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his August issue of Hinsdale Magazine covers stories takes on the Delhi Team from India, where polo originated. It will on land, sea and in the air. As the summer went into be the first time in Oak Brook Polo Club history that a team from full swing with Oak Brook Polo and the Mackinac India will come to play.

From air and land coverage, we move on to the sea—Chicago’s Race in Chicago, our HM crew took flight at the Lake Shore to be exact. Staff writer Kerrie Kennedy interviewed DuPage Airport with Hinsdale’s Boy Scout troop.

Hinsdale resident and racing veteran Dave Dickerson on his Our writer Haleigh Monyek interviewed Travel Express Aviation, “Paradigm Shift” craft. Dave talked about his preparation before the and sat behind the cockpit of a small airplane to learn how local Race to Mackinac, which covers 33 statute miles boy scouts are experiencing aviation at an early or more than 289 nautical miles from Chicago age. In, May I met with Lori and Ken Phlamm, to Mackinac Island, Mich. In its 107th year, it is and learned that the boy scouts offer a merit the oldest annual freshwater distance race in the badge program every other year. Haleigh, a world. Read more about the history of the race on Clarendon Hills resident, stepped up to the p. 28 . challenge, and not only reported on the story, In our three-part series on Hinsdale, contributing but actually became a part of it and recounted editor Mike Ellis looks back to some individuals her breathtaking experience of flying a plane for that shaped the future of the town more than 100 the first time. Hinsdale Magazine photographer years ago. This second segment is an interesting Marco Nunez snapped photos in flight, read, as it brings to light names you may already while Haleigh navigated the skies with her OAK BROOK POLO know such as William Robbins, but also introduces instructor, Ken. Read the story on p. 24, and RETURNS you to men like John Merrill and William Regnery, you just might introduce your son to boy scouts.

DON WATSON Hinsdale Magazine is proud to be a media who were instrumental in leading this village to ANCHORS AWEIGH partner of Oak Brook Polo and its rich history where it is today.

Finally, in this issue, we conclude with legendary dating back to 1922. Oak Brook eventually boys swimming coach Don Watson. Watson was became the polo capital of the world. The sport leader of Hinsdale Central High School swimmers, of polo dates back more than 2,000 years, when and was recently inducted into the International Swimming Hall of a cavalry of horseman competed in front of kings and queens. Today, Fame this past June. Our feature story on p. 54 describes Watson’s we have the opportunity to watch this majestic sport in a familywork ethic and how he instilled that mindset within his athletes from friendly atmosphere right here in Oak Brook on the grounds of Oak 1965 to 1978, when he coached them to an amazing 12 straight Brook Golf Course on York Road, just south of 22nd Street. During state championships! His commitment to his swimmers and personal the season-opening match between Oak Brook Polo Club and sacrifice is reflected by the turnout at the hall of fame induction Hinsdale Magazine, I watched the faces of young children in awe as ceremony in Santa Clara, Calif., where more than 70 of his former the horses raced down the polo field as you literally felt the thunder swimmers came to acknowledge his service and dedication. on the ground. It was a sight to see. No wonder Argentine polo I welcome your comments on these stories and your great Nacho Figueras once said, “Polo is an extremely athletic sport. recommendations. For more stories and photos, be sure to visit It’s like playing golf during an earthquake.” I think the spectators Hinsdale Magazine at www.hinsdale60521.com, where you can read who attended polo for the first time would agree, as the seats are at this issue and previous issues online. a comfortable and safe proximity from the action. There are three more polo matches remaining on Sunday beginning at 12:30 p.m., As always, thank you for reading Hinsdale Magazine. and you can purchase tickets at www.oakbrookpoloclub.com. Don’t miss International Day on Aug. 16, when Oak Brook Polo Club HINSDALE CENTRAL COACHING LEGEND

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COVER STORY

Oak Brook Polo 2015

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SPOTLIGHT

Hinsdale Series Part II: Leaders that shaped Hinsdale

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COMMUNITY SCENE Concerts on the Green Dancin’ in the Street Uniquely Thursdays Taste of Oak Brook Putting for Hinsdale

FOUNDER & PUBLISHER

Scott Jonlich

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CONTRIBUTING EDITOR

Up, up and away Anchors aweigh

CREATIVE DEPARTMENT

32 DINING & ENTERTAINMENT

Mike Ellis

Cheryl Chrzanowski Julia Sinogeikina

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COLUMNISTS

Jim Doehring Jim Fannin Errol Janusz Dan Meyer CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Kerrie Kennedy Haleigh Monyek

FEATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Kyle Hampson Karen Hood Marco Nunez Jim Prisching

ADVERTISING SALES

Rick Dahl Renee Lawrence Barb Rozner

“Sip and savor Summer” by Jim Doehring

34 DENTAL PROFILES Special advertising feature 2015

40 ARCHITECTURE & DESIGN Hinsdale history hits the market

48 GIVING BACK Lending a hand and crane

50 SPORTS

Football is back Honoring a legend

60 TECH KNOW

“CryptoLocker virus” by Errol Janusz

62 PEAK PERFORMANCE

“11 back to school parenting tips” by Jim Fannin

66 SPIRITUAL INSIGHT “Find your tree” by Dan Meyer

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Oak Brook polo team players Del Walton and Horacio Onetto Photography by Marco Nunez

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COVER STORY

OAK BROOK POLO 2015

by Haleigh Monyek

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Photography by Marco Nunez

OAK BROOK POLO TEAM vs HINSDALE MAGAZINE TEAM Tony Sekara and Horacio Onetto

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alloping down the lush grass, kicking up dirt with their hooves. The jockey stretches his arm out, holding the mallet, and smacks the ball towards the goal post. It’s blocked by the defender as the crowd cheers in anticipation.

The polo ponies race in a pack to recover the ball. The game will end in only one way: victory for the team.

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Scott Jonich, Hinsdale Magazine publisher, throws out the first polo ball of the season.

Bea Harnois and Dr. Peter Harnois with Isabel

Hat Day A sunny afternoon kicked off the first polo match of the season on July 12. With the traditional theme, Hat Day, men and women Kari Galassi, Molly Gibson, Courtney Waters, Kellie Lange and Caroline Aucoin

donned their best hats not only for Jim Drury in full action during a Polo match.

protection from the sun, but also for the sake of fashion. The stands bloomed with the colorful shades of rose pinks, vivid violets and sunshine yellows. Hats were accessorized with satin ribbons, crisp bows and light feathers. In between the two games, polo attendees wearing their finest hats lined up on the polo field for a hat competition. Three winners took home the prizes of gift cards to local restaurants.

Brooks Lanoue, Jim Smith, Jim Gibson, Jeff Waters, Paul Kusak, Adrian Aucoin, Nick Galassi, Jeff Lange, Dave Schwalb

The Jonlich family

Continued on the next page

Emily Meyer at Opening Ceremonies bearing the American flag

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Classic Car Day Oak Brook Polo Club and Hinsdale Magazine played against each other in a tight match on July 19. This afternoon, dubbed Classic Car Day, invited attendees to admire a parade of 17 classic automobiles to kick off the day’s two matches. Spectators were treated to an impromptu concert

Jim Peterik and Scott Jonlich

by Jim Peterik—guitarist, songwriter and founder of American rock band Survivor, who played the band’s hit song, “Eye of the Tiger.” The second match paired Hotels of Oak Brook against Ronald McDonald House Charities, with Hotels of Oak Brook taking home the victory.

Devan, Christopher and Henry

Village of Oak Brook President Gopal Lalmalani and player Bob McMurtry

Morgan 8 owned by Oak Brook resident Dr. M. Jain D.D.S.

The Murphy family

Todd Rackley and Matias Obregon

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Yaroslava Kharchenko and Paul Klamut

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DON’T MISS IT, BE A PART OF IT! PLEASE JOIN US AS THE 2015 SEASON CELEBRATES THE 90TH ANNIVERSARY OF POLO IN OAK BROOK. OAK BROOK POLO IS A UNIQUE EVENT THAT IS TIGHTLY WOVEN INTO OUR COMMUNITY’S HISTORY, AND IT IS BECAUSE OF THE CONSISTENT SUPPORT OF THE VILLAGE, OUR SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS THAT YOU ARE ABLE TO ENJOY THE RENAISSANCE OF POLO— THE OLDEST TEAM SPORT IN THE WORLD. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY YOUR TIME AT THIS YEAR’S POLO MATCHES AND EVENTS. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE 2015 SEASON A SUCCESS!

LION CLUBS INTERNATIONAL DAY Sunday, August 9th The Oak Brook Polo Club proudly welcomes the members of Lion Clubs International

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Sunday, August 23rd

Welcoming the Delhi Polo Club from India! Plans are for a four chukker match with the Oak Brook Polo Club, led by team captain James Drury.

A special event honoring the English Speaking Union of Chicago. Try the famous PIMMS Chukker drink— another Polo tradition from the Brits!

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S POTLI GHT

PART II: LEADERS THAT SHAPED

HINSDALE

by Mike Ellis Photography by Kyle Hampson

Photo archives provided by the Hinsdale Historical Society

DOWNTOWN HINSDALE TODAY A view looking north on Washington Street

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n every society, there are select individuals that stand out for their actions and accomplishments, whom we often identify as leaders for the imprint they leave on the spheres of people they influence. Some are founders, others are preservers, while still others are reformers.

Early civilization presents us with the remarkable example of Moses, who led the Israelites out of Egyptian bondage and presented them with a system of laws to function as a nation. In our own country,

a group of free-spirited individuals usually styled the “Founding Fathers� were responsible for producing a democratic republic that has stood for more than two centuries.

Even at the local village or municipal levels, regardless of the need for teams or groups of people to come together for a common purpose, there are always certain individuals who stand out for the cogency of their actions and the influence they leave on future generations.

Last year, in our Oak Brook series, our readers Continued on page 18

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were introduced to Paul Butler, whose “vision” created a community truly unique in all of its particulars.

Hinsdale’s history can be traced to the second half of the 19th century, and over its first decades as a village, it also relied on civic-minded and forwardthinking individuals who helped to fortify one of Chicago’s premier suburban communities.

In her book, Hinsdale, author Sandra Williams quotes Sydney Collins, a man born in 1888 who lived the majority of his 91 years in Hinsdale.

“The village was settled by quality people,” Collins said. “From the nature of things, it took a man with vision to move his family to the newly platted hamlet on the prairie. This vision was shared by all classes, however, and while the young community included people of means and a number with wealth, it included also the working man. All were people of high standards and intelligence, and the ideal they set for their village was extremely high.”

WILLIAM ROBBINS

Section 12 of Township 38 North, Range 11 East of the Third Principal Median—there might not be a discernible vestige of “Hinsdale” in this geographical lexicon at first sight, but that was how the property William Robbins, the “Father of Hinsdale,” purchased in 1862 was then identified.

Robbins was born in New York in 1824. A year after the California “Gold Rush” erupted in 1849, Robbins moved to San Francisco, where he started a WILLIAM ROBBINS The “Father of Hinsdale” business. After spending some time in St. Louis in between, he came to Chicago, and in 1862, purchased 640 acres of land bounded by what are now Chicago Ave., County Line Road, 55th Street and Madison Street.

Two years later, Robbins’s “Woodside” estate was completed at the address now known as 425 E. Sixth Street.

According to The Doings, the original

development within what is now Hinsdale occurred north of Sixth Street. Then, in 1871, two years before the village was incorporated, development extended south of Sixth, when Robbins hired landscape architect H.W.S. Cleveland to lay out the area. (As many residents probably know, a street in southeast Hinsdale bears Cleveland’s name today.)

Janet Miller, a volunteer with the Hinsdale Historical Society (HHS), relates that Robbins graded roads, planted trees and built homes in the village. But not everyone in the region was pleased with his enterprising efforts. According to The Doings, Robbins’s tree-planting infuriated some farmers in the area.

Robbins also constructed Hinsdale’s first school in 1866, on the property where Hinsdale Middle School stands today.

The first child reportedly born in the village, the son of one Rev. C.M. Barnes, was named William Robbins Barnes after the “Father of Hinsdale.”

After later serving as village president, Robbins died in 1889, and was buried in Bronswood Cemetery in Oak Brook.

JOHN C.F. MERRILL

Robbins and early settlers always envisioned Hinsdale as a prominent suburb, but it was John C.F. Merrill who perhaps contributed to elevating the village more than any other individual.

Born in 1850/1, Merrill came to Chicago in 1878, and moved to Hinsdale in 1886. To non-residents, his service as president and secretary of the Chicago Board of Trade and as a confidential advisor to a food administrator named Herbert Hoover in World War I would be his most distinguishing accomplishments.

But on a local level, Merrill worked to transform a young, 19th-century village into a 20th-century destination years ahead of its time.

An article in the Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of DuPage County states that when Merrill settled in Hinsdale, “it was only a little village, minus sidewalks, sewers, electric lights, while the streets were unpaved and after a rain almost impassable.”

After first serving as a trustee, Merrill ran for village president in 1894, developing a forward-thinking platform that included “paving and lighting of the streets, laying of sidewalks, and

inauguration of all the improvements necessary to make it a modern city.”

Accordingly, Hinsdale residents JOHN C.F. MERRILL elected Merrill, Worked to transform and he did a young, 19th-century village into a 20th-century not shirk destination years ahead of from his lofty its time promises. The encyclopedia article above-cited relates that during his tenure, the village laid 20 miles of sidewalks, built 20 miles of sewers, and paved its streets. A 1972 First National Bank advertisement credits Merrill with being “largely responsible for bringing paved streets, cement sidewalks and a sewage system to Hinsdale.”

Overall, The Doings reports that Merrill’s administration spent more than $500,000 in public improvements within the village.

But perhaps his most noteworthy accomplishment was the establishment of Hinsdale Light and Power. In an age of kerosene lamps, Merrill and a group of residents worked to create a private power company with the hope of spreading electricity into more homes.

The company opened its doors in 1896, and by 1905, 24-hour electric service became available in the village.

In her book, Hinsdale, Williams dubbed Hinsdale Light and Power as “the final link in the chain of improvements that brought Hinsdale to prominence as the foremost of Chicago’s suburbs.”

“Merrill’s determination in upgrading the village’s infrastructure and work in establishing Hinsdale’s power company was nothing short of genius,” Williams said.

According to Williams, Commonwealth Edison bought the town’s municipal power plant in 1955 for more than $1.4 million, and it was demolished by 1960.

WILLIAM H. REGNERY

While Merrill worked to improve Hinsdale, one William H. Regnery was instrumental in keeping it together during the 1930s.

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amassed wealth serving as the president of Western Shade Cloth Company, and his family was also involved in banking, publishing and manufacturing.

Following in Merrill’s footsteps as a trustee and later president of the village, Regnery was noteworthy for making personal financial contributions to the town at a significant juncture in its history.

In 1937, in the middle of a four-year

term as village president, he gave some of his own money to purchase the current post office site at the corner of Garfield Street and Symonds Drive. Two years later, Regnery traveled to Washington, D.C., with a group of residents to entreat the Federal Works Administration to design the post office in conformity with the nearby memorial building.

According to The Doings, during the Great Depression, he purchased

anticipation warrants for public school teachers to assist in keeping them employed and the local schools functioning, in turn. He was also influential in merging and rescuing local banks from collapse during the same tenuous period.

“Regnery’s involvement in bettering the village was without equal,” Williams said. “Both men were lifelong Hinsdaleans with a boundless love for the village, committed to making it the best possible place to live and raise a family.”

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Although they lived at different times, William Robbins, John C.F. Merrill and William H. Regnery each played important roles in shaping the Village of Hinsdale. They each served different functions, and were fittingly qualified to meet the respective challenges that pressed the village at various periods of its history.

As Hinsdale continues to grow and evolve, new leaders will emerge, each offering creative ideas and possessing unique skillsets. As Sydney Collins expressed it, Hinsdale is a village that has long been and will continue to be rooted in a commitment to quality and excellence on manifold levels.

“Nothing was adopted in the village because it was ‘good enough,’” Collins said. “It had to be the best obtainable—the best water works, the best schools, the best paving for the streets. With such high ideals, it is not strange that the village grew to be an exceptional place to live. As it grew in beauty, in comforts and advantages, the pride of the people in their village grew too.” n Hinsdale Magazine would like to thank the Hinsdale Historical Society for lending access to sources essential for the execution of the previous article. Be sure to look for the September issue of Hinsdale Magazine, which will feature the last installment of our three-part series on Hinsdale.

Sources: Hinsdale, Sandra Williams, 2013; Hinsdale Historical Society, Janet Miller; “Hinsdale the Beautiful,” 1897; Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of DuPage County, Vol. 2, edited by Newton Bateman and Paul Selby, 1913; Suburban Life, Aug. 16, 1973; The Doings, Jan. 21, 1954; June 27, 1968; 1991; Oct. 5, 1995; Tribune, Sept. 8, 1972

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he buttons flickered to life. The propeller at the front started whirring faster and faster. Through my headphones, the control tower gave us the go-head signal. “Alpha Kilo, you are ready for take off.” With a burst of energy, the plane sprinted down the runway. As I pulled back on the lever, the plane tilted skyward. We were airborne. My jaw dropped; I was flying a plane.

Dozens of hangars surround DuPage Airport in West Chicago, and Hinsdale residents Ken and Lori Phlamm own one of those hangers: Travel Express Aviation (TEA).

“Thirty-five years ago, this was one of the larger airports,” Ken Phlamm said. “This is where you went to do flight training.”

With a 24-hour control tower laced with cutting-edge aviation technology, the

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HINSDALE BOY SCOUTS TROOP 52 Along the wings of a Cirrus SR22 G3 Turbo are Troop 52 Boy Scouts David Phlamm, Ben Wychocki, Joe Lucaccioni, Nick Lucaccioni, Collin Butler and Bryan Phlamm.

airport provides a prime opportunity for Chicagoans to obtain their pilot’s licenses.

Most of TEA’s students are adults born with what Ken calls “the messed up gene—it’s in your blood.” When exposed to it as a child, he said aviation can quickly become an interest.

Lori and Ken are dedicated to bringing their excitement for flying to children. With two sons Michael and David involved in Boy Scout Troop 52 in Hinsdale, the Phlamm family introduced its aviation expertise to organize and run the merit badge for aviation.

“It’s a good opportunity for all the kids just to experience something that they might not get to do,” Lori Phlamm said.

“Most of them have flown commercial, but most of them don’t know general aviation.”

Assistant scout master Mark Lucaccioni said Boy Scouts provides kids with an opportunity to experience activities that they would not otherwise have the chance to.

At the beginning of the year, the boys select badges corresponding with the programs in which they would like to participate. The badge programs available depend on the skills of the scouts’ fathers.

As the manager of TEA and a licensed and working pilot, Ken shares his love of flying with scouts.

The most enticing part about the aviation merit badge: the boys get to fly a plane. Boy Scouts of any age are eligible to obtain the badge.

Lucaccioni said this merit badge is offered every other year, and is one of the most attended activities offered.

“The aviation merit badge gives scouts an introduction into the world of flying—not from a seat in the back of a commercial jet, but from the controls of a small plane,” he said. “They will learn the history of aviation, the basics of flight, the rules of the roads (skies), airport procedures, and actually placing their hands on the yoke and flying the plane.”

“It’s fun having the first-years come out here, because they can’t see over the dashboard of the airplane,” Ken Phlamm said. “So, you need to make sure you get the cushions on the seat so they can see.”

Programs must meet all of the requirements outlined by Boy Scouts

of America in order to qualify as merit badge activities. The organization creates each program, and the fathers of the troops follow those instructions and guidelines.

This full-day badge program begins after a scrumptious Flight instructor and assistant scout breakfast of donuts. The day is master Ken Phlamm coaches one of the Boy Scouts as they fly the approach for a part lecture and part hands-on landing on runway 33 at DuPage Airport. experience. In a conference room, the boys listen to a lecture and watch videos explaining various aspects of aviation, including potential careers, how to craft and fly a plane, the role of mechanics and air traffic control.

“Then, we get into the airplane side of it—aerodynamics, the physics, how we navigate,” Ken Phlamm said.

The boys get the chance to meet airline pilots, corporate pilots, the maintenance staff and mechanics to pick their brains about the inner life of navigating the skies.

“Then, we divide kids up into groups,” Ken said. “One group will head over to control tower; we will take another group that we actually do a flight with; the third group hangs back here and flies a model airplane.”

The control tower group tours the hangar and control tower.

“It’s really neat when they Life scout Colin Butler are up in the control tower,” Lori said. “The view is amazing, and the kids can watch their friends taking off and landing. It’s amazing to see the excitement in want to go to the Air Force Academy and their eyes.” be a commercial pilot.”

Each boy gets to sit in the left seat Ken said it is not uncommon for boys of the airplane, with the pilot in the to find their passion for aviation through command seat. this merit badge program.

“They get to do the takeoff, fly-around “It’s really about exposure—about the and the landing,” Ken said. different career paths and what it is,” he Each novice pilot spends about 15 said. minutes in the air, working on leveling “It’s just the inspiration and the the plane and gracefully gliding through introduction,” Lori said. “It’s an turns. opportunity that a lot of troops don’t “We went up in groups of three boys have. We are happy that we are able to do with an instructor and got to fly the it for them and the kids.” n plane,” scout Colin Butler said. “I have always liked planes and flying around. I

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ANCHORS AWEIGH THE RACE TO MACKINAC

by Kerrie Kennedy Photography by Jim Prisching

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PARADIGM SHIFT Dave Dickerson prepares his dark blue C&C 115 boat for the 2015 Race to Mackinac sailing race.

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ore than 320 boats participated in the 333-mile, 107-year-old Race to Mackinac last month, drawing seasoned racers from across the country to compete in one of the oldest freshwater sailing races in the world. Hinsdale Magazine recently caught up with one of them, Hinsdale resident and racing veteran Dave Dickerson, a week before his Paradigm Shift was set to sail from Chicago to Mackinac Island.

Your team has worked together before. In how many races have you participated?

With this team, this will be our eighth season. There’s three of us—Steve Daube, who has an OB-GYN practice in Hinsdale, and John Brofman, who lives in Oak Park.

I’m an engineer (they’re both doctors), so I’m more the technical person. But all three of us rotate skippering the boat during the “Mac” race.

Tell us a little bit about your boat.

It’s called the Paradigm Shift. When we bought the boat in 2008, we were all recent empty-nesters who decided to get back into racing—hence the name. The boat is a C&C 115; there are 350 boats racing, and they’re all grouped by size into sections of approximately 20 each.

There are three boats identical to ours, [and] others that are close. There’s a big equation that goes into handicapping the boats—something like 400 variables involved in assigning everyone a handicap rating, which is basically the theoretical speed of your boat.

Do you practice for this?

We do a couple of actual practices, but we race in other races the whole season, so the races essentially function as practices.

Why are there so few women who race?

It used to be extremely rare, but now I’d say at least ten percent of the participants are women. We actually have a woman on our crew; she works foredeck and mast predominantly. I teach a class at the Chicago Yacht Club called “Crew You,” which is an adult class geared toward people who want to learn to be crew [members] on racing sailboats. That’s how I met her—she was my student.

What’s it like out there during a race? Does anyone sleep?

The younger kids seem to have no trouble sleeping; the older among us cat-nap at best. We’re out there for 40 to 80 hours. We race around the clock, and it’s three hours on, three hours off. Half the crew rests, while the other half works. Everybody helps out with preparing meals— it’s all hands on deck.

What are some of the challenges Mother Nature presents?

The typical race, you get a little bit of everything— doldrums, wind, no wind; waves, no waves; storms, no storms. Last year, the weather was beautiful the entire time, but four years ago, there was a terrible storm that ended up causing two fatalities. It was a rare storm and Continued on the next page www.hinsdale60521.com |Hinsdale Magazine 29

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a rare boat—most boats can’t flip like theirs did. But the thing about Lake Michigan is it can change very, very rapidly.

Do you race anywhere besides Lake Michigan?

At least 95 percent of my racing has been on Lake Michigan, but I’ve also raced on the Atlantic and the Pacific. Lake Michigan is challenging, and people who come from the ocean get surprised. When you’re on the ocean, you can see the storm coming for days, but on the lake, it change very quickly. You may only get a ten-foot wave, but when there’s only 15 feet between that and the next wave, it can be very tricky. When Ted Turner—who’s a big ocean racer—came out and raced on Lake Michigan, he famously called it a “mill pond.”

Well, we had one of the bigger storms that year [with gale force winds of over 60 miles per hour, causing more than half the participants to withdraw]. Afterwards, he said, “You can take your blankety-blank mill pond—I’m going back to the ocean.”

Hinsdale resident Dave Dickerson

What does it take to win a race?

Three things: a good boat, a good crew and good luck.

Your luck is in guessing where the wind is going to be.

You really have to take the weather into consideration when planning your route, but you can’t do it too soon.

I start planning three or four days ahead of time. And then, the night before the race, the yacht clubs host a big weather briefing given by a professional meteorologist.

What happens when you get to Mackinac Island?

Depending on what order, find a place to get a shower and a place to get a drink. We typically arrive sometime during the day on Monday, and then there’s a big party on the island Tuesday afternoon. We leave on Wednesday, and it takes six or seven days to come back, because we pull into a harbor every night.

Steve Daube, John Brofman and Dave Dickerson

What attracts you to competitive sailing?

I think it’s man versus nature. You’re moving this boat with sometimes little to no wind, and maximizing what you can get out [of] the wind. There’s a fair amount of engineering involved.

What are you hoping for in terms of your finish?

Of course, we’re hoping for first place. Last year was our best race ever—we got second place. There’s no prize money; you get a flag. They’re called brag flags. It’s been said that never have so many spent so much trying to race the slowest vehicle known to mankind, but you know, there’s people who spend just as much money on golf. n

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DI N I NG&ENT ERTAINMENT

Sip and savor Summer

by Jim Doehring

NEW BUFFALO BEACH LIGHTHOUSE “Sunny” by Richard Rednour. Photo provided by Harbor Country Chamber of Commerce

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s August rolls around, we see an end to our kids’ camps, a break from swimming and diving meets, and a slower pace at work. The calm before the fall storm calls for a relaxing beach vacation, and ours always takes us to New Buffalo, Mich. We decided to get on the “give the key back program” years ago when we sold our cottage in South Haven, and have been lucky enough to rent the same great place in New Buffalo for the last several summers. No yard work, no sealing the deck, no worry over the winter months—just a couple of weeks of summer fun only an hour or so away.

We have friends and family up for most of the trip, and the meal and drink planning begins about a month beforehand. This year’s planning began over dinner at RBK American Grill in Downers Grove. Check it out if you get a chance—we had a really solid dinner there.

After assembling a rough list of dinners on a notepad provided by our server, we went home and put together a list with quantities on various items, starting with the main dishes, and working our way all the way through after-dinner drinks.

There’s nothing worse than making too little food or running out of drinks when at a lakehouse. Preparation is key if you want to keep the party going.

When we drive on up, our first stop in Michigan is P & E Mullins Local in New Buffalo. A little white house with a bacon

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flag out front, P & E is a meat-lover’s paradise, with house-made charcuterie, sausages, bacon and locally-sourced meats, chicken, lamb and veal. They do a solid and thoughtful job here, partnering up with local farms, and procuring only the best for the shop.

Another great stop in southwest Michigan is Drier’s in Three Oaks. We always pick up a ham for sandwiches on the beach and to go with the eggs in the morning. I add some of their house-made sausages, real hot dogs, smoked bacon and ground mustard to the basket.

The final stop is a farm stand to grab all the goodies the Michigan farms have to offer this time of year. We wait all year for beautiful corn, blueberries, cherries, peaches, tomatoes and zucchini, and all of our lakehouse menus incorporate these summer gems to the fullest.

What to drink with all of this wonderful food? The list goes on and on, from beer to wine, Tito’s and lemonade, to Jack and Coke. Two drinks, however, are kind of lakehouse-only for us—both traditions passed on from my father-in-law.

The first is the beachfront margarita— an easy recipe that everyone adjusts to their own taste—Minute Maid frozen lime-aid, ice, Cointreau and Herradura Silver Tequila blended to a frappe-like consistency. Garnish with a lime wedge.

As everyone is leaving the house to walk to the beach, mix a batch and fill their solo cups. Mix another batch, walk the pitcher

on down to the beach, and set it in the beer cooler for refills. Too many of these will make handling the stand-up paddle board tough, so be careful.

The second is an after dinner classic, the Brandy Alexander. With my fatherin-law, if the drink is not Booker’s icecold and straight-up in a martini glass, a blender needs to be utilized. Clean out the one from the afternoon margaritas, and get ready for this dessert in a glass. It’s a simple drink that is fantastic for sitting in the big living room playing board games or cards.

Get out the Sheman’s Ice Cream, and start by putting two or three scoops of vanilla in the blender. Add an ounce or so of brandy or cognac and an ounce of regular dark crème de cacao, and blend until smooth.

Pour into a rocks glass, and sprinkle a bit of nutmeg on top. Sip and savor well into the evening as you count those points from your gin game or watch your wife “shoot the moon” in hearts for the third time.

Of course, every meal cannot be a blowout from top down. We use all that extra stuff from the night before for breakfasts, lunches and lakeside snacks, the goal being to bring home almost nothing except great memories from another summer vacation on the Michigan shore, as well as a little summer color—or freckles in our son’s case. n Jim Doehring of Hinsdale is a wine enthusiast with more than a decade of experience working in the wine industry.

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CONCERTS ON THE GREEN IN BURR RIDGE

by Haleigh Monyek Soft murmurs from music enthusiasts catch up with neighbors while lounging in lawn chairs and munching on food from restaurants at the Burr Ridge Village Center. All the chairs face the dome where the band will jam out. 7 p.m. strikes, and mayor Mickey Straub welcomes everyone to the kickoff for Concerts on the Green, the Friday evening concert series hosted by the Village of Burr Ridge.

“It’s a community party on Friday nights that brings everyone together,” said Janet Kowal, director of communications for the Village of Burr Ridge.

Launched in 2008, officials said attendance has increased from about 100 to 1,200 concertgoers on average. There is something for everyone’s music tastes: rock and jazz, country and contemporary, along with a bit of rock-a-billy.

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“It’s fun to see old friends and make new ones, and see everyone smile,” Straub said. “It’s like a Ravinia of the suburbs—and it’s free!”

To learn more about Concerts on the Green in Burr Ridge, visit www.burr-ridge.gov/events/ concerts-on-the-green.

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5 [1] A few concert attendees dance the night away; [2] The New Invaders provide a 1960s flashback show; [3] Pet attendance is welcomed as long as attendees’ dogs are on a leash; [4] Area residents enjoy the band on stage; [5] Concertgoers are welcome to put out blankets, chairs and tables

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DANCIN’ IN THE STREET DOWNTOWN CLARENDON HILLS

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Hundreds of local residents came out to the Dancin’ in the Street summer concert series in downtown Clarendon Hills on July 8 and July 15.

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Neverly Brothers performed on July 8, while GMRC entertained late into the evening on July 15. Mike McCurry of Coldwell Banker and WeatherTech served as primary sponsors at this year’s series.

Hills Restaurant and Cafe and Talley’s Kitchen and Bar served as food vendors for the respective evenings, while members of the Clarendon Hills special events committee and village staff provided refreshments at the beer tent.

The Clarendon Hills Park District provided face-painting for young children, who also enjoyed dancing along to music in front of the stage.

At both concerts, the Clarendon Hills Lions Club continued selling tickets to its annual raffle, which will feature cash prizes of $2,000, $1,000 and $500. The raffle winners will be announced during halftime of the Sept. 11 Hinsdale Central home football game.

For more information about Dancin’ in the Street, visit www. clarendonhills.us/Concerts.

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Hinsdale History An historic and architecturally significant home hits the market

by Kerrie Kennedy | Photography by Jim Prisching

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106 E. EIGHTH STREET This comprehensive restoration earned an historic preservation award from the Hinsdale Historical Society.

ne of the oldest homes in Hinsdale is about to enter a new chapter when its owner, Paul Wiggins, puts it on the market. Wiggins purchased the 125-year-old home located at 106 E. Eighth Street in 1993, and lived there with his wife and four children after completing an extensive, historicallyaccurate restoration that required a zoning law change before construction could begin. That process, which resulted in a text amendment change that allowed Wiggins to build up to the home’s original height of 44 feet (Hinsdale limits residential height to 40 feet), took two years.

“I went to every meeting,” Wiggins said. “It was really about the integrity of doing it the right way.”

Built in 1888 on a 25-acre lot that once contained a fruit orchard (the lot was later subdivided), the “Shingle style” home was designed by the firm McKim, Mead and White, which built Penn Station in New York City and the Isaac Bell House in Newport, R.I. The Bell house, built between 1881 and 1883, launched a brand new architectural style— “Shingle style”—, and was likely the inspiration for 106 E. Eighth Street.

The home’s original owner was Louisa Matthews, who built the home and lived there with her husband Paschal P. Matthews, who inherited the home when she died. Little is known about either of them (they didn’t have children), but during renovations, Wiggins and his wife came across a number of interesting items that date back to the home’s Continued on the next page

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Continued from page 41 Original art glass adds charm in the dining room.

One of seven fireplaces, the living room surround features cherub tiles and intricate wood carving.

An octagonal breakfast room overlooks the side yard, pool and cabana.

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beginnings.

“We found some newsprint from the day, but the most fun thing we found were the signatures of the people who had constructed the house on the chimney,” Wiggins said. “Back then, they had to dig out basements with horses and by hand. It was a serious project, so I guess after these guys built the foundation walls and the chimneys, they decided to sign it.”

More than 100 years later, Wiggins embarked on his own project, enlisting Hinsdale architect Jim Prisby to oversee an historic renovation that would restore the home back to its original glory, based on photographs provided by the Hinsdale Historical Society (HHS). Among other things, Prisby removed an awkward addition built for domestic staff, which featured tiny rooms and low ceilings. He replaced it with an addition that matched the rest of the house, from its plaster walls to its 11-foot ceilings.

Many of the home’s original features were restored, including hand-cut shingles on the roof, a number of art glass windows, an extensive veranda and a 2,500-square-foot third-floor ballroom featuring four matching chandeliers, a fireplace and 13-foot ceilings. Over the years, Wiggins and his wife have hosted numerous events in the ballroom, from seated dinners for 100, to chamber music recitals, to cocktail parties for upwards of 200 people. His children also made good use of the space.

“My four boys would run like crazy up there,” Wiggins said.

Surprisingly, a number of features were intact when Wiggins purchased the home, including six of the seven fireplaces—complete with mantels and tiles from 1888, the original plaster walls, and much of the home’s original quarter-sawn oak flooring.

“It’s amazing that it’s still around and in great condition,” Wiggins said.

Of course, not everything is as it was in 1888.

The home features a de Giulio-designed kitchen with Christopher Peacock cabinetry, a Viking double oven and a breakfast room that overlooks a heated swimming pool. Modern wiring and plumbing systems were also installed, but Wiggins’s comprehensive restoration of 106 E. Eighth Street was faithful enough to earn him an historic preservation award from the HHS. Now he’s passing on his piece of Hinsdale history. n

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UNIQUELY THURSDAYS IN HINSDALE

by Haleigh Monyek Photography by Mike Ellis & Haleigh Monyek Children pulled by parents in red wagons—friends gathered all across the lawn of Burlington Park. The park has come alive with the sounds of Uniquely Thursdays. Celebrating its 13th year as Hinsdale’s summer music festival, Uniquely Thursdays invites neighbors and friends to sing along to 1990s music and country tunes, classic rock, and jam to a U2 tribute band.

Families lounged on blankets and lawn chairs facing the stage, and showed off their dance moves. Kids scampered up and down the hill in front of the library, enjoying themselves. Fathers played catch with their sons. Parents mingled on Chicago Ave.; closed off from traffic, music lovers could peruse the many food tents and business booths.

With a mile-long line, a professional balloon maker twisted and crafted his inflatables into dogs, hats and swords.

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With the song “Hotel California” resounding in the background, Gary Moberly said his favorite part of this vibrant, lively event is the “pizza, beer and friends.”

“We love it,” Adriane Bower said.

“We are here every Thursday. It’s one of my favorite parts of summer.”

To learn more about Uniquely Thursdays in Hinsdale, visit www.hinsdalechamber.com/pages/ Uniquely Thursdays.

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TASTE OF OAK BROOK

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Tens of thousands of west suburbanites and residents of surrounding communities attended the annual Taste of Oak Brook on the Oak Brook Sports Core Grounds on July 3.

Families enjoyed a variety of games and activities, including face-painting, balloon artists and inflatables for children, as well as a petting zoo that featured an assortment of livestock.

Many families and groups also brought along their own games and equipment, such as bags, Frisbees and footballs.

Several men and women walked around the grounds in stilts, towering over the enormous crowd as they entertained children and families.

Sparky the fire dog also made an appearance alongside colleague Marc Johnson, an Oak Brook firefighter.

For food, attendees were exposed to a variety of Oak Brook restaurant vendors, including Gibsons Steakhouse, Labriola Bakery Cafe and Real Urban Barbecue. Guests were required to purchase tickets in order to procure food and refreshments from the vendors.

There were so many tickets sold that in the last two hours of the festival leading up to the fireworks display, staff ran out of Taste of Oak Brook tickets and began selling tickets from the 2015 Long Grove Festival.

A ticket salesperson also said that Labriola ran out of food about the same time, estimating the festival attendance at “at least” 20,000 people.

The evening concluded with a fireworks display that commenced around 9:30 p.m. The show proceeded in a rather mundane fashion until an explosive finale broke out, accompanied by Tchaikovsky’s famous “1812 Overture.”

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THE BOHNE FOUNDATION Lance Bohne, Tim McCormick and B.J. Bohne

LENDING A HAND AND CRANE

THE BOHNE FOUNDATION IS DEDICATED TO COMFORTING THE DESTITUTE, ENCOURAGING THE HOPELESS AND AIDING THE NEEDIEST MEMBERS OF THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY

by Haleigh Monyek | Photography by Marco Nunez

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ow can a community grow to become better and better throughout the years? Residents, neighbors and friends give back to it. Through the valiant efforts of community members lending a hand to enhance hometowns, the community not only becomes more close-knit, but also flourishes and fosters a caring environment in which everyone has each others’ backs.

As the president and CEO of Imperial Crane, B.J. Bohne works tooth-and-nail, like many in the community, running one of the largest crane rental companies in the world with his brother Lance. Bohne grew up watching his late father, John, who founded Imperial Crane, along with being a leader in the community. Bohne said the philanthropic spirit of observing his father provide food for families in need and financing a project to re-roof a church inspired him to continue his legacy.

In February 2013, Bohne visited Uganda, and left touched, impacted and fired up to take action. This led to the creation of the non-profit organization, the Bohne Foundation.

“Reliving his (my father’s) American success story and his humble generosity encouraged me to start the Bohne Foundation, and continue his spirit of helping others who are less fortunate,” Bohne said.

Since its launch, the Bohne Foundation has aided the immediate community and spread service throughout the world. Bohne has donated funds to medical research through the Muscular Dystrophy Association, has supported the Peacemakers League of Chicago, has promoted programs to assist missionaries and church-building programs across the globe, and the foundation drilled the first water-well in Uganda, providing people with access to clean water.

Another cause the Bohne Foundation supports is SOS Family Village in the Chicagoland area. This organization works with children from abusive or neglectful families to have a space to be supported. SOS is known for its efforts

to keep biological siblings together as they heal.

“This amazing organization works to keep families together, and boasts a 100 percent high-school graduation rate among its children,” Bohne said. “The Bohne Foundation is blessed to have been able to buy Christmas presents every year for all of the children at SOS, and provide Thanksgiving dinners to all of the families.”

The foundation has become a success due to the work of Bohne, his family, his friends and employees at Imperial Crane.

“Nothing satisfies [Bohne] more than seeing the smile on the faces of those he helps,” said Gina Kaktis, marketing director for Imperial Crane.

“B.J. never expects anything in return.

He is extremely giving, and is always looking out for the needs of others.”

To fundraise for the foundation, a golf outing will take place on Sept. 25 at Oak Brook Golf Club. All are welcome to donate and participate.

“The first year we had the event, we put it together in a couple of weeks, and had 12 foursomes raising about $10,000,” Bohne said. “This year, we anticipate we will have 36 foursomes and will raise [more than] $50,000 that we can put right to work helping others and changing lives.”

Volunteering may be hereditary for the Bohne family. B.J. carries his father’s torch of philanthropy, and his daughter Kailey dreams of owning her own orphanage in the future.

“Our biggest motivation is just to encourage others to give back—whatever that cause may be,” Bohne said. “We have been extremely blessed, and are very fortunate to be able to make a difference in others’ lives.” n

To learn more about the Bohne Foundation or to make a donation, visit www.thebohnefoundation.com.

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FOOTBALL IS BACK 2015 HINSDALE CENTRAL FOOTBALL PREVIEW

by Mike Ellis Photography by Kyle Hampson

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ith summer winding down and fall fast approaching, the Hinsdale Central Red Devils varsity football club is gearing up for its 2015 season, which will begin later this month on Aug. 28.

The 2015 Red Devils will be without many of the impact players from last year’s squad, which reached the second round of the IHSA 8A playoffs before falling to Simeon Career Academy, including quarterback Matt Rafferty, running back Juwan Edmond, wide receiver Thomas Ives and defensive back Mark Dykstra, all of whom graduated in the spring.

On the offensive side of the ball, Hinsdale head coach Dan Hartman said his team’s greatest strength appears to reside at offensive line, where the Red Devils will be led by senior Matt Allen, who has committed to Michigan State, and Doug Kramer, a recipient of multiple collegiate offers.

“I think everybody kind of sees that as our strength,” Hartman said. “We feel like we’re pretty deep at that spot.”

Hartman said senior Michael Sessa and junior Josh Bean are currently competing for the starting quarterback role.

“Both of them are still competing,” he said. “We don’t have a starter yet, but Michael’s been doing a nice job since Josh got hurt, so I think we’ve got two guys that can definitely play.”

With both quarterbacks entering their second year under Hartman’s uptempo, spread system, the head coach

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said he would be confident with either player directing the offense.

“I think both guys are extremely comfortable with what we’re trying to do,” Hartman said. “They understand the passing and the running game. ... I feel like both of them could lead us, and it wouldn’t be an issue at all; they’re extremely comfortable in the system.”

At running back, Christian Bobak, who ran behind Edmond last year, is returning for his senior season. Hartman said Bobak is “more than capable” of stepping into the first-string position.

Senior wide receiver Brad Huth is returning for his third year on the varsity team, and will be joined by fellow senior Matt Cherry, who Hartman said started the opening game against Bolingbrook last season, but fell ill with mononucleosis, rendering him out of commission.

Hartman said at the offensive skill positions, he is also expecting to receive a boost from brothers Joe and John Kwasigroch, as well as from track standout Kareem Muhammad.

“I’m pretty comfortable with where we’re at right now,” Hartman said concerning the offense in general. “We still have a lot of stuff to put in, but we’re going in the right direction.”

On defense, the Red Devils are also doing some rebuilding, but are returning two all-conference performers in senior linebacker Matt Bradley and senior defensive back Colin Goss.

“In the linebacking core, besides Matt, we’re really looking for some guys to step up,” Hartman said.

Hartman said he will be looking for Bradley and his offensive counterpart Huth to emerge as leaders on this year’s club.

“Bradley and Huth have played varsity since their sophomore years, so they’re definitely not new faces,” he said, “and we’re going to look to those guys to be leaders. Neither one of them is really that vocal, but they do a nice job of leading by example. They’re just really good highschool football players, and we’re pretty happy with them and with what they’ve been doing for us.”

In the secondary, senior Frank Saltiel, who started the last seven games of the 2014 season, is also returning, alongside Goss.

Hartman said the defensive line is still “a work in progress,” with starters Frankie

RED DEVIL VARSITY TEAM Hinsdale Central is gearing up for its first game of the season on Aug. 28.

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2015 Hinsdale Central FOOTBALL SCHEDULE DATE

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O’FALLON H.S.

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DOWNERS GROVE SOUTH

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Rayis and Patrick Lee coming back for their senior seasons, and both defensive end positions remaining to be filled.

On special teams, Hartman said senior Brady Garber is currently competing with a pair of sophomores to handle the kickoff and punting duties.

“It’s a tight race right now, but Brady’s ahead, and we’ll see where we end up here in a couple of weeks,” he said.

Aside from their habitual six conference games and Doings Cup rivalry game against Hinsdale South, the Red Devils will face two new opponents this season: O’Fallon High School out of suburban St. Louis and Downers Grove South.

Hinsdale Central opens the season with three games at home, which Hartman said “could go either way” for his youthful roster.

“With a young team, they feel really comfortable at home, and are able to do some things; or you could look at it as getting them away from home kind of brings them closer together,” he said. “I think it will help our young guys.”

O’Fallon will be Hinsdale’s first opponent at Dickinson Field on Aug. 28, and boasts two outstanding athletes on offense. Running back Kentrail Moran ranks among the nation’s top recruits at his position, while quarterback Patrick Berry is a multi-sport athlete that will play Division I baseball at the collegiate level.

Hartman likened the opening night challenge to last season’s opener against

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Bolingbrook, which entered the season ranked No. 1 in the state.

“We aren’t playing Bolingbrook this year, but we feel like we’ve filled it with another extremely talented team,” he said. “[O’Fallon’s] running back is going to Illinois, and their quarterback’s going to Alabama to play baseball; and they’ve got a bunch of other good guys in the defensive backfield.

“It should be an awesome game; we’re pegging them to be very similar to what Bolingbrook was last year, and it should be a challenge for us.”

Hartman and defensive coordinator Tom Dorrance said they also anticipate to receive a challenge from Downers South in the second game of the season, with the Mustangs expected to vie with Hinsdale South for the West Suburban Gold crown.

“That should be another great battle,” he said. “We saw them in a couple of seven-on-sevens, and they look really good. They’ve definitely got some guys who can play. Nothing’s going to be easy for us at the start of the season.”

After a clash with rival Downers Grove North, the Red Devils will play their first road game of the season at York on Sept.

18. They then return home to face Proviso West on Homecoming, Saturday, Sept.

26.

Hartman said he expects both York and Proviso West to feature improved rosters this season, with the Panthers receiving a lift from a transfer that Hartman said will play Division I football.

“We don’t think there’s going to be

any easy games on the schedule,” he said.

Hinsdale will then visit perennial West Suburban Silver powerhouse Glenbard West, before consecutive rivalry games with Lyons Township on Oct. 9 and at Hinsdale South on Oct. 16. The Red Devils will close the season on the road against Oak Park-River Forest, which Hartman and Dorrance said is expected to compete with Glenbard West for the conference title.

Dorrance said one silver lining of the challenging schedule is that if the Red Devils finish 5-4 or 6-3, they are likely to receive a playoff seeding boost from a projected high number of opponents’ wins—the IHSA’s main tiebreaking statistic for teams that finish with identical records.

With a difficult schedule and a team featuring a number of athletes getting their first opportunity to perform under the lights at the varsity level, Hartman said the No. 1 goal is to “compete.”

“For us, it’s all about competing— competing for the conference championship first, and if we do compete for the conference championship, we feel like we’ll get into the playoffs,” he said.

“Once we get into the playoffs, after last year, our kids should be pretty comfortable in that setting, and kind of understand what it’s all about, and hopefully we’ll make a deep run.” n The 2015 Hinsdale Central varsity football season kicks off Friday, Aug. 28 at 7 p.m., with the Red Devils hosting O’Fallon H.S.

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HONORING A LEGEND

Iconic Hinsdale Central boys swimming head coach Don Watson inducted into International Swimming Hall of Fame

by Mike Ellis | Photography courtesy of William McGowan

DON WATSON Legendary boys swimming coach spoke at his International Swimming Hall of Fame induction ceremony

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Hinsdale Central coaching legend recently received one of swimming’s greatest honors, being inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in June.

Don Watson, who coached the Red Devils from 1965 to 1978, was inducted in Santa Clara, Calif., in the company of more than 70 of the former swimmers he coached, inspired and influenced.

During Watson’s tenure at Central, the boys swimming team soared to national prominence, capturing a school-record 12 consecutive state championships between 1967 and 1978, including an interscholastic national championship in 1970.

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Watson’s meet record as Hinsdale head coach was a staggering 163-3, and he coached 167 high-school allAmericans and four Olympians.

DEVELOPING A WORK ETHIC

Watson and his former swimmers attribute much of their tremendous success to a strong work ethic that separated his teams from their competitors.

Watson developed this work ethic himself from a young age, growing up in St. Louis, where he took up swimming at the YMCA in the 1940s. After joining the YMCA, he met a Japanese-American swimming coach, who encouraged him to consider swimming competitively.

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HINSDALE CENTRAL HOF INDUCTEES Don Watson poses with fellow members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, including Sandra Bucha and John Kinsella.

In 1946, Watson won the national YMCA freestyle, and he also went on to win a Chicago lake swim in the early 1950s. Always specializing in distance swimming, he is the three-time champion of a 22-mile race from Alton, Ill., to St. Louis along the Mississippi River.

“I was not a very big guy—about 5’7”, weighed about 140 pounds,” Watson said. “I wasn’t very strong, but I had a lot of endurance.”

Watson commenced his college career at the University of Iowa in 1948, swimming freestyle.

As a junior in 1951, he placed fifth at the NCAA championships in the 1,650-yard freestyle. He would later participate in the Olympic trials, but was never selected to compete on the sport’s most prestigious stage.

“They only pick two people for each event,” Watson said. “I was a good national-level swimmer, but not on that level.”

COACHING GREATNESS

After graduating from Iowa, Watson served in a Navy reserve unit during the Korean Conflict, during which time he spent two years as a hospital core-man.

He later received a Master’s degree at swimming powerhouse Indiana University, where he served as an assistant coach while running a local swim club.

In 1959, Watson started his head-coaching career at Proviso East High School in west suburban Maywood.

In his three years at Proviso East, Watson said he helped fortify a respective swimming program at a sizable school where basketball and football then reigned supreme.

Proviso East finished fifth at the state meet during his last year in 1962.

“Maywood, Ill., was kind of a blue-collar school system,” Watson said. “The emphasis was more on football and basketball; so, I thought it would be a better career move to go to Hinsdale.”

Starting at Hinsdale Central (then Hinsdale Township High School) during the fall of 1962, Watson served as an assistant under head coach Terry Farmer on the school’s first state-champion swimming team.

Becoming head coach in 1965, Watson would go on to enjoy unprecedented success over the next decade, leading 12 squads to state titles during his final 12 years at the program.

Those acquainted with Hinsdale Central athletics in the present-day know that the school captured a staterecord seven athletic championships this past season.

The same may also be aware that the boys tennis team just capped off a dynastic string of four consecutive state championships.

But as spectacular as the Red Devils have been in tennis, gymnastics or any other sport at any other period in history, any other examples of dominance pale in comparison to what the school’s boys swimming program accomplished during this 12-year run. Not only did this team win 12 consecutive state titles, but it captured an interscholastic national championship in 1970, with a team that included John Kinsella, an Olympic gold medalist in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.

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high-school record then held by Mark Spitz by six and a half seconds, was possibly the best swimmer he ever coached.

“He was an amazing hard-worker that, anything I asked him to do, he had a tremendous organic capacity for work,” Watson said. “A lot of times, he would train

“I didn’t recruit them; the program did,” Watson said. “We had that reputation of being an outstanding school system and a really outstanding swim program. ... I even had a foreign exchange student move in from Finland for a year. He ended up being a state champion.”

Watson said one of the primary reasons the Red Devils enjoyed such a mythical period of excellence was the presence of an age-group or feederschool program, through which he worked to develop local swimmers from a very young age within the community.

“That was the basis for our success,” he said.

Kinsella, who grew up in Oak Brook, was among the many swimmers that honed his skills in the age-group program, 1972 NATIONAL RECORD AND starting at nine years of age.

STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RELAY TEAM MEMBERS “I was blessed with some Tom Beyer, Glen Disosway, great coaches—Don Watson George Congreve and Roger being No. 1,” he said. “He was Kodat with Don Watson instrumental in my success. ...

I couldn’t have done what I did without his coaching and guidance.” seven days a week—even on Sundays.”

Becoming the youngest Olympic swimming medalist Watson said the 1970 team—his fourth statein history in the 1,500-meter freestyle at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Kinsella credited championship team—would have defeated the Watson’s training program and distance expertise with vast majority of collegiate teams in head-to-head being crucial to his development and success. competition.

“We would have been

“I was a distance swimmer, second in the nation in any and he had a tremendous work “I WAS BLESSED WITH SOME meet in the country,” he ethic that filtered down through said, adding that Indiana and the organization,” he said. ...

GREAT COACHES — Southern Cal were the only “His background in distance DON WATSON BEING NO. 1.” schools that he believed could swimming, I think, was certainly have beaten them. beneficial to me in retrospect.”

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Developing the Hinsdale outstanding athletes Watson Swim Club, Watson’s position coached were Mark Lambert, who finished second to as a coach both at the high school and within the the legendary Spitz in the 200-meter freestyle as a highcommunity allowed him to work with young athletes in school junior in 1970, and Bob Nieman, who qualified a variety of age divisions during all 12 months. for three Olympic pentathlon teams in 1976, 1980 and “Year-round training: that’s what we had going for 1984. us,” he said. “They swam all summer, they swam all school-year; it was a year-round program. That’s what During this time, with Hinsdale Central also having any successful swimming programs are about today.” a strong academic reputation, many parents with aspiring swimmers would move into the district so their Watson’s practices and training sessions were student-athletes could compete on the team. admittedly difficult, as he used his distance-swimming Continued on page 58

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acumen to work with young swimmers to develop skill, spending the subsequent 24 years at the University strength and endurance over an extended period of of Texas at Austin. There, he served as the facility manager at one of the premier aquatic centers in the time. He said it would have been quite challenging for an incoming freshman to walk on to the high-school nation, scheduling and hosting Olympic trials, national team in those days without championships and international meets. having been previously “ANY NATIONAL-LEVEL exposed to his club or a

Retiring in 2005, it was program of similar caliber. almost ten years later that SWIMMING COACH ASPIRES Watson received notification that Watson and Kinsella said TO MAYBE ONE DAY GET he would be inducted into the this hard work helped to instill 2015 International Swimming the Central teams with the INDUCTED INTO THIS Hall of Fame (ISHF) class. confidence that they could PRESTIGIOUS HALL OF FAME.” take on any challenger.

Among the roughly 75 “There was just this kind former swimmers that attended – DON WATSON his induction ceremony in June of attitude that permeated,” was Sandra Bucha, herself a Kinsella said. “Part of that Hinsdale Central alumnus and trailblazing high-school was, we just kind of expected to win. ... We knew we athlete. were working harder than anybody else, so that, I think, inculcated that confidence. ...

Bucha trained with the legendary boys swimming “That whole attitude was the result of Don’s teams, as there were no girls teams in Illinois during the late 1960s. Prior to her senior year at Central, approach and his building the program.”

Bucha filed a lawsuit against the IHSA to permit her to Watson said he felt fortunate to work with a compete with the boys. program so dedicated to achieving in swimming.

“I just count it as a blessing,” he said. “It was a great Bucha, a 2014 IHSF inductee, said without Watson affording her the opportunity to train, she would never have enjoyed the success she later did as a marathon swimmer.

“I owe my swimming career to coach Watson,” she said. “In turn, I owe any success I have had in my life to my swimming career. Coach devoted his life to his swimmers, sacrificing so much of his own personal life in the process. The attendance of [more than] 70 former swimmers at his induction ceremony is a testament to the POST-AWARD CEREMONY impact he had on so many.”

Don Watson with Watson credited Bucha and Olympic gold medalist a number of the other roughly and Hinsdale Central alumnus John Kinsella 100 swimmers with whom he stays in contact for writing letters that led to the ISHF recognition. place to be—the right place at the right time. It was a “It’s a dream come true,” he said. “Any nationalgreat school system.” level swimming coach aspires to maybe one day get inducted into this prestigious hall of fame. I always had a dream that I might get inducted. ... It’s magic—it THE INDUCTION wasn’t luck—it’s magic.” n After departing from Hinsdale Central in 1978, Watson briefly managed a club in Wheaton, before

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PEAK PERFORMANCE

Jim Fannin

11 “back to school” parent tips

CONTRIBUTING WRITER

Where did the summer go? Fall is just around the corner, and “back to school” is on many parents’ minds. The challenge is getting school back on the mind of your “live-­in” student. If you want your child to hit the ground running academically this school year, then it’s time to retrain his or her brain.

Schools around the globe provide a system of routines for maximizing learning that is specific to each student’s age and ability. Unfortunately, these routines have been breached with approximately 90 days of vacation, and they need to be re­established prior to the first day of class. Here are 11 tips to help your student establish routines for a successful school-year.

1. Reset sleep patterns. Seven to ten days prior to the first day of school, start the process of regular sleep. Wean the student off of going to bed late and sleeping late. Yes, you’ll probably cave to the, “Mom, it’s my last weekend before school, why can’t I stay up late?”

However, sleep patterns are crucial for reaching peak performance during the first class period, and maintaining it until the bell rings to go home. Start this process sooner than later, and help maintain it all year. Good luck on this one. Be bold; be consistent.

2. Reset eating habits. Once school begins, the eating patterns of the student need to be set so that he or she can maintain a high level of energy throughout the day. The routines of breakfast, snack, lunch, snack and afterschool snack prior to homework need to be implemented. In fact, the entire 62 Hinsdale Magazine | www.hinsdale60521.com

nutrition of the student needs to be well thought-out seven to ten days before school begins. Someone other than the student needs to be the chief family nutritionist.

3. Exercise the brain. Just like NFL conditioning and exhibition games that prepare each football player for the upcoming season, your student needs to warm up and begin to hone the basics of math, reading and writing prior to the school-year. To allow your brain to stagnate for three months without reading is a travesty for super-­learning and learning itself. Is it too late? It is what it is, but begin now to encourage reading and writing at least seven to ten days prior to the first day of school.

If textbooks for the upcoming year are available, start there with the first several chapters. In addition, math skills can easily erode over the summer. Have your student review the previous year’s math basics before he or she goes to the next level.

4. Set academic goals. Establishing well-­ defined goals is one of the hallmarks of a champion. Each student needs these academic goals with corresponding strategies and tactics for reaching them.

Set goals for each class, and hold your student accountable.

5. Identify priorities. Football games, dances, playing video games, watching television, social media, homework, sports, extracurricular participation and friends are all part of each school-year.

Does academics top the list of priorities?

When is homework to be accomplished? before dinner? after school? after

dinner? When can I watch my favorite TV shows? This 90-­to 120-­minute homework routine needs to be placed in your student’s schedule before the school-year. Sunday night is a great night to prepare for the upcoming school week.

This is a routine they can take into their adult lives.

6. Social media. This activity gets its own mention. I believe smartphones aren’t always smart. This device is your student’s pipeline to the rest of the world, with emphasis on his or her peer group. Self-discipline and concentration don’t always mesh with the cellphone. No cellphone usage during homework—period. No cellphone usage after certain hours (you decide the nightly cellphone curfew). As a student or guide to a student, you need to know three things about social media.

What is my responsibility? What is my authority? And lastly, for what will I be held accountable? Monitor this activity; you don’t need surprises. Keep abreast of where and when your student goes on the web and with whom he or she communicates.

7. Risk and reward. This subject needs to be addressed frequently with your student. Everything he or she does or doesn’t do has a positive or negative consequence. The risk and reward “talk” needs to be given and repeated often.

8. Ask questions. Tell and yell does not work as a form of communication. Many of us have been raised with this form of information delivery. In order to turn your student into a viable and responsible decision-­maker, great questions will

eventually produce great answers and ultimately great actions. Asking questions that can easily be answered with a terse or mumbled “yes” or “no” are not great questions. Prepare this type of communication and be consistent: “What are your goals for grades, and how are you going to accomplish them?”

9. The peer group. Birds of a feather flock together. Interview, research and keep tabs on all of your student’s friends during the school-year. This definitely includes monitoring all social media.

If you’re paying the phone bill, then it’s your phone, not their phone. Your student’s “circle of friends” is the main influencer of how he or she approaches homework, speech, dress, music and any other behavior. Police the peer group.

Also, meet all the parents of your child’s friends. This will tell you a lot.

10. Get ready, mom and dad. Yes, as parents, we need to prepare to assist our live-­in students in setting, organizing and

managing the best routines for maximum learning. This also pertains to family activities such as dinner, chores, family outings, sibling behavior and community service. Of course, your student’s priority is preparing for the academic year and maintaining good grades. But do not forget family. This institution is the fabric of our country, and needs constant building and repair. Make your student an integral part of the family; keep him or her in the loop of all upcoming activities. Make the family name a brand each family member is proud to showcase in the community.

11. Allow for freedom of choice.

Academic champions study with great self-­discipline and commitment. They make sacrifices and choices. However, all students need some time to blow off steam and just hang out with friends, or do nothing while chilling alone. Allow your student the time in his or her busy schedule to do this. Just be moderate.

Grades first.

As parents we have the sole responsibility, accountability and authority to oversee the education of our children. We can become best friends with them later in life. For now, we are the guides, mentors and coaches. We must be consistent in this endeavor. Be the coach; be the teacher; be the guide— parent! This verb is not always cool, but it will reap dividends.

Pay now, or you and your student will pay later.

Good luck, mom and dad. You are the role models our students, schools and communities need. Our country’s future depends on it. Have an awesome school year!

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COMMUNITY SCENE

PUTTING FOR HINSDALE CENTRAL FOOTBALL HINSDALE CENTRAL FOOTBALL CLUB GOLF OUTING

Left: Dan Hartman, Bill Duffy, Gary Gamen, Tom Dorrance, Todd Koehler, Preston Letts and Ken Lager; Center: Participants practicing their putts before the shotgun start; Right: Wendy Barber, Amy Goss, Betsy Bradley, Sally Guglielmo and Susie Dunphy

by Haleigh Monyek

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hose Friday night lights. The sun has just set, and the stands are packed with Hinsdale Central football fans—a sea of red. The marching band performs the NFL on FOX theme song; cheerleaders toss girls soaring into the air; pommers gracefully twirl and kick. Football is a Hinsdale Central High School tradition.

To fundraise for the team and provide the opportunity for current coaches, players’ parents and alumni to mingle, the inaugural Hinsdale Central Football Club golf outing teed off at Oak Brook Hills Resort on June 12.

“It was a great way to bring families together, and gather alumni and have a great event,” said Amy Goss, who was instrumental in planning the event.

The golf outing consisted of an 18-hole tournament with a shotgun start, along with entertaining contests such as outdriving the coach and target practice, with the target being a lion, the mascot of Hinsdale Central’s archrival, Lyons Township.

Seventy-two golfers swung and putted their way through the light rain that misted that afternoon.

“There were mostly parents of current players who played today, but next year, we plan to bring more of the alumni back,” Goss said.

Families who could not attend the event could still be a part of it by sponsoring holes.

Lowell Huth, father of senior wide receiver Brad Huth, said came to the event to support the football program, play a little golf and get off from work.

“It’s a great way to spend a Friday afternoon,” participant Chad Susie said.

Athletic director Dan Jones said the event offered an excellent opportunity to get people together in an environment that fosters

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sports paired with leisure.

“I like being out with the community and football community,” Jones said. “It just cultivates camaraderie.”

“Two things pull me out of the office early on a Friday afternoon: football and golf,” Hinsdale Central principal Mark Kolkman said. “The best part is seeing former coaches and parents. As a newcomer to the school, it is nice to become more and more a part of the Hinsdale Central family.”

A few participants practiced their putting in the misting rain, before mounting their golf carts to conquer the course. Umbrellas and rain jackets were in tow by many.

This event was inspired by head coach Dan Hartman, who started a similar event at his previous school, Evergreen Park Community High School.

The money raised will go towards purchasing new equipment.

“We will get new helmets—top of the line and the safest on the market,” Hartman said.

Hartman said his favorite part of the event was getting to meet everyone from current players’ parents to those who were a part of the program in the past.

“Our strength as a team is that we are a close group,” he said.

“They get along well and are not afraid to do the hard things. It’s the tradition of our program that sets us apart from the other schools in the West Suburban Conference.”

Kolkman explained the virtue of players earning their horns through progressing both on the field and developing character off of it.

“The goal is to compete,” Hartman said, “[to] compete for the conference championship [and] compete for the state championship.” n

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Jennifer Robbins, sports medicine supervisor for ATI Physical Therapy, suggests proper conditioning above all else.

“The best thing you can do is keep up your conditioning and

Don’t do too much in a short period of time. As the start of the season inches closer, and athletes haven’t done a lot of training to that point, they shouldn’t attempt to cram it all

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SPIRITUAL INSIGHT

Dan Meyer

Find your tree

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THE SANCTUARY TREE

At the edge of a lake in a remote part of Maine, there grows a particular tree. It’s gnarled roots grip the ground like the strong hands of an old farmer running his fingers through the good earth. Its crusty trunk rises thick and tall, with branches offering bouquets of lush green foliage to the cool blue of the summer sky like a strong lover’s arms.

I discovered that tree one August when I was a boy. It grows between the water’s edge and an old log cabin that our family vacationed in for more years than I can remember. What made that particular tree special to me was that it had an unusuallybroad branch about five feet up the trunk that stretched almost straight out over the water itself.

On August afternoons, I would scale the trunk, climb out on that branch and lay down for awhile. Sometimes, I’d lie on my stomach with my arms and legs dangling down, and watch sunlight-diamonds sparkle on the shade-dappled waters of that lake.

I recall the day that a loon drifted lazily beneath the branch and never knew I was there, and the time I saw the shadowy form of a fish so big that no one believed me when I told them.

Sometimes, I’d lie on my back just staring at the lacework of branches and leaves above, reflecting on the events and lessons of the year behind me, or dreaming and scheming about the year ahead.

Floating in space like that—suspended somewhere between the known earth and mysterious sky—simply seemed to make it easier for me to think, to read and to remember what matters most, and reconnect with who I was and hoped to be.

One time, I cried in that tree after my girlfriend had said our relationship was over. Sometimes, I prayed there, musing on God, uttering my longings and listening for his voice. There was even the day I fell asleep in that tree, tumbled off the branch, and woke up with a rude, wet, cold splash.

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LOVING THE LONELY PLACES

The Bible reports that Jesus often departed from the rustle and clatter of the crowd, and went off to “a lonely place” like this (Matt. 14:23; Mark 6:46; Luke 6:12, 11:1). We don’t know whether he found a convenient tree branch, a place near the water’s edge or some other spot to muse, read or pray. But this we do know: Jesus made such times of reflection and restoration a regular rhythm in his life.

Something in Jesus loved the lonely places.

Christ’s disciples came to believe that this habit of his had something to do with their master’s enormous spiritual power and capacity to live life creatively. They wanted to learn to be like him in this regard.

Maybe you do too. I pray that this summer, you will—if you have not already—find yourself a “sanctuary tree.”

It might be some beautiful place you’ll find while you’re off on vacation. It could be at a favorite lake of your own, a spot in your backyard, or in the quiet of one of our community’s many houses of worship.

The point is to go someplace far from the madding crowd—away from the usual noise and routine—, and open yourself to the peace and perspective, the sense of God’s presence, the awareness of your own heartbeat and the heart-longing that will grow for you there.

READ

Even if it is just for an hour or so, reading through a book of inspiration can be powerfully life-renewing. Recently, I’ve enjoyed Dallas Willard’s Hearing God and Trevor Hudson’s Discovering Your Spiritual Identity. The Gospel of St. John is a perennial favorite. A great book of poetry can restore your soul too. How long has it been since you’ve read Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass?

Keep a pad by your side, jotting down the questions and thoughts that come to your mind as you read. What are you resonating with or being called to say or do?

JOURNAL

As you sit under your “tree,” try completing any one of the following sentences; then keep on writing and see where God leads you. “During this past year, I’ve had to face the loss of...I’ve learned that...I think I need to change my...I’m sensing that it may be time to start...The longing that still remains unfulfilled in me is...The blessings I’ve received are...The question I still struggle with is...The hope that glows within me is...

The things I pray will be different in the year ahead are...”

Don’t worry about being eloquent or exact; just write. The act of writing has the capacity to draw to the surface awareness hitherto undiscovered, and open the doors to inspiration never before received.

PRAY

The act of sitting or lying in some sanctuary spot—of soaking in the majesty and intricacy of creation—of reading or writing—will help you quiet down enough to hear the sound of the breeze, to feel the rhythm of your own breathing, to sense the wonder of the presence with you, to tune your soul to the things that please and occupy God. It will then be that you are ready to pray in an even deeper and more intimate way than may be possible at other times. It may be then that you find God speaking what you need to hear, and leading you to a place to which you’ll be glad you went.

Find your “sanctuary tree” this August— to a place of deeper communion with God, a place of greater understanding of yourself, a place of sweeter peace and clarity of mind. You won’t be sorry you took the time and made the effort to climb on up to that spot.

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