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INDEX

IN THIS ISSUE [ NEWS ] 07 GLEN TOWN CENTER

HMOre than $3.2 million slated for improvements.

08 CURB APPEAL

What you can do to maximize your home’s value.

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EAL ESTATE COLUMN R Does your home fit your lifestyle?

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10 STANDOUT STUDENT

Namrita Narula is making a difference.

12 LOVE AND MARRIAGE Are you a lazy couple?

12 NORTH SHORTS

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15 north shore foodie

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[ REAL ESTATE ] 17 houses of the week

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NEWS

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LENVIEW–The Glen Town Center w i l l ge t a $ 3 . 2 million streetscape renovation between late March and the end of June.

The V illage Board of Trustees unanimously approved the project that includes tree planting, repaving, irrigation and electrical work. “ There was significant tree loss f rom when the center was originally built [15 years ago],” said Joe Kenney, the village’s director of community development. “ We are removing the obstr uctions to get

healthy tree growth.”

Kenny said the br ic k areas around the trees, which allow them to get water, will be replaced and made a f riendlier environment for vegetation. He said the new trees will be deciduous ones with leaves, not evergreens.

The tree loss along Patriot Boulevard is the result of disease and inadequate irrigation, according to a May 19, 2015, memo f rom Director of Planning Jeff Brady to the board.

Kenney said none of the lost trees was Ash. The work should be finished by the end of June, Kenney said. He said work

generally would be f rom 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday with adjustments for businesses that need accommodations.

“If someone has significant nighttime business we may start earlier and if they do a lot in the mornings, like Starbucks, we might start later there.”

S ince the paving will take place on the sidewalks rather than the streets, Kenney said no roadways would be closed. He said he anticipates minimal delays for motorists. “ With the use of flaggers and signs there may be some delays but all streets will remain open,” Kenney

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heaving, which can block access to store and restaurant entrances, according to the memo.

Kenney said his department originally proposed one plan estimated to cost $1.5 million and a second one closer to $3 million. “ We told the board we could do what needed to be done (in the short term) or we could spend more and do it once,” Kenney said. “ The board told us to go ahead and do it once,” he added.

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said. “ Things may be a little slow but people will get through.”

Some of the more costly work like irrigation and electrical restoration will not be that noticeable to the average visitor to the shopping district, according to Kenney. The irrigation has caused kinks in the lines, according to the memo. “ There will be less street lights going out,” Kenney said of the improvement in the electrical system.

A major reason for the sidewalk restoration and replacement of the pavers around the trees will be elimination of occasional

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NEWS

Why Curb Appeal Matters

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potential buyer drives by a home on the market. The driver stops. The driver looks at the house and its lawn and its other elements for one, two, three seconds. First impression made. The driver then makes a choice: look a little longer or move on to the next home on the market.

Homes on the market can’t wink, can’t express a come-hither look. But if they are attractive enough, through curb appeal, they can do wonders for sellers.

“Curb appeal is key,” says Jeannie Kurtzhalts, a broker at @ properties in Winnetka and Glenview. “Many are looking for curb appeal during the ‘first showing’ — viewing a picture of the house online before the drive-by. If a property is not maintained on the outside, potential buyers will have doubts about the entire property.

Something as simple as a new welcome mat, under a front door that pops because it had just been painted, is appealing. People talk and wait around near that mat. It’s an important spot.”

A home on the market should look like it just walked out of a barbershop or a salon, all neat and trimmed and clean. Well-coiffed.

Fresh-faced. Branches should not obstruct a house’s facade. Shrubs should be pruned, tidy. Garden bed lines should be precise. The driveway and walkway should be debrisfree. None of the above quests should be daunting to the home

seller. Professional landscapers and real estate folks insist there are simple and inexpensive ways to enhance curb appeal.

“You don’t want anything to detract from the look of the front of the house,” Robert Milani, senior landscape architect of Chalet Nursery in Wilmette, says.

“A leaning mailbox detracts. So do weeds on hardscapes or anything that blocks something like the front door, the focal point of a house. By far, the No. 1 issue to selling a house is curb appeal. I like to promote good curb appeal in the day and at night. Lighting near the driveway and along a pathway to the front door gives a house a sense of depth and a dramatic effect at night, plus security.”

Kim Flashner, owner of an interior design group in Winnetka, stages the interior of homes on the market. An interior sometimes needs a facelift, too. The last thing a home seller wants to do, though, is neglect the exterior of the home while getting too caught up with the look of the living room and the dining room and the bedrooms.

Flashner also has an eye for what looks crisp in fresh air.

“This one historical house [on the North Shore] was a mustardy yellow one, before it got painted grayish-blue,” Flashner says.

“People couldn’t believe the difference the change in color had made.

I heard people say, ‘That makes a huge difference.’ I’m finding curb appeal is huge, especially for younger potential buyers, people

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in their 30s. They’re all about, and very interested in, what the exterior of the house looks like. They like new, clean. People in their 40s and 50s, they’re more concerned about the inside of the house, and vintage homes appeal to them.”

Real estate brokers looking to stage or spruce up the exterior of a house have sought the expertise of the folks at Winnetka-based Red Spade Environments, a landscape design and home remodeling business, and at Mariani Land-

client services at Red Spade Environments, encourages home sellers to be objective when they view the home from the curb.

“Sometimes,” she says, “people who have lived in a house for a long time don’t think it’s a big deal if a stoop slopes or if a walkway has settled. But those are big deals, like chipped paint on the front door is, like overgrown shrubbery blocking the beauty of a home is.

Sometimes, if a house is on the market for a great deal of time, a realtor will look at the exterior of it and say to us, ‘If we could just open it up … ’ ” If a house were getting ready to go to a prom, it would contact Susan Randstrom, a graphic designer/marketing professional at Pasquesi Home & Gardens in Lake Bluff. Prom goers need corsages, boutonnieres. Houses look better behind flowers and plants.

“Placing a pair of containers [filled with plants or flowers], on the front step, freshens up the curb appeal and gives the front door instant balance,” Randstrom says.

“Eyes draw right to the area. It’s important to make a favorable first impression, in only a few seconds, and flowers and plants help homeowners do that. This time of year we like annuals, pansies, violas. scape in Lake Bluff. Mariani added African Daisies are really friendly, landscape architecture to its offer- sweet and welcoming. ings in the 1970s and is an indus“It’s a low-maintenance option, try leader in providing excep- adding plants or flowers,” she adds, tional residential landscape “and homeowners, with so many management and garden care. others things to worry about, apMargaret Lamason, director of preciate that.”

Does Your Home Fit Your Lifestyle? and we’ve truly loved it.”

Another reason Whitney loved eet Whitney O’Neill. Her the home so much is that it fit her son is heading off to lifestyle. college soon and she is “We designed the house to be preparing for the next chapter of both comfortable and inviting. It’s what has been a rich and reward- elegant without being stuffy; every ing life in her Winnetka lakefront room truly feels relaxed and enhome. As she looks forward, she courages gathering and comfort is ready to let another lucky family both inside and out. My favorite start building a life in this incred- place is the kitchen and the ible house. Here are some of the outdoor balconies leading off it. reasons she chose it for her family: Friends are over often and we “I had been living in Chicago,” always gather here, making meals she says, “and felt Winnetka was and enjoying them overlooking the perfect place to raise my son the lake. My son loves the baseLiam. We had family here and felt ment and playing pool and pingit offered so many wonderful pong or swimming with friends, things, starting with the incredible so that is his go-to spot. “ lake and outdoor lifestyle, as well When you find a home that as its amazing schools and sports might be “the one” (a process not programs. Winnetka has a great unlike finding the right spouse), sense of family and community don’t let excitement cause you to

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overlook the important steps you need to take to determine if it is a perfect, long-term fit. Here are some suggestions: Go back out the front door (or through the garage if that is how you would come in) and re-enter, as if it were part of your daily routine.

Hang up your coat, put down your keys and your bag, and walk around each room. Try to visualize how you would use the space and for what purpose.

Imagine yourself in the kitchen cooking, with family or friends gathered around you. Is the home comfortable both for lounging with family as well as entertaining friends?

Wander around the outdoor space. Is it good for kids, pets, barbecues, and recreation?

Remember, your “home” is not merely limited to your residence: it’s your neighborhood as well.

Drive around to the grocery store, restaurants, schools and other public facilities to understand the conveniences, distances and safety.

Once you have a better feel for the house and neighborhood, use this checklist to further help guide you: Is there enough natural light?

Does the floor plan “flow” for your family’s needs?

Does the house fit your entertaining style, whether formal or casual?

Is the kitchen spacious enough and properly equipped to allow your inner Iron Chef to work his or her magic?

Are there sufficient bathrooms for your family and your guests?

Does it have space for hobbies and interests?

Is the laundry room situated conveniently?

Is there enough storage and closet space?

Is the garage large enough to accommodate your vehicles, bikes, sports equipment and tools?

Are there parks and/or a bike path nearby? How about a place for dogs to play?

Does the landscape and garden suit your taste? [Consider maintenance and whether you care to indulge a green thumb or just write a monthly check.]

Whitney said she has decided it’s time to find another home more suitable for her new lifestyle as an empty nester.

“It’s been an incredible and special home to us, so the transi-

tion is bittersweet for sure. But change is exciting as well, and we know whomever ends up here next will love it as much as we have.”

You can take a 3D tour of this beautiful lakefront home at https://my.matterport.com/ show/?m=YB2PLeuhijU. Buying a home should be a pleasant experience and an exciting journey. We can help you find the perfect fit, not only for your lifestyle today, but also for decades to come. And we’re just a phone call – or a few keystrokes – away.

This story was sponsored by Linda Monty and Terri Brak Thomas (L & T Group). They are with the boutique real estate firm Menard Johnson in the city. Take the journey with them. Menardjohnson.com. 312 320-9477/773 617-9488.

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LIFESTYLE & ARTS

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Highland Park Sophomore Plants Seeds of Knowledge teach children the importance of healthy eating through garamrita Narula just wants dening while combating food to help. When she was in insecurity. She met with the the eighth grade at Elm curriculum coordinator at the Place Middle School, she helped Highland Park Community plan the school’s annual day of Nursery School and Daycare giving. It’s a day in December Center (Community) and over when families in need could the summer started an outdoor come to collect canned food garden for the nursery school items, books, toys, clothes, and kids. She’d tend the garden with other items that the students the kids and play games with had spent months collecting and them, such as Vegetable Bingo or a game where they separate organizing.

“That was the first time I saw foods into food groups. the poverty in Highland Park Not satisfied with limiting the and food insecurity that existed,” children’s gardening activities to says Narula, now a sophomore the spring and summer, she sold at Highland Park High School greeting cards you can plant (HPHS). “We collected over made from seeds and interactive 5,000 cans of non-perishable seed starter kits for children food. That’s when I wanted to called Growums at the Ravinia do something, because while Farmer’s Market every week. these canned food items were She used the proceeds to buy helping curb the hunger, they five hydroponic, vertical, garden weren’t necessarily improving towers with time-release waterthe individuals’ diets.” ing systems so the students at In the spring of her freshman Community can grow different year at HPHS, she started Seeds vegetables all year round.

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start, the easier it would be to develop these healthy habits,” Narula says. “So many parents tell me that their kids would never try anything green before, but now, because they’ve grown it, they are so much more open to try it.”

But that’s just one aspect of the education and outreach of Seeds of Knowledge. She also partnered with the Northern Suburban Special Recreation Association to teach children and adults with special needs the therapeutic aspects of gardening. The plot they fostered was in the Moraine Township Food Pantry Garden, where they raised 93 pounds of produce to donate to the Moraine Township Food Pantry.

Having seen the good the food pantry does, she wanted to find more ways to help them.

Enter her parking meters. While on vacation in Florida, she noticed a bright yellow parking meter, the change from which was donated to local homeless

shelters. After a presentation to the Highland Park city council, she was put in touch with public works, and the parking meters were put into motion. The first appears to be a giant carrot standing in Port Clinton Square.

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“Currently, I’m trying to make Seeds of Knowledge a non profit,” Narula says. “I’m trying to register it for that whole process. I’d like to keep expanding and install some more meters. I’m trying to partner with more schools to keep that education component and also target more groups of kids. Then, I guess we’ll see if there’s anything more I can do.”

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love & marriage

Are You A Lazy Couple?

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Joanna Brown

t has been a month since Valentine’s Day – the credit card bill for the evening out has already arrived with great fanfare – and I can still say that I had a spectacular night out.

My family happened to be visiting our extended family in Arizona, and so my husband and I took advantage of this onslaught of free babysitters to spend the evening in a hot air balloon. We sailed over the desert at sunset, and it was spectacular.

It was a threat I’d been making for at least a decade; every time we leave Arizona I swear that I am not going back there without a reservation for a hot air balloon ride. My husband responds with a smart remark about flying Easter baskets, and we return to the desert without a balloon reservation. Ho hum.

But this year he went all out: babysitting, research, reservations for a ride that ended with champagne under the most wonder-

fully pink sky, the sun setting over some desert rock formation, and the promise of dinner without the children. It was, as I said, spectacular.

We’re home now, and real life resumes; laundry, movies on demand and casseroles pepper our weekends again. I wasn’t surprised to find in my routine trolling of the Internet a list of 10 things all lazy couples recognize.

I plead guilty to five of the 10 offenses offered up by British entertainment site Female First.

They include: We text each other from inside the house, rather than expend the energy to walk down the hall and interact personally. Lazy: sure. But options B and C when dinner was ready to was to yell to my husband while he was paying bills in his office, or leave the kitchen unattended with a curious toddler and a hot stove while I ran up the stairs myself. Texting was the clear choice.

We dress down. Lazy: yes. But when the day’s schedule consists of cleaning bathrooms, attacking the laundry and working at my computer, I believe that fresh sweatpants are just fine.

Going to the movie theater is a stretch. Lazy couples stream something at home to avoid bundling up and driving to the theater, buying tickets and snacks, and so on. Lazy: I guess. But streaming at home is just as good.

After family dinner we get to see the movie we want instead of settling for whatever’s playing the night the babysitter is free, and we are engaged in watching it together with the possibility of discussion during or afterward.

It’s a totally acceptable solution for busy people.

The list of lazy couples’ habits continues with items like take-out dinners, bargaining to avoid household chores, and naps. Some were acceptable (lazy weekend mornings with nothing to do),

others were not (disinterest in showering).

But they’re all symptoms, I think, of the ambitious national identity that the politicians crowed about on Super Tuesday.

We want a stronger communities, and so we stack out To Do lists with activities that make them so.

We raise children and care for our aging parents. We work to advance our careers. We volunteer in classrooms, libraries, churches and temples. We better ourselves through fitness routines, book clubs, and other hobbies that feed our souls.

If that means that I’m still wearing my favorite blue sweats when my husband arrives with a bag from Taco Nano, so be it.

We’ll still be able to tell our grandchildren about the hot balloon ride we did that one time in the desert.

Joanna Brown can be reached at Joanna@northshoreweekend.com.

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stretchers.

Suddenly, lunch is in f ront unchtime in a North of you. Hot Italian bread with Shore diner. You’re in a chicken, and spices squeezed discussion with opinion- together in a press that leaves ated f riends while waiting. grill marks. Who cares about The subject is corporate and conversation. Let ’s eat.

But first you look again at political dishonesty. One guy says lies are more rampant the panini in the photo. A today. movie star of a panini. Then You’re about to reply, but you look at the one in f ront your mind wanders to the of you. Saggy, scorched and panini you ordered. There’s bent, leaking grease. You a distracting photo of this think: adver tising versus sandwich on the wall. A reality, and reality loses. thought occurs, but you lose Then it hits. The elusive it... thought you had earlier. This Back to the debate. The observation about overpromprevailing view is that politi- ising is nothing new. Lies are cians and corporations are EXP ECT ED. You didn’t u n c o n s c i o n a b l e t r u t h - believe for a minute that your “Lesson from a panini”

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Prairie Grass Blends Fresh With Season and 13 with hollandaise sauce and a poached egg on top, according to Stegner.

As St. Patrick’s Day itself arrives March 17, Stegner said they are in luck because cabbage is one of the things they can get fresh when they make corned beef and cabbage. Though the dish often sells out, Stegner said there is another reason Prairie Grass serves it.

“I really like corned beef,” Stegner said. “It’s something we’re really good at.”

Making things seasonal and holiday appropriate also reOwners George Bumbaris and Sarah Stegner quires creativity, according to photography by joel lerner Stegner. Weather permitting, she said asparagus starts to

By Steve Sadin use local, sustainable products.” arrive from farms in Indiana Stegner was one of the and southern Illinois in early ORTHBEROOK — Sea- founders of the Green City May. Prairie Grass makes it for sonal has a number of Market in Chicago 17 years ago. a Mother’s Day tradition. meanings for Prairie She said it is a year around “We use it different ways,” Grass Café in Northbrook. farmers’ market with 51 Mid- Bumbaris said. “We will serve Started in 2004, owners western farmers providing it (as as a side with a main Sarah Stegner and George produce and protein which course) or do it raw as an apBumbaris take pride using changes the Prairie Grass menu petizer. We may switch it up fresh, local products which are with the season. the next week.” in season while preparing dishes “It provides us with what’s As summer arrives, so does for particular times of year like fresh and in season,” Stegner variety, according to Stegner.

St. Patrick’s Day or Mother’s said.

She said she starts making more Day. When it comes to St. Pat- trips to Green City Market “We take a local sustainable rick’s Day, the food gets tradi- checking out what looks good approach,” Stegner said. “We tional with brunches featuring and coming up with ways to make things which are sea- corned beef hash the weekend offer diners something unique.

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which is local, according to Bumbaris. He said lamb and pork both come from the area and he does more with them than racks and chops.

“We make sausage with the lamb,” Bumbaris said. “We do the same with pork. We also do braised lamb which is local.”

Both Stegner and Bumbaris are chefs who have worked together for 30 years, the last 12 at Prairie Grass. While it can be a challenge to have two high quality chefs in the kitchen, they both said it works for them.

“We bounce ideas off each other and come up with things,” Bumbaris said. “For us it works having a kitchen with two chefs.

We know each other so well we come up with good ideas. It has worked for so long.”

Bumbaris said their epicurean training is classic French.

He said they use those skills to make things work in the Midwest.

The name Prairie Grass has a special meaning too, according to Stegner. She said it comes from the source of their produce and meat—the prairie.

“It’s a Midwest feel,” Stegner said. “It’s a lot of native food.

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Golden Girls Ramblers claim first state championship since 2004 BY kevin reiterman, sports@northshoreweekend.com

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oyola Academy hockey star Valerie Caldwell knows how to validate a big moment.

Shortly after scoring a shorthanded goal in the state title game at United Center on March 18, Caldwell got so excited, so thrilled that she nearly visegrabbed the life out of teammate Anne Bloomer.

It was arguably the hug of the night.

And at that point — 9:12 left in the second period — Caldwell, future chairwoman for Hugs R Us, Inc., was just getting started.

By the time the Ramblers wrapped up a 5-3 win over Barrington, Caldwell’s hug-o-meter had to be in the hundreds.

“I just get so excited,” said Caldwell.

The girl loves to hug.

The girl loves to win.

“I’m on Cloud 9 right now,” Caldwell said. “This is absolutely unreal.

“We had already experienced the United Center,” she added.

“This time, we wanted to win it.”

The Ramblers (19-3-5), who had not won a girls state title since 2004, earned runner-up honors to New Trier in 2014 and Latin School in ’15. They used those past experiences to their advantage.

“Our girls didn’t get wide-eyed like they did last year or the year before that,” said LA head coach Conor Sedam, who was named the girls AHAI Coach of the Year. “It almost was like any other game for us. At least, that’s how our girls approached it.”

Barrington, which didn’t even suit up a team last year, came into the contest as a worthy foe. The Fillies (23-4-2), who featured a pair of elite players in Andrea Renner (48 goals, 18 assists) and Nicole Guagliardo (32 goals, 18 assists), had played LA even during the regular season: 1-1-1.

“I think they came into the game a little calmer. They were having a little more fun than we were,” said Barrington head coach Robert Renner. “I thought we looked a little overwhelmed early.

“You can prepare all you want,” he added. “But when you walk in the door here, you find out how big of a deal this game really is.”

HUGGY RAMBLERS: Loyola Academy’s Valerie Caldwell (center) celebrates her goal with second-quarter goal with Anne Bloomer and Elanor Kroeger. LA defeated Barrington 5-3 in the state final at United Center. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

LA’s five all-staters — Caldwell, Bloomer, Emma Wright, Maggie Cusick and Tess Dettling — definitely skated their case.

Dettling has a way of making magic in the big barn on Madison Street. She tallied a goal in each her team’s losses in the ’14 and ’15 games.

And, as it turned out, it didn’t take the junior standout long to come up with her United Center hat trick. With 10:55 left in the first quarter, Dettling found an open door. She rebounded Cusick’s slapshot off the boards and punched it past Barrington goalie Eryn Cooley.

Credit Cusick with an assist on the play. The senior had two for the game.

“You soon learn that the puck goes into the net at United Center the same as it does anywhere else,” said Sedam.

Dettling, who tallied four goals in her team’s 8-2 state semifinal win over New Trier on March 10, drilled shots at Cooley all night.

She added an unassisted goal with 7:08 left in regulation to put her team ahead 5-1.

“Five to one,” said Caldwell. “I don’t think anyone was expecting that.”

Caldwell, who committed to the University of Vermont in the fall, played a huge role in the win.

Set up nicely by Bloomer, her goal in the second period was her 35th of the season.

It also ended a mild drought.

It was Caldwell’s first goal in the

state playoffs since coming up with four biscuits in a 9-1 quarterfinal win over Evanston.

“I knew that I just had to stay with it,” said Caldwell, who went scoreless against NT in the state semifinal win. “I had to have patience.

“But it’s not about me,” she added. “I’m just as happy when one of my teammates scores.”

With 2:10 left in the second period, there was a role reversal.

This time, Bloomer slapped a shot past Cooley off a perfect delivery from Caldwell.

Like Dettling, Bloomer has been prolific of late. The sophomore, who also had four goals in the state semifinal win, added an unassisted goal with 10:21 left in regulation.

Those two scores proved to be meaningful, when Barrington staged a late rally. Renner scored twice in the final 1:12 to make things a little uncomfortable for the Ramblers.

“I wasn’t really worried [at that point],” said Sedam. “But you never know. Anything can happen.”

For the most part, Renner, who will play collegiately at Northeastern University, was held in check by LA goaltender Tianna Lavalle.

“I know she’s an amazing player,” said Lavalle, who was credited with 19 saves. “You try not to think about who is shooting or how good she might be.

“I just focused on the puck,” the sophomore added.

Sedam pointed this out.

“In my mind, the pivotal point in game came in the second quarter, when Tianna stopped a breakaway by No. 78 [Guagliardo],” said the LA coach. “If they score then, it could’ve been a totally different game.

“Tianna bailed us out,” he added.

Notable: For the Wright sisters, a circle has been completed. In 2004, Maggie Wright was a freshman on Loyola Academy’s state championship team.

Twelve years later, Emma Wright capped her high school hockey career with a state title. “Been waiting a long time for this,” said Emma. Caroline Wright, the middle sister, also was a standout player for Ramblers.

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Thinking outside the (penalty) box Glenbrook North junior all-stater Knudson intends to harness his physical play next season

BY BILL MCLEAN, sports@northshoreweekend.com

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ach Knudson paced the Glenbrook North hockey team in a category in the 2015-16 season. By a country mile, maybe a continent mile. The statistic is there for all to see on the Spartans’ website. The junior defenseman is not proud of the stat, his PIM (penalties in minutes).

The PIM number settled at 196, in 74 games. That is a lot of sitting in a box. The No. 2 Spartan in PIM rested for 92 minutes in a box.

“I can’t spend that much time in the penalty box,” the 5-foot-11, 190-pound Knudson admits, looking ahead to next winter. “I have to be smarter.”

The same Zach Knudson resolved to do something about his game right after Glenbrook North defeated Benet Academy for the state championship at United Center last year. Something that had nothing to do with penalties.

He wanted to become more of an offensive threat as a defenseman.

Spartans assistant coach Jared Lowell helped Knudson become just that. Knudson worked all offseason on his skating, on his puck handling, on his shooting, on his deking. Controlling the puck would put more heat on the opposing team’s defense than simply wrapping the puck around the boards would.

“I did not want to panic when I had the puck,” Knudson says of a motivating factor to add a dimension to his game. “I worked on shooting more in stride [in the offseason], and I transferred my weight more, deked more. You get a lot of variety in your shots when you transfer your weight, and the shooting in stride gives you a better chance to catch the goalie off-guard.

“My shot got harder. [Lowell] told me the only way you’re going to get a better shot is to shoot 100-300 times a day in the offseason. I shot 100-300 times a day.”

Something else motivated Knudson to become more of an impactful player, more of a two-way player, in the offseason.

It pushed him. It inspired him. It was a feeling, the feeling — sheer joy — he experienced after Glen-

‘K’-9: Zach Knudson of the Spartans controls the puck during state quarterfinal action. The defenseman scored 22 goals and had 41 assists this past season. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER

brook North used UC’s ice to start celebrating its state championship in 2015. Knudson wanted to feel that feeling again in the big barn on Madison Street in Chicago.

Znudson’s offensive numbers as a sophomore: three goals, 25 assists.

Znudson’s offensive numbers this past winter: 22 goals, 41 assists.

His grit on defense got grittier in his junior season. His number of accolades increased. Znudson made the AHAI all-state team and was named (as an alternate) to represent Illinois at America’s Showcase April 14-18 at Robert Morris Island Sports Center in Pittsburgh.

The Spartans’ run to another state title, though, ended in an AHAI state quarterfinal on March 11. Eventual state runner-up Loyola Academy Gold defeated Glenbrook North’s Spartans 5-2 at Edge Ice Arena in Bensenville.

LA raced to a 2-0 lead in the first period and scored the first goal of the second period. It was all uphill from there for Glenbrook North (53-20-2), determined but lacking in the mountaineering gear to catch up to Gold and to bury Gold.

Knudson almost had to sit out the state quarterfinal because of a penalty he had allegedly committed in a 6-2 defeat of New Trier Blue in a second-round playoff game on March 1. Referees determined Knudson had intentionally kneed an opponent. Knudson was livid. His knee did no such thing, and tape of the play — submitted by Spartans coach Evan Poulakidas — proved Knudson’s innocence.

“Zach,” Poulakidas says, “plays hard in every game, in everything he does. He’s just an … old-fashioned hockey player. He deserved that all-state recognition. Yes, sometimes he gets a little carried

away in games and commits a costly penalty, and a lot of that has to do with his passion for the game.

He’s one of those kids you want to be a leader. To be a leader he will have to [cut his penalty minutes]. On the ice he’s all-out.

Off the ice he’s a really nice kid.”

It can be a physical sport, hockey. The physicality of the sport drew Knudson to the rinks. So did a gentle nudge of encouragement from his father, Brad, a former New Trier hockey player and Zach’s first coach. He tried other sports, like most kids do. He batted baseballs and shot basketballs. He thought about quitting hockey at a young age until his dad shooed away the thought.

“I started getting good at hockey when hitting was allowed,” Knudson, a rugged long stick defenseman on Glenbrook North’s state runner-up team last spring, says. “There’s not another sport like

hockey when it comes to your teammates. It’s the one sport where you feel like you’re a part of a real family, like your teammates are your brothers. It’s crazy how long I’ve been playing with some of these guys, my best friends. My whole life, practically.”

Knudson and senior hockey forward Joey Day have been good friends for years. Day scored the overtime goal in last year’s state championship. The good friend became an instant hero. To Day, the Knudson of 2014-15 and the Knudson of 2015-16 were completely different players, the latest version almost unrecognizable before the start of the regular season last fall.

“It was clear to me, to all of us, how hard he had worked on his game in the offseason and how much he had improved, especially offensively,” Day says. “Zach loves the game, gets into it. He

gets into lacrosse. I’ve seen him play lacrosse; he’s got the kind of physical presence in lacrosse that he has in hockey. His passion for hockey made him want to put the hours in to get better, and he wanted to do whatever he could to help us win another state championship. He has a new way of shooting; his shot got better.

Moves … he added some. There’s one, his toe drag, he likes to use a lot in practice. He’s still physical, still gritty, but now he’s also dangerous on offense.

“And he’s hilarious,” Day adds.

“Zach is nice and funny and kind of crazy. I really like being around him. I’ll be interested to see how he handles his leadership role next year in his senior season.”

Look for Znudson’s penalties in minutes to melt considerably in 2016-17, settling in double figures, addition by subtraction. Knudson needs to be upright and on skates, not sitting often for two minutes and watching his penalty-kill crew go to work. His coaches know that.

His teammates know that.

Knudson knows that, too. He will likely have more moves on offense to showcase next winter.

It is hard, impossible, to show those off in hockey’s holding cell.

Notable: Glenbrook North senior forward Joey Day (39 goals, 29 assists) and junior forward Nick Mikhaylov (54 goals, 42 assists) joined Spartans junior defenseman Zach Knudson on the AHAI all-state team. … Day and senior forward Kyle Fisher (alternate), along with Knudson (alternate), were named to represent Illinois next month at America’s Showcase in Pittsburgh. …

Glenbrook North’s Jacob Rose was one of three 2016 Chicago Blackhawk Alumni Scholarship Award recipients. … Mikhaylov and Charlie Alcorn scored Glenbrook North’s goals in its 5-2 state quarterfinal loss to Loyola Gold on March 11. Day and Alex Abejon provided the assists. … Glenbrook South senior goaltender Matthew Grinde made the AHAI all-state team and the Blackhawk Alumni Association all-star team.

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SUNDAY BREAKFAST

CBS Anchor Tackles Concussions In New Book

By Elizabeth Hoppe

H

ockey plays a prominent role in CBS ne ws anchor Rob Johnson’s life. Rob, who has worked at CBS for nine years—most of them behind the desk during weekday evening broadcasts— is a big hockey fan.

He covered the Blackhawks’ three recent championship runs, and he plays hockey two to three times a week. But the majority of his hockey time isn’t as a player or a fan. It’s as a hockey dad. Rob and wife Stacy join me for lunch on a Wednesday in late January.

It doesn’t take long to realize that for these parents, their son is their top priority.

Jaden plays on a competitive traveling hockey team, which means weekend trips to Michigan and Wisconsin, for example. His season lasts close to 10 months a year.

Jaden loves it, and Rob and Stacy will continue to support him as long as he still loves to play the game—or as long as he can. When Jaden was only 6, he suffered a concussion after a defenseless hit that left him motionless on the ice for close to a minute.

“I felt so vulnerable as a parent, and it broke our hearts to see him unable to do even basic cognitive functions,” Rob says. Recover y meant Jaden couldn’t read, take tests at school, or play video games—nothing that would put stress on his brain. “Now the clock is ticking,” Stacy says, referring to the fact that you can only have so many concussions in a lifetime before it ’s unsafe to play the sport anymore.

Rob has now written a book about the dangers of concussions. It ’s called Timothy Trainor: Head in the Game,

and though it’s not autobiographical, it certainly draws on personal experience. Concussion prevention and treatment has been a hot topic in recent years. The National Football League has been changing the rules of the game in order to make that sport safer for players, and Will Smith starred in a movie released late last year about a doctor who embarks on a mission to raise awareness about the dangers of footballrelated head trauma.

“This is a hockey story, but this should be the healthcare issue for all parents of active children,” Rob says. “It’s not just hockey and football.”

The book, which was released late last year, is a shortchapter fiction book that totals about 60 pages. Its target audience is children ages 6 through about 12, but it’s one of those books that’s best read with a parent who can help talk about some of the issues and educational topics the book brings up.

Rob wrote the book in his free time, meaning on plane rides or in the hotel room on hoc key travel weekends.

During the week, his work schedule keeps him plenty busy. Rob anchors the 5, 6, and 10 p.m. broadcasts for CBS 2, which means he’s at the studio at 2 p.m. every day and heads home around 11 p.m.

He’s constantly reading and checking news sources like AP and CNN, so he’s informed of the day ’s events before arriving at his office. Weekends often mean charity events and speaking engagements, so the term “f ree time” is a bit of a misnomer. S till, he wanted to write this

book because it’s a topic that’s personal and important to him (he serves on the board of the Concussion Legacy Foundation), and Stacy has been instrumental in helping to market the self-published book and get the word out.

We end our lunch with me asking Rob about what he would say to parents who might be worried about their kids playing high contact sports like hockey, football, soccer, and even cheerleading. He thinks for a second, then gives an answer you can tell guides his own decision-making on the subject. “Find the right organization, and make sure they’re teaching the game the right way, and take child safety seriously,” he says. “We’re not trying to do away with football. We’re just teaching the way it ’s supposed to be played.”

Timothy Trainor: Head in the Game by Rob Johnson is available now at amazon.com and Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville, Downers Grove, and La Grange.

Rob Johnson | Illustration by Barry Blitt

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