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Sick of the flu? You’re not alone BY LIBBY ELLIOTT DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
A particularly virulent strain of the seasonal flu is making waves across the United States and abroad this winter, leaving a wake of sickness in its path. Stories reporting severe flu activity have been featured in national media outlets across the U.S. as well as in Great Britain, where this season’s scourge has been dubbed the “Aussie Flu.” “Flu Stomps The Nation, Overwhelming ERs and leaving 20 children dead,” read a January 13 CNN headline. In The New York Times on January 8, director of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention’s influenza branch, Dr. Dan Jernigan, confirmed that about 80 percent of current flu cases are of the Type A H3N2 strain, which caused numerous hospitalizations and deaths this year in Australia, where winter rolls around in July and August. In contrast to H1N1, the other seasonal Type A strain, and to B strains that usually strike later in the flu season, the Times reported, H3N2 tends to kill more of the very young and very old. “H3N2 is a bad virus,” Dr. Jernigan was quoted as saying. “We hate H3N2.” Recent CDC reports also confirm that influenza-like illness activity is currently widespread across Illinois. In a January 9 statement distributed by the Northern IlContinued on PG 14
Backyards of Dreams FAMILY ICE RINKS: IF YOU BUILD IT, THEY WILL SKATE BY LIBBY ELLIOTT DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
A frigid Chicago winter can send even the heartiest outdoor sports enthusiast scurrying indoors for a warm spot on the sofa and quality time with Netflix. But if you build it, they will come. Many active, local families have shifted their mindset on cruel winters. Instead of dreading the coldest, darkest days of the year, they celebrate the season by installing backyard ice rinks, thereby supplying hours of healthy, old school entertainment for their children and friends during the long winter months. And since these natural, homemade rinks are only functional when the mercury drops below freezing, for backyard skaters, the colder, the better. In their home on Oak Street in Winnetka, Sara and Colin Knight enjoy watching their three hockey-playing sons, Will, 12, George, 9, and Henry, 5, scrimmage and shoot out with pals and teammates on the 53’ x 32’ ice rink the couple constructed in their backyard the weekend after Thanksgiving. Between school, homework and team hockey practice, Sara said her older boys rarely have time for unstructured play. The family’s outdoor ice rink, she said, provides a natural outlet for unbridled, neighborhood fun. “When you think about it, these kids are told what to do all the time,” said Sara, who, for safety reasons, requires that skaters wear shin guards and helmets on the ice. “The fresh air and exercise really does them good.” Between the lumber, structural supports, and the plastic liner sheet needed to contain the rink’s water, Colin Knight estimated start-up costs on his homemade backyard rink ran between $700-$800 at Lowe’s, with additional expenses for LED string lights to illuminate the rink for evening skating sessions.
Eleven-year-old William Knight shoots a goal on his family’s backyard ice rink in Winnetka. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER
By comparison, a similar-sized backyard ice rink kit can be purchased online from ezicerinks.com for approximately $3,900. The company, which markets its product as “The 60-Minute Backyard Ice Rink,” sells plastic panels that fix into place on any flat surface without hammering stakes into the ground. Other companies, like backyardrink.com, sell pre-assembled kits that range in price from $400-$1,000. An engineer by profession, Colin constructed the rink largely from his own know-how, with additional help from You
Tube and conversations with local backyard ice rink die-hards. “Amongst the hockey parents, you get bits of advice,” said Colin. And since this annual project is always a labor of love for his children, Colin insisted his kids pitch in to build and maintain the family’s ice rink. The Knight boys helped level the foundation of the rink. The boys then marked up new pieces of lumber with an impact driver before Colin screwed Continued on PG 14
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NEWS 16 five days, five home burglaries
Lake Forest police arrested a Chicago man who was sitting in a van on a street where a burglary had only just occurred.
18 service delivers
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NEWS SKATE Cont. from PG 1
water. When it freezes, them together. Once the rink became func- the Gries kids hit the tional, Will and George took on the responsi- ice to hone their bility of removing fresh snow and pushing the hockey and figure ingenious ice resurfacer their father construct- skating skills. ed using PVC piping, an ice chest, and an infant “I’ve heard f rom bicycle trailer. coaches that backyard Colin, who is British, had never skated before rinks are really good his kids were born. After years of lessons and to learn on,” said Sara. practice, he now looks forward to quality time “The ice is not as slick playing hockey with his sons. and you have to prac“I’ll come home from work and forgo dinner tice turning a lot.” if they’re ready to get on the ice,” said Colin. “I 12-year old Julia drop my bag and change into jeans and skates likes the solitude of as quick as I can.” her backyard rink, A short distance away on Winnetka’s Myrtle versus the busy public Street, Sara and Matt Gries and their three ice rink in town. kids, 6th grader Julia, 4th grader Sam, and 1st “Here, I don’t have grader Emma, regularly host evening parties to worry about crazy on their own 50’ x 20’ backyard ice rink, while hockey boys flying by,” warm drinks flow and a fire pit blazes nearby. said Julia. “Plus, we’ve The Gries’ ice rink can safely accommodate always got hot chocobetween 8-10 skaters at any given time. late.” As a long-time North Shore resident, Matt And like all families recalled the more rustic technique used to create who invest time and a skating pond in the backyard of his childhood money in a backyard Wilmette home. rink, the Gries kids “My dad would flood the grass and wait for always prefer a cold it to snow,” said Matt. snap to the warmer These days, the Gries family takes a more winter days that inmethodical approach to constructing its back- evitably turn their rink yard rink. Each Thanksgiving, before the into backyard slush. ground freezes, Matt and his three kids install “ We measure the the rink’s frame, pieces of which he reuses each success of the season year. When the weather forecast shows over- by the number of night lows consecutively dropping into the skating days we get in,” teens, Matt drops in a new liner, fills it with said Matt.
The Knight men on their backyard ice rink: from left, William, Henry and George, with their father, Colin. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER
FLU Cont. from PG 1
Doctors orders: If you are sick with flu-like illness, stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone, except to get medical care or for other necessities.
linois Public Health Consortium (NIPHC) and the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center, CDC surveillance data indicates current Illinois activity is similar to what was seen during the peak of the 2014-15 season, the most severe in recent years.
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At Elm Street Pediatrics in Winnetka, Dr. Rachel Goodman noticed a sharp increase in flu cases between Christmas and New Year’s Day, when her busy group practice was seeing as many as 10 new cases a day. According to Goodman, that number dropped to two to three cases per day after the holidays, but she
anticipates another uptick in the coming weeks as school and work resume. “It’s true we’ve seen a spike in the flu this season, even among people who’ve had the vaccine,” said Goodman. “But among those who did have the flu shot, we’re seeing symptoms that last two to three days, versus five to seven for people who did not.” Goodman confirmed that Elm Street Pediatrics was only prescribing Tamiflu, an antiviral medicine for the treatment of flu, in a limited number of cases. “Tamiflu is not a perfect drug,” said Goodman. “It might knock only one day off the symptoms. Prevention has still proven much better than treatment.” Seasonal influenza, or flu, is a contagious respiratory virus that can cause mild to severe illness. Symptoms of the flu virus include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, headache, muscle aches and fatigue. Flu is spread primarily when an infected person coughs or sneezes. “ The CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older get vaccinated,” said Dr. Terry Mason, NIPHC president and chief operating officer of the Cook County Department of Public Health. “The vaccine prevents millions of illnesses and tens of thousands of hospitalizations every year, and can lesson the severity of symptoms.” Inside the Stucker home on Prospect Avenue in Winnetka, Elizabeth and Jim and their two sons, John, 10, and William, 8, were sick with the flu for a combined total of three
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weeks during the month of December. The family had previously opted not to get the flu vaccine. The virus hit Elizabeth first, leaving her bedridden for three days, before spreading to John. William was next, at one point clocking a fever of 104.4, prompting Elizabeth to consider hospitalization. “It was incredibly scary,” said Elizabeth. “I reached out to my physician at Streeterville Pediatrics in Chicago, who advised me to keep him at home unless we could not control the fever with ibuprofen or acetaminophen, if it lasted for more than three days, or if he experienced abdominal or neck pains.” Fortunately, William’s fever broke, and the family is now healthy and back in action, but the experience left an indelible impression on Elizabeth. “This is truly a horrible flu season,” she said. “Neither of my children has ever had a fever that high.” In addition to getting the flu vaccination, the CDC recommends following these simple steps to help prevent the spread of the flu: • Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it. • Wash your hands often with soap and water. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand rub. • If you are sick with flu-like illness, stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone, except to get medical care or for other necessities. (Fever should be gone without the use of a fever-reducing medicine.) THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND
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Lake Forest police nab burglary suspect BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
A Lake Forest Police Department officer on routine patrol arrested a Chicago man suspected in a local burglary shortly after homeowners informed police their house had been broken into, according to Deputy Chief Rob Copeland. Christian Lopez, 29, of the 2000 block of North Meyer Avenue in Chicago, was arrested on four felony charges of possession of stolen property and one count of obstructing a police officer January 14, according to Copeland. Police were on routine patrol Sunday after-
noon when an officer observed Lopez sitting in a car in the 100 block of Quail Drive. Copeland said the officer began to talk to Lopez because there had been five burglaries in Lake Forest since January 10. “While the officer was talking to him, the homeowners came out from across the street and told the officer their home was burglarized,” Copeland told DailyNorthShore. “They just got home. We saw there was forced entry.” Copeland said there was property in the car from the home on Quail Drive. He said there was also property reported missing from burglarized homes in Lake Forest, Highland Park, Skokie and DuPage County. This was the fifth residential burglary in as many days, according to Copeland. He said
property from both the break in on Quail and another the day before in the 100 block of Canterbury Court may be related because property from both was found in the car Lopez was driving. There is more in common. “They all were forced entry,” said Copeland. “Either someone threw a brick through a window or kicked the door in. It depended on what was available.” “Other departments may be coming here to interview him,” said Copeland. Lopez has not been charged with burglary because police are still seeking evidence to prove he was in the home. Copeland said he is a suspect. Lopez has a previous criminal history and there is an outstanding warrant against him
from Cook County, according to a news release f rom the Lake Forest Police Department. Lopez was in custody at the Lake Forest Public Safety Building, and he was expected to be transported to Lake County Court for a bond hearing. The other burglaries occurred January 10, 11 and 12. Copeland said a home was forcibly entered January 12 in the 1800 block of Wilson Drive. A home was also broken into in the 400 block of Linden Avenue January 11 when someone threw a brick through a window, and another residence was burglarized January 10 in the 200 block of Ahwahnee Lane when a rock was hurled through a window, according to Lake Forest Police reports.
Fore! LB Open Lands clears tangled woods BY ADRIENNE FAWCETT DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
Lake Bluff Open Lands Association is about a quarter acre into a major project to clear a densely tangled stretch of woods on the main east-west artery into and out of the village. The area is adjacent to the Lake Bluff Golf Club course on the north side of Rockland Road/Highway 176 and just west of the intersection with Green Bay Road. It’s an extension of LBOLA’s pristine Rockland Wetlands (where the Lake Bluff turkey once roamed), which is home to thousands of Western Chorus Frogs, stately bur oaks and thousands of wetland wildflowers, grasses, sedges, reeds and rushes. Over the decades the area west of the wetlands has become overgrown with woody invasive trees and shrubs including buckthorn, honeysuckle, alder and poplar. Many volunteers were out there this past weekend, and LBOLA President Larry McCotter estimated they got through a quarter acre of a total span of five acres. They also found a lot of golf balls — about 60 of them, which was no surprise since the woods are
Before and after photos. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
near the driving range. Other finds included a young white oak tree and wild hydrangea and witchhazel — all native survivors. LBOLA could use a few good hands in this endeavor. Contact LBOLA at info@lbola.org, LBOLA on Facebook or 847-234-2860.
Volunteers with Lake Bluff Open Lands Association are making a valiant effort to rid the main artery into the village of invasive trees and bushes. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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An estimated 1,800 people came out on a very cold and snowy Monday for Highland Park’s 9th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. “Everything went according to plan – even the weather didn’t seem to keep anybody away,” said Terry Grossberg, a Park District of Highland Park commissioner and chairperson (for
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the second year) of the event, which was hosted by the Park District and City of Highland Park Human Relations Commission. A total of 32 service groups presented projects supporting veterans and military families, helping those less fortunate, and supporting environmental causes. Donations were accepted, including food for Moraine Township Food Pantry, glasses for Lions Club, instruments for Ravinia Foundation, toiletries for Veterans and USO, plus bicycles for Working Bikes. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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D-112 full-day kindergarten taking shape language arts, Ryan said the children there all day will have art, music, library and physical education added to their curricuWith full-day kindergarten now a reality lum. Ryan’s presentation showed full-day for North Shore School District 112 families, administrators are starting to youngsters will have an hour of art once a paint a picture of what the school day will week, 20 minutes of music twice a week, 30 minutes of physical education daily and be like for students in the program. The District 112 Board of Education half an hour a week in the library. As administrators and teachers conreceived a briefing on the developing structure of full-day kindergarten January 9 at tinue to build the program, they will take the District offices in Highland Park. a look at other full-day kindergartens in Families registering their children to start the area to use as a guide. These include school in the fall are overwhelmingly Deerfield Public Schools District 109, BY STEVE SADIN
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in all the district’s schools. A new writing program is in place for students in grades one through five and a new math curriculum for kindergartners through fifth graders. “We have this across all buildings so we don’t have differences from building to building,” said Ryan. “We have introduced pacing to make sure everyone keeps pace. There is a serious reading gap we need to address.” Board member Art Kessler wanted to know why the district could not hire its own coaches to help train teachers as other
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districts do. Ryan said that was a goal but now there is a need for a crash course. Interim Superintendent Ed Rafferty said developing internal coaching and training takes time. “This is the first year,” said Rafferty. “Most of the districts that have (full-time coaches) developed the program in five to six years. We have a lot of needs and so many gaps.” Teachers are also receiving instruction in collaborative education where students can work together so more of them are engaged at the same time. “You probably remember how the teacher asked a question, everyone raises their hand, the teacher calls on one student and everyone else tunes out,” said Ryan. “We have to get more kids involved in the process.”
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There is no denying that tacos are having a moment. But a better description of the food at La Principal in Evanston — a taco joint and more — is Mexican street food. “We wanted a place that is affordable and approachable. Someplace people wanted to come by several times a week,” Eric Young told DailyNorthShore. Young opened La Principal with his b u s i n e s s p a r t n e r, Derek Gaspar, two years ago at its location on the corner of Main S treet and Custer Avenue, right across from the Metra line. The business partners took over a long-time Mexican restaurant and changed the concept. “We didn’t want old school, we wanted it to be contemporary — someplace we would want to go out to,” Gaspar explained. Above: Green Pozoles, with slow roasted pork, homily, charred corn, pickled jalapeños and Avocado in a Both North Shore tomatillo broth at La Principal in Evanston. Right: La margarita at La Principal PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER residents, Gaspar and and Young know a thing or two about restaurants. They’ve owned to Wicker Park to get that current vibe and between creative but approachthe popular Lucky Platter just down the street excellent food,” Gaspar said. Indeed, many of able,” he said. La Principal is open for lunch for about four years. Young is also a trained chef their customers are regulars, stopping by two who worked for the restaurant group Lettuce or three times a week to grab a bite. and dinner, but weekday mornings While the menu is heavy on tacos, there are there is also a breakfast take-out Entertain You, as well as Restaurant Michael, plenty of other unique dishes to choose from. window for commuters headed for in Winnetka. The ahogado torta is a standout, comprised the Metra station. In addition to With the exception of the kitchen, the space was completely gut-renovated. An expansive of achiote seasoned pork, black beans, red onions serving their own blend of South bar was installed in the front of the restaurant, and chile broth. “It’s engaging and fun and a American coffee, they also offer with a lounge area outfitted with comfortable little bit messy,” Derek said. The pozoles are churros, breakfast tacos and chairs and a coffee table near windows that also popular dishes. Young described a pozole Mexican hot chocolate. overlook Main Street. Green and red decor as a cross between a soup and a stew, perfect While La Principal is undoubtbrighten up the space, while the tall original comfort food as it starts to get chilly outside. edly popular with the neighbors, The starter menu includes elotes — charred it’s also become a go-to spot for ceiling was left exposed. The partners hired what they described as a corn on the cob served with mayonnaise, cotija nonprofits. For the past year, “vigilante street artist” to paint murals of cheese and chile seasoning — their riff on a Young and Gaspar donate $1 of animals throughout the restaurant. A large popular Mexican street food. every taco sold on the last Tuesday And let’s not forget the tacos, since you can’t of the month to various local nonfalcon in the bar area— complete with baby chicks hidden near the windows — is a nod to have Mexican street food without tacos. There profits that include JJ’s List, PTA’s the Evanston Public Library’s resident family is a full assortment to choose from, including and the local schools, among of falcons located not too far from the restau- mescal battered cod, chicken braised in chipo- others. tle and the always popular al pastor. There is rant. La Principal definitely achieves a neighbor- even a braise beef tongue taco, which you don’t La Principal is located at 700 hood feel, someplace people keep coming back find everywhere. But when creating the menu, Main Street, Evanston. For more to. “It’s a city neighborhood restaurant. It has Young tried to steer clear of ingredients people information go to www.laprincipaan urban feel to it so you don’t need to go out don’t recognize. “I tried to strike a balance levanston.com.
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Location: 1350 Arbor Ave Highland Park, IL 60035 Size: 4 Bedrooms / 4 full and 1 half bathrooms Price: $719,000 Complete rebuild of 4 bedroom 4.1 bath home on extra wide fenced lot in Sherwood Forest featuring an open concept floor plan with high end finishes and extensive millwork. All white kitchen with Bosch stainless steel appliances, sprawling quartz countertops, and island with eating space opens to large sunny family room with sliding door to brick paver patio. Separate dining room, first floor laundry room/mudroom with lockers and cubbies for storage, and powder
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week; that was nice to see.” Fearlessness, balance and timing, along with a veteran pilot’s air sense, allow Fisch to stick routines — and stick with elite gymnasts at meets. But Fisch knows a gymnast without a sufficient amount of mental toughness is akin to, well, a fish out of water. Doomed to flop. “Gymnastics,” she said, “is 80 percent mental, at least. I was nervous going in [at the Lake County Invite], but what helped me mentally was knowing I had worked hard all week on perfecting [new moves] and getting them as sharp as can be. When you work on something, when you repeat it again and again, you gain confidence. “You know what else helps a gymnast at big meets?” she added. “Adrenaline.” Fisch, a cheerleader in the fall, competes in soccer, too, mostly as a defender and sometimes as a midfielder. Her mother Debbie grew up in the Bay Area in California and has a background in soccer. “My mom,” Fisch said, “has a positive attitude … about everything. It’s one of the reasons I love being around her.” Fisch’s gymnastics team? Its members love being around Fisch. “She’s always in a good mood,” Pasquesi said. “And she’s hilarious. You should hear the voice, a fun voice, she uses to make all of us laugh. You know what else does? She makes up words. Hilarious.” Coach Miles chuckles every time she sees her serious gymnast jump on the back of one of her teammates at a practice or after a meet. It’s a healthy thing, a serial medal collector seeking a fun-loving free ride to alleviate some of the pressure associated with a risky, highly technical sport. “They carry Kristin around without much effort,” Miles said. “It’s like they’re walking around the gym with a backpack.”
It appeared Kristin Fisch had not reached the desired height on a floor-exercise tumbling pass at a recent gymnastics meet. Many gymnasts — in mid-flight — would have panicked or would have braced for a fall or would have hoped for temporary blindness to strike every witness in the gym. Fisch, a Lake Forest High School freshman, did none of the above. The diminutive dynamo relied on her quickness and boundless talent and landed the difficult pass abruptly but cleanly. They call that on-the-fly adjustment a “save” in gymnastics. “She squeezed [her frame], stayed tight,” Gianna Pasquesi, another Scouts freshman
“She practically has to walk before executing each tumbling pass in her floor routine because if she were to run all out, her power would overwhelm the move.”
on varsity, said near the end of the Lake County Invitational on the home mats Jan. 13. “Kristin pulled that off because of her experience; she’s been training at a high level for a long time. She has good form, great skills, and she’s consistent with her skills. “A really good competitor, too,” she added. “Kristin loves to compete.” Fans should have fun with her name. Can you see it? Can you see a spectator standing in a set of bleachers and vigorously waving a poster board with the message, “Go, Fisch”, on it? Fisch went to the awards podium the maximum five times at the 11-team meet last weekend. She topped the field on the balance beam with a 9.5; bronzed in the all-around (36.85) and on vault (9.4); and took fifth on uneven bars (8.85) and on floor (9.1). She added a bale (release move) to her bars routine and performed a standing-back tuck on her beam gig for the first time. “One of the things I love about gymnastics is that feeling of flying during a routine,” said Fisch, a club competitor at Lake Forest-based
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Notable: Lake Forest High School freshman Gianna Pasquesi finished second among teammates in the all-around (18th, 33.3) at the Lake County Invite in the home gym FISCH-ER QUEEN: Kristin Fisch of the Scouts works her way through her floor exercise routine in a Jan. 13. She also tied for seventh place on recent dual meet against Mundelein. She took third place in the all-around at the Lake County Invite. vault with an 8.7. … Senior Jessica PasquePHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER si (32.2) and sophomore Sophie Prozument Flips Gymnastics North Shore since the age ering with a season-high effort of 135.2 points. (31.6) also competed as all-arounders for the of 6. “I get that feeling while doing a double- “She practically has to walk before executing Scouts last weekend. Lake Forest ’s Nelli back on floor and a release move on bars.” each tumbling pass in her floor routine because Fleming contributed a 16th-place 8.7 on vault. Fisch wore her school’s colors in a meet for if she were to run all out, her power would … Scouts freshman Kristin Fisch won the allthe first time on Nov. 29. On Jan. 6, at the overwhelm the move. She knows how to around (35.625) and two events — beam (9.325) Straus Invite at LFHS, Fisch produced an all- compete, knows what it takes to prevent losing and vault (9.5) — in the Scouts’ 136.15-131.25 around score of 36.975 (fourth place), an ag- tenths of a point. loss to visiting Mundelein on Jan. 9. LFHS gregate that ranks eighth all-time at LFHS. “Kristin,” the coach added, “entered high freshman Gianna Pasquesi performed a meetFisch has also achieved Top 10 marks in school with a lot of skills, and she’s doing a best 8.575 vault. … Fisch silvered on floor with program history on beam (9.5) and on vault good job of figuring out where to put her high- a 9.4 (only 0.025 behind champ Kira Karlblom (9.5). level skills in routines. She and Gianna both of Prairie Ridge) at the Straus Invite at Lake “Strong; Kristin is very strong,” said LFHS worked together on adding a bars release move Forest on Jan. 6. LFHS finished eighth (133.3 girls gymnastics coach Megan Miles, whose [before the Lake County Invite]. They worked points) at the 13-team meet. squad finished sixth at the Lake County gath- hard and encouraged each other in practice all
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Tom Brady, meet Andrew Vorobev. The New England Patriots quarterback and Highland Park High School junior swimmer have something in common. Brady helped his Pats to an improbable comeback win — after trailing 28-3 midway through the third quarter — in last year’s Super Bowl. New England was dead in the water against the Atlanta Falcons. Or so it seemed. Vorobev, a junior, and his Highland Park High School swimming mates faced a similarly dire situation in their dual meet with host Deerfield High School on Jan. 12. With three races (100-yard backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 400 freestyle relay) left in the Central Suburban League North splash clash, HP’s Giants had to finish 1-2-3 in the backstroke, 1-2-3 in the breaststroke and first in the final relay to rally from a 20-point deficit and win the meet. Think of a tennis player who’s down 6-0, 5-0 in a tennis match. Think of a batter on a baseball team, trailing 10-0 in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and an 0-2 count. Vorobev climbed a start block for the start of the 100 back. The 6-foot-3, 180-pounder — a state qualifier in the event in his first two seasons and the school-record holder in the event (51.84) — surprised nobody when he touched first with a time of 54.48. A synonym for Andrew Vorobev on that day was “Clear Favorite”. Giants teammates Richard Heller (57.64) and Colby Treschl (1:01.39) finished 2-3. HP’s breaststrokers followed suit, with sophomore Tobe Obochi clocking a first-place 1:02.04 ahead of Konrad Schmid (1:05.73) and Jake Reisner (1:06.7). The comeback’s status: so far, so perfect. Vorobev then served as the lead-off leg of the 400 free unit, and he gave HP a nearly one-and-ahalf-second lead with a 50.37 split. Heller, Schmid and Obochi (anchor split of 49.29) combined for the other 300 yards. HP (3:24.72) beat a Deerfield quartet by a little more than a second to cap the stirring rally — and clinch the 96-90 victory. “Super exciting,” Giants swim coach Tim Sirois said. Maybe more so than that Super Bowl contest in Houston last February. Brady throws for yards; Vorobev swims for yards. And yards and yards and more yards. “His focus … Andrew does not get distracted,” Sirois said of Vorobev, who also set the school record in the 100 butterfly (52.94) last season and swam a leg on two HPHS-record relays (200 medley relay, in 2016; 400 free relay, in ’17). “He sets his eyes on something and goes after it. “But the best thing about him, his top strength, is his work ethic,” the coach added. “Without a doubt it’s his work ethic. You add that to his strong legs, strong core and strong underwaters, and he has all the pieces of an outstanding swimmer.” The son of classical musicians (Vlad Vorobev and
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Andrew Vorobev continues to be one of the headline performers for the Highland Park High School boys swim team.. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
Irina Grigorovich), he was one of the nation’s top butterflyers in his age group (12) some five years ago. He then had to deal with a significant growth spurt at the age of 13.
“You add that [work ethic] to his strong legs, strong core and strong underwaters, and he has all the pieces of an outstanding swimmer.”
“His strength,” Sirois said, “had to catch up with the length of his body.” Vorobev’s frame continues to fill out, thanks to the hours he spends in the weight room. He also works closely on technique with Highland Park Aquatics Club coach Jory Blauer. “Work hard, achieve something — that’s what
swimming has shown me through the years,” said Vorobev, who placed in the top 12 in two events (100 fly and 200 back) at a Speedo Champions Series meet in Minneapolis last summer and qualified to swim at the last two Junior Winter Nationals (West) meets (in Texas and Iowa). “You have to pound your legs in the fly, though there’s more emphasis on leg strength in the backstroke,” he added. “But the mental discipline has to be there, especially in the fly, if you’re looking to succeed. I’ve been fortunate, being able to work with coaches like [Sirois and Blauer].” There’s nothing flashy about Vorobev. During a meet he’s all business, negotiating his way atop a deck with a sturdy posture in between races. He exudes a cool aura, without a hint of cockiness. Right before one of his races, behind a block? Vorobev is the picture of … calm. And focus. You’ve heard, “The play’s the thing.” With Vorobev, replace “play” with “race.” “Great leader,” Obochi said. “Andrew is firm but quiet as a leader. I’ve never heard him get loud around his teammates. Real fast; Andrew is fast. Tall, too.” Both Vorobev and Obochi stood out for the Giants at the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association (NISCA) Power Point Invitational in the home pool on Jan. 13. Vorobev earned 225 points (third place) in the meet’s unique format, three spots ahead of Obochi’s 204-point effort. Vorobev sped to first place in the 100 fly (53.36) and added a third-place showing in the 100 back (55.44); Obochi topped the field in the 100 breaststroke with a 1:02.5 and placed fourth in the 100 free (50.92).
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Both swam legs on two top-four relays. The pair combined with Heller and Alex Gordon to finish fourth in the 200 medley relay (1:42.97) and then joined Schmid and Heller for a third-place 3:27.03 in the 400 free relay. Sirois’ crew finished runner-up (3,447 points) to Whitney Young High School (3,572) at the nineteam meet. “Andrew is a matter-of-fact swimmer,” Sirois said. “I have him in my stats class, where he’s a matterof-fact student. But there’s another side to him. He was asked [by another publication] recently to name the person he would most like to join for dinner. Andrew chose his brother [Grinnell College sophomore and former HPHS swimmer Alex Grigorovich], because he misses him. I thought that was touching. “That’s who Andrew is,” the coach added. Notable: Before Highland Park’s boys swimming and diving team won the final three events in its dramatic 96-90 defeat of host Deerfield on Jan. 12, it received victorious swims in four races: 200 medley relay (1:42.24 — Richard Heller, Tobe Obochi, Andrew Vorobev and Alex Gordon); 200 IM (Obochi, 2:07.91); 100 fly (Vorobev 52.99); and 100 free (Heller, 51.56). … Heller touched fourth (56.61 in the 100 backstroke, and teammate Konrad Schmid finished fourth in the 200 IM (2:10.26) at the NISCA Power Point Invite at HPHS on Jan. 13. HP’s Jake Reisner contributed a fifth-place showing in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.45).
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There’s no mystery with the Murdocks Talented twins are a duo threat on a nightly basis for New Trier girls basketball team BY BILL MCLEAN SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM
raucous crowd, she made a nifty move at the beginning of a dribble drive to create a clear path for herself. Her ensuing layup made it a 41-41 game with 3:36 left in the fourth quarter. Maggie, no doubt, has attempted to halt that move a time or 200 in between games. “We like to go one-on-one, work on our games and battle together, either at LA Fitness or here (NTHS),” Cate says. Their father Sean is an Evanston graduate and a University of Notre Dame alumnus. Mom Bridget, a Lyons Township product with a background in gymnastics, also graduated from ND, a school Cate and Maggie are considering in their college searches. The twins are interested in math and science. “I see Maggie as a physical therapist after college,” Cate says. “It wouldn’t surprise me,” Maggie says, “if Cate becomes a nurse.” Each twin has a reason for her career prediction for the other. Maggie has dealt with knee issues in her playing career, and Cate underwent an appendectomy in her sophomore year. Their primary focus, beginning next month: Operation Lengthy Postseason Run. Or something like that. “We’re already halfway through this season,” Maggie says with an incredulous look. “The last three seasons — they went by so quickly. Now this one; it’s doing the same thing.” “Crazy,” adds Cate. “High school years go fast, way too fast, especially this one. I don’t like it.”
The New Trier girls basketball roster lists senior Cate Murdock as a 5-foot-9 guard. Her twin Maggie, another guard, stands 5-8, according to the roster. “False, false, false … that’s false,” Maggie Murdock, beaming and standing about a foot from Cate after a recent home game, insists. “We’re the same height.” Maggie wants to prove it, right then and there. So she gently bumps the right side of her body into Cate’s left side, settles down and stands still. Cate stands still, too. “See,” says Maggie, motioning her left hand slightly above both heads. “We’re the same
“We like to go one-onone, work on our games and battle together, either at LA Fitness or here (NTHS).”
height.” Most of their statistical averages through Jan. 15 (for a 15-5 team) could share a wardrobe without ever having to worry about finding a tailor. Cate: 23 minutes, 10.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.6 steals, 1.8 deflections.. Maggie: 22 minutes, 8.9 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.9 steals, 1.9 deflections. Maggie — a point guard and a shooting guard — handles the ball more often than Cate does, but they defend perimeter players with approaches that are hard to differentiate. Cate and Maggie trapped an Evanston Wildkit near midcourt in the fourth quarter of a 52-45 home loss on Jan. 12, resulting in a jump ball. Cate was saddled with four fouls at the time. “Both work hard, really hard,” Trevians coach Teri Rodgers says of the Glencoe residents and third-year varsity hoopsters. “Nobody outworks Cate and Maggie. And they’re coachable, very good listeners.” They were competitive gymnasts once upon a time, before realizing their love for executing plays on hardwood surpassed their love for executing routines on mats in the seventh grade. One of the twins’ three younger sisters, NT
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Notable: Cate Murdock tossed in a gamehigh-tying 14 points and grabbed a team-best seven rebounds in NT’s 52-45 loss to visiting Evanston on Jan. 12. The setback left the sophomore Maeve Murdock, tied for first place This winter it might be hard for Cate to top Trevians with a 4-2 mark in the Central Subon the balance beam at the state gymnastics what Maggie did at the end of a game against urban League South, with both losses coming meet last winter. Volleyball is Cara Murdock’s Stevenson at the Dundee-Crown Holiday Touragainst Evanston’s Wildkits. Trevians sophomore main sport, and the twins see Nora Murdock nament on Dec. 29. With her team down 45-44 reserve guard Tinah Hong scored 11, including majoring in basketball — and becoming the and the ball in her hands at midcourt, Maggie a three-pointer that gave the hosts a 35-34 lead shoved a shot as the clock melted toward 0:00 tallest of the five sisters. in the final minute of the third quarter. The “You have to have a lot of mental toughness in regulation. Trevians had trailed 23-10 early in the second Cate had to view the launch from the bench, in gymnastics; Maeve has that,” Maggie says. quarter before closing the frame with an 8-2 “It’s such an important part of that sport. The since she had fouled out earlier in the quarter. run. NT senior forward Jacqueline Vinson finThe ball fell through the net, and a jubilant amount she has, how she’s able to use it to focus ished with seven points (all after halftime) and on all of her routines … it’s impressive.” bunch of Trevs rushed to celebrate a 47-45 four rebounds. Senior guard Maggie Murdock Cate Murdock, five minutes older than her victory with a certain guard who must have felt contributed five points and six boards, and junior twin, earned all-Central Suburban League South considerably taller than 5-9. forward/center Taite Ryan had four points and honors last year after pacing an 18-10 squad in “Nearly a swish,” Maggie recalls. “As I watched four rebounds. “We battled and played hard,” points per game (10.9), assists (72) and steals the shot, I had a good feeling about it.” Trevians coach Teri Rodgers said. “I liked our (50). Maggie Murdock averaged 8.1 points, shot Cate’s top 2017-18 moment to date was a resiliency.” … NT improved to 15-5 with its a team-best 41.9 percent (57-for-136) from clutch reverse layup late in a loss to host Evan47-30 defeat of Wheaton North at the Subway three-point range and ranked second among ston on Dec. 1. In the teams’ second matchup Shootout at Willowbrook on Jan. 13. at New Trier last weekend, in front of a packed, teammates in assists with 60. SEEING DOUBLE: Cate and Maggie Murdock wait at the scorer’s table during New Trier’s home game against Evanston on Jan. 12. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER
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Nahigian has something to CROYA about his bachelor’s degree in psychology at Miami (Ohio) University. He graduated from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology (Chicago) with a master’s degree in clinical psychology in 1994. If only I had brought a bunch of apples with While serving as a Northern Suburban my pad of paper and pen. Special Education District (NSSED) Well into my breakfast with Todd Nahigian at youth counselor, he ran into Lynne Egg Harbor Café in Lake Forest, the Committee Siegel — another 1988 Glenbrook Representing Our Young Adults (CROYA) South graduate — at Lake Bluff manager informs me he loves to juggle. Middle School one day. Siegel was “I started juggling when I was 12,” Nahigian there to promote CROYA pro— 47 years old and a perpetually animated father grams. of 9-year-old twin daughters Addison and Brooke “Lynne told me about an — says over his order of a glass of water and a opening [for a youth worker] at skillet (no eggs) of bacon, ham, sausage, cheese CROYA,” recalls Nahigian, who and potatoes. had experience as a camp coun“Baseballs; I started with baseballs,” he adds. “I selor and youth baseball umpire. “She knew I was outgoing, cared about kids and the community, and that I was passionate about working with kids. My final interview with Teens are afraid to CROYA was with teens; that was intense. They wanted to know my comlet go of friends, mitment, hoping it was five years. Five years — I loved hearing that.” even the friends What he was excited to hear at Wildwho are negative fire, a restaurant in Lincolnshire, circa 2001: “Yes.” His girlfriend, Amy, had influences, because uttered the word. Nahigian had proposed to her at their table. teens have a fear of “We had our first date at that having no friends. restaurant, back when Match.com was fairly new,” says Nahigian, a Lake Zurich resident. “I had to ask her to marry me there a year and a half later; that was our now juggle apples, sometimes while entertaining place, a special people at parties. Oh, and I eat them while I’m place. The wait juggling them.” staff knew what Nahigian continues to enjoy handling and was coming. managing his variety of challenging duties at Lake “People all Forest-based CROYA, an organization serving around us,” seventh-12th grade students in Lake Forest, Lake he adds, Bluff and Knollwood. Established in 1980, it “cheered.” provides youth meetings, community service projAmy ects, leadership training, social programs and is a School retreats. “Teens want to be unique and fit in and be District accepted … that’s not always easy,” says Nahigian, 2 1 4 hired as a CROYA youth worker in 1995, a posi- special tion he held until 2000. “But here’s the scary part: e d u Teens are afraid to let go of friends, even the cation friends who are negative influences, because teens c o orhave a fear of having no friends. “Teen years,” he adds, “are loaded with ups and downs and struggles. At CROYA, one of our goals is to connect kids with others and help them discover they are not alone. That’s a huge eyeopener for some, knowing others are out there dealing with the same kind of volatility and identity issues.” Nahigian grew up in Northfield, graduated from Glenbrook South High in 1988 and earned
dinator. “Great mother, great spouse,” Amy’s husband says. “She’s also patient and gregarious, with a wonderful smile.” We return to the topic of CROYA. The organization’s 11-week Peer Training program is on his mind. CROYA staff and social workers at Lake Forest High School meet with students once per week during the students’ study hall periods. The course teaches active listening, problem solving and how to be an effective leader — in and out of school — and a better friend. “The program was designed with the understanding that a kid in need will likely turn to a peer for help before he or she turns to an adult,” says Nahigian, CROYA’s manager since 2010. “The course provides youth with tools to support themselves and others when they are dealing with difficult issues, and it encourages youth to find an adult when situations are serious. “We can’t do this alone, and that’s why we work closely with schools and principals.” Nahigian played baseball in his freshman year at Glenbrook South. Music then entered his life. Goodbye, bat and glove. Hello, trumpet and marching band. He performed “America the Beautiful” with band members at Soldier Field during halftime of a Chicago Bears game in 1987. “My parents [Dee and Mary Ellen] were extremely supportive when I was young, always interested in what I was doing,” says Nahigian, who has two brothers and a sister. “They wanted to know my dreams They inspired me and guided me well. Great listeners. They knew their kids would have ups and downs, and during the down times, they were there, always there, to offer support. I consider them two of my best friends. “One of the many rewards of my career at CROYA is being able to provide kids in need with a structure and foundation to set them on a path to happiness and fulfillment.”
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