The North Shore Weekend West, Issue 69

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SPORTS

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Billy Loggarakis has been a bright spot for the Glenbrook South baseball team. P15

The Hanuman Mandir of Greater Chicago welcomed 5,000 devotee visitors to its new west Glenview location. P10 Follow us:

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NEWS

Canal Shores Golf Course Plans Revamp

State of the North I Shore Housing Market

By bill mclean

t is a late afternoon, in a conference room at a real estate office in Winnetka. Karen Arenson, a Coldwell Banker managing broker, is in there. So is Mary Kay Burke, a Coldwell Banker broker. The third person in the room is a listener, wielding a pen and a pad of paper.

The prevailing topic is the prevailing condition of the real estate market on the North Shore versus the condition of the real estate market in the United States.

Arenson has read the frontpage headlines and the articles of the national reports. They made the front pages of local outlets. She uses the weather, colorfully, to make a cogent point.

“What is going on nationally, what people are hearing, what they’re reading in Associated Press stories is the real estate market’s lack of inventory,” Arenson says. “There’s a barrier to entering the market because of inflated prices. But that’s like reading about the national weather and discovering it’s 72 degrees and sunny in the United States. The real estate market is locally driven, and what is going on here, in Illinois and the North Shore, is the opposite of what the national news is saying. Our inventory is up and climbing,

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ILMETTE — Canal Shores is developing a master plan that proposes significant changes to the 18-hole course that spans both Evanston and Wilmette. The Evanston Wilmette Golf Association — a nonprofit organization that oversees the golf course — held a public meeting on April 22 to share the proposed plan.

“The goal of the meeting was to get our preliminary idea in front of the community and get feedback on it,” Tom Tully, Canal Shores general manager, said.

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IN THIS ISSUE [ NEWS ] 5a rt of caring

Catholic Charities event is May 21.

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housing market How real estate values in the North Shore are comparing nationally.

6g olf course revamp

Canal Shores Golf Course is planning some changes.

[LIFESTYLE & ARTS ] 8n orth shore foodie

Ten Ninety Brewing Co. in Glenview opens.

8n orth shorts

Musings by Mike Lubow.

[ REAL ESTATE ] 12 open houses

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

13 h ouses of the week

Intriguing houses for sale in our towns are profiled.

[ SPORTS ] 15 c ut out to be a catcher

Glenbrook South’s Billy Loggarakis has a striking presence around the plate — without the strikeouts.

[ LAST BUT NOT LEAST ] 18 sunday breakfast

Standing up for North Shore conservation.

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The Art of Caring Working with the Women’s Board of Catholic Charities, Lake hicago painter Michael van County Services, Ciccarelli anZeyl has devoted his life to nually curates the artwork for the creating images that Board’s Art of Caring event. This connect with his patrons. There year – the Women’s Board’s 27th have been still lifes, portraits and – the event brings together the a new series that combines people work of 16 artists to benefit with flowers to build his audience Catholic Charities’ Lake County of fans. programs, including those that But it was a photograph of van benefit senior citizens and the Zeyl painting in his studio, which homebound, families in crisis, and he casually posted to social media veterans. that draw in Lake Forester Peg “We take a holistic view of life Ciccarelli most immediately. and our goal is for all of our “I was working on a picture of clients to get back on their feet five bottles of wine, one of which and be self-sufficient,” explained is in a gold bag that obscures the Catholic Charities’ Director of label. It was inspired by a party Communication Kristine Kappel. my uncle has every year where we “This is always a beautiful evening all get together to taste different with a group of people who have wines, and at the end of the night come together because they are he unwraps the bottles and we all committed to supporting the get to know which was the most needy in Lake County.” popular wine – whether it was an The Art of Caring begins at 6 expensive one or one of the more p.m. Saturday, May 21, at Highreasonably priced wines,” van land Park’s Exmoor Country Zeyl said. “So I posted this Club. In addition to the live picture of me working on the music, auction and dinner, guests painting to my Facebook page, will find along the perimeter of and Peg messaged me right away.” the room a selection of work for

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sale by artists at all stages of the careers, working in a variety of media; this includes pen and ink drawings, photography, oil paintings and water colors.

Among the artists are Mary Gaspar, Caitlin Saville Collins and Margaret Wenzel, who Ciccarelli described as emerging artists in their 30s. Their work will be alongside that of Peggy Macnamara, who has been the Artist-In-Residence at the Field Museum for more than 30 years, and Mark McMahon, who has participated in all of these Catholic Charities events.

Each artist has committed a portion of their sales to Catholic Charities “Everything we’ll be showing that night can be framed to hang on the wall – that’s the only thing they all have in common,” Ciccarelli said. “They fit in any space in your home, and we are also pleased to have some corporate buyers coming out to support us that night.”

Van Zeyl said the spectrum of participating artists will serve

One of the pieces by Michael van Zeyl that will be featured in the Art of Caring.

guests well.

“Art is like a nice bottle of wine, in that way. If 10 people open a bottle of wine to taste,

some will love it and others will not,” he said. “I paint my experience; I paint for myself and hope to find someone who connects

with the piece and takes it home.”

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NEWS HOUSING Continued from PG 1 which forces softening prices.

“It’s a buyer’s market, 100 percent, for homes priced at more than $1 million,” she adds, “but under $500,000, it is a seller’s market.”

Burke speaks next. She also uses a weather term, this time to describe a vital part of her job: educating sellers in a challenging market. If anybody deserves an apple, it’s Burke.

“Education is key,” she says.

“You have to sit down with your client and explain the climate of the local real estate market. You have to talk about inventory, about interest rates, about being realistic.

Each client wants to know what is going on around here. It’s our job to inform them. North Shore inventory is super high, lower in the city. Buyers are picky. What’s important to understand is that what’s going on in San Francisco or in Manhattan or in Naples is not going on around here.”

A microburst is a small downdraft that moves in a way opposite of a tornado. Another weather term, yes. There’s activity going on in some markets today, sometimes hard to detect, and Arenson introduces a portion of the term in another revealing discussion.

“There are micro markets within markets, and micro markets don’t always reflect what’s going on in the overall market,” she says.

“For example, parts of the New Trier market are on fire … houses are moving, sellers are getting multiple offers, and the number of written contracts is up, but there are villages or price points that are very slow.”

Jena Radnay, a broker at @ properties in Winnetka for the past 10 years, had worked in the

REVAMP Continued from PG 1

I love realestate; it’s my passion. People today, come up to me and say, ‘Business must be bad.’ It’s not.

I’ve never been busier.

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advertising industry for eight years. Real estate called. She answered the call. From BAR (Broadcast Advertisers Report) to MLS (Multiple Listing Service).

She sold a penthouse on Wells Street in Chicago to a friend from high school in her first deal.

“I’ve never looked back since then,” Radnay says. “I got bored with advertising. I love real estate; it’s my passion. People, today, come up to me and say, ‘Business must be bad.’ It’s not. I’ve never been busier. We’re doing fine; nothing is falling apart. Younger people are scooping houses up. I just sold three houses on Woodley Road [in Winnetka] to young buyers.”

The Chicagoland area has the seventh-best Millennial housing market in the country, according

Society of Golf Course Architects for a pro bono of the plan, which includes evaluation of the golf course, transforming the course into and a second from the Illinois four courses with a total of 41 Department of Natural Reholes. The plan envisions a six- sources to address the land’s hole short course south of ecology.

Preliminary plans have been Lincoln, a dedicated youth area with five short holes, a practice developed for the golf course but green and a range, an 18-hole the ecology plan is still in the putting course, and a 12-hole works. At the meeting, the executive course north of ecology team Planning Resources Inc. was introduced.

Central.

Tully said this new format Tully said they hope to restore will provide flexibility, allowing the wooded areas along the canal golfers to play six, 12 or 18 banks by removing invasive trees holes on any given day. “Just the and planting native trees. “When flexibility will be huge for us we do that it will be a better and the golfers as well,” he said. habitat,” Tully said.

In December 2015, the Golf The Golf Association Association received two decided to revamp the golf grants: one from the U.S. Golf course to make it more inclusive Association and the American and sustainable. The new plans

to a recent Lending Tree report.

It is a tidbit Roberta Miller — a sales professional and marketing specialist with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff in Lake Forest — included in her most recent online newsletter to clients. She admits the market has been quieter in Lake Forest/ Lake Bluff this spring than it was in 2015. Her specialty, robust marketing, helps set her clients’ properties apart from other similarly priced properties. Miller, too, goes out of her way to educate buyers and sellers.

“People ask me, ‘How’s the market?’ Miller says. “I tell them it’s a good time for both buyers and sellers. It’s a unique time, because when it’s a good time to buy, it’s usually not a good time to sell, and vice versa. But, right now,

create paths on the side of the course, so that the community can continue to enjoy walking, biking or running on the golf course without interfering with people playing golf.

“We want to make it a fun, safer course for everybody,” Tully said.

The estimated cost for implementing the master plan is $6 million, and the Golf Association will need to raise the funds.

While the golf course sits on public land that is owned by the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District, the Golf Association is a private nonprofit that does not receive tax dollars from Wilmette or Evanston.

Tully said the Golf Association’s board passed a resolution that requires $3 million com-

People ask me, “How’s the market?’ I tell them it’s a good time for both buyers and sellers.

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mitted — the cost of the golf course portion of the plan — before breaking ground. The Golf Association aims to complete these plans by 2019, just in time to celebrate the golf course’s 100-year anniversary.

Tully said the April 22 meeting was very productive.

“We know that we are a part of the community and stewards of this land. Having the community involved was great,” he said.

He said residents who attended asked a lot of questions. “I thought it was great. They were passionate, inquisitive and involved,” Tully said.

The association’s board will make a final decision on the master plan, but at this point the plans are still in the preliminary stages.

interest rates are still low [3 percent], which means buyers would do well to not wait too long to make a commitment to what they are seeking.

“It’s expected that interest rates will rise,” she adds. “And, right now, in most price ranges, there are fewer houses coming on the market this spring than there were at this time last year. So if you are thinking of selling, you would have the attention of buyers who may not have found what they want.”

Marla Schneider, like Miller, has been in the real estate industry for 30 years. Her Coldwell Banker Schneider Group (her son, Matthew, is a partner) is based in Glenview. Her lifetime closed sales hit the $900 million mark.

Her take on the local real estate market today?

Woe is 41: Lane Closure Planned for May

“Tough,” she says. “It’s an election year; with that comes some uncertainty. Educating a seller is something we do after, say, 30 days of advertising and marketing, doing everything we can, and the house hasn’t sold. We tell the seller, ‘Here’s what we’re seeing. Maybe your price is too aggressive. Let’s think about adjusting.’”

Schneider projects a calm presence. She is the consummate real estate pro, realistic and hopeful, resilient and informed. She loves what she does, clearly. Just like Arenson and Burke and Radnay and Miller. The state of the local real estate market today, along the North Shore? It’s not 2008-dire.

It’s not crazy-busy like it was from 1999-2005.

It is stable … partly cloudy one day, partly sunny the next.

Day Road) for completion of work within the right-of-way. The lane closure permit runs to May 24. Per IDOT lane closure requirements, the hours for the lane closure are between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday. Intermittent lane closures will occur during this threeweek period, so please be aware of this as you make your travel plans.

Additional updates will be provided as they are received.

Also according to a newsletter from the City of Highland Park, the city’s 2016 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) is underway with IGHLAND PARK – The the majority of street, sidewalk, Illinois Department of bridge, sewer, forestry and other Transportation (IDOT) has infrastructure projects planned issued a lane closure permit for during the spring and summer southbound U.S. Highway 41, in months.

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Ten Ninety Brewery, Tap Opens By steve sadin

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LENVIEW — A passion for brewing beer and a graduate school dream combined to create Ten Ninety Brewing Co. Beer aficionados can choose from any of the 20 draught brews offered at the tap room which opened April 23 adjacent to the brewery at 1025 Waukegan Road in downtown Glenview.

Customers can consume Ten Ninety’s standards or try out the new brews under development offering the company instant input on the latest creation.

“We’re ecstatic about the opportunity to get real feedback,” Brian Schafer of Glenview, the founder and majority owner of the company, said. “People will tell us by the beer sales. There’s a major investment to putting a six-pack together.”

Schafer was drawn into home brewing by a friend—Andy Smith who is now a minority owner—in 2005; about the same time he earned his MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.

“When I started graduate school I wanted to be a CFO,” Schafer said. “When I finished graduate school I wanted to own my own business.”

After graduation, Schafer worked his way into a pair of CFO jobs in the corporate world

friend who would become the third partner in Ten Ninety. With two wins under his belt, Schafer realized there could be a future.

“Once could be luck but (winning) twice I think we’ve got something going,” Schafer said to Smith and Hoban at the time.

“We ought to open a brewery.”

Fast Forward to 2013. Schafer left his job of nearly four years as CFO at United Scrap Metal and Ten Ninety Brewing Co. was born, according to Schafer. He started the company in Zion and began marketing his brews. He said they are currently found in the Chicago area, Wisconsin and Peoria.

Ten Ninety beer is sold in six packs of bottles at places like Heinen’s, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Binny’s Beverage Depot and Mariano’s, according to Schafer.

As of April 23, people can drink Ten Ninety’s beer in the 91-seat tap room adjacent to the brewery in Glenview, according to Schafer. He said it is strictly a taproom. He distinguished it from a brewpub because there is no Owner Brian Schafer at 10 Ninety Brewing in Glenview. photography by joel lerner food. He said he is also proud to while spending his spare time most were between 4.2 and 4.5 Schafer said. “Once it was done sionals competing as well. The bring the business to his homewith a new hobby—brewing beer. percent alcohol. He decided to I shared it with my friends and following year he entered it in town.

In 2006, he came up with an idea make one with coriander and everyone liked it. I knew it was a another contest, again with pro“Glenview is a sure demofessionals in the mix, which also graphic for craft beer,” Schafer for Imperial Wit, a beer that honey more potent, like 10.1 keeper.” would eventually become Ten percent.

A year later Schafer entered included food pairings. said. “There are no other (craft) “When you brew it’s not that Imperial Wit in a competition Ninety’s first.

Again there was victory. breweries around. It feels good to Belgian beers included some hard to bring it from a five with other local brewers and won. Schafer had a conversation with bring it to Glenview where I have of Schafer’s favorites. He said percent beer to a 10 percent beer,” He said there were some profes- Smith and Jamie Hoban, another lived the last six and a half years.”

North Shorts Musings by Mike Lubow “Two Plays”

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ometimes, you get to see two plays for the price of one at the same time. The theater might be on the North Shore, or maybe on the lake downtown. Its design features a stage surrounded by seats on

three sides.

Viewers sit close to the action, and share in its reflected light. As you look on from your side of the intimate room you find yourself choosing which performance to watch: the one on stage or the one just beyond, in the opposite seats. You may switch focus as

you please, so there’s never a lull.

The performance on stage is sharply directed with top actors performing solid literary material. But, the performance ACROSS the stage has its own drama, too. And a captivating cast of characters...

There’s the sleeping man. Will

his head touch his wife’s shoulder as he slowly droops? There’s the lady with a constant smile, seemingly happy even in sad parts.

There’s the squirmy guy with unbuckled pants who overate before the show. There’s the guy with no socks in winter, the lady with long legs in a short skirt.

There’s the other sleeping man (an all-too common role). A loving couple holding hands. An angry couple leaning apart.

Somebody is secretly texting—a doctor dealing with an emergency? Drama.

Oh, and yeah. There’s also the play in the foreground. And it’s

delivering the goods as advertised, entirely worth watching between scenes from the other play behind it. Well, Shakespeare said somewhere that “...All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players.”

You think, yeah, he got that right.

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Socials Hanuman Mandir Grand Opening Photos by Larry Miller

Over the course of three days in April, the Hanuman Mandir of Greater Chicago welcomed 5,000 devotee visitors to its new west Glenview location. The Hanuman Mandir, open to all faiths, is open daily, with services in the morning and evening.

In addition to services, the spiritual center will offer continuing education like Sunday School, Holy Geeta study, yoga and meditation, and music classes. Dr. Chandra Khurana sits as CEO and Chief Devotee.

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Cut out to be a catcher Glenbrook South’s Loggarakis has a striking presence around the plate — without the strikeouts

BY KEVIN REITERMAN, sports@northshoreweekend.com

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illy Loggarakis displayed remarkable self-control and patience the other day.

His post-game meal was staring him right in the face following the first game of Glenbrook South’s doubleheader at Highland Park on April 30 (the second game was called because of bad weather).

But instead of delving into his lunch, Loggarakis agreed to a post-game interview. No doubt famished, the GBS catcher took the speak-now, eat-later approach.

The talented senior practices that same self-restraint in the batter’s box. He doesn’t get in a hurry at the plate. In 18 games this season, Loggarakis has yet to strike out. Not bad for a player hitting third in the order and leading his team in batting (.361) and RBIs (11).

Putting the ball in play has always been one of his trademarks. As the Titans’ starting catcher last spring, he ended up hitting .290 with 20 runs batted in.

Loggarakis, a fun guy who plays the game with fire and passion, may not make a lot of routine outs. But he’s not without his routine.

After every pitch he takes — ball or strike — Loggarakis, a la former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Skip Schumaker and other big leaguers, steps out of the box and tightens the Velcro strips on his batting gloves.

“I’ve been doing that for a couple of years,” says Loggarakis.

“Honestly, I don’t recall when I started it.”

There’s a method to his “batness.”

“I’m very superstitious,” Loggarakis says. “It helps me to stay within myself.”

So there’s that.

And there’s this.

“I don’t really like having my batting gloves loose,” he adds. “I like them to be nice and tight.”

Teammate Jack Szafranski gets it.

“I’ve noticed what he does,”

No K-idding: Billy Loggarakis of the Titans heads the dugout at the end of the inning during last week’s win over Evanston. Through the first 18 games of the season, the senior has yet to strike out. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

baseball with the Homestead Ranchers for the past three summers. “But, looking back, it’s been a blessing in disguise.

Getting cut from that team helped to make me the player that I am today.”

Besides, he adds: “I’ve got the right body type [5-foot-10, 185 pounds]. I get that all the time.

I’ve got a catcher’s body.”

Loggarakis also has that toughess that you need from a catcher.

“He’s not intimidated by much,” says Szafranski.

With his batting eye and catching ability, Loggarakis would fit at a top Division III or NAIA program … like a “nice and tight” batting glove.

Instead he’s all set to go to Indiana University next fall. He already has been accepted in the Kelley School of Business. His twin sister, Alexia, will attend Lake Forest College.

In the meantime, he’d like to help the Titans — winners of 22 games in 2015 and 29 in ’14, right themselves down the stretch.

“We’ve been up and down this year,” says Loggarakis, noting that GBS topped a good Evanston team 2-1 on April 29. “We’re just not able to stop the bleeding. A lot of things are contributing to that. It’s upsetting.”

Notable: In GBS’s 2-1 win over Evanston on April 29, KK Kopley “He takes a good approach to garakis says. “And when you hit It is — to Loggarakis. says Szafranski. “I think it helps turned in masterful work on the to keep him locked in. What- the plate,” the coach adds. “He’s No. 3 in the order, you really don’t A former pitcher/outfielder, mound. He went the distance and not afraid to go the other way.” get a lot of fastballs. ever he has to do.

Loggarakis became a catcher allowed only six hits to the hard“Everyone’s got something,” In the 6-2 loss to Highland “There have been games this when he was 12 years old. hitting Wildkits. Jack Szafranski And it was not under perfect and Jack Anderson had two hits he adds. “Whether it’s tapping Park, the right-handed hitting season where I’ve only seen one apiece. … In a 6-5 loss to Evanthe plate [three or four times] or Loggarakis drove home the fastball the whole game,” he adds. conditions.

“I got cut from the Glenview ston on April 26, Anderson (3 stepping in and out of the batter’s game’s first run in the opening “I’m seeing a lot of curves. So I box. Guys are just trying to get frame. In the sixth inning, with just try to stay back and go the Blaze [A team] and put on the B hits), Justin Machado (2 hits) and comfortable.” two runners on, he lined out hard other way.” team,” Loggarakis says. “They had Andrew Kaczmarek (2 RBIs) led Catching is the perfect fit for no one to catch.”

Along with senior outfielder to the Highland Park right the attack. … According to GBS Loggarakis.

Andrew Kaczmarek (.353 batting fielder.

Thus, the short end of the stick coach Steve Stanicek, Machado average) and sophomore out“Coach has been preaching, “Billy is one of the best catch- went to him. injured his elbow and could miss fielder Jack Anderson (.322), ‘Take it the other way,’” says Log- ers that I’ve coached here, espeHis gear included a catcher’s some time. “We’re waiting on the Loggarakis has been the glow garakis. cially with the way he blocks facemask, chest protector, knee MRI,” the coach said. … In the And being a catcher, he’s got pitches,” says Stanicek. “He’s been guards and a chip — on his 6-2 loss to host Highland Park stick for a 5-13 team.

“He’s been really consistent,” “inside information” on high- a staple behind the plate for us. shoulder. on April 30, the Titans left 13 “He just looks like a catcher,” says GBS head coach Steve Stan- school level pitchers.

“Getting cut was incredibly men on base. “This loss pretty “I know pitchers, and I know Stanicek adds. “I don’t know if upsetting and frustrating,” says much is a nutshell of our season,” icek. “He’s had more good at-bats than anyone on our team. that they like to work away,” Log- that’s a compliment or not.”

Loggarakis, who has played club said Stanicek.

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Braced for success Karsh overcomes harsh setbacks, emerges as a scoring threat for Titans

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Meet Lauren.

Tilly is the right black brace Lindsey Karsh wears in Glenbrook South girls lacrosse games.

Lauren is the left black brace. Yes, Karsh, a fun-loving, highly resilient junior attack for the Titans, has named her braces, the ones she has to don because of two ACL tears.

She suffered the first injury in July 2014. That was the right ligament. She was cleared to return to action in February 2015. Two to three weeks later, Karsh went down again, wiping out her entire sophomore lacrosse season. A harsh rerun for Miss Karsh.

Tilly and Lauren have emerged as sturdy companions, loyal. And completely supportive. They have not missed a game all spring. Oneon-ones turn instantly into threeon-ones when Karsh has the ball against one defender. Karsh scored three goals in the Glenbrook South’s 15-7 defeat of visiting Lake Forest High School on April 28.

Tilly and Lauren, unofficially, recorded three assists apiece in the same game.

“People asked me, after the second injury and during my second rehab, ‘Why don’t you just quit?’ ” Karsh says. “Quit? Why would I even think about quitting a sport I love? I learned a lot about myself during my recoveries. To never give up, for one. To stay positive, too. My second rehab [at Athletico in Glenview, under the persistence and care of a man named Jay], went faster than my first one did.”

She smiles. She nods. The picture of a proud athlete. You don’t always have to score a goal to win a contest.

Karsh ranks second behind Titans senior and San Diego State University-bound attack Sarah McDonagh in goals this spring.

Karsh, then a freshman, got promoted to varsity for the state playoffs in 2014, McDonagh’s sophomore season. Karsh’s all-out play, in practices, caught McDonagh’s attention. That’s saying something.

Loudly. Is there a more intense athlete at Glenbrook South than Sarah McDonagh? Likely not.

“Her freshman year, Lindsey brought it,” McDonagh says. “She winds up and fires. Unbelievable.

A firecracker. We kind of clicked,

BY BILL MCLEAN, sports@northshoreweekend.com

tallied four goals in a 15-14 lacrosse loss to host New Trier on April 6.

NT beat Glenbrook South 8-6 in the game for third place at the state tournament last spring. McDonagh still doesn’t know how Karsh scored one of the goals in Northfield last month.

“She was leaning back while firing this shot, from maybe eight meters out,” McDonagh recalls. “I saw her leaning, but I didn’t see the ball. Then I looked at the net and saw the back of it fly up, sprout up.

I started screaming and celebrating.

What a goal that was. I’m never going to forget that goal.”

Karsh is in a hospital bed, following ACL surgery No. 2. One teammate walks in, followed by another, followed by a bunch of others. They are they to deliver candy, mostly Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, Karsh’s favorite treat on Halloween and, okay, maybe on the other 364 days in a year. She also received milkshakes and magazines and flowers. Showers of gifts. Later, she handles a card and opens it. Penmanship, in various slants and loops and colors, greets her. The words touch her.

“This card they got me … it was ginormous,” Karsh says. “You should have seen the size of it. It was wonderful and thoughtful, with all these messages on it from my teammates.”

You watch the two-time ACLtear survivor recount the moment.

A day that had started glumly in a hospital room turned sunny, in seconds.

Karsh wants to thank her teammates all over again.

You get the feeling she will do just that.

Notable: Glenview South senior attack Sarah McDonagh poured in six goals, including three in a row All clear: Lindsey Karsh of the Titans looks to pass during Monday’s win over Barrington. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER.. in a span of three minutes in the pretty quickly. We had a connection games. I lean on Lindsey’s catching, ” she recalls. “They told me, ‘You’re and score and dodge and pick up first half, in a 15-7 defeat of visiting right off the bat. It was very sad, on her cutting.” going to go back for the second day ground balls in a sport she would Lake Forest High School on April hearing she had torn that second The same Lindsey Karsh wanted of camp or we’ll take your phone love to play in college. Daughter 28. Titans junior attack Lindsey ACL. I then got mad. I can’t to quit lacrosse after the first day away.’ ” plays for the fifth-ranked team in Karsh scored three goals, and freshA phone to a seventh-grader is the state and 13th-ranked team in man Delaney Gallagher and senior imagine what she had to go of her first lacrosse mini summer through to get healthy. To go camp. It was the summer before about as valuable as a seventh- the Midwest, according to lax- Michaela Skweres shared time in through all she had to go through her seventh grade. Catching the grader’s right lung. power.com. Glenbrook South beat goal. … Eleven Titans scored in … that had to be tough. But she lacrosse ball was hard. The sport Karsh attended the second day visiting Barrington 17-3 on May South’s 20-0 rout of visiting Highnever complained, never had issues. had a fun factor of 10 — on a scale of camp, phone in tow. She felt 2 to improve to 11-6. It was South’s land Park on April 27. Senior attack “I remember thinking, before of 10 to 100. Karsh returned home frustrated but not as much as she fourth straight win, sixth in its last Maddie Murphy and junior middie the start of this season, wondering on that day, ready to call it a lacrosse had felt during the first day. By the seven games.

Annie Morahan each scored three “Lindsey,” Titans coach Annie goals.The Titans received two tallies what kind of season we’d have. career after a few hours. end of the weeklong camp, she was Then it hit me. I said, ‘Wait! We’ll “Hated it at first. I told my thinking, This isn’t so bad. Mother Lesch says, “lives for the lacrosse apiece from McDonagh, Perri have Lindsey back!’ I rely on parents [Murrel and Kimberly], ‘I and father knew best. Daughter season.”

Stewart, Meghan Zeivel, Eleanor Lindsey in tough situations in don’t want to play lacrosse anymore,’ now knows how to catch and pass Karsh, also a field hockey player, Walsh and Macy McPhilliamy.

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No debate

Glenbrook North’s Doman makes a sound case to devote full attention to volleyball BY dan shalin, sports@northshoreweekend.com

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ne can debate the merits of high schoolers focusing on a single sport or activity versus participating in several.

In fact, Glenbrook North’s senior volleyball player and former debate team champion Jeremy Doman probably could offer cogent points on either side of the specialization argument.

But if Doman were simply speaking from personal experience, he would say his decision to end his successful debate career in order to give volleyball his full attention has been a key in his emergence as a top performer and team leader for the Spartans this spring.

Through Monday, the outside hitter had a team-high 163 kills for Glenbrook North (14-6, 6-1), a team looking to bounce back from Monday’s 20-25, 25-23, 25-23 setback against Deerfield.

Doman had a season-high 17 kills in that loss.

Doman’s decision to focus exclusively on volleyball came in November 2014, just after he and debate partner Emily Chen qualified for the Tournament of Champions, the national tournament for policy debate.

Reaching the pinnacle of policy debate was gratifying, Doman said, but doing so required hours of research and preparation, specialized summer camp and weekend travel to events.

“I always thought I could balance debate and volleyball.

Qualifying for the Tournament of Champions had been the goal.

After I accomplished that, I decided to give everything to volleyball,” he said. “Choosing one activity to really pursue was a good decision and better for me as an athlete. Instead of having to sacrifice my time, I could go all out for the sport I loved.”

Doman’s first move was to join Skokie-based Division I Volleyball Club, where several of his Glenbrook North teammates already were part of the program.

Doman numeral 14: Glenbrook North’s Jeremy Doman follows through on a spike during earlier action this season. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER.

Initially, Doman only made the second team in his age group.

This past fall, he made the jump to the first team. Doman said the time with Division I has improved him technically and athletically.

“I think I’ve become a better hitter and better passer. My passing was really bad last year, but I worked on it through the club season,” he said. “Overall, as an athlete, I’ve grown a little and gotten stronger.”

This season at Glenbrook North, Doman is being counted on to help replace the production of graduated star middle hitter Rob Chatterton and lead the Spartans back to the top of the CSL North and on a postseason run.

The program’s streak of 12 straight outright or shared conference titles came to an end in 2015, and Glenbrook North fell to Loyola Academy in three sets in the 2015 Glenbrook South Sectional semifinal.

Glenbrook North head coach Chris Cooper said Doman has delivered so far this spring, calling the outside hitter the closest thing the balanced Spartans have to a go-to guy.

“Like all good athletes [Doman] has gotten to the point where the game is slowing down,” Cooper said. “He’s hitting against the block and seeing the block better. He knows when to hit tips and roll shots and has become a better back-row attacker. He’s more savvy.

“He’s a jump server and hits those with good topspin, and he’s hitting serves harder and with more accuracy,” the coach added.

Cooper said Doman, a second-year varsity captain, has become a more vocal leader this season. Though Doman believes his decision to concentrate on volleyball may have been his most inspirational act of leadership.

“I’ve been the captain of this group since freshman year, but when you’re not playing at the best level [of club] and balancing volleyball with debate, you’re

not giving everything,” Doman said. “[Focusing on volleyball] might have demonstrated my commitment to the team.”

Glenbrook North senior libero Danny Martens agreed that Doman’s decision to join Division I was an important moment for his fellow tri-captain and club teammate, and that it sent a message to the rest of the squad.

“He stopped going seriously to debate and joined our club team and started taking it fullout seriously,” he said. “He’s been a huge asset to the club team and improved his game significantly. Being a [high school] captain, the other players respect him and look up to him and they have seen his dedication to the sport, which helps him lead and be a huge force.”

As of last fall, 11 Glenbrook North varsity players were part of Division I Volleyball Club.

Though they were divided between the 18-year-old and 17-year-old levels, the players practiced together, traveled to the same tournaments and motivated one another.

Doman said this continuity and togetherness are crucial elements for the Spartans, a team that must rely more on collective performance than individual brilliance as it attempts to bounce back from what was considered a sub-par 2015 season.

“We were a young team last year, we were small [in height] and not where we needed to be,” said Doman, who plans to major in management information systems at University of Minnesota, where he hopes to play club volleyball. “Coming into this year, we had a chip on our shoulder. We put in a lot of work during the offseason, played together [in club] and everyone has come together for a common goal, which is [reaching the Elite Eight]. We’ve held each other accountable, and everyone has worked hard to have a successful season.”

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SUNDAY BREAKFAST

Standing Up For North Shore Conservation

preserves, spanning more than 800 acres, of open he grew up in Rockford, a space. Its walking trails farm girl with a passion for cover 12 miles. fashion. Playing on and “The Open Lands orgaaround bales of hay excited her. nization upholds our Thinking about haute couture history,” says Pienkosz, her excited her. Nancy Pienkosz, a order of a Mini Lake Forest resident today, is still Shawna Sun-up (a a farm girl at heart, still looks blend of yogurt and forward to visiting her family’s gourmet granola and farm and watching her two mixed fruit) having daughters jump from bale to bale arrived minutes ago at and catch fireflies and sway from our booth at Egg the seat of a tree swing.

Harbor Café in Lake Some folks rely on photo Forest. “I’m a big albums or home videos to travel history buff. My dad back in time. Pienkosz gets to do is a huge history buff. that by sitting on a porch in He’d take his kids all Rockford and observing the over, making sure we gleeful looks of eight-year-old saw Civil War sites, Caroline and seven-year-old other kinds of sites, places with historical Kaia.

“I spent a lot of time on our landmarks. The more I family farm,” Pienkosz, a part- learned about Lake Forest time employee (sales and mer- Open Lands and its beliefs, chandising) at Lillie Alexander the more I realized it aligned Boutique in Lake Forest, says. “It with my beliefs.”

Pienkosz is serving as coinstilled in me, at a young age, an appreciation for land conserva- chair (with Elsbeth Redfield) tion. My dad, Bill, runs the busi- of the third annual Cattails & ness side of the farm, and he has Cocktails fundraiser — An a background in financial advis- Evening under the Stars — on ing. My dad fought off develop- May 13 (6:30-9:30 p.m.) at ers for years.”

Mellody Farm Nature Preserve Pienkosz and her husband, in Lake Forest. It is the Associate Greg, moved their family from Board’s premier spring fundChicago to Lake Forest five years raiser, with proceeds going to ago. She has been an Associate Lake Forest Open Lands’ conBoard member of Lake Forest servation efforts and environOpen Lands Association since mental education programming.

2014. Lake Forest Open Lands The one-of-a-kind multigenerais an independently funded con- tional event is a packed one: servation and educational orga- premium bourbon tasting by nization devoted to the acquisi- Beam Suntory; BBQ dinner; tion and stewardship of natural signature Prairie Punch cocktails; landscapes. It maintains six live entertainment; a preview of

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any decorations.

“My kids have a ball whenever they’re at Mellody Farm Preserve. It’s like a field trip for them. There’s pond netting. They get to scoop up muck and ask, ‘What is this? What is that?’ Our goal, Open Lands’ goal, is to provide opportunities for kids to develop a lifelong connection to nature.”

Pienkosz had never cochaired a major fundraiser before she was approached to spearhead Cattails & Cocktails with Redfield.

But the selection made sense. Her friends call her “a doer.” Doers get things done, enthusiastically and efficiently.

Pienkosz was game. She and Redfield held their first organizational meeting in the P i e n k o s z kitchen, way back on Oct. 1. They mapped things out on a table. They established a timeline of deadlines.

“It was like planning a wedding,” Pienkosz says. “We had Nancy Pienkosz | Illustration by Barry Blitt to get big things booked first.”

Nancy, a 1996 graduate of the the Native Tree and Plant Sale casually elegant. Last year it was Illinois Institute of Art in Schaofferings; several silent auction 70 degrees, a magical sunset de- umburg, and Greg Pienkosz got items; and one live auction item. lighting everybody. Nobody married 17 years ago this August.

“The weather was yuck two wanted to leave. It’s important They attended Boylan Catholic years ago and gorgeous last year,” that we hold an event like this on High School in Rockford, the Pienkosz recalls. “People had a a preserve. It’s a beautiful setting, future bride a class year older than great time at both. It’s a fun event, a stunning setting. It never needs the future groom, a member the

Boylan basketball team that placed fourth at the Class AA state tournament in 1992 and finished with a 30-3 record. One of their first dates was a Fourth of July gathering in their hometown. Love was in the air on that night, right up there with the fireworks. They had the same religion teacher at Boylan Catholic, Fr. Etheredge.

The religion teacher married his former students in Rockford. The questions were easy ones in the church setting, open-book easy, all beginning with, “Do you … ” The doer is nearly finished with her breakfast at Egg Harbor Café.

She gushes about her neighborhood, calling it “fantastic.”The city of Lake Forest is a community of doers, she adds. Look around, she implores. Her fellow Lake Forest Open Lands Associate Board members, 30-plus men and women? They inspire the doer.

Constantly.

“All of them are eager and energetic, willing to help, willing to do anything for a good cause,” Pienkosz says. “And they’re fun.

They’re all fun. It’s a great group of people, and I am thrilled to be a part of it.”

For questions about Cattails & Cocktails or to inquire about tickets and sponsorship opportunities, please email ldavidson@lfola.org or call Leslie Davidson at (847) 234-3880, extension 17. Tickets purchased through May 11 are $75 per person for members and $85 per person for non-members; tickets purchased after May 11 or on the day (May 13) of the event are $100 per person.

Mellody Farm Nature Preserve is located at 350 N. Waukegan Road in Lake Forest.

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