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North Shore Weekend NEWS 08 Quick studies

Students — even first-graders — are getting assigned more and more homework.

Does it improve learning or simply cause stress and fatigue?

12 News Digest

A summary of news that’s happened around the North Shore and a preview of upcoming events.

LIFESTYLE & ARTS 15 Social Whirl

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Take a look at some of the top parties attended by North Shore residents recently.

HOME & DESIGN 20 Towering above

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REAL ESTATE 24 North Shore Offerings

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LAST BUT NOT LEAST… 43 Sunday Breakfast

John Tillman, chief executive officer of the Illinois Policy Institute, offers his takes on the state of the state — as well as the recent gubernatorial election.

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n a narrow one-way street lined with apartment buildings, I walk underneath a “Happy Birthday” sign to enter the first New York restaurant dedicated to deep-dish pizza A few drinkers chat at the eight-stool bar as The Allman Brothers Band booms from the speakers.

Then Emmett Burke enters.

The Lake Forest native launched Emmett’s on MacDougal Street a year ago (thus the birthday sign). He shakes hands with a man at the bar and takes a seat at one of the handful of tables.

“When we first opened, people came in because they thought it was a bar,” says Burke, sporting a beard and wearing a sweatshirt. “We’d bring out pizzas and they’d say, ‘What are those?’ They were shocked.”

New Yorkers have always preferred wood-fired, thin-crust pizzas. Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” has railed against Chicago’s version. But in a short time, Emmett’s has become immensely popular. It even garnered a profile in The New Yorker’s Food & Drink section. Notes the magazine, “The crust, with a two-inch edge, is layered first with mozzarella, then toppings — the excellent spicy, fennelseed-inflected sausage and peppers, onions, and mushrooms are a classic combo.”

Of course, the occasional deep-dish chain — such as Pizzeria Uno — has set up shop in Manhattan.

And two other spots offer deep-dish pizza, but it’s merely a part of a wider menu.

At Emmett’s, don’t expect the chance to order burgers. It’s all pizza.

“It’s been successful for three reasons,” Burke says. “One, our deep-dish pizza is really good, which lets me sleep at night. Two, we’re in a neighborhood. We have a lot of regular customers. Third was having my brother Dilon involved to help.” In fact, Burke and three of his four siblings all live within a few blocks of the restaurant.

The eclectic décor at Emmett’s includes a car grill and headlights hanging above the kitchen entrance

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and the cover photo from the mid-1970s album “Act Like Nothing’s Wrong” by Al Kooper. Burke created the pizza recipe and the menu, which features four deep-dish sizes ranging from eight inches to 14 inches and also includes one thin-crust option.

Cooked in cast-iron pans, pizzas cost as little as $16. Asked about the difference in the way New Yorkers order deep dish, Burke notes, “Sausage is not as popular in New York. They prefer pepperoni.”

As a teenager, Burke delivered pizzas for six years NOV E MB E R 28 ñ D E C E MB E R 1 4 , 20 1 4 for both Ferentino’s locations in Lake Forest.

“It was a great job,” he recalls. “You got to see all all YVes delorMe parts of town and interact with people.” off Nov. 28th – Dec. 14th After graduating from Lake Forest High School, he headed to Fordham University in the Bronx.

“When I got to New York, I was floored they didn’t have deep-dish pizza,” Burke says.

During his sophomore year, he was asked to design a company from start to finish. His choice?

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12/2/14 “I said, ‘If someone does this before me, I won’t12.14 BSM NSW YDL Holiday promoindd 1 be able to live with myself.’ “ By the time Burke needs to end our chat to serve drinks behind the bar, Emmett’s — not much bigger than a studio apartment — is getting packed.

“When it gets busy, people say, ‘Don’t you want a bigger place?’ he says. “I say no. It would take away from the experience.”

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All in a night’s work

Homework helps children learn time management — but it can hamper a balanced life ■ by bill mclean Traci Groff could sense her daughter Katherine — a busy, conscientious sixth-grader who attends Highcrest Middle School in Wilmette — needed to escape the temporary throes of a challenging homework assignment one night.

Katherine was nearing the 90th minute of her study session. Exasperation had replaced focus.

“It looked like she would have to spend another hour or longer on what she was doing,” Traci Groff recalls. “She appeared overwhelmed.”

The mother of two then intervened, encouraging Katherine to head to the basement and execute handstands for at least five minutes. Katherine got up, descended stairs and assumed the heels-over-head stance.

Following the break, she returned to her homework as a wholly different person: refreshed, eager, resolved.

The 12-year-old finished what she was doing in what had to feel like breakneck speed — 20 minutes.

“She got the blood flowing to the brain and had a whole new outlook,” Traci Groff says.

The 2009 documentary “Race to Nowhere” cited the over-scheduling, over-testing and relentless pressure to achieve among students in the United States. A study by the University of Michigan a decade ago found that homework for six-to-17-year-old children had increased about 50 percent since 1981 to nearly four hours a night, putting tremendous pressure on first-graders. On the North Shore, how much homework is too much for a middle school student who has logged about six hours a day in classrooms?

“Spending six hours at night doing homework is unhealthy,” says Glenbrook North High School Principal Paul Pryma. “Spending three hours is unreasonable.

“These young people have lives,” he adds. “Young people need to have the joyful curiosity of learning, something all of us could use … older students, parents, teachers, other professionals. You don’t want too much homework to discourage the curiosity of learning at such a young age, and what concerns me is the push for standardized test accountability is palpable in Illinois and might turn learning into too much of a chore.”

That age-old skill — effective time management — is what parents want to see their children develop, especially when their children have to juggle homework, extracurricular activities and family time after the bell signaling the end of the last period sounds.

Music to Greg Kapsimalis’ ears is, well, music he hears at Carthage College in Kenosha, Wis. The Glenview resident and New Trier High School assistant varsity boys basketball coach accompanies his daughters to the Christmas Concert each year at the college during the crazy-busy month of December. Alexa, an eighth-grader, and Maddie, a sixth-grader, attend Attea Middle School in Glenview.

Do you think the amount of homework your child is assigned is beneficial or harmful? Share your thoughts at the following link: http://dailynorthshore. com/2014/12/05/homework “It’s mostly manageable, the hours they spend on homework at night, and Attea does a good job of encouraging its students to be balanced,” the father says. “But when one of our daughters is going at it for more than two hours … that’s when I begin to notice some strain. You never want too much homework to cut into family time, so that’s why I like to plan activities — around this time of year — to allow our daughters to spend four to five consecutive hours with the family.”

Triplets Alexandra, Haley and Lauren Zarek of Lake Forest are 12-year-old sixth-graders at Deer Path Middle School. They typically open their school-issued Chromebooks and do their homework at the kitchen table for approximately two hours per day, sometimes longer.

“What I like noticing is the interaction going on while they’re doing their homework,” says their mother, Casandra.

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“If one gets stuck on something, she asks her sisters for help before asking me. They like to be together at home after essentially being separated at school all day.”

Lauren Zarek — an avid reader, musician and athlete (cross country and track) — only feels stressed about her homework when she has to complete it before school the following morning.

“That happens maybe 10-15 times a year,” she figures.

“What I try to do every day is finish all of my homework before dinner so I don’t have to worry about it when we’re eating together as a family. If I manage my time well, that’s what happens.

“I often take advantage of study hall [30 minutes, after her last class] at school to start my homework.”

For Emily Lorenz, a seventh-grader at Wilmette Junior High, a normal homework session lasts between 60-90 minutes. A commitment to dance keeps her at the school until 4:30 p.m. three days per week.

“I think her volume of homework is realistic; it’s a sufficient amount of time,” says her mother, Terri, who dubbed herself an “overachiever” back in her school days and loved doing homework while growing up in Lincolnshire. “The school’s administration works hard at helping the students manage their schedules and develop their coping skills. It’s a big focus — time management. And parents are thankful for that.”

Alfie Kohn, the father of two children, has written more than a dozen books about education and human behavior, including “The Homework Myth.” He claims there is no research that shows homework in elementary and middle school has any benefit. A 2012 study, digital correspondent Kelly Wallace cites at CNN.com, found no relationship between the amount of time spent on homework and grades, but it revealed “a positive link between homework and performance on standardized tests.”

An earlier homework studies analysis, she adds, concluded homework reaches the point of diminishing return at “around 90 minutes” for junior high school students.

At Montessori schools, where creative thinking and innovation is championed above rote learning, homework is rare. It often doesn’t start until seventh grade. According to the website of Forest Bluff School in Lake Bluff, because students “have not been overwhelmed with homework from the age of six, they approach their at-home assignments with fresh energy and interest.”

Katherine Groff — the ace student/standout handstand artist from Wilmette — manages to find time in her days to play travel soccer, travel field hockey and the violin, as well as attend bible study classes, youth group meetings, Girl Scouts get-togethers and church orchestra rehearsals.

The commitments are staggered throughout the week, thankfully, and she shoehorns a good night’s sleep in between dinner and breakfast.

“There’s a lot there, yes,” Traci Groff admits. “But she makes good use of her time in the car by doing homework on her way to field hockey [in Northbrook] and on her way to Bible study [farther west].

“Parents in this area want their children to be challenged,” she adds, “but they also want their children to become wellrounded individuals who live whole lives, happy lives.”

Pryma has spent 35 years of his life in education, positively impacting all kinds of young lives as a teacher, coach and administrator. In his mind, standardized test scores have little to do with the number of hours students devote to homework each night; they’re more likely related to what goes on in classrooms each day.

“If a student is engaged and enjoys the process of learning, good scores will follow,” Pryma insists. “Students that are inspired to want to learn … the artistry of teaching forms that inspiration, helps that inspiration come into play.

“What I’ve noticed from the students today is they’re reading more, writing more. And their writing — it’s better than ever, even in the tweet-text-email-Facebook culture we’re living in now. They’re communicating complex ideas electronically in a minimal number of words.” ■

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School program gets up a full head of STEAM ■ by sam eichner

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Of all the remarkable features of Lake Forest Country Day School’s Science, Technology, Education, Arts, and Mathematics (STEAM) program — and there are quite a few — the most impressive might be how absorbed the students are in the task at hand.

This shouldn’t come as a huge surprise. The program’s classes are, after all, interesting, creative, and fun. One middle-school class has its students designing and playing each other’s video games; in another, a group of seventhgraders gather around a Lego Robotics arena, clicking and typing away on their computer screens. Some sit in pairs on the tops of desks, working independent of any strict oversight, while others congregate in the hall to collaborate on an ongoing project. Walking through the school, it is often difficult to discern the boundaries of each classroom — where one ends and the other begins.

Which makes sense, given that STEAM is an educational doctrine that seeks to pragmatically combine elements of each subject into a single “meta discipline.”

“It’s moved to a more formalized program,” says Sandy Bullard, a former teacher and the head of Lake Forest Country Day’s Lower School, which comprises grades one through four. “It’s much more spiraling now and covers different topics all the way through, so that the vocabulary and knowledge builds on itself.”

The STEAM classes are integrated into the Upper School, which includes grades five through eight. The curriculums are designed in a way that allows the classes to seamlessly overlap with more standard middle school

subjects. Digital arts, for example, works in tandem with visual arts but also incorporates elements of English and mathematics. For seventh graders, an entire, year-long project revolves around one theme — how to teach someone to overcome his or her fears — through which students must utilize knowledge pertaining to business, storytelling, and even chemistry.

Bullard says this structure helps to engender the type of “aha” moments normally reserved for college, as students start to perceive how threads of one discipline connect to those of another. These interdisciplinary connections, she notes, are critical in terms of inciting students’ curiosity, and getting them to ask the right sort of questions.

Bob Whelan, Lake Forest Country Day’s Head of School, says STEAM also reflects a shift in education towards an experiential learning style, which becomes especially important when viewed in the context of society at large: with the ubiquity of the Internet, simply acquiring knowledge is no longer as important as cultivating ways in which to meaningfully apply it.

“If we can get you to do something, rather than telling you something, it’s going to have a much more lasting effect,” Whelan says.

Despite the relatively high cost of the program, Whelan is confident that, as demand for this type of learning increases, more schools will be making this type of commitment in the years to come.

“We’re going to have to continue to be an economy of ideas and entrepreneurship,” he says. “Our ability, at the earliest age, to help plant the seed for this kind of curiosity and innovation and design thinking is essential.” ■

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The Shanty, the eatery featured on the Food Network Channel’s “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives,” has added to its cuisine with a new menu, Eleven.

Launched in November, the menu — the Wadsworth restaurant›s 11th (hence the name) —features farm-to-table offerings, said Dimitri Kallianis. Thirteen new dishes and 11 new sauces are available at the place located on Route 41.

One of the new daily aged beef dishes is a 12-ounce bone-in filet mignon topped with imported French Brie over a red wine reduction sauce.

Lake Forest resident Mike Conklin, a career Chicago Tribune journalist, will discuss the passing of Chicago’s golden era for print journalism in a multi-media presentation on Tuesday, Dec. 9 in the Harold Washington Library. The event is scheduled for 6-7 p.m. in the central library’s video conference center.

Conklin will outline key events and institutions that made up Chicago’s colorful newspaper history and highlight contributions by journalists such as Eugene Field, Carl Sandburg, Ben Hecht, Sigrid Schultz, and Mike Royko.

The Glencoe Village Caucus and Glencoe School Board Caucus will present their slates for Village Board, Park Board, Library Board and School Board at a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at 7:30 p.m. at Central School’s Young Auditorium.

The Town Hall meeting will provide a chance to meet the candidates and to sign petitions to put their names on the ballot for the April 2015 election. In addition, an amendment proposing changes to the duties and responsibilities of the Caucus Advisory Council will be presented for approval.

Highland Park Desirée Ruhstrat, David Cunliffe and Marta Aznavoorian The Lincoln Trio performs nearly all of early 20th-century Spanish composer Joaquín Turina’s chamber music for multiple strings and piano on its second and newest Cedille Records album.

Lincoln Trio members husband and wife Desirée Ruhstrat (violin) and David Cunliffe (cello) of Highland Park and Marta Aznavoorian (piano) of Glencoe said they created the all-Turina program in response to concertgoers’ enthusiasm for the Trio No. 1 in D Major, one of the first works the ensemble adopted into its repertoire.

The Highland Park Strings will present a holiday gift to the community with a complimentary program on Sunday, Dec. 7.

The classical music concert is open to all ages and set for 3 p.m. at Highland Park High School.

The performance will feature the orchestra along with special guests, the Grammy-Award-nominated Lincoln Trio.

They will perform two rarely heard pieces — the “Suite for Violin, Cello and Strings” by Kurt Atterberg and the “Concertino for Piano Trio and Strings” by Bohuslav Martinu.

The Strings will play the “Holberg Suite” by Edvard Grieg and the “Serenade for Strings” by Victor Herbert.

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What do former President Woodrow Wilson and actress Mary Tyler Moore have in common? They both were guests at one of the locations featured in this year’s Winter Wonderwalk & Holiday Boutique benefit for Woodlands Academy of the Sacred Heart.

This is one of the four architecturally significant Lake Forest homes that will be part of the Winter Wonderwalk Housewalk Tours from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10.

For more information, contact Tami Rocha at trocha@ woodlandsacademy.org.

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Lake Forest Country Day School will participate in an international computer science program known as The Hour of Code from Monday, Dec. 8 through Saturday, Dec. 14.

This year’s Hour of Code will be the single largest learning event in history, with an estimated 100 million students participating. It aims to generate excitement around the principles and topics that underpin computer programming and computer science learning. ■

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Author’s works embrace contemporary America ■ by katie rose mceneely New York Times best-selling and Edgar Award-winning author Lisa Scottoline will visit Barnes & Noble at Westfield Old Orchard on Friday, Dec. 5 at 5 p.m. to discuss her new novel, “Betrayed.”

Reading: I’m in the midst of research, so I just finished a book called “The Sociopath Next Door” by Martha Stout.

I read very widely — I’m just a big book fan, and I love to do research.

Listening: I just listened to my own audio book — it was wonderful. Maria Bello did the audio. I don’t get to hear that until late in the game. I know what’s in the book because I wrote it, but the audio doesn’t get produced until the end.

I loved it, which is not always an experience I have. For my nonfiction memoirs I write with my daughter, we recorded that audio, and it gave me new appreciation for how difficult it is.

I’m just about to start listening to this podcast, “Serial.” It’s crime fiction. I love that stuff. I’m fascinated by that, by these questions, and that’s why I write about them.

Watching: I am embarrassed to say that I did not get to see “The Wire” the first time around. Now that I’m off deadline and about to start touring, I watched all five years of it. I thought it was amazing and great and deserved all the praise it got.

I have an office in my home and I have the TV on 24/7 — I can ignore it when I want to. I like to know what going on

in the culture, and since my novels are so firmly set in contemporary America, it’s important to know. You have to live in the world.

Following: I really do read a lot of news. Pennsylvania’s had a real crisis of judicial corruption, and I’ve been following that pretty closely. I’m thinking about writing a book based on that — fiction.

All the books I write are about justice.

“Betrayed” is about the murder of an undocumented person. What happens with that? Does it get investigated the same? There’s a lawlessness within the law. Undocumented people can’t call upon the police and don’t. It’s very interesting to see what people do in the absence of law and how that impacts their lives.

Anything I read or follow or hear about feeds into whatever I’m writing.

Activity: My signings are fun. I do not read to anyone. What I like to do is get to know everyone — I’m pretty entertaining, and I’ll answer any questions. I like to talk about the writing process. I talk about the behind-the-scenes, the research for the book. It’s all about connection. I hug everybody. Expect to be hugged!

Eating: I’m in Whole Foods. I’m feasting on the samples of pumpkin cream cheese on some sort of cracker. It’s like pumpkin pie on a stick.

What is your favorite mistake?

Last night I had three helpings of pasta with Rayo sauce. If I start eating pasta — three helpings. I’ve made that mistake often. That’s my all-time favorite mistake. ■

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■ by johnson ho

There are times when only a big statement in wine seems sufficiently impressive at a broiled beast meal. The field bristles with titans of tannins ready to knock your senses silly but only a few that show signs of complex talents.

Here is a lesson on how to avoid the big, bad and ugly versus finding civil wine for muscle-strutting food challenges.

Saturday Dinner 2007 Cardinale, Napa; $118 One of the earliest pioneers of mountain-grown grapes who also mastered the art of blending flavor harmonies like the Grands Crus of France. The approach of finding the best sites for vineyards often required building private roads to treacherously remote hillsides that benefited from perfect sun exposure and soil composition. After decades of massive investments, five distinct vineyard sources provide a palette of aroma and taste expressions, which the winemaker corrals into an opulent, balanced, esthetically exciting symphony.

Perennially top ranked, this is brawn with brains in a goblet, perfect for a cut of gamey beast over a flame. Best 7-12 years from vintage after half an hour of decanting.

Midweek Meal 2010 Mount Brave, Mount Veeder, Napa; $79 Whenever there are leftover barrels of wine that did not fit into the final blend of the Cardinale, the winemaker creates a Cabernet from the Mount Veeder vineyard, highly prized for its velvety tannins and sumptuous aftertaste. The target audience is value-conscious oenophiles at steakhouses who have expense-account limits or those seeking a powerful yet mellow Cabernet that tackles the steak — but not the drinker’s palate.

Still small and obscure, Mt. Brave is destined to become a trusted star on the gourmet circuit in the years to come. Best 5-10 years from vintage, after half an hour of decanting.

Best Value 2010 Artesa Estate Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa; $47 When sticker shock for the old guard of big Cabernets or tannin fatigue set in, try this sub-Arnold Schwarzenegger-sized choice from a rising star at the western edge of Napa. The Pacific breeze and steep slopes provide welcome cool temperatures as well as superior drainage. They in turn ensure lower alcohol content, more freshness of flavor and beautiful palate-cleansing charm.

For fans of harmony, complexity and leaner muscularity to complement ribs, veal, pork or lamb dishes, this handsome choice is more of a soccer player than a football tackler! Best 4-12 years from vintage, after half an hour of decanting.

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socials 13th Annual Fur Ball photography by johnny blackstone, rich chen, and sparenga photography PAWS Chicago, the area’s largest no-kill humane organization, hosted its 13th annual Fur Ball at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. It raised a recordbreaking $1.6 million, which will go to expand its lifesaving programs that reduce the number of homeless animals killed each year.

Many pets were guests of their owners, as supporters enjoyed an auction and dancing as well as a mingling with Smashing Pumpkins’ frontman Billy Corgan of Highland Park. pawschicago.org

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Bacon-Wrapped Maple Pork Loin For brining pork 8 cups water 1/3 cup kosher salt 2 tablespoons maple syrup (Grade B or amber) 1/2 teaspoon crushed black peppercorns 2 sprigs fresh sage 1 large garlic clove, smashed 1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf 1 (4- to 4 1/2 pound) boneless pork loin roast, trimmed 1. Brine pork: Combine all brining ingredients except pork loin in a 3- to 4-quart saucepan and heat over high heat, stirring, until salt is dissolved. Pour brine into a deep 4- to 5-quart pot; cool to room temperature, uncovered, about 2 hours. 2. Add pork to brine, making sure it is completely covered by brine, and marinate, covered and chilled, 8 to 24 hours. 3. Roast pork: Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 350°F. Pat pork dry (discard brine) and remove any strings, then

For roasting pork 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 2 tablespoons fresh sage, finely chopped 3 tablespoons maple syrup (Grade B or amber) 16 bacon slices (about 1 pound) 1 tablespoon cider vinegar 1/2 teaspoon cornstarch 1 teaspoon water transfer to a roasting pan. Stir together garlic, sage, and 1 tablespoon syrup in a small bowl and rub all over pork.

Lay bacon slices crosswise over loin, overlapping slightly, and tuck ends of bacon underneath loin. 4. Roast pork until thermometer registers 140°F, about 1 1/4 hours. Stir together 1 tablespoon syrup and vinegar until combined.

Brush vinegar mixture over bacon slices and continue to roast pork until thermometer registers 150°F, about 10 minutes more. Remove from

MAKES 6-8 servings

oven and let stand in pan 15 minutes. Transfer roast to a cutting board with a lip, reserving juices in pan, and let roast stand, uncovered, while making sauce. 5.

Skim fat from pan juices and discard, then transfer jus to a small saucepan and bring to a simmer. Stir together cornstarch and water and whisk into jus.

Simmer, stirring, until slightly thickened, about 1 minute.

Remove from heat and stir in remaining tablespoon syrup.

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Couple brings new definition to alphabet soup ■

by joanna brown

I wrote a few weeks ago about the importance of celebrating each and every anniversary, not just the big ones like 10 years of wedded bliss and 25 years. Each is a celebration of the life you’ve built with your spouse, and anything that takes so much hard work deserves to be celebrated.

Shortly thereafter, I heard from Wilmette residents Cindy and Craig Dooley, who’ve found a special way to celebrate each year together.

“We go out to dinner at a restaurant that begins with the letter of the alphabet that corresponds to the number of years we’ve been married. For example, on our first anniversary, we went to an A restaurant, second anniversary was B, and so on,” they wrote in an email.

This year was especially challenging, they explained. Their 17th year together dictated that they find a restaurant whose name started with Q. They snatched victory from the jaws of defeat (and narrowly avoided a romantic evening in the sandwich shop Quiznos) when they found Quince in Evanston.

Over the years they’ve enjoyed anniversary dinners at several local restaurants,

including EJ’s Place in Skokie, Flight in Glenview, and Evanston favorites Jackie’s Bistro, Koi and Oceanique.

“We love our anniversary tradition because we can always remember what we did for a specific anniversary just by remembering the letter,” their email continued.

“The planning and anticipation of finding just the right restaurant is fun, too. It allows us to enjoy restaurants that we never would have discovered otherwise.”

Sometimes the restaurants give the Dooleys a complimentary dessert, a menu, or another small souvenir to mark the occasion.

But if they want to raise the bar for next year and make it a really special night, I suggest they plan ahead. Allan Zinkann, general manager of Karma Asian Food and Fine Wine in Mundelein, offered a few suggestions. He’s seen all of these acts during his career in the hospitality industry: • Ask the chef to create a special dish from the menu at the time you were married.

•Have a strolling mariachi band come into the restaurant and play the couple’s wedding song.

• Have flowers displayed on the table when you arrive. Extra points if the

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Zinkann has brought in specific bottles of wine or spirits at the guests’ request. And in one amazing gesture, one guest bought out the whole restaurant so that he and his wife could dine alone.

I’m not sure that the Dooleys will take any of these suggestions, as they’re already started fretting over their 24th anniversary

dinner. I could think of only one Chicago restaurant that begins with X, and so their job now is to hope it survives another seven years.

And when they exhaust the alphabet in restaurants, they’ll start over with vacation destinations. Their 27th anniversary will take them to Amsterdam.

Email Love & Marriage columnist Joanna Brown at joanna@northshoreweekend.com ■

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A boy’s heart is opened to Christmas spirit ■ by jill soderberg

It’s Christmas Eve on the Citadel Theatre stage. A self-absorbed 11-year-old boy focused on his phone, its video games and Facebook updates: “Jimmy got Mario and Call of Duty. I have to have that.”

Frustrated parents can’t get his attention, let alone get him to think about anything other than his need for Call of Duty. His mother attributes this to his “materialistic phase.” But his grandmother takes on the challenge of opening the boy’s heart to the spirit of Christmas giving, and thus begins the storytelling that is at the center of “From the Heart,” a new play by Jessica Puller that could well serve North Shore families eager to impart this message to offspring similarly in the throes of a materialistic phase.

Playwright Puller employs two classic short stories, O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” and Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” to bring about the boy’s transformation. And, yes, there is a transformation, as this is a holiday show tailor-made for the intergenerational family outing in Lake Forest.

For audience members of a certain age, it’s a pleasure to revisit school-day memories of O. Henry’s surprise endings and his bittersweet story about how a young married couple with little money meets the challenge of buying each other Christmas presents.

Della sells her prized long hair to buy a gold fob for Jim’s treasured watch, while Jim sells his watch to buy a jeweled comb for Della. And surely there’s no story more touching than Truman Capote’s 1956 “A

Christmas Memory,” a poignant autobiographical vignette — a boy’s remembrance of cherished holiday rituals in Mississippi shared with a favorite elderly cousin, who announces, “Oh, my, it’s fruitcake weather!”

Which means they’ll make fruitcakes for people special to them and kites for each other in a joyful annual tradition, tenderly rendered in the play’s second act.

In the first act the boy’s parents, played

by Ben Page and Brianne Duncan Fiore, become the characters of Jim and Della when Anita Silvert as the grandmother tells the O. Henry story, hoping to teach the boy about love and sacrifice. Della has only $1.87 to buy Jim’s present, a fact repeated ad nauseum as far as the boy, a requisitely impudent Will Elliott, is concerned. “$1.87 — I get it,” he says with impatience.

The story does not resonate with him.

While the pacing of the first act seems a bit slow, director Molly Mattaini brings the play to life in Act II when the father suggests that the boy might benefit from a story he can relate to. As Ben Page becomes the narrator of “A Christmas Memory,” we’re treated to Capote’s exquisite language: “Morning. Frozen rime lusters the grass; the sun, round as an orange and orange as hot-weather moons, balances on the horizon, burnishes the silvered winter woods.”

Will Elliott and Anita Silvert, convincing in Shawn Quinlan’s costuming, take on the roles of the young boy and his fruitcakemaking cousin with authentic accents (this reviewer is originally a Southerner, thus qualified to judge) and on-stage chemistry

Anita Silvert as the elderly cousin in “From the Heart” at Citadel Theater.

that conveys the depth of their friendship.

Elliott shares the role of the young cousin with Kailey Albus during the show’s monthlong run. When the beloved woman asks, “When you grow up, will we still be friends?” the boy replies, “Always.”

They dance, they fly their kites, and they celebrate a Christmas sweet and lovely. Her heart filled with gratitude, the woman tells her young friend, “As for me, I could leave

the world with today in my eyes.”

“From the Heart” runs through Dec. 21 with performances presented Thursday through Sunday on the Citadel Theatre stage at the west campus of Lake Forest High School, 300 South Waukegan Road.

Matinees are on Sundays at 3 p.m. and on Wednesday, Dec. 10, at 11 a.m. For tickets and information, call 847-735-8554 or visit citadeltheatre.org.■

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The interior detail is impressive in the Lake Forest home owned by Craig and Eva Quackenbush. pho-

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Craig Quackenbush remembers the first time he laid eyes on 51 S. Mayflower Road in Lake Forest more than 30 years ago.

“I wasn’t quite sure what my wife Eva was thinking,” he remembers. “She loved this house. She always had. She had a vision for it that I did not.

And she was right.”

The home Craig is referring to is the stunning David Adler that was built in 1928 as the coach house to the Alfred Hamill estate known as Centaurs, which is still located on East Illinois Road. This 6,700 square-foot house is most known for its 75-foottall tower that provides breathtaking views from its rooftop terrace and is currently on the market.

“As the stories go, Alfred Hamill was quite a character,” recalls Craig. “He loved Italy. And in Italy, the guy with the tallest tower had the most money.”

His son Corwith Hamill recalled the tower in his memoir “One Lucky Guy.” “A person standing on the open top deck could see over the top of the primeval forest along the lakeshore,” he wrote. “This turned out to be a great success, especially for us three children, who had parties on the deck on July Fourth and watched the fireworks from Waukegan to Wilmette.”

As only the fourth owners of the home, Craig and Eva transformed this five bedroom, five-and-a-half bathroom home from an iconic symbol of the 1920s to a fully functioning modern home.

“When we moved into this house, the kitchen was on the second floor,” Craig says. “Can you even imagine living in a house where the kitchen was upstairs?”

Rethinking the home’s floor plan was at the cornerstone of the changes the Quakenbushes made to the Mayflower house. It was nothing for them to call on concrete experts to blast through the solid walls of the home’s structure.

“I remember watching them enter Al Capone’s vault in Chicago and thinking, ‘Those are the guys who were at my house today.’” Indeed, the same crew that opened up the legendary mobster’s vault blew threw walls of Craig’s first floor to create a more open flow for its living space.

Italianate in design, this home features a red-tiled roof, whitewashed brick, and a façade of elegant arches. Guests are welcomed into the home through a lovely front door acquired at the Chicago Botanic Garden Antique Sale, where you can hear beautiful music (French on the day of our visit) piped through

The Italianite tower is 101 steps to the top. photog-

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the home’s sound system. The foyer is light and airy and leads into the masculine office that features a wall of bookcases complete with rolling ladder.

The formal living room enjoys grand windows that were once garage bays, brick floors, and fireplace.

The dining room features an archway leading to the butler’s pantry with antique carved woodwork imported from Afghanistan. The Quakenbushes have a matching doorway at their home in France —treasures they acquired through a friend who is an antique dealer.

The updated, chef’s kitchen — which Craig renovated himself — enjoys granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances. There is a Wolf six-burner gas range with double oven and Sub-Zero refrigerator and separate Sub-Zero freezer with drawers, a Viking wine fridge and trash compacter, and a Bosch dishwasher. Through brick archways, the kitchen connects to a sun room — a breakfast room with brick floor and peaceful views of the property that reminds the Quakenbushes of their beloved Paris.

The tower is 101 steps to the top. The stairwell that ascends the tower wraps around the perimeter with charming windows along the way to provide beautiful views in all directions and at all levels.

The third floor was named the “son’s room,” and this bedroom enjoys a new Carrera bath.

The fourth level of the tower is a magnificent study with vaulted ceiling and wood-burning fireplace.

The carved wood doors echo the front façade of the home and the walls feature Byzantine murals painted by Russian artist Nikolai Remisoff (18871975). Alfred Hamill, who was the president to the Lake Forest Library at the time, commissioned Nikolai to paint murals at the library as well.

“It’s in this room where you see the home’s age,” says Craig of the cracks in the Byzantine mural, in spite of the room’s 21st century conveniences of air conditioning and a gas-starting fireplace. “But we thought it maintained the authenticity of the mural and the home overall.”

A surprise awaits on the fifth level with a bedroom, bathroom, and a sitting room. The final ascent to the sixth level brings you to the roof-top patio with spectacular views in every direction.

When asked if Craig will be sad to leave this Adler masterpiece, he is slow to answer.

“This has been a wonderful house for, but 30 years is a long time to be anywhere. It’s time for us to move on.”

For more information about 51 S. Mayflower in Lake Forest, visit 51mayflower.info. ■

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"Mayflower Place," One of Illinois’ most architecturally significant estates on Lake Michigan was restored to perfection in 1988 by 70 craftsmen, including European artisans and stonecrafters. Fittingly for such a regal place, Laura Shedd Schweppe hosted the crown Prince and Princess of Sweden, and Edward, Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson. The superior construction & level of intricate hand-carved architectural details & finishes rival grand estates on the east coast. 5.3 lush, private acres overlooking Lake Michigan with approximately 430 feet of beachfront. View the aerial video on the website listed above.

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Exquisitely updated & transformed to absolute perfection, this David Adler masterpiece is set on 3 acres overlooking a beautiful ravine in east Lake Forest. Totally renovated & meticulously updated throughout, move right in and enjoy this amazing estate. The deGiulio kitchen opens to the family room & breakfast area. Unparalleled architectural detail throughout. Stunning gardens, terraces, greenhouse, fire pit & sports area. A perfect blend of luxury, elegance & comfort. 6 bedrooms, 6.4 baths, hardwood & stone floors, 9 fireplaces, a Media/Recreation Room, Billiard Room & Exercise Room. A remarkable residence 1 block from Lake Michigan.

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Privately located in east Lake Forest, this gorgeous home is perfectly set on 1.25 acres of professionally landscaped grounds close to the Lake. This beautiful 5 bedroom, 5,500 square foot home features 10' ceilings, recently refinished hardwood floors throughout, designer finishes, elegant lighting, a custom main stair and back staircase, a luxurious master suite with a sitting room and fireplace, lovely moldings, a finished basement, 3 car garage, bluestone terraces & so much more! A must see!

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Fill-in point guard sinks jumpers, buoys Scouts at Thanksgiving Tournament

Great, Scott: Lake Forest High School’s Scott Dent (left) drives with the ball against Loyola Academy’s Michael Mangan during the title game of the LA-NT Tournament. photography by joel

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■ by kevin reiterman sports@northshoreweekend.com Evan Boudreaux, usually, is all business on the court.

Big smiles are not a huge part of his game-night demeanor.

But the big guy admitted that he couldn’t help himself in the opening minute of the championship game of the Loyola Academy-New Trier Thanksgiving Tournament on Nov. 29.

Boudreaux flashed the widest smile you’ll ever see, when Lake Forest High School point guard Scott Dent opened the scoring against Loyola Academy by draining a threepointer at the top of the key.

“Seeing that made me pretty happy,” said the 6-foot-8 Dartmouth University recruit, following his team’s 51-40 victory over the previously unbeaten Ramblers. “We all love this kid, and we all want him to succeed.”

Well, try this on for … success.

Dent finished the game as LF’s second-leading scorer with 11 points behind Boudreaux (17 points). The 5-8 senior wound up canning 3 of 4 shots from beyond the arc.

“Teammates and coaches were telling me to keep on shooting,” said Dent. His other make came on a perfectly executed mid-range jumper along the right baseline midway through the third quarter off a top-of-the key feed from Boudreaux.

“I shot that one in stride,” Dent said. “No hesitation.”

“He can shoot it,” said Lake Forest head coach Phil LaScala. “We gave him the green light.”

Being a relatively nondescript point guard was working

just fine for Dent — in the first three games of this seasonopening tourney. His steady play at point guard helped the Scouts go 3-0 in pool play.

With three-year starting point guard Jack Traynor sidelined with a meniscus injury, the Scouts needed someone to step forward.

“Talk about stepping up and filling some big shoes. Scott has done an unbelievable job for us,” said LaScala. “He knows how to prepare himself. He knows how to get ready.

“Last year, he ran our scout team. He was a leader then.

He’s a leader now,” LaScala added. “And he’s playing fearlessly. That’s what you need from your point guard.”

Prior to that outburst against LA, dishing the ball to LF’s scorers was Dent’s top priority. He had a combined 11 assists in the pool-play wins over Prosser 70-60, Glenbrook South 51-38 and St. Ignatius 48-45.

His shot total in those three contests? One. Thus, it was just good coaching by LA’s Tom Livatino to dare Dent to shoot in the title game.

“I’m sure their scouting report said not to guard me,” said Dent, a soccer player for the Scouts who made two all-academic teams this fall. “I knew they were daring me to shoot.”

Traynor, who figures to be back in three weeks, tipped his hat to Dent.

“He’s been awesome,” said the 6-1 Traynor, a star inside linebacker who suffered his meniscus injury in the opening quarter of LF’s Class 6A state quarterfinal game against Nazareth Academy on Nov. 15. “He’s playing a big role.

Leading the team. And tonight, he hit some big baskets.”

Basketball runs deep in the Dent family.

Especially on his mother’s side.

His maternal grandfather, the late Larry Folloni, is something of a legend on the East Coast. He put BridgewaterRayham High School in Massachusetts on the map, winning three state titles (1956, ’60 and ’61) — on the famed Boston Garden parquet floor.

He also authored a book: “My Way: the Memoirs of Coach Larry Folloni.”

If he were alive today — he passed away at age 86 on April 26, 2006 — no doubt he would add a chapter: Watching Scott Dent Play.

Notable: The Scouts are not even close to full strength.

In addition to Traynor, juniors Lorenzo Edwards (knee injury) and Danny Carollo (thumb injury) were unable to play in the tournament. … Boudreaux went scoreless in the opening quarter against Loyola. But he was basically unstoppable in third quarter when he loaded the stat sheet with seven points, eight rebounds and one block. “Holy cow, he’s tough,” said LaScala. “He made some big-time plays tonight.” In the four-game set, Boudreaux finished with 90 points (22.5 ppg) and 42 rebounds (10.5 rpg). He shot 52 percent or better in all four games. … Senior guard Noah Karras turned in solid play throughout. He had 22 points against St. Ignatius, 15 against Prosser, 11 against GBS and eight against LA. ■

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In 11th heaven: New Trier’s Haley Greer, a transfer from Deerfield High School, takes the ball to the hoop during tournament action. photography by george pfoertner

Seamless transition

Hoops-lovin’ Greer relishes new challenge at New Trier ■ by bill mclean sports@northshoreweekend.com New Trier junior point guard Haley Greer stood on her team’s home court after a Thanksgiving Tournament victory last weekend, using her right arm to pin a basketball to her right hip.

The 5-foot-10 transfer from Deerfield and daughter of Chicago Bulls assistant coach Andy Greer fielded a slew of questions as smoothly as she had whipped running, onehanded bounce passes in NT’s 48-39 overtime defeat of Loyola Academy on Nov. 28.

“It’s mine,” Greer said, referring to the basketball in her possession. “I brought it from home in case there weren’t any basketballs available when I got here early.

“I wanted to be able to shoot around before the game.”

Four of Greer’s official shots — including a free throw and a pair of treys in the middle two quarters — went in, helping the Trevians enter the fourth quarter with a 27-25 lead. She poured in nine of NT’s combined 18 points in the second and third quarters after going scoreless in the first

quarter.

Greer came out of the game after committing her third foul at 1:17 of the second quarter, but NT coach Teri Rodgers let her start the second half.

“She knows what to do in [challenging] situations because of her high basketball IQ,” Rodgers said following Greer’s 12-point, four-rebound performance.

“Nothing fazes her. When she missed those two free throws [with 48 seconds left in regulation, in a 36-36 game] and I looked at her, I knew right away that she was fine.

“Haley,” she added, “is level-headed, is able to shake things off.”

New Trier won all four of its games at the season-opening tournament. Rodgers’ crew also topped Phillips 73-24 on Nov. 18, downed Warren 66-35 on Nov. 21, and skipped to a 79-55 defeat of Bogan on Nov. 29.

Greer’s averages in NT threads, after four games: 11.3 points, 4.3 assists, 3.5 steals, 0.0 looks of panic. Against Warren she netted 13 points (on 6-of-9 shooting from the field), grabbed four rebounds, Greer >> page 32

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 Free and easy: New Trier’s Robbie Abuls puts up a free throw in the third-place game of the LA-NT Tournament. He finished the contest with 30 points. photography by joel lerner.

Not a fitting ending Peculiar — and last-second — twist spoils Abuls’ amazing game ■ by kevin reiterman sports@northshoreweekend.com Nothing should have overshadowed Robbie Abuls’ outof-this-stratosphere effort.

Especially not this: a quirky, game-clinching shot by an opposing player.

New Trier’s 6-foot-4 senior forward came up with a resplendent performance in the third-place game of the Loyola-New Trier Thanksgiving Tournament on Nov. 29.

The Trevian used a collection of illuminating shots to tally a tourney-high 30 points, including 17 in the third quarter.

“I’ve caught fire a few times — but nothing close to that,” said Abuls. “Definitely, a career game.”

But … it wasn’t enough.

His fine outing was trumped by a dramatic sequence of moves reminiscent of North Caroline State’s victory in the 1983 NCAA men’s basketball championship.

St. Ignatius pulled out a 67-65 victory on the Loyola Academy floor, when Riley Doody (18 points) grabbed an errant three-point shot — an air ball by Kailan Lee — and banked in the game-winner as time expired.

“We played some pretty good defense in that final possession,” said NT head coach Scott Fricke. “Almost too good. If that shot hits the rim, we go to overtime.”

Meanwhile, most of Abuls’ shots were … nothing but net.

The two-year starter, who finished the tourney’s fourgame set with 69 points (17.3 per game), made 10-of-14 field goals and 5-of-6 free throws against the Wolfpack.

And he was perfect from three-point land: 5-for-5.

“A crazy night for him,” said Lee. “He’s a great shooter, and his teammates did a great job of getting him the ball.”

Which was part of NT’s grand scheme.

Point guard David Hammes was all in, when it came to sharing the rock with Abuls.

He usually is.

The two seniors, who teamed up with Illinois Old School during the offseason, have been playing together since fifth grade. They’re like brothers. They know each other well.

“I remember driving to the basket in the second half, and it was 50/50,” Hammes said. “Should I take it myself?

Or, should I pass and let Robbie shoot a three?”

Hammes, who wound up with seven assists, usually did the latter. Five of his dimes went to a willing and waiting — and able — Abuls.

“It doesn’t surprise me when he explodes like that,” said Hammes. “He’s a great shooter who can create his own shot. He’s just a great all-around player.

“We’ve developed a good chemistry,” Hammes added.

“We know each other’s game pretty well.”

Thus, Abuls had a good feeling when Hammes fired up a long-distance three from the top of the key with 17 seconds left to knot the game at 65-65.

“I knew it was going in,” Abuls. “There was no second-guessing.”

This dynamic duo put on a show in the fourth quarter. Abuls didn’t miss on his way to seven points, while Hammes drilled a pair of threes in the final 58 seconds to allow the Trevians (2-2) to overcome an eight-point deficit.

“We left No. 10 (Hammes) and No. 25 (Abuls) open too much,” said Lee. “And that’s what our coach (Rich Kehoe) talked about after the game. We have to do a better job of identifying shooters.”

Abuls, who is planning to play Division III basketball, would be more than willing to trade his big night for a W. “Getting a win was more important than what I did (individually),” he said. “Not winning this game was a disappointment.”

Notable: The Trevians went 2-2 in the tournament.

After beating Von Steuben 80-54 and Rauner 74-20, they dropped a 53-47 decision to host Loyola on Nov. 26 in the final game of pool play. … Abuls scored 21 points in the win over Von Steuben. Colin Winchester (12 points) and Michael Hurley (11 points) also finished in double figures. … Winchester had 10 points in the win over Rauner. …

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“It’s competitive … our practices are competitive,” Greer — an all-Central Suburban League North pick as a Deerfield Warriors sophomore last winter — said of her new environs. “Our coaches are great, and everybody contributes equally.”

For four AAU basketball seasons, Greer called New Trier junior forward Jeannie Boehm a teammate. They battled together on Full Package squads.

“Haley has been awesome, truly awesome,” said the 6-3 Boehm, awesome herself while averaging 17.5 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.5 blocks and earning — like Greer and NT junior guard/forward Kathryn Pedi — all-tourney honors at the NT Tournament.

It didn’t take long for Rodgers to discover Greer would have an immediate impact on a team that reached a Class 4A supersectional last winter and lost point guard Alexa Czyzynski to graduation.

“Her floor vision,” Rodgers said. “I noticed that right away in the summer. She has great awareness of where other players are.”

It’s not easy to be a slick ball handler and passer and not appear showy, but Greer pulls it off impeccably. If she needs to jazz up her dribbling against a tenacious defender near the time line, it’s because she wants to maintain the pace of New Trier’s transition.

Style points mean nothing to her, and she works as hard at moving without the ball as she does when she’s bouncing it.

“Haley is willing to try new things; she’s very creative,” Rodgers said, adding Greer has also provided “nice leadership” since she and her family moved closer to Lake Michigan. “She’s also not afraid to make mistakes. If she makes a mistake, she learns from it, keeps her head up.”

Greer turned heads with her driving spin move in the lane against Loyola’s Ramblers, drawing a foul in the final minute of the fourth quarter.

She later faked an inbound pass to a teammate, looked calmly to her right and found a wide-open

teammate.

Greer hit three free throws in the OT session, as NT outscored a gritty LA club 10-1 before a hearty post-Thanksgiving Day crowd.

“There was pressure,” admitted Greer, still securing her basketball. “But pressure … it’s fun; I enjoy close games. The atmosphere, the fans — all of it was fun.”

Watching the Chicago Bulls play — and her father, Andy, work concurrently at the United Center — must also delight the point guard.

“My dad never forced me to a gym, never forced me to play basketball,” said Greer, a former midfielder on FC United soccer clubs. “He would have been happy for me no matter what I would’ve chosen for a passion.”

When Andy Greer attends New Trier girls basketball games, he’s not Andy Greer, Bulls coach.

“He’s a father of a player,” Rodgers said.

Notable: Boehm struck for 25 points (11-for-14 from the field) and finished with eight rebounds and three blocks in NT’s 79-55 defeat of Bogan in a tourney finale on Nov. 29. Pedi (14 points, 12 rebounds), Greer (nine points, seven assists, four steals) and Trevians senior forward Rachel West (six points, seven boards) also stood out against the Bengals. … Pedi displayed her impressive versatility in the Warren game, finishing with 14 points, six rebounds, six assists and three steals. … Greer played with four fouls in the final 3:54 of the fourth quarter and the four-minute OT session against Loyola Academy. … Before becoming a Bulls assistant coach, Andy Greer served as a scout for the Portland Trailblazers, an assistant with the Memphis Grizzlies (2007-09), an assistant with the Houston Rockets (2003-07) and an assistant with the New York Knicks (2001-03). Prior to his NBA posts, he helmed the men’s basketball team at Northern Illinois University for half of a season (2001) on an interim basis. ■

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Unflappable Krawitz provides stability in the post for Highland Park

JK rolling: Highland Park High School’s Jordan Krawitz secures the basketball against St. Viator’s Sal Cannella during tournament action.

■ by bill mclean sports@northshoreweekend.com Had the hard foul Highland Park senior forward Jordan Krawitz absorbed in a basketball game last weekend occurred in an NFL game, the perpetrator would have been fined — or suspended.

It was that violent.

The 6-foot-4, 190-pound Krawitz was going up for a shot in the lane when a St. Viator Lion swung in a attempt to block it. The Lion’s arm hit nothing but Krawitz’s head, sending the Giant to a crash landing on hardwood in the third quarter of a St. Viator Thanksgiving Tournament game in Arlington Heights on Nov. 28.

A referee quickly stepped in between the opposing players, thinking Krawitz was thinking about retaliating.

But the ref quickly realized Krawitz’s only thought was the best one: to march directly to the free-throw line.

“He treated it like it was a normal foul,” Giants senior guard David Sachs said a day after HP’s 48-46 loss to the eventual tourney champion. “Our coaches stress poise and patience.

“Jordan,” he added, “showed a lot of poise after that foul.”

Krawitz will be expected to display a significant presence in the paint all winter, a season after averaging 7.5 points and a team-high 5.5 rebounds for a Class 4A sectional semifinalist. He averaged 9.3 points and 4.8 boards and collected a total of six steals in the Giants’ four games at St. Viator.

HP went 3-1 at the five-team tournament, good for runner-up honors in the round-robin format.

“Jordan is stronger, a little bigger, and he’s one of our better communicators on a guard-oriented team,” HP coach Paul Harris said. “What he does on a court isn’t always pretty, but it’s effective. Plus he’s incredibly coachable and always wants to be there for his teammates.”

The younger brother of Indiana University sophomore and business major Brandon Krawitz (a 2013 HPHS graduate

who liked to score from the perimeter as a Giant), Jordan shot a combined 12-for-16 from the field in the Giants’ first two games — wins against Conant and Prospect. He finished with 14 points and eight rebounds in a 55-51 overtime defeat of Prospect on Nov. 26.

“Boxing out more and trying to be more aggressive and more of a presence in the post,” Krawitz said of his primary responsibilities for 2014-15. “I knew I’d be responsible for roles like that after we lost [post player] Tommy Sutker [to graduation].”

Several weeks after scoring five points, grabbing four rebounds and coming up with three steals in an upset of Lake Forest in a Class 4A regional final last winter, Krawitz had to accept the role of a rehabbing post player.

A serious ankle injury kept him off basketball courts for two months.

“We have great trainers,” Sachs said. “Jordan — one of our team’s seven seniors, and we’re all best friends — worked hard on getting healthy. He loves to be out there, loves the game. And he knows where he has to be at all times.”

What Krawitz wants to be after his college years: a media and entertainment agent. Think of a taller version of the Jeremy Piven character, Ari Gold, in the TV series “Entourage.”

“My mom [Michelle] told me Ari reminds her of me … always having something witty to say,” Krawitz said. “I guess that’s a compliment.”

Sachs wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if Krawitz ends up representing an ESPN broadcaster or a movie star after hanging up his high-tops for good.

“Jordan loves to talk,” Sachs said. “You need that love if you want to be successful in a management-type of job.

Overall he’s a great guy who cares about everybody, a student who cares about academics.”

High on the list of colleges Krawitz — a prospective

photography by joel lerner.

business major — is considering are Indiana and USC, meaning an MBA degree rather than an NBA career is his quest. But that won’t keep him from earning serious accolades during his final prep hoops season.

“Jordan is such an unselfish teammate, a player who always makes sure he’s in the right position,” Harris said.

“His shot has improved; so has his passing. “[Off the court] he’s always in a good mood and always good for a one-liner,” the coach added.

Notable: Krawitz scored the first field goal of the game — 14 seconds after the tip — in Highland Park’s 48-46 loss to St. Viator on Nov. 29. But the Giants wouldn’t tally their next points until senior guard Luke Norcia (15 points) hit a three-pointer at 5:35 of the second quarter. HP trailed 26-12 at the half. “We didn’t raise our voices at halftime,” Harris said. “We talked about pride, and we played with tremendous pride in the third quarter.” HP outscored the host school 20-7 in the third frame and got as close as 44-42 and 46-44 in the final minute of the fourth quarter.

Sachs also scored 15 points in the setback. … Highland Park opened its season with a 54-52 defeat of Conant on Nov. 24, behind 13 points apiece from Norcia and Sachs.

Sachs also dished seven assists, and HP senior forward Hallvard Lundevall grabbed a team-high six rebounds. … Sachs poured in 20 points and delivered nine assists in the OT win over Prospect on Nov. 26. Giants senior guard Jason Beermann finished with six of his team’s 15 steals.

Lundevall and Krawitz each popped for eight rebounds. …

Fourteen Giants scored at least two points in their 73-17 rout of Walther Lutheran’s Broncos in a St. Viator Tournament finale Nov. 29. Senior guard Max Goshen led the way with 10 points (all in the first half), followed by Beermann (nine), junior Zach Fleisher (eight points, five rebounds) and junior Toby Tigges (eight). ■

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Rimming with confidence Guarding Loyola Academy’s Mangan is no easy task for opposing foes ■ by kevin reiterman sports@northshoreweekend.com His coach calls him a great ambassador for the school.

But when Loyola Academy’s Michael Mangan hits the basketball court these days, he’s not so diplomatic.

The kid is in constant attack mode. When taking the ball to the rim, the 6-foot-1 senior guard is forceful, aggressive and downright authoritative.

“Attacking the rim,” said Mangan. “That’s what I worked on (during the offseason).”

His game has undergone a radical transformation.

That was evident in the season opening Loyola-New Trier Thanksgiving Tournament. He played extremely well against two quality opponents, tallying 16 points in a 53-47 win over New Trier on Nov. 26 and scoring 14 points in a 51-40 loss to Lake Forest in the championship game on Nov. 29.

Mangan was an explosive dribble drive waiting to happen in the four-game set, which also included easy victories over Von Steuben 62-33 and Rauner 61-19.

“He’s a hard guy to cover,” said Loyola head coach Tom Livatino. “We’ve got some guys who can break you down with the dribble. And he’s one of them.”

Mangan, who is a sure bet to be playing basketball at the next level next year, is playing without fear.

He’s got the LA brand down pat.

“He’s bought into the culture of our program,” Livatino said. “When you have guys like him on your team, you have an opportunity to have a pretty good season. He’s everything you want in a basketball player.

“He’s also a great person,” the coach added. “He’s a great ambassador for Loyola.”

Mangan is picking up where prized 2014 grads — James Clarke (now at Spring Hill College), Kevin Kucera (Washington University) and Jack Morrissey (Spring Hill College) — left off.

“I couldn’t ask for three better players to play behind last year,” said Mangan.

His game best resembles Clarke’s.

A carbon copy? Close enough.

“I have to say that he had a huge influence on me,” Mangan said. “I took a ton of advice from him.”

But Mangan, along with fellow seniors Peter Poggioli, Griffin Boehm, Ricky Cenar and Paul Cushing, junior Brandon Danowski and sophomore Ramar Evans, are looking to carve their own niche this winter.

Coming out on top against rival New Trier was especially huge for Mangan, a Winnetka resident.

“Loyola always gets amped up for this game,” said Mangan, who played his middle school basketball with New Trier’s feeder team. “It was fun to beat those guys.”

Mangan played a crucial role in the win. He tallied six of his 16 points in the final six minutes to go along with two assists. The late free-throw shooting of Mangan (4-for-4) and Danowski (5-6) sealed the victory.

“I love the competitiveness of close games,” said Mangan, who played his club ball with Fundamental U. Notable: Loyola played most of the tournament at a disadvantage. Boehm, a three-year varsity player and two-year starter, dislocated his left shoulder in the second quarter of LA’s opener with Von Steuben.

“He’ll do everything he can to get back in the lineup,” said Livatino. “He’s a pretty selfless kid. He’s been coaching up teammates from the bench. He’s got a voice on this team. Guys rally around him.” … Poggioli is another player who has improved by leaps and bounds.

He had 10 points and five rebounds against New Trier.

“He’s just scratching the surface,” said Livatino. “He’s athletic, skilled. Some of the game stuff is still new to him.” … One of the guys not afraid to take tough shot is Danowski, who took runner-up honors in the King of the Hill three-point shooting contest last winter.

He had 11 points against NT and 14 against LF. …

Evans is another player to watch. “He’s a stat stuffer,” Livatino said. The 6-1 sophomore had 10 rebounds, nine points and three steals against NT. ■

Gotcha: Loyola Academy senior guard Michael Mangan uses a ball fake to get open against Lake Forest’s Steven Vogrich during the championship game of the LA-NT Tournament. photography by joel lerner.

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Ramblers win Prep Bowl title On the day after Americans feasted on turkey, Spencer Cecola had a voracious appetite for pigskin.

The Loyola Academy senior caught a pair of second-half touchdown passes from classmate Aidan Walsh, as the Ramblers defeated Curie’s Condors 14-7 in the 85th annual Prep Bowl at Solider Field in Chicago Nov. 28.

The connections covered 19 and 10 yards, with the clinching TD coming at 4:03 of the fourth quarter.

Curie (11-3) led 7-0 at the half.

Cecola finished with four receptions for 39 yards, and Walsh completed 11 of 16 passes for 115 yards.

The win marked LA’s 10th Prep Bowl title in as many appearances.

LA (11-3) entered the Catholic League playoffs after falling 24-21 to eventual state champion Stevenson in the second round of the Class 8A state playoffs Nov. 8.

Loyola Academy eliminated St. Rita 31-3 and Brother Rice 31-14 the following two weekends to secure the Prep Bowl berth.

Junior running back Dara Laja (14 rushes, 65 yards) paced LA’s running attack. Ramblers senior linebacker Brian O’Brien had a monster game on the home field of the Monsters of the Midway, amassing 21 tackles (12 solo). Five other Ramblers — senior defensive linemen Andrews Beniana and Thomas Dreher, senior linebackers Cal Falkenhayn and Mark Nichol and junior defensive lineman Ben LeRoy — each made at least 10 stops. ■

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ideas. We need to make Illinois a destination state again.”

Tillman’s interest in politics is life-long.

Three weeks after the election, John Tillman settles in at Egg Harbor Café in In 1968, all of nine years old, he watched Glenview. Bedecked in a coat and tie and both political conventions (“I was probably having ordered a Sir Dugan Frittata (a three- the only nine-year-old in the country to do egg omelette filled with diced bacon, tomato it”). Growing up in Western Michigan, he and spinach), the chief executive officer of the referred to himself as a Ford Republican.

Illinois Policy Institute is eager to relive An introduction to classical liberalism — the writings Nov. 4, when businessman Bruce Rauner was elected governor of of Thomas Jefferson and an ailing state.

Milton Friedman, among “I was thrilled with elecothers — spurred the tion night,” he says. “What graduate of Wayne I was most excited about State University to is I felt a sense of relief. I champion free-marknow so many people who ket solutions. The big turning point would have left Illinois (if came during the Democrat Gov. Quinn was administration of re-elected).”

President George Though the non-profit W. Bush. Though Illinois Policy Institute the Republican was cannot fund candidates or despised by the left, advocate for a politician, it can encourage politicians to Tillman railed against adopt its policies. And from the his policies as well. right to earn a living to lim“I got involved because I ited taxation, the new Illinois was frustrated with big-govgovernor from the North Shore ernment Republicanism. is on board. Tillman believes He expanded Medicare, much can be accomplished steel tariffs and — despite the heavily more. We were losDemocratic legislature. ing sight of what “He has the power America is all of controlling the about.” narrative now,” Tillman — an entrenotes the Golf preneur who resident. has owned “The Illinois Play It Again governorship Sports stores — is one of the became president most powerJohn Tillman illustration by barry blitt of the conservaful in the country. tive Americans for And all he needs is one Democrat to come over to sustain a veto.”

Limited Government in 2004. Three years Tillman’s enthusiasm for freedom and later, he was tapped to run the Illinois Policy prosperity is infectious. He points out how Institute, then a two-man shop. The indeall can benefit. pendent organization, which aims to promote “The great gift of free enterprise is: the personal freedom, entrepreneurial ability entrepreneur has an idea, he raises money, and prosperity in the state, has grown into he gives people meaningful work and he a $6 million institute with more than three builds a business that serves people well,” dozen workers and 180,000 aficionados on its Tillman says. “You see what the free market e-mail list. During his tenure, Tillman has has produced — iPhones, cars. It works well." founded Illinois Policy Action, the Liberty He was heartened by Tennessee vot- Justice Center, the Illinois Opportunity ers’ decision last month to ban forever an Project, and other related groups.

Tillman has transformed Illinois Policy income tax, embedding the words in the state constitution.

Institute into a media and marketing shop “Tax policy matters greatly,” Tillman says. with a policy arm, meaning he is getting the “Are you going to treat every worker and word out through The Wall Street Journal, business as a tax target to fund the preroga- U.S. News & World Report and other outlets tives of government? I think taxing people’s about its beliefs of how best to run Illinois labor is immoral. We should fund govern- — and the country. ment through sales taxes, excise taxes.”

“We tell the story of abstract policy in A Michigan native who moved here dur- human terms. We tell the story of a kid ing the Reagan Administration, Tillman named Jake who goes to a charter school has been stunned by Illinois’ decline. Its 90 minutes away and why that makes his credit rating is the worst in the nation; life better,” he says. “We’re not in a battle its budget is a disaster, despite massive of ideas now — we’re in a battle of emotax hikes; unfunded public pension liabil- tion. Progressives are good at the emotion.” ities exceeding $100 billion are expected In his spare time, Tillman loves to read to cripple the state. Tillman says Illinois’ non-fiction, such as biographies. The oneworkman compensation costs are five times time Colorado ski bum still enjoys hitting greater than Indiana’s. Why wouldn’t a the slopes with his wife Julie and daughter businessman near the border move to the Lauren Brooke. He also holds a goal of visiting Hoosier State – he could save money, which every national park (he has toured about 30). could be used to hire more workers.

And despite the historic woes afflicting his “We’re so sophisticated in Illinois in so adopted state, he believes the future here is many ways — the arts, Chicago civic orga- bright, because of the newly elected governor nizations,” he says. “But when it comes to and others. Says Tillman, “I remain an optigovernance, we are close-minded to new mist. I think Illinois will turn around.” ■

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