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Ed Asner brings his one-man show to Piven Theatre. P22
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ICONS CHATTER A TRIO OF SEASONED BASEBALL MEN—FROM A TRIO OF THE SPORT’S SECTORS—SET TO ENLIGHTEN FANS AT GORTON COMMUNITY CENTER EVENT. BY BILL MCLEAN THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Remember “The Ryne Sandberg Game” at Wrigley Field in 1984? A 59-year-old Lake Bluff resident certainly does, and there’s a good chance he’ll revisit it September 12 for an audience at the Gorton Community Center in Lake Forest. The North Shore dweller? Ryne Sandberg himself. “Ryno” was the Chicago Cubs’ second baseman— and future Hall of Famer—on that June 23 (Sandberg’s jersey number) when he struck a pair of late home runs against St. Louis closer Bruce Sutter in the Cubs’ stunning, thrilling 12-11 victory. Sandberg, the 1984 National League Most Valuable Player and a Lake Bluffian since 2016, will be joined in Gorton’s intimate Stuart Room by sports agent Alan Nero, who has represented five Hall of Famers, including Wade Boggs. Sandberg and Boggs were inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in 2005. The third major baseball figure Continued on PG 10
BRIGHT FUTURES
WOMAN’S BOARD OF RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HOSTS SEPTEMBER 6 GALA AT THEATER ON THE LAKE. BY MONICA KASS ROGERS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
The strides that Rush University System for Health (RUSH) has made over the last seven decades to improve health care throughout Chicago are beyond impressive. Since 1948, the academic health system has been integrating top quality patient care, education, research, and community service through its university colleges, hospitals, and community partnerships (garnering national recognition for leadership in all three areas). But the real “wow” factor is RUSH’s enduring leadership in health equity—one that has effectively dismantled longstanding barriers to the economic and physical health of underprivileged residents from its home on the west side of Chicago, blazing trails for the nation to follow. Cindy Nicolaides, president of the Woman’s Board of Rush University Medical Center, says that those trailblazing achievements are part of what inspires she and a loyal team of volunteers to help RUSH expand its mission. “Working together with the accomplished women that are board members to raise funds to assist RUSH in providing comprehensive outreach programs that work to close the health equity gap has been so rewarding,” adds Nicolaides, who will lead a team of co-chairs to host the woman’s board’s fall benefit on Friday, September 6. Titled “Bright Futures,” the event will be held from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. at Theater on the Lake. Proceeds benefit volunteer programs that come under the banner of the Rush Community Service Initiative Program (RCSIP), to which the woman’s board has already pledged $500,000 in support. Together with Nicolaides, fall benefit cochairs Colby Gaines of Chicago, Buffy (Elizabeth) Maier of Winnetka, and Susie Healey of Wilmette worked to shape a gala with a relaxed and festive feel. Moving away from the traditional seated dinner, the team has orchestrated an evening with cocktails, a dinner buffet and live band—The Bob Hardwick Sound of
Woman’s Board of Rush University Medical Center members Colby Gaines, Susie Healey, and Buffy (Elizabeth) Maier are co-chairing a September 7 “Bright Futures” fundraiser. PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARY RAFFERTY
NYC. “By changing the format up just a bit, we are giving guests the option to come for cocktails and support the cause, or, to make an entire evening of it,” says Gaines.
“It was really fun trying to choose a location for our event,” adds Healey. “Ultimately we decided on Theater on the Lake because it sits Continued on PG 10
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INDEX
NEWS 10 honky tonk row
Highwood meets Nashville for popular “Nashwood” event.
12 estate era
Save the date for Lake Forest Preservation Foundation’s annual architectural house & garden tour.
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A tribute to the life of John R. Moore of Lake Forest.
LIFESTYLE & ARTS 15 social scene
Junior League of Evanston-North Shore celebrates 95 years.
REAL ESTATE 18 houses of the week
We profile intriguing houses for sale on the North Shore.
SPORTS 20 no denying ryan
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Ex-LFA hoops star Clamage nets contract to play professional basketball in Israel.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST 22 sunday breakfast
We sit down with Ed Asner to talk about life and his career in advance of one-man show at Piven Theatre Workshop in Evanston.
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NEWS BRIGHT FUTURES Cont. from PG 1 next to Chicago’s best feature—Lake Michigan. The terrace has a western exposure so we will get the sunlight we’re looking for. There is also a breathtaking view of our skyline which is a spectacular backdrop.” Even more spectacular though, she says, is the cause it supports. Established in 1991 to create a network of community service programs that matched RUSH Medical College students’ interests in social and health care needs of Chicago, RCSIP has grown into a robust inter-professional program. With volunteers from all four of Rush University’s colleges, RCSIP provides services to more than 10,000 community members annually through programs that focus on three areas—providing health care to people in underserved communities; Colby Gaines, Susie Healey, Cindy Nicolaides, educating the community about healthy living, and Buffy (Elizabeth) Maier. PHOTOGRAPHY BY disease prevention and management; and training MARY RAFFERTY hearing the perspectives from three men who have been an integral part of baseball for decades,” says for the unique event will be former Atlanta Braves Gorton Community Center Chairman of the Board owner Bill Bartholomay, 91. Tim Hender, whose father-in-law is Mr. Nero. “And Now that’s a triple play. you know they’ll all have great, interesting stories to “Talking Baseball with Ryne Sandberg, Bill Bar- tell. tholomay & Alan Nero” starts at 7 p.m. and ends at “It’ll be exciting,” he adds, “and it represents another approximately 8:30 p.m. September 12, with Lake example of our mission at Gorton to bring worldForest native, author, and former journalist David class programming to our community.” Sweet serving as moderator. Among the subjects to The “Talking Baseball” idea, Hender notes, gained be discussed are the state of baseball, how Major momentum after Hender and Gorton Community League Baseball can appeal to a younger audience, Center Board Member Sally Downey started “kicking what legal sports betting will mean for the sport, and it around” more than a year ago. Bartholomay is the chances of international expansion to places such Sally’s father. Nero has known Sandberg for many as Mexico and Europe. years. Hender asked Nero to contact Sandberg and Following an hour-long discussion covering a range invite him to be a part of the gathering. of topics, the event—highly recommended for ages “Alan called Ryne and told him the event would 12 and older—will continue with the panelists field- support Gorton, and Ryne said, ‘Sure,’” Hender says. ing questions from the attendees for 20 minutes. It didn’t take Team Gorton long to select a modThe evening concludes with a meet-and-greet erator. Before his first book was published in 2010, session. A cash bar with beer, wine, and non-alco- Sweet worked as a columnist for NBCSports.com, holic beverages will be available before and after the SportsBusiness Journal, and The Wall Street Journal. talk and during the session.“I’m looking forward to “Perfect,” Hender says. “With his knowledge of
and educating young people about career opportunities in health sciences. There are dozens of programs in RCSIP—all student-driven—which change and evolve as new community partners are identified. For example, volunteers in the Buddies program at Rush’s Children’s Hospital and Emergency Room (ER) read and play games with young patients, providing companionship, alleviating stress, and giving parents of hospitalized children a chance to take a break from the bedside. In another RCSIP project, student and physician volunteers in RUSH’s mini-medical school camp lead youth through everything from anatomy and physiology lectures to teaching activities about five major body systems, nutrition education, and more. “We are so excited to bring ‘Bright Futures’ to life September 6 to support all these endeavors,” says Maier, explaining that this new event represents an exciting shift from the fashion show the
ICONS CHATTER Cont. from PG 1
Ryne Sandberg PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
woman’s board hosted for 90 years. “Continuing that evolution, Colby, Susie, and I envisioned a change in format that would make the event fun and welcoming to multi-generational board members, guests, sponsors, and friends.” Catered by Blue Plate, the event’s four themed food stations will celebrate gustatory favorites from Chicago neighborhoods Bronzeville, Chinatown/Pilsen, Taylor Street, and Lincoln Park. Bright, fresh décor by HMR will follow a festive, blue, green, and poppy color scheme. In keeping with the theme, the suggested attire is “bright cocktail.” Maier says the enthusiasm and momentum has already become infectious, adding: “We are excited to see this come about and to support Rush’s outstanding community outreach initiatives.” Tickets for “Bright Futures” start at $225; virtual tables are available for $2,000. For more information, visit thewomansboard.org, or call 312-942-6513. panel because former Chicago Tribune football writer Don Pierson and current Chicago Sun-Times columnist Rick Telander are longtime North Shore residents. “To have three guys, like Ryne and Bill and Alan, all in one spot and talking about baseball—how fortunate is that going to be for everybody in the room?” says Sweet, who has written two sports books, one about former Kansas City Chiefs owner and World Championship Tennis co-founder Lamar Hunt and one about the USA men’s basketball team at the 1972 Olympics. “Their baseball backgrounds are incredible. So much history. Think of Bill Bartholomay and all the baseball commissioners he’s met. He was born not long after Kenesaw Mountain Landis became the first commissioner. I can’t wait to hear what he has to say. I can’t wait to hear all of their answers and stories.”
sports, with his extensive background in sports journalism, David was the one we thought of right away Gorton Community Center is located at 400 E. Illinois to lead the discussion. It was a team decision. We Road in Lake Forest. For more information about have a great leadership team at Gorton.” “Talking Baseball with Ryne Sandberg, Bill Bartholomay Sweet had thought, for years, Gorton would be an & Alan Nero” and to purchase tickets ($50), visit gorideal setting for an event featuring a sports-centric toncenter.org and click EVENTS, or call 847-234-6060.
HONKY TONK ROW HIGHWOOD MEETS NASHVILLE AGAIN THIS WEEKEND AS THE POPULAR “NASHWOOD” EVENT RETURNS. EDITED BY SHERRY THOMAS
Participants with children are encouraged to take advantage of the designated “family friendly” lineup and kids’ activity area at the Praline’s & Cream Stage, as well as the Chicago Mike’s Ice Cream Co. and Tala Coffee Roasters Courtyard. Sunday features include Sunday Bloody Jazz, Gospel, and Blues brunches at designated locations. Show your cowboy or cowgirl spirit as you stroll through town with a commemorative one-of-a-kind light up “Nashwood” Cowboy Boot Cup. For $20, you get the cup, special sponsor gifts, and coupons to use for Southern food and drink specials at participating venues. Register online (there is a limited number available) and pick up will be near the Tito’s Two Step Stage in Buffo’s parking lot on Friday or Saturday evenings.
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In what has quickly become one of the most anticipated events of the year, Celebrate Highwood will transform its downtown into Nashville’s Honky Tonk Row this weekend for the 3rd annual “Nashwood” music and food festival. Held at 5 p.m. on Friday, August 30, and 11 a.m. on Saturday, August 31, and Sunday, September 1, the event features more than 80 acts at more than a dozen venues around town—including two outdoor stages, seven courtyards, and buskers on the streets. Attendees of all ages are encouraged to don their cowboy boots and hats for three days of live country, bluegrass, blues, and Southern rock music, as well as Southern-inspired food and drink specials. Enjoy Elvis-Mania for the entire family with two shows on Saturday and Sunday. The event is free but in true Nashville style, tips for the bands are always welcome.
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Celebrate Highwood presents the 3rd annual “Nashwood” event.
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The farm includes a 6,292 sq ft main house with an elegant, but comfortable feeling. The floor plan and the architectural detail throughout the house are exceptional. Storage is abundant. Park-like grounds surround the main house with floral gardens designed by well-known North Shore landscape designers. The gardens and lawn ultimately give way to 30 acres of mature oak trees, meandering paths and lush pastures. Additional buildings include a 3-bedroom caretaker or guest house, a well-preserved original dairy barn, a large machine shed and a chicken and garden house. The carefully maintained vegetable garden is a summer superstar. Come see if White Oaks Farm fits into your plans as a vacation home or fulfills a retirement or full-time living dream. THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
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NEWS
ESTATE ERA LAKE FOREST PRESERVATION FOUNDATION’S ANNUAL ARCHITECTURAL HOUSE & GARDEN TOUR ON SEPTEMBER 22 FOCUSES ON THE CITY’S EXPANSION OF GRAND HOMES ALONG THE LAKEFRONT AND NEARBY. BY SHERRY THOMAS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
In 1890, Lake Forest had roads so muddy that horses “were continually in a lather from struggling through mire, often six inches deep,” wrote Edward Arpee about the history of the city from 1861 through 1961. Stores had begun to pop up along unpaved streets in the city center, including O’Neill’s Hardware and French’s Drug Store—boasting a soda fountain with three types of drinks (and sundaes, which became popular soon after the Chicago World’s Fair). It was a pivotal chapter in our city’s history, one of profound cultural and architectural transformation. “As golf became popular in the 1890s, Lake Forest pushed beyond the 1857 town plan by Almerin Hotchkiss to fill in the lakefront south of Ferry Hall (at Rosemary) and north along the new street that now is Woodland Road,” explains Art Miller, former president of Lake Forest Preservation Foundation (LFPF) and emeritus archivist at Lake Forest College. “Onwentsia was founded in 1895 and its new 18-hole course was ready in midsummer 1896, creating a sort of land rush for weekend and summer places for the new members.” This iconic neighborhood—filled with grand estates designed by such architectural luminaries as Charles S. Frost and Howard Van Doren Shaw—will be the focus of the Lake Forest Preservation Foundation’s annual Architectural House & Garden tour on September 22. Titled “Lake Forest’s Early Estate Era: New Growth, North and Lakefront,” the home and garden walk will include a lakefront estate as well as several homes within walking distance situated along Woodland and Edgewood roads. There will be two early houses by Howard Van Doren Shaw; one by Chicago architects Holabird & Roche, one by Charles S. Frost, and one by Russell Walcott. Garden designs range from early Ellen Biddle Shipman to contemporary designers. Miller says the tour will highlight this fascinating early period, as well as the modern stewardship of these historic properties. “Not only is the tour our major fundraiser, but it also helps educate and advocate for the preservation of Lake Forest’s historic visual character,” says Natalie Reinkemeyer, who is cochairing the event with Elizabeth Abbattista. “The tours, led by our well- informed docents, bring to life Lake Forest Preservation Foundation presents House & Garden Tour on September 22. the rich history of Lake Forest by PHOTOGRAPHY BY ROBIN SUBAR AND HISTORIC ARCHIVES highlighting interesting historical facts and anecdotes about the people reception from 4 p.m. to 5 who helped shape Lake Forest into the wonderful & Root has been completely restored with attention p.m. Tickets purchased before community that it is today.” to historic authenticity and detail. September 18 are $100 or “This year, rather than focus on one architect, we For example, this year’s tour includes a home that $150 for patrons. After SepShaw designed in 1897 when he was only 28 years decided to focus on a historic neighborhood,” Miller tember 18, general tickets are old and another one he designed around 1906 that explains. “All our homes and gardens are within $125. bears a familiar resemblance to his iconic Ragdale walking distance of each other, except for one bonus summer home. An 1896 home by Frost on Wood- home.” land Road is sure to charm, as is an English tradiAddresses will be released to ticket holders on the Tickets may be purchased for tional house by Russell Walcott built near the end day of the event. The tour goes from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. this event online at lfpf.org, or of the 1920s. A fifth home built in 1921 by Holabird on Sunday, September 22, followed by an outdoor by calling 847-234-1230.
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sat, september 21 MUSIC • KIDS ACTIVITIES • BEER • FOOD • FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY Date/Time
Saturday, September 21st • 3:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Location
Parking Lot Behind City Hall 220 E Deerpath Rd • Lake Forest
Tickets
Adults & Children: $10 • Children under age 5 are free Purchase tickets online at www.friendslfpr.org or at the gate
Food
Food and beverage available for purchase Outside food and drinks are prohibited
Entertainment
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Rosie and the Rivets The Hat Guys Breakfast Club
PARKS AND RECREATION
All proceeds, after festival expenses, are used to support the great year-round programs of the Lake Forest Parks & Recreation Department.
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THE MIDAS TOUCH FAMILY AND LOVED ONES HONOR THE LIFE OF JOHN R. MOORE, FORMER PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MIDAS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION. THE ESTEEMED LAKE FOREST PATRIARCH WILL BE REMEMBERED AT A SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 SERVICE AT EXMOOR COUNTRY CLUB IN HIGHLAND PARK. SUBMITTED BY RONI MOORE NEUMANN EDITED BY SHERRY THOMAS THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
John R. Moore (Ron to most everyone) died on his 84th birthday in Lake Forest on July 12, with family by his side. As former President and CEO of Midas International Corporation, his life and career was marked by achievement— both personal and professional—and as he would be quick to say, abundant good luck. A resident of Lake Forest, Ron was married to Judith R. Moore—who preceded him in death in March—for 60 years. Together, they raised four children: Lee (Rene); Roni (Robert Neumann); Tim (Renee); and Elaine (Darrin Manke) in Toronto, Canada, Lincolnshire, and Lake Forest. He began his career in Denver at Montgomery Ward as the mailroom manager, and in 1965 joined Midas as manager of the company’s Chicago distribution center. Following a meteoric rise through the ranks, in 1982 he was named CEO of Midas International Corporation, a position he held for more than 15 years. “What some people may not understand is the important role that Judy played in Ron’s career,” said Brian Burhoe, former Senior Vice President of Midas. “Judy helped build bridges with Midas franchisees at critical times in the company’s history that helped pave the way for the company’s overall success.” Through Moore’s leadership, Midas experienced the most dynamic growth in the history of the company, with the development of Midas
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operations in Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, New Zealand, Spain, the UK, and the US. He was credited with guiding the revenue growth and global expansion of Midas to become a trusted, iconic brand. Moore, whose life story is uniquely American, was raised along with his sister Jeannice in Pueblo, Colorado Springs and Denver, Colorado. His father, John Edward Moore, was a carpenter whose work included developing the Indepen-
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dence Pass Transmountain Water Diversion System which brought water from Roaring Fork River to Aspen, Colorado in the 1930s. A graduate of the University of Colorado, his degree was funded by the GI bill; later he attended Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management Program. Lasting contributions to the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business include the Ron and Judy Moore Endowed Scholarship—targeted toward students in need, as well as a lecture hall bearing their names. Moore’s legacy includes his unforgettable smile, commanding presence, intellectual curiosity, and ability (along with wife, Judy) to connect with people from all walks of life, including a group of lifelong friends from throughout the North Shore and beyond.
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“I first met Ron and Judy in a bowling league over 55 years ago. Our encounter led to our discovery that we both enjoyed golf a lot more than bowling,” said Lake Bluff ’s John Zeeman. “Much to our mutual surprise, we ran into each other at Exmoor County Club. From that point on, Ron was one of my best friends. We travelled to Hilton Head, Hawaii, and Ireland with Ron and Judy. The Moores were our guests at the Hawaiian Open, where we had the opportunity to play golf with interesting people including Neil Armstrong.” Zeeman introduced Moore to two Lake Bluff institutions: The Community Church of Lake Forest & Lake Bluff and the Village Idiots, a group of men who meet for coffee before the sun rises at Bluffington’s. “Rocket Ron was one of a kind and I’ll miss him every day,” Zeeman concluded. The Moores were also part of the Scotland Group, a group of friends from Exmoor Country Club that also included the Beanblossoms, Surbers, Kellocks, Lohmanns, Crawfords, Browes, and Westerbergs. Named for the inaugural golf trip to Scotland, there were many trips to follow—from Mississippi to Galena and Kohler. Competition was part of the fun, too. “I recall so well playing with Ron in Exmoor’s Class D championships,” explained Bill Beanblossom of Lake Forest. “Going into the 18th hole, I was down but had the momentum going for me. He made a virtually impossible shot, earning the Class D championship! We laughed and laughed after he made that putt—that’s what great friends do.” He was also sought after for business advice. “When Ron met with my son, Bob, as he was taking on the role of CEO at the company, he offered some sage advice—tackle the tough jobs first. Ron had genuine warmth and a concern for people. He was a special, special person. He lit up a room,” said Robert W. Crawford, Founder, Brook Furniture Rental. He loved music of all genres and, along with Judith, was a President’s Circle patron of the Ravinia Festival. Among his favorite sports were skiing, especially with his children and grandchildren in Beaver Creek; golfing at courses throughout the world and at Exmoor Country Club; biking on the white sandy beaches of Hilton Head Island; and driving with his wife in his red convertible on a warm summer day. He is survived by 10 beloved grandchildren: Andrea and John Moore; Alexandra, Samantha, Barbara, and Emma Neumann; Jason and Carter Manke; and Ellie and Finn Moore; as well as a sister, Jeannice Burns, of Glenview and dozens of nieces and nephews from California to New York. A celebration of Ron Moore’s life will be held from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, September 7 at Exmoor Country Club. Memorial contributions are welcomed and should be directed to the University of Colorado’s Leeds School of Business at giving.cu.edu/fund/write-fund. THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
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Socials Junior League of EvanstonNorth Shore 95th Anniversary Celebration and Dinner Words by Natalie Klein Photography by Larry Miller The Junior League of Evanston-North Shore hosted its 95th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Recognition Dinner at the Charles Gates Dawes House in Evanston. The organization of women is committed to promoting voluntarism, developing potential in women, and improving communities through effective action. President Allie Paus delivered a welcome speech to guests upon arrival. Following the speech, guests raised their glasses, as past-presidents hosted a memorable champagne toast.
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Dream Realized Former LFA hoops standout Ryan Clamage never stopped believing he’d play pro basketball someday. BY BILL MCLEAN THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
Mike Mangan could not believe what he had just heard. It was during the University of Rochester men’s basketball season in 2015-16, when his roommate and freshman teammate, Ryan Clamage, shared one of his goals. Clamage, a 2015 Lake Forest Academy graduate, wanted to play professional basketball. Somewhere, anywhere. The reaction from Mangan, a 2015 Loyola Academy graduate, wasn’t exactly encouraging.
It was incredible, watching how much he developed as a basketball player from his freshman year to his senior year.
“Are you crazy?” Mangan blurted to his fellow guard. “You hardly play.” Mangan was right. Clamage would end his rookie season at Division III Rochester with averages of 1.5 points and 1.2 rebounds in 19 games. More than three years later—on August 27, 2019—Clamage, armed with degrees in business and political science, landed in Israel to begin a career in Ra’anana, not far from Tel Aviv. He didn’t fly there to open a business. He didn’t fly there to serve as a political consultant. Not-so-crazy Ryan Clamage flew to Israel to begin his life as a … professional basketball player. Maccabi Ra’anana basketball coach Avner Yeor viewed video of game highlights from Clamage’s senior season at Rochester and liked what he saw. So much so that Clamage did not have to prove himself at a tryout or at a basketball showcase. The 6-foot-5, 195-pound Clamage, a shooting guard, hired agent Raz Gal in the spring and signed an eight-month contract on July 20. What happened? How in the world did Clamage go from a bit player to a player who will earn way more than two bits in a sport he loves? Perseverance happened—along with unwavering optimism and unshakable confidence. “The Ryan Clamage story is a special one,” Rochester men’s basketball coach Luke Flock-
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RC COOL: Ryan Clamage, seen here in action last winter as a senior guard for the University of Rochester, starts training camp with a professional basketball team in Israel next month. The former Lake Forest Academy standout earned University Athletic Association Player of the Year honors after the 2018-19 season. SUBMITTED PHOTOGRAPH
erzi says. “We recruited Ryan on potential. He had good length as a wing. There was upside there, too; we could see it. He came to our program and found out, right away, that he’d have to climb a high hill in order to play significant minutes for us. Hard work and determination helped him reach that point. “Ryan,” the coach adds, “went from a player who played limited minutes as a freshman to the best player in our conference in his senior season.” Clamage earned Player of the Year honors in
the University Athletic Association and Third Team All-America status after pacing Rochester’s Yellowjackets in scoring (16 points per game) and rebounding (6.7 rpg) in the 2018-19 season. The Lake Forest native also averaged 3.4 assists and 1.2 steals. “I paid attention in practice in my first two seasons, especially to what one of our best and most competitive players, Sam Borst-Smith, was doing,” says the 22-year-old Clamage, who played basketball, baseball, and golf at LFA and was name
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Most Valuable Player of the Caxys’ hoops team after his senior season. “I was fighting for playing time with five other freshmen my first year. I tried to emulate parts of Sam’s game that made him effective and efficient. Parts like his spacing, his shot angles, what he did without the ball, and what he did to play within our team’s system.” Clamage dropped a career-high 41 points on visiting Carnegie Mellon in a victory January 18, netting 16 of 25 field-goal attempts. He poured in 20 or more points in six other games in his senior season. “Ryan’s point totals in games snuck up on me often, snuck up on everybody,” Flockerzi says. “A lot of that had to do with his multifaceted game and how efficiently he played. He’d hit a midrange jumper one minute, then make a layup after a steal, then maybe score on a pick-and-roll. So many times, I’d look up on the scoreboard and notice he’d have 18 points already. In his 41-point game, I didn’t think he had scored more than 25 points.” Clamage, a citizen of the United States and Israel, worked out twice a day and helped a local contractor flip houses this summer. He nailed jump shots in gyms. He hammered nails in houses. Clamage also volunteered for Highland Parkbased Beyond Sports Foundation, serving 10 hours a week as a history tutor for a Big Ten football prospect. He even found time to binge watch most of the first season of The Sopranos. His older brother, 26-year-old Eric, a Chicago lawyer, is thrilled about Ryan’s opportunity in Israel. So are his other family members: parents Ed and Audrey; sister Lauren, 24; and brother Austin, a junior basketball player at Brandeis University. “Eric has been a very good big brother to me, constantly supportive,” says Ryan, who as a sophomore, tallied the game-winning basket in the last minute of a Sweet 16 NCAA Division III playoff game against seventh-ranked Marietta College. “Eric is happy for me. He’s also amazed I’m going to play pro basketball. Not too long ago he looked at me, smiled, and told me, ‘I think it’s sick what you’re about to do.’” Mangan, Clamage’s former college teammate, is no longer afflicted with the “I Doubt Ryan Clamage” condition he’d contracted in the winter of 2015-16. “It was incredible, watching how much he developed as a basketball player from his freshman year to his senior year,” says Mangan, a Winnetka native who works in the private wealth department at Morgan Stanley in Chicago. “I mean, Ryan was barely recruited and found himself in what was essentially a walk-on situation at Rochester. But his steadfast confidence and great work ethic, each year, lifted him to the point where he became an All-American and the best player on the court in most of our games.” THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
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A Good Soul ACTOR ED ASNER, IN TOWN FOR HIS ONE-MAN-SHOW, TALKS ABOUT HIS LIFE, LOVE OF HISTORY, AND STANDING UP TO THE BULLIES. BY MONICA KASS ROGERS ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT
It’s almost 10 p.m. on a perfect Saturday night. Ed Asner, clad in the Hawaiian shirt, cargo shorts, and Dodgers cap he just wore in his comical one-man show, “A Man and His Prostate,” has launched into a soliloquy. Voice deepened, and face transformed, all vestiges of wise-ass Lou Grant or grouchy Karl Fredericksen vanish, replaced by the sonorous, serious Thomas Becket, a 12th century Archbishop of Canterbury, about to be martyred. “Now is the meaning plain,” Asner continues. “The last temptation is the greatest treason, to do the right deed for the wrong reason…” And so forth. “It’s the only soliloquy I still retain,” he says, after. “The verse is gorgeous. Some of the most beautiful lines every written.” More than pretty, those lines from T.S. Eliot were powerful, convincing Asner to make acting his career. A freshman at the University of Chicago, Asner was cast as Becket in Eliot’s play, Murder in the Cathedral, just prior to starting with the Chicago’s Playwrights Theatre Club, early precursor to The Second City. “From that night on, I knew I was destined to be an actor,” says Asner. Back in town for two performances of his one-man show at Piven Theatre Workshop in Evanston on September 8 and 9, Asner is happy to talk about Chicago. “My time here with Playwrights was great,” he says, speaking of the two years of intensive roles that gave him the opportunity to perform in The Seagull, and many other plays. Asner took on Prospero in The Tempest, and acted in the Playwright’s production of Threepenny Opera, a connection that would open doors for him to be cast as Peachum in New York’s Off-Broadway revival of the play, and led to roles in television. “But Chicago was a hard place to make a buck,” he adds, recalling jobs as a cab driver and phone salesman. “I wasn’t a very good cabbie. I didn’t hustle. I’d pull over into a cab stands to read plays.” But Asner was good at jobs with muscle— doing hard labor in the steel mills, and as a metal finisher at the Ford auto plant, “probably because of all the time I spent busting up rocks at my father’s junkyard,” he says. Morris Asner’s junkyard, secondhand store, and family’s apartment, were on the west side bottoms of Kansas City where Ed spent his earliest years. Morris drove a horse-drawn cart, collecting flotsam from the stockyards and packing plants. Besides working, and playing in the junkyard, Ed enjoyed going through the books, and glossies his dad brought home to sell in the shop. “I loved to read, history especially, and some of the books were really great,” says Ed. “An illustrated copy of Davy Crockett and the Alamo—I loved that. And an Alexander Pope translation of The Iliad that came in with gilt-edged, totally unspotted pages, handbound in Moroccan leather. I still have it.” Asner’s parents were Orthodox Jews, which meant Ed spent years in Hebrew school, emerging with a deep knowledge of Jewish history (and an impressive Hebrew vocabulary) but it also made
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him a minority. “I was in one of fewer than 100 orthodox Jewish families in a city of 120,000,” he says. To fit in socially, Ed initially took to clowning. “Dropping my books, going for the laugh,” he remembers. “But I knew that wouldn’t get me in to the high school fraternities my friends were in, so, I decided to apply myself, to excel academically.” Ed hit the books, joined the football team, and started writing and performing radio sketches that aired on KCKM radio. He also signed on with the school’s newspaper, becoming the editor his senior year. The staff was led by a teacher named Corcoran—a man Ed still calls his best mentor. “If there was a man I wanted to be, it was him,” says Asner. “His ego wasn’t paramount. He had good psychology, was sincerely interested in people, but wouldn’t take any crap
from you. And he was a great teacher. He wanted you to learn the art.” Asner seriously considered a career in journalism, “because it’s writing about history in the making. And I think history is the prime ingredient in anything I do in life,” he says. But acting won out. “It was really the only thing I was good for.” At 89, the list of roles Asner has played and received awards for is longer than Thomas Becket’s soliloquy. He’s got more than 100 television credits to his name, and has starred in roles on stage, in film and as a voice actor. He’s won more Emmys than any other male actor—five for his work as Lou Grant, and two for d r a -
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And it worked! The bully backed down.
matic roles in TV mini-series. And he’s been a president of the Screen Actors Guild. Of all the parts that he’s played, the one that resonated with Asner the most was that of Axel Jordache in the miniseries Rich Man, Poor Man. “I adored that role,” he says. “Axel was an immigrant as my parents were. He had done unspeakable things to stay alive, but he was a man who had a soul. A good soul. As originally written, the character was regarded as a beast. But in the TV version of the book, there are two scenes that humanized Axel for me. In one, as Axel, I go to my son’s teacher to talk about him, and the teacher gets ugly and slaps me. I slap her back. I did that for my son. And then later, I travel to make sure he’s not prosecuted and gets his freedom. Those two things showed me his soul.” Asner has a lot of acting still to do. After 60 years in the business he’s vowed to keep at it, “until I keel over.” This year, he’s traveling the country with two shows. The one-man “A Man and his Prostate,” was written by nine-time Emmy and Peabody Award winner Ed Weinberger, about his experiences fighting prostate cancer. The other show, “God Help Us,” in which Asner plays God, features an ensemble cast and was written by Phil Proctor, and Samuel Joseph Warner—collaborator on Asner’s forthcoming autobiography. Can Ed share any stories from the book? “Well there is one I’ll tell you,” Asner smiles. “When I was a kid, my best friends were two Mexican kids, Tony and Bonaire. At the time, there was this kid named Nicky at school who used to bully me, and Tony was my protector. He said to me, ‘Don’t let Tony do that to you!’ and showed me how to stand up to him. So the next time Nicky came at me, I got in his face and shouted, ‘You can’t do that to me!’ And it worked! The bully backed down.” Fierce as ever, Asner’s still up in America’s face—fighting the bullies, both as an actor and as an activist. He supports such causes as aiding Holocaust survivors, and acting as an advisor to the Rosenberg Fund for Children, which benefits children of political activists. It’s the legacy of a living legend, one we are still watching, listening to, and learning from. So don’t stand down, Ed. We’re right there with you, with applause. Don’t miss the chance to see Asner perform “A Man and His Prostate” September 8 and 9 at Piven Theater Workshop. For tickets go to boxoffice.diamondticketing. com/piven/events. THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
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