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After losing husband in war, Marie Tillman fights to help military members.

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Goings On About Towns Find out about the best events coming up this week in the North Shore.

10 Making the call Three North Shore towns are likely to outsource their emergency dispatch operations to save millions of dollars.

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S ocial Media Artist and adjunct instructor Jonathan Ricci will be part of a group show about Iceland at Winnetka’s ZIA Gallery.

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Northfield’s Marie Tillman, the widow of an NFL player who was gunned down in Afghanistan after forgoing his lucrative sports career, talks about how she’s recovered from that tragedy.

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

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Each town would like to feature its own 911 operation — after all, the idea of calling local dispatchers engenders a feeling of security. But emergency dispatch is also expensive to manage, with specialized equipment and software.

With the State of Illinois becoming unreliable in its payments to cities and villages, and with North Shore residents continuing to expect a high level of service, a conflict arises. How can places like Highland Park, Lake Forest and Lake Bluff cut costs without really hampering services?

They’ve targeted emergency dispatch, with the idea of consolidating theirs with Glenview. In Lake Forest’s case, it’s expected to save close to $2 million over five years. But some worry about slower response times among policemen and firemen. Kevin Beese presents the story inside.

What emergency dispatch on the North Shore deals with is hard to compare to what Marie Tillman’s husband faced halfway around the world.

Pat Tillman left the National Football League to serve the United States in Iraq and in Afghanistan.

Charging up a hill as an Army Ranger, he was gunned down — mistakenly by a fellow U.S. soldier, as a report finally made clear.

Marie found nowhere to turn after his death, shunning close friends and family. But then she founded the Pat Tillman Foundation. After a few $ $ $ $ $ $ years, the Northfield resident uncovered the Thru March 15th guiding purpose for the non-profit: providing scholarships to military members, specifically veterans, active service or spouses. Read her story in Sunday Breakfast.

There’s another North Shore resident who’s chicago hinsdale lake forest winnetka 773 404 2020 630 655 0497 847 295 8370 847 441 0969 focused on our defenders of freedom. Steven Platcow shopbedside.com produced a documentary “Not Yet Begun To Fight” Offer is valid 2/15/14 – 3/15/14 on regularly priced items and can’t be combined with other promotions. that examined the wounded returning home from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was one of the last movies film critic Roger Ebert ever saw — and2.16.14 BSM NSW Spring promo.indd 1 2/5/14 he offered a hearty thumbs-up. See Bill McLean’s piece in these pages.

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‘Faith is the school’s foundation’ Winnetka institution develops spiritual, academic growth in students

Mary Catherine King walks outside of class at Saints Faith, Hope and Charity Catholic School.

photography by joel lerner ■ by bill mclean Nearly every Sunday night Jackie Carpenter, a teacher at Saints Faith, Hope & Charity Catholic School in Winnetka, opens up a weekly email of reflections from the school’s principal, Katie Carden — and braces for either the onset of tears or goose bumps.

Other teachers get to click and read Carden’s moving words regularly, as do the parents of the private school’s 314 students (junior kindergarten through eighth grade).

“She inspires all of us,” Carpenter says.

Carden wrote a reflection entitled “The Unfinished Game” after finding her son’s umpire ball-strike counter half buried in her garden last fall. The black plastic piece revealed a baseball game was in the bottom of the ninth inning with two outs and a three-ball, two-strike count.

“I wondered about the outcome of the game,” Carden wrote. “Perhaps I had called the boys in for dinner right in the heat of the game.”

Later that day Carden attended the wake of a man who died from the West Nile virus two weeks after receiving a mosquito bite — and two weeks before his son’s wedding.

“I spent the rest of the day thinking about how fragile life is,” she shared with her readership. “Then I wondered, that if similar to the baseball game, my life was cut short, in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded, would I be one up or one down?

“Could I honestly say that I used all of my

God-given talents to make a positive difference in the world around me?”

Carden had hit another home run, months removed from the end of her rookie season at a school whose mission is to provide an educational environment which develops the spiritual, academic, moral and social growth of each student.

Faith, Hope & Charity’s mascot is a bulldog. One of the unique ways in which the school promotes exemplary behavior by the students — inside and outside the classroom — is through its “Bulldogs Caught Doing Good” recognition program. A student received a small piece of paper, shaped like a dog bone, after helping a peer with a math problem. Another student collected one after tucking in his shirt without being told to do so. A description of each act was written on the piece of paper; each “bone” ended up on a big grid located on a wall in the main hallway before a postcard with the good deed written on it was sent to the student’s parents.

“We believe in educating the whole child,” Carden says.

The school boasts a 1:1 student-iPad ratio among its eighth-graders, meaning Faith Hope & Charity’s graduates will be more than ready to embrace the paperless, textbook-less world that awaits them in the fall and the years beyond.

Each classroom at the school is equipped with an Interactive Whiteboard, and technology is used to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

“Each student has a blog and all have Gmail accounts,” says Faith Hope & Charity technical director and teacher Julie Tuten.

“In one class they’ve created stop-motion animated movies using iPads, as part of an American Revolution assignment.

“We’re committed to making all of our students feel comfortable with technology in the classroom.”

Faith Hope & Charity won an Academic Bowl competition held at Notre Dame High School in Niles last fall, right about the time it won the hearts of surviving victims of the EF-4 tornado that devastated downstate Washington. Students had raised nearly $1,000 and donated the sum to St. Patrick Catholic Church in Washington.

During another recent school-related service project, Faith Hope & Charity students hosted a group from the North Shore Senior Center. The students and visitors were in the school’s library when music began to blare over the intercom system.

Students suddenly had the perfect excuse to flap their arms and perform the “Chicken Dance.”

The senior citizens also strutted and boogied near the stacks.

The librarian on duty probably had a tough time quieting the kids and folks down.

It’s hard, after all, to “Shhh!” people while smiling hard.

The bulk of the Faith Hope & Charity students get paired up each year with prayer partners — eighth-graders with secondgraders, for instance. Imagine the thrill for

a second-grader of receiving a hearty hello from the youngster’s old partner between classes. Or at lunch. Or at a mall.

“Faith is the school’s foundation,” says Sharon Riley, a parent. “I love being part of a family of Faith Hope. It’s amazing how the entire school rallies, especially when there’s a tragedy. A toddler in our Faith Hope family had to undergo chemotherapy, and the prayer services we held brought our school’s community together and set such a wonderful example for the students.

“After a service,” she adds, “the young kids got to release balloons [signifying their prayers] and watch them ascend toward heaven.”

One of the most heartfelt reactions Principal Carden has ever heard from a student at the school followed the student’s First Reconciliation. The words captured genuine rapture.

“The young boy,” she recalls, shouted, ‘My heart feels so much lighter!’ ” Kristin Starr’s eighth-grade twin boys attend Faith Hope & Charity. With the school year nearing its “seventh-inning stretch,” countless eighth-graders are reaching that point — if they haven’t already — of wishing the calendar would pick up the pace.

But one of Starr’s twins isn’t one of them.

“Not too long ago my son told me, ‘I don’t want my eighth-grade year to end,’ ” Starr says. “That’s how much he’s enjoying his time at the school.” ■

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The Lake Bluff Police Department is not a hotbed of action most nights.

“The police did a study, and they found that they get about two people a night,” Village President Kathleen O’Hara said. “And most of those people (coming in) want directions.”

Having a dispatcher on hand to handle limited walk-in traffic, as well as telephone calls for service, is not cost-effective, village officials say.

That is part of the reason that Lake Bluff, along with Lake Forest and Highland Park, is looking at consolidating dispatch services with Glenview.

By this summer, that same person coming into the Lake Bluff station for directions may be talking via a TV screen with a Glenview dispatcher stationed in Highland Park.

Consolidation would feature 10 dispatchers and two supervisors over three shifts – all employees of the Village of Glenview – at the Highland Park Police Department, handling calls for Lake Bluff, Lake Forest and Highland Park. It would be a redundant system to the dispatch center in Glenview, which handles police and fire dispatching for Morton Grove, Grayslake, Niles and Glenview.

That means should either dispatch center go down — due to weather or any other reason — the other system would be used to handle calls for the quieted facility.

Highland Park and Lake Bluff would each see at least $1.3 million in savings over the first five years of the consolidation effort.

Lake Forest could save as much as $1.9 million over the same time.

Says Robert Kiely, city manager of Lake Forest, “We are always looking to do things more efficiently and more effectively. People tell us to operate more like a business.”

Kiely, who has served on the task force examining the consolidation issue, said having a redundant system in the wake of disaster is a great benefit for residents of the area.

“It is an opportunity to provide a higher level of service to residents. That is the one thing I am most excited about,” the city manager noted.

Brent Reynolds, Glenview’s director of public safety support services says that when people hear dispatching will be outsourced they too often think that it will delay emergency crews’ response times. He noted that Glenview handles the dispatch services for Grayslake, a community 23 miles away, and response times have not been an issue.

He and Highland Park Police Chief Paul Shafer both said technology has gotten too advanced for that kind of thinking. When 911 calls come in, whether from cellular telephones or landlines, they said, the caller’s location is pinpointed on a GPS map in the call center.

“Years ago, technology was not as significant as it is today,” Shafer said. “It has changed and greatly improved.”

The technology advances make up for any issues with a dispatcher not knowing a community so well right off the bat, Reynolds said. He said dispatchers also do ride-alongs with officers to learn the communities.

“There is not a telecommunications person out there who knows every inch of a community,” Reynolds said. “But the officers know where to go, and that helps. The telecommunications people learn the idiosyncrasies and the slang names for locations over time, but the technology is there to do the job.”

Reynolds said it may take a little time for dispatchers to learn the nuances of individual towns, but safety is never at risk.

“I am not going to put anyone’s life in jeopardy to do something that is not good for the communities,” he said.

Shafer said service levels will not be impacted, although “I am sorry that due to consolidation we will lose some employees.”

Lake Bluff has already consolidated its garbage service. The emergency dispatch consolidation, Village President O’Hara said, is a necessary step for the community’s fiscal future.

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Artist and adjunct instructor Jonathan Ricci will be part of a group show about Iceland at Winnetka’s ZIA Gallery beginning March 22.

Reading: It’s textbooks for classes. I try to read a lot — I have stacks of books next to my bed — but it always seems like it’s for school and not for pleasure. I made my students go around the room and list what they’ve read. I can’t think of the last book I read for pleasure. I teach sculpture and ceramics. Most of them are general art textbooks that would be used for an art appreciation class. I enjoy the history part of it as well, within these general education textbooks.

Listening: In the studio, if I’m working by myself, I always seem to go right to Celia Cruz or Edith Piaf, and if it’s in the classroom and we’re working, sometimes I have to cater that to some of the students’ taste. I’m pretty eclectic with musical tastes and always wonder if, once I’m in the zone, I’m even aware of the music.

Watching: I watch very little television —sometimes I try to watch a Netflix movie, starting it and coming back to it over a couple of days. I enjoy it, but it doesn’t really fit my lifestyle.

Following: I have a bunch of artists I’m always checking for exhibitions, following their websites. They vary; some are New York artists, some are my teachers who were influential. I try to see how their work is evolving. A painter that was always influential was Susan Rothenberg, a contemporary painter. And there’s a South African artist teaching in the states, Jo Smail; she was very influential and pushed me to continue the path [when she was a teacher in the 1980s].

Activity: The body of work in the upcoming show are paintings and some works on paper that were done when I was at the Nes artist residency on the Greenland Sea in Skagaströnd, Iceland. I applied to go to the residency to create a body of work, and I didn’t know it was going to be so inspired by Iceland. My painting has always dealt with color, color theory, and expressive color, and I thought the landscape wouldn’t influence me — but it was really intense.

And the bird life was another thing that interested me. I use the bird symbol a lot in my work. It was a breeding ground for migratory birds. The residency was northern, but you have the Greenland Sea and the town and it’s flanked by a mountain range.

Slowly, the images of the ocean and the bay and the cliffs started to work its way into the Iceland painting. There’s a series of small drawings and mixed-media collages and some large paintings that I created over the eight weeks I was there.

The other artists [in the ZIA show] are photographers; it will be interesting to see how my work interacts with their images.

My artwork is paintings, but it’s collage too; a lot of the time, the elements of collage don’t really appear in a photographic image.

Eating: Since I’ve been back — and this sounds dramatic, “since I was back from Iceland” — I eat a lot of fish.

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I struggle so hard to keep this art thing going, going from school to school and trying to have a career, and create bodies of work, and promote myself as an artist — some people would say it’s a mistake to not have a secure job. But this is my passion, and I’m working really hard to survive at it.

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Stirring life of documentarian about to get busier ■ by bill mclean

Steven Platcow somehow finds time to breathe.

The longtime Lake Forest resident raises two children (daughter Sophia, 15, and son Haven, 11) with his wife Janet, is the CEO of RPM Advertising in Chicago, produces documentaries, produced a five-hour variety show at Park West in Chicago last weekend and can’t wait to launch his new venture — a restaurant in Highwood — this spring.

The 48-year-old chatted about his life while decompressing at home on a recent Sunday afternoon.

Q: Shortly before his death last year, film critic Roger Ebert reviewed “Not Yet Begun to Fight,” the 60-minute documentary about wounded warriors returning home from conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq and the Marine Colonel (Eric Hastings) who helps them cope with post-traumatic stress disorder via fly fishing. Ebert gave it 3½ stars out of 4. You guided the project as its executive director.

What was is like putting it together?

Platcow: The piece made itself. I felt a higher power working through all of us. It was like the project was put before us by that higher power.

When I read about (Hastings) in a Bozeman (Montana) newspaper and what he was doing for our veterans, I knew exactly the story I wanted to tell and how to tell it. There were nothing but yesses, no struggles. [Roger’s widow] Chaz Ebert told us the documentary was a source of comfort for Roger. [“Not Yet Begun to Fight” was chosen as the grand finale of the 16th Annual Ebertfest in Champaign on April 21, 2013; Ebert died on April 4.]

As many know, Roger couldn’t speak at the end of his life. The plan was to have Roger and a Navy SEAL, who also couldn’t speak [because of a warrelated injury], stand up before the Ebertfest audience and communicate through their iPad computer voices. It would have been a wonderful iPad jam session.

Q: Your grandfather (Virgil Havens) suffered after returning home from World War I. What was he like and what did he endure?

Platcow: I learned a great deal about him from my mother, Rosalind. He lied about his age and then went to war when he was about 16. He was on a bridge when it exploded and ended up on a muddy bank for hours, with a crushed arm, a crushed shoulder, a skull fracture and scars from mustard gas. He shouldn’t have survived that blast.

When he returned home, at the age of 17, he had profound behavioral issues. He was a pretty tortured guy, waking up sometimes and screaming in

the middle of the night. But he went to seminary and helped people in Africa and other places. He died from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 48 [in 1948]. The documentary gave me the opportunity to give greater meaning to his life.

Q: What is it about fly fishing that has helped ease some of the wounded warriors’ stress disorders?

Platcow: The more Colonel Hastings [a Vietnam veteran] fished, the more he came to the conclusion, ‘I need this in order to survive.’ He started a group, ‘Warriors and Quiet Waters,’ and he even encouraged wounded soldiers to join it while they were in their hospital beds.

Fly fishing is hunting, a war-like activity in a way, but the warriors in the group use barbless hooks and the act of catching a fish always ends by preserving life [releasing the fish], not taking it. [Ebert wrote in his review, “The hope of Quiet Waters is that the patient, careful fly-fishing repetitions will teach the vets new, healthy behaviors, dissolving away harmful old habits.”]

Q: Who and what impacted you significantly when you attended Lake Forest High School (1980-84)?

Platcow: [Theater director and telecom teacher] Dave Miller inspired me and had such a positive influence on me. Being involved in the telecom program my junior and senior years was kind of a nerdy endeavor then, but nobody ever made fun of me. I started producing music videos and fake, Saturday Night Live-like commercials. I was quite interested in satire.

Q: What were some of the acts of the variety show you produced at Park West on Feb. 15?

Platcow: It was called, ‘More Bang For Your Valentine’s Day Buck: a Definitive Valentine’s Day Show.’ My wife performed a funny bit, a local band [White Noise] entertained the crowd, and my father [Lake Bluff resident Edward, 88] got up on stage and spent 10 minutes discussing love. He was fun, entertaining and stimulating. One of the highlights for me was hearing an audience member say, while my dad was up there speaking, ‘This is Andy Kaufman fun and funny.’ I loved that reaction.

Q: Would you care to provide any details about the restaurant you’re about to open in Highwood?

Platcow: It will be called PM Prime and located where Gabriel’s Restaurant was [on Green Bay Road]. It will be open six days a week [off on Mondays] for dinner only. I can’t tell you the name of the chef, but I will tell you that he is a James Beard Award-winning chef. We’ll offer unique twists on traditional fare. People will be excited and surprised. ■

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Lori Lichtman-Sander (left) and Patti Ray perform the java pose from their Mamasana calendar.

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women performing standard yoga poses in the middle of seemingly commonplace tasks and With inspiring messages for women, activities, accompanied by a catchy tagline. enthusiasm for yoga, and just a little Performing “the splits” takes on new irreverence, two Wilmette moms created meaning as “working mom pose” — depictMamasana — a brand that puts a light- ing the impressiveness of a woman with one hearted twist on the standard yoga pose. foot on a briefcase and the other on a basket In order to convey “the yoga in everyday of laundry. The typical yoga pose, “warrior,” life,” Mamasana products — from calendars, becomes “java pose,” encouraging women to Raviniamugs, North Shore 2-21and Mahoney ad_Layout 2/11/14 9:17atAM Page 1 coffee T-shirts moreGeneral — depict “live1life one cup a time.”

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The idea of changing the names of yoga poses was nothing new for Wilmette mom and yoga instructor Lori Lichtman-Sander, who teaches yoga to adults and children of varying needs and abilities.

“When I start my yoga classes, we do a breath of five to bring our energy together, and we’ll do Darth Vader breathes,” Lichtman-Sander said. “For them, it’s taking something familiar, and bringing the yoga to them — so that the yoga is accessible.”

As Lichtman-Sander was teaching stingray and shark poses to preschoolers, she began to see the yoga in her own life. While locust pose had been swimming pose, or superhero pose, Lichtman-Sander asked herself, “As a mom, how many different roles do I play?”

“I kind of feel like I’m a supermom in that I’m juggling my work, or I’m juggling being a mom, and then all the other different aspects of being myself,” Lichtman-Sander said. “They all have really fun taglines — soccermom pose is ‘multitasking requires core strength.’ You don’t have to be a mom, or even practice yoga to appreciate that multitasking requires core strength.”

Lichtman-Sander created stick drawings of her concept and showed them to her neighbor and fellow soccermom and yoga practitioner, Patti Ray. Luckily, Ray had an art and graphic art background -- and Mamasana was born.

“Yoga poses all have Sanskrit names,” Lichtman-Sander said. “By taking the ‘asana,’ which means ‘pose’ in Sanskrit, we’ve now called it mamasana — so ‘mom-pose.’”

“A lot of people still think that yoga is a

pretty intimidating thing and they don’t want to go into a yoga studio and get on a mat because they’re afraid of what that’s going to mean for them,” Ray said. “We’re trying to make [yoga] more accessible.”

As Ray was a newcomer to yoga when she first moved to Wilmette a decade ago, she appreciated the benefits of balance and focus the practice brought into her life, as well as the new community she found herself in.

“We assume that whether a woman actually does yoga or goes to a yoga class, that she’s going to relate to one of these characters — that she’s trying to balance so much or stay focused in a certain way,” Ray said.

Though the brand celebrates lightheartedness, Ray and Lichtman-Sander take giving back to the community seriously. A portion of Mamasana’s sales go to Family Promise — a local charity organization providing aid to homeless and low-income families.

“One of the things that’s very important to us — that’s been important to us from the beginning — is giving back to the community,” Lichtman-Sander said.

For Lichtman-Sander, the Mamasana idea is all about community and women finding their different roles.

“In this day and age, there’s enough stuff going on that’s serious, and chaotic and challenging,” Ray said. “I think anytime you can bring a light-hearted, positive, supportive message to people — that’s a good thing to do.”

Mamasana products can be purchased online at mamasanas.com. Wall calendars can be found at Yellow Bird, Lad and Lassie, Heaven Meets Earth Yoga, Full Bloomed Lotus in Wilmette and Evanston. ■

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The Park District will host a Mother/ Son Date Night on March 6 from 6 p.m.Highwood 8:15 p.m. at Skokie School.

The Viti Companies, made up of Guy The night will be packed with dinner, Viti Insurance Agency and Viti Financial dancing, entertainment, special activiServices, celebrated their 75th anniverties, and an ice cream bar. All couples sary. will head home with a photograph along Their roots stretch back to Guy Viti’s with a goody bag. It is strongly suggested arrival in 1915 in Highwood from his nathat couples embrace the theme and don tive Italy. At 21, Guy took over his family’s some green. sewer and water business, which he evenMother/Son Date Night is supported tually sold, moving into the real estate in part by 4Sure Entertainment, The field. The occurrence in 1938 of a fire in Grand Food Center, Grins on Green Bay Highwood changed the family’s course and Lenswork Studio Winnetka. forever: an insurance representative who Registration deadline is March 4. For visited after the fire told Guy his business more information, go to www.winpark. should carry insurance. org. ■

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18 | lifestyle & arts sunday breakfast ■ by david sweet A decade ago, the story of Pat Tillman’s life and death flooded the nation’s airwaves.

The Arizona Cardinals’ star safety chose to forgo his lucrative NFL career to serve in Iraq and in Afghanistan.

In 2004 the U.S. Army Ranger — perhaps the best-known soldier in the war on terror — was killed by the enemy as he charged up a hill, it was believed, and posthumously awarded the Silver Star. Soon, it was revealed he was actually gunned down by that greatest of oxymorons, friendly fire.

Amid all of this, his widow — and high school sweetheart — faced no choice but to endure. In fact, she had uncovered a letter from him the day she found out he had died, charging her to make sure to live if he were gone.

Today, Marie Tillman is the president of the Pat Tillman Foundation, which gives about 60 scholarships a year to military veterans, active service members and spouses to pursue their education. And the Northfield resident is being honored with the 2014 Chicago Women of Concern Leadership Award on Feb. 28 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

“Many years I wondered how I would put all the parts of my life together. To lose someone, it’s a difficult journey.” | Marie Tillman “We’ve been grateful that Pat’s story continues to resonate with people,” says Tillman, whose biggest foundation fund-raiser — a 4.2-mile run in Tempe, Ariz. — is so popular that it is capped at 30,000 competitors.

More than $4 million in scholarships have been distributed since 2008. At an annual gathering in Chicago, Tillman meets the recipients.

“Every scholar has an amazing story,” says the 30-something California native. “I have a special place in my heart for the spouses. So many of the women have gone through difficult experiences with their husbands overseas.”

She pointed to one in particular, whose husband returned to the United States badly injured from war. She needed

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to reconfigure the house for his rehabilitation, and no one understood her challenges in doing so. Now a Tillman scholarship recipient, she is aiming to earn an architectural design degree to help those military spouses in a simi la r predicament.

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When Tillman was killed at age 27, donations started pouring in from around the world to his widow. Grieving and with little knowledge about non-profits, she didn’t know what to do with the money. After founding the Pat Tillman Foundation, the eventual focus wasn’t finalized until four years later, when military scholarships (which cover tuition, fees, housing, transportation and childcare) became the key driver. The foundation skin tightening (www.pattillmanfoundawrinkle reduction tion.org) receives more than sun damage reversal 5,000 scholarship applicants a year. skin texture rejuvenation Upon meeting more and more military members and Marie Tillman spouses, Tillman heard many stories about loss and

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“In my grief (over Pat’s death), I shut out even my close family and friends,” she writes in the preface. “Reading other people’s accounts of loss made me feel less alone, more connected.

“So though the person I was in 2004 would never believe she’d write a book, that’s exactly who I’m writing for. I’m writing so that someone may open this up in the privacy of his or her room, start to read, and feel a little more connected.”

With her new husband Joe Shenton, Marie now enjoys three children of his plus two of their own, including a twomonth-old daughter. They especially like a Sunday breakfast at Café Buongiorno on Chestnut Street in Winnetka (“it’s a great family place”), where they find that rare table for seven.

“Many years I wondered how I would put all the parts of my life together. To lose someone, it’s a difficult journey,” she says. “I’ve been fortunate to have the work that I do and to find a husband who celebrates all of that.

I can move forward and honor the past.”

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A quest for sales and souls turns suite sour Salesman Phil is the company veteran, recently divorced, and questioning his life and his commitment to the cause. Will Casey gives us a convincingly world-weary Phil whose belief that “life requires only as much energy as you decide to give it” is wholly captured in his phlegmatic bearing.

Which makes him the ideal foil for Larry, who epitomizes the pragmatic hard-charging salesman; this guy’s chauvinistic, skirtchasing, and loud.

“In spite of flaws that may not endear these men to us, we’re ultimately rooting for them.”

Greenhorn employee Bob (Shane Murray-Corcoran) and veteran salesman Phil (Will Casey) perform in “Hospitality Suite.”

photography by north shore camera club ■ by jill soderberg Saving the company and saving souls are at cross purposes in “Hospitality Suite,” Chicago playwright Roger Rueff’s comedic drama on stage at the Citadel Theatre in Lake Forest.

If a play with industrial lubricants at its center seems an improbable forum for a discussion of religion, ethics, and love, a Wichita trade show hospitality suite is a similarly

unlikely setting for such profound contemplation. But the play — directed by Cody Estle — doesn’t get to that until Act 2.

In Act 1 we meet the three employees of the Midwest industrial lubricants company who hope to snag “the big kahuna,” the potential customer whose business could secure their company’s success. (“The Big Kahuna” was the name of the 2000 film adaptation of Rueff’s play, starring Kevin Spacey and Danny DeVito.)

Citadel artistic director Scott Phelps enthusiastically embraces Larry’s offensive, foul-mouthed bluster, forcefully delivering his character’s excesses. Shane Murray Corcoran’s Bob is the young, new-to-thecompany lab engineer, an evangelical Christian who views everything through the lens of his faith. When Phil, having heard his limit of Bob’s proselytizing, advises, “Search yourself for those items that don’t concern Jesus,” Bob responds brightly, “I can’t think of any.”

Listening to Larry, a talker who colors his tell-it-like-it-is tone with plenty of profanity, brings to mind Mamet’s salesmen.

However, that inevitable and appropriate comparison regarding language does not extend to character: While Mamet’s real estate peddlers of “Glengarry Glen Ross” are immoral and dishonest, our industrial

lubricant trinity is basically good. Thus in spite of flaws that may not endear these men to us, we’re ultimately rooting for them.

When Act 2 opens, the party in the hospitality suite is over, save for the overserved, last-to-leave convention-goer, a hilariously drunken Dan Deuel, who provides some laughs before sobering revelations from Bob turn our salesmen’s hopeful anticipation into disappointment.

Sean McIntosh’s set does not merely evoke a hospitality suite on the Wichita Holiday Inn’s 26th floor, it is an authentic re-creation of banal hotel décor: the neutral palette of mauve and beige, and generic three-dimensional wall art we recognize as the quintessential hotel signifier. There’s even the framed page of rules and rates on the back of the door, and next to that, the floor plan detailing exits in case of fire.

It is in this modest hospitality suite that the challenge of meeting the big kahuna and landing the crucial account pits the company’s road warrior salesman Larry and Phil against the righteous Bob and his holy agenda.

Blessedly, we’re spared any actual discussion of industrial lubricants. Instead we’re treated to a compelling confrontation between the quest for sales and the quest for souls, inviting us to ponder our characters’ disparate belief systems — and perhaps our own.

“Hospitality Suite” runs through March 9 with performances presented Thursday through Sunday on the Citadel Theatre Company stage at the former west campus of Lake Forest High School, 300 South Waukegan Road. For tickets and information, call 847.735.8554 or visit www.citadeltheatre.org. ■

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Dulin has the drive to open The Avenue American, a touch of French.

Signature dish? They love the wild salmon.

Favorite cuisine to make? I don’t eat a lot of meat, so I love northern Indian vegetarian and Thai or Korean.

What do you like to eat at home? I eat salmon or vegetables.

Worthwhile gadget? Just a knife.

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When I had my French restaurant, we didn’t have a fryer. The owner of an NFL football team was a frequent customer of mine, and he wanted to have a steak with

Recipe: Wild Salmon on Bacon-Lentils with butter-poached Fennel

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photography by joel lerner ■ by katie rose mceneely Mitch Dulin is one of the owners of The Avenue in Wilmette.

How did you start cooking? I always liked to eat, so I learned how to cook —probably since I was about four.

Years cooking? 57 years What made you decide to become a professional chef? I just always liked the business — I was in the wine business for a long time. I used to manage and open up all of the Binny’s stores in Chicago, in the ‘70s. I also managed the Chalet Wine &

French fries. After cajoling me numerous times, I finally acquiesced: I agreed to handmake a pot of thin-cut French fries. One of the cooks knocked over the pan of oil, and the stove caught fire. I had to use the kitchen of a restaurant three doors down and bring food back to our restaurant. We had a limited menu and went into survival mode. The customers thankfully went along with us and had a nice evening.

The Avenue is located at 1146 Wilmette Avenue in Wilmette. For more information, visit theavenuewilmette.com or call 847-9205962. ■

Cheese stores. I spent some time working on vineyards in California.

I owned a French restaurant in Lincoln Park. I owned Venice Café by the Sears Tower, I owned “Central Street Café” in Evanston — I was enjoying that quite a bit.

Then the mayor of Wilmette at the time approached me to consider coming to Wilmette. He helped my partners find a building, and I live in the area, so it works out great.

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We have a lot of seafood and pasta — primarily Italian with a little touch of

BACON LENTILS: Rinse 1 cup brown lentils thoroughly in cold water and let drain.

Take 1/2 pound of good bacon, cut in ½-inch pieces, sauté until crispy. Drain bacon on paper towel. Sauté 1/2 cup chopped onions, carrots and onions until soft, add lentils and 2 cups chicken or vegetable stock. Bring to boil, stir, cover and reduce heat to a low simmer and cook for 45 minutes, until lentils are soft and tender. Add in crumbled bacon.

FENNEL SLIVERS AND CREAM SAUCE: Take 4 fennel bulbs and trim off 1/2 of bulb bottom cap and cut off stalks approximately 3-4 inches above bulb. Slice bulb into 1/2” slices. Heat 2 cups of chicken or vegetable stock and 1/2 stick of butter, bring to boil. Once butter is melted, add in fennel bulb slices, cover and simmer for 25 minutes or until tender. Remove slices and set aside. Bring liquid to boil and cook for 10 minutes. Gently stir in 1 cup warm heavy cream. Keep cooking and stirring until sauce thickens. Season with a touch of salt and fresh black pepper.

SALMON: Rub four 8-ounce filets of fresh with a bit of olive oil before searing 2 minutes on each side and finish in 375-degree oven for 4-5 minutes.

Put approx. 1 cup cooked lentils in a mound in the middle of a large flat plate. Place fennel slivers around the border of the lentils and then drizzle the reduced fennel sauce on the slivers. Place the salmon filet on top of the lentils. Serves 4.

2/22 – 2/23/14

lifestyle & arts

THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND

goings on about towns FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21

“Moonlight and More” | Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra at the Skokie Theatre | 7924 N. Lincoln, Skokie | 8 p.m. | Tickets are $25 for seniors; students $20. | Visit americanmusicfestivals.com or skokietheatre. org or call 224-456-2399 for tickets. | Philip Simmons conducts a concert of evening music with works by Schumann, Mozart, Dvorak, and Vivaldi. The program features a showing of the short silent film “Moonlight.” Filmmaker Michele McGovern performs as flute solo. Reception will follow.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22

Change of Heart Workout | RealFit Gym | 1480 Old Deerfield Road #8,

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The Language of Color

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26

| Lake Forest Flowers | 546 N. Western Avenue,

The Truth About Heroin in Lake County

Lake Forest | 3 p.m. | Class fee: $75 | RSVP

| LEAD at Gorton Community Center | 400 E.

required; call (847) 234-0017 |

Illinois Road, Lake Forest | 7-8:30 p.m. | Free |

Colors — like flowers themselves — evoke feeling, sentiment, and emotion. This workshop gives you a grounding in color theory, while highlighting the latest contemporary color combinations. All materials and professional instruction included in the class fee.

leadingefforts.org or 847-295-9075 for more

ATC Presents “Little Mermaid” | The Wilmette Theatre | 1122 Central Avenue,

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information. | Lake County State’s Attorney Mike Nerheim will speak about the heroin situation in Lake County. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of the community panel, which will consist of Nerheim, emergency room physician Cliff Rice, social worker Heather Hale, a recovering young person and a member of the Lake Forest Police Department.

Wilmette | Tickets are $15 in advance, $18 at the door. | wilmettetheatre.com |

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27

The Actors Training Center (ATC) at The Wilmette Theatre presents “The Little Mermaid: The Musical,” part of ATC’s “Little Series.” The show runs through March 9. Dive into Hans Christian Andersen’s enchanting underwater tale in this musical retelling.

House Beautiful | Shields & Baylor and @Properties at Wilmette Public Library | 1242 Wilmette Avenue, Wilmette | 7:30 p.m. | Reservations recommend: call 312-613-

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 23

9802 |

Highland Park | 9 a.m. | $20 | Register at events.

Preserving Family Keepsakes Workshop

cohworkout.com/RealFitGym |

| Wilmette Historical Museum | 609 Ridge

RealFit Gym is hosting a 45-minute metabolic workout for Change of Heart, a grassroots program created to educate women about heart disease. $5 from each $20 fee will be donated to the American Heart Association’s GO RED for Women.

In addition to the workout, each participant will receive a Change of Heart water bottle, heart health tips and a subscription to SELF magazine.

Road, Wilmette | 2-4 p.m. | $15 for non-museum members, $10 for museum members | Register at wilmettehistory.org or call 847-853-7666 | Museum staff will offer practical advice and examples of good practices for caring for items such as scrapbooks, letters, photos, home movies, objects and textiles.

Learn how-tos firsthand from experts in staging, home design and contracting. Refreshments will be served.

Want to submit your North Shore event to Goings On About Towns? Send an email with the subject heading “GOAT” along with the particulars — Event Name, Event Location/Sponsor, Event Address, Event Time/Date, Event Cost, contact information (web or phone) and a 30-word description of the event — to katierose@jwcmedia.com at least 14 days before publication, and we will do our best to get it in. ■

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1250 Hill Road Winnetka

1200 Sunset Winnetka

Dinny Dwyer, Jean Wright Real Estate 847.217.5146

$998,000 Joan Conlisk, Koenig & Strey 847.441.6300

965 Pine Tree Lane Winnetka

430 Cedar Wilmette

$2,599,000 Mike Swain, Prudential Rubloff 847.716.0314

$1,195,000 Connie Coll, Koenig & Strey 847.441.6300

11 | Sunday 1-4

998 Pine Tree Lane Winnetka

03 | Sunday 12-2

406 Brierhill Road Deerfield

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$1,699,000 Martha Glass, Baird and Warner 847.845.6616

04 | Sunday 1-3

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840 Foxdale Avenue Winnetka

$2,595,000 Mike Swain, Prudential Rubloff 847.716.0314

12 | Sunday 1-3

2645 Blackhawk Wilmette

$1,399,000 Taylor Lindstrom, Prudential Rubloff 847.404.8900

$484,000

Mary Anne Perrine,

Baird & Warner 847.446.1855

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546 Timber Lane Lake Forest

05 | Sunday 12-2

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1234 Central Avenue Wilmette

$925,000 Laura Henderson, Baird & Warner 708.997.7778

$749,000

Sara Brahm, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855

14 | Sunday 1-3

471 Butler Dr Lake Forest

06 | Sunday 1-3

1950 Sunset Ridge Road Northfield

$992,500 The Skirving Team, Coldwell Banker 847.924.4119

07 | Sunday 1-3

625 LaPorte Wilmette

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$425,000 Carrie Healy, Jean Wright Real Estate 847.507.7666

08 | Sunday 1-3

929 Manor Wilmette

$582,500 Carrie Healy, Jean Wright Real Estate 847.507.7666

$1,279.000 Brunhild Baass, Baird & Warner 847.804.0092

15 | Sunday1-4

22 Chestnut Road Northbrook

$329,500 Caroline Gau, Coldwell Banker 847.477.4825

16 | Sunday 1-4

511 Hunter Lane Lake Forest

$699,000 Coldwell Banker 847.234.8000

17 | Sunday 1-3

1139 N. Greenbay Road Lake Forest

$1,295,000 Coldwell Banker 847.234.8000

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845 Forest Hill Road Lake Forest

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$559,000 Coldwell Banker 847.234.8000

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811 Carroll Road Lake Forest

$729,000 Coldwell Banker 847.234.8000

20 | Sunday 1-3

790 Deerpath Road Lake Forest

$1,349,000 Coldwell Banker 847.234.8000

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35 | Sunday 1-3

1165 Deerpath Road Lake Forest

$618,000 Coldwell Banker 847.234.8000 2515 Wilmette Avenue Wilmette

$599,000 Bev & Marshall Fleischman, Coldwell Banker 847.217.0494 280 Cedar Lane Glencoe

$725,000 Bev & Marshall Fleischman, Coldwell Banker 847.217.0494

24 | Sunday 2-4

375 Oakdale Avenue Lake Forest

$995,000 Susan Lincoln, Prudential Rubloff 847.846.8814

25 | Sunday 11-2

1070 Estes Avenue Lake Forest

$875,000 Susan Lincoln, Prudential Rubloff 847.846.8814

26 | Sunday 1-4

161 Washington Circle Lake Forest

$725,000 Jean Anderson, Prudential Rubloff 847.460.5412

27 | Sunday 2:30-4:30

1850 Surrey Lane Lake Forest

$899,500 Maureen O’Grady-Tuohy, Prudential Rubloff 847.845.6444

$779,000 Nancy Van Der Bosch, Sotheby’s International Realty 847.716.5152 596 Clavey Lane Highland Park

$2,395,000 Keith Estrada & Linda Levin, Sotheby’s International Realty 312.751.0300 202 Old Elm Road Lake Forest

$815,000 Elizabeth Wieneke, Griffith, Grant & Lackie 847.234.0485

36 | Sunday 12-2

1034 Mar Lane Lake Forest

$699,000 Lisa Trace, Griffith, Grant & Lackie 847.234.0485

37 | Sunday 2-4

1040 Elm Street Winnetka

$919,000 Betsy Barnes, Coldwell Banker 847.494.1871

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1829 Wilmette Avenue Unit A Wilmette

Sunday 1-3

$510,000 Anne West, Coldwell Banker 847.687.5957

39 | Sunday 1-3

$1,750,000 Ann George, Coldwell Banker 847.989.8012

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41 | Sunday 2-3:30

30 | Sunday 12-3

42 | Sunday 12-2

591 Stonegate Terrace Glencoe

$1,759,000 Gloria Matlin, Coldwell Banker 847.835.0236 578 Clavey Lane Highland Park

$579,000 Shirley Olin, Coldwell Banker 847.835.0236 2185 Linden Highland Park

$1,199,000 Sonia Munwes Cohen, Coldwell Banker 847.835.0236

31 | Sunday 12-3

1334 Trapp Lane Winnetka

$4,499,000 Sonia Munwes Cohen, Coldwell Banker 847.835.0236 989 Forestway Glencoe

$1,035,000 Wendy Friedlich, Coldwell Banker 847.835.0236

2623 Commons Drive Glenview

$485,995 Pat Vaughan, Koenig & Strey 847.510.5000 45 S. Asbury Court Lake Forest

$575,000 Martha May, Koenig & Strey 847.510.5000

47 | Sunday 12-2

919 Gregory Avenue Wilmette

$569,000 Monica Childs, @properties 847.881.0200

48 | Sunday 1-4

2654 Goldenrod Lane Glenview

$575,000 Robin Wilson, @properties 847.881.0200

49 | Sunday 12-2

908 Seminole Road Wilmette

$874,000 Monica Childs, @properties 847.881.0200

50 | Sunday 1-3

1137 Cherry Street Winnetka

$599,000 Tamara Kasey, @properties 847.881.0200

51 | Sunday 1-3

21137 Cherry Street Winnetka

$599,000 Tamara Kasey, @properties 847.881.0200

670 Sheridan Road Glencoe

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1225 Elm Street Winnetka

52 | Sunday 12-2

2132 Kenilworth Avenue Wilmette

$989,000 Monica Childs, @properties 847.881.0200

670 Sheridan Road Glencoe

$1,750,000 Ann George, Coldwell Banker 847.989.8012

53 | Sunday 1-3

2121 Churchill Court Highland Park

$1,200,000 Carole Rosenberg, @properties 847.881.0200

823 Central Wilmette

$935,000 Denise Kellar, Coldwell Banker 847-650-9595

54 | Sunday 1-3

540 Thornwood Lane Northfield

$1,575,000 Benson/Cunningham, @properties 847.881.0200

550 Woodland South Northfield

$799,000 Marsha Balsamo, Coldwell Banker 847.971.8371

43 | Sunday 2-4

594 Woodland North Northfield

$1,199,000 Marsha Balsamo, Coldwell Banker 847.971.8371

44 | Sunday 1-3

1162 Scott Winnetka

$1,549,000 SFC Team, Coldwell Banker 847.652.2312

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3015 Thayer Street evanston

Sunday 12-2

$349,900 Carmel Glynn, @properties 847.881.0200

56 | Sunday 2-4

3477 Bradley Court Highland Park

$929,000 Linda Fink, @properties 847.432.0700

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WINNETKA 6bed/5.1ba

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94WOODLEYRD.INFO Megan Jordan

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1552HICKORY.INFO 847.295.0700

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1570LITTLEFIELD.INFO

HIGHLAND PARK 5bed/5.1ba

$1,200,000

2121CHURCHILLCT.INFO

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Carole Rosenberg

LAKE FOREST 4bed/3.1ba

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LAKE FOREST 4bed/2.1ba

$659,000

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Debbie Scully

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Joanna Koperski

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Natasha Miller

HIGHLAND PARK 2bed/2ba

$314,000

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WILMETTE 5bed/3.1ba

$989,000

HIGHLAND PARK 3bed/3.1ba $929,000

2132KENILWORTH.INFO

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Monica Childs 847.881.0200

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Tide is turning Talent-Laedlein Giants capture first league title in 25 years ■ by jeff davis

sports@northshoreweekend.com After moving from Texas to Highland Park as a sophomore in 2011, Ben Laedlein remembers his new swimming team struggling to win meets.

Times have certainly changed for Laedlein and the Giants.

On Feb. 15, there were only good times.

With the senior captain leading the way, HP captured its first conference title since 1989 and third in school history at the CSL North at Niles North. The Giants (284 points) topped Deerfield (267) and Glenbrook North (253) in the six-team field.

“Seeing how I’ve progressed and seeing how the team has progressed in the three years I’ve been here, it’s mind-blowing to me,” said Laedlein, who helped the Giants win three invites this winter. “This has been a phenomenal team, and I couldn’t ask for a better group of guys to be celebrating this kind of a win with. We pushed each other.”

Laedlein set a conference record while defending his 100-yard backstroke title in 53.16, breaking the mark of 53.31 set by Deerfield’s Kevin Ewing in 2012 and beating last year’s winning time by 1.80 seconds.

Laedlein also won the 200 IM in 2:01.57, with sophomore teammate Allen Tran second in 2:06.59. Laedlein led off the winning 200 medley relay (1:40.91) that featured

Tran, senior Jack Tresley and junior Eddie Lochman and anchored the runner-up 400 freestyle relay (3:21.27) that included sophomore Alex Grigorovich, freshman Levy Nathan and Kochman.

Laedlein missed Tom Merkle’s school backstroke record of 53.01 by only .15.

“It’s a bummer to be (only) that far off (from Merkle’s record), but still such a blessing to get the conference record under my belt. That was really amazing,” said Laedlein, who placed 34th at state in the backstroke last year in 54.02.

“The 2:01 (in the 200 IM) was what I went at sectionals last year. Just being where I am has really been an eye-opener for me, seeing how much I’ve improved. Being down under those times that I didn’t go until the end of season last year, it’s really put it in perspective for me seeing how much hard work being put in is really starting to pay off.”

That hard work included Sirois’ new practice regimen that emphasizes quality training over quantity of yards.

“That’s really been the game changer for us,” Laedlein said. “I’ve noticed a big difference.”

Something else that has made a big difference for Laedlein is his new backstroke start.

“I saw (U.S. Olympian) Missy Franklin do that start where she’s more tucked in and I was like, ‘Hey, I’ll try that,’ and that worked for me,” Laedlein said.

Now Laedlein will take aim at that record

Face of a champion: Ben Laedlein, seen here in earlier action this winter, collected three golds at the CSL North meet.

photography by joel lerner and a state medal in the final two weeks of the season. The Giants will compete at the GBN Sectional on Feb. 22.

“He’s just a quality kid that any coach would like to have in his program,” Highland Park coach Tim Sirois said. “He works hard, and he’s made huge progress.

He knows the better days are still to come.”

Notable: Nathan won the 500 free in 4:55.05, followed by runner-up senior teammate Phil Goldberg (4:58.71 despite a respiratory illness). Tran (1:02.13), senior Robert Kaaret (1:04.44) and freshman

Jack Burson (1:06.95) finished 2-3-6 in the 100 breaststroke. (Kaaret missed seven weeks of training with a broken thumb).

Grigorovich placed third in the 200 free (1:49.56). Sophomore Jason Fox took fourth and freshman Hugh Laedlein (58.74) was fifth in the 100 backstroke. Grigorovich, Tresley, Nathan and Kaaret were fourth in the 200 free relay (1:34.15). Placing sixth were Tresley in the 200 butterfly (56.43) and senior diver David Robbins (344.40 points). ■

LeMay is invaluable to Lake Forest swim team ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com The varsity swimming and diving roster at Lake Forest High School is a voluminous one, boasting 30 Scouts.

Coach Cindy Dell oversees a no-cut program. Her 2013-14 squad is a blend of statemeet medal threats, up-and-comers and eager youngsters looking to emulate the medal threats in a couple of years.

Senior breaststrokers Cole Mitchell and Rasmus Kull serve as highly capable co-captains.

But junior Michael LeMay’s title-less role ranks right up there in importance.

“I consider myself a bridge to the groups of swimmers we have,” LeMay said after finishing third in the 100-yard butterfly (53.99) and sixth in the 200 IM (2:03.28) at the North Suburban Conference Meet at Vernon Hills HS on Feb. 15.

“I interact with everybody.”

Scouts junior Daniel Smith, the lone returning member of last year’s third-place state team, admires the impact LeMay has had on Scouts who don’t regularly climb starting blocks to receive medals each weekend.

“Michael is a really supportive, humble guy,” said Smith, the 100 freestyle champion (48.5) at the NSC Meet. “He’s good to the younger kids, and he talks to them. He makes sure that they feel they’re an important part of the team.”

LeMay is a vital member of the crew as well, as an individual Scout and as a relay leg.

“I’m most proud of how much Michael’s

LeMay in February: Michael LeMay of the Scouts, seen here during earlier action, prepares for a 200 IM race.

photography by joel lerner confidence has grown as a swimmer since last season,” Dell said. “His confidence last year compared to this year? Night and day.

He’s a constant on the team, which is a group of talented athletes functioning well with huge respect for each other.

“Michael,” she added, “is interesting, honest, true to himself.”

LeMay won an age-group state championship (100 fly) when he was 12, a year before swimming for an age-group championship 400 free relay.

“I try to do the work, and I try to set a decent example,” said LeMay, whose current academic schedule is hard — swimacross-the-Atlantic-Ocean hard. “If you do the work, good things generally happen.

Swimming … it has brought out who I am.”

But he’d rather talk about this year’s varsity than this year’s Michael LeMay. That was evident during a break near the end at last weekend’s NSC Meet.

“Nobody really knew how this season would pan out for us,” he said. “We were

top-heavy at state last year and lost everybody but Daniel to graduation. Our depth this year is where it’s at because so many kids have stepped up their games.

“I thought we’d be good but not across-theboard good. We’re much better than most people thought we’d be.”

Lake Forest placed third (269) behind Stevenson (299) and champion Libertyville (314) at the conference meet. Smith added second-place points in the 100 backstroke (52.55), and Scouts freshman Dylan Boyd touched second in the 100 fly (53.83), just head of LeMay’s 53.99.

A non-tapered Boyd had entered the race with a seed time of 54.31.

“Dylan killed it,” LeMay praised. “He killed it.”

Smith, LeMay, Mitchell and junior Symen Ooms combined for a 1:39.05 (3rd) in the 200 medley relay. The Scouts’ 400 free unit (3:19.96) of Smith, LeMay, Boyd and Ooms also bronzed. Boyd took third in the 200 free (1:43.88), and sophomore diver Alex Streightiff collected the Scouts’ fifth third-place medal with his 356.3-point effort in diving.

LF’s other top-six results: Ooms (4th, 50 free, 22.55; 5th, 100 free, 49.78); Mitchell (4th, 100 breaststroke, 1:02.85); senior Michael Van Antwerp (4th, 500 free, 5:00.31; 6th, 200 free, 1:49.3); junior Scott Bennatan (5th, 500 free, 5:04.29); junior Nico Demet (5th, 100 back, 56.36); 200 free relay (1:32.81; Kull, Mitchell, Boyd and senior Michael Allen); Kull (6th, 100 breast, 1:03.22); and John-Michael Diveris (6th, diving, 316.6).

LF vies for state berths at its sectional on Feb. 22. ■

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NT’s Stoddart proves to be a good listener at sectional ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com Samantha Stoddart did not just use her strength and terrific air sense on the uneven bars at the Niles North Sectional.

The New Trier junior also relied on her ears at the meet on Feb. 13.

“I listen for her [senior teammate Stephanie Steen] during my bars routine,” Stoddart said.

What she heard from Steen, a calming influence, right before executing a straddle-back: “Easy, Sam, one skill at a time.”

Stoddart followed the gentle order and eventually earned a third-place score of 9.175. Trevians and NT fans in the stands erupted with cheers when she dismounted cleanly.

“Huge … that was huge,” New Trier coach Jennifer Pistorius said. “She really needed that. She had struggled with it in practice, and then tonight she fell during her floor [exercise]. Sam never falls on floor.

“To come back like she did on bars showed how focused and determined she is.”

New Trier topped the field with 142.875 points, advancing to the state meet for the third year in a row. Carmel Catholic finished runner-up (141.05).

Stoddart will compete at state as an automatic qualifier on bars and as an at-large qualifier in the all-around (36).

“I was nervous, terrified,” Stoddart said of her state of mind before beginning her bars routine. “I had a rough bars [routine] at our conference meet.”

Stoddart’s right hand flew off the top bar as she prepared to dismount at the Central Suburban League South Meet on Feb. 1. The righty’s dismount amounted to a lefthanded act, leaving the judges with no choice but to levy a heavy deduction. (Stoddart settled for a 7.15, fifth among teammates and 15th place overall.)

“I try to stay positive [after mishaps],” she said.

Teammates have noticed Stoddart’s healthy responses

to adversity and they’re better gymnasts because of it.

“Sam is so positive, so intense — intense in a good way,” said Steen, an all-arounder. “Years ago she fell and I remember her saying, ‘We just go up.’ It’s what you need to do in this sport.

“We still say it.”

Off the mats Stoddart is downright fun-loving, a gymnast who genuinely cares about teammates and lifts them with her infectious, bubbly personality.

“There’s a happy, silly, fun Sam, and she is such a huge a supporter of the team,” Pistorius said. “But we all know that when it’s time to compete, Sam’s focus helps her get the job done for us.”

Trevians sophomore Peyton Burns qualified for state automatically on vault (9.325) and advanced as an at-large qualifier on floor (9.275) and bars (8.775). NT’s Claire Egerter, Taylor Kwok, Ana Dabrowski and Lauren Chung also performed routines at the sectional.

The state meet starts Feb. 21 at Palatine High School.

Lake Forest HS For the third straight weekend, a big meet did not faze Brittany Moccia. The Scouts’ top gymnast captured another all-around title at the Niles North Sectional, finishing with 37.85 points and three event championships.

She had entered the meet in Skokie as the reigning North Suburban Conference and New Trier Regional all-around champion. Moccia’s sectional all-around total ranks fifth among state qualifiers.

She also garnered gold medals on floor (9.5), bars (9.225) and vault (9.525) at the sectional.

Loyola Academy Ramblers sophomore Claire Sullivan advanced to state as an all-arounder and automatic qualifier in two events.

She took third on beam (9.575) and fifth on floor (9.325) at the Niles North Sectional and will compete at state as an at-large entrant in the all-around (36.15). ■

Heels over head: Samantha Stoddart, seen here in earlier action, helped New Trier High School advance to state for the third year in a row.

photography by joel lerner

Finn-ishing touches

Speedy Loyola Academy senior looking to turn in fast times at sectional ■ by bill mclean

determination means everything. If you can commit 100 percent to something you can achieve your goals.”

Finn has been interested in computer science for years, and when he pulls himself away from a keyboard he likes to sketch.

Hengelmann enjoys Finn, the racer, and Finn, the laidback teen.

“He’s a fun kid to have in practice and he’s a genuinely funny kid,” the coach said. “I’ve never seen him in a bad mood.”

Loyola vies for state berths at the Glenbrook North Sectional on Feb. 22.

sports@northshoreweekend.com George Finn did not always pay close attention to every race when his older sisters, Alisa and Monica, competed in home meets for Loyola Academy’s swimming and diving team.

The Ramblers’ natatorium was an ideal venue to explore for a curious grade-schooler.

“I wandered around a lot,” recalled Finn, now a senior sprint freestyler at LA. “But I did enjoy watching the relays.”

The 5-foot-11, 163-pound Finn is an integral part of Loyola’s swim show these days, having established himself as the squad’s top sprinter and three-relay Rambler.

“George has taken a big step forward this year,” LA coach Mike Hengelmann said. “He has always been talented. His speed, though, has really come alive and given the team a big boost.

“The level of his intensity in practice,” he added, “has also picked up.”

Finn clocked a personal-best 21.9 in the 50-yard freestyle this winter. A week after finishing runner-up (22.33) in the event at the Evanston Invite last month, the captain took third in the 50 free (22.2) at New Trier’s Trevian Relays on Jan. 18.

Both meets featured some of the state’s best sprinters.

“He’s probably our best, most important swimmer,” said Ramblers senior Tom Haracz, who collaborated with Finn, Cameron Shewchuck and Chris Kearney to finish first in the 400 free relay at the Metro Catholic Conference Championships on Feb. 8.

“George,” he added, “is explosive off the block, with great breakouts. And his kicks … he’s our team’s best kicker.”

A back injury incurred while training sullied the end of Finn’s season last year, when he just missed qualifying for state as a member of the 200 medley relay.

But he has put that disappointment behind him this winter as Loyola continues to exceed expectations a year

Notable: Shewchuck topped the 200 free field while teammate Chris Canning won the diving segment at the MCC Championships earlier this month, as Loyola captured backto-back conference titles for the first time since 1976-77.

Take a bow: George Finn, seen here accepting a second-place medal at the Evanston Invite, is Loyola's top sprinter.

photography by joel lerner

after losing three seniors from its sixth-place state team, including reigning 100 backstroke state champion and Northwestern University freshman Andrew Jovanovic.

“A lot of our guys are swimming fast and a lot of the times are close,” Finn said. “There has been serious competition for relay spots.”

Finn’s sisters stood out as LA relay members, combining for five top-nine state finishes. Alisa Finn silvered at state in the 100 breaststroke as a freshman in 2006.

“She was extremely competitive, a very serious swimmer,” said Finn.

“Swimming,” he added, “really showed me that

New Trier The Trevians topped runner-up and host Glenbrook South 358.5-348 at the Central Suburban League South Meet on Feb. 15.

Retiring coach Mark Onstott’s crew won half of the 12 events and earned three top-six medals in five races in Glenview. Trevians senior Jae Park touched first in the 200 IM (meet- and pool-record 1:52.4) and 100 breaststroke (meet-record 57.89) and swam on a pair of victorious relays (200 medley, 400 free).

Junior teammate Murphy McQuet won the 200 free (1:42.98) and 100 fly (51.23) and served as the leadoff leg for the 400 free relay. Junior Tomo Sharpee and senior Connor Fotsch also swam legs for the 400 free unit (3:10.14).

Seniors Tommy Jiang and Matt Weiser and sophomore Larry Brooks joined Park to clock a 1:37.82 in the 200 medley relay.

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in losing to Lake Zurich,” said HP coach Paul Harris. “But we did exert a lot of energy last night (against Niles North).”

New Trier: Talented guard Jordan Thomas had one of his best games of the season on Feb. 14. He poured 21 points in New Trier’s 55-49 win over Glenbrook South. The Trevians improved to 16-9.

Wrestling

Sectional: As wrestlers tend to do, Regis Durbin did his share of pacing — and concentrating — prior to the 195-pound championship match at the Class 3A Barrington Sectional on Feb. 15.

And then, the totally focused Lake Forest High School star went out to the mat and earned a 3-1 decision over Zion-Benton’s Mark Miller. The Honor Roll senior headed to the state tourney (Feb. 20-22) Girls Basketball in Champaign with a 37-0 record.

Lake Forest: Senior forward Annie Keller Durbin, who entered the sectional ranked No. has been named to the NSC all-conference 10 by Illinois Matmen, went 3-0 at Barrington. team. Teammate Grace Torkelson was an honHis biggest win came against Crystal Lake South’s Brian Pence (No. 3) in the semifinal orable mention, while Kate Arnson earned the Sportsmanship Award. round, 3-2.

“He was in control of all of his matches,” said Keller had 15 points, 14 rebounds and three LF coach Matt Fiordirosa. “He wrestled smart. steals in a 65-39 loss to Antioch regular-season No mistakes.” finale on Feb. 11.

Meanwhile, New Trier advanced two wrestlers to state. Junior Alec McKenna claimed the 126AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL pound crown, when he edged Cary-Grove’s Logan Women’s Tennis Hanselman 2-1 in the final. McKenna (39-3) was Maddie Lipp: The Northwestern University even more impressive in his semifinal bout, when freshman and former Lake Forest High School he pinned Grant’s Noah Drabek.

McKenna became the first Trevian to win a standout helped the Wildcats upset then-secondsectional title during the six-year era of coach Sectional champ: New Trier High School’s Alec McKenna (top), seen here in ranked Florida 4-2 in the quarterfinal round Marc Tadelman. earlier action this winter, claimed the 126-pound title at the Barrington Sec- of the ITA National Indoor Championships in Charlottesville, Va., on Feb. 8. Lipp won in “It means a lot to me,” said Tadelman. “But it tional. straight sets at No. 5 singles and teamed with means even more to him.” photography by george pfoertner Nida Hamilton to win a 6-4 match at No. 2 douNT’s other state qualifier was Colin Kenyon, bles. Through Feb. 16, Lipp was 12-5 overall in who took fourth place at 113 pounds. Kenyon, singles and 19-5 overall in doubles. fourth quarter. who was second at last year’s sectional, went to state with a 33-8 record.

“One of the those nights,” LA senior guard Kevin Loyola Academy also had a state qualifier. Junior Ryan Kucera said after finishing with team highs of 12 points At the Pro Level and five rebounds. “We beat ourselves a little bit.

Wosick (41-8) took fourth at 182 pounds.

Men’s Soccer “We also made a good run.”

LA got back in it with a 13-2 stretch in the third quarHarry Shipp: Lake Forest High grad Harry Shipp, a AT THE SHOOTAROUND ter to take a 31-30 lead. Kucera netted six in the run.

Chicago Fire rookie, scored a goal and delivered an assist BOYS BASKETBALL But one of Loyola’s primary strengths — nailing treys in a 2-0 defeat of D.C. United in a preseason match Feb. Loyola Academy: James Clarke’s reverse layup against — was a no-show. The Ramblers shot only 2-for-14 from 8 in Bradenton, Fla. visiting St. Joseph thrilled Ramblers fans last weekend. three-point land.

Clarke (8 points) tossed in one of them.

Late in the first quarter, LA’s 6-foot, 175-pound senior At the Olympic Level LA lost 63-56 to De La Salle in the first round of the guard split a pair of defenders in the paint, twisted in Women’s Hockey midair and spun the ball in off the glass. inaugural Catholic League Tournament at the University Hilary Knight: The 24-year-old forward has been one Alas, it was about the only highlight for the home of Chicago on Feb. 15. Senior guard Jack Morrissey paced of the headliners for the USA women’s hockey team at team during the Ramblers’ first loss against an Illinois the Ramblers (19-4) with 22 points. the Sochi Olympics. Knight, who attended Lake Forest opponent this winter.

Highland Park: A weekend sweep was there for the taking. Country Day School and Deer Path Middle School, scored St. Joe’s Chargers left Wilmette as 44-37 victors on Feb. 14.

Highlighted by Luke Norcia (15 points) and Jordan a combined three goals in the three preliminary games.

“Off nights happen,” LA coach Tom Livatino said after his club slipped to 19-3, 10-1 in the Catholic Krawitz (15 points, 7 rebounds), the Giants edged host Team USA was scheduled to play Canada in the Gold Medal game on Feb. 20.

League North. “We seemed a step slow offensively and Niles North 44-41 in overtime on Feb. 14.

But, on Feb. 15, in an overtime game at Lake Zurich, defensively.”

Four years ago, Knight, a three-time All-American Clark’s nifty bucket pared the visitors’ lead to 11-8. the Giants (17-6) fell 49-45. David Sachs led the team at Wisconsin who plays professionally for the Boston Blades, helped USA earn a silver medal at the Vancouver But St. Joseph (19-4, 10-1) outscored LA 15-8 the rest with 18 points, six rebounds and five assists.

“I’m not going to make any excuses. There’s no shame Games. ■ of the half and limited the Ramblers to six points in the

Karras raises fever pitch in upset win over Z-B ■ by kevin reiterman

sports@northshoreweekend.com With fans of Scouts Nation — dressed in white T-shirts in the southeast corner of the gym — hovering behind him like mini helicopters and turning up the decibels to Seattle Seahawks crowd levels, Noah Karras found himself enveloped in a perfect storm.

The home fans were crowding him, breathing down his neck … in a good way.

So what did Karras do?

He fed the frenzy.

The Lake Forest High School junior, known for his marksmanship from three-point range, unleashed and deposited a couple of long — and timely — bombs from the left corner in the four quarter, sparking a 59-51 upset win over Zion-Benton.

“Those threes were gigantic for us,” said teammate Jack Traynor. “I don’t think he’s missed a three in three or four games.”

The arc on Noah’s two threes?

Perfect.

And the storm?

Oh, it came.

For the second time in six days, members — and maybe a few nonmembers — of Scouts Nation rushed the court and celebrated like it was 1999.

“Tonight’s atmosphere. That’s what high school basketball is all about,” said LF head coach Phil LaScala, following his team’s 20th win (eighth straight) of the season.

“Our fans were so enthusiastic,” said a grateful Karras.

“It (the cheering) gets you going. You feed [off] it.”

The 6-foot-3, 180-pound Karras shook off a tough start — missing his first five shots of the game — and tallied all eight of his points in the final 4:41 of regulation.

“I wasn’t hitting anything in the beginning,” said Karras.

“But guys on the bench told me to keep looking for my shot.” “(Shooting the three) is his role,” said LaScala. “He

knows his role.”

LF’s other standout was Traynor. The junior point guard hit five throws down the stretch and finished with a teamhigh 15 points.

“This was Jack’s best game of the year,” said LaScala.

Junior star Evan Boudreaux, who averages 24.0 points and 14.2 rebounds per game, was limited to 11 points.

“Evan didn’t have one of his better games,” said Traynor.

“And we still beat Zion-Benton.

“We had a ton of guys step up,” he added.

Boudreaux, who had 15 rebounds and four assists against the Zee-Bees (21-3), was a definite factor on Feb. 11, when he tallied 20 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks in a 55-50 overtime win over Deerfield.

LF’s tough schedule continues. They will host NSC Lake leader Stevenson (23-1) on Feb. 21 (7 p.m.) and then play Marian Catholic (21-2) in a showcase game at Niles West on Feb. 22 (6:30 p.m.). ■

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