The North Shore Weekend EAST, Issue 94

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OUT & ABOUT

JIM STEPHENSON IS READY TO PERFORM AT RAVINIA FESTIVAL. P.46

CHECK OUT RESIDENTS’ ANSWERS TO OUR WEEKLY QUESTION. P.23

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LOCAL NEWS AND PERSONALITIES OF WILMETTE, KENILWORTH, WINNETKA, NORTHFIELD, GLENCOE, HIGHLAND PARK, EVANSTON, LAKE FOREST, METTAWA & LAKE BLUFF

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North Shore Weekend NEWS 12 THE GRAND EXPERIMENT

A new book recalls the days of innovative learning at New Trier High School

13 ON A ROLL

A Wilmette resident who co-founded Scooterworks is celebrating 25 years selling Vespas and other lines.

13 SOCIAL MEDIA

Ted Widen is ready for the upcoming Highwood Craft Beer Festival.

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Debbie and Steve Kerr enjoy spending summer days at a remote cabin in Canada.

18 SOCIAL WHIRL

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

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GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWNS

Find out about the best events coming up this week in the North Shore.

OUT AND ABOUT

Discover the answers our roving photographer received to our weekly question to North Shore residents.

HOME & DESIGN

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A Lake Forest home benefits from the Mariani touch.

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Jim Stephenson is composed and ready to go for his show at Ravinia Festival.

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The importance of seeing the error of one’s ways

“T

o err is human” noted Alexander Pope in an 18th-century poem.

Of course, in the publishing world, we prefer not to err. But since we’re human (unlike our intelligent laptops and hard-working printing press), we do.

You read the corrections below this column every so often. Some are embarrassing — in a Favorite Weekend piece a few weeks ago, Bob Golin somehow acquired a new first name — while others are less egregious. The key on this end is to correct any errors so readers get the true story and, at the same time, to avoid casting blame for the miscue.

Though I’m always pained by our mistakes, I do enjoy the irony of journalism schools making them — after all, their principal task is to teach budding writers the importance of accuracy. In the news lately was Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications. Some graduates received diplomas in Evanston that misspelled the lengthy name of the school — “Itegrated” was supposedly the type of marketing they studied.

Journalism programs seem, in fact, to be rattled by the idea of graduation. Nearly a quarter century ago, I received a letter of congratulations from the University of Southern California School of Jour-

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Nothing like that could happen today, right? Last week, I received an e-mail from the aforementioned program. Alums were told great news — the new Wallis Annenberg Hall was nearly finished, a modern marvel that includes a media wall stretching three stories high.

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Alexander Pope’s words continue to resonate in the 21st century.

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Soulinme Mitchell, 16, enjoys helping out at the Boys and Girls Club of Lake County. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

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■ by simon murray Phillip has 60 seconds to draw a picture of an alien. He’s one of a handful of 11-year-old club members seated around a table in the art room — and time is ticking.

He scribbles furiously with a red crayon, filling in the extraterrestrial’s torso. He then hands it clockwise to the next awaiting speed artist, who in turn gets the go-ahead from the junior staffer — Phillip’s stepsister, Soulinme, who’s in charge of the clock.

The end result has the head of E.T. with green and orange shoulder pads and a Chicago Bulls’ shirt, courtesy of Phillip. It would seem this alien is more terrestrial than extra, but the real takeaway can be found in its wacky mixture of body parts: Teaching kids how to work together as a team.

Phillip and the other club members ages six to 12 are enrolled in a summer program at the Boys and Girls Club of Lake County, which runs from June to August in a brick building on Genesee Street in Waukegan. Across the street from a cemetery and sandwiched by a cathedral and a church, the Genesee site (as it is referred to by the staff) would be nothing without the dedication of junior staffers like Soulinme, who regularly logs more than 38 hours a week.

“My mom said we had to do something other than sitting around the house.” | Soulinme Mitchell Before she joined the club as a member and then as a contracted worker, Soulinme — who goes by the nickname Soul — would spend summers and afternoons meandering about while her mother worked two jobs to provide for the family.

“I was in 6th grade, and my mom said we had to do something other than sitting around the house,” she explains, smiling while wearing her jean jacket over a Boys and Girls Club T-shirt.

Without much in the way of activities or job opportunities in Waukegan to keep her busy, Soul developed a connection with the staff at the Boys and Girls Club. Now 16 and a staff member herself, she takes a 20-minute bus ride to and from work, finishes her homework on time and is learning the benefits of saving money to go on an advanced college study program.

On a recent morning, the front doors were already swamped with kids waiting to be let in before the official 8:30 A.M. start time. Outside, a man in khaki garb — an enlisted Navy serviceman — was dropping off his children.

Though the road may be convoluted, club members who decide to stick with the multi-year program — including

continuing on at the teen center and becoming a junior staffer like Soul — have a better chance of graduating from high school but many will walk a tightrope trying to avoid drugs and alcohol and gang affiliation. At any time there are over 3,500 active gang members in Lake County, according to a Harris Interactive Survey.

“We want all of our kids to be better, more equipped for their future,” said Anne Sikora, the unit manager (equivalent to a director) of the Genesee site, who has a degree in teaching at-risk, underprivileged youth. “But it’s not a safe neighborhood, and we don’t take anything for granted.”

The facility, originally built as a YMCA until it fell into disrepair and was purchased by the Parks Department, falls within the turf of four different gangs. A community member recently told Sikora that only 10 years ago the facility itself was a gang-riddled building where games of pick-up basketball could quickly become violent. Now, kids can be seen playing 4-square outside; a working garden is filled with peas, cucumbers, squash, collard greens and tomatoes that teaches campers the benefits of nutrition; and creativity and energy are allowed to flourish in places such as the auxiliary teaching rooms, gym and art room.

Soul is a natural at engaging the club members who come through her art room. One of eight siblings (the oldest of whom serves in the U.S. Armed Forces to pay for college), Soul is soft-spoken but exudes a warm, self-assured charm.

It’s for this reason that she easily gains the trust of her campers, while teaching them drawing and spatial design.

Phillip’s twin, a boy named Matthew — who was in the middle of playing a game of telephone after his group finished their own jumbled alien — says that she’s “a person I know I can go to with my problems.”

Soul credits The Boys and Girls Club for helping her in many areas.

“It has made me more outgoing. I’ve gotten more focused, and I’ve been recommended for AP History at school,” she says.

And that confidence seems to be infectious. Says Soul, “When I told my younger sister I got a job here, she was like, ‘I want to be a staff member too!’ ”. ■

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Soulinme Mitchell, with her stepbrother Phillip (above and below) is an art teacher at the Lake County Boys and Girls Club. photography by joel lerner

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NEWS DIGEST REVIEW HIGHLAND PARK

Rhoda Muchmore of Highland Park was awarded the Five Star Customer Service Award at a recent reception at the Chicago Botanic Garden acknowledging the dedication and support of more than 2,000 volunteers.

Throughout her 20 years at the Garden, Muchmore has volunteered with weekend programs, special events, the Regenstein Fruit & Vegetable Garden, the membership desk in the Visitor Center and adult continuing education classes.

Susie Mahon of Highland Park was selected as the Garden’s Super Senior. She has dedicated more than 3,500 hours of service. Mahon has worked to maintain the plant collection in the greenhouses, taught children with the Camp CBG team, welcomed visitors, and preserved seeds for the Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank Preparation Laboratory and Seed Bank at the Daniel F. and Ada L. Plant Conservation Science Center..

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to the signal system at Green Bay Road at Oak Street this month.

The project involves the removal and replacement of the existing traffic signals to bring the intersection up to current Illinois Department of Transportation standards, since Green Bay Road is a state route.

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The village will host a document destruction and electronics recycling event on Saturday, July 26 from 9 a.m.noon in the commuter parking lot east of the railroad tracks.

Examples of documents that can be shredded are: bank statements, medical forms, personal files, retired tax forms, and receipts. Staples and paper clips do not need to be removed, but please remove binders.

Proof of Glencoe residency will be required.

For more details, please go to www.swancc.org.

The Rev. Alan C. James — the Canon to the Ordinary of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio since 2005 — will serve as the 11th rector in the 112-year history of The Church of the Holy Spirit.

“I am impressed by the many opportunities for individuals to connect with God and one another, and I look forward to leading and serving such a dynamic parish,” James says..

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jazz singer Antonia Bennett, will open the show with a set of popular standards.

Pavilion seating is $101 and $91; lawn admission is $34.

Tickets are available at the Ravinia Box Office; by phone at (847) 266-5100 or at www.ravinia.org.

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Lake Forest Parks and Recreation will host another Concert on the Square from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 31.

The Libido Funk Circus dance party band will perform.

The group has perfected its high-energy renditions of the disco and dance hits of the 1970s and also performs dance and rock songs of the past 40 years.

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Wilmette resident ensures scooters are on a roll ■ by angelika labno

his crew had the Buddy and the Stella on the set of “Larry Crowne”; and the Kardashians paid a visit to the Miami Jim Kolbe, co-founder of Scooterworks, rented a Vespa Genuine dealer to scoop up a Buddy 125.

“I was just hooked,” says Becca Scampini, who rode her when he backpacked around Europe after college. The Wilmette resident zipped through the south of France, tak- scooter around Chicago and up to Wilmette before moving ing in the sights of Nice and Monaco. to California a year ago. “You can feel the elements — the “You’re smelling the Mediterranean, you’re taking in the wind in your hair, the smell of the foliage. It’s a completely flowers — it is crazy awesome,” he says. different way of seeing the city.”

A few years later, he and his wife toured Bermuda on Scampini and her husband Mik manage the blog Real scooters as newlyweds. When the opportunity came to get Love Stella (www.reallovestella.com), which documents a into the scooter business, he hopped on without hesitation. year of adventures on the Stella Automatic. Her favorite Scooterworks is celebrating its 25th anniversary as route is the Pacific Coast Highway in California — but even the largest and oldest full-service scooter dealership in the commute to her job is made pleasurable on the scooter.

Chicago, having sold nearly 50,000 scooters through more “I get to work and have a huge smile on my face rather than 200 dealers nationwide. than be frustrated about traffic or “You can feel the elements crowded trains,” she says.

Started in Andersonville in 1989, Scooterworks evolved from being gas prices pushing $4 a gallon, — the wind in your hair, the theWith a vintage Vespa parts and repair economic advantage of scooters is smell of the foliage. It’s a shop to establishing its own line huge. They can get up to 100 miles per of scooters through its division, gallon versus the average 28 miles for completely different way Genuine Scooters (www.genua car; they also leave less of a carbon of seeing the city.” inescooters.com). The dealership footprint, producing fewer greenhouse continues to sells parts, accessogas and emitting less carbon dioxide | Becca Scampini than automobiles. ries and competitors’ lines such as Kymco and Vespa Vintage (www.

Scooters are considered motorcycles scooterworkschicago.com). from a DMV standpoint, but a motorGenuine Scooters offers several scooter models that range cycle class license is only needed for scooters above 49cc. from $2,000 to $4,000. Two new models were added to the The difference between a motorcycle and scooter is that a lineup in June: an automated version of “Stella,” an all- scooter has a floor in front of the rider where the feet rest. steel vintage body also called “our first love,” says Kolbe, Scooters are typically lighter, making them easier to handle and a high-performance model called the “Hooligan.” The and hop on or off. Kolbe advises that all novice riders take latter is a bigger, beefier bike with retractable foot pegs a scooter safety class before hitting the streets. and is easier to fit two people. The Buddy line is the most Scampini notes that nothing quite converts one into a popular in terms of volume. Roughhouse is entry level for scooter fan like hopping on the back of a bike for the first city streets that reaches up to 40 mph. time.

“Sure, it’s a little dangerous, I suppose, but it depends The scooters catapulted to fame with features on the big and small screens: Vanessa Hudgens and Selena Gomez on what you consider dangerous,” she says. “People beg me rode Buddy scooters in “Spring Breakers”; Tom Hanks and to take them around all the time.”■

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The educational experiment For a decade, a New Trier program rejected teaching, grading and testing ■ by scott holleran The Center for Self-Directed Learning was an educational experiment located in New Trier High School’s room 101 from 1972-82. The alternative school within a school — which was terminated due to low enrollment — rejected teaching, grading and testing.

More than 600 students attended the center — including this writer, Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen (Sideways) and U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk.

Center co-founder Arline Paul, who was both my adviser and “facilitator”, recently spoke with me about the center and the newly self-published student and faculty memoirs, Becoming Self-Directed Learners. Paul was the only New Trier faculty member at the center for its entire existence.

What is the impetus for the book?

It grew organically out of [center] reunions. My son Mark helped me with editing, marketing and computer stuff. [Center co-founder and co-editor] Jim [Bellanca] was kind of skeptical at first, but once we realized this was a significant piece of material in educational history, we went ahead and funded the book. The purpose is to generate debate about education.

Let’s talk about the ideas that defined the center.

James Bellanca writes about being influenced by Carl Rogers, who rejected the concept of teaching.

Was the center based on hostility to teaching?

You have to define teaching, which is a very broad term.

Is it lecturing? You can learn by reading. You can learn by listening — by experiencing, by doing. Look at the sciences.

They learn by doing. That’s why they have science labs. If you put hydrogen and oxygen together, you get water, but if you actually do it, you never forget it. And you get the whole concept of atoms and molecules.

The basic idea was that students are human beings, and they deserve a chance to develop their humaneness and their intellect and their curiosity needs to be respected

– they need the freedom to learn, to grow. I’m always amazed that people expect students to be confined in a high school and then at 18, go off to college or a job with very little preparation for living at a college campus and in the world at large. Students at the center built their own program, so college and life didn’t scare them. They didn’t act out as much.

Let’s talk about the center’s practices as discussed in the book. What was learned in the marijuana class?

I have no idea.

What was learned in Soviet Studies?

The names [students] picked were not always accurate — it was probably a study of the Soviet [dictatorship’s] economics and political history. There was also a class on the Weimar Republic, which combined one student’s interest in economics and another student’s interest in Weimar-era arts.

What was the best class in your view?

One that appealed to me personally was the Constitution class, which led to the creation in Illinois of the Center law [an education bill proposed based on center students’ proposal, adopted by the Illinois General Assembly and signed by the governor]. That was awesome.

The second was our trip to Italy. We learned architecture history, saw the paintings in museums and [Michelangelo’s] David, Pompeii and the Herculaneum.

Chaos is a word used by several former students in multiple essays. One student describes congregations as “communal arguing”. Was chaos crucial in the center?

Yes, because in many ways it demonstrated the intensity of feeling and variety of opinions that people felt free to express, and it was primarily during registration when we were trying to develop classes — we called them learning groups — and people were trying to come up with ideas.

Those first few days of 100 kids or so was chaotic, there’s

no doubt about it.

Ex-students write about meetings with local Democrat politicians Mikva and Katz and marching with Cesar Chavez. Why was left-wing activism prevalent in the center?

Think back to 1973. College campuses were roiling with activism, there was a lot of questioning about institutions and the kids had older brothers and sisters on college campuses. They got caught up in being active citizens.

Former center student Sen. Mark Kirk writes about calling Idi Amin as a joke. Was he a joker?

I don’t know. There was a lot going on that we didn’t know about just as there is in regular high school. He was a very busy, active student.

What was the impetus for the center’s replacement for letter grades, called the synthesis?

The New Trier records office. Students in the regular school were able to show their grades, and it was very easy to file [for college admissions]. So we came up with the synthesis to summarize learning experiences. The synthesis would have a quote from each evaluator.

Most former center students who contributed to the book work in religion, academia or government. Why? I’ve wondered about that myself. I’ve noticed that many are in [what Paul regards as] the helping professions.

Maybe they were [already] like that and the center, with its idea of community, fit.

What’s your favorite memory of room 101?

Seeing students at ease, comfortable and feeling that they belonged and were involved and had the freedom to come and go as they needed knowing that in the end they were responsible for what was accomplished and for what was not accomplished.

Scott Holleran (www.ScottHolleran.com) is a former student at New Trier’s Center for Self-Directed Learning and a contributing writer to The North Shore Weekend. ■

BOOK REVIEW

Doing your own thing at New Trier was not a recipe for knowledge ■ by scott holleran New Trier’s New Left experiment — the Center for SelfDirected Learning — gets its due in a new book.

With essays by students and faculty, Becoming SelfDirected Learners (Windy City Publishers, $14.99) is an enlightening record of the school within a school, which existed at New Trier East High School from 1972 until it ended due to low enrollment in 1982.

The authors cite the center’s most influential thinkers. Among them are a University of Chicago chancellor, a German philosopher, a South American socialist, the founder of the “open classroom” and an arch opponent of teaching. The book, co-edited by the center’s co-founders, James Bellanca and Arline Paul, features loose, first-person accounts of how ideas shaped the center’s radical approach to high school.

Former student Mark Kirk, a U.S. senator from Illinois, admits, for instance, that the Center was so unstructured that he was free to phone an African dictator from school as a prank. Hollywood actress Virginia Madsen writes about learning math in a positive environment. As one might suspect, former students’ essays generally offer a positive appraisal.

They are also honest. One writer describes the center’s weekly group gathering — in which all learning, administrative issues and grievances had to be addressed and resolved as a collective — as “communal arguing”. The center’s basic approach —students chose their own “learning experiences”, concentric collectives enveloped the individual, faculty were “facilitators” — comes through, though not in an organized way.

The center closed over 30 years ago. But the impact of its pedagogy is everywhere in today’s schools, which stress feelings over facts and experience over knowledge — and center graduates are extremely influential agents of change.

Contributors acknowledge engagement in or influence by left-wing political causes. Most of the approximately 600

students that traipsed in and out of New Trier’s former study hall in room 101 — the space assigned to the center by the administration —went on to work in government, academia and religion.

Former students disclose experiences in boycotting grapes, working on farms, studying bridges, literature and learning about movies with Gene Siskel. One student built a planetarium visited by the son of the founder of Chicago’s Adler Planetarium. Another staged a play called “How the West Was Taken”. Another had a “learning experience” on marijuana. Classes studied extra-sensory perception (ESP), physics and apartheid. All of this is in the book. What emerges, in spite of sloppy editing (President Obama’s name is misspelled — twice) is an effort to examine education.

“The impact of its pedagogy is everywhere in today’s schools, which stress feelings over facts and experience over knowledge.”

The reader will draw his own conclusions. Mine include the observation that the center’s purported focus on the individual is a false proposition. The real mission was to instill collectivism — to push the student to follow, merge and “fit in” to the herd or the group. The center’s thesis that learning is self-directed comes across in this 260-plus page volume as a euphemism for whims as a guide to knowledge.

Doing your own thing may feel good for a moment, though it does not necessarily add up to knowledge, success or happiness. The Center for Self-Directed Learning’s premise is contained in its name — the learning is an end in itself, not a means to mastering life — and, in laying this bare, Becoming Self-Directed Learners is true to its inception.

Scott Holleran (www.ScottHolleran.com) is a former

student at New Trier’s Center for Self-Directed Learning and contributing writer to The North Shore Weekend. ■

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He’s able to Widen the reach of craft beer

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Ted Widen lives in Winnetka and is the founder of Chicago Scene, a social networking and multi-media entertainment company.

He’s behind the Highwood Craft Beer Festival, which is returning to the North Shore on Saturday, Aug. 2.

Reading: A lot of information about craft beer and what’s going on in that business. One of our sponsors is North Shore Brewing Supply in Highland Park, and I’m going to be taking some classes with them.

Listening: I’ve got a 13-year-old son who listens to a lot of Top 40 music — we listen to that in the house. I like old jazz and even some of the classical stations.

“A few years ago, you couldn’t go to a beer festival with just Chicago beers — but now you can.” | Ted Widen

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Following: Mashable and Maker’s Studio, a studio in L.A. that was just bought by Disney. It’s a YouTube Channel where people produce their own entertainment. People are producing unbelievable content. We’re redoing our website right now, and we’re doing a lot of video, so we’re talking to a lot of young videographers.

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Activity: The way my involvement came about was, a friend of mine worked for Lagunitas Brewing — they just had a new brewery open in Chicago. They gave me the head’s up that craft beer festivals are the hip new thing. That’s the reasoning for getting into the craft beer festival business.

We did some pub crawls, looking for a good location that had never had any festivals.

Highwood was the North Shore community that fit best. Last year was our first beer festival and it was a huge success; about 1,200 people came out, and far as I know it’s the only craft beer festival in the North Shore. We had about 20-25 breweries; this year we’re planning on 40, somewhere between 80 and 100 beers. We’re trying to get 60 or 70 percent of the breweries to be from Chicagoland — Two Brothers, Mike Smiley from Winnetka, Temperance Brewing Co. in Evanston, Lake Bluff Brewing. The Art of Beer in Highwood is also helping to point me in the direction of some really good beers; they’re good people. A few years ago, you couldn’t go to a beer festival with just Chicago beers — but now you can, and it’s great beer.

We just hooked up with this charity called Arts of Life, which is based on the North Shore. We’ll have art on display and people can purchase it; that goes back to the charity. Ben Finch of Finch’s Beer Co. lives in Highland Park and is also a sponsor of the beer festival — he’s the one who came up with using the charity.

Eating: Just had dinner at Merlo’s in Highland Park—John Merlo is an old friend of mine, and they’ve got some really good food. We just ate at Little Ricky’s in Winnetka.

I like Norton’s in Highland Park and good old Michael’s, if I have time to wait in line.

What is your favorite mistake?

My son! He was not planned. Definitely the best mistake ever. ■

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MY FAVORITE WEEKEND Debbie and Steve give a bear hug to remote life

When Debbie and Steve Kerr get away, no one can reach them — by cellphone, e-mail or landline.

They head to a remote cabin in Ontario, Canada. After parking their car at a fishing lodge, they travel about 90 minutes by boat to reach their summer home on a lake.

“You have to bring in all of your groceries — if you don’t, you’re out of luck,” says Debbie, who adds that when they leave, they carry all the bags of trash with them back to civilization.

Fishing — mainly for walleyes — is a big pursuit up north for the Kerrs and their three sons, Ross, Jarrett and Eric. In fact, one of Steve’s catches won a competition, and it hangs on

“Nothing tastes as good as the fish you catch each day — even the offerings from best fish market don’t taste as good.” a wall of their Northfield home. Usually, though, they eat what they reel in.

“Nothing tastes as good as the fish you catch each day — even the offerings from best fish market don’t taste as good,” Debbie says.

Indoors, the family plays a lot of charades, and they always transform the dining room table into a small ping-pong table.

Still, life in the boonies lacks the amenities of the North Shore.

Everyone showers under a tree, for instance. And unexpected visitors are far different than the typical nosy neighbors.

“One time a bear slashed through the screen of our breezeway (where the trash is) at 2 a.m. — it was pitch black,” Debbie recalls. “But as soon as we made noise, it ran away.” ■ David Sweet

Debbie Kerr — who is vice chair of the upcoming American Craft Exposition — and husband Steve of Northfield enjoy heading to a cabin in Canada. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER.

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Songwriter is buoyed by fan support, financially and otherwise ■ by gregg shapiro For the American version of multi-Grammy Award winner Lorde, look no further than K. Flay.

For her full-length debut album Life As A Dog (Bummer Picnic), K. Flay (also known as New Trier High School alumna Kristine Flaherty) took the fan-funding route to finance the project. Her numerous supporters should be thrilled with the project that incorporates influences ranging from hip-hop to modern electronic pop, on standout tracks such as “Fever,” “Everyone I Know,” “Thicker Than Dust,” “Bad Things” and “Get It Right.”

Gregg Shapiro: Kristine, it’s said that you first got into writing and performing your music as a reaction to some of what you heard in hip-hop. What can you share about that?

K. Flay: I was having a conversation with a friend of mine about mainstream rap, some of the stuff that was on the radio. Take a band such as Outkast, which is so creative. The content is progressive and kind of political, and you contrast that with some of the other stuff that makes it onto the radio.

I was complaining about that and my friend said, “Well, why don’t you write a song?” It was this totally benign conversation — and it ended up changing the course of my life. I’m glad I had it.

GS: Where do you find inspiration — K. Flay photography by wilson lee and where did you find inspiration specifically for the songs on Life As A Dog? awesome. I think that a lot of that had to do with the fact KF: This last year, especially the last eight months, has that we’ve been touring consistently for that last three been filled with a lot of changes, big ones and little ones. years. I try to be as real with people as I can. Onstage, The biggest one being that I was signed to a major label I’m a little bit wilder than I am in real life. That’s the main for a couple of years, and I left the label in the fall. For the difference. first time, I was free.

GS: I’m glad you mentioned crowd-funding for the On the one hand I had a bunch of songs that I had writ- disc as well as leaving the major label. What would ten that I couldn’t use, that I had to chuck. I didn’t have an apartment and I was bouncing about between San “It was this totally benign Francisco and New York and L.A. I think the content was a meditation on where I was during that period. I obvi- conversation — and it ended up ously had some moments of darkness, and I think that’s changing the course of my life.” reflected in the songs.

But on the other hand, I started feeling hopeful and | K. Flay inspired and forward-looking in that process as well. I hope that the songs reflect that tension between introspec- you say are the pros and cons of making a fan-funded tion and maybe some regrets, but also an appreciation for album such as Life As A Dog? KF: I think the pros are obviously a degree of creative improving things in your life and wanting the friends you care about to improve their lives as well. control that’s unparalleled. This album, at least on the GS: You perform under the moniker K. Flay. What logistical side of everything, is a real partnership between are the advantages of having a stage name? me and my management. We’ve been working so closely KF: [Laughs] The funny thing is that people just called to put this together. It’s been really fun. I’ll say to my me that. It was like a nickname. I went with it. I think manager, “What do you think about this?” He’ll say, “Okay, the advantage is that some names just sound good. My full how do we do it?” There’s no limit to the kind of content name is Kristine Flaherty. I love my name. No disrespect we can put out, how creative we can be or when we can to my parents. But it doesn’t really have a good ring to it. put things out or how we release things. There’s definitely Kanye West has a great ring to it. a great degree of freedom in every aspect.

The other pro, too, is knowing that there were a thouThe thing is, when I started making it music, it was totally on a whim. I was like, I’ll do it under K. Flay. It sand-plus people who had funded this thing, it unites you just kind of stuck. Plus it rhymes with itself, which is kind with people. I felt like I wanted to make something that of cool. they would be proud of, too. It felt like there were more GS: So, where does K. Flay end and Kristine people on the team.

Flaherty begin?

The only con, from a logistical standpoint, is that if you KF: [Laughs] I don’t think there’s a huge distinction. I don’t stay organized, it can be kind of overwhelming. We know different artists are different ways (about it). Some had other friends who had used (fan-funding programs) people are more secretive and have this mystique about Kickstarter or PledgeMusic in the past, and they stressed them. That’s never been my style. I’m pretty the importance of being organized and making sure that you deliver all this content and these experiences in the transparent.

One of the things that’s been really cool and has devel- most organized and straightforward and quick way as posoped over the last few years is I have an awesome relation- sible. I had no idea what to expect — and it’s been a wonship with my fans. The transparency to the K. Flay project derful surprise. has really helped with that. We crowd-funded the record, GS: You are on the Vans Warped Tour, which and the response from people was overwhelming and includes a stop in the Chicago-area this month. What

does it mean to you to be going back to your hometown region to perform on such a prestigious tour?

KF: It’s awesome! My mother and my step-dad moved to Oakland about six years ago, so my home base is the Bay Area now. But, of course, I have great nostalgia for where I grew up and where I lived for 18 years. It’s really cool. Any time you put yourself out that and people respond to it positively, it’s really gratifying.

Regardless of whether you’re making music or you’re a writer or journalist or an actor or a lawyer or whatever.

It’s nice to go back to the place where things began and for people to see you in a different light, but respond to that in a cool way.

GS: What do you think it is about the North Shore and northern Chicago suburbs that makes it such a rich resource for musical talent, including Liz Phair, Fall Out Boy, Krewella and Kaskade, among others?

KF: Obviously, Chicago is a great city. Being in close proximity to it is a culturally rich experience. There’s so much going on in the city. There’s a lot of different art, and there’s a lot of creative energy.

I didn’t start making music, in earnest, until after I moved away. But I know a lot of people in the area who are doing cool things and I think there’s a general appreciation for the arts and creativity in multiple forms. I think that it’s really supported. I know that was the case where I went to high school, and I think it’s true for a lot of the other schools in the area, which is awesome for young people.

GS: What did you like best about growing up on the North Shore?

KF: It’s funny. We were on tour last summer and we had half a day off, so we went to the lake. We went to Gillson Park. I remembered going there as a little kid. My drummer was like, “Dude, it’s so beautiful here.” In the middle of the deciduous forest there’s this aesthetically nice place to grow up.

Most of my friends don’t live in the area anymore, but several of the kids I grew up with are still some of my rideor-die people. I got a great education. I met a lot of really important people in my life. It’s a really lovely place to be.

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WINES OF THE WEEK ■ by johnson ho As the summer heat entices palates to seek brightly flavored, crunchy and cold meals, we are reminded that the Mediterranean cultures pioneered fabulous recipes and obscure wine types for relaxing meals.

But how do you separate the suspects from the prospects in the minefield of foreign terms and aromas? Here are some fascinating choices for curious gourmets

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2010 Sena, Valle de Acongcagua, Chile; $173

The ascent to world-class stature for South American wines started in 2005 when an Argentinian wine producer with vineyards high up on hillsides of the Andes mountains invited Robert Mondavi to become a joint venture partner. Their goal was to create an Opus One-like wine icon in the league of the best Bordeaux.

Their organically grown Cabernet blend gained global acclaim by 2011 and remains the paragon of regal quality for South American wines. It brims with classic black fruit, dried flowers and minerals in the bouquet while the athletic acidity and glove leather texture just beg for a freshly grilled steak and root vegetables from the Pampas. Hearty salads with roasted leeks, egg plant, zucchini, broccoli and carrots with generous drizzles of extra virgin olive oil and sea salt can also complement the meal. Please decant for 1 hour-plus before serving.

MIDWEEK MEAL

2011 Gouguenheim Malbec Reserva, Mendoza, Argentina; $18

While the highly talented Guggenheim family’s North American branch became wildly wealthy early on, the South American branch suffered numerous set backs due revolutionary wars and successions of corrupt governments. The closest to international fame for them is found in their small wine business.

The high altitude hillside vineyards are brightly sunny, yet cool, the ideal condition for slow and healthy maturation of the grapes. The stone strewn grounds provide a distinctive “well water” flavor in the finish. Black plum, blackberry, black cherry and dark chocolate with a smidgeon of black pepper aromas abound.

This hearty bargain gem just begs for decadent sandwiches of pulled pork, brisket, pastrami, cold steak or pasta salad.

Please allow 30 minutes of aeration.

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2012 Alta Vista Premium Torrontes, Mendoza, Argentina; $19

If you are looking for an enthusiastic, exotic and charming white wine capable of complementing Oriental, North African, Caribbean, TexMex, Cajun, Creole or Fusion cuisines, look no further.

Still virtually unknown by the general public, the Torrontes grape possess many culinary talents, but only few attain the distinctive high notes of tropical flowers and fruits or the silky texture of the Alta Vista Premium. A virtual eye-popping conversation starter, most inductees to this serendipitous star find it hard to describe, lip-licking delicious. Very much like mango/pineapple/peach salsa or orange/cherry sauce glazing accents on salty/spicy/smokey/gamey dishes, the Alta Vista Premium Torrontes relishes the challenges with aplomb. Serve moderately chilled (45 degrees) in apple-shaped wine glasses.

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SOCIALS Music In The Garden Lake Forest Symphony photography by larry miller Held at the gardens of a private estate in Lake Forest, supporters of the Lake Forest Symphony gathered for music and fundraising on a flawless June afternoon.

Students of the Music Institute of Chicago played chamber music while libations and food were served to more than 225 guests. Adding a highlight to the afternoon was the opportunity for guests to meet the newly appointed conductor of the Lake Forest Symphony, Vladimir Kulenovic, who spoke during an informal program.

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Makes About 2 Cups Active time: 10 mins. Start to Finish: 45 mins.

You’ll be glad to have a batch of this syrup, which is like spicy grenadine, in your refrigerator even if you don’t have a cocktail party planned—it’s delicious mixed with chilled club soda or seltzer.

4 dried pasilla chiles (1 oz.), wiped clean 2 cups sugar 1 1/2 cups water 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice 3/4 cup blackberries (3 1/2 oz) Discard stems from chiles. Break chiles (with seeds) into a medium saucepan, then boil with sugar, water, and lemon juice, stirring until sugar is dissolved and until mixture is reduced to about 2 cups, 10 to 15 minutes.

Purée blackberries in a blender, then force through a fine-mesh sieve into a heatproof bowl, discarding seeds (do not clean blender).

Purée chile mixture in blender (use caution when blending hot liquids), then strain through sieve into heatproof bowl, pressing on and discarding solids. Whisk chile purée into puréed berries and cool syrup to room temperature.

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SPICY SWEET MAYA OH MAYA Was the mixed drink invented in Mesoamerica? Were pre-Columbian courts the first cocktail lounges?

According to 16th-century accounts, young barmaids poured spice-infused, fermented-corn-spiked chocolate between two vessels to create a foaming beverage that was the preConquest Cosmopolitan (eat your heart out, Ferran Adrià).

Fast-forward 500 years or so. Mixologists are the new priesthood, and Junior Merino, who was born in Mexico, is one of the best. He’s got a few more ingredients in his pantry than the ancients did, and he uses them to great effect at Manhattan’s newly opened pan-Latin restaurant Rayuela. Merino was kind enough to share a chile blackberry syrup he uses as the base for several cocktails. There’s no cacao in sight, but these are drinks fit for the gods. —James Rodewald

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A MATTER OF TASTE

There’s more than meats the eye at butcher shop ■ by katie rose mceneely Sean Hofherr owns Hofherr Meat Co., a butcher and grocery store in Northfield.

What is Hofherr Meat Co.? We are a full-service butcher shop. We take pride in locally sourcing everything from products on the shelves to meats. We do everything from scratch; we have a full smokehouse, and we make all of our sausages, bacon, and deli meats in house. We also have a lot of interesting products on the shelf that are hard to find.

We take a lot of pride in being able to find things for people that other places might not take the time to source — if you wanted alligator meat or something like that, I’d go out of my way to help you find it.

How did you start butchering? I worked for a number of years in the restaurant business as a cook, and then I

moved into the butchering side of things because that’s what I took to — and also the fact that it’s embedded in my family history. My great-grandfather, along with my greatgreat-grandfather, had a shop called Hofherr Meat Co. on Clark Street, which they sold around the time of the Great Depression. I tell people this is a grand re-opening after skipping two generations.

Years at work? About a dozen.

What made you decide to become a professional?

In a sense, when I was much younger — watching my mom in the kitchen — I developed a love for it. In college, my first year or so I became the dorm room chef. I’d cook for my friends, and after I got started actually working in restaurants, I loved the pace of it. You get that satisfaction after a day of work of actually seeing a finished product.

What kind of prepared foods are available? During the week we have a sandwich menu, always rotating — we always keep corned beef and pastrami on the menu, because my great grandfather was famous for his corned beef. The girls at Three Tarts Bakery bake the bread for us daily, and we basically make all the sausages and do whole animal butchery. We’ll always take requests.

Best recipe tweak? Olive oil, pepper, and salt is all you need with quality meat, if you’re going to grill it.

Signature cut? We have prime, dry-aged beef that we cut to order — my favorite is the dry-aged bone-in rib eye.

Favorite cuisine to make? I love to break out the smoker and do something low and slow, like a brisket or a pork butt.

What do you like to eat at home? I try to cook, but I basically live at the butcher shop right now!

Worthwhile gadget? A sturdy cutting board. We get ours from John Boos in Effingham, Ill. Favorite cookbook? “Charcuterie,” by Michael Ruhlman.

Favorite vegetable? A French breakfast radish.

Most memorable kitchen incident?

There are some very memorable incidents that involve sharp knives. Let’s just say I have seen my fair share of knife action.

“We have a full smokehouse, and we make all of our sausages, bacon, and deli meats in house.” | Sean Hofherr Hofherr Meat Co. is located at 300 Happ Road in Northfield. For more information, call 847-441-6328 or visit hofherrmeatco.com. ■

Recipe: Bacon Potato Salad

Sean Hofherr.

photography by joel lerner

Cook 1 pound Hofherr Meat Co. bacon, chopped into small pieces, in a skillet until nicely rendered and crisp.

Reserve 2 tablespoons of bacon fat and save rest for another use. Bring 5 pounds diced red potatoes to boil in pot, leaving skins on, and cook for 12-15 minutes, until tip of sharp knife slides in and out easily. Place in refrigerator to cool.

Meanwhile, combine 4 cups mayonnaise, ½ cup Dijon mustard, 1 bunch finely chopped green onions and reserved bacon fat in mixing bowl. Once potatoes are chilled, fold into dressing, adding salt and pepper to taste. Serve chilled. .

GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWNS FRIDAY, JULY 25

juried artists specializing in painting, photography, ceramics, glass, jewelry, sculpture, furniture, and more.

Re-invent Gallery 262 Wisconsin, Lake Forest • 6-9 p.m.

Lake Forest photographer Caitlin Saville Collins displays her archives and inspirations, drawn from the surrounding community.

SUNDAY, JULY 27

BEAUTIFUL LIFE: OPENING RECEPTION

“DAMN YANKEES”

CenterStage at Gorton Community Center 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest July 25-August 2 Tickets: $25/adults and $15/students and seniors in advance; all tickets $30 at the door. centerstagelakeforest.org The final show in the community theater’s 43rd season, “Damn Yankees” is a musical of good vs. evil, directed by Mark Taylor with a live orchestra.

Performances are 7:30 p.m. July 25, 26, 31 and August 1-2; 3 p.m. matinee on July 27.

SATURDAY, JULY 26

NORTH SHORE FESTIVAL OF ART

Westfield Old Orchard, Skokie Boulevard & Old Orchard Road, Skokie 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; continues July 27. westfield.com/oldorchard Produced by Amdur Productions, Westfield Old Orchard, and the Skokie Chamber of Commerce, the North Shore Festival of Art shows the work of 100

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Locations vary Admission: $7 (children under 12 free) opendaysprogram.org Explore five private gardens in Highland Park, Lake Forest, and Mettawa open to the public for selfguided tours to benefit the Garden Conservancy.

Highlights include a Jens Jensen fountain terrace, a chapel-like white garden, a ravine restoration project, and a grass labyrinth. No reservations required; rain or shine.

ilholocaustmuseum.org Reservations: education@ilhmec.org Adults and children ages 4 through 14 will explore internal characteristics and traits through art-based activities.

MONDAY, JULY 28

RUMMAGE AND BOOK SALE

The Sisterhood of Beth Hillel Congregation Bnai Emunah 3220 Big Tree Lane, Wilmette 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; continues July 28, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The semi-annual Rummage and Book Sale will feature quality merchandise including housewares, collectibles, clothing, jewelry, furniture, toys and more.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30

FIFTH ANNUAL BLOODY MARY NORTHBROOK DAYS 2014 The Northbrook Civic Foundation FEST The Village Green, corner of Shermer Road and Highwood Chamber of Commerce Everts Park, 130 Highwood Avenue, Highwood 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. celebratehighwood.com/bloodmary Professional and amateur mixologists compete for the title of Best Bloody Mary in the Midwest.

WHO AM I?: EXPLORING IDENTITY THROUGH ART

Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center with the Anti-Defamation League 9603 Woods Drive, Skokie

Meadow in Northbrook July 30-August 3 northbrookdays.com The 90th year of the festival offers free parking, music, entertainment and more.

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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Beautiful open kitchen with today’s amenities. Two-story family room with windows overlooking private yard. $1,625,000

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Historically significant English Tudor Home overlooking Skokie Country Club’s golf course. The beautiful restoration reclaimed all the architectural gems. The property also includes a 1,200 square foot coach house guest quarters. $2,800,000

North Shore Builder Andrew Kruszewski can customize this 6,500 square foot home with 3000 sq ft lower level to make it your own. Beautiful setting on ½ acre lot. $2,650,000

Picturesque colonial home built on a wide lot in sought after E. Winnetka. Fabulous newer kitchen w/ granite counter tops and SS appliances. LR w/ FP & floor to ceiling windows. New FR addition with palladium windows overlooking yard. Wonderful MSTR Ste. $899,000

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A 130 feet drive leads you back to a charming ranch home on a beautiful 11,734 sq ft private lot with patio. The slate entry opens to a living room with fireplace. $799,000

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When was the last time you displayed courage? photography by robin subar

Ewa Noszczynska and Heather Johnston, Winnetka Ewa: Last year I attempted to scuba dive without knowing how to swim. I still don’t know how to swim or scuba dive!

Heather: This week I confronted a toxic friend and told her how I felt.

Katie and Chris Moseley (twins), Winnetka A whitewater rafting trip in Colorado — we jumped off of a 20-foot cliff!

Henry Sackin, Highland Park We were down 5-2, and my partner and I won the critical tennis set at Midtown Club in Bannockburn.

Grace Hong and Jean Doi, Bannockburn Grace: Just made it to the other side of a hard illness.

Jean: I never fear failure — so I am usually courageous.

Reegan Goldstein and Maya, Highland Park Right now — taking a photo for the newspaper!

Michelle Herman, Highland Park Today — I confronted a toxic friend who was being clearly deceitful.

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Whether you’re buying, selling, renting or building, let Julie’s expertise work for you.

ALSO FOR RENT 1014 Sheridan Road, Highland Park. $2,995,000

Dramatic, light-filled Stanley Tigerman masterpiece. Perfectly positioned on 1.8 spectacular, private acres with a ravine & pool. 5 bedrooms, 5.2 baths, two 2-car attached garages.

UNDER CONTRACT 525 Monroe Avenue, Glencoe. $1,149,000

Great home on .3 acres. Incredible updates in the past year: new roof, HVAC, attic flooring/staircase, waterproofing, sliders to bluestone patio & house generator. 4 bedrooms, 3.1 baths.

731 Ivy Lane, Glencoe. $649,000

Multi-level home with a basement on gorgeously landscaped .25 acres. Soaring ceilings, hardwood floors, sliders to the covered deck.

Four bedrooms + 5th on the lower level; 3 full baths.

419 Sheridan Road, Glencoe. $1,695,000

Expansive 6-bedroom, 5.1-bath home on .5 lush acres. Newer chef ’s kitchen opens to redone family room with French doors to the deep, beautiful yard. Stunning newer travertine master bath.

BRAND NEW! 1408 Sheridan Road, Highland Park. $699,000

Move-in ready Mid-Century ranch on almost ½ acre. New stainless/granite kitchen & 2 new marble baths. Open floor plan with stone fireplace. Three bedrooms, 2 baths.

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349 Vine Avenue, Highland Park. $479,000

Loaded with charm in the perfect “walk-to” location. Hardwood floors, fireplace, butler’s pantry, two screened porches. Four bedrooms, 2.1 baths.

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1311 GREENWOOD AVE. | WILMETTE $1,699,000 | 1311GREENWOOD.INFO 11 ROOMS, 5 BDRMS, 4.1 BATHS

301 SHERIDAN ROAD | WILMETTE $1,495,000 | 301SHERIDAN.INFO 11 ROOMS, 5 BDRMS, 4.1 BATHS

132 PARK AVENUE | WILMETTE $1,195,000 | 132PARK.INFO 12 ROOMS, 5 BDRMS, 3.1 BATHS

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VERA PURCELL & PAT PURCELL

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French landscape design offers everything under the sun

The pool area and terrace are framed with formal evergreen hedges.

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■ by simon murray During the reign of Louis XIV, it was not uncommon for the King of France to take a daily promenade through the royal gardens. In fact, le Roi Soleil (the Sun King) considered the gardens of Versailles to be just as important as the château.

While not as large as Versailles, the gardens of a Ridge Road property in Lake Forest have been maintained over the years with the same fervor of a monarch in love with his outdoor space. In this case, the caretakers are Mariani Landscape’s Design Group of Lake Bluff.

In designing the gardens, Mariani Landscape architects Ed Furner and Jim Osborne sought to complement the overall look of the homeowners’ estate that includes an 11,000-square-foot home, tennis court, salt-water pool and pool house.

“The landscape design Jim and I have developed over the years is of French influence to relate to the architecture of the home,” explains Furner.

The grounds feature elegant formal hedges, conical evergreens and a white-and-green color pallet. It also means, at any time, the property requires a devoted phalanx of hedge-trimmer-wielding caretakers. According to Furner, “the pruning of this property is very extensive to maintain the overall manicured design elements.”

With almost three acres of lawn, the Ridge Road

“The red color of the ivy really adds a subtle accent to the otherwise evergreen landscape.” | Ed Furner residence gave the landscapers a lot to play with.

Akebia vines overlook the front parking court and frame the marble column doorway. By engulfing the copper gutters with a living mask of green leaves, the vines add a further dimension to the design, contrasting the stone and softening the façade. Toward the rear of the driveway, an extra parking space has been converted into a hedge sculpture of large, green mountain boxwoods — a key shrub in formal landscapes — while wooden Versailles boxes and mounds of the popular shrub accent the garage and front entry stoop.

White climbing roses and ivy have been installed along the barren stone walls, and in the fall “the red color of the ivy really adds a subtle accent to the otherwise evergreen landscape,” notes Furner.

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NORTH SHORE OFFERINGS Houses of the Week

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Elegant English country manor home steps from the lake. This 6 bedroom, 6.2 bathroom masterpiece features en suite bedrooms, generous room sizes, and a gracious floor plan. PRESENTED BY BAIRD & WARNER.

LAKE 01 | 1689 HIGHLAND PARK y Skokie Hw

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$1,998,000 Betsy Burke, Berkshire Hathaway 847.565.4264

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780 GREENBRIAR

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$939,000 Jeanne Martini, Coldwell Banker 847.234.8000

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Move right into this spacious English Tudor. Living room features beautiful hardwood floors and fireplace. Gorgeous sun room has vaulted ceilings and views of yard. Updated eat-in kitchen boasts high end appliances, marble countertops and backsplash, wide plank wood floor and island seating area. Family room includes beamed ceiling and glass doors opening to deck. Large master suite includes custom marble bath, walk-in closet and walk-out deck. Close to parks, train, beach and schools. PRESENTED BY JEAN WRIGHT REAL ESTATE.

22 | 314 ABBOTSFORD 31 | 1060 RIDGEWOOD ROAD DRIVE KENILWORTH Sunday, 2:30-4:30

HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-3

$1,625,000 Linda Martin, Coldwell Banker 847.446.4000

$838,000 Jane Pickus, @properties 847.432.0700

EARLSTON ROAD MORAINE ROAD PEMBROKE DRIVE 23 | 556 32 | 419 15 | 45 KENILWORTH HIGHLAND PARK LAKE FOREST

$849,000 Beverly and Marshall Fleischman, Coldwell Banker 847.217.0494

APPLE TREE 05 | 131 WINNETKA

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$1,195,000 Amy Cochran, Coldwell Banker 847.234.8000

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SHERIDAN RD 04 | 695 WINNETKA

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$1,475,000 Jeanie Moysey, Berkshire Hathaway 847.800.8110

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REGENCY 14 | 1100 LAKE FOREST

$1,595,000 Taylor Lindstrom Berkshire Hathaway 847-404-8900

WOODLEY WOODS OAKDALE 02 | 401 07 | 460 WINNETKA GLENCOE

14 N Green

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$895,000 Betsy Burke, Berkshire Hathaway 847.565.4264

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GREENLEAF 06 | 338 WILMETTE

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120 Bertling Winnetka Exclusively presented by: Sarah Dwyer Jean Wright Real Estate 847-727-4619 sdwyer@jeanwright. com

180 Ravine Highland Park Exclusively presented by: Margie Brooks Baird & Warner 847-494-7998 margie.brooks@bairdwarner.com

James Nagel Design balances contemporary and traditional style, and Rocco Fiore professionally designed and landscaped this home. Magnificent chef’s kitchen opens to a large family room and the master suite includes his and her baths and closets.

Located in sought after Ravinia near the beach, school, and town, this house also comes with a basketball court and wine cellar. PRESENTED BY @ PROPERTIES.

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$2,995,000 Barbara Mawicke, Coldwell Banker 847.446.4000

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$824,000 Ted Pickus, @properties 847.432.0700

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$849,000 Vicki Nelson, Coldwell Banker 847.446.4000 WOODLEY ROAD 25 | 335 WINNETKA

LINDEN AVENUE BRIAR LANE 33 | 1304 41 | 326 HIGHLAND PARK HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-3

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$2,495,000 Ted Pickus, @properties 847.432.0700

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DEAN AVENUE 34 | 556 MEADOWOOD 42 | 901 DRIVE HIGHLAND PARK

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$3,495,000 Ann George, Coldwell Banker 847.446.4000

$875,000 Lisa Hathaway, @properties 847.295.0700

LINCOLN AVENUE 2112 KIPLING LANE 26 | 681 35 | HIGHLAND WINNETKA PARK Sunday, 11:30-1:30

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$2,975,000 Linda Martin, Coldwell Banker 847.446.4000

$995,000 Nancy Karp, @properties 847.432.0700

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$999,000 Cummins/McDonald, @ properties 847.881.0200 ORCHID COURT 38 | 1765 HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 12-2

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$2,450,000 Schwartz/Pickus, @properties 847.432.0700 PINE STREET 43 | 1026 WINNETKA Sunday 1-3

$2,349,000 Burton/Radnay, @properties 847.881.0200 LAKE AVENUE 44 | 711 WILMETTE Sunday 12-2

$1,990,000 Juell/Mangel, @properties 847.881.0200 BURR OAKS LANE 45 | 2063 HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 2-4

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PLAYING TO THE "HILT"

There are no limits to Wilmette tennis star’s game ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com

Aron Hiltzik thought he would hit tennis balls with teaching pro Billy Heiser for at least an hour when the two got together nearly four years ago.

They ended up exchanging shots for only 10 minutes.

“For the next 50 minutes we talked,” recalls Hiltzik, a 2014 New Trier graduate and Wilmette resident.

Hiltzik’s forehand was one of the hot topics that day.

Heiser marveled at the potency and consistency of the shot, indicating it already had the look and the sound of a pro-tour stroke.

“I couldn’t believe it when he said some of the encouraging things he said,” Hiltzik says. “I didn’t see that coming. I was young … 14 years old.”

He’s 18 today, pumped up to join his older brother, Jared, as a member of the University of Illinois’ tennis team and attempt to eventually reach another level — the one that would find him playing for prize money on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) tour.

Aron verbally committed to the Big Ten school in the fall of his junior year.

Jared played No. 1 singles as an Illini sophomore this past spring.

“When I saw my brother improve as much as he did on the court [during Jared’s freshman year in Champaign], the changes he made in his diet and sleep patterns, how fit he got … I knew then that going there and playing college tennis would get me one step closer to possibly becoming a professional tennis player,” Aron Hiltzik says.

“Illinois,” he adds, “produced more pros in the last 10 years than any other college did.”

The Hiltzik brothers’ tennis games are about as similar as the weight of an NFL lineman and the weight of a NFL lineman’s chin strap.

“Completely different games,” says Heiser, an ’09 University of Illinois graduate who coaches ATP Tour player Tim Symczek (his career-high world singles ranking is No. 71). “Jared is more cerebral, likes to see how his opponent plays, then reacts. He uses a little more strategy than Aron does, plays defense, counterpunches.

“Aron,” he adds, “looks to dictate and is a lot more straightforward. He’s a see-the-ball-hit-the-ball player,

more of an offensive player, a player who likes to manipulate the ball. What they do have in common is their speed; both move well on the court.”

Both chose to leave New Trier’s tennis team in the middle of the ’12 season. Aron had played No. 1 doubles for most of the ’11 season, his freshman year.

“We made the decision together,” Aron says.

Aron Hiltzik then ramped up his training and appearances at national tournaments, climbing the United States Tennis Association rankings in age-group (16s and 18s) singles. He spent his senior year in College Park, Md., training and taking online courses. But he first made sure he could do that and still be allowed to receive his high school diploma with his New Trier classmates on June 1.

Tennisrecruiting.net ranks him No. 1 in Illinois, No. 1 in the Great Lakes region and No. 2 in the nation on its Class of ’14 list.

Rankings, though, mean little to him.

“When I was younger, I’d look pretty often to see where I was ranked,” the 6-foot, 158-pound Hiltzik says. “Not anymore. There are more important things, like making sure I’m as ready as possible for college tennis. I’ve known [Illini tennis coach] Brad Dancer for five years now. He’ll know what to do to make my game better, and he knows how a player should behave on and off the court to reach a point where a player has a shot at making it on the pro tour.

“I can’t wait to be with the team and grow as a player and as a man.”

Hiltzik’s busy summer of training and competing has included a first-round men’s doubles loss at the Nielsen Pro Tennis Championships in Winnetka June 28-July 5. His big brother was his partner. Many of the players in that tourney’s singles and doubles draws each year are the equivalent of Triple-A baseball players, hoping to collect ATP points and spots in qualifying draws at bigger pro events.

Earlier Aron Hiltzik and Stanford University-bound Tom Fawcett (NTHS, ’14) reached the 18-and-under doubles semifinals at the Midwest Closed Championships in Indianapolis. The pair honed their games together at Heiser-led sessions featuring many of the area’s topranked juniors.

“[Aron] is a real smooth player, a smart player with so many different and crafty shots,” Fawcett says. “That forehand of his, it’s a heavy ball. He’s also fast and quick and athletic.”

In matches, Hiltzik uses his head as well as he uses his racket head. Not too many 18-year-olds have read a tennis book that was published in 1974 and examines the importance of the mental side of tennis. Count Hiltzik as one of them. He considers Timothy Gallwey’s “The Inner Game of Tennis” a must-read for any netter looking for another edge.

“Tennis is so much more than hitting the ball well,” says Hiltzik. “It’s 90 percent mental. One of my favorite quotes about the mental part of the game is, ‘Train like a man, play like a child.’ When children play, they play; they don’t overthink. That’s the mindset I like to have in matches.

“How you do at certain points in sets — how you handle and react to big moments and big points, actually — has more to do with your mind than anything physical,” he adds.

It’s that kind of mature outlook which impresses Heiser, and it’s one that should make Hiltzik’s transition to college tennis a smooth one.

“Another one of Aron’s qualities is his ability to look at and appreciate the big picture, to keep things in perspective,” says Heiser, now based in Tampa, Fla. “He had some ups and downs and he struggled for a while with injuries, in the 14s (age group) and early in the 16s.

But his healthy perspective has helped him become one of the nation’s best players in the 18s, along with his dedication and the support from his family [Jared and parents Arlyn and David].”

Aron Hiltzik admits he has returned to checking a certain rankings site. It’s a guilty pleasure, similar to the one he enjoyed in his early years of competitive tennis.

Hiltzik checks the ATP rankings these days. Reigning Wimbledon singles champion Novak Djokovic tops the list with 13,130 points. In a tie for No. 1,637 in the world, with two points, is none other than Aron Hiltzik.

He picked up the ATP points at a Pro Circuit tournament in Oklahoma this year.

“That’s fun, seeing that ranking,” says the seriously good player. ■

Aron Hiltzik, ranked No. 2 in the nation in Boys’ 18 Singles by tennisrecruiting.com, will join his brother Jared at the University of Illinois this fall. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

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Estrada in stride

Highland Park HS grad ready for the long runs at the University of Illinois ■ by bill mclean

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Angel Estrada was languishing, stuck in fourth place in the 1600-meter run with about 200 meters left.

The 2014 Highland Park High School graduate was a freshman at the time, racing in his third grueling event at the Central Suburban League North freshman track and field meet more than three years ago.

Estrada had topped the 3200 and 800 fields in his first two tests.

“When I saw him near the end [of the 1600], I thought, ‘Why did we do that? What were we thinking? Why did we put Angel in so many tough events, with little recovery time in between?’ ” recalls former Giants varsity cross country and track and field coach Kevin Caines, who stepped down from his head coaching posts after the 2013-14 school year.

Estrada erased Caines’ unease shortly thereafter, surging past a trio of milers and finishing first for a third time that day.

The effort capped quite a triple.

“I looked at [assistant coach Steve Buti] after the 1600,” Caines says. “We smiled and shook our heads.

I realized right then that Angel had a toughness as a racer you can’t coach.

“That was something, what he did … something special,” he adds.

Estrada did something memorable on a cross country course last fall, clocking a 14:43 to place 10th at the Class 3A state meet in Peoria. Only three other Giants in program history had finished higher at state: Jim Weinert (first place at the ’61 meet, a year after placing fourth); Scot Frazin (fifth at the AA meet in ’01); and Tom Newell (seventh at the AA meet in ’78).

With about 800 yards left in his final state cross country race, Estrada was running in 14th place.

Good enough for all-state status.

But not good enough for Buti or, as it turned out, Estrada.

The assistant coach shouted at Estrada, urging the Giant to look ahead and rev what was left in his legs.

“He told me that the guy in orange shorts was in 10th place,” says the 5-foot-11, 155-pound Estrada.

“That’s what I wanted, a top-10 finish. I could have coasted and settled for 14th, because that would have also been an all-state finish. But my goal all along was top 10.

“That was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done, running those last 800 yards.”

The future orange-shorts-wearing Estrada — he is, after all, a University of Illinois preferred walk-on in cross country and track — motored past the orangeclad target. His time of 14:43 across Detweiller Park’s three-mile course ranks fourth all-time among statequalifying Giants.

“You should have heard the speech he gave to the team on the bus ride home,” Caines says. “It was one of the best I’ve heard from a high school kid in a setting like that. He stressed how believing in himself helped him find that something extra he needed at the end, and how critical the mental aspect of the sport is when you’re going against the state’s best.

“Angel spoke from the heart,” he adds. “Everybody on that bus was spellbound.”

One of the most competitive members of the Class of ’14, Estrada entered high school as the son of parents who thought he wasn’t sufficiently … driven.

“They were worried,” he says of Dan and Rosa Doyle. “Worried that I wasn’t competitive enough after eighth grade, academically and athletically.

They admitted that to me this year.”

Estrada dispelled that notion in a hurry, probably right around that time he went 3-for-3 in track races totaling 5,600 meters — in one day. He also found consistent traction in the classroom, giving his parents another reason to beam with pride.

“I’ve always looked up to my parents as

inspirations, along with my coaches,” says the two-time state qualifier in the 1600. “My dad [an Illinois graduate] encouraged me to give cross country a try. Both my parents are hardworking employees who manage people and make big decisions at their company.”

After running the fastest time for a freshman (a mark that has since been broken) at the Lake County cross country meet in ’11, Estrada helped the Giants qualify for the Class 3A state cross country meet his junior year; HP placed 15th, with Estrada finishing 43rd (15:02) behind top teammate Jonah Hanig (21st, 14:46).

Estrada followed up his all-state cross country effort last fall with a first-place run in the 3200 and a second-place showing in the 1600 at this past spring’s CSL Highland Park High School grad Angel Estrada, seen here during the spring track and field season, will North outdoor track and be a preferred walk-on at the University of Illinois. photography by ting shen field meet.

HP won its first league outdoor title since 1993.

“I like to sit back, kick hard at the end,” Estrada says of his race plan for most distance events. “I do like to stay near the front, go with the flow and have enough at the end to finish strongly. It’s important to stay relaxed and calm. And to stay focused.”

An injured left shin nearly derailed his final outdoor track season. It began bothering him during the indoor track season. HP’s coaching staff shut Estrada down for weeks after a dual meet with Deerfield, fearing the injury would turn into a stress fracture without rest.

“When he was running the 800 [indoors vs.

Deerfield], he didn’t look right,” Caines recalls.

“Something was wrong with our money runner. He told us after the race, ‘I’m OK.’ We translated that as meaning, ‘I’m hurting.’ ” Estrada essentially had to play catch up with the area’s elite milers for most of the spring. But he matched his personal-best time in the 1600 with a 4:21 at a sectional meet, qualifying for the state meet in the event for the second year in a row.

“He hung with some pretty fast guys at the sectional,” Caines says. “His third lap, he was a little off. But once again he found that gear he needed late in the race and came through.

“Angel,” he adds, “is a very intelligent runner, one who never gets distracted by other people doing crazy stuff in the first half of races. He was all business right before races and especially during races.”

Estrada was up for what appeared to be a wildeyed challenge at that CSL North freshman track and field meet in 2011. Caines’ anchor man for the 1600 relay that day was three-time victor Estrada.

Kind of a big deal.

The quartet placed third.

“I was excited about it, excited about running in all four of those races,” says Estrada, who is thinking about majoring in finance at Illinois. “It wasn’t daunting to me. I knew the meet would test me, physically and mentally. But I welcomed that challenge from my coach.

“Competitiveness … it’s a big part of my personality.”■

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Passion for the game pays off for Chicago Magic standout ■

by bill mclean

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One of the most brilliant goals Lake Forest Academy boys soccer Paul Makovec has ever seen came off the powerful right foot of one of his former players three years go.

The sequence started rather uneventfully, from about 25-30 yards out.

“The ball was bouncing around,” Makovec recalls.

The LFA Caxy then volleyed the ball as it descended, firing it past a stunned bunch of defenders.

“He put it on a rope; the goalie never moved,” Makovec adds. “It was an incredible shot, one of the best I’ve ever seen from a high school player.”

The name of the former player is Calum Bishop, a freshman when he struck that memorable laser against Marquette University (Wis.) High School at a tournament in St. Louis.

The name of one of Makovec’s possible future players happens to be … Calum Bishop.

Same guy, same special player.

Bishop, a Lake Forest resident, opted not to play for LFA’s Caxys last fall after two seasons of prep ball in order to train and compete exclusively with Chicago Magic PSG, a local US Soccer Development Academy (USSDA) stacked with some of the nation’s best age-group booters. Magic teams often face academy teams affiliated with Major League Soccer teams, e.g., the Chicago Fire, LA Galaxy and Vancouver Whitecaps FC. “I’m 90-95 percent sure,” the rising LFA senior striker says of rejoining Makovec’s program for the 2014 season.

“That’s what he told me,” Makovec says. “We completely understood his decision not to play for us last year. He’d be tremendously helpful if he came out for the team again this fall.

“We’re excited about the chance of his return.”

Makovec has received at least 10 text messages from Bishop this summer, most of which have been about LFA’s upcoming season.

“He asked me what system I’m thinking of running this fall and what the talent is going to be like,” Makovec says.

“Calum is a great kid, one of the nicest kids at the school. He’s always been excited to be involved in things.”

The 6-foot-1, 165-pound Bishop has been pretty busy — and quite successful — this summer as a right back for Chicago Magic’s U-15/16 squad, which also features Highland Park residents Elijah Rice and Amit Tal. The team reached the national semifinals of the USSDA playoffs, falling 3-2 to LA Galaxy on July 17.

Born in England and still a big fan of England national team member/Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney, Bishop moved to the U.S. at the age of 3. But soccer wasn’t exactly love at first strike for him.

“I didn’t take to it right away,” he says. “But then, one day at a clinic, I kind of got hooked on it and watched it on TV whenever I could. It’s a beautiful game, the world’s game, free-flowing.

“And it’s not,” he adds, “always the strongest team that wins; it’s the team that is most ready to play that day.”

In addition to his versatility — coaches at any level would have no qualms about deploying him in the back for the first half of a match, up top in the second half — Bishop buoys teams with his aggressiveness, vision and wide range of possession skills.

“He plays really good long balls,” says LFA senior forward Stephen Payne, a native of Birmingham, Ala., and a member of Chicago Magic U-15/16. “Calum is comfortable on the ball, and his shot — it’s accurate, powerful.

“But it’s his leadership [in the US Soccer Development Academy national playoffs] that’s really showing and helping,” he adds. “When our team is down, he’s there to pick us up. He’s vocal; he says his opinions at halftimes.”

Chicago Magic Technical Director Louis Mateus has watched Bishop sprout as a footballer for four years. Bishop’s love for the game isn’t going to wilt anytime soon.

“Calum,” Mateus says, “is a soccer junkie. He likes details associated with the game. If he’s not sure about something soccer-related and it’s important to know for the team, he makes sure he finds that out.

“Smart kid, hard-working kid, a leader with his voice and his play,” he adds. “I have no issues with his personality, his discipline, his commitment.”

Bound to play Division I soccer for Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., beginning in the fall of ’15, Bishop has fond memories of his days as a Caxys striker during the ’11 and ’12 seasons.

“I enjoyed being on both teams,” he says. “Both were competitive. We scored a lot of goals, and we were fun to watch.”

Fun for him, away from soccer, usually involves a boat, some bait and plenty of music.

“I like to fish while listening to reggae or hip-hop,” Bishop says. “Fishing is a lot different than soccer. I sometimes feel pressure, feel stressed, when I play soccer. Fishing helps me get away from that feeling.”

Makovec, meanwhile, hopes he reels in a familiar whopper before LFA’s season opener in August, a catch without gills.

And one with a boatload of soccer skills. ■

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With Kevin Reiterman & Bill McLean FOOTNOTES CLUB SOCCER Eclipse Select ECNL U-16: This squad, which features Highland Park’s Zoe Redei, Lake Forest’s Lea Waddle and Hannah Marwede, New Trier’s Katie Sadera and Glenview’s Abby Dein, captured a national title on July 17 at the Elite Clubs National League tournament in Richmond, Va. Eclipse defeated the Dallas Texans 3-1 in the championship. Waddle netted what turned out to be the match-winning goal off a cross from Redei. The tally broke a 1-1 tie.

Last summer, this group claimed a U-16 ECNL national crown.

Redei was named to the U.S. U-18 Women’s National Team for a camp that runs July 22-28 in Mexico City.

Meanwhile, the Eclipse Select ECNL U-17 team, which rosters Lake Bluff’s Aspyn Repp and Glencoe’s Jessica Ritchie, also advanced to the finals. It fell 1-0 to the Dallas Sting.

CHIP SHOTS GOLF Sanctuary Classic: Loyola Academy’s Tyler Aldrich came up with another solid performance. At this MidAmerican Junior Golf Tour event in New Lenox, the 2015 grad finished in a tie for third place (70-75-145). The winner was Frankfort’s Jake White (141).

New Trier’s Nick Iserloth (2016) shot a 151 (76-75) to finish in a tie for eighth, while Winnetka’s Drew Miles and Northbrook’s Luke Oberholtzer carded 152s to place in a tie for 11th place. Highland Park’s Noah Apter finished in a tie for 19th (154).

Meanwhile, in girls action, Loyola Academy junior Blake Yaccino shot a 158 to finish in a four-way tie for second place. Lake Forest junior Emily Young took sixth (159).

Illinois State Amateur: Glenbrook North grad Nick Hardy took runner-up honors at Chicago District Golf

Association’s 84th Illinois State Amateur at Cantigny on July 18. Hardy shot a 280 (70-75-66-69) but lost a fourhole playoff to Naperville’s Raymond Knoll.

Highwood’s Patrick Flavin finished 18th overall: 71-7275-78 (296).

Midwest Junior Players Championship: Deerfield High School grad Ian Kelsey finished in a tie for third (7371-75) at the American Junior Golf Association’s Midwest Junior Players Championship at Mistwood in Romeoville.

New Trier junior Matt Murlick shot a 224 (77-76-71) to finish in a tie for ninth, while NT junior Andrew Huber was 24th (237).

POOLSIDE CLUB DIVING Glenbrook Aquatic Diving: Katie Roarke, who will be a senior at Loyola Academy, came up with a runnerup finish (405.55) in the 16-18 girls platform at the 2014 USA Diving Summer Junior Zone C Championships in Milwaukee (July 10-14). She added an 11th-place finish (394.30) on 3m Junior Olympic (J.O.).

Ryan Cohn (12-13) was another standout. He won the 3m J.O (305.50) and platform (283.75), while he took third in 1m J.O (274.10).

Anna Hansen (14-15) placed in the top five in three events: 4th on 3m J.O (295.45), 5th on 1m J.O (266.00) and 5th on platform (214.10).

Deerfield’s Sean Scarry (16-18) was fifth on 1m J.O (460.75) and seventh on 3m J.O (463.80).

Chicago Diving Club: Wilmette’s Christopher Canning (14-15 Boys) captured three crowns at the Zone C Championships: platform (331.00), 3m J.O (454.90) and 1m J.O (425.10).

New Trier grad Juliette Corby, who took runner-up honors at the IHSA state meet last fall, placed third in the 16-18 Girls 1 meter (388.35). The Michigan recruit also had a pair of top 10 finishes: 9th on 3m J.O (402.15)

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Lucy Hogan (12-13) finished with two golds: 1m J.O (275.80) and platform (235.10). And she added a silver on 3m J.O (262.45).

Jessie Creed (12-13) captured a first on 3m J.O (318.80) and added runner-up finishes on 1m J.O (273.50) and platform (230.40).

Lauren Willian (12-13) came home with three bronzes: 233.45 on 1m J.O; 243.10 on 3m J.O; and 177.10 on platform.

Caitlyn Curtis earned two fifth-place showings in the 12-13 age division.

Regina Meirmanova (11 and under) placed in three events: 2nd in 1m J.O (180.00), 2nd in platform (156.45) and 4th in 3m J.O (170.30).

Henry Goodman (12-13) finished with two thirds (3m J.O and platform) while he was fifth on 1m J.O).

Windy City Diving: J Joseph Cifelli (16-18) captured a title on 1m J.O (554.45) and took second on 3m J.O (288.40).

Kevin Sullivan (12-13) was a champ on 1m J.O (306.20).

He added fourths on 3m J.O (255.85) and platform (214.75).

Scotty Seamus (14-15) ended up with two silvers: 1m J.O (354.5) and 3m J.O (392.70). He added a third on platform (219.85).

Zayne Danielewicz (10-11) finished the Zone C championships with three runner-up showings: 189.00 on 1m J.O, 198.50 on 3m J.O and 134.45 on platform.

Harrison Nolan (10-11) claimed two thirds: 1m J.O (187.30) and platform (131.95). He was fifth on 3m J.O (177.65).

Emma Ruchala (14-15) finished with a pair of thirds: 298.15 on 1m J.O. and 300.30 on 3m J.O. Jacob Hedberg (14-15) was fifth on 1m J.O, while Zach Mega was sixth on 1m J.O and 3m J.O. ■.

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Stephenson stays composed as Ravinia premiere looms ■

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Jim Stephenson is already at The Deer Path Inn in Lake Forest when I arrive a few minutes after 9 a.m.

I had gone through the wrong entrance before hustling up the carpeted stairs of the inn’s dim basement lounge to the main lobby. Sitting down at our table, near a window looking out onto a courtyard, I am slightly out-of-breath and agitated, with an air of dishevelment oft reserved for the hurried or the tardy — or both.

Stephenson, on the other hand, is composed — the perfect persona for a composer — softening the symmetry of conventional handsomeness in his face with a warm smile. He does not strike me, I note, as the type of person who is ever late. Which makes sense: Stephenson’s career — as a successful composer, musician, arranger, and conductor — depends on being on time.

Stephenson found he had a passion for music when he was nine years old. His older brother played the trumpet, and one day left the instrument on the couch.

“I always want to give my music forward momentum. I want [the audience] to go on a journey with me.” | Jim Stephenson “I picked it up and blew a couple of notes,” Stephenson recalls. “My brother taught me a scale. And for whatever reason, I was able to play it pretty easily.”

Soon enough, Stephenson was spending his summers at Interlochen Music Camp. Later, he attended the New England Conservatory in Boston and, immediately upon graduating with distinction in Trumpet Performance, took a job playing in the Naples Philharmonic, then a new orchestra.

Stephenson met his wife, a violinist in the same orchestra, and started a family — he remained there for 17 years.

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Philharmonic (that is, arranging preexisting songs to be played for an orchestra), but it wasn’t until about halfway through his tenure there that he decided to take a summer class at Northwestern, in hopes of composing original music himself. The class was called “Adventures in Bad Music,” and for his final project, he was assigned to write a piece of “bad” music.

“I went back to my dorm room and wrote my first original piece,” Stephenson remembers between bites of scrambled eggs and sausage links. “The next day we go and play it for the class. And we get done playing and someone raises their hand and says, ‘Jim, you failed the assignment. That was a good piece.’ ” “For better or for worse,” Stephenson says, “that’s why I’m here today. With that little bit of encouragement, I went back and started writing my own music.”

Seven years ago, Stephenson left the Naples Philharmonic to write music full-time. He’s now the Lake Forest Symphony’s Composerin-Residence, and he has enough pieces to keep him busy for at least the next year.

“I’m a fan of melody, but I like putting my own spin on it harmonically,” Stephenson says of his composing style. “I definitely want there to be a tune, but I always want to give my music forward momentum. I want [the audience] to go on a journey with me.”

Stephenson’s music, at its core, is a way to express himself — and, in that sense, a way to let people in.

“I can only speak about my experience and where I come from as a composer,” Stephenson says. He pauses. “I can’t use words that are very engaging. If you really wanted to get to know me, I’d tell you to listen to my music.”

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847.234.0485 (o) | 847.338.5068 (c) nadelman@gglrealty.com | www.gglrealty.com

1505 S. Ridge Road | Lake Forest

1900 Wilmot Road | Bannockburn

New Listing. Amazingly beautiful 2.8+ acre property surrounds this tranquil home. Tremendous family room with stone fireplace, terrific kitchen with hearth room. Year-round porch overlooks pond, fin lower level. 3 BRs, 3.1 baths | $1,849,000 www.1505Ridge.com

New Price. Premier estate on 7+ acres. Remarkable residence designed by Stanley Anderson, affords a rarely available opportunity for a private, country setting in a convenient location. Pool, tennis court. 4 BRs, 4.3 baths | $2,950,000 www.1900Wilmot.com

855 E. Rosemary Road | Lake Forest

255 E. Witchwood Lane | Lake Bluff

Exceptional English manor home designed by Howard Van Doren Shaw. Gracious and elegant, yet comfortable with a floor plan suited for today’s lifestyles. Amazing Christopher Peacock kitchen. 6 BRs, 6.2 baths | $5,900,000 www.855Rosemary.com

Beautifully maintained, custom built home with fabulous floor plan! Hardwood floors, tall ceilings & custom millwork. Expansive gourmet kitchen opens to large breakfast & family rooms. 5 BRs, 4.2 baths | $1,749,000 www.255Witchwood.com

1004 N. Western Avenue | Lake Forest

1230 S. Wilson Drive | Lake Forest

Beautifully appointed townhome. Gorgeous living spaces w/south light. Elevator to all levels, 2 terraces, fin. lower level, 2 car heated garage. In the heart of Lake Forest - walk to everything! 3 BRs, 3.2 baths | $1,525,000 www.1004NWestern.com

Delightful Cape Cod style residence features new cedar siding, new cedar roof, outstanding gardens & patio, screened porch, theatre room, the list goes on!

Gorgeous kitchen and baths. 4 BRs, 3.1 baths | $995,000 www.1230Wilson.com

678 N. Western Avenue | Lake Forest, Illinois 60045 | 8 E. Scranton Avenue | Lake Bluff, Illinois 60044 | www.gglrealty.com |

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