, Irish dancers and a deejay until midnight. The staff at Bridie’s found that offering a limited menu of appetizers and Irish comfort food keeps both parties happy. “It’s my favorite week of the year,” said Bridie’s manager Lori Slager. “It’s so energized, and we’ll all be exhausted afterward — but it’s so worth it.” ■

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Where politics does not make strange bedfellows

As we close in on the primary elections this Tuesday, it seems that everyone is talking about Springfield: who should move to the Illinois Governor’s Mansion, who will best lead pension reform, and which of the many political issues being debated is the most urgent. The conversation leads most every local newscast, but I doubt the same debate dominates the dinner table. The thought occurred to me during a recent event I attended, at which U.S. Senator Mark Kirk was the featured speaker. He discussed unrest in the Ukraine and the most recent revisions to the Affordable Care Act, among other topics, and he took questions from the audience. Couples appeared from a wide geographic area. I wondered how many of them will vote together March 18. In fact, spouses are quite likely to vote for the same candidates. Two 2011 studies found this to be the case – and that our personal political beliefs actually feed our attraction to like-minded mates. Spouses with different philosophies rarely convert their mates to their way of thinking (ain’t that the truth). One study, published in the Journal of Politics, considered these truths: Humans are highly influenced by others humans. Mates spend a lot of time together talking about most

everything. Doesn’t it make sense, then, that spouses would influence each other’s political preferences? But that’s not the case at all. Researchers determined that individuals bring their political briefs to their relationships like hand-me-down furniture from their studio apartments and find long-term relationship success in relationships with mates who agree. While opposites may attract in terms of personality, birds of a feather flock together when we’re talking about social attitudes. The Journal of Politics reports that this is the unintentional, yet unavoidable, side effect of how we find our spouses. Many mates come from within shared religious, social, economic and educational groups, which often coincide with political beliefs. A similar study, published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, found that even when individuals present little of their political beliefs (such as in an online dating profile), long-term relationships spring from those pairings with common political preferences, religious beliefs and intelligence levels because humans desire compatibility in their long-term relationships. About the same time that these highly academic studies

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were released, the popular Today Show polled viewers on their plans to vote in the 2012 presidential election. Twothirds of 4,100 respondents said they would vote for the same candidate as their spouse. But another 9 percent didn’t know because they don’t discuss politics at home. Do these couples agree to disagree, or are they just uninterested in the drama? I’m sure they have plenty of other things they can discuss at length, and sometimes loudly. Political strategists James Carville and Mary Matalin built careers on working for opposing parties – the exception to the rule - and they’ve repeatedly said they do not talk about politics at home. Oh, how I would love to be a fly on their wall. I’d like to hear from North Shore couples who, like Carville and Matalin, are supporting different candidates this season. Contact me at Joanna@northshoreweekend.com. ■

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Restaurant veteran stays in the mix at Bobby’s

Rick Zwolinski

photography by joel lerner ■ by katie rose mceneely Rick Zwolinski is the mixologist at Bobby’s Deerfield. How did you start mixing drinks? I have actually been in this business in some form or another since I was 15 — and I’m now 49. I started as a dishwasher at an Original Pancake house and bartended my way through college. I never ended up getting away from it and ended up managing for many different restaurants. For about two or three years I owned my own bar; I left the industry in ’96. Augie and Bobby at Bobby’s asked me to be a partner with them and run the spirits program. The only two guys who could have gotten me back into operations were the guys who knocked on my door.

“If someone asked me out of the blue to make them something to knock them out of their socks, it would definitely be some form of a margarita.” | Rick Zwolinski How did you learn to mix drinks? A few different things — when I was younger, it was being taught by people who were more experienced than me. Then it was, the more I did it, the more I learned. When I really stepped up to the next level was when I was selling spirits — then you’re going to the distilleries, learning how things are made. You learn more about the science. I have a culinary background as well, and when the mixology movement took off, it was something I was interested in. What’s the bar program at Bobby’s like? It’s interesting. The term “mixology” has gotten so widely used that I despise the term now. When we started the bar at Bobby’s I wanted to do something people weren’t doing on the North Shore or in the suburbs — creative, high-quality ingredients were all downtown. People have been drinking distilled sprits since the 1700s. You can’t reinvent the wheel, but you can

make a better one. Best cocktail tweak? One of my main philosophies is that we have a food kitchen and we have a liquid kitchen — all of my ingredients and juices are fresh, all my ingredients are the highest quality you can get. Everything we use as a mixer, we make [in-house]. My bartenders don’t use shot glasses. We use measuring cups, down to an eighth of an ounce. Favorite drink to make? My favorite spirit, by far, is tequila; I do a lot of different spins with margaritas, and if someone asked me out of the blue to make them something to knock them out of their socks, it would definitely be some form of a margarita. Worthwhile gadget? We use three different shapes of ice at Bobby’s — for your normal mixed drinks, we use small square cubes, because you want them to break down and dilute the drink as someone’s sipping. For small batch whiskeys and bourbons, we have a large cube — that cube takes an awful long time to melt, so it’s not diluting the spirit. Last but not least, we use a large round sphere cube, about the size of a hardball baseball. We use that in single malt scotch — the ice spins and cools it as they take a sip. Best bar story? When you have somebody say, “I’ll try it, I’ve never had that” and you make it for them and they say, “Wow, that’s fantastic — I don’t even usually like this.” Bobby’s Deerfield is located at 695 Deerfield Road in Deerfield. For more information visit bobbysdeerfield.com or call 847-607-9104 ■

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Mardi Gras Girls Night Out Neighbors of Kenilworth photography by larry miller Held at the Kenilworth Club, the ladies of the Neighbors of Kenilworth had themselves a ball during the group’s Mardi Gras celebration in February. A treasure hunt, prizes for best masquerade mask, and a raffle rounded out the gregarious evening. New Orleans-style cuisine and drink was abundant. The Neighbors of Kenilworth are showing their support in 2014, by raising funds and collecting items for such organizations as Infant, Inc., Howard Area Community Center, The New Trier Township Food Pantry, and Fitting Futures. Kathryn Mangel sits as president. neighborsofkenilworth.com

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Lake Forest Civic Orchestra | Lake Forest High School, 1285 N. McKinley Rd. | 4 p.m. | Tickets: Adults, $18; seniors/students $10; children free | lakeforestcivicorchestra.org | Ron Arden, conductor and music director, will share the podium with Robert Bassill, director of orchestras & music theory, during the third concert of Lake Forest Civic Orchestra’s 25th anniversary season. The concert will feature the “Holberg Suite” by Edvard Grieg and Dmitri Shostakovich’s “Symphony in D minor, Op. 47”.

MONDAY, MARCH 17

St. Patrick’s Day celebration with live Irish music | O’Neil’s Restaurant | 1003 Green Bay Road, Winnetka | 5-9 p.m. |

The recently formed organization originated from a gathering of kindred spirits who studied fine arts nature photography at the Chicago Botanic Garden. CPAS members live in Evanston, Wilmette, Winnetka, Highland Park, Deerfield and other suburban communities.

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Donna Pecore Reading & Poetry Open Mic

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| The Art Center – Highland Park | 1957 Sheridan Road, Highland Park | 8 p.m. | Donna Pecore reads from “Bindle Stick,” winner of the Journal of Modern Poetry Book Award published by Chicago Poetry Press. Copies available for purchase. Refreshments served. Poets may bring up to six poems to share.

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long enough and eventually The Old Town School hired me. I had a great piano teacher there, Kerry Sheehan, who happened to be the director of the kids’ programs. She asked me if I had ever thought about teaching Wiggleworms, the toddler program. She’s the one who saw something in me and gave me a chance. I got hired first to teach Wiggleworms and then shortly after that I was hired to teach in the adult guitar program. I’ve been there ever since. GS: What inspired you to create your first children’s album, 2009’s Kids In the City? LD: It was organic, a natural progression. I’d been teaching kids for 10 years at Old Town. I thought to myself, “Why don’t I try to write some kids’ songs?” I was writing adult songs. I was in a little folk duo called Sweet Hello. I did one solo record produced by Ralph Covert and then I did two records with Sweet Hello. GS: One of the nice surprises on your new disc In A Heartbeat is the presence of Glenn Kotche, a member of the band Wilco, playing drums on your song “Drum Kit.” How did that come about? LD: He actually was in my Wiggleworms class with his wife and his daughter Vivian, maybe four years ago. I didn’t actually know who he was. He just looked like a rocker dude. Later, someone told me, “That’s Glenn from Wilco.” He would come to my concerts with his kids. He was so sweet. He said, “Laura, you’re all we listen to, kids music in the house.” I thought it would be fun to ask him and maybe he come in and play (on the record). I had to work around his tour schedule, but he was able to come in. It was an inspiring day. GS: I always find it interesting when songwriters cover other people’s songs as you did with “Paper Moon,” and the way you incorporated “See Ya Later, Alligator,” on In A Heartbeat. Why those songs? LD: Usually, it’s a song I remember from my childhood. On my first record, I did “Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head.” That was one of the first songs I remember my mom singing in the kitchen and dancing around to that song when I was four or five years old. On my second record, I covered “Sing” by the Carpenters, from the same era of music. “Paper Moon” was one I learned in seventh grade chorus. We did all these songs from the ‘20s and ‘30s and ‘40s. I later learned it on guitar in college. It’s a song that always stuck with me. I would play it if there were grandparents around. “See Ya Later, Alligator,” I was at Millennium Park last summer to see the Chicago Theater Revue, where they did little snippets of shows coming up in the fall. I heard a snippet of the song on stage and I thought it would make a cute kids’ song. GS: Since 2012, as the early childhood music specialist, you have been teaching at the Early Childhood Center of Wilmette, at the Wilmette Park District. What do you like best about teaching? LD: It’s a music sing-along class for preschoolers. I come in and share a lot of my original songs, and we do a lot of traditional music too. There’s a lot of movement and rhyming and we memorize songs. I like it because it’s a more intimate group. You are down on the floor with the kids. I love hearing the kids’ responses. I love that age group; three, four, five and six is like my favorite age group. Overall what I love about doing music for kids is that they are so spontaneous. They are so in the moment. They instantly start singing and dancing. ■

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$699,000 847-835-0236

Wilmette 260WoodCourt.info $667,000 Lydia DeLeo 847-256-7400

Winnetka Betsy Barnes

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$650,000 847-433-5400

Wilmette Bryce Fuller

$609,000 312-266-7000

Lake Forest Ann Lyon

526eMeadow.info $649,000 847-272-9880

Wilmette SFC Team

$3,495,000 847-446-4000

Lake For Mary Pat

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Winnetka Ann George

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$625,000 847-446-4000

Wilmette Janie Bress

100Woodbine.info $749,000 847-446-4000

283Ridge.info

$659,000 847-4446-4000

Evanston Anthony N

Wilmette Minyoung

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$609,000 847-835-0236

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Deerfield 847-945-7100

Evanston - Central 847-866-8200

$595,000 847-234-8000

Evanston - Downtown 847-864-2600

Highland Park 3294Summit.info $585,000 Janet Borden 847-433-5400

Glencoe 847-835-0236

Lake Forest Donna Linder

Glenview 847-724-5800

1181Deerpath.info $529,000 847-234-8000

Highland Park 847-433-5400

Lake Bluff Ann Lyon

Lake Forest 847-234-8000

360BelleForet.com

Northbrook 847-272-9880

Wilmette 847-256-7400

$2,795,000 847-234-8000

Winnetka 847-446-4000

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Kenilworth Barbara Mawicke

154Kenilworth.com

$2,749,000 847-446-4000

Wilmette SFC Team

1106Seneca.info

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Lake Forest Patricia Carter

$2,250,000 847-446-4000

Wilmette Sue Hertzberg

$1,595,000 847-446-4000

New Listing

$525,000 847-234-8000

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Lake Forest 1800Amberley-207.info $499,000 Michele Wilson 847-234-8000

Wilmette Judy Huske

211PinOak.info

$475,000 847-724-5800

Highland Park 578RogerWilliams.info $465,000

Noah Levy

New Listing

Lake Forest Mary Pat Lundgren

1665OakKnoll.info

$1,250,000 847-234-8000

Highland Park 1040Bob-O-Link.info

$459,000

Jacqueline Lewis & Marissa Hopkins 847-433-5400

Highland Park 950AugustaWay-113.info $432,500 Joan Field and Nancy London 847-433-5400

Highland Park Laurie Gross

Evanston Anthony Nasca

$399,900 847-866-0700

Highland Park 1256StJohns.info $395,000 Caponi & Karabas 847-446-4000

Wilmette Steven Sims

Evanston 2511Crawford.info $300,000 Emily Braun-McClintock 847-866-8200

Evanston Steven Sims

$415,000 847-864-2600

New Listing

$350,000 847-864-2600

Evanston Heidi Laros

New Listing

Wilmette 3034Wilmette.info $305,900 Minyoung Shin 847-272-9880

New Listing

$420,000 847-835-0236

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847-433-5400

$325,000 847-256-7400 New Listing

Evanston 1222Chicago-603.info $295,000 Patricia DeNoyer 847-866-8200

New Listing

Highland Park Lida Zrecny

$279,000 847-835-0236

Highland Park Rita Masini

3437OldMill.info

$1,250,000 847-724-5800

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Lake Forest Patricia Furman

$234,900 847-724-5800

Wilmette 1625Sheridan-513.info $215,000 Gloria Gaschler 847-446-4000

Winnetka 134GreenBay-309.info $215,000 Kathy Almond 847-446-4000

Lake Bluff Carol Peckham

$214,500 847-234-8000

New Listing

Lake Forest Lori Baker

1599OldMill.info

$1,195,000 847-234-8000

Glencoe Andrea Krinsky

$165,900 847-835-0236

Evanston 2254Sherman-1.info $155,000 Robin Blumenthal 847-272-9880

Evanston Patricia Furman

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$154,900 847-724-5800

Evanston 635Hinman-2A.info $149,900 Cathy Kozlarek 847-866-8200

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Coldwell Banker Congratulates...

Barbara Mawicke 1300 Lake Shore, Chicago

2773 Garrison, Evanston

1505 Ammer, Glenview

371 Ridge, Kenilworth*

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556 Greenwood, Kenilworth

164 Oxford, Kenilworth

611 Kenilworth, Kenilworth

337 Abbotsford, Kenilworth

322 Kenilworth, Kenilworth**

145 Oxford, Kenilworth

30 Quail, Lake Forest*

554 Rivershire, Lincolnshire

425 Huehl, Northbrook*

606 Voltz, Northbrook*

3 Landmark, Northfield

122 Regent Wood, Northfield*

31 Regent Wood, Northfield*

2153 Northgate, Northfield*

1630 Sheridan #2G, Wilmette*

1425 Sheridan, Wilmette

1936 Chestnut, Wilmette

2040 Thornwood, Wilmette

630 Greenleaf, Wilmette

55 Brier, Winnetka

44 Brier, Winnetka

40 Warwick, Winnetka**

860 Hibbard, Winnetka

330 Cedar, Winnetka* * Buyer Side ** Buyer/Seller

956 Westmoor, Winnetka*

45 Brier, Winnetka

1367 Scott, Winnetka*

920 Hill, Winnetka

$40 Million in closed 2013 sales BARBARA MAWICKE

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144 Woodstock Avenue | Kenilworth | $2,995,000 | 144Woodstock.com One of Kenilworth’s finest homes designed by noted architect, Ernest Mayo, on an oversize lot two blocks from the lake. Masterfully renovated and meticulously maintained for modern living with vintage architecture and superior construction. Spacious bright rooms with French doors to the yard, grand reception hall and outstanding new fully appointed kitchen with adjoining family room and butler’s pantry. Sun-filled conservatory, cherry paneled library, finished lower level with large recreation room, expansive terraces and a four car garage. A rare find in the heart of Kenilworth.

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926 Illinois Road | Wilmette | $1,489,000 | 926Illinois.com NEW IN 2007! One of the finest new construction homes on the market! You must come in to appreciate the outstanding floor plan,superior construction and outstanding architectural details thruout! Stunning reception hall, gourmet kitchen with adjoining family rm, 1st floor library,amazing lower level and great 3rd floor. Deck overlooking lovely yard...Walk to Harper School and Jr. High... Close to train, beach, pool and tennis.

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Julie Dowdle Rogers and Magic Touch Builders...

TrusTed ParTners in Luxury Home Buying

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488 Ash, Winnetka

146 Robsart, Kenilworth

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$3,200,000

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$3,200,000

$2,995,000

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Three extraordinary new luxury homes under construction for 2014 summer occupancy. These elegant homes, in three prime locations, exhibit traditional lines, modern amenities and the excellent craftsmanship we have come to expect from this well known luxury builder. All finishes, including exterior, can be customized to buyersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; delight. Enjoy working with builders who always treat their clients and homes with their Magic Touch. FLOOR PLANS AVAILABLE

1630 Sheridan 10L, Wilmette | $650,000 Live the high life in this stunning, fully renovated penthouse with expansive views of the lake. Enjoy the lake breezes from your private balcony and watch nature at its best. This full-service property has 24 hour doorman and superior management meticulously keeping the property. Exercise room, party room, pool and private beach. Live with ease and comfort.

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Julie Dowdle Rogers (847) 401-4005 Julie.Rogers@cbexchange.com

JulieDowdleRogers.com Winnetka Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 568 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka | 847-446-4000

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KAREN ARENSON & ANNIE FLANAGAN 773.501.6201 | Karen@KarenArenson.com 847.867.9236 | Annie.Flanagan@cbexchange.com Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage | Winnetka

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178 Maple Hill Road | Glencoe 5 bedrooms, 4.3 baths | $1,850,000 Exceptional updated home in desirable east Glencoe. Extensive professional landscaping and hardscaping by Scott Byron; the bluestone patios open to the deep backyard and ravine views. Outstanding architectural detail throughout the home. Elegant formal living and dining rooms, DeGuilio kitchen with light-filled breakfast room. Large family room with limestone gas-log fireplace off the kitchen. New lower level with rec room and fireplace, attached 2 car garage. All on over 1/3 acre. www.178MapleHill.info

Magnificent

in Glencoe

945 Eastwood Road | www.945Eastwood.info | $3,275,000

Highgate Builders

Jody Handler-Dickstein 847.835.6014

Rene Firmin 847.835.6006

Coldwell Banker | 640 Vernon Avenue | Glencoe

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ANN LYON T. 847 828.9991 | Ann.Lyon@cbexchange.com Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

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1150 Lake Road | Lake FoRest, IL 5 bedrooms, 6.3 baths | $5,995,000 Beautifully updated 1.7 acre estate with sounds and views of Lake Michigan. Rare 1st floor master bedroom suite with four new en-suite bedrooms on the 2nd floor and new custom Marvin windows throughout. A wine cellar, billiard room and study provide additional space. Wonderful coach house, 4 car garage, tennis court and fabulous grounds. www.1150lakeroad.com

100 PembRoke dRIve | Lake FoRest, IL 8 bedrooms, 7.2 baths | $5,475,000 Located near downtown Lake Forest, this magnificent, yet manageable estate has 11,595 square feet of total living space set on 1.5 acres of sweeping lawns and mature trees. Extensively renovated and enlarged, the home offers a state-of-the-art deGiulio kitchen, luxurious updated bathrooms, a handsome raised panel library, elegant living room and dining room, a fabulous lower lever with entertainment room and second kitchen, and so much more! The grounds feature a lap-size swimming pool, an updated pool house, and a 4-car heated garage with a guest apartment above. www.100pembroke.com

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ANN LYON T. 847 828.9991 | Ann.Lyon@cbexchange.com Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

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464 S. Ridge Road | Lake FoReSt, iL 5 bedrooms, 6.3 baths | $4,995,000 Magnificent estate with tennis court, salt water pool and pool house, perfectly sited on 2.6 acres of stunning grounds. This amazing residence features outstanding millwork and exceptional craftsmanship. Highlights include stone exterior, Ludowici clay tile roof, spa room, theater room, wine cellar, en-suite bedrooms, gorgeous DeGiulio and La Cornue kitchen. www.464ridgeroad.com

855 e. WeStminSteR | Lake FoReSt, iL 7 bedrooms, 6.4 baths | $4,295,000 Incredible Price! One block from Lake Michigan. Remarkable estate of screenwriter, Director and Producer, John W. Hughes. Beautifully renovated and expanded, this magnificent residence has 21 rooms, 6 en-suite bedrooms, 6.4 baths, 10 - 11 foot ceilings, exquisite millwork and built-ins, 6 fireplaces, gorgeous grounds and pool, unmatched construction - plaster walls, Ludowici clay tile roof, leaded windows and more. Meticulously maintained. www.855westminster.com

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ANN LYON T. 847 828.9991 | Ann.Lyon@cbexchange.com Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

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360 N. Mayflower road | lake forest, Il 10 bedrooms, 8.3 baths | $3,499,000 The magnificent Insley Estate is set on 1.35 acres within 1 block of the Lake Michigan. Beautifully renovated and updated with a fabulous Christopher Peacock Kitchen/Butler’s Pantry, 10 bedrooms, 8.3 updated baths, 15 fireplaces, original millwork and mouldings. The master suite features a luxurious bath and walk-in closets with custom built-ins. Finished 3rd floor and Lower Level. www.360mayflower.com

885 woodbINe laNe | lake forest, Il 5 bedrooms, 5.3 baths | $3,149,000 Set on a quiet lane ½ block from the Lake, with lushly-landscaped grounds and decorative fountains, this fabulous home blends the historic details and architectural vocabulary of the past with the modern luxuries of today. Designed by Melichar Architects, this pristine home was completed in 2007 and is a recipient of the Lake Forest Preservation Award. The house contains 6,800 square feet of elegant finished space, consisting of a completely renovated 3,000 square foot two-story, historic coach house and a seamlessly integrated 2,500 square foot two-story addition, plus a 1,342 square foot finished lower level. www.885woodbine.com

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Featured Listings

360 Belle Foret Drive | Lake Bluff

$2,795,000

881 Jennifer Court | Lake Forest

$1,890,000

Stunning home with radiant limestone floors, hand-scraped hardwood floors and custom paint finishes throughout! A gorgeous living room has cathedral ceiling and 360 degree fireplace. Gourmet kitchen with custom cabinetry, high-end appliances, granite, bar and butlers pantry. Master suite has access to garden/spa room. Fabulous lower level and grounds!

Gorgeous brick home on 1.5 acres with pond views. Six large bedroom suites, 7.2 baths, master suite has a luxurious spa bath, a sitting room with fireplace and exercise room. Wonderful gourmet kitchen with high end appliances, beautiful millwork and hardwood floors throughout, four fireplaces, high ceilings and open curved staircases. Remarkable home!

3227 Glenbrook Drive | Northbrook

1165 W. Deerpath Road | Lake Forest

$1,499,000

Beautiful custom home on 1/2 acre cul-de-sac lot, overlooks golf course. Gorgeous gourmet kitchen with cherry cabinetry, high end appliances and large island. The 5 en-suite bedrooms include a 1st floor bedroom. Highlights include a huge 2nd floor bonus room, newly finished 3,000 SF basement with bath, heated 3 car garage and spacious private deck.

Coldwell Banker 225 E. Deerpath, Suite 50 Lake Forest, IL 60045

$595,000

Move right in this beautiful, totally renovated 3 bedroom, 2 full bath ranch on .46 acres in desirable Meadowood. The home features new millwork and hardwood floors throughout, new roof, doors and windows. The fabulous kitchen has granite countertops, new appliances, and traditional paneled cabinetry. With so many wonderful features, this home must be seen!

ANN LYON 847.828.9991 Ann.Lyon@cbexchange.com WWW.ANNLYON.COM

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TOM GLUSIC T. 847 456.7292 | Tom.Glusic@cbexchange.com COLDWELLBANKERPREVIEWS.COM

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121 Green Bay road | Lake Forest, IL 10 bedrooms, 11.2 baths | $6,950,000 Unparalleled luxury defines this magnificent custom designed brick and stone estate completed in 1998. Located down a private lane on 1.82 acres across from the Onwentsia Club, this 10 bedroom, 11.2 bath home includes the finest finishes, exquisite plaster and wood moldings, amazing walk-out lower level with 3 en-suite bedrooms, swimming pool and Jacuzzi, large gazebo, custom designed and built childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s playhouse and spectacular landscaping. Hot water radiant floor heat is present throughout 4 levels of the entire estate. Featuring Smart House technology throughout. A truly stunning home! www.121greenbay.com Co-listed with Ann Lyon 847 828.9991 | Ann.Lyon@cbexchange.com

3/15 – 3/16/14 DONNA MERCIER & DONIELLE FOSS-CRIMMINS 847-757-6538 | Donna.Mercier@cbexchange.com 847-708-4092 | Donielle.Foss@cbexchange.com Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

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1885 North PoNd LaNe | Lake Forest 5 bedrooms, 3.2 baths | $1,299,000

Welcome home! Architecturally appealing and set on ¾ acres of lush property, this home is designed to capture hearts: warm, yet open and bright floor plan, large kitchen/family room, 2 laundry rooms, 3 car garage, library with coffered ceiling. Located at the end of a cul-de-sac, the property is adjacent to lovely, open vistas. www.1885NorthPond.info

WENDY FRIEDLICH

312.618.5751 | Wendy.Friedlich@cbexchange.com Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage WWW.WENDYFRIEDLICH.COM | COLDWELLBANKERPREVIEWS.COM

1020 oaK rIdge drIve | glencoe, Il 4 bedrooms, 3 baths | $1,289,000 Classic 2008 contemporary with state of the art features. Clean and sleek with Bamboo floors and an abundance of windows. The Kitchen has Leicht cabinets, Caesar Stone counters and top stainless steel appliances. Spacious great room opens to a brick patio and large yard. First floor bedroom/office has an adjacent full bath. The 2nd level includes a master suite with 2 walk-in closets, spa bath, 2 additional bedrooms, hall bath and a laundry room. Great lower level has high ceilings and a work room. An elevator services all 3 levels. Two car attached, heated garage. www.1020oakridgedrive.info

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MARY PAT LUNDGREN T. 847-735.7646 | MaryPat.Lundgren@cbexchange.com Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

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39 South Sheridan road | Lake ForeSt, iL 5 bedrooms, 4.1 baths | $2,850,000 Beyond the gated drive and embraced by 1.2 acres of private wooded grounds,this beautifully designed home is the perfect blend of traditional and transitional architecture. Everything that you’ve been dreaming of can now be yours including 2 master suites, an incredible kitchen with keeping room and fireplace, elegant living room with fireplace, dramatic great room with fireplace, 2 stone terraces,1st floor library, and 2 laundry rooms. www.39Sheridan.info

Under Contract

500 arbor drive | Lake bLuFF, iL

511 hunter Lane | Lake ForeSt, iL

5 bedrooms, 3.2 baths | $1,599,000

5 bedrooms, 4.1 baths | $1,099,000

Stunning large residence on 4.14 magnificent acres – just steps to Lake Michigan. Gourmet kitchen, three floors, three fireplaces, atrium, six-car garage. Incredible home! www.500ArborDr.info

Poised upon 1.5 acres of manicured grounds in the sought after Ridgelands area of Lake Forest, this stately English manor home has all of the rooms and amenities that are in demand by today’s market. www.511Hunter.info

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RITA MASINI T. 847-404-0797 | rita.masini@cbexchange.com Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

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3437 Old Mill ROad | HigHland PaRk, il

PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE: MARCH 16, 12:30 PM TO 3 PM

5 bedrooms, 4 baths | $1,250,000 This handsome English Tudor is beautifully set on a maturely wooded lot and boasts over 4800 sq ft. Gracious 2 story foyer with winding staircase and marble inlay flooring opens to the perfect floorplan for entertaining and family alike. 5 Bedrooms, 4 Baths, wonderful Cook’s Kitchen including granite center island, breakfast area and adjacent Den with fireplace, Banquet Dining Room, Limestone 2-sided FirePlace between grand Living and Family rooms, 2nd floor loft space are just some of the features of this magnificent home. Wrap around cedar deck off the Family Room allows maximum enjoyment of the beautiful setting. 1st floor Laundry, large Mud Room off the 2 1/2 car Garage and Bonus Guest Suite. Truly an amazing retreat, yet close to transportation, shopping, and everything good suburban life has to offer.

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ANN GEORGE M. 847-989-8012 Ann.George@cbexchange.com Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage | Winnetka

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335 Woodley | Winnetka, il 5 bedrooms, 6.2 baths | $3,495,000 Winner of 2003 Gold Key Award for whole house remodeling and winner of Environmental Improvement Award for landscaping by Martin & Assoc. Design flourishes abound, as evidenced by soaring and geometric ceilings, dramatic windows with garden views, accent lighting, extensive millwork, numerous built-ins, newer baths, elegant neutral decorating, cat 5 wiring, and located on a private road, within a gated, park-like setting.

Ann George

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Exquisite Luxury Property 580 E. Woodland Road | Lake Forest, Illinois

www.580Woodland.info

$6,200,000

Stroll to the beach from this meticulously maintained home built in 2004. Three floors (10,000 square feet) with elevator access, 6 bedrooms, theater room, reclaimed redwood wine cellar, plaster moldings, and luxurious appointments. Gorgeous private ravine setting with pool, spa and fireplace. See to believe and own!

Marcia Rowley

847-682-9100 Marcia.Rowley@cbexchange.com

Sarah Rowland

847-735-7666 Sarah.Rowland@cbexchange.com

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Edie Fleischman Ament, Leasing Agent

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620 Ash | WinnetkA, iL 6 bedrooms, 5.1 baths | $2,950,000 A classic English home, artistically renovated and expanded. Ideal floor plan for living and entertaining. Elegant Foyer opens to grand scale formal rooms with exquisite moldings; Library with fireplace. Gourmet Kitchen with Breakfast Room adjoins Family Room with custom cabinetry and fireplace overlooks yard with brick and bluestone patio. Second level with stunning master suite. 3 additional Bedrooms and 2 Baths. 3rd floor with 2 Bedrooms and 1 Bath. Unrivaled lower level features theatre exercise and recreation rooms, Billiards and Full Bath.

Mary Ellen

Susan

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Glencoe group keeps students on right path ■ by bob gariano Glencoe’s Central School students recently staged a rousing version of the musical “Lucky Stiff” at the school’s Misner Auditorium. The production was one of the more visible events produced by a remarkable little community organization called the Glencoe Junior High Project (GJHP). With a modest budget, this volunteer organization is a model of how much good can be accomplished by energetic community members who are committed to enriching the lives and perspectives of young people. GJHP is a charitable organization dedicated to providing all young people in Glencoe with a range of activities specifically designed to enhance their social and emotional development. While the organization predominantly serves the students attending Glencoe’s Central School, GJHP’s programs are open to students who reside in Glencoe but attend private schools. GJHP sponsors several monthly opportunities for students to do hands-on social service as volunteers in surrounding communities. These opportunities include work at PADS Family Services Shelter, serving food at two community soup kitchens in Chicago, participating in literacy mentoring programs, raising funds for a no-kill animal shelter, and visits to the dementia unit of CJE SeniorLife, a senior center in Deerfield. These excursions enable Glencoe students to help people in less privileged

circumstances and areas. Many students are so inspired and rewarded by these experiences that they return year after year to volunteer at these facilities and often go on to continue social service at New Trier High School — and in their own lives. It also sponsors a series of supervised social events available to all Glencoe 5th through 8th graders, including a 6th grade dance, Broomball at Watts Ice Center, a Variety Show, Halloween party and Year End Beach Bash. Geena Cohen Zaslavsky, who serves as GJHP’s co-president with Debbie Jha, said, “These events also usually have a notso-hidden character component. We try to partner with our community and parents to promote good manners and good values, and help in any way we can to instill in our students social skills that will serve them now and also later in life. “For instance, every year at our 6th grade dance, the deejay teaches the students about proper dance etiquette and dress codes.” GJHP is also home to a haven for middle school students. Known as the Oasis, the GJHP space in the lower level of Glencoe’s Central School is a welcoming drop-in center. Supervised by two full-time GJHP employed youth directors, the Oasis provides a place for students to meet friends and engage in recreational activities during lunch recess and after school. Perhaps the most visible of GJHP’s activities, the annual

ROBIN GOLD

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play, provides a chance for young people to be part of a professionally directed theatrical production. The play, like all of GJHP’s other work, is centered on the students — it is always a no-cut production, and any interested Glencoe resident 6th-8th grade student can be an integral part of the performance, as an actor or part of the stage crew. While the play is professionally directed, students help build the sets, run the lights and sound, and do all of the on stage performing. It is a chance for even the most introverted youth to develop self-confidence and professionalism. Additionally, ticket sales for the play is GJHP’s primary fundraiser. In the past few years, GJHP’s mission has caught the attention of talented community members, who have chosen to devote their time and special skill sets to this organization. Most of the financial support comes from the Glencoe community in the way of donations and net play revenue —GJHP has no endowment. According to Cohen-Zaslavsky, “In our North Shore communities, young people are often cordoned off from the rest of the world. The resourceful people at GJHP, and the students they serve, are finding the real reward in serving and working with others less fortunate — thus the GJHP moniker, “Give a little, get a lot back!” Main Street columnist Bob Gariano can be reached at bob@northshoreweekend.com. ■

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Hands on the prize: James Clarke (No. 5) celebrates with teammates after Loyola Academy captured a regional title on March 7.

Clarke's bar keeps rising

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Senior guard will end up as one of Loyola Academy's all-time leading scorers ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com James Clarke’s favorite movie actor is Leonardo DiCaprio, who portrayed a young man who drowned in “Titanic” and a stockbroker who ended up swimming upstream while committing fraud crimes in “The Wolf of Wall Street.” “Leo is very talented,” said Clarke, a selfdescribed “movie guy” and a 6-foot senior guard on Loyola Academy’s basketball team. “That was pretty sad what happened there at the end of Titanic.” Clarke’s beefed-up role — physically and statistically — in the 2013-14 season has buoyed the Ramblers. After gaining weight and strength in the offseason, the 175-pounder is averaging 17 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 1.5 steals per game for a 23-5 club that was scheduled to face New Trier in a Class 4A Maine South Sectional semifinal on March 11. “The bell went off for him last summer at a team camp at Marist College [in N.Y.],” LA coach Tom Livatino said of Clarke, who ranks sixth in career scoring (976 points) at Loyola after tallying 17 points in the Ramblers’ 70-64 overtime defeat of host Maine West in a Class 4A regional final on March 7. “James,” he added, “was playing pretty well there, but an assistant coach told him

that he needed to get bigger and stronger. He took that as a challenge.” Clarke hit the weights hard and regularly and fueled up often by eating double-steak burrito bowls at Chipotle and the occasional Oreo Blizzard at Dairy Queen. The varsity’s starting point guard as a sophomore and an all-Chicago Catholic League North player as a junior, he also added mid-range and pullup shooting threats to his offensive arsenal before his final prep season. “Life’s been good,” the deep-dimpled alumnus of Sacred Heart School in Winnetka said after a recent practice. “School is going well, the seniors on our team are locked in and we’re hoping for a long playoff run.” Coaches from Spring Hill College, a Division II school in Mobile, Ala., watched Clarke and the Ramblers play games in Florida in late December. They liked what they saw from Clarke in the Sunshine State, but they weren’t ready to offer him a scholarship. “They were on the fence,” Livatino recalled. More than a week after the team returned to frigid Illinois, Clarke burned visiting Mount Carmel with a 28-point effort in a 65-55 victory on Jan. 10. Spring Hill’s coaching staff viewed the game film — and abruptly got off the fence. While landing, it extended a scholarship offer to Clarke, a repeat all-league pick.

Clarke plans to make college visits and go over his options with his parents, Glen and Kathleen, after the season. “The strength he gained — huge; the weight he gained — huge,” Livatino said. “But he’ll make similar gains in college. James’ future as a basketball player will be an excellent one, and I know he’ll make another jump in college. He’ll be fun to watch throughout his college career.” Compared to Clarke, gym rats are casual hoopsters. Clarke loves practice sessions almost as much as he enjoys competing in games. “Some don’t like the repetition during practice,” Clarke said. “I do. I actually love it, love all this basketball stuff. I don’t want it to end.” Loyola senior forward Nick Hurtgen played basketball with Clarke at Sacred Heart School and typically guards him in practice. “I’m his biggest fan,” the 6-2 Hurtgen said. “He’s fun to watch, a good leader and talker on the court, a funny kid. He’s tougher this year, definitely tougher. And he’s more physical, offensively and defensively.” Off the hardwood, Clarke is a magnetic presence with a quick smile, be it simply standing in line for a movie ticket or walking briskly and jauntily from class to class at Loyola Academy. He genuinely enjoys interacting with loved ones, friends, teammates,

coaches and pretty much all others with beating hearts. “James is a popular guy at school, outgoing and confident, and he’s tremendously respectful,” Livatino said. “His parents did a great job raising him.” For Livatino, his job is a rewarding one because of Ramblers like Clarke, a highly competitive hoopster who would rather dish a clutch assist late in a victory than reach a grand milestone. “The coolest thing for me has been watching James develop from year to year, watching him mature,” Livatino said. “Reaching 1,000 points in a career would be a great accomplishment, but it’s not his thing. His thing is all about winning basketball games.” Notable: LA junior forward Griffin Boehm came down with an impressive 20 rebounds to go with 12 points in the 4A Maine West Regional title game last weekend. Ramblers senior guard Jack Morrissey scored a team-high 18 points, while classmate Kevin Kucera matched Clarke’s 17-point effort. Clarke also delivered five assists. … LA routed Taft 66-29 in a regional semifinal on March 4, behind 21 points apiece from Morrissey (7 treys) and Kucera. Morrissey ranks 10th all-time in IHSA history in career three-point field goals made. ■

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Charlie Drake of the Winter Club Squirt squad takes a shot on goal during the team's overtime win over Twin Lakes of Buffalo Grove in the North Shore Hockey League title game on March 9 in Evanston.

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Rising Stars Youth Hockey

Winter Club: Despite drawing from a limited number of players — only sons and daughters of club members can compete, while other teams can tap entire cities — the Winter Club of Lake Forest captured a number of hockey championships this past weekend. On Sunday night, the Bantam squad topped Glenview 3-2 to win the North Shore Youth Hockey League Bantam Gold Division. Danny Moorhead, Sam Sheffield and Andrew Toban scored goals.  The Pee Wees knocked off the Falcons Monday evening, 4-2, to win the North Shore Youth Hockey League Pee Wee Silver Championship. Sam Marquart, Jack Carrabine, Mac Uihlein and Sarah Martino all scored goals. And the Squirts nabbed two titles in one day. In Addison on Sunday, the Squirt Select team won the Chicago Cup Tournament with a 5-0 shutout behind goaltender Peter Crowe. Jack Carrabine and David Sweet both scored twice while Johnny Turelli notched the other goal. After many members of the Squirt Gold squad arrived in Evanston 90 minutes after that game, the team won a 4-3 overtime thriller over Twin Rinks of Buffalo Grove to grab the 14-team North Shore Hockey League title. Brock Uihlein tallied the winner, while Henry Diefenbach, Benn Johnston and David Sweet also scored

Wrestling Deer Path Middle School: Caleb Durbin, younger brother of Regis Durbin who claimed an IHSA state title at 195 pounds on Feb. 22 in Champaign, will be looking to win an IESA state title in DeKalb on March 14-15.

The 105-pound Durbin captured an IESA sectional title at Antioch Upper Grade School on March 8. Fellow eighth-graders Chris Wasser (119) and Peter Kennedy (145) also earned sectional titles for Deer Path. Seventh-grader Cole Jensen also qualified to state. He took third at 100 pounds. On March 1, the Braves had four champs at the Vernon Hills Hawthorne Regional: Patrick Roemer (70 pounds), Durbin, Wasser and Kennedy. The runner-ups were Jensen, Alex Calaway (65) and Quinn Dailey (90). The other sectional qualifiers were Amin Seyed-Bolorforosh (3rd), Jake Kovanda (4th), Bennett Duggan (4th), Alex Thoms (4th) and Bridger Gunderson (4th). Lake Forest Mat Club: The team had three placers at the IKWF Regional at Maine East on March 2. In the 11-12s age division, Trevor Schneider took fourth at 122 while Sam Volpe placed sixth at 108. Clayton Scheider was fourth at 130 in the 13-14s age division. Wilmette Junior High: Eighth-grader Russell Sanchez will compete at the IESA state meet on March 14-15 in DeKalb. He took third at 145 pounds at the Deerfield Shepard Sectional on March 8. A week earlier, he finished first at the Wheeling London Regional. The school’s other regional champ was Lucas Alcantara (119). The other sectional qualifiers were Jack Tangen (2nd, 90 pounds) and Justin Weinzweig (4th, 70). Northwood Junior High: The Huskies had one regional champ this season: Dylan Weiskirch at 105 pounds. The other sectional qualifiers were Bryan Rodriquez (2nd), Tim Gillmore (3rd), Oscar Rodriquez (3rd), Sebastian Newman (3rd), Jay Esparza (4th), Dyson Robinson (4th) and Martin Mechor (4th).

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Highland Park: Sprinter Nyjah Lane signed a national letter of intent with Eastern Illinois University on Feb. 27. The senior sensation placed fourth in the 100 meters in the 2013 IHSA state track meet.

At the Shoot-Around

Girls Basketball North Shore Country Day: The Raiders finished the season with a 13-9 record. Freshman center Lexy Cook, who came up with 43 rebounds and 25 rebounds in two Class 2A regional games, was named second team all-conference. She was the lone freshman in the Independent School League to earn the honor. Junior captain Annie Kross and freshman point guard Lauren Kaplinsky were all-conference honorable mentions. Junior co-captain Safia Vohra capped her season by advancing to the IHSA State Three-Point Showdown. The last NSCD shooter to qualify to state was 2006 graduate Mullery Doar. Senior co-captain Becca Slotkin started every game during her four-year varsity career with the Raiders. Regina Dominican: Junior Maeve Degnan ended up as the leading scorer for the Panthers (17-7) this winter. The all-conference guard scored 11.1 points per game to go along with 3.9 rebounds, 2.5 steals and 1.8 assists. Junior all-conference forward Maggie Palmer averaged 9.0 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.6 steals and 2.0 assists per game, while senior all-conference center Erin French inside the press box >> page 57

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Causing an uproar Norcia's big three sparks HP to first regional title since 2008 ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com As Luke Norcia’s big three-point shot fell through the net, Highland Park High School’s boys basketball fans popped out of their seats, delirious and thunderous and ready for some serious bleacher dancing. One thing descending, lots of people rising. It evoked a teeter-totter motion — without a board. “Wild … our fans went wild as soon as Luke hit that shot,” Giants junior guard Jason Beerman said of the game’s pivotal basket after sixthseeded HP defeated third-seeded Lake Forest High School 48-39 in the Class 4A Libertyville Regional final on March 7. “As soon as it left his hands,” HP junior forward Hallvard Lundevall recalled, “I thought, ‘That’s going in.’ Luke is the perfect guy to take a Highland Park High School junior guard Jason Beerman protects the ball while being defended by LF's Jack Traynor shot like that.” (No. 11) during the regional title game. Highland Park was up 40-34 and essentially in layups-only mode when Norcia, a 6-foot-2 junior guard, found himself with the ball in a corner photography by joel lerner and nobody near him at 1:23 of the fourth quarter. Without hesitating, he went straight up and released a confident shot right in front of the throws) but took only seven shots (three from the paint) in 32 minutes. Giants’ student section. Lundevall, Sutker (5 points) and junior forward Jordan Krawitz (5 points, 4 rebounds, “What a great feeling,” Norcia (8 points, 4 rebounds) said after climbing a ladder to 3 steals) combined to form a fleshy, moving phone booth around the 6-foot-8 Scout on snip part of a net. “We were so calm during the game. We just played our game and we nearly every LF possession. did it with a lot of alumni watching.” “We tried to pack it in on him and limit his touches,” Harris said. “Tommy, Jordan and HP (22-7), which won its first regional title since 2008, was scheduled to face Fremd Hallvard did such a great job on defense.” (27-0) in a Lake Zurich Sectional semifinal on March 12. Beerman (7 points) came up big on offense in the first quarter, nailing both of his three“We showed a lot of poise; we battled … just battled,” said Giants coach Paul Harris, point attempts. They were separated by only 56 seconds, and the second trey upped HP’s in his 15th season as head coach at the school after serving as a varsity assistant for advantage to 13-4. “Jason can shoot,” Lundevall said. “Lately I’ve noticed a lot more poise from him, a lot seven years. “That start we had [7-0 run in the game’s first 3:07] was a huge key, gave us a cushion more composure.” that turned out to be pretty important after we got our feet back under us.” Surrounded by happy teammates and fans on Libertyville’s court afterward, Beerman skin tightening Lake Forest (21-7) trailed 24-16 at the half but scored the first five points of the third looked around and savored the moment. wrinkle reduction quarter and didn’t allow its first points in the frame until Giants senior forward Tommy The 5-9 Giant also looked back. sun damage Sutker made a basket at 1:43. “Areversal lot of us had been thinking about winning a game like this since the fifth grade,” rejuvenation HP netted only four points in the quarter and led 28-24 after three stanzas. skin texture Beerman said. “We didn’t panic,” said Lundevall, who scored all five of his points via free throws in Harris looked back, too — at Norcia’s clutch three-pointer. the fourth quarter, including four in a 7-1 run. “We also didn’t have any doubt.” “What a great shot,” a smiling, proud Harris said. “You typically want your guys to look Postseason survivors need a steady influence and HP junior guard David Sachs fit that for layups in a game situation like that, but Luke, he was open, wide open. “[Years from now] I will probably remember that shot more than anything else when bill admirably from start to finish, scoring nine of his game-high 16 points in the first half and draining seven free throws in HP’s 20-point fourth quarter. He also finished I think about this game.” Notable: HP lost in OT to LF at the York Holiday Tournament in December. … Sachs with four rebounds and three assists. HP’s team defense — mostly a 1-2-2 zone — took care of stifling duties on Lake Forest’s poured in 30 points in HP’s 60-50 defeat of the host school in a Libertyville Regional double-double threat, junior Evan Boudreaux, who finished with 15 points (6-for-8 free semifinal on March 4. ■

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Lake Forest High School'Phil LaScala reacts to a referee's call during the regional title game.

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Scouts finish strong campaign with 21 wins ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com All night long, fans of Lake Forest High School’s boys basketball team yearned for an extended run of points from the Scouts. Many of them made that resoundingly clear when third-seeded LF had fallen behind sixth-seeded Highland Park 33-25 and the Class 4A Libertyville Regional final turned into a start-stop-start-stop affair because of numerous foul calls on March 7. “Let them play! Let them play! Let them play!” the Scouts’ student section chanted and begged at the 6:08 mark of the fourth quarter. Lake Forest later put together a modest 5-0 run and cut HP’s lead to four points twice, but HP’s Giants advanced to see — and play — another day after eliminating the Scouts 48-39. Highland Park (22-7), which won its first regional championship since 2008, was scheduled to face Fremd (27-0) in a Lake Zurich Sectional semifinal on March 12. “Yes! Yes! Very much so,” Giants coach Paul Harris said after being asked if he’d been worried about taking on a Scouts team that averaged nearly 74 points in its last five games and scored more than 80 points four times in the second half of the season. “We have so much respect for their program and their players.” HP’s 1-2-2 zone defense helped the Giants limit Scouts junior forward/center Evan Boudreaux (12 rebounds) to seven shots and 15 points. The 6-foot-8 standout went 6-for-8 from the free-throw line and finished the 2013-14 season with Kevin Love-esque averages of 24.7 points and 14.5 rebounds. “They did a good job of surrounding him and we

passed poorly,” LF coach Phil LaScala said. “But [HP’s defense] had something to do with the way we passed. They outplayed us and they beat us.” HP raced out to a 7-0 lead and led 15-6 after one quarter. Scouts senior guard Ryan Bender (10 points, 2 steals, 1 block) tossed in a pair of threepointers in the second quarter and collected one of his steals in the third quarter, when HP scored only four points and didn’t tally its first points of the frame until the 1:43 mark. “We gained confidence in that quarter and kind of saw an opportunity,” Boudreaux said. “Unfortunately we weren’t able to close it out.” The final quarter was a free-throw fest, with the teams combining for 24 made freebies and HP outscoring LF 20-15. HP junior guard Luke Norcia (8 points) nailed the biggest shot, connecting for a trey at 1:21 to up the Giants’ advantage to 43-34. Classmate David Sachs hit seven free throws in the final eight minutes and finished with a gamehigh 16 points. “A great group, with strong senior leadership,” LaScala said of his 21-7 club, which edged HP in overtime at the York Holiday Tournament in December. “They worked extremely hard and they challenged each other. “I enjoyed coaching them.” Scouts senior guard/forward Cal Miller scored seven points and grabbed five boards; junior teammate Jack Traynor picked up both of his steals in the fourth quarter. Notable: Boudreaux scored 24 points in LF’s 62-49 defeat of Barrington in a Libertyville Regional semifinal on March 4. Miller added 14 and Scouts senior guard Jack Kauss scored 9. Traynor netted eight points. ■

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 New Trier High School's Ricky Samuelson and Robbie Abuls team up on a rebound during regional semifinal win over Glenbrook North.

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Putting the team first Contributions from many help Trevians net a regional title ■ by kevin reiterman Jennifer Ma found herself at Lake Forest Academy, shy in her language skills and unfamiliar with the culture. What did resonate with the Beijing native, though, was the school’s robotics team. Ma — who was involved in her elementary school’s Lego Robotics squad — joined LFA’s team as well as a robotics mentoring program for middle school children. Now a junior, Ma re-created a robotics team at North Chicago’s Neal Math and Science Academy and leads eight middle school students with help from mentors Viola Du, Julian Bailes and Sean Clavey.

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sports@northshoreweekend.com Jordan Thomas is not really a rah-rah guy. The New Trier High School guard, who is known as JT, usually plays the game in business-like fashion. Usually, he doesn’t play to the crowd. But Thomas admitted that he couldn’t help himself in the title game of the Class 4A New Trier Regional on March 7. “I was fired up,” said Thomas, following his team’s 51-45 victory over Glenbrook South. The talented senior was unstoppable and surprisingly animated. In the first half, GBS couldn’t contain him. Thomas went 5-for-5 from the field and 4-for-4 from the foul line. Everything — runners, drives down the lane and threepointers — he put up, fell in. And, on more than one occasion, the revved-up Thomas engaged the fans on the home side. He didn’t want this to be his team’s last hurrah. “We were playing a regional at home,” said Thomas. “We had to win.” The 5-foot-11 Thomas, who led all scorers with 18 points, also landed his lone shot — a turnaround jump hook off a drive down the lane — in the third quarter. No. 4 didn’t miss a shot until the opening minute of the fourth quarter. “He was outstanding in this game,” said Glenbrook South guard Danny Nikitas. “He’s had a great second half of the season for them.” “He’s playing at a really high level,” said New Trier head coach Scott Fricke. “The whole team is.” Bingo. The Trevians, who were scheduled to play Loyola Academy in the semifinal round of the Maine South Sectional on March 11, have checked their egos at the door. “Everybody on this team is unselfish,” said NT junior forward Robbie Abuls. “Sharing the ball is how we’re winning games.”

New Trier (21-9), which has won 16 of its last 19 games, beat GBS with a balanced effort. Thomas carried the Trevians early. David Hammes (13 points) and Abuls (12 points) carried them late. Abuls took a pass from Hammes and opened the quarter with a three-pointer from the left corner. The junior, who later hit a three from the other corner, finished the fourth quarter with nine points. Hammes tallied eight points in the final eight minutes. “You need contributions from everybody if you want to go far (in the postseason),” said Fricke, who guided the Trevians to their fourth regional title in five years. “Our coaches are preaching (team basketball),” said Thomas. “Who cares who does the scoring? It’s all about winning.” It took a while for the Trevians, who start two seniors and three juniors, to gel this season. They were a 6-6 team at the end of December. “We didn’t have the offensive chemistry in the early going,” said the 6-4 Abuls, who plays his club ball with Illinois Old School. “But we kept at it, kept playing. It’s come together.” New Trier’s strong defense down low also figured into this win. The Trevians held Glenbrook South big man Conor McCarthy (17 points, 12 rebounds) to just four points in the second half. Six of McCarthy’s 13 points in the first half came off offensive rebounds. “We did a good job of denying him the ball,” said Abuls, tipping his hat to Sean Boyd, Ricky Samuelson and Ryan Haak. “We got a little more physical with him.” Boyd, who starts at center, came up with one of his better quarters of the season. The 6-5 junior blocked a shot, hit a couple of free throws and pulled down four rebounds in the final eight minutes. Samuelson didn’t tear it up against GBS (4 points). But the 6-4 senior wing came through in a big way a couple nights earlier in the team’s 59-47 win over Glenbrook North in the regional semifinals. The all-league selection, who finished with a gamehigh 20 points, scored all 10 of NT’s points in the fourth quarter. ■

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ended up with 8.2 points and 6.3 rebounds per game. Freshman Colleen Palmer averaged 4.8 points per game.

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Girls High School Soccer Highland Park: Grace Quirk will play Big Ten soccer. The junior goalkeeper has verbally committed to the University of Wisconsin. “If there’s anything that I’ve ever wanted, it would be this,” said the 5-foot-9 Quirk, who will be a third-year varsity starter in the nets for the Giants this spring. “I’ve always wanted to play college soccer. And I’ve wanted it be a Big Ten school.” Quirk currently plays her club soccer with FC United. She also played three years with Eclipse. Girls Club Soccer FC United: Lake Forest’s Carly Hoke is a member of the 1997 Girls Illinois State Select Team. Her team lost to California 3-0 in the national championship game in Phoenix on March 2. The 1998 Girls Illinois State Select Team has four FC United players: Paige Bourne (LF), Natalie Joyce (LF), Olivia Peters (Glenview) and Adrian Walker (LF). This team also features two other Glenview players: Katia Novi (Sockers FC) and Samantha Salay (Eclipse). Illinois went 0-1 in the ODP championships in Phoenix.

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Youth Hockey Deerfield: Joseph Tucker Tynan has made the West Coast Selects (WCS) hockey team. As one of the 68 players selected, Tynan will compete in the program’s international spring training development camp and the World Selects Invitational in Bolzano, Italy this spring. “Tucker was superb at the tryout,” noted WCS head coach Shawn Hunwick in a news release. “He not only showed he has the skill to be a top hockey prospect, but

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IHSA All-State Academic Team New Trier/Glenbrook South: Last month the Illinois High School Association selected 26 students (13 males, 13 females) for its 2013-14 All-State Academic Team, sponsored by Caterpillar. More than 450 students throughout the state were considered, and two local student-athletes — Matt McCaffrey and Abigail Boyd of New Trier High School — were chosen. Glenbrook South High School senior David Wilmette Junior High's Russell Shanchez (blue jersey) battles Jorge Gonzalez of BarO’Gara earned All-State Academic rington Prarie in the IESA sectional meet at Deerfield's Shepart on March 8. Sanchez Team Honorable Mention honors. took third at 145 pounds to advance to the IESA state tourney. McCaffrey is a three-sport athlete (football, basketball and basephotography by joel lerner ball) at NTHS; Boyd, a softball player in the spring, competed for exceeding well for the eighth-grade basketball teams the Trevians’ volleyball team that placed third at the Class this winter. 4A state tournament last fall; and O’Hara played football The boys squad capped an undefeated season by for the Titans last fall and is a member of the school’s bas- downing St. Mary of Lake Forest 43-36 in the chamketball team this winter. pionship game of the Council II 3A tournament on Every IHSA member school was invited to nominate one Feb. 27 at Loyola Academy. female student and one male student. Nominees needed to The girls also finished the season unbeaten. The possess a minimum 3.5 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale Vikings downed Our Lady of Perpetual Help of after their seventh semester, have participated in at least Glenview 48-16 in the conference championship on two IHSA-sponsored sports or activities during each of the Feb. 28 at Regina Dominican. last two years and demonstrated outstanding citizenship. Both teams are coached by athletic director Mike Collins and Dennis Spooner. Meanwhile, the victories give the Sacred Heart Rising Stars eighth-graders the “sweep” of all major sports chamEighth Grade Basketball pionships offered in the conference for the 2013-2014 Winnetka’s Sacred Heart School: Things went school year: basketball, football and girls volleyball. ■

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For Jeanne and Bob, nothing beats visiting a lake house

A lake house is something we always wanted when we were younger. We started with a cottage in Michigan on Indian Lake. It became an every-weekend spot for our family in the summers, even though it was a good two-hour drive. It became a wonderful tradition. Then we were transferred to New York. We found a lake house in New Jersey. When we moved back to Winnetka in 2008, we wanted a place a little closer than the Michigan spot.

“We play cards and dominos. We head out on water skis and go tubing. Some of the kids like to go fishing.”

Jeanne Ebersole, a co-chair, and her husband Bob plan to attend the Family Service of Winnetka Northfield Annual Benefit March 21 at the Michigan Shores Club.

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Now we go to Mukwonago, Wis., about 75 miles away. It’s a lot more convenient not to have to go around Chicago to get there. We’re starting a new tradition with the next generation, the grandchildren. We spend a lot of time sitting on the deck. We play cards and dominos. We head out on water skis and go tubing. Some of the kids like to go fishing. For meals we grill out – nothing fancy, usually hamburgers, chicken and steaks. When it gets to be tomato and corn season, that’s a highlight. If we go out, we typically find a pizza place or go to a casual spot called Fork in the Road. We go just in the summer now, but since we retired, we’d like to use it more in the winter. We could go crosscountry skiing and snowshoeing. But I (Jeanne) won’t be going ice fishing. Jeanne and Bob Ebersole, as told to David Sweet ■

Let’s Talk Real Estate by Jean Wright, President/Broker Owner Crs, GrI

What Can YOu DeDuCt? Deductions for personal real estate generally fall into two main categories: 1) Costs that can be deducted as expenses for real estate held from a buyer’s or seller’s personal income on a tax return. 2) Costs that can be used to alter the basis of the home, with an eye towards lowering the capital gains. It’s important to note that a second or vacation home also generally qualifies for all of the same deductions as a principal resident, provided that it isn’t rented for a significant portion of the year. Buyers can also add the following costs associated with a purchase. These additions will serve to lower the capital gains liability when the home is eventually sold: 1. Transfer or stamp taxes and recording fees, if paid by the buyer. 2. Title abstracts. 3. Title insurance. 4. Attorney’s fees for preparing their documents for closing. Buyers cannot deduct as expenses on their income tax or add to the cost basis of the home: 1. Fees for an appraisal required by the lender. 2. Rent paid to occupy the home before closing. 3. Cost of credit reports. 4. Loan assumption fees.

For professional advice from an experienced Realtor, call Jean Wright at (847) 217-1906 or email at jwright@jeanwright.com

THe North shore weekend

3/15 – 3/16/14

California.

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Ferrari Lake Forest

born to race

This is a car of rare elegance inspired by one of the great Ferraris of the past — the 250 California of 1957. It has become a symbol not only of style, fashion and innovation, but also of exclusivity, magnificent craftsmanship and superior refinement. The mid-front 8-cylinder, Ferrari California is a convertible GT with a retractable hard-top. It is a Coupe and Spider rolled into one — it is truly a car with multiple personalities. To see it is a delight to the eye, to drive it… well, you’ll see why experts say, “It’s born to race.” See this and other limited edition sportscars at Ferrari Lake Forest.

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Passion and innovation.

OFFICIAL FERRARI DEALER

Ferrari Lake Forest

They are at the heart of every vehicle that bears the Prancing Horse emblem and are the driving force behind everything we do at Lake Forest Sportscars. Indulging the requests of our clients is always our highest priority. Whether you are new to the Ferrari family or a devoted enthusiast, the team at Lake Forest Sportscars shares your appreciation for exceptional performance – on the road and on the track.

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We invite you to experience the latest innovations from Maranello, born out of an unparalleled racing heritage. Among our products sure to increase your heart rate is the revolutionary FF. The FF is the first production Ferrari to offer a four-wheel drive system and includes Ferrari’s exclusive 7-Year Genuine Maintenance Program.

Ferrari Lake Forest BY MANCUSO AN AUTOMOTIVE FAMILY SINCE 1923

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