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WAYS TO KEEP YOUR SANITY WHILE SHELTERING IN PLACE BY MITCH HURST THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
The novel Covid-19 Virus, or the coronavirus, has upended life as we know it, at least for now and the coming days. On Friday, March 20, Governor Pritzker issued Executive Order 2020-10, ordering all Illinoisans to stay in their homes to prevent further spread of the virus. It’s important to note this is not a “lockdown.” Illinoisans can leave their homes to obtain essential products and services, such as purchasing food at a grocery store, doing their laundry at a laundromat, or taking their dogs for a walk. Here are 20 things North Shore residents can do in response to the spread of the virus and the “stay-at-home” order: • Take the dog—or just yourself—for a walk along the lakefront as long as you practice social distancing. In other words, don’t gather around a bunch of other dog-walkers for a chat. • Get takeout from a local restaurant that is Continued on PG 8
DASH FOR A CURE BORN WITH A RARE CONDITION, NORTH SHORE RESIDENT CREATES A COMMUNITY OF SUPPORT FOR OTHERS WHO SHARE IT. BY MITCH HURST THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Imagine you couldn’t pick up your newborn child without harming yourself. Or you developed swelling on your hands simply by pushing your child around Disneyworld in a stroller. Or that simple, everyday activities caused blistering on your feet so bad you couldn’t walk. Imagine you’re Megan Gosselin. Gosselin suffers from a mild, but still painful, form of epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a group of rare conditions that result in easy blistering of the skin or mucous membranes. As Gosselin explains, human skin has two layers and most people have a layer of “velcro” between them that both separates them and holds them together. Those with EB are missing that middle layer, which makes it much easier to damage the skin. For some, the disease is life threatening. “You have to watch the clothes you wear, the shoes you wear, and be really in touch with your body,” Gosselin says. “It looks like lots and lots of blisters and those blisters can cluster and last for months. Eighty percent of days I have a blister.” Gosselin was the first member of her family to be diagnosed with EB and, pre-Internet, her parents had to scramble to get information and figure out how to respond. Since then, research has advanced to develop treatments for the one in 20,000 Americans that suffer from the condition. Two years ago, when she was just 29, Gosselin testified before the FDA. “I’m a manufacturing engineer for GE so thankfully most of my day is spent analyzing data on a computer and not having to use my hands or feet to earn a living,” she told the committee. “There are days when I cannot hold a pen to write or dread a new introduction where a handshake can bring tears to my eyes. On days like this I rely heavily on my husband, family, and co-workers to do simple
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tasks for me, which at times is humiliating.” Because of the blistering and, for some with EB, permanent scarring, EB can be a socially isolating condition. Even up through her first college years at Rensselaer Polytechnic University in upstate New York Gosselin hid her condition from others. “Even through college I tried to hide it. I would wear certain clothes or not participate in certain activities,” Gosselin says. “I was worried that people thought it was gross or that I was contagious.”
In her early 20s, Gosselin began being more open about having EB. After she had her first daughter, she started having long online discussions with other women suffering from EB who were worried about passing the disease on to their children. She began to feel a sense of community, and that led her to become more involved in efforts to educate the public and advocate for a cure. Six years ago Gosselin, an athlete despite Continued on PG 8
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DASH FOR A CURE Cont. from PG 1 her challenges with EB, conceived of the idea of Dash for debra, an annual race that takes place on the cross country course on the grounds of Lake Forest Academy, where Gosselin went to high school. debra is a leading organization in the United States that supports the EB community and funds important research for treatments and a cure. Participants can register for a 5k,10k, or 1-mile walk and raise funds as an individual or a team. Since it was created, Dash for debra has raised more than $100,000 in support of those with EB. Last year, the race added a virtual component that went viral. Runners from all 50 states ran their own 5ks on their own day and time. Gosselin, who didn’t meet anyone else with EB until her mid-20s, says that as important as the race itself and the funds raised, the event serves as a meetup for the EB community. “A lot of people come who have somehow been affected by EB. Dozens have been. Some have lost babies,” she says. “Last year we dedicated the race to an 8-year-old who lost his life.” Gosselin says that Dash for debra isn’t the only way people can support those with EB. Megan Gosselin Learning more about EB and sharing information with the public is instrumental in raising families affected by EB, helps them work with awareness and increasing resources for the debra their insurance companies, and lobbies on behalf organization, which sends care packages to of more funding. TOP 20 Cont. from PG 1
• Learn a new skill. There wil l never be a better time to learn how to knit or make pizza or p ro g r a m a website.
providing takeout service during the stay-athome period. It’s a fantastic way to support local businesses while their dining rooms are closed. • Call your doctor if you feel sick, especially if you’re exhibiting symptoms of the virus, which include a runny nose, sore throat, and breathing difficulty. Don’t head to the emergency room unless absolutely necessary.
• Reminisce. Get out your old high school or college yearb o ok s a n d think about the good old days. Bonus points for Googling or searching for your old classmates on Facebook!
• If you go out, wash your hands before you leave and when you get home. In addition to social distancing, doctors indicate washing the hands is an important preventative measure.
• Learn more about how the North Shore community is rallying to support each other through the crisis. For instance, 28 Mile Vodka in Highwood is turning its alcohol into hand sanitizer and providing it to first responders free
of charge. That’s how you rally!
• If you’re feeling perfectly healthy, look for ways to volunteer for a nonprofit that is providing essential services such as home delivery of meals.
• Dust off that book you’ve told yourself for years that you would read. It will be a nice distraction from the barrage of negative news coming from the television.
• Get fit. Yes, you can do it even if all the local gyms are closed. Download an exercise app that can show you workouts you can do at home.
• Arrange online meetups with your friends and neighbors. Sure, it’s not the real thing, but use technology to lift each other’s spirits. Ask if there’s anything each other needs or if there’s any way you can help during this time.
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some letters of encouragement to friends and family. You’ll put a smile on their faces during a difficult time.
• Learn how to meditate. There are a thousand apps in the app store that cover many different forms of meditation. These are hard times to keep a positive outlook. Meditation may help.
• Read the book, then watch the movie. Which was better? Start with Mario Puzo’s The Godfather trilogy of films by Martin Scorsese. • Clean up your junk. You know all that stuff you’ve collected over the years and haven’t used since 2005? Get rid of it.
• Play Scrabble or another board game with the family. Make it competitive. Loser does the dishes! • Finally, do nothing. Let your mind rest.
• Binge-watch some new or classic shows. A few suggestions: The Sopranos, Oz ark, Breaking Bad, Veep, Justif ied.
• Take an online course. Think you have the chops to be a screenwriter? David Mamet offers an online screenwriting course through Masterclass. Masterclass offers classes on everything from history to magic. • Catalogue your book, CD, or album collection. There might come a time when you want to put your collection on eBay. Now you’ll be ready. • Surprise your friends with snail mail. Write
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It’s Sunday, March 22, 8:30 p.m. My assignment to myself: Contact a teacher and a student and find out what it’s like to be a teacher and a student during the early stages of a pandemic. I text New Trier High School Staff and Student Wellness Coordinator Jim Davis, who also coaches the school’s powerlifting team and serves as a New Trier varsity assistant football coach. “Got a few minutes to talk about the New Normal for coaches and athletes?” I ask. “Absolutely,” Davis texts me seconds later. “Will you be free in 30? I’m about to go for a jog.” I wait. I don’t mind waiting in the least, because Davis might be the most positive human being in civilization. The Chicagoan and 2002 NTHS graduate calls me at 9:05 p.m. He’s slightly out of breath. Maybe from the jog. Maybe from something else. “I like to do pull-ups,” he says. “I found a place to do pull-ups outside an elementary school in Wicker Park. It’s snowing; it’s beautiful out here.” Schools in Illinois closed last week because of coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns. They might reopen in mid-April. New Trier students began e-learning from home on March 19. “As soon as word got out that our school would probably close soon, I processed the news and immediately asked myself questions,” Davis says. “It’s a tendency I have, especially when it has something to do with our athletes. My first question was, ‘How can we support the kids right now?’ “I called my [powerlifting] staff. We then made instructional videos of workouts for our lifters and uploaded them.” Davis’ lifters won a national championship last spring. His 2020 squad was supposed to defend the title in Oklahoma City in early April. That won’t happen. “But guess what?” Davis says. “There’s a national powerlifting meet, to be performed remotely, scheduled for the middle of May. We’re planning to be ready for that, if that’s the only way we’ll be able to compete this spring.” I ask him about other athletes at New Trier. Davis doesn’t just work with members of the powerlifting and football teams; he also oversees the training regimens of athletes in the bulk of the school’s other sports. “Our fall athletes were just hitting their stride in their offseason programs,” he says. “Some of our winter athletes didn’t get to see the culmination of their seasons. And our spring athletes hadn’t started their seasons; they’re in limbo now. “My heart goes out to all of them, especially the seniors. I remember my last three months at New Trier and how special they were.” I wake up the next morning. It’s the first day of New Trier’s spring break. I email New Trier girls soccer coach Jim Burnside, asking him to have star senior forward and Villanova-bound Emma Weaver call me. The Hall of Fame coach
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I don’t want to look back and regret that I hadn’t prepared properly to make sure I was ready for our first game. And I hope— hope, hope, hope—we’ll get to play this spring.
our first game. And I hope—hope, hope, hope— we’ll get to play this spring.” I mention Burnside. “A constant supporter,” Weaver says. “I text my coach every day. He’s there for me, for all of my teammates. He’s one of my role models. He radiates positive vibes.” ’MA AND PAUSE: New Trier senior soccer forward Emma Weaver, seen here in a match in a previous I mention Jim Davis. season, remains optimistic her team will compete at some point this spring. All high school athletes “Driven, so driven,” Weaver says of the man in Illinois have been sidelined indefinitely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. who somehow finds time to read, paint, and craft PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER poems when he’s not jogging or pushing himself to complete an inordinate number of pull-ups. responds immediately, informing me he’d passed Going to USC. She texted me, ‘Best time of high “He’s dedicated, hard-working, and he’s a motialong my email to his three-time Illinois Girls school, every year, is this time of year.’ I texted, vator. When he enters a room, he’s got a presence, Soccer Coaches Association all-stater. ‘Yes.’ She then responded, “I wanted to talk with the kind of presence you … feel. He puts in extra Weaver calls me a few hours later. someone in a sport other than lacrosse.’ I think time for our school’s athletes, making sure our Weaver—a Winnetkan and the reigning Illi- she was wondering if athletes in other sports were form is right when we’re lifting, making sure the nois Gatorade Player of the Year in girls soccer— going through the same things she and her team- weights we’re using are the right ones.” scored a goal every other time one of her feet mates were experiencing. She then let me know These days Weaver hears a particular question touched the ball for last spring’s Class 3A third- she’d always be available if I ever need to talk daily, more than once—way more than once. It’s, place team. Or so it seemed. She netted 35 goals, with someone.” “How are you doing?” I ask it. actually, a gigantic total. Weaver and Shevitz and hundreds of other She answers it eagerly. “I miss time with my teammates the most,” North Shore senior athletes must be dealing with Weaver says. “I miss our time together, during similar, wide-ranging reactions to the abrupt “I’m fine,” says Weaver, who has three older games and in our shed [the team’s cozy pre- and stoppage time. Frustration, for one. Fits of angst. siblings. “My family has been great. It’s been post-game space, located beneath a set of bleach- And hope. comforting, having them around, working out Weaver clings to Reaction No. 3. ers at the home stadium in Northfield]. But all with them, taking walks with them and our three Don’t even try to pry it away from her. of us are working out at home, staying active, dogs. I’ve been fortunate. I get to stay active and communicating, and sharing videos after our “I work out every day, in my basement,” Weaver work out at home. But this shouldn’t be about workouts. says. “My teammates work out every day. We do me. People are dying. People are suffering.” “I got a recent text message from [New Trier strength and conditioning, and cardio. We work Wondering what Emma Weaver thinks about senior] Claudia Shevitz,” she continues. “You’ve on our abs. We do core work, squats, and sprints. when she works out by herself at home? probably heard of her. Great lacrosse player, high- I don’t want to look back and regret that I hadn’t “My teammates,” she says. “Only my teamscoring lacrosse player. Amazing … she’s amazing. prepared properly to make sure I was ready for mates. I’m working hard for them, not me.”
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Northfield native and current Winnetkan Brittney Magner’s favorite three sojourns, in no particular order: France, France, and France. And not just because the 1995 Denison University graduate majored in French in Granville, Ohio, and is “still fluent enough” to communicate comfortably with Parisians. “I love the history of that country, the city of Paris, the restaurants, the beautiful countryside … everything about it,” says Magner, in her eighth year with Winnetka-based Royal Travel & Tours. But Magner’s primary focus in this developing, uncertainty-filled Coronavirus Era is to radiate a sunny outlook in a world stuck indefinitely on PAUSE. “We will bounce back from this,” the everpositive Magner, 46, insists. “Our community, our country, the world—everyone will rebound, and we’ll return to normal. I’m hopeful people will then be even more eager to travel.” Magner, a regional director of luxury travel sales and Royal Travel & Tours’ first North Shore employee, has between 120-150 clients. Her specialty is arranging unforgettable domestic and international trips for families. But she also works enthusiastically and tirelessly to prepare unique and elevated VIP travel experiences for couples, groups, honeymooners, and anyone interested in arriving at a Bucket List destination. Royal Travel & Tours customizes journeys, partners with the world’s best hoteliers and suppliers, and educates its clients well before they fasten their seatbelts and make sure their folding trays are in their full upright position. Magner had put together 60 trips for families in March alone. But many of those had to be scrubbed or rebooked because of COVID-19 concerns. The resilient and ardent Magner threw as much energy into pivoting herself and repackaging trips for her clients as she had while working for them before the onset of the pandemic. Reality this Spring Break season means parents must interact and bond with their homebound children over jigsaw puzzles and board games instead of over meals and beaches at picturesque vacation spots. Magner gets that, accepts that. The New Trier High School graduate and Winnetkan also looks forward to the time families will get to resume packing suitcases and escaping to stunning settings. You can’t put a price tag on a family’s shared moments in another state or country. “Creating memories with family members is one of the best reasons to travel,” Magner says. “I love to travel with my family [husband and Providence College alumnus Kevin, 17-year-old twin daughters Caroline and Molly, and daughters Katie, 14, and Riley, 12]. Travel gives you an appreciation for other cultures, other people. It pushes you out of your familiar bubble and allows you to explore.
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“It feeds your soul,” she adds. Magner was a media buyer in advertising before opting to devote all of her attention to raising her daughters. Eight years ago she expressed a desire to reenter the workforce with good friend Kendra Thornton, whose parents, Larry and Kay Berke, founded Royal Travel & Tours in DeKalb in 1972. Thornton, a national television travel and lifestyle expert, now serves the top-notch travel agency as its owner and president. Royal Travel & Tours is a proud member of the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) and Signature Travel Network, with exclusive partnerships—with Four Seasons, Rosewood, Peninsula, Ritz & Marriott Luxury Brands, and Abercrombie & Kent—allowing the agency to offer its clients a VIP experience, including additional and unique amenities. Magner joined the Royal Travel & Tours staff in 2012, launching its Travel Luxury Team on the North Shore; seven of the agency’s 18 professionals serve that crew, which meets with general managers, hoteliers, suppliers, and other partners. Royal Travel clients then receive redcarpet treatment from hotel personnel. Magner has been a regional director of luxury sales since 2019, managing the exclusive hotelier and supplier partnerships, in addition to working with the agency’s most discerning clients with their annual family trips. Luxury Travel Advisor recognized Magner as one of its inaugural “Trendsetters” in 2016. The magazine annually names and spotlights the industry’s new and veteran advisors “who do things a little differently.” “I love that [Royal Travel & Tours] is a smaller agency that has been around for so many years and that we are awarded by our suppliers for all of our hard work,” she told LTA. “Royal Travel has received all of its accolades due to the quality of its people. “Kendra Thornton,” Magner continued, “has been incredible with updating the agency to be more current with the l u x u r y brand.” Magner has visited 12 countries to date. At the top of her Brittney Magner
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Must Visit For the First Time list is Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. A safari trip with her family would fulfill another quest. Brittney, a tennis and basketball player during her New Trier days, did not have to travel too far to bump into her future beau/husband. Kevin grew up in Winnetka and attended Loyola Academy in Wilmette. They started dating as seniors, went to different colleges—separated by 698.2 miles—and got married in Kenilworth, in 1998. He’s still an ace in golf, a sport his wife plays regularly.
Creating memories with family members is one of the best reasons to travel. Travel gives you an appreciation for other cultures, other people. It pushes you out of your familiar bubble. It feeds your soul.
Two of their daughters aim for flagsticks; the other two grip rackets and rip shots on tennis courts. “My parents [Northfield denizens Butch and Susie Honaker] instilled good values in their children,” says Magner, the oldest of her parents’ three daughters. “It’s what my husband and I are striving to instill in our daughters. My parents—they were my major influences in my early years, and I felt fortunate to have been able to grow up and attend schools on the North Shore. “It’s still such a special, special place, with wonderful and caring communities,” she adds. The Magner family’s nine-day trip to Paris and London in April won’t happen. Count on Brittney Magner to collaborate with her family to come up with other ways to create memories in Winnetka. “You know what the heart of it all is?” Magner says. “It’s live your life, love your life … every single day. Isn’t that the best outlook?” Royal Travel & Tours is located at 1001 Green Bay Road, Suite 310 in Winnetka, 815-217-0608, royal-travel.com. THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
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