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statewide social media campaign by school superintendents lobbying members of the Illinois General Assembly and Gov. Bruce Rauner to pass a school budget started April 24 and is receiving mixed reviews on the North Shore. More than 400 superintendents representing more than 1 million students started posting messages around their schools and on Twitter, but only one of seven interviewed by DailyNorthShore. com is participating. Though the state has been without a budget for the last two years, a year ago the legislature funded schools outside the budget process and Rauner signed the bill, according to Deerfield Public Schools District 109 Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld. He is participating in the social media effort. DNS learned of the effort from an email from Lubelfeld and an April 24 report on WBEZ radio. Continued on PG 8

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n America, many believe, nothing succeeds like material success. Leon Logothetis tried that. He was a Wall Street broker. “On the outside, it appeared like I had everything,” he states. “But on the inside, I had nothing.” A movie changed his life; The Motorcycle Diaries, an Oscarwinning (for Best Song) dramatization of the early life of future revolutionary Che Guevara, who embarked on a motorcycle trip across South America that changed his hedonistic ways and opened his eyes to the indomitable spirit and kindness of strangers he met along the way. Logothetis quit his job and embarked on a global journey of his own that profoundly transformed his own life and taught him that nothing succeeds like kindness. On April 24, he brought that message to Field Junior High School in Northbrook and Henry Winkelman Elementary School in Glenview. His presentation, he said in an interview conducted prior to his appearances, reflects the profound power of kindness. “Everyone likes to be treated respectfully,” he said. “When you treat someone with kindness,

Leon Logothetis, author of The Kindness Diaries, speaks to students at Henry Winkelman Elementary School in Glenview. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

they feel less alone.” Logothetis knows this firsthand. As a teenager in his native England, he was bullied. He spent two years eating lunch by himself in the school library, he said, until one day a student invited him to have lunch with himself and his friends. “That changed my life in many ways,” he said. And that cuts to the heart of

a question he poses to young audiences: “Everyone can make a difference in someone else’s life. Do you want to make a difference in a positive or a negative way…for better or for worse?” Logothetis, who lives in Los Angeles, has become a global kindness advocate and motivational speaker. On a vintage yellow motorcycle (Kindness One), he traveled the world

without food or money in his pockets, relying solely on the kindness of strangers. His sixmonth odyssey across 20 countries is chronicled in the 13-part series, The Kindness Diaries which can be accessed on Netflix. Through extreme conditions, setbacks and bike breakdowns, kindness prevails and is paid back in kind by Logothetis. For example, he provided sports

equipment, books, and water purifiers to a Calcutta orphanage that had offered him refuge. Kindness, Logothetis believes, is universal. His presentation is rich with teachable moments. For example, he said, he invites children onstage to talk about their pets and how much they love them and what they do for Continued on PG 8

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7th grade student gets ‘Chopped’ filming Chopped Junior, a reality cooking show where four contestants between the ages of 9 and ake Dizon, a seventh grader 15 compete for a chance to win at Marie Murphy Middle $10,000. The challenge is to take School, prefers main dishes unique ingredients — which the over sweets when it comes to contestants see for the first time cooking, an interest he’s been on the show — and prepare a dish developing since he was in pre- critiqued by a panel of judges. In school. the episode “Rescue Mission” “When it comes down to it, I where Dizon was a contestant, am more of a savories person,” the challenge was getting creative Dizon told DailyNorthShore. with wasted leftover food, such The Glenview resident had an as cheese rinds. opportunity to put his culinary Dizon said the experience was skills to the test as a contestant challenging. He described the on the television show Chopped show as pretty intense, and nerveJunior, which aired on April 18 racking at times, but well worth it. on Food Network. “It was probably the best exDizon was inspired after watching other kids try out dishes perience of my life so far. It was on television competitions that really exciting, intense and I even looked pretty cool. “I just thought made some friends,” he said. hey, why don’t I try that?” he said. Dizon met other kids from across So Dizon filled out an application the country who share his passion on the Food Network website, for cooking, as well as television and he passed a series of hurdles host Ted Allen and Barack that included interviews, before Obama’s personal chef, Sam Kass, being accepted onto the show. who was one of the judges. In fall 2016, Dizon traveled to On the show Dizon employed New York and spent an entire day a strategy to quickly decide how Jake Dizon of Glenview BY EMILY SPECTRE DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM

to use the mystery ingredients. “It took a lot of planning, but using a system of rules I made up for cooking made it easier,” he said. Dizon essentially followed a mental checklist, quickly asking himself how he could potentially use each ingredient in a recipe, for example as a coating or a flavoring. Leading up to the show, Dizon’s mother and a friend who is a chef helped him prepare by giving him practice challenges in the kitchen. Dizon would be given four ingredients he didn’t typically use in his cooking, such as cactus or bison, and he would come up with a new dish. When he is not preparing for a cooking show, Dizon spends a lot of time trying out recipes in the kitchen. He said he usually cooks two or three times a week, helping out with dinner and coming up with unique twists to recipes he’s found either online or in cookbooks. His favorite meal to prepare is seared sirloin steak served with a shiitake mushroom cream sauce, rice pilaf

and blanched broccoli. Dizon’s mother and grandmother both enjoy cooking as well and spending time in the kitchen with them has been an inspiration. In particular, Dizon has learned some culinary tips from his Filipino-American grandmother, who was impressed by her grandson’s appearance on the show. Moving forward, Dizon hopes to find more opportunities to develop his cooking skills through cooking classes and other extracurricular activities. Already he has taken cooking lessons from Jen Karakosta, a culinary arts teacher at New Trier High School, and from chef Austin Yancey, executive chef at Elite Personal Chefs in Chicago. After his positive experience on television, Dizon encourages other kids his age who enjoy cooking to try out for the show. “If you are willing to put in the hard work and train, I would say go for it. But it has to be something that you genuinely like,” he said.

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NEWS KINDNESS Cont. from PG 1 them. And then he tells them, “Everyone who came up here and shared, you just proved to yourself that you know how to be kind. If you know how to be kind (to your pet), then why can’t you be kind to each other? There are no more excuses.” Kindness is all about commitment, Logothetis emphasizes. “I’m not a perfect being,” he said, “no one is. I never espouse to people they have to go out and be kind all the time. If you’re having a bad day, you’re having a bad day. You just have to have that commitment to follow the path of kindness and empathy. If you fall off the wagon, try and get back on when you can.” Logothetis calls his in-school presentation, “I See You,” a reflection of the imperative of not being judgmental of strangers and endeavoring to learn their stories. He recalled meeting a homeless man who, at the age of eight, was thrown naked out of his home by his mother and forced to sleep in the snow. “How do you recover from that?” he pondered. “There FUNDING PUSH Cont. from PG 1

Everyone likes to be treated respectfully. When you treat someone with kindness, they feel less alone. —Leon Logothetis is strength in fighting your way through adversity, but sometimes the adversity is too much and can’t recover.” The best we can do, he suggested, is “to find a commonality with others based on the human spirit and to try and Leon Logothetis at Winkelman Elementary School in Glenview. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South High Schools are not part The WBEZ story reported the of the effort. Lubelfeld said he felt an oblinumber of districts and students gation to support other districts involved. Lubelfeld said District 109 throughout the state because schools will operate next year ultimately it will have an impact regardless of what the state does, on the North Shore. He has been but he said there are superinten- using Facebook, Twitter and dents who fear their districts LinkedIn to get the message out. cannot operate without state “I support any effort to help funding. school districts in Illinois,” said “Some of them are heavily de- Lubelfeld. “Eventually it’s going pendent on state funds,” said to affect (our communities) and Lubelfeld. “Some say they will not the entire state.” State Sen. Julie Morrison (Dbe able to open in the fall if there is no state budget. This is the time Deerfield) said she has been reof year those discussions take place ceiving emails from superintenand it is not happening.” dents in her 29th District and beyond. She said she is monitorNorth Shore Schools Will Open ing the situation on a minute-byWithout a State Budget minute basis. The North Shore district repMorrison said some colleagues resentatives interviewed for this say there will be special funding story said their schools will open for schools, some say it will be in the fall regardless of what the used as leverage for a complete state does; these include Wil- budget and others indicate there mette School District 39, North will be no school money without Shore School District 112, Lake a thorough budget. Forest School District 67, Lake “I saw a glimmer of hope today Forest Community High School for a complete budget and that is District 115, Lake Bluff School what we all want,” said Morrison District 65 and Glenbrook High in a DNS interview April 26. School District 225. “There are bipartisan meetings They are still keeping a wary going on now. Then it could all eye on Springfield as they do their be snuffed out tomorrow.” own budgeting. Regardless of any optimism Karen Giddies, communica- from Springfield, North Shore tions director for District 225, school administrators are preparsaid the district is “strategic and ing to make do with assured specific on how we utilize social revenues from other sources. Distr ict 39 media” when asked why W ilmette

Superintendent Ray Lecher said in an email to DNS there are sufficient reserves to handle a shortfall from the state. He also said the district is calculating less or nothing from the state in its budgeting process. Superintendent Michael Simeck, who oversees Districts 115 and 67 in Lake Forest, said in an email to DNS that Lake Forest High School will lose

$1.22 million in state funding and the elementary schools will have to do without $1.17 million if there is neither a budget nor special appropriation. “The districts continually monitor state uncertainty and adjust year-end and five-year financial projections,” Simeck said in the email. District 65 Superintendent Jean Sophie said in an email that

Lake Bluff schools will lose $500,000 if the state fails to act. It is three percent of the operating budget. She said the district is budgeting on the assumption the money will not be there. Geddeis said any loss of funding will impact Glenbrook North and Glenbrook South. She said the district is looking at less from the state in its 10-year projections and there are sufficient

touch lives in a positive way.” Logothetis’ kindness crusade has taken him to 90 countries. When asked whose people were the kindest, he quickly answered Bhutan, ironically a country mired in repression and reported human rights abuses. (It was recently ranked 97th out of 150 countries in the World Happiness Report 2017, issued by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network for the United Nations). “The people are so lovely,” Logothetis affirms. “All I can I tell you is my experience, and in my experience is that the people I met (deal with you) from the heart.” Here in America, the time seems right for promoting kindness, which, from the divisive partisan political climate to trolls on the internet, seems in short supply. But to paraphrase Hugh Grant in the film Love Actually, Logothetis is testament to the notion that if you look for it you’ll find that kindness actually is all around. “I have faith in America,” he said. “I have faith in the people. I have faith things will improve.” reserves to cover a shortfall. In District 109, Lubelfeld said sate funds are not used in the operating budget but are banked for longterm capital projects. He said a loss of that money could require a reassessment of those plans. DNS reporters Emily Spectre and Julie Kemp Pick contributed to this story.

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Buffo’s still clowning around after 40 years BY JULIE KEMP PICK DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM

hen Lenny Innocenzi told his father in 1977 that he was leaving the family beer distribution business to open up a hot dog stand, his father was so angry that he called him “a buffo”, which means comic, clown or joker in Italian. “I thought it sounded a lot better than calling it Innocenzi’s Place, so I said let’s call it Buffo’s,” said Innocenzi. Fast forward to April 18, 2017 when Buffo’s received a Mayoral Proclamation expressing the City of Highwood’s appreciation for Buffo’s 40th Anniversary. Innocenzi said he ran special events in Highwood for many years. “When the city needed another snow plower, I would help them plow the streets at 2 a.m.,” he said. He also ran Highwood Days for 20 years. “I never thought (the restaurant) would last 40 years,” said Innocenzi. “When I got to 30, I said to my wife, I’d really like to last until 40 years. We were dating when I started the restaurant and we’ve been married for 36 years.” In addition to the Mayoral Proclamation, Buffo’s had a twoweek celebration for the 40th anniversary. Innocenzi said “The Best of Chicago” on WGN featured Buffo’s double decker pizza. In 1981, Buffo’s started serving pizzas to bring in more families. “Buffo’s was half the size of the restaurant now,” said Innocenzi. “Then a fire began in an upstairs apartment and it burned down in 1979. Fortunately, no one was hurt and in 1981 we put the addition on,” he said. The same year his partner, who he still considers one of his closest friends, decided to leave the business. Innocenzi takes pride in the fact that Buffo’s was involved in many “firsts” for Highwood. “There were no fast food places in Highwood 40 years ago, so when I said I was going to open a hot dog and beef stand everyone laughed,” said Innocenzi. “The late Marvin Fiocchi from Night ‘N Gale helped me out along with Billy Koretz from Shrimp Walk, and Bill Pigati, Del Rio. They taught me how to do everything from boiling water.” Buffo’s was the first hot dog stand to receive a liquor license in 1978 by the State of Illinois, and in 1979, it became the first street

ABOVE: Tortellacci and meat sauce with the Buffo’s Specials Pizza and Italian Beef. BELOW: Owner Lenny Innocenzi. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

cenzi explained that he and their son had it all worked out. “Then his family helped me decorate and we closed down the whole place on a Saturday night for the Bar Mitzvah,” Innocenzi added. He still keeps in touch with the family. Innocenzi said he’s grateful for Buffo’s longtime employees who include: Efrain Ocampo, 31 years, Henry James, 30 years, Aaron Vicario, 21 years, Facundo Mancillo, 17 years, Susan Krakora, 14 years, and Nicole Evenson, 10 years. His son Nicholas Innocenzi started working at Buffo’s about eight or nine months ago. “He was a financial guy, and he was getting tired of that, so he said he wanted to come help me run the restaurant and tell me what I’ve been doing wrong for 39 years,” said Innocenzi. His son suggested offering café that served liquor on public with the city and all of the restau- he wanted his Bar Mitzvah to be pizza delivery service, which is property. “Most places that had rants worked together, because we different from all of the other kids,” now available. “It’s good to have family here, seating in front of the business all had the same customers and said Innocenzi. owned the property, but we didn’t,” worked to grow Highwood.” He wanted to have it at his and all of the employees and cussaid Innocenzi. “It’s all city propInnocenzi recalled one of the favorite restaurant, so he and In- tomers like him,” said Innocenzi. erty, so the city and I worked out most memorable parties at Buffo’s: nocenzi planned his Bar Mitzvah “My three kids all grew up here an ordinance.” “Years ago, a 12-year-old boy before his parents even knew about and we had fun.” He added, “I always got along pulled up on his bicycle and said it. After the parents called, InnoInnocenzi spent his childhood

in the Ravinia neighborhood and now lives in Lake Forest with his wife. Everyone in Innocenzi’s family loves pizza, but his daughter is allergic to cheese, so she inspired Buffo’s cheeseless pizza. In addition to cheeseless, and sauceless, pizza, Buffo’s offers gluten-free mostaccoili with meat, marinara or butter sauce. Innocenzi said the popular, homemade tortellaci with meat sauce was originally prepared by two local grandmothers, and now some other women have taken over making the old Highwood recipe. Innocenzi has no plans of retiring in the near future. “If you came to me and said you have to run the restaurant from behind the counter and you cannot go out and talk to customers I would’ve sold the place a long time ago,” he said. “I love all of the kids and customers that come here and I’ve become really good friends with a lot of my customers. I’m still having a good time.” Buffo’s is located at 431 Sheridan Road in Highwood. For more information call 847/432-0301.

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Goal of Collaborative Law outfit is to bar divorce-court dates

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f you’re in the mood for courtroom dramas, Netflix can quickly recommend 100 for you. Some of the most gut-wrenching, tear-jerking stories are those of families working through (and around) the legal system.

But Chicago-area attorney Theresa Kulat explained that there is an alternative for couples that want to end their marriages without the anger displayed by Golden Globe nominees. She is president of the Collaborative

Law Institute of Illinois (CLII), a non-profit organization comprised of members from the legal, mental health and financial fields. These attorneys are committed to keeping their clients out of the courtroom. Kulat was a Collaborative Divorce client before she earned her CLII certification. “I appreciate that Collaborative Divorce is not for everyone,” Kulat said, “but when both spouses accept that divorce is going to happen, for the right family, this can be an almost magical experience.” However, it takes a team to get there. It works like this: when two spouses agree that divorce must happen, each retains a certified Collaborative (with a capital C) Divorce attorney; these professionals have completed many hours of special training in mediation and associated strategies to maintain their certification. The spouses and attorneys then call upon a neutral financial coach to advise both spouses, a mental

health professional (or two, if the spouses prefer separate therapists) and a neutral child advocate to represent the best interest of the minor children, if applicable. “The team is there is educate and empower both parties so that they understand everything and can make good decisions moving forward,” Kulat said. “We are helping people in the long term and the agreements we come to are durable.” She compared it to a charter flight in which the pilot, flight attendant and mechanic work together to get the passengers from Point A to Point B. “They don’t do any of the others’ jobs,” Kulat noted. “Sometimes they work together; sometimes they do their own thing. But this is a charter plane, not a commercial flight, so you get to pick your destination and customize what your life is going to look like when it’s all done.” The team members and divorcing spouses sign an agreement on Day One, which says, among

other things, that the Collaborative Divorce attorneys will not represent their clients if the divorce goes to litigation. The goal is to always reach a settlement that satisfies both sides. But Kulat acknowledged from the very beginning that Collaborative Divorce is not for everyone. Just as there is a lid for every pot, there is an attorney for every unhappily married person and plenty of business to go around. Couples best suited for the collaborative divorce process meet three criteria, Kulat said. First, underneath it all, they care for and respect each other, even though they don’t agree on everything. Second, they voluntarily allow full access to the absolute truth. Financial statements, for example, must be shared without hesitation. “In a courtroom, litigators have access to subpoenas and other legal tools that we don’t have,” Kulat said. “So if you think your spouse is keeping two sets of books for [his or her] business,

you are probably not a candidate for Collaborative Divorce.” Also suitable for resolution through a collaborative course of action: couples with children or a shared business — or people who have a significant interest in maintaining a healthy relationship after the marriage is dissolved. But make no mistake: the Collaborative Divorce attorneys who lead these proceedings represent their clients as voraciously as anything Netflix promotes. They are trained to walk a fine line. “There has to be a balance of head and heart, where both are engaged and both are honored,” Kulat said. “You can’t be all gushygushy Kumbaya because that doesn’t satisfy the needs of your client to analyze the numbers, but if you go into this [with your head only], you won’t connect with the client and empathize.” Find more information at collablawil.org. Send your thoughts to Joanna@northshoreweekend.com

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930 Golfview Road, Glenview Anne DuBray

$1,725,000 847-724-5800

NEW LISTING

3215 Thornwood Avenue, Glenview $979,900 Patricia Furman 847-724-5800 NEW LISTING

32 Fox Trail, Lincolnshire Julianne Spilotro

$669,500 847-541-5000

237 Landis Lane, Deerfield Jodi Taub

$839,000 847-945-7100

NEW LISTING

1500 Glenview Road, Glenview $1,399,000 Marla Schneider 847-724-5800

1449 Kittyhawk Lane, Glenview $1,225,000 Margaret Ludemann 847-724-5800

2140 Linneman Street, Glenview $1,195,000 Anne DuBray 847-724-5800

NEW LISTING

79 W St Andrews Lane, Deerfield $799,000 Marla Pierson 847-272-9880

1793 Holly Avenue, Northbrook $789,900 David P Schwabe 847-222-5000

NEW LISTING

2517 Buckland Lane, Northbrook $625,000 Barb Pepoon 847-272-9880

2522 Stonebridge Lane, Northbrook $599,900 Paula Mcgrath 847-724-5800

2064 Glenlake Drive, Glenview $550,000 Paula Mcgrath 847-724-5800

2660 Summit Drive 105, Glenview $335,000 Janet Leverenz 847-724-5800

$1,099,000 847-724-5800

$764,000 847-272-9880

1843 Wyndham Circle, Glenview $760,000 Maureen Ryan 847-446-4000 OPEN SAT 12-2

$549,500 847-724-5800

426 Pine Street, Deerfield Natan Kaplunskiy

$489,900 312-943-1959

NEW LISTING

4525 S Seminole Drive, Glenview $450,000 Paula Mcgrath 847-724-5800

610 Robert York Avenue 308, Deerfield $435,900 Jeff Greenspan 847-945-7100

NEW LISTING

1371 Northmoor Court, Northbrook $415,000 Katie Marx 847-272-9880

2145 Walnut Court, Glenview Anne DuBray

27 Essex Lane, Lincolnshire Marla Schneider

NEW LISTING

2950 Riverwoods Road, Riverwoods $459,000 Susie Raffel & Israel Friedman 847-945-7100

2560 The Strand, Northbrook Susan Levinson

NEW LISTING

47 Beaconsfield Court, Lincolnshire $424,900 Judy Greenberg 847-541-5000

1434 Evergreen Terrace, Glenview $419,000 Anne DuBray 847-724-5800

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1903 Big Oak Lane, Northbrook $409,900 Irit Jacobson 847-272-9880 NEW LISTING

909 Castlewood Lane, Deerfield $389,000 Joanne Blessing 847-362-7300

1530 Shag Bark Lane, Northbrook $325,000 Jamie Roth 847-433-5400

534 Hermitage Drive, Deerfield $275,000 Marcia Biordi Brown 847-945-7100

1832 Wildberry Drive B, Glenview $419,000 Kay Lee 847-272-9880 NEW LISTING

239 Nora Avenue, Glenview $369,900 Anne DuBray 847-724-5800 NEW LISTING

10 Harborside Drive, Northbrook $364,500 Marla Schneider 847-724-5800 NEW LISTING

714 Jonquil Terrace, Deerfield $340,000 Mary Robinson 847-945-7100 NEW LISTING

900 Enfield Drive 5-C4, Northbrook $255,900 Katie Marx 847-272-9880

668 Carriage Hill Drive, Glenview $245,000 Marla Schneider 847-724-5800

3085 Pheasant Creek Drive 315,Northbrook $244,500 Wesley Waligora 847-272-9880

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REAL ESTATE

OPEN HOUSES 1. 180 Washington Cir LAKE BLUFF 2-4pm $759,000 Leslie Dhamer, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485 2. 121 E. Washington Ave. LAKE BLUFF Sunday, 12-2 $429,000 Claudia Gaynor, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 3. 48 Warrington Drive LAKE BLUFF Sunday 1-3 $569,000 Dede Banks, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.542.0700

1-9

Buckley Rd

Lake Bluff 2

N Green

4. 123 Weleyn LAKE BLUFF Sat & Sun 10:30-12:30 $259,900 Laura Henderson, Baird & Warner 708-997-7778

Bay Rd

5. 29793 Rivers Drive LAKE BLUFF $475,000 Sunday 1-3 Pam Devendorf, Coldeell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-989-0711

1151

Lake Forest

6. 30 Oak Ridge Court LAKE BLUFF Sunday 1-3 $624,000 Suzie Hempstead, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.910.8465 7. 55 Trowbridge Circle LAKE BLUFF Sunday 1-4 $865,000 Rina DuToit, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.814.8648 8. 26 Warrington Drive LAKE BLUFF Sunday 1-3 $799,000 Dede Banks, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.542.0700 9. 48 Warrington Dr LAKE BLUFF Sunday 1-3 $569,000 Dede Banks, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.542.0700 10. 721 Rockefeller LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $1,225,000 Chris Downey, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.340.8499 11. 657 Glenwood LAKE FOREST Saturday 1:00-3:00 $849,50 Laura Henderson, Baird & Warner 708-997-7778

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12. 1140 Windhaven Ct LAKE FOREST 1-3pm $1,045,000 Marie Colette, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0816

Half Day Rd

5264

6568

Highland Park

Deerfield

13. 66 W. Stone LAKE FOREST $499,000 Sunday 2-4pm Suzanne Myers, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000

gan uke

a N. W Rd

7172

6970

Dundee Rd

Glencoe

Northbrook

7376

27. 45 S Sheridan Rd LAKE FOREST 1-3pm $2,295,000 Nancy Adelman, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485 28. 1051 Cedar Lane LAKE FOREST Sunday 11-1 $649,000 Deb Fischer, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.309.9119 29. 190 Washington Cir LAKE FOREST Sunday 2:30-4:30 $$799,000 Maureen O’GradyTuohy, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.845.6444 30. 431 Hastings Road LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $1,295,000 Lyon Martini, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.828.9991 31. 1910 W. Southmeadow Lane LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-4 $1,199,000 Rina DuToit, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.814.8648 32. 1052 Inverlieth Rd LAKE FOREST Sunday 12-2 $699,900 Maureen O’GradyTuohy, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.845.6444

21. 1765 W Broadland Ln LAKE FOREST 1-3pm $1,443,750 Elizabeth Wieneke, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485 22. 319 Ravine Park Dr LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $ 1,249,000 Brunhild Baass, Baird & Warner 847.804.0092 23. 1516 N Western Ave LAKE FOREST Sunday 1:00-3:00 $999,900 Laura Henderson, Baird & Warner 708-997-7778 24. 1190 E Westleigh Rd LAKE FOREST 12-2pm $1,179,000 Lisa Trace, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485

Tower Rd 7789

Winnetka

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33. 675 Rockefeller Rd LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $1,145,000 Mona Hellinga, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.814.1855 34. 1730 Wimbledon Ct LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $1,049,000 Jeff Folker, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.504.6182 35. 211 Washington Road LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $839,000 J. Anderson/D.Mancuso, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.347.8245

Gre Rd

9398

Bay

Lake Ave

Glenview

26. 145 Wildwood Rd LAKE FOREST 12-2pm $779,000 Christopher Yore, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485

20. 1454 Willow St LAKE FOREST 1-3pm $549,000 Linda Smith, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485

Kenilworth 9192

25. 630 Academy Woods Drive LAKE FOREST 2:15-4pm $759,000 Lisa Trace, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors® 847.234.0485

N. S

Sunset Ridge Rd

Shermer Rd

Willow Rd

Northfield

14. 2025 Amberley Ct. LAKE FOREST $874,995 Sunday 1pm-3pm Michele Wilson, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000 15. 2035 Amberley Ct. LAKE FOREST $899,995 Sunday 1pm-3pm Mary Pat Lundgren, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000 16. 747 Highview Terrace LAKE FOREST $799,000 Sunday 1-3pm Stacey Marquis, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000 17. 850 Gloucester Crossing LAKE FOREST $799,000 Sunday 12-2pm Marsha Nusslock, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000 18. 790 Southmeadow LAKE FOREST $1,385,000 Sunday 12-2pm Marsha Nusslock, Coldwell Banker 847-234-8000 19. 491 Beverly Place LAKE FOREST SUNDAY 1-4 $669,000 Kelly McInerney, @properties 847.295.0700

Wilmette

99100

36. 1071 Mount Vernon Ave LAKE FOREST Sunday 2-4 $675,000 Joan Maxwell, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.404.7763 37. 1742 N. Waukegan Rd LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $649,000 Eileen Campbell, Jameson Sotheby’s International Realty 847.757.5181 38. 1371 W Everett Rd LAKE FOREST SUNDAY 2:30-4:30 $899,000 Kelly McInerney, @properties 847.295.0700 39. 145 High Holborn LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $639,000 Ann Jones/ Daria Andrews, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.691.1111 40. 1150 Bridgeview Ln LAKE FOREST Sunday 2-4 $949,000 Jean Anderson/ Donna Mancuso, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.347.8245 41. 675 Rockefeller Rd LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $1,145,000 Mona Hellinga, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.814.1855 42. 1730 Wimbledon Ct LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $1,049,000 Jeff Folker, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.504.6182 43. 211 Washington Rd LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $839,000 J. Anderson/D.Mancuso, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.347.8245 44. 1071 Mount Vernon Ave LAKE FOREST Sunday 2-4 $675,000 Joan Maxwell, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.404.7763 45. 145 High Holborn LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $639,000 Ann Jones/ Daria Andrews, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.691.1111 46. 1150 Bridgeview Ln LAKE FOREST Sunday 2-4 $949,000 Jean Anderson/ Donna Mancuso, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.347.8245 47. 1051 Cedar Lane LAKE FOREST Sunday 11-1 $649,000 Deb Fischer,

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.309.9119 48. 190 Washington Cir LAKE FOREST Sunday 2:30-4:30 $$799,000 Maureen O’Grady-Tuohy, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.845.6444 49. 431 Hastings Road LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-3 $1,295,000 Lyon Martini, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.828.9991 50. 1910 W. Southmeadow Ln LAKE FOREST Sunday 1-4 $1,199,000 Rina DuToit, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.814.8648 51. 1052 Inverlieth Road LAKE FOREST Sunday 12-2 $699,900 Maureen O’Grady-Tuohy, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.845.6444 52. 991 Harvard Court HIGHLAND PARK SUNDAY 1-3 $984,900 Michael Mandile, @properties 312.506.0200 53. 995 Harvard Court HIGHLAND PARK SUNDAY 1-3 $969,900 Michael Mandile, @properties 312.506.0200 54. 740 Llewellyn Ave HIGHLAND PARK SUNDAY 12-2 $380,000 Eve & Michael Del Monte, @properties 847.432.0700 55. 989 Marvell Lane HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-3 $685,000 Debbie Bliwas Glickman 847-687-4332 56. 214 Barberry Road HIGHLAND PARK SUNDAY 11-1 $649,000 Goldblatt/Gettleman, @properties 847.432.0700 57. 1790 Ridgelee Road HIGHLAND PARK SUNDAY 2-4 $525,000 Goldblatt/Gettleman, @properties 847.432.0700

$559,000 Diane Geissler & Edie. Love &, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.226.5597 62. 480 Barberry HIGHLAND PARK $499,000 Sunday 1:30-3:30 Pam Devendorf, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-989-0711 63. 1142 Sheridan Road HIGHLAND PARK $999,999 Sunday 12-2 Judy Sklare, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-501-0872 64. 1905 Waterford HIGHLAND PARK $1,495,000 Sunday 1-3 Marcia Plonsker, Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage 847-217-8500 65. 163 W.St Andrews Ln DEERFIELD Sunday 1-3 Karen Skurie, Baird and Warner 847.361.4687 66. 127 Birchwood Ave DEERFIELD SUNDAY 1-3 $999,000 Ricky Jolcover, @properties 847.509.0200 67. 736 Deerpath Dr. DEERFIELD Sunday, 2-4 $1,025,000 Julie Hartvigsen, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 68. 1248 Rosewood Ave DEERFIELD SUNDAY 1-3 $649,900 Barry Newman, @properties 847.998.0200 69. 756 Samson Way NORTHBROOK SUNDAY 1-3 $479,000 Len Zlatnikov, @properties 847.432.0700 70. 225 Astor Place NORTHBROOK Sunday 1-4 $750,000 Florence Lee, RE/MAX Showcase 847.388.7529 71. 165 Lake Street GLENCOE SUNDAY 1-3 $1,200,000 Marion Powers, @properties 847.881.0200

58. 1357 Green Bay HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-3 $579,000 Sheila Bower, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855

72. 385 Palos Rd. GLENCOE Sunday, 1:30-3 $1,595,000 Jann Tyler, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000

59. 23 Heritage Drive HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-4 $899,000 Karen Skurie, Baird & Warner 847.361.4687

73. 316 Lagoon Drive NORTHFIELD SUNDAY 1-3 $575,000 Maria Kernahan, @properties 847.881.0200

60. 807 Broadview HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-3 $279,500 Karen Skurie, Baird & Warner 847.361.4687

74. 573 Oak Tree Ln. NORTHFIELD Sunday, 1-3 $898,000 Anne West, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000

61. 779 North Avenue HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-3

75. 17 Bristol NORTHFIELD Sunday 1-3 $1,595,000 Betsy Burke, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.565.4264 76. 1575 Harding Rd. NORTHFIELD Sunday, 2-4 $449,000 Sarah Dwyer, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 77. 792 Foxdale Ave WINNETKA SUNDAY 1-3 $639,000 Barbara Shields, @properties 847.881.0200 78. 1025 Oak Street WINNETKA Sunday 12-2 $719,000 Joe Nash, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.846.0100 79. 310 Locust WINNETKA Sunday 2-4 $999,000 Joe Nash, Berkshire Hathaway HomeSErvices KoenigRubloff 847.846.0100 80. 1346 Scott WINNETKA Sunday 1-3 $1,279,000 Danielle Wylie, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855 81. 329 Chestnut Street WINNETKA SUNDAY 12-2 $2,095,000 Grant/Watson, @properties 847.881.0200 82. 842 Oak Street WINNETKA Sunday 12-3 $699,900 Mary Ann Kollar, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.421.1188 83. 280 Sheridan Rd. WINNETKA Sunday, 12-2 $1,875,000 Blanche Egan Romey, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 84. 455 Berkeley Ave. WINNETKA Sunday, 2:30-4:30 $1,179,000 Blanche Egan Romey, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 85. 877 Hill Rd. WINNETKA Sunday, 12-1:30 $1,695,000 Maryann Burke, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 86. 663 Garland Ave. WINNETKA Sunday, 12-2 $1,349,000 Sarah Dwyer, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 87. 333 Fairview Ave. WINNETKA Sunday, 1-3 $1,145,000 Gloria Gaschler, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000

88. 1092 Ash St. WINNETKA Sunday, 12-2 $1,090,000 Bonnie Larson & Marila Beatty, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 89. 1152 Cherry St. WINNETKA Sunday, 2-3:30 $712,000 Beth Groebe, C oldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 90. 503 Kenilworth Ave. KENILWORTH Sunday, 12-2 $775,000 Colleen Remsberg, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 91. 714 Forest Road GLENVIEW SUNDAY 2:30-4:30 $775,000 Lyn Flannery, @properties 847.881.0200 92. 612 Glendale Drive GLENVIEW SUNDAY 1-3 $1,799,000 Pickus/Tatz, @properties 847.432.0700 93. 1423 Sheridan WILMETTE Sunday 1-3 $733,000 Mary Anne Perrine, Baird & Warner 847.446.1855 94. 724 Ashland WILMETTE Sunday 1-3 $1,375,000 Linda Wolff, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.917.5544 95. 2317 Meadow Dr. WILMETTE Sunday, 11-2 $635,000 Sue Hertzberg, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 96. 311 Central Ave. WILMETTE Sunday, 2-4 $785,000 Sue Hertzberg, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 97. 1620 Central Ave. WILMETTE Sunday, 2-3:30 $1,045,000 Sue Hertzberg, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 98. 1241 Maple Ave. WILMETTE Sunday, 1-3 $1,199.000 Team Van Horn, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 99. 1225 Ridge Ave. EVANSTON Sunday, 2:15-4 $1,375,000 Sue Hertzberg & Suzi Beu, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000 100. 306 Main St. EVANSTON Sunday, 12-2 $272,000 Dawn Miller, Coldwell Banker Winnetka 847-446-4000

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HOUSES OF THE WEEK $1,149,900

1872 Butternut Lane, Northbrook 6 Bedrooms, 5 Bathrooms Exclusively Presented by: Nancy Gibson @properties 847.509.0200 nancygibson@atproperties.com Perfection best describes this 4,000+sf beauty that feels brand new! This all-brick charmer with all hardwood floors enjoys a prime location just blocks to town, train and all K - 12 schools! Enter into the impressive foyer with attractive turned staircase. Chefs will love the gourmet kitchen. Fully finished lower level has recreation/game/entertainment areas. Move in, unpack and relish all this home and superb location has to offer!

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140 Lincoln, Glenview 5 bedrooms/4.1 baths Exclusively Presented by: Cheryl O’Rourke Coldwell Banker (847) 657-3731 Newer construction so much larger than it looks! Over 3000sf withadditional 1800sf in the finished basement with9ft ceilings. Backyard gate opens to Manor Park! Great location!! Open flowing floor plan withhrdwd floors throughout 1st and 2nd level. Gorgeous eat-in Kitchen withhigh end SS Appliances, 6 burner cook top withpot filler, double oven, double drawer dishwasher, beautiful Woodmode Cabinetry, thick granite counter tops with beveled edge and granite back splash, huge island withvegetable sink and beverage cooler opens to the FR withvaulted ceiling, fireplace withmarble surround and french doors to brick paver private patio. LR and DR each withfireplace and marble surround. Mud Room. Laundry on 1st flr and bsmnt. 2nd Level with4 Bedrooms and 3 full baths. MBR Suite withtray ceiling, large walk-in closet and spa bath withmarble vanity sink, jetted tub and separate shower.Finished Lower Level withrecreation room, game room, full bath and 5th bedroom. Award winning school district 34 and 225. Walk to school, park and train.

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225 Astor Place, Northbrook 5 bedrooms/3.5 baths Exclusively Presented by: Florence Lee, RE/MAX Showcase 847-388-7529 florence@homesbyflorencelee.com First time to market in highly ranked New Trier H.S. and Northfield School district! New and hightech Sunset Ridge Middle School opens Fall 2017. This wonderful 5 bedroom 3.5 bath family home in East Northbrook is situated on a quiet cul-de-sac and conveniently located near retail, bike paths and trails, and premier golf and country clubs. It boasts a large family room with a fireplace, builtins, and wet bar, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances in the kitchen, mudroom, finished basement, perennial garden beds, and irrigation system.

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SPORTS

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THE LEFT STUFF Gertner’s splitter is downright baffling to overmatched hitters BY KEVIN REITERMAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM

ere’s some baseball romanticism for you. It took a kid named Musial to break up Tommy Gertner’s no-hitter last week. Okay, Deerfield High School’s Nick Musial is no Stan the Man. Still, the second baseman, the No. 8 hitter in the batting order for the Warriors, does wear jersey No. 6. Of course, he does. You can’t make this stuff up. And, you can’t underestimate Tommy Gertner’s stuff. It’s special. It’s electric. It’s … captivating. The Glenbrook North senior left-hander has a three-pitch repertoire, including a wicked splitfinger fastball, which is sheer mound magic. And sheer dread for the opposition. “He’s a legitimate three-pitch pitcher,” said GBN head coach Dom Savino. “And he’s willing to throw any of his pitches at any time, in any count. “With the way he mixes it up, hitters have multiple things to consider,” the coach added. Which is why he gets a lot of called third strikes. He recorded four backward Ks against Deerfield. In giving up just one hit over five innings with nine strikeouts in a 10-0 win over the host Warriors on April 25, the 6-foot-1, 170-pound Gertner improved his record to 5-1 on the season. His earned average melted to a measly 1.26. In 39 innings of work, he’s allowed only 26 hits to go along with 50 strikeouts and 10 walks What he doesn’t have is a no-no. Thanks, Mr. Musial. Spoiler alert. Having that no-no spoiled at Deerfield was a nonissue for Gertner. “I’m just focused on getting strikes,” said Gertner, who, for the record, struck out Musial in Musial’s final at-bat in the bottom of the fifth inning. “As long as I’m putting up zeros on the board, I’m good.” The impressive part of this game was the first inning. After walking Deerfield’s leadoff hitter on four pitches, Gertner came back to fan

TOMMY GUN: Glenbrook North’s Tommy Gertner delivers a pitch during his recent win over Deerfield. The left-hander is putting up impressive numbers again this spring. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

the next three hitters. That’s the thing with Gertner. He’s not troubled by a little adversity. “His confidence matches his ability,” said Savino. “He takes the right attitude into every game.” And his splitter? Can you say unfair advantage? That pitch is totally alien to many high school hitters. A foreign language. Gertner, a three-sport star at GBN and a five-sport athlete before the start of his high school days, has been throwing the splitter for several years. “I [actually] started throwing it in the sixth or seventh grade,” said Gertner. “It just kind of came to me. I kept messing around with the grip. “I felt like I needed another pitch,” he added. “It became my best off-speed pitch so I stuck with it.” Gertner’s fastball doesn’t blow

batters away — he touched 84 miles per hour against Deerfield — but it does show plenty of life. And, it’s charting in the right direction. “He’s three or four miles per hour faster than he was last year,” said Savino. Last spring, the Spartans had a 1 and a 1-A with Michael Oh and Gertner, respectively. Oh, now pitching at North Iowa Area Community College (NIACC), went 8-0 with a microscopic 0.57 ERA. Gertner, meanwhile, racked up these numbers: 7-2 record, 2 saves, 1.17 ERA, 66 IP, 49 hits, 74 strikeouts and nine walks. Thus, Savino was pretty anxious to see Gertner take the mound in the 2017 season opener at St. Rita on March 18. Gertner didn’t let him down. Opening Day turned into your classic pitchers’ duel between Gertner and University of Kansas

recruit Steven Washilewski. Two hard-throwing left-handers going at it. Hard. It was almost a … Wash. “A fun battle,” said Gertner. “It was neck and neck the whole way.” Gertner, who pitched five innings, got tagged with the “L” after giving up the game’s lone run in the bottom of the first inning. Since then, he has reeled off five straight wins. Some coaches would be tempted to overwork an ace like Gertner. That’s not the way it goes down with Savino. “He’s the team’s Tuesday Starter,” said the GBN coach. “He gets one start per week. We’re trying to keep him as healthy as possible. “Tommy has a future beyond GBN,” Savino added. “He’s going to be playing baseball for a long time.” Gertner will pitch at the next

level. At this point, it’s just not clear where. That split-finger fastball and that miniscule ERA no doubt should work to his favor. And college recruiters can’t help but be impressed with Gertner’s athleticism? He’s a rare athlete. In the fall, he earned all-CSL North honors for GBN’s 9-2 football team. He stood out in two phases of the game: pass catching and placekicking. As a receiver, he made 45 grabs for 695 yards and seven touchdowns. As a kicker, he converted 49 of 51 PAT kicks with four field goals. In the winter, Gertner received all-league accolades after averaging 9.1 points and 5.0 rebounds per game. And, if it weren’t for that golden arm, Gertner would be an everyday position player for the Spartans baseball team this spring. “There’s nothing that he can’t do on a baseball field,” said Savino.

“But taking care of his arm is the No. 1 thing.” Notable: Tommy Gertner wasn’t the only standout for the Spartans (9-12) in its 10-0 win over Deerfield on April 25. Junior center fielder Jimmy Karfis went 3-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs, while senior second baseman Thomas Witty had two hits and two runs. Other offensive leaders included junior DH Daniel Spencer (2-run single), senior right fielder Kevin Burnside (RBI single) and junior first baseman Jack Garibaldi (RBI single). … Two days later, GBN swept its series against Deerfield with a 3-2 victory at home. Evan Barnes threw a complete game, allowing five hits. The hitting attack was led by Burnside (2 hits), Witty (RBI), Spencer (RBI) and David Rubin (2 hits). … On April 29, the visiting Spartans dropped an 8-0 decision to a red-hot New Trier team.

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n a volleyball match last weekend on the home court, Glenbrook North senior setter Danny Voronov dove near the net to keep a point alive. He stretched his left arm out on his return to hardwood. The Spartan then bumped the ball — inches from the floor — with the top of his left hand. Pancaked it. Glenbrook North ended up winning the point moments later in the third set of a highly competitive contest against New Trier. Voronov’s valiant dig brought back fond memories — for Voronov’s father, Gennadiy. “I don’t remember doing it, because I was too young, about five years old,” Voronov said after Glenbrook’s 23-25, 25-20, 25-14 win against reigning state runnerup New Trier. “My dad told me he would drop a volleyball in our [carpeted] basement and make me pancake it. I did that several times [each session].” Danny Voronov’s love for the sport grew from there, though organized soccer vied for his attention occasionally. The younger brother of former standout Stevenson setter Dimitry Voronov, he joined Chicago-based volleyball club Division 1 four years ago. One of D1’s coaches, Derek Jensen, helped Voronov search for a college that offered a healthy academic/volleyball mix. Voronov — a third-year varsity member and a 2016 all-Central Suburban League North pick — committed to Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. “A great setter, the quarterback of our offense,” Spartans coach Chris Cooper said of Voronov, who finished with 32 assists and seven digs in the win over NT (16-3) and averaged 12 assists per set for a 15-3 team (4-0 in the CSL North). “And he’s got a great personality for a setter; over the years, he’s learned to be a calming floor leader for us. “Smart kid, too,” the coach added, “and he’s a volleyball geek, a volleyball nerd. Danny spends a lot of time playing beach volleyball, and he follows what’s going on in college volleyball and in club volleyball.” Don’t let Voronov’s modest 5-foot-10, 160-pound frame fool

before [taking on New Trier], but we took a deep breath in between the first and second sets and then started flowing. What I love about volleyball is the teamwork it takes to be successful. There’s constant scoring in volleyball, unlike in football and basketball and other sports.” After college — at which he’ll major in either economics or psychology — Voronov sees himself working in sales for an international company. The key to sales? “Being persuasive,” Voronov said. “I’m a convincing guy with a trustworthy face. When I’m with my friends, and they want to go to a place, but I want to go to another place, I’m good at explaining why it would be better to go where I want to go.” Voronov and his father — a former club volleyball player in his native Russia — head to an open gym occasionally. They continue to bond through volleyball. The son has come a long way since those days in the basement. That pancake drill no longer exists. Something yummier replaced it. “He sets to me,” the son said. Notable: Spartans senior outside hitter Quinn McCarthy smacked a team-high 12 kills — including one on match point — in Glenbrook North’s three-set defeat of visiting New Trier on April 28. Senior OH Clark Reinfranck was next with six kills, followed by senior middle Matt Biebrach with five. Spartans senior middle Zack Sybert finished with nine digs, and Reinfranck and senior libero Chase Bolan each had eight. McCarthy and Biebrach struck two aces apiece. A 7-0 run in the third set gave Glenbrook North a 15-8 advantage, and NT HIGH FIVE: Danny Voronov of the Spartans sets up a teammate during earlier action this spring. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER — an Elite Eight state team in each of the past three seasons you. The young man has serious “Danny has the ability to make One of our most valuable players; especially when you’re on a team — never got closer than five hops, and he’s fearless near the crazy-good plays … all kinds of we rely on Danny.” and you’re playing together as one points the rest of the way. … net — offensively and defen- plays,” Glenbrook North senior Voronov’s other statistics, in in a match,” said Voronov, whose Glenbrook North won the state sively. His final kill in the NT libero Chase Bolan said, adding addition to his 481 assists, D1 club team finished 13th in a boys volleyball championship in match gave Glenbrook North an the Spartans’ offense shifted from through 40 sets this spring: 26 national tournament last summer. 1993, when boys volleyball was oh-so-cozy 22-13 lead in the a 6-2 to a 5-1 scheme this year, aces, 89 digs and 31 kills. His ace “To get a break in the day, with in only its second year as an third set. Springing to block a kill meaning Voronov now sets all of total ranks first among team- the chance to play volleyball, is IHSA-sanctioned. Glenbrook attempt by a 6-foot-5 or taller the time. “Some of the things he mates, and his dig figure trails an amazing thing. And the better North finished runner-up at state tree with arms no longer sur- does on a court are unbelievable. only Bolan’s 141. the competition, the more excited in 2004 and matched that prises his teammates. He can do so many things for us. “There’s nothing like volleyball, I get. We were a little nervous showing in ’12.

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sk Loyola Academy girls lacrosse coach John Dwyer — helmsman of the eighttime reigning state champion Ramblers — to list the highlights from the program’s 2016 season. It would not take him long to mention something that happened in the opener. A girl scored a goal. Not a big deal? It was to Dwyer. And many others. Ramblers attack/middie Colleen Huffman — a junior and two-time state champion at the time — scored that goal last spring. Huffman had suffered a right ACL tear at a lacrosse camp the previous summer. Diligent rehab and daily positivity helped the Glenview native mend. The tally against Fenwick, in essence, screamed, I’m fine, and I’m more than ready to contribute in any way I can. The girl nicknamed “Chuff ” would finish with 48 goals and 28 assists for another state championship squad. The lefty made the all-state team as an honorable mention pick and earned US Lacrosse Academic All-America honors. “Great kid from a great family … an awesome family,” Dwyer says of Huffman, a senior cocaptain who scored twice and assisted on two other goals in host LA’s 18-12 defeat of New Trier on April 26. “An unbelievable student, too, though she’d never tell you that because she’s quiet about a thing like that. “I see her helping our younger kids all the time, encouraging them and telling them where they need to be on the field.” Huffman’s role for the 2017 squad changed after the Ramblers’ trip to Colorado last month. It was there where two of her teammates — senior middie Katie Enrietto and senior attack/middie Mary Dooley — each sustained an … ACL tear. “I’ve had to step up since then; we’ve all had to step up, because losing two valuable players was tough,” says Huffman, whose production (33 goals and 19 assists, based on the latest Illinois High School Women’s Lacrosse Association stats) ranks third among teammates behind senior middies Brennan Dwyer (67 goals,

LOOK, ‘C’: With Madison Kane (No. 16) looking on, Colleen Huffman (No. 10) goes on the attack against New Trier’s Sophie McGinnis (No. 8) during Loyola Academy’s 18-12 win over New Trier last week. Huffman had two goals and two assists in the showdown. PHOTO BY GEORGE PFOERTNER

37 assists) and Madison Kane (37 goals, 28 assists) on a 17-2 team this spring. One of Huffman’s older sisters, Meghan, played for one state championship Loyola Academy lacrosse team. Meghan, a University of Notre Dame graduate, presented Colleen (then a secondgrader) with a mini lacrosse stick she had picked up at a tournament. The sibs tossed a lax ball around at home, and Colleen was hooked in no time. She started playing travel lacrosse as a sixth-grader. “I had played a bunch of other sports,” Colleen Huffman says. “I loved lacrosse right away. It was fast, my kind of sport. By the time I reached Loyola, it was my favorite sport.” She finished her freshman season on varsity with 11 goals and a pair of assists and more than doubled that output (22 goals, 6 assists) in her sophomore season. Huffman’s next stop on her lacrosse journey? Yale University, where an assistant lacrosse coach named Colleen Smith and a freshman defenseman named Hannah Burgess work and play, respectively. Each is a Loyola Academy graduate. “My parents [Bob, a former prep football player, and Patty, a former prep track athlete] have been great,” says Huffman, who is

thinking about majoring in either economics or political science as preparation for a career in either finance or public policy. “They both love sports, and my dad likes to remind me, ‘Dream big; never think small.’ ” Huffman’s teammates? They want good ol’ Chuff to continue to make opponents huff and puff while they attempt to keep up with her forays near the cages and her tricky left-handed shot. “Great shot, great finisher, great team player,” says Ramblers senior middie Caroline Witkowski, an all-state doubles player in tennis (with Maggie Hines) in 2015. “She’s a huge contributor for us, especially from behind the goal with her ability to crease roll. That left-handed shot of hers — huge advantage; opponents often don’t know how to deal with it. “Chuff is also pretty witty and extremely intelligent, and she’s my go-to before games to get me motivated.” Like all of Loyola Academy’s players, Huffman is grateful to be a part of something bigger than herself — a program synonymous with imposing success, year in and year out. “It’s a super-cool experience, being a player on lacrosse teams at Loyola Academy,” says Huffman, who scored a super-

high 5 on the AP Statistics test — as a sophomore. “To get to play with so many different players each year, so many great players each year, is a special opportunity.” Notable: Loyola Academy senior middie Madison Kane finished with a game-high five goals and a team-high-tying three assists in its 18-12 defeat of visiting New Trier on April 26. Classmate and Northwestern-bound Brennan Dwyer had four goals and three assists in a game that was tied 5-5 at the half. All three of senior attack Libby Germano’s goals came in the second half. Coach John Dwyer’s crew of Ramblers tallied the first four goals of the second half, with two coming from the stick of his daughter, Brennan. LA got a goal apiece from Claire Caffery, Grace Clarke, Caroline Witkowski and Sophia Rucker. Caffery’s score expanded LA’s lead to 18-9 at 3:40 of the second half. LA’s Delaney Oliveira, Annie Enrietto and Mary Kate Campbell shared time in goal against New Trier (12-2), which had entered the game with four victories in which it scored 20 goals. … LA traveled to the University of Notre Dame on April 30 and defeated Cranbrook (Michigan) Kingswood 15-7 and Rockford (Michigan) High School 14-6.

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Supportive and nurturing setting ‘floats’ artists’ boats at Ragdale

float was a clock [both hands on the 12], as well as a ball drop.” ecades ago, the homecomMeeuwsen has plenty of ing theme of “Holiday” reasons to celebrate what’s going stirred the creative students on at Ragdale these days. Ragdale at Forest Hills Northern High is a nonprofit artists’ residency School in Grand Rapids, Mich- program, located in architect igan. Howard Van Doren Shaw’s Lake One of these students was Forest country estate. In 1976, Jeffrey Meeuwsen, now 48 years Shaw’s granddaughter, Alice old and a resident of Evanston. Judson Hayes, transformed He and a few classmates de- the family’s summer picted New Year’s Eve on a float home into an artistsby constructing an eight-foot i n - r e s i d e n c e bottle of champagne made of program. Today chicken wire and papier-mâché. Ragdale annually “Two of us got inside the bottle offers a supportwith bags of silver balloons,” ive environment Meeuwsen recalls. “There must — for 18- or have been about 100 balloons 25-day stays — total. It was hot in there, incred- to nearly 200 aribly hot. As soon as the float chitects, artists, stopped, we released the bal- writers, musicians and composers. loons.” The spewing balloons repre- Even scientists sented the bubbly exploding out escape to the of the bottle. It must have looked retreat to like a mini mountain in volcanic recharge, mode. produce “I liked being the behind-the- and share scenes guy in high school,” says their reMeeuwsen, the executive director search with a of the Ragdale Foundation in sculpturist or a Lake Forest since 2012. “I loved novelist or a playworking on that float. I got to be wright. A pair of poets from artistic, and I got lost in the Morocco stayed there. So did moment. I was interested in being a quadriplegic mouth painter the leader of something, but I was from the United Kingdom who never interested in the glory that created stunning landscapes. “Wherever I’ve work, the one sometimes comes with being a leader. Acting didn’t excite me as question I always ask the people much as designing the cover of around me is, ‘What’s the best the school-play program did or thing we do?’ ” says Meeuwsen, as much as building the sets for who started as an engineering plays did. major at the University of Mich“What we also featured on that igan, changed his major about

hosting creative people from all over the world. That comes with a significant responsibility; we’re serving artists and the community.” R a gd a l e ’s 11th Annual Novel Affair brought together acclaimed authors and artists for an evening of creativity and conversation in support of Ragdale l a s t

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Jeffrey Meeuwsen

eight times and ended up with a business degree with a concentration in marketing from Eastern Michigan University in 1990. “At Ragdale, we are very good at

month. The featured authors — for the first time — offered presentations in schools from Chicago to Waukegan as part of

the Ragdale in Schools program. “We’ve had architects talk with students about their field in local classrooms, and I’ve seen some of the those kids’ eyes light up — it’s a breakthrough moment for them, a light-bulb moment,” says Meeuwsen, who had ordered an omelet filled with artichoke hearts, avocado, goat cheese and roasted tomato sauce at The Lucky Platter in Evanston. “A student, who had been searching for direction, suddenly thinks, right there in the classroom, ‘I can be an architect someday.’ Nurturing is going on when our residents are sharing their passions with the students. Those students go home as students with different paths in mind.” One of Meeuwsen’s “babies” — the Ragdale Ring design-build competition — was inspired by his interest in offering inventive opportunities for creative practitioners to take leaps in their new work. Now in its fifth year, the competition is fully international, he notes. Ragdale received proposals from France, Germany, Spain and Iran this year. The Adrian Smith Prize for the 2017 Ragdale Ring went to T+E+A+M, a young, internationally recognized architectural collaborative based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The unit submitted LIVING

PICTURE — a contemporary interpretation of the original Ragdale Ring garden theatre designed by Shaw in 1912. Meeuwsen received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Kendall College of Art and Design in Grand Rapids and his Master of Fine Arts from Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. While earning the advanced degrees, he worked for 10 years in marketing (research and product development), notably with Creative Resources, Inc., in Grand Rapids. “I fell in love with non-profit work at Creative Resources,” says Meeuwsen, who, with his husband of 25 years, Steve, owns a cat named Cava. “I worked with Junior Achievement, United Way, hospitals and the Grand Rapids Art Museum. I worked closely with the museum’s staff on promotions and major exhibitions.” Meeuwsen would like nothing more than to have the free time to explore neighborhoods in Chicago. But he sometimes finds openings in his busy professional life to hit museums in Chicago and people-watch. Walks along the lake, in Evanston? The former float architect is all in, with ears wide open. “It’s not unusual for me to hear 20 different languages during a walk,” Meeuwsen says. “I love how people from all over the world are enjoying a shared space.” Cause for celebration, indeed. For more information about Ragdale, please visit ragdale.org.

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