The North Shore Weekend EAST, Issue 99

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MY FAVORITE WEEKEND

Jay Owen helps keep Lake Forest Symphony in tune.

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Charity stalwarts Craig and Terri Foster head to China.

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Lake Forest soccer player Hannah Marwede makes her mark.

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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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A North Shore doctor climbs Mt. Kilimanjaro — but she’s not the only one in her family who reaches top heights..

FOR ART’S SAKE

Art Fair on the Square is poised to celebrate 60 years during its Labor Day Weekend event.

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Wilmette’s Pat Brummet has just biked across America — at age 68.

LIFESTYLE & ARTS 16 MY FAVORITE WEEKEND

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Find out the engaging details of a great trip a North Shore couple has taken.

18 SOCIAL WHIRL

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

HOME & DESIGN

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When one couple raised on the North Shore went house-hunting for its young family, an old-school spot won out. But while the Tudor beauty spoke “home,” the 77-year-old residence needed a boost.

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SPORTS 28 THAT TIME OF YEAR

The high school football seaon kicks off, and we have the features to keep you informed.

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LAST BUT NOT LEAST… 30 SUNDAY BREAKFAST

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Wilmette’s Pat Brummet has just biked across the United States — at age 68. Sure, some of us have biked 3,667 miles — in our lives. The retired junior high math teacher completed the trek in just 50 days.

Crossing the land on two wheels had always been a dream for Brummet — but one deferred. A conversation with her father a few years ago helped spur her on. “He said, ‘Patty you haven’t done what you said you were going to do,’” says Brummet. “And I said, ‘What’s that, Dad?’ and he said, ‘Bike across America.’ ” That same night, he died in her arms.

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■ by sam eichner At an hour or two past sunrise, Dr. Deeba Masood stood above the clouds.

She had just reached the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro — the tallest freestanding mountain in the world — and though her muscles ached after the two-and-a-halfday ascent and her limbs shivered in the cold, she felt a massive wave of accomplishment and pride.

“I've been in high heels for the last decade, so I had to learn to walk in hiking boots.” | Dr. Deeba Masood It’s just this adrenaline rush,” she remembers. “You’re just like, ‘Wow, I made it.’”

Today, closer to sea level, Dr. Masood — an allergist/immunologist for the NorthShore University Health System — looks nothing like the type of person you’d envision standing atop a mountain. In fact, she looks quite the opposite, sweeping into her office wearing a sleek black dress and stylish flats, her face dolled up

in pink lipstick and mascara.

“My idea of ‘roughing it’ is not having room service,” Dr. Masood admits. “I’ve been in high heels for the last decade, so I had to learn to walk in hiking boots.”

Dr. Masood was inspired to make the climb this summer after her husband, Dr. Farhad Abar, climbed Mt. Rainier last year, during what she jokes was his “mid-life crisis.” Though not as tall as Kilimanjaro, Rainier is a much more technical climb; as part of his training, he had to climb 200 flights of stairs with a 40-pound pack.

While Dr. Masood had porters to carry her pack, she still had to work tirelessly with a trainer to build up the cardiovascular and muscular strength necessary to make the trek. Eventually, she was ready to join her husband, as well as her two sons (one, a sophomore at the University of Michigan, the other, a junior at Johns Hopkins) on the voyage.

“I told them I wanted to go,” Dr. Masood says of the initial decision. “And they said, ‘No mother, you’re frail and feeble.’ Then I really wanted to go.”

More than just an unorthodox family vacation to Tanzania, Dr. Masood and her family used the climb to raise money for several charities. Dr. Masood herself has raised close to $10,000 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Arzu, a char-

ity that empowers Afghani women by providing them with a market for their hand-woven rugs and bracelets. The organization was founded by Lake Forest resident Connie Duckworth.

“That was the extra push,” Dr. Masood says, recalling how she was forced to overcome a bout with altitude sickness in order to reach the summit.

“I could not disappoint them.”

This same drive was what pushed Dr. Masood to become a doctor in the first place. Born in India, her family immigrated to the United States when she was just eight years old.

“My father said we came here for a purpose,” she says.

Though she initially wanted to be a writer, and her sister (now a pediatrician) wanted to be an artist, her father worked three jobs so that they could both go to medical school. And there was a caveat: when they finished medical school, they had to fulfill their civic duty. To this day, Dr. Masood still volunteers at an underserved clinic on Dr. Deeba Masood photography by joel lerner the South Side of Chicago.

“We just didn’t want to disappoint him,” she explains.

“We’re writing a memoir,” she says.

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■ by sheryl devore When it’s time for the 60th annual Art Fair on the Square in Lake Forest this weekend, Leslie Emery and Jacqui Blatchford will sit next to each other by a splendid fountain on Western Avenue showing their paintings.

Some art lovers will walk right by Blatchford’s work and head straight toward Emery’s. Others will bypass Emery’s work and visit Blatchford.

Either way is OK with Blatchford of Lake Forest — because Emery, who

“Talk to the artists. It gives them a chance to express what they are painting and why.” | Lars Birger Sponberg lives in Wisconsin, is her daughter.

Blatchford creates realistic acrylic landscape paintings from her visits to the Mediterranean and France, while Emery creates abstract multi-media

pieces. Each has her own following among the thousands of Chicago, suburban and Wisconsin folks who come to the juried show that features nearly 200 artists from throughout the country.

The Deer Path A rt L eag ue sponsors the annual fair at Market Square, to be held Sunday, Aug. 31 and also Monday, Sept. 1.

Throughout her 35 years exhibiting at the Art Fair on the Square, Blatchford has kept true to her pleine aire-style painting. “That’s what my followers like,” she said.

However, much has changed.

“At first it was very simple. Now it’s become more worldly. And it’s now juried,” she said.

When Blatchford started showing her work, “It was only really around the square. Now it goes up and down Western Avenue,” she said.

Through it all, the event has kept the Deer Path Art League Gallery — ensconced in the Gorton Community Center at 400 E. Illinois Rd. — going, said Blatchford, who serves on the art league’s board. Visitors can browse jewelry, paintings, sculptures, prints, ceramics, metal and wood pieces,

photography, etching and lithographs.

Lars Birger Sponberg will also bring his landscape paintings to the fair.

And though he’s shown his works nationwide, the 95-year-old Deerfield resident said the art league’s juried show holds the most meaning for him, giving him the opportunity to converse with art lovers as well as with other artists.

“It’s the closest place to home that I show, and I want to support the art league,” he said.

Sponberg suggests to visitors, “Talk to the artists. It gives them a chance to express what they are painting and why. And don’t always look for what you know. See if you can develop a sense of expectancy in a work that surprises you.”

The 60th annual Art Fair on the Square will also feature an interactive children’s art tent and an emerging artists gallery with works created by high school and college students. The show will be held from 10 a.m .to 5 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31 and Monday, Sept. 1.

Admission is free, and artists donate some of the proceeds to the art league.

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Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association (GLASA) will host the 7th Annual 5k Twilight Run, Walk, Roll & Post-Race Party on Saturday, Sept. 6.

The race will begin at the Gorton Community Center at 5:15 p.m. with the post-race party immediately following.

The Twilight Run is sponsored by NorthShore University Health System and features disabled and non-disabled athletes competing side by side.

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The 90th Annual North Shore Art League Members’ Art Show, featuring Art-in-Bloom, opens with a celebration on Friday, Sept. 5 and runs through Saturday, Sept. 13.

This art display showcases the work of member artists and NSAL faculty whose talents and support have sustained the organization for nine decades.

The Winnetka Community House, where the NSAL has its studios and offices, is located at 620 Lincoln Avenue, Winnetka. For more information, please contact the North Shore Art League office at 847-446-2870 or e-mail at nsal@sbcglobal.net.

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A new rare book exhibition entitled “Ex Libris: Bookplates Through the Ages” is now on display at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Decorative illustrations on the inside front cover of books, known as bookplates, have been used around the world for centuries to declare ownership of book collections.

The invention of the Gutenberg press in 1450 made printing in large quantities possible, but books remained expensive. Book owners used bookplates to ensure the safe return of their property and to show off their wealth.

The Ex Libris exhibition features bookplates that span many centuries and range from simple designs to lavish artistic expressions.

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Woman, 68, honors father by fulfilling dream to bike across country ■ by simon murray Mount Rushmore is a hard sight to miss — but most people miss it anyway.

By stopping to stare at the grandiose postcard shot of the faces of four U.S. presidents and then driving away, car riders fail to appreciate the hard-to-reach perspectives and angled nuances of the South Dakota monument.

Pat Brummet’s message? Try experiencing Mount Rushmore by road bike.

“I was with one of the leaders and she said, ‘Pull in here,’ says Brummet of Wilmette, talking about her cross-country bike trip. “I said to myself, ‘O.K., she realizes I’m really tired.’ Then she goes, ‘Get off your bike and turn around.’ So I did, and I look up and there’s George Washington’s profile.

“So it’s within maybe 150 feet in front of you, and you’re closer than you would ever get if you stayed down at the bottom of the memorial.”

Brummet — who will be 69 in November — needs no help with vantage points big or small. The retired junior high math teacher just returned from a crash course in both, clocking in 3,667 miles with Across America North—a 50-day, seven -week tour offered

by America by Bicycle.

Over a strawberry poppy seed and chicken salad at Panera Bread, Brummet recounted her trip, which started as a response to those curious seventh and eighth graders who wondered aloud what she was going to do when she retired.

It was 2009, the first summer of her retirement, when she ran into three of

her former students who promptly asked if she had biked across America like she had intended. She hadn’t. Her parents at that time were 92, “And to leave them for seven weeks; I just couldn’t do it,” she says.

It wasn’t until she was in the car with her father in 2010 on the way to dinner when the subject of the trip was brought up again.

“He said, ‘Patty you haven’t done what you said you were going to do,’” says Brummet. “And I said, ‘What’s that, Dad?’ and he said, ‘Bike across America.’ ” After dinner, as she was helping him into bed, her mind was still thinking about what he had said.

“And as he was taking off his shoes, he took his last breath and died in my arms,” she says. It was unexpected because he was physically healthy, but it was a gentle passing, says Brummet.

Her mother passed away a year ago in June —also peacefully in the bedroom of her house —marking this summer the first window she could ostensibly do it. But Brummet wasn’t sure if she was ready to go through with it. She had just lost her mom and, after all, she was a grandmother of four boys. Yet there was an inner motivation that stirred her.

“Was I fit to do it in January when I signed up? No. But it was important to honor the promise I made to my dad.”

Brummet had gotten interested in cardio in her 30s when her friend, preparing for the Chicago Marathon, invited her on training runs. But after two years of shortdistance running, a freak injury led her to chip her talus bone. After the surgery,

Pat Brummet photography by joel lerner the doctor cautioned against running: she could do it, but she might develop a limp over time.

But Brummet was addicted to the runner’s high, so she started swimming and cycling in equal measure — one in the winter in the pool at Evanston High School, the

other throughout the seasons, or as long as she could bear the frigid winds snapping at her exposed skin.

Training for her cross-country trip brought her biking inside in the winter — and riding outside in 40-degree temperatures.

“Normally, if I got up and saw it was 40 degrees I would say, ‘I’m going back to bed,’ ” she remarks, smiling. “But you had to do that. You don’t just train for the sunny days.”

At 68, she was the oldest woman in her group of 42 riders.

“You find deep inside of you what motivates you, what inspires you, what keeps you going,” she says.

For her, it was her parents. Their names, along with others who donated to her Chicago Masters Swimming Club — cancer survivors; loved ones now gone — were written on the back of Brummet’s white jersey.

They were there with her when she touched her back tire to the Pacific Ocean and her front tire to the Atlantic; as she rode with the wind in her hair and birds chirping; through a parting sea of thousands of grasshoppers; and up the Continental Divide.

Falling three times hasn’t deterred her from more riding, nor from making plans with her group — people she affectionately refers to as family — to bike the Mississippi River, from New Orleans to Saint Paul.

She vows, “If I’m going to travel, as much as I can — I’m going to do it on my bike.”

Has she ridden since she’s been back?

Yes, to the cemetery to pay her respects to her parents. Then she went for a 50-mile ride. ■

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MY FAVORITE WEEKEND Craig and Terri see different sides of China

Terri and Craig Foster of Highland Park love to travel, and they enjoy being active during their trips — skiing and kayaking are some of the activities they’ve pursued on vacations.

Recently, they ventured to China, where they hiked around a small country town and wandered about a massive modern city.

In tiny Ping An, hundreds of rice terraces covered the hillsides.

“When the wind blew, it was like the mountain was in motion,” Terri says. “It was magical.”

Though they got stuck in the mud during their hike, the Fosters did manage to escape and meet an old man who was an antique dealer.

“When the wind blew, it was like the mountain was in motion. It was magical.”

“He gave us a one-of-a-kind clay Buddha, which we will treasure. Even though he didn’t speak English and we don’t speak Chinese, we somehow made it work,” Terri notes.

The next days, the Fosters traveled to Shanghai, a cosmopolitan city of skyscrapers far from the rice terraces of Ping An. They looked at electronic art and watched boats cruise along the river.

The only bump in the road occurred during a rickshaw ride back to the hotel. Says Terri, “He literally avoided every rule of the road — going through stop lights and going into oncoming traffic.”

Overall, though, the Chinese embraced the American visitors.

“People were so sweet and warm,” Terri says, “especially since we had to gesture for most everything.” ■ ~ David Sweet

Terri and Craig Foster —the CEO of Call One — are the benefactors and visionaries of the Chicago Charity Challenge, a competition that encourages businesses to give back to the community. photography by joel lerner

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Marrying high school sweethearts more likely in fiction ■ by joanna brown

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As a kid, the high point of a day home from school sick and a summer road trip were one and the same: Mom brought home two new Archie Comics to help me pass the time. There was something about those crazy kids from Riverdale that kept me entertained.

In my pre-teen eyes, they got to do it all: race dune buggies, decorate for sock hops, take on crazy odd jobs, and light bonfires to cap off long days at the beach. Whether you identified with brunette Veronica Lodge or blonde Betty Cooper, you were surrounded by good friends and lots of laugher.

But the crux of the comic was the love triangle among Archie, Veronica and Betty. Archie always considered the wealthy, stylish, beautiful Veronica his girlfriend, no matter how poorly she treated him. And though Archie clearly cared for Betty and was never pleased to see her date other boys, he always treated her like more of a best friend.

I stopped reading the comics long before Archie had to pick one over the other.

So imagine my delight to find, while browsing at Tales and Toys for my own family’s road trip “needs,” that redheaded Archie Andrews had grown up and gotten married! “Archie: The Married Life” is twice as wide and an inch thicker than my old Archie comic books but just as colorful as I remember. I could hardly wait to get on the road and crack the spine.

The 2011 story is split into two parts: one in which he

marries Veronica, stays in Riverdale, and joins her family business — reporting to her, even. The other part has Archie married to Betty. They move to New York so that he can pursue a music career while she takes a job at a fictional department store.

It doesn’t exactly satisfy my curiosity for which girl he ultimately chose, but it brought to mind an old rumor that 90 percent of people marry their high school sweethearts.

I considered the couples I admire most and a scant few fit the bill, so I set out to validate that figure.

The figure might have been true in the past, when people married younger, lived in rural areas and spent most of their lives close to their birthplaces, but Snopes.com has nothing to document that figure. Rather, the online reference for urban legends, rumors and misinformation named a 2006 survey by Harris Interactive in which only 14 percent of respondents said they met their partner in high school or college; another two percent grew up together.

The largest group of respondents was the 18 percent who met at work.

There seem to be a lot of benefits to marrying your high school sweetheart, but one stands out from the pack: starting out young means that you become friends and then best friends. The combination of best friends and lovers is a recipe for success.

But I’d appreciate input from people who know better than me: What is the best thing about being married to your high school sweetheart? Send me an email at Joanna@ northshoreweekende.com. ■

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The ascent of gorgeous boutique wines from the Southern continent has caught many traditionalist oenophiles off guard.

The first wave of low-priced quaffers competed favorably against Californian name brands 30 years ago. Then the Shiraz phenomenon grabbed the limelight, and a super-premium image elevated the continent’s image. In recent years a coterie of innovative estates drew international acclaim for their elegant style, reminiscent of European elite producers.

Three Southern belles truly stand out:.

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2010 Cloudy Bay Te Wahi Pinot Noir, Central Otago, New Zealand; $60 The wildly success-

ful pioneer of Sauvignon Blanc in “sheep country” in the 1980s, Cloudy Bay won the coveted title of Best Sauvignon Blanc in the world after only a dozen years. That foresight played out again when it ventured into the barren hill country of Central Otago where the soil and climate resembled those of Burgundy.

In a matter of only a decade the winemaking team, including top talents from France, have ensured the Te Wahi represents the best selection of grapes from tiny vineyards. It burst onto the scene to critical acclaim because it boasts rich cherry aromas and supple texture that any connoisseur of gamy poultry, pates, grilled salmon, tuna and mushroom dishes would serve with glee.

Best served at 5-8 years from vintage and after one hour of decanting.

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Just like Rodney Dangerfield’s famous quip about not getting any respect, this miniscule estate remains an underappreciated gem in the fine wine market. Its small fan club likes it that way in order to safeguard their future access to new vintages.

The classic measure of real quality for all wines is its ability to age gracefully, especially when served with gourmet dishes. At nine years, most New World Chardonnays would have turned dark brown and lost most of the appealing fruit aromatics. The Grands Crus white Burgundies are historically the only exception to this rule.

Kumeo River’s “Matt-Tays” vineyard selection has proven its exceptional ability to mature exquisitely. Subtle and sublime golden apple, yellow plum notes evoke primal pleasures of fresh cobblers. A stunning partner with baked or grilled game fish, dark meat poultry, pork or hard cheeses on toasted nut bread.

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2011 Mount Nelson Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand; $20

Unlike most large brands from this hotbed of intensely citrusy and gooseberry laden Sauvignon Blancs, Mount Nelson focuses on more subtle and harmonious flavors that resemble the beauties from France’s Sancerre region. The light, crisp and delightful pleaser invigorates the palate either by itself or as an elegant cleanser when complementing river fish, scallops, clams, cold soups, chef salads, cold vegetables with couscous or smoked salmon. Best 1-3 years from vintage and served slightly chilled.

Questions? E-mail wines@jwcmedia.com

With summer days quickly ticking off the calendar, we asked one of our favorite mixologists—Sonja Kassebaum, co-owner of North Shore Distillery, the first craft distillery established in Illinois— to share her most creative, refreshing cocktail recipes with us.

Muddled Mary

11 3/4 ounces Aquavit Private Reserve (can also be made with gin or vodka) ½ ounce fresh lemon juice ½ ounce simple syrup 4 to 5 cherry tomatoes or equivalent fresh herbs (we used basil, oregano, and rosemary)

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Cut tomatoes into wedges and muddle the wedges with a sprig of each herb you’re using and the simple syrup. Add Aquavit and lemon, then shake with ice. Fine strain (to remove seeds and skins) into rocks glass filled with ice, and garnish with a sprig of one of the herbs, or an additional cherry tomato on the rim.

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She finds the recipe for success ■ by katie rose mceneely Jill Houk of Glenview is the author of “The Essential Dehydrator” and “The Complete Soda-Making Book.”

How did you start cooking? I founded a catering company in 2005. As part of the work we’d do, I’d go on engagements with Sara Lee. In 2010, when my son was getting to be high school age, it seemed like a good idea for me to be around a little bit more. I started to focus on culinary consulting and media work.

I’ve continued to work with Hillshire brands, but I also work with World Kitchen and I work with a few smaller companies.

I’ve done a few engagements for Driscoll’s Berries. This kind of work has afforded me the opportunity to flex my schedule — it doesn’t matter when I’m writing recipes.

“The other recipe I love is for lemongrass soda … make it all summer long.”

| Jill Houk

Years cooking? Since I was 10. My mom went back to graduate school when I was in elementary school, and this was when you could tell a 10-year-old that dinner should be on the table at 5:30 and leave a chicken and a head of lettuce.

Best recipes? For “The Essential Dehydrator,” it’s a simple recipe, but it’s delicious and it’s a showstopper — goat

cheese rolled in beet powder. My favorite recipe that’s more complicated is a lamb stew with dried plums. It’s inspired by “The Hunger Games.”

For “The Complete Soda-Making Book,” I’m really proud of the cream sodas — they were challenging to make, but I hit them just right. I’m partial to one of the cooking recipes in there — carbonated beverages make for really light, fluffy baked goods.

There’s a pancake recipe that makes the fluffiest pancakes. It’s great if you are dairy free. The other recipe I love is for lemongrass soda. It’s unusual and somewhat herbal. I make it all summer long.

How did you pick your cookbook topics? I’m not really a gadget girl. What interested me in both these cookbooks is I like to use whole foods and I like to shop locally.

What was appealing is [these cookbooks] help you use overflow produce, all season long. The way I’ve always cooked is, I pay attention to ingredients and I don’t like to waste food. I had a Sodastream before I started writing the soda cookbook, but I had to buy a dehydrator to write the dehydrator cookbook.

Worthwhile gadget? You have to have a good blender.

Favorite vegetable? I love artichokes!

I think they’re fantastic — they’re so tangy.

Funniest or most memorable kitchen incident?

I was cooking at a client’s house back when I had a catering company. I was making browned butter. You get the pan nice and warm, put in some butter, and shake the pan to caramelize the protein solids.

While I was waiting for the guests, I had my pan over the flame, unaware of how hot the pan was getting. When I put the butter into the pan, I essentially created a fireball.

Luckily they had an amazing industrial hood, and all the flames got extinguished. I was really nervous, but everyone was really excited and wanted me to do it again (I did not).■

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Old Tudor bones enjoy a fresh makeover Refreshed oak paneling reflects the original architectural reserve of the home. photography by jacob hand

■ by thomas connors When one couple raised on the North Shore went house-hunting for its young family, an old-school spot won out. But while the Tudor beauty spoke “home,” the 77-year-old residence needed a boost.

Working with Northbrook-based FGH Architects, the homeowners added a stylistically compatible addition that included a new master suite and study and enlarged the existing family room. Once the bones of

“I was asked to review those plans. And I said, ‘Let’s throw all that out and start over.” | Anthony Michael the house were set, it was time to exercise some decorative muscle.

Enter interior designer Anthony Michael.

“We were the second firm on the project,” says Michael. “The client wanted traditional, but updated traditional, and the previous designer’s concept was too traditional. So, when I came into the picture, I was asked to review those plans. And I said, ‘Let’s throw all that out and start over.’”

While “form and function” may be an old Modernist saw, Michael brought some of that thinking to his work.

“The days of ultra-formal rooms are gone,”

he states. “Today, husbands and wives cook.

And entertaining isn’t multi-course dinners, but food set out and a lot of mingling. Kids are more active, than ever, continually coming and going. So, we wanted the home to embrace today’s lifestyle, yet offer a nod to the past — and that nod is in the details, scale, and proportion.”

With the new addition, rooms assumed new identities. The living room for example, became the kitchen.

“The kitchen is all about convenience,” says Michael, “with easy-to-clean synthetic fabrics and organized to accommodate two cooks.”

One handsome feature of the newly purposed space is the fireplace that once anchored the living room.

“It had a Federalist mantel, and we wanted a more rustic, family-friendly look,” says Michael, “so we clad it in local fieldstone.”

In the new living room, Michael took a multi-purpose approach, mastering the narrow space by creating two seating areas linked by a backless sofa, an approach that allows for intimate conversation, as well as conviviality when a party is in full swing.

As for the window treatments, less is more ruled the day.

“I like to frame views, I don’t like to do treatments that are over-the-top, so complex that they make your eye stop there,” explains Michael. “In the living room, I did accent fabric panels with sheers done as Roman shades. This house is situated on a beautiful, five-acre lot, and I didn’t want

to lose the light and the view of nature.”

Key to Michael’s design scheme was the determination to incorporate some of the Asian art and artifacts the homeowners had acquired over the years.

“These things were in storage and I went through them and immediately knew I wanted to use this or that,” he recalls. “I spotted an old ox cart in the corner and decided I wanted to repurpose it as a cocktail table for the family room. The clients thought I was crazy, but I had it refinished, did some retooling, and had special hardware made to attach a glass top. It came out

great and it’s one of their favorite pieces.”

The family room epitomizes Michael’s success in fashioning a room that speaks to the past while meeting the laid-back realities of the present. Comfortable sofas partner with that ox-cart-cum-coffee table to form an inviting area to kick back and relax.

Smartly-tailored armchairs frame the fireplace, above which hangs the television, hidden behind an eye-arresting canvas. A spacious bay holds a window seat (covered in durable fabric) with a double pedestal, oblong table that serves as the ideal spot for the kids to read, draw, or play games. ■

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University of Miami recruit and Lake Forest resident Marwede enjoying a wave of soccer success

■ by bill mclean

sports@northsoreweekend.com A future University of Miami Hurricane used to play her favorite sport like a gentle breeze.

Too mildly, too nicely.

Hannah Marwede is her name, and soccer is her game.

But that playing style changed significantly after the center back from Lake Forest joined Eclipse Soccer — an Oak Brook-based club originally based in Libertyville — as a U-12 defender.

“I was not aggressive at all, not big on tackling,” recalls the 5-foot-11 Marwede, now a 16-year-old junior at Lake Forest High School who does not play for the school’s varsity, which won the Class 2A state title in June. “What I heard from my Eclipse coaches was, ‘Don’t be soft, don’t be afraid to make a tackle.’

“Even my mom [Brenda] told me, ‘You need to be more aggressive out there.’ ” An eager and compliant Marwede dramatically altered her mindset on soccer pitches, boldly taking on fast, talented forwards without worrying about racking up points for congeniality. She discarded passivity.

And picked up some fearlessness to go with her abundance of talent.

“One of her best attributes is her dominance in the box,” says Eclipse Select president/coach Rory Dames. “She’s also intelligent, athletic, composed and technical … there’s not a lot not to like.

“Her aerial ability,” he adds, “is dominant, and it was one of the reasons for our success this summer.”

Marwede and her Eclipse Select U-16 teammates captured the Elite Clubs National League (ECNL) title in Richmond, Va., in July. She also competed on a pair of national championship U-15 teams (ECNL and US Youth Soccer Association) in the summer of 2013.

Marwede was one of four Eclipse Select members honored by TopDrawersoccer.com on its ECNL Best XI of the (2014) national tournament.

But off the field, Marwede remains a genuinely sweet teen, an active member of her church youth group at Christ Church in Lake Forest, and someone who truly values every second spent with family members and friends.

In other words (and a Roman numeral), she’s still nice to the XI-th degree.

“One of the nicest girls I’ve ever met … incredibly kind and supportive,” says Eclipse Select teammate and Glenbrook South junior Abby Dein, a center midfielder/ outside back who had to miss summer action because of a serious knee injury.

“I think the world of her.”

Top Drawer also thinks highly of Marwede, rating her No. 8 in the Midwest among Class of 2016 soccer players. So does Miami’s women’s soccer staff, which received Marwede’s verbal commitment to the Atlantic Coast Conference school in April after watching her perform at national showcases.

The Hurricanes went 8-9-1 last fall, 4-8-1 in the ACC. “The coaching staff is new, and the head coach [MaryFrances Monroe, hired before the ’13 season] has a ton of energy,” Marwede says. “I’m excited about the program, and I’m excited about the opportunity to play against teams in one of the best women’s soccer conferences in the country.

“I was in my back yard, on a sunny spring day, when I called [Monroe] to let her know my college decision. I told her, ‘Just calling to tell you I’m a Hurricane.’ ” Two of Marwede’s current Eclipse Select teammates — Zoe Redei of Highland Park and Alissa Gorzak of Naperville — will be two of Marwede’s ACC foes beginning in the fall of 2016.

Redei committed to the University of North Carolina, Gorzak to the University of Virginia.

“Hannah is a great soccer player, a player who is always aware of where her team’s forwards are on the field,” says Redei, rated No. 1 (Class of ’16) in the Midwest by Top Drawer. “And her aggressiveness … she definitely has that now and uses that to her advantage, along with her height.”

One of Marwede’s favorite thrills in soccer is thwarting an electric forward’s ability to shoot after chasing her down. It happens often.

“I remember a game we played a couple of years ago in Indiana,” Dein says. “Our opponent that day had a player … a national team player, and our coach made Hannah defend her. Hannah completely shut her down, wouldn’t let her turn, wouldn’t let her do anything. Hannah was phenomenal.

Hannah Marwede is a star center back for the Eclipse Elite.

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“That game,” she adds, “defined her as a player. She can mark any girl, win a header or drop back and win a ball at her feet. She’s the whole package.”

Marwede intends to regularly enhance her fitness and game at TCBOOST in Northbrook before heading to Coral Gables, Fla., in two years. Vanderbilt-bound Lea Waddle — also of Lake Forest, also an Eclipse Select U-16 player — also trains at the facility. TCBOOST’s Michael Drach is Marwede’s speed and agility trainer.

“It’s been so helpful, going through workouts there,” Marwede says. “I’ve been working on my running mechanics, my speed and my turns, plus soccer-specific skills.”

The daughter of a former college tennis player (Brenda, Lake Forest College) and a former college football player (Andy, Yale), Marwede praises her parents and Eclipse college recruitment coordinator Trae Manny for their extensive help in a college search process that was part exhaustive, part rewarding.

Hannah Marwede, as a freshman, emailed college soccer coaches — sometimes 30-40 — in advance of national soccer showcases. At that stage of the process, only college prospects are allowed to initiate contact. Marwede introduced herself electronically, expressed her interest in each college and encouraged the coaches to attend the showcases.

“It was stressful at first,” she admits. “Then it got fun, getting to know all these coaches and establishing relationships with them. I looked at all kinds of schools … big and small, private and public.”

As for the reality of playing soccer in stifling weather conditions at Cobb Stadium in Miami — steady humidity, temperatures in the 90s — Marwede welcomes it.

“I’d take that any day,” she says, smiling, perhaps with last winter’s polar vortex still fresh in her mind.

Speaking of degrees, and to the surprise of absolutely nobody who knows her, Marwede showed her warm side again after Dein underwent knee surgery last fall at Lake Forest Hospital.

There, waiting for Dein post-op, were balloons and candy.

A certain teammate’s name was written all over that gesture.

So thoughtful.

So nice.

So Hannah Marwede. ■

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AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL FOOTBALL Notre Dame: Senior cornerback Connor Cavalaris, a 2010 Lake Forest High School graduate, has been awarded a scholarship by head coach Brian Kelly. During the past three seasons, the 5-foot-11, 195-pound walk-on, who is majoring in accounting (Mendoza College of Business), has seen action in 14 games, He has been credited with seven career tackles, including a pair of stops on special teams against Alabama in the 2013 Bowl Championship Series title game.

COURTSIDE JUNIOR CIRCUIT TENNIS Aron Hiltzik: This University of Illinois-bound standout, a 2014 New Trier graduate, received a wild card entry to compete in singles at the U.S. Open Junior Tennis Championships, beginning this week in New York. Earlier this month the Wilmette resident reached the third round of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) National Championships (18-and-under singles) in Kalamazoo, Mich., falling 7-6 (3), 7-6 (5) to reigning Wimbledon Juniors finalist and fourthseeded Stefan Kozlov of Florida.

The USTA named Hiltzik its inaugural Sportsmanship Award winner Aug. 23 in New York, honoring him as the boy who best demonstrated excellent sportsmanship at the National Championships. The inaugural girl recipient was Girls 18s national champion CiCi Bellis, a 15-yearold from Atherton, Calif.

CHIP SHOTS BOYS GOLF Raider Classics: Nick Iserloth definitely was on his game — and so were his teammates. In helping his team to a team title (289), the New Trier junior claimed medalist honors with a sparkling 68 in this 23-team meet in downstate Bloomington on Aug. 20. Teammate Matt Murlick shot a 73 to finish in a tie for sixth with Deerfield’s Jacob Krugman, while Will Seaman and Andrew Huber shared ninth place (74) with two other competitors.

Loyola Academy earned runner-up honors (300) behind the solid play of Michael Banas and Bennett Cotton. They shot 72s to finish in a tie for third place with Glenbrook North’s Quinn McCarthy. Tyler Aldrich also finished in the top 20 (19th-tie, 77).

Rolling Green Invite: Led by Nicholas Rossini (3rd, 73), Bennett Cotten (5th, 75) and Chip Savarie (6th, 76), Loyola (301) claimed runnerup honors to Glenbrook South (297) in the seasonopening Rolling Green Invite on Aug. 18. Tyler Aldrich added a 77.

Woodstock Invite: Winning this nine-team tournament on Aug. 21 was easy as 1-2-3 for New Trier. Senior Jack Junge captured medalist honors (35) in this rain-shortened meet. Teammate Andrew Huber took runner-up honors (36), while Matt Murlick shared third place (37) with a pair of Barrington golfers. The Trevians tallied a 149 to win the team crown by five strokes over Barrington.

Lake Forest came in fourth (168), which was one stroke better than Highland Park. The Scouts were paced by Sean Casey (41), Mac Montagne (42), Quinn Gaughan (42) and Alex Georges (43).

Noah Apter was HP’s top player (6th-tie, 38).

Noah Fishbein carded a 41.

GIRLS GOLF Barrington Invite: Highland Park senior Kelli Ono was one of the standouts in this 11-team tourney at Bonnie Dundee on Aug. 18. She shared runner-up honors with Libertyville’s Simone Mikaelian by shooting even par (71). Barrington’s

Reena Sulkar claimed medalist honors (68). The Giants placed fifth in the team standings (349).

Sophomore Nicole Berardi had an 85.

In dual-meet action last week, Highland Park topped Stevenson 353-382. Ono was the medalist (79). Berardi added an 89, while junior Zoe Zirlin had a career-low score (91).

New Trier Invite: Junior Louise McCulloch was the top performer (75) as the host Trevians (330) beat runner-up St. Charles North by 16 strokes on Aug. 19. NT’s Rayna Kwo and Becca Lindblad shot 84s to finish in a tie for fourth place. Lauren Holly and Lois Suh carded 87s.

Rockford Invite: Loyola Academy opened its 2014 campaign in solid fashion by taking runner-up honors (326) in the Rockford Boylan Invitational on Aug. 19. Hinsdale Central was the team champ (317).

Blake Yaccino led the Ramblers with a 79. She was followed in by Margaret Hickey (80), Colleen Huffman (81) and Nina Rutkowski (86).

JUNIOR GOLF Mid-American Junior Golf Tour: Winnetka’s Bennett Cotten (class of 2018) took third place in the University of Illinois Classic at Stone Creek Golf Club (Aug. 11-12). He shot a 36-hole 147 to finish one stroke back.

In girls play at Stone Creek, Highland Park’s Kelli Ono (2015) shot a 158 to place in a tie for third place. Lake Forest’s Emily Young (2016) placed eighth (167).

Meanwhile, Winnetka’s Matt Murlick (2016) carded a three-round 222 to take third in MAJGT’s Championship at the Den (Aug. 5-9).

Illinois Junior Golf Association: Lake Forest’s Michael Banas (2016) finished in a tie for fourth place (69-74-143) in the senior division at the 2014 IJGA Player of the Year Championship at Bowes Creek (Aug. 11). Lake Forest’s Quinn Foley (2015) shot a 146 (tied for 8th). Winnetka’s Andrew Huber (2016) recorded a 148 (tied for 17th).

In POY junior boys, Winnetka’s Connor Prassas (143) and Chip Savarie (144) took second and third, respectively. Winnetka’s Michael Adler finished in a tie for ninth (150).

In girls play, Wilmette’s Louise McCulloch (2016) tied Emily Brown for eighth place (159) in the senior division.

Glencoe’s Margaret Hickey took third with a 158 in the junior division.

FOOTNOTES BOYS SOCCER New Trier: Goals by Conor Rife, Jamey Minturn and Spencer Farina propelled the Trevians to a season-opening win over Schaumburg on Aug. 25.

Brad Nasser, Tim Moriarty and Duncan Gill were credited with assists.

Highland Park: The Giants played Elk Grove to a 1-1 tie in the MSL/CSL Challenge matchup on Aug. 25. Senior Zach Kohn tallied HP’s lone goal. Juan Chavez and Carlos Pineda shared time in goal.

IN THE SPOTLIGHT HONORED FOR THEIR EFFORTS Lake Forest HS: The Images of Excellence mural at Lake Forest High School’s Varsity Field has been undated and will be unveiled during halftime of Friday night’s football game against Chicago Dunbar.

The new mural will features 19 distinguished graduates from the 2014 class. The images were

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Lake Bluff resident Larry Lilja — Northwestern University’s first director of strength and conditioning, from 1981-2011 — is set for his fourth year as football strength and conditioning coordinator and an assistant sophomore/varsity football coach at Lake Forest High School.

The 60-year-old father of three started at center for NU’s 1973-75 football teams.

Lilja was chosen Big Ten Strength and Conditioning Professional of the Year by his conference counterparts in 1996.

Humble and appreciative of his opportunity to work with the Scouts’ staff and players, Lilja sat down recently with The North Shore Weekend for our inaugural Q & A feature and discussed a variety of topics, from his fondest memories at the 1996 Rose Bowl (NU vs. USC) to his views on some of the novel offseason training regimens prep athletes have adopted lately.

Q: What was it like as a freshman football player at Northwestern?

A: I was a 195-pound tight end, coming from Richards High School.

Northwestern’s coach then was Alex Agase. The first week I was told, ‘We’re moving you to center.’ I remember thinking in my dorm room after a practice, ‘I don’t have a prayer.’ At that point I discovered weights. I had to transform myself.

I became a 265-pound center [his senior season; today he’s 6-foot-2, 215 pounds].

Q: Where did you lift weights in the offseason during your college years?

A: I had to travel from Worth to La Grange, about a 25-minute drive, because the YMCA in La Grange was the only place I knew that had free weights. Back then, some football coaches thought lifting weights was bad for football players.

Q: You were in charge of strength and conditioning for all of Northwestern’s athletic programs during your 30-year tenure at the school. How did you get that job?

A: I met with [then NU Athletic Director] Doug Single and showed him [other Big Ten football rosters], comparing the weights of the players on those teams to Northwestern’s. I convinced him a school like Northwestern needed a strength and conditioning director; Northwestern was the only Big Ten school at the time that didn’t have one. We didn’t even have a place to train until we gutted a warming house in a ice arena, located next to the football stadium. I then built the squat racks, the dumbbell racks. We eventually became competitive, the football team’s injury rate went down, and we weren’t getting blown off the line of scrimmage anymore.

Q: Northwestern played in the Rose Bowl (a 41-32 loss to USC) after the 1995 regular season, its first bowl berth in 47 years. Your fondest memories of that weekend in Pasadena, Calif.?

A: The Rose Bowl … one of the highlights of my life. The Thursday night before the game, the coaches and wives ate dinner up in the press box. We got up there, and the stadium’s lights had been turned on. I saw ‘Northwestern’ painted in an end zone, and I said to my wife [Kelly], ‘Pinch me to make sure I’m not dreaming.’

The other great memory happened before the game, as the coaches and team came out of a long tunnel leading up to the field.

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Lake Forest assistant coach Larry Lilja

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I’ll never forget, as soon as I got outside, seeing this explosion of purple [clothes worn by Wildcats fans] in the stands and the mountains in the background. It was surreal.

Q: At what juncture in that ’95 season did you have a feeling Northwestern’s football program would finally land a bowl berth after decades of sub-.500 seasons?

A: I noticed a change during the offseason [after the 3-7-1 ’94 season]. You could see the kids buying into [then head coach] Gary Barnett’s system. The way they were working out in the weight room, the training with a purpose. One of Barnett’s favorite sayings was, ‘Believe without evidence.’ Another was, ‘One heartbeat.’

Those kids … they all had wonderful attitudes. I’ve noticed some similarities in the program that [Scouts head coach] Chuck Spagnoli started here. He instilled a standard right away, and he has never lowered it. His standard is one of hard work, of accountability. There’s been a winning attitude around here with our coachable, unselfish kids, especially during the last two seasons [Class 6A state quarterfinalist in ’13, Class 6A state semifinalist in ’12]. And they don’t care who gets credit for our wins. Each team here is truly a team. The coaches we have on staff, all of them are incredibly knowledgeable,

capable of coaching at a college. It’s been very rewarding for me to see these kids develop dramatically through the years, physically and in other ways. They come in as timid freshmen and before you know it, they’re bigger, stronger, more confident as seniors.

Q: What do you think of the current trends in the strength and conditioning industry?

A: There are some novel and unique training programs and pieces of equipment out there, with kids getting help from personal trainers and going to fitness centers on their own. But there’s nothing like putting weight on a bar and doing squats, bench presses … or any other of the traditional strength and power movements. Yes, there are advantages to the novel and unique options, but I’m old school, a big fan of resistance training. … Back when I started in the field, in the early 1980s, colleges looking for strength and conditioning professionals were basically looking for someone who looked like he lifted weights. They’re looking for more than that these days.

More and more high schools have been hiring coaches who have backgrounds in strength and conditioning.

Q: What do you like to do each week to stay fit?

A: Cardio exercise, four times a week

… either running or biking. Resistance training, too, right here [at Lake Forest High School’s West Campus]. Resistance training — using barbells, doing push-ups or sit-ups, bench-pressing — is the fountain of youth. People of all ages need to put some stress on their muscular system.

Anything that taxes the muscles is good.

But I’m not talking about an extreme kind of workout that would force people to crawl in order to get out of a weight room.

Q: When does your offseason training program for football players start each year at Lake Forest High School?

A: We give them a few weeks off after the season. We let the players use the weight room [at the school’s East Campus] during lunch hours on school days, and we allow them to use the weight room at the West Campus on weekends. We have phases, volume training being the first one. That lasts from about Thanksgiving until Christmas. Volume training adds mass; it’s very intense. Another phase is strength training, and the third is power training. There’s a difference between strength and power training … you’re building up a base as you get stronger, which then helps you become more powerful. My job is to help our players develop their strength and condition, as well as their flexibility, power and agility. When they choose to work out in fitness centers or with personal trainers, we stress to them, ‘Don’t over-train.’ … If a football player is on the baseball team in the spring and he’s scheduled to pitch, I won’t make him lift weights that day. For our football players who compete in track, I look at the track team’s meet schedule and work the players’ offseason training program around that.

Q: What about nutrition?

A: I counsel kids on supplements, on meals, on proper diets. When you’re working with college athletes, it’s easier to monitor what they’re eating during a season because college players pretty much eat together as a team. When it comes to high school kids, you’re at the mercy of what gets put in front of them at the table at home. When a player wants to gain weight the proper way and asks me how to do that, I recommend a three- or fourweek meal plan and ask him to show it to his parents. I also encourage that player to join a parent on [ensuing] trips to the grocery store … it’s good for a player to take ownership of a new diet plan.

Q: Football reigns mightily in the professional sports world. But talk of concussions and other brain-related maladies stemming from collisions on prep, college and pro fields won’t die down anytime soon. What do you think football will look like 20 years from now, if it’s still a professional or organized sport in 2034?

A: Who knows? Liability issues at colleges might force a significant number of them to drop football since schools won’t want to assume such a risk. Parents of youth football players and young kids who want to start playing the game are concerned. They’re hearing and seeing things, and they’re worried. But youth coaches are emphasizing safety and teaching proper tackling techniques.

— Bill McLean.

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sports@northshoreweekend.com MThe last two years Brian Doll had a dream job.

Everything about it invoked the cool and cutting edge.

As an executive with Skokie-based The Specialized Marketing Group, Inc., Doll regularly jetted between London and the North Shore to evangelize a movement. The subject was football. Under the aegis of NFL Europe, Doll helped make the inexplicable—the forward pass, the blitz—understandable to the outside world.

He helped organized clinics and indoctrinate young kids to the wonder of the game. The job was thrilling, though it also denied his own natural affinity — being a coach himself.

He had a highly successful three-year run at Elk Grove High School, propelling a previously struggling program to three straight playoff berths from 2009-11. Coaching requires a certain zest and ambition — qualities that are second nature to him.

“After I had the experience of being a head coach, I knew it was the right time to get back into it,” he said.

Doll is now back where he belongs, on the eve of one of the great personal and professional moments of his life, directing the program at New Trier, the prized school he graduated from in 1995. Recruited by the late Randy Walker to play football at Miami of Ohio, his college career was sidetracked by a hand injury. His love of the game remained high, and Walker encouraged him to get into coaching.

As a 22-year old young man, he returned home and began his career as an assistant coach at New Trier, guiding Trevians from 1999-2008. As the newest iteration of the Trevians are about to start the 2014 season against host Schaumburg on Aug. 29 (7:30 p.m.), Doll has famously resisted the novelist Thomas Wolfe’s notorious assertion about never going home again.

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The list includes Mackenzie Adams (field hockey, lacrosse, soccer), Kate Arnson (basketball, lacrosse), Michael Allen (swimming, water polo), Alicia Brune (cheerleading), Emily Cavalaris (field hockey, lacrosse), Mary Rose Donahue (diving, track and field), Regis Durbin (football, wrestling), Annie Keller (basketball, volleyball), Jack Kutschke (football), Cole Mitchell (swimming, water polo), John Moderwell (soccer), Lukas Munoz (lacrosse), Chandler Scoco (field hockey, ice hockey, lacrosse), Jack Sentell (soccer), Peter Tarwid (tennis), Kathryn Whalley (student council president), Elizabeth Zordani (tennis), Rylan Terrasse (senior class president) and Tim Walther (band).

CIRCLING THE BASES FEEDER BASEBALL Lake Forest Scouts: It went down to the wire.

The 10s Blue squad defeated No. 1 seed Park Ridge 6-5 to take first place in the A bracket of the Lake Shore Feeder Baseball League tournament on July 27.

Coached by Frank Berry, the team members were Sam Gibson, Mikey Gray, Daniel Kilmer, Harrison Lambeth, Patrick Lindemann, Jack Marshall, Jake Mayer, Jake Milliman, Cade Nowik, Harry Proeh, Asa Thomas and Jake Zaffaro.

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New Trier was a job that would lure him back to the sidelines.

“It’s been a dream of mine to come back, with the history of the school and the pride I have for New Trier,” Doll said.

The players can’t wait to suit up and battle for him.

“He’s definitely somebody you’d call a player’s coach,” said Scott Hammes, a senior wide receiver and strong safety. “He’s very enthusiastic and he’s generating a lot of excitement.”

Gramza, Charlie Haggerty, Richie Hoskins, Finn Martin, Gavin Maxwell, Jackson Pearre, William Rourke and Thomas Swartout, finished the season with two championships. Coached by Matt Pitzulo and Reid Yamauchi, LF won a title at the Scouts Summer Slam tournament while also placing first in league play. It was defeated by Deerfield in the semifinals of the LSFBL tourney.

The 12s Gold team made it to the LSFBL tourney semifinals before losing to Northbrook White. The highlight of its season was winning the Vernon Hills Memorial Day B Tournament. The roster included Lino Caputo, Andrew Crawford, Luke Gerskovich, Jack Graham, Gabe Haubner, Charlie Marks, Carter Mitchell, Michael Raupp, Lucas Redding and Scott Skinner.

LF’s 8-year-old team also experienced success. This team advanced to the LSFBL tourney semifinals after upsetting Edgebrook in the first round and beating Skokie in the second round. The squad members were Bobby Alzamora, Colin Blocki, Tadge Burke, Reagan Collins, Graham Garrigan, Charlie Graham, Charlie Markee, Ronan Maxwell, Andrew Rourke, Luca Royer, Leo Rubin, Joey Schnack, Andrew Sommers and Ike Vandervelde.

Meanwhile, the Lake Bluff 10s B team captured first place in the LSFBL tournament after placing second to Prospect Heights during the regular season.

Lake Bluff ‘s 11s made it to the B Division tourney semifinals after winning the regular-season title.

At Elk Grove in 2009, the school won as many games his first year at the helm (7) as the program had won combined the previous four years. His teams went 24-9, highlighted by a 10-win Class 7A state quarterfinal qualifier in 2011.

With his defensive coordinator, Jason Dane, New Trier has shifted from a 4-3 to a 3-4. Doll imported offensive coordinator Tom Hessling from Elk Grove.

Hammes, Andrew Hauser, a 6-5, 235-pound tight end and defensive lineman, right guard James Doan and the team’s star running back, Kevin Mulhurn, have been the most impressive in early training. Each player fits the model Doll believes New Trier needs in order to be an upper-echelon program, tough and versatile athletes who play multiple positions on the field, have experience playing other sports and innately understand competition, discipline and success.

The Trevians have been a model of consistency in qualifying for the state playoffs 18 times in the last 19 years; last year’s squad went 5-5, falling 35-10 to Glenbard North in a Class 8A playoff opener. New Trier has not won a state playoff game since 2006. Doll’s great challenge is to elevate the level of the play and standards of excellence without sacrificing the school’s larger imperatives of producing high-performing, well-rounded students.

“I was on those staffs at New Trier that won 10, 11 games and got to the quarterfinals,” he said.

“We have to go back to putting our best athletes on the field,” Doll added.

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30 | SUNDAY BREAKFAST SYMPHONY HANDS OVER BATON TO NEW GENERATION ■ by david sweet Fresh off a plane from Florida, Jay Owen enjoys a grilled cheese sandwich in the private eating club at the Market House on the Square.

The former head of the Harris Bank in Lake Forest is glad to be back in town, especially since a year-long project he helped engender has been completed with aplomb.

Just a week before our gathering, Owen — president of the Lake Forest Symphony — had attended an event at the home of John and Posy Krehbiel with more than 250 others to support the non-profit orchestra.

Guests congregated to welcome Vladimir Kulenovic, the new 34-year-old conductor, who had been selected during the aforementioned lengthy tryout to guide the group deep into the 21st century.

A symphony formed in the 1950s came up with a novel way to choose Kulenovic.

After receiving 150 applicants from candidates around the world to replace Alan Heatherington, the search committee pared it down to five. Once that was accomplished, each candidate conducted a performance with the symphony at its home hall, the James Lumber Center for the Performing Arts in Grayslake.

“Henry Fogel (former president of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra) said in all the searching he’s done, he’s never seen so many strong candidates,” Owen says.

Via a one-page questionnaire, audience members assessed each conductor— and the search committee was impressed by the feedback.

“They would write about the conductor’s style, that his beat was faster than the orchestra’s,” Owen recalls. ”It’s like

the coach of a football team. When you change coaches, the players may play differently.”

And just as the pro football season is set to kick off in earnest next weekend, so is the newly led symphony.

Maestro Kulenovic will take command on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7 at the James Lumber Center to launch the fall season. The Star Spa ngled Ba n ner will be followed by Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Op 67, C minor.

Owen embraces the new era for the only fully professional orchestra in Lake County.

“I was impressed by the way he engaged the orchestra, his ideas for the future — more dialogue with the community and being involved in the community,” he says of Kulenovic, who has served as the resident conductor of the Belgrade Philharmonic and as principal con- Jay Owen ductor of the Kyoto I nter nationa l Music Festival in Japan.

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Though not a student of classical music, Owen has been involved with the Lake Forest Symphony for a decade.

Given his long career at Harris Bank, it’s no surprise he’s helped with financial issues.

“We had to re-evaluate our business plan (a few years ago),” he says.

“There was a concern on the board that our audience was shrinking. It was hard to get younger subscribers.”

Enter Susie Lape, who became the symphony’s executive director only two years after earning her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in 2011 (and, Owen notes, after graduating at the top of her class).

Responsible for development, ma rketi ng, civic engagement a nd educational outreach initiatives, this month Lape was named Executive Director of the by barry blitt Year by the Illinois Council of Orchestras.

“I can’t give her enough credit,” Owen

says of Lape, who is also an accomplished vocalist. “During the interview, her enthusiasm and personality inspired us all.”

With Lape and Kulenovic in charge — whose combined age is about the same as the 57-year-old symphony —no doubt their approach will draw those in their 20s and 30s. But Owen knows one big hurdle remains.

“Our biggest challenge is getting the symphony back to Lake Forest,” he says.

“We need to get the name of the symphony in the minds of people back here.”

Since 2005, the symphony has performed in Grayslake. Though the James Lumber Center’s acoustics are sound and the nearly 600 seats available are plenty, the hall is a 25-minute drive from the majority of subscribers.

What are the local choices? The symphony’s former home, the Drake Theater at Barat College, has been demolished. Owen says the Lake Forest High School stage is too small. There’s been discussion about putting on a concert at Elawa Farm and having a composer spend time at Ragdale to get the orchestra better known in its namesake community, but neither offers a permanent solution for performances.

Owen acknowledges a world-class group, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, is a nearby competitor. But where the Lake Forest ensemble differs is the audience can meet the players.

“You can get their reaction and feelings,” he notes. “And the symphony has changed.

We have new leadership, including a conductor with worldwide experience. And the cost is one-third of the CSO — you get the bang for your buck here.”

Spoken like a true banker. ■

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