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orth Shore public schools will lose more than $3.7 million in state funding if the Illinois General Assembly approves a proposal by the Illinois State Board of Education to redistribute money. The board wants to pluck $305 million statewide from a fund designated for special education and re-allocate it for general education, with wealthier districts like those on the North Shore getting less and poorer areas receiving more. “Funding for children dollars are distributed to the rest of the state (outside of Chicago) using a formula based on a district’s average daily attendance and low-income student Continued on PG 7
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How Northbrook Student Concerts Helped Build a School in Africa to foundation President Joli Friedman of Northbrook. “Not many people in NorthORTHBROOK—Stu- brook know we built a school dents in Northbrook in Africa,” Friedman said. “It School District 28 spent was 10 years of Concerts for 10 years raising money to help Africa.” to build a school in Africa and The school, which opened a now that it is complete they got year ago with 10 students and a lesson appreciating what they now has 50, teaches girls who are too poor to afford a public have. A year ago the Fred Outa school education in Kenya, acFoundation opened the St. cording to Fred Outa, a member Esther Girls High School in of Kenya’s parliament who has Kisumu, Kenya, thanks to been working with the founda$100,000 raised through annual tion and people in Northbrook Concerts for Africa at West- to build the school. moor Elementary School and Outa said the school takes other district events, according the poorest of children from BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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Fred Outa at his speaking event at the Northbrook Public Library. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
Nairobi’s Kibera slum where they live, many with one parent or none, without running water or electricity in 10×10 homes for the entire family. He said
only 35 percent of the country’s Outa said in a Daily North children can afford even a public Shoreinterview before talking education. to more than 200 Westmoor “In a public school you have to buy a uniform and a table,” Continued on PG 7
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Skokie Boulevard Project Being Reworked Kohler said in an email to Daily North Shore. “We remain confident that we have a project that O RT H B RO O K — will bring a renewed vibrancy to Village President Sandra this section of Skokie Boulevard Frum and members of the by replacing a currently blighted Northbrook Village Board of property with luxury-level ameniTrustees are not ready to walk ties that are in demand in Northaway from a proposal for a brook.” mixed-use development at 1000 Kohler and his development Skokie Blvd., but they expect to partners, Children’s Learning see changes before they schedule Adventure and The Finger Coma vote for approval. panies, are reworking the plans Frum and the trustees are because the board at its Jan. 12 waiting to see what alterations meeting sent the proposal back lead developer LTF Real Estate to committee after indicating a Co., Inc., the building arm of preliminary approval Oct. 27. Lifetime Fitness, Inc., makes. Finger’s proposal includes 337 LTF already is revising its rental apartments. plans for a yet-to-be scheduled “To me the question is, is there meeting with the Planning and any way we can make this better? Zoning Committee, where it What can we do with another hopes to arrive at a final agree- reiteration?” said Frum. During ment with the village, according the Jan. 12 meeting, she said the to Aaron Kohler, the company’s plan was too dense. “It’s not my director of development. job,” she added, referring to sug“We are currently working on gestions she said are best left to a plan to address the questions the developer. raised by the Village Board,” One of the changes already BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM
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under consideration by the petitioner is a reduction of apartments. LTF made an offer to build fewer of them during the Jan. 12 meeting. “The most significant issue was that regarding the density of the residential component and as you saw, we committed to reducing the residential unit count by 10 percent,” Koehler said in the email. “We look forward to finding the best path forward for all.” One change Trustee Todd Heller, a member of the committee, said he intends to bring up at the meeting is a possible reduction of less than 10 percent with the differential going to affordable housing. He said he wanted to see those provisions in the project during the Oct. 27 meeting. “I would want to consider it,” Heller said. “Our version of affordable housing is not Section 8 but attainable housing where public works employees (police
“We remain confident that we have a project that will bring a renewed vibrancy to this section of Skokie Boulevard by replacing a currently blighted property with luxury-level amenities that are in demand in Northbrook.” –Aaron Kohler officers, fire fighters and teachers of Northbrook) could live.” Density was not the only issue on the mind of Trustee Kathryn Ciesla. She was the first trustee to indicate at the Jan. 12 meeting she wanted to give the project a closer look before a final vote. She said she was also concerned about
traffic, particularly when children are dropped off and picked up at the day care center. The idea of a 10 percent reduction in apartments originally came from Ciesla. She said she wanted to look at the total impact when the projected 337 units are added to the 347 under
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construction three blocks to the north on Skokie Blvd. “We’re going to have 600 to 700 new units there,” Ciesla said. “We would have to add an additional police beat. We would have to buy a new ambulance.” Heller said he would have gone along with the project as proposed, but when his colleagues suggested taking a closer look he did not want to stand in the way. “We’re not going to get the ideal project,” Heller said. “People want something that produces lots of tax revenue and has no traffic. You’re not going to get that. What we have is an ugly old ComEd lot.” Neither Frum, Ciesla nor Heller said they were willing to walk away from the deal. Frum said much will depend on the give and take that will occur during the committee meeting. “I don’t know yet what they will come up with,” Frum said. “This is what will happen in the committee.
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NEWS AFRICA SCHOOL Cont. from PG 1 because they know it can be easily replaced, Friedman told students Jan. 15. “The children the Northbrook kids a writing and families in Kibera can’t instrument had more value in afford that. Anything more than Kenya. food is a luxury. The lunch they “They go to recess with their get at school may be their only pencil in their mouth because meal of the day.” they can’t get another one,” Before building St. Esther, Friedman said. “Do you know Outa said he helped create an what $1 will do,” Outa added. elementary school in Kibera “It will buy 10 pencils.” itself to educate youngsters Despite the poverty of the through eighth grade. St. Esther students, Outa said After Outa’s talk, Westmoor they are not angry or bitter. He Principal Chris Finch told the said they know nothing else. students they should appreciate “This is their reality,” Outa what they have in Northbrook said. “They are happy. They have and thing about helping people friends. They go to school.” less fortunate. Westmoor students also “Realize how incredibly for- learned what often happens to tunate you are,” Finch said. children of severe poverty in “When you leave here today Kenya. Outa said when parents think about what you have and have more mouths than they what you can do for young can feed, they will marry chilpeople in Africa.” dren off when they are very Students were listening. Fifth young, sometimes as early as 12. grader Milo Holleb said he “We don’t want them to be brought some things to school married off,” Outa said after the to donate, and Andy Chacon, talk, explaining why he built the another fifth grade student, said school for girls rather than for she would do something to help. boys or for both. “I didn’t realize what it is like Outa’s life was much like for them every day,” Chacon those of the children he is trying added. “I am going to help.” to help now. He told the WestWhile some of Westmoor’s moor students he was an orphan students may not give much at 12 and lived alone on Kibera’s thought to losing a pen or pencil streets until an American mis-
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Northfield, Highland Park, Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, Bannockburn, population,” said Amanda Sim- Deerfield, Northbrook, Northhauser, a public information field and Glenview will lose officer for the board. $3,763,287 for the 2016-2017 If the proposal is approved by term, according to information the legislature, school districts in on the board’s website. Wilmette, Winnetka, Glencoe, When pressed in an interview
“My mother died when I was two. I lost my father when I was 12 and I lived in the streets. I met a missionary who helped me go to school in America.” –Fred Outa sionary took an interest in him. “My mother died when I was two,” Outa said. “I lost my father when I was 12 and I lived in the streets. I met a missionary who helped me go to school
in America.” Earning an undergraduate degree in health management from the City University of New York and a master’s degree in intercultural studies from
Biola University near Los Angeles, Outa returned to Kenya to help pull children out of the poverty he once knew. Besides talking to Westmoor students during his six days in
the area, Outa spoke at the Northbrook Public Library Jan. 14. He will talk to students at Greenbriar Elementary School Jan. 19 and make other stops in the village.
with Daily North Shore, Simhauser said the formula was based on the real estate values in individual school districts. “We look at the wealth of the local school districts,” Simhauser said. “We take the EAV (equalized assessed value), the assumed
tax rate and revenue from (corporate) personal property (replacement) tax.” Hardest hit on the North Shore is New Trier High School District 203, which would lose $411,695 followed by North Shore School District 112 serving Highland Park and Highwood at $411,649. They are the only districts shorted more than $400,000. Michael Bregy, District 112 superintendent, criticized the idea saying it hurt the students most in need of help. He said the re-allocation harms the district at a time when the state board is already requiring it to spend money to upgrade its aging infrastructure. “It’s reckless to be taking money away from our most vulnerable students afflicted with physical and emotional disturbances,” Bregy said. “It’s unsettling to know Springfield is moving money around in a shell game. That is, a reckless decision making.” Northbrook School District 28 Superintendant Larry Hewitt, whose schools will lose $165,809, said he is not opposed to seeing more money go to poorer districts but he wants a formula that does not punish places like the North
Shore. “I am all for helping the impoverished districts,” Hewitt said. “I would support a hold harmless plan where our allocation remains flat and future money will be used to remedy the inequities in poor districts.” Mike Riggle, the superintendent of Glenbrook High School District 225, which will be shorted $380,789, agrees with Hewitt’s idea of a freeze for the wealthier districts. He also said the state board should not remove special education money when it requires certain standards to be met for those students. “The state is talking about a property tax freeze,” Riggle said. “If that happens we won’t have any way to recoup the money. We will have to look at what to cut but I don’t know what that will be.” Simhauser said the proposal will be included in the board’s budget, which must be approved by the legislature. No bill has been introduced yet. She said it will be part of the state’s overall budget package for the fiscal year starting July 1. State Sen. Julie Morrison (DDeerfield) said she will watch the legislation closely. She is not happy with the proposed loss of
money for special education. “I am concerned with any proposal that takes away dedicated money to teach special education students,” Morrison said in an email. “ISBE’s proposal has to go through the general assembly, and I am going to make certain we evaluate thoroughly the effect of this proposal on special education students in Illinois.” Other than New Trier, Glenbrook, North Shore District 112 and Northbrook 28, the cuts to North Shore schools range from $19,491 in Bannockburn School District 106 to $361,523 in Township High School District 113, which includes Highland Park and Deerfield High Schools. Other cuts are Lake Forest High School District 115 ($166,420), Lake Bluff School District 65 ($81,597), Lake Forest District 67 ($182,484), Deerfield Public Schools District 109 ($289,569), Northbrook 27 ($118,791), Northbrook Glenview District 30 ($112,798), Glenview 34 ($334,590), Glencoe 35 ($126,840), Winnetka 36 ($172,572), Wilmette 39 ($254,676), Wilmette Avoca 37 ($72,663), Kenilworth 38 ($49,836) and Northfield 29 ($49,495).
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NORTH SHORE FOODIE
LONGITUD315: AUTHENTIC SOUTH AMERICAN CUISINE Longitud315’s “Chupil de Camaraones” • • • • • • • •
1 pound Black Golf Shrimp 1 tablespoon fresh garlic 2 tablespoon butter ½ quart of Amarillo Pepper Sauce (Chef Tony’s special sauce, see below) 1 lime wedge 1 whole homemade (or store bought) flat bread 6 to 10 fresh made crispy tostones (crispy plantain chips) Fresh cilantro chopped for garnish
1. Clean, peel and devein the shrimp. In a medium-sized pan, melt the butter and sauté the shrimp on medium heat. When the shrimp is turning pink, add Amarillo Pepper Sauce and let cook for another 3 minutes or until the sauce is hot—while not over cooking the shrimp. 2. Serve hot in a ceramic bowl, garnishing with cilantro and lime wedge. “You can also
Chef and owner Tony Castillo at Longitud315. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
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he sun was nothing more than a reddish apparition in the sky when the two figures got up and started to move about. One was a Peruvian woman in her nineties. The other was Tony Castillo, chef and co-owner of Longitud315 in Highwood. Castillo had met the woman in Cusco, on one of his gastronomic tours to South America. There, in the marketplace, or qhatu, the old woman was selling her wares—a street vendor selling her food, made countless times by hand from recipes handed down over generations. Castillo wanted to know more, but his guide warned him in Spanish that the Quechua people—who speak a dialect that can be traced back to their ancestors, the Incas—don’t usually talk to strangers. Not only did this woman, the
matriarch of the family, agree to talk to him, she invited him back to her home. The only caveat was they would have to adhere to her schedule: Waking up at the crack of dawn to walk the four miles to the qhatu, a commute she travels by foot each day. All of a sudden, at 4 a.m. or so, Castillo found himself being taught the ancient preparation of this woman’s recipes—recipes Castillo now serves at Longitud315. “The whole idea of this restaurant is to stick as authentic as possible and to offer food that, if you go to South America, you will feel familiar with,” said Castillo on a recent afternoon in Highwood. “[But] more than the recipes, it’s about the techniques.” When he was being shown how to prepare the cuy chactado, or guinea pig, Castillo may have thought back to his own abuela.
It was from her that Castillo learned how to cook, which blossomed into a full-blown love of cooking. (“One day you will be a chef, and this is the food you will serve,” she told him.) As a boy in Sucre, a coastal state in Venezuela, he would go fishing with his abuela for shrimp. Together, they would peel the shrimp, sauté it with garlic and olive oil over a wood-fired oven, and, to top it off, they would add an amarillo pepper sauce over top. “This is a really great dish that can be done easy at home,” said Castillo, who was in the middle of preparing the dish in the kitchen at Longitud315. “[My grandmother] would make the sauce from amarillo, which is basically baby yellow pepper. It has a little bit to it—just a little spice.” Stop by Longitud315 this
weekend, and you will find the restaurant closed. That’s because for two weeks every January, Castillo sets off on a gastronomic excursion across South America, using the experience to inform and influence his restaurant’s menu for the entire year. Right now, his annual pilgrimage is taking him to seven different cities in Columbia. Castillo will bring back with him the rarest of treasures—an authentic recipe, prepared with the proper technique, for his customers to enjoy. “I love to go to the markets and meet people that are selling food there,” said Castillo. “This is where you really get to learn how to make food.” Longitud315 is located at 315 Waukegan Ave in Highwood. Call 847-926-7495 for reservations or find them online at longitud315. com.
add pita points, tortilla chips, or plantain tostones like we do at Longitud315,” said Castillo.
Chef Tony’s Amarillo Pepper Sauce • 2 yellow bell peppers, cut in half with seeds • and stem removed • 2 ajies amarillos (Peruvian peppers) • 1 small yellow onion, cut in quarters • 4 garlic cloves • 1 lime, freshly squeezed • ¼ cup of olive oil • ¼ cup of light mayonnaise • 1 cup cilantro, chopped • Salt and pepper to taste 1. Put oil on a pan at medium heat and sauté bell peppers, onion, and garlic. Let cool. When cold, put everything in a blender—including mayonnaise, cilantro, lime, and salt and pepper to taste.
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“Still At It”
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e aren’t reading fewer books. We’re reading fewer dead trees. We’re digital. We prop e-readers against salt shakers at lunch counters. We read in the dark with glowing smartphones under
the covers, flipping pages on tiny screens. But, we still visit our North Shore bookstores. And once in a while, we find something we’ve got to have in the old format of paper and ink... Like “Sailor and Fiddler. Reflections of a 100-year old
author.” Published in January, 2016, by Herman Wouk. Whoa. Is he still around? You buy this slim book in an instant. You could’ve gone online and downloaded, but that feels wrong. It belongs on your relicfilled bookshelf next to Wouk’s other volumes that you’ve kept
dog-eared, yellowing and appreciated. C’mon, the author of this new book is Herman Wouk. “Is,” not “was.” The guy’s a healthy, literate hundred! He wrote radio shows in the ‘30s. He fought in World War II and put it on paper. He was on the cover of
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Time in the ‘50s for “Marjorie Morningstar,” a novel set in the ‘30s, and riveting today. He gave us “Winds of War.” “Inside Outside.” “War and Remembrance.” “Youngblood Hawke,” “The City Boy,” And his Pulitzer-winning ”The Caine Mutiny,” to name a few.
Now, he’s published again. You don’t even have to get into this latest book to feel good about that. You just want to own it. As a book, not a download. If its pages are from dead trees, well, that’s okay this time around. Because the guy who put words on them is full of life. Still.
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SOCIALS WOODY’S WINTER WARM UP Photography by Kenny Kim
Harry Caray’s 7th Inning Stretch Restaurant at Water Tower Place was bursting with supporters of the Wood Family Foundation on January 15, during the organization’s annual fundraiser. Now in its 5th year, the event has become a staple for baseball fans during the Cubs’ convention weekend. More than 750 guests came out to support North Shore resident Kerry Wood, which featured a premium bar, food stations, silent auction, and a musical performance by celebrity DJ Niena Drake and DJ Prince. Roe Conn and Anna Davlantes of WGN Radio emceed the night.
ANNA DAVLANTES, ROE CONN, SARAH WOOD, KERRY WOOD
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Glenbrook South’s Weinman takes tough call, tough loss in stride BY KEVIN REITERMAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM
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arie Weinman showed another side of her game the other night. Her professional side. The talented and respectful Glenbrook South junior guard took the high road, when a call went against her near the end of a tight game with visiting New Trier on Jan. 22. A mini-inquisition could’ve ensued. It probably was warranted. And yet, despite having a quizzical look on her face, Weinman didn’t cause a hullabaloo, when she was whistled for a seldom called frontcourt five-second violation with 10 seconds left to play and her team trailing by three points. Still, inquiring minds — especially Weinman’s — wanted to know. Did that really just happen? “At first, I had no idea what he was calling,” said Weinman, following her team’s 39-34 setback to the first-place Trevians. “I was working to get the ball to Caitlin [Morrison] for a three [when play stopped]. “I was a little confused by the call,” she added. GBS head coach Steve Weissenstein, known for his good sportsmanship, didn’t fault the referees — or Weinman. “She turned the ball over because we hung her out to dry,” the coach said. “She didn’t have anywhere to go, because [her teammates] didn’t get to the spots where they were supposed to get to.” Putting that hubbub aside, the much-ballyhooed Weinman came up with quite the game. The three-year starter and returning all-league selection led all scorers with 19 points to go along with eight rebounds and two assists. Despite facing a tough man-toman defense and handling the ball a majority of the time, she committed only two turnovers. Weinman’s third quarter especially was praiseworthy. She was three-mendous. In addition to having three rebounds in the frame, she popped in 10 points on two three-pointers and one
throws to seal the victory. Har vard-bound Jeannie Boehm, selected to play in the McDonald’s All-American Game at Chicago’s United Center on April 1, finished with 14 points, 14 rebounds and four blocks. Kathryn Pedi, who will play at Holy Cross, added 13 points and 10 rebounds. Pedi hit four free throws in the final 44 seconds. “Against a team like New Trier, you can’t leave any points on the floor, and we did,” said Weissenstein. “I’m very proud of our defensive effort,” the coach added. “But we’ve had better days on offense. Our offense wasn’t very crisp tonight.” The only other Titan to score in double figures was Caitlyn Morrison. The Valparaiso recruit finished with 10 points to go along with seven rebounds. Meanwhile, the Titans (19-4, 3-4) got back on the winning track on Jan. 23, when they defeated visiting Schurz 75-30. The scoring leaders were Morrison (17 points), Weinman (12), Gabby Amesquita (13), Megan Dillon (7) and Sarah McDonagh (5). The team will be aiming for win No. 20 on Jan. 29 (7 p.m.), when the Titans entertain Maine South. They travel to Hersey on Jan. 30 (2:30 p.m.). Notable: New Trier continues to play without its star point guard: Haley Greer. The senior, who will play at Colgate, is sidelined with a back injury. She hasn’t played in the team’s last 12 games. “She’s still day to day,” said NT head coach Teri Rodgers. “We’re hoping for the best. But she conCARRY ON, CARIE: Carie Weinman of the Titans tries to beat New Trier’s Autumn Kalis off the dribble during last weekend’s showdown. tinues to contribute from the She scored a game-high 19 points in the contest. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER bench. She’s a point guard. She three-point play to give the way we played defense tonight,” Weissenstein and New Trier cially the ones played in the sees things on the court.” … Titans a one-point advantage, said Weinman. “Especially to coach Teri Rodgers have gotten second half of the season. The Jeannie Boehm becomes the first 30-29, with one quarter remain- hold a team like New Trier to used to these Central Suburban coaches in this league are so New Trier player to play in the ing. under 40 points. League South Division defensive good.” McDonald’s All-American Just as important was her play “This was a lot better than the tussles. Taking care of business at the Game since Amy Jaeschke, who “Credit them,” said Rodgers. foul line proved to be the differ- was selected in 2007. Jaeschke — and the play of her teammates last time we played them,” added — on the defensive end. Weinman, referring to a 55-34 “They played a great defensive ence in the game. The Trevians went on to play professional The Titans forced 12 turnovers, setback on Dec. 8 in the NT gym. game. (20-4, 7-0), who went to the line basketball overseas after earning “These games are dogfights,” 15 times in the fourth quarter, All-America honors at Northincluding six in the third quarter. “We’re about there. We’ll get “I’m definitely proud of the there.” the NT coach added. “Espe- hit seven of their last eight free western.
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olving math problems is a breeze for Edgar Borun. He can thank his Russian grandparents, Mikhail and Olga, for that. “They had me doing multiplication tables when I was five-, six- and seven-years-old,” said the Glenbrook South wrestler. Crying and begging for numerical mercy didn’t help his case back then. He had to keep going. He had to keep plugging away. Grandpa, an engineer, knew best. The payoff? Borun has become a whiz kid in advanced statistics courses. He’s received a full academic scholarship to DePaul University based on his grades and test scores. He plans to major in aerospace. And, when it comes to solving languages, it’s as easy as Pi (∏) for Borun. He’s fluent in two languages: Russian and English. And, he also can speak German. He put his German skills to the test two summers ago, when he traveled to places like Berlin and Stuttgart on a three-week school exchange program. “I was thrown into a new environment,” Borun said. “It was sink or swim.” It went … swimmingly. Borun counts that trip as his most memorable high school experience. And yet, the GBS senior is not without his challenges. For instance, Borun has yet to solve a certain New Trier wrestler named Joe Modica. He might as well be called Mighty Joe Modica. The two foes met in the 195pound title match at the Central Suburban League Championships at Deerfield High School on Jan. 23. It didn’t go well for Borun … again. Borun, who has put together a very respectable 19-7 record, has been pinned three times this season. Two of the three falls came against 6-foot-3 Mighty Joe Modica. Sporting a shiner under his right eye, which he received during an earlier match at the league meet, Borun looked the part of a wrestler. After getting pinned late in
my grandfather.” The two of them shared a lot of meaningful moments together — including Mikhail’s last breath. “I was at the hospital when he died. Talking to him at the foot of his bed,” said Borun. “It’s OK,” he added. “All the tears have been shed.” One of Mikhail’s greatest achievements was being a project manager at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. One of Borun’s greatest achievements … is yet to come. He plans to make the most of his days at DePaul. “I want to see my efforts count,” Borun said. “I want to do something [with my life].” But, before he goes out and sets the world on fire, Borun needs to take care of some unresolved business. Re-enter Mighty Joe Modica. There’s a good chance that two rivals will meet again at the Class 3A Glenbrook South Regional on Feb. 6. “Edgar should see the NT kid again. Hopefully, in the final,” said Mietus. “Edgar just needs to trust himself. Trust his moves. He’s right there.” Notable: Glenbrook South finished seventh in the team standings (91 1/5 points) at the league tourney. In addition to Edgar Borun’s runner-up finish at 195, the other placers were Majdi Khatib (3rd at 285), Daniel Pravich (4th at 145), Ethan Bond Glenbrook South’s Edgar Borun (top) battles New Trier’s Joe Modica in the 195-pound title match at the CSL Tournament. PHOTOGRA(5th at 132), Danny Suhadolnik PHY BY JOEL LERNER (6th at 138) and Mason Slan (6th the first period (1:42), Borun guys ready.” After opening with a bye, he Due to other interests, includ- at 170). Khatib, a senior, deHe’s not been that guy. pinned Maine West’s Walter ing that trip to Germany, he feated Highland Park’s Gabe could do nothing but praise his “One day, I said, ‘How about Hutt in 3:22. And, he followed nearly gave up on football. 29-11 Trevian opponent. Guzman in his final bout of the “I took my shots against him,” you, Edgar?’ ” Mietus said. that up in the semifinal round by “But a few of my friends stuck tourney to improve his record to said the 6-foot Borun. “But with Borun, a thoughtful person, putting Maine East’s Jose Gon- by me,” Borun said. “They got me 22-5. Bond (21-7), a junior, finhis wing span and reach, I wasn’t took that to heart. Mietus’ con- zalez on his back in 3:56. to come back out. It turned out ished on a winning note with a technical fall (18-3) over Maine “Last year,” Borun said. “I was to be a great decision.” able to get deep against him. He’s fidence in Borun has been rehard to break down. warded. Borun is now on the the opposite of aggressive. I was Grandpa Mikhail, who passed East’s Julio Cabrales. Pravich is “I definitely wanted that con- verge of putting together a timid. But now, I try to push the away last year, would have been now 19-5 on the season, while pace.” proud of Borun’s recent athletic Suhadolnik has a mark of 14-11. ference championship,” he added. 20-win season. Being a starting guard on the achievements. Borun was the lone Titan to “He’s worked hard to get … Glenbrook North had two make the finals. He’s been some- where he is,” said Mietus. “He’s GBS football team in the fall no “He was a wrestler,” said placers: junior Brandon Frieddoubt helped his toughness. gotten a lot more confidant. thing of surprise on the mats. Borun. “And that’s why I wrestle.” man at 220 and junior Nathan “I think he’s exceeding expec“Confidence,” the coach added, “Blocking for [running back Grandpa Mikhail was his true Rosenberg at 160. Friedman tations,” GBS head coach Tom “that’s where he’s made his Ryan] Janczak was the best thing, inspiration. (11-6) pinned Maine East’s ArxMietus said. “I think he entered biggest jump.” especially when he went for “My father passed away when ontis Melissnas in 58 seconds in the season thinking that he’d be Borun definitely deserved to touchdowns,” Borun said. “It was I was five,” Borun said. “So my a third-place match. Rosenberg one of those guys who got other be a finalist at the league meet. a blast.” grandfather was my dad — and finished sixth.
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INSTANT IMPACT Dowdle comes off the bench to give Ramblers shot(s) in the arm BY BILL MCLEAN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM
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rin Dowdle sat on basketball benches last winter. And sat. And sat some more. She was a Loyola Academy junior guard at the time, athletic and eager and positive. She was a reserve player. She backed up reserve players. The Northbrook resident played in 13 of the Ramblers’ 29 varsity games in 2014-15. She scored 21 points. “It was different,” Dowdle recalls. “I was learning while sitting. I had never had to do that in a basketball season. My role was to push the starters in practice and make sure they were ready for games. I did that. I accepted that. The sitting … that pushed me, drove me. “I did not want to sit that much this year, my senior year.” The 5-foot-7 Dowdle sits at the start of basketball games this winter. She also pops off Loyola Academy’s bench, one of the first to do so, in the first quarter of games. The quintessential substitute sparks the team (offensively and/or defensively), upsets the opposing team and gives a starter time to breathe normally again. Dowdle provides all of that for Ramblers coach Jeremy Schoenecker’s club, 16-5 through Jan. 23 and winners of nine of its last 10 games. She loves to shoot three-pointers. If a teammate is dribbling the ball and Dowdle is open in three-point terrain, she leans toward the dribbler and clapclaps for the ball. Every team needs a fearless, confident shooter. Erin Dowdle is Loyola Academy’s fearless, confident shooter. “Erin can shoot well from anywhere,” Ramblers senior Ryan Flanagan, another reserve guard, says. “She has a good shot. She likes to shoot, wants to shoot. She’s also really aggressive, all over the court. Erin really cares; that shows when she’s on the court. Erin gives it her all.” Some of Dowdle’s numbers, after 21 games: 6.1 points per game, 33 three-pointers made, 30 percent shooting from three-point range. The LA team leader in charges taken is the 412th Dowdle to have enrolled at LA. That’s only a slight exaggeration. Dowdle says one of her second cousins, Ryan, became the 54th Dowdle from
the continent-vast Dowdle family tree (parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, first cousins, second cousins) to take a class at the school in Wilmette. Erin was Dowdle No. 55. “Dowdle” is Loyola Academy-speak for “Smith.” Dowdle absorbed two charges in a game against. St. Ignatius this winter. Spark, spark. She netted seven of her 10 points in the fourth quarter of a 50-45 defeat of visiting Mother McAuley on Jan. 19. Flares. She nailed a trio of treys and tied Ramblers senior forward Liz Satter for team-high scoring honors (11 points) in a 54-11 rout of host Carmel Catholic on Jan. 21. Boost, boost, boost. Dowdle’s hands authored eight points and grabbed seven rebounds in LA’s 46-13 win two days later at Regina Dominican. Oomph. Only one other Rambler played more minutes than Dowdle did (19 minutes, 12 seconds) against Regina’s Panthers. Stand up and give a round of applause for the former sitter. “Some of the games she’s having, scoring 10, 11 points, those are great numbers for a sub,” Schoenecker says. “She’s our deep threat. She hits shots for us, big shots. Her overall play gives us energy. Erin does a good job of finding ways to get open and finding the good angles, the best angles, to take [against defenses].” A fun moment, involving Dowdle and her love for the three ball: Loyola Academy was in Mesa, Arizona, playing in a holiday tournament in late December. Dowdle had the ball, hustling during a fast break. Flanagan was there. Flanagan should finish describing the fun moment. “Nobody was around her during the fast break,” Flanagan recounts. “Wide open. All she had to do was take it in for an easy layup. But she stopped instead, looked for the three-point line, dribbled behind it and started to shoot. We’re all on the bench, going, ‘No, no, no, no! Don’t shoot it!’ Well, she shot it. It went in. Erin was kind of laughing after it went in.” One of Dowdle’s brothers, Mark (LA, Class of 2015), was a Erin Dowdle of the Ramblers drives to the basket against Mother McAuley. The senior has been a serious athlete in his four years of significant contributor in reserve role. PHOTOGRAPHY BY GEORGE PFOERTNER
prep seasons, a football/basketball/ lacrosse player. He now plays football and lacrosse at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Mark Dowdle paced last winter’s LA hoopsters — maybe the world — in charges taken, dives for loose balls, floor burns. His floor burns suffered floor burns. His little sister paid attention, close attention, whenever he played in a basketball game. Erin’s other siblings are Cara, 24, and Brendan, 21. Erin is well aware of the longstanding Dowdle Reputation, capital ‘R’, in sports circles. “Athletic, hard-working, determined,” Dowdle, also a varsity lacrosse defender at LA, says. “Whenever I play in a game for Loyola, basketball or lacrosse, I want to represent my family well. My siblings, they always played hard and worked hard when they competed for Loyola teams. I loved watching Mark play basketball, the way he’d go for every loose ball. I like it when there’s a 50/50 ball and I’m near it. I’ll do anything to win it. And taking a charge … it’s one of the my favorite things to do on a basketball court. It gives my team energy.” Notable: In its two wins in three days last week, Loyola Academy’s girls basketball team allowed an average of 12 points. LA beat host Carmel Catholic 54-11 on Jan. 21 and host Regina Dominican 46-13 on Jan. 23. Ramblers senior forward Liz Satter poured in 23 points in the game at Regina, hitting nine of 11 shots from the field and four of five from the free-throw line. Freshman guard Julia Martinez dished a team-high nine assists, and junior forward Kasidy Caldwell grabbed seven boards. Ramblers senior guard Mary Cormier had six steals. Junior guard Madison Kane finished with seven points, three steals, two assists and three forced turnovers. … Carmel Catholic scored the first two points in its game against LA last week. Carmel Catholic trailed 49-4 after three quarters. … Ramblers reserve guard Erin Dowdle took eight two-point shots as a junior last winter. She made seven of them.
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Opposing teams clearly focusing on Glenbrook North’s all-league guard BY DAN SHALIN, SPORTS@NORTHSHOREWEEKEND.COM
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lenbrook North point guard Ilana Malman’s performances as a junior earned her all-Central Suburban League North Division honors last winter. The 5-foot-3 senior also has received something else thanks to her play during the 2014-15 campaign — extra attention from opposing defenses. This season, the crafty and fearless Malman has been pressured, doubled-teamed and faceguarded by opponents, who clearly recognize that slowing her down is a key to stopping the Spartans, who dropped to 6-13, 3-3 with a 59-47 loss to Deerfield on Jan. 22. Malman said it has taken some time to adjust to being the focus of other team’s defensive game plans. “(When defenses focus on you) it takes so much effort to get open for the ball, to get a pass and get a shot or a layup,” she said. “But I take it as a compliment that these coaches are coming in knowing they need to defend me harder. I’ll take it.” In an effort to relieve some of the defensive pressure, Glenbrook North head coach Danielle Fluegge has experimented with using Malman at the two-guard and sophomore Jordan Davison at the point. Malman speculates that she still plays point about 75 percent of the time. Perhaps because of that slight position tweak, or simply because she’s getting used to operating in a crowd of defenders, Malman has been playing some of her best basketball in recent weeks, according to Fluegge. Malman had 22 points and three assists in a 55-52 win over Lincoln Park on Jan. 16, and she had 18 points and three assists in a 43-40 win at Maine East on Jan. 8. During the St. Viator Holiday Tournament, Malman had scoring games of 16 (twice) and 10 as the Spartans went 2-2. This season, Malman is averag-
GOING FOR ‘2’: Ilana Malman of the Spartans takes the ball to the hoop during earlier action this season. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER
ing 9.6 points per game (second on the Spartans behind senior Miranda Weber) and 4.5 assists for a team that has one more win than it did a year ago. Whether Malman is bringing up the ball and starting the offense, or receiving it on the wing, Fluegge said the third-year varsity guard is the team’s creative
force. “I’ve watched her grow and really take over this team,” said Fluegge, who was a varsity assistant before becoming head coach last season. “(Malman) is a quiet leader. She’s stable. The girls see her as a go-to player. She’s an all-around great player, and it’s sad she only has six
(regular-season) games left.” The coach called Malman and Weber the least selfish players she has coached. She said Malman has a nice jump shot, but that the guard’s greatest strength is her ability to take the ball to the basket, something Fluegge admits often makes her nervous. “She gives me a heart attack,”
Fluegge said. “She goes up against the biggest players and gets thrown to the ground. But she bounces up. She’s so aggressive getting to the rim, really a good finisher.” Malman said taking the ball right at bigger players is something she has always done. “I’ve been the smallest on the
court for as long as I can remember,” she said. “You have to be fearless, when you’re going up against girls who are six or seven inches taller than you. I know the worst that will happen is that I will fall and that I will get back up. My teammates will be there to help me up. If it helps the team win, I’m all for it.” Of course, winning is something neither Malman nor any recent Spartans have experienced with regularity. Fluegge has been tasked with turning around a program that has had its share of single-digit win seasons recently, including a three-win campaign in 2013-14. The current Spartans have some talent, but they have struggled to put together four good quarters of basketball on a given night. However, these frustrations are hardly reflected in Malman’s upbeat personality. “Ilana is one of our captains, she leads our team, and she has a positive attitude every day,” Weber said. “If someone gets down (emotionally), she gets them right back up.” Malman, who co-hosts a weekly chat and music show on Glenbrook North’s student radio station and is planning to study political science or psychology at a Big Ten university, said the Spartans must maintain the right attitude if they are going to have a strong finish to the season. “The biggest thing is positivity,” she said. “As a team that doesn’t win often, we have to stick together. That’s our only hope. We can’t get down because of the little things. We need to pick each other up and stay positive, and we’ll start winning. Notable: In the 59-47 loss to Deerfield, Miranda Weber led the way with 12 points. Jordan Davison came up with nine points, while Audrey Christopher added eight points. Deerfield was led by Olivia Westrich (17 points).
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NORTH SHORE’S COACH K A ‘CHIP’ OFF THE OLD BLOCK BY BILL MCLEAN
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he independent trader and youth coach takes a seat across from me at a table in a Starbucks in Wilmette, a hop, skip and a lengthy lacrosse pass from his house in Kenilworth.
Chip Kenyon, 53, coaches lacrosse and football in his hometown. He utters a pleasantry. He receives a pleasantry. From the neck up he resembles a cross between former Chicago White Sox infielder Gordon Beckham and a young Nick Nolte, a striking combination of boyishness and ruggedness. Kenyon, humble and slightly uncomfortable, fidgets and grimaces, signs he does not want to talk about himself. The good sport in him acquiesces. At his alma mater, Middlebury College in Vermont, a new ice arena opened in 1999. School officials held a ceremony inside before a puck was dropped for the first time. A man named Chip Kenyon slapped the ceremonial first shot in … Chip Kenyon Arena. “I almost wasn’t able to attend that event, that ribbon cutting,” Kenyon, a former hockey and lacrosse standout at Middlebury, recalls. “About five days before my flight, while playing in a men’s hockey league game here, the blade of an opposing player’s skate sliced my head. Eighty stiches. I needed 80 stitches. You should have seen the bandage, the size of the bandage, I had to wear around my head.” An arena name in Vermont, Chip Kenyon is a household name in Kenilworth and in more than a few surrounding North Shore suburbs, particularly in households containing football pads and lacrosse gear for youngsters. He was 32 when he started volunteering as a football coach for the Kenilworth Rebels, grade-
school gridders. Eleven years ago he founded Kenilworth Lacrosse, a club for grade-school boys and girls. A guaranteed thrill for him each spring is any New Trier High SchoolLoyola Academy lacrosse game, boys or girls, Kenilworth Lacrosse products going up against Kenilworth Lacrosse products. Kenyon is Illinois’ Coach K. “Lacrosse is an easy sport to pick up, fun, and it continues to be very popular in this area,” says Kenyon, a Hotchkiss (Connecticut) School graduate after attending New Trier East High School for a couple of years in the late 1970s. “You see kids walking to school with their sticks, wearing lacrosse active wear, the school colors. I figure nearly 50 percent of the kids in Kenilworth [population: 2,500] play lacrosse. I don’t have to knock on any door in Kenilworth to get kids to play lacrosse. “Our community’s football program, the Rebels, that’s been around for 55 years, started by two men,” he adds. “Every football coach is a volunteer. It’s pretty unique, a small town like Kenilworth providing its own football and lacrosse programs.” Our conversation shifts to Kenyon’s mentors and heroes. Kenyon, suddenly, turns comfortable and a tad more animated, his fidgeting fading. His father, Bob, is the treasurer of the Kenilworth Rebels. His father is 86 years old.
of Notre Dame. Kenyon is a coach today because of Getschow, a Rebels coach for nearly 40 years. Kenyon, at the age of 28, married Becky — “a girl who had lived down the street from me in Kenilworth when we were young” — and later returned to live in his hometown, to settle down, to ask his kids about their days at dinnertime. Chip and Becky are the parents of five children, ages 19-22, their three youngest entering the world as triplets. The first movie Chip and Becky saw, as a couple, was Sniper, starring Tom Berenger. Chip wanted to see it. Becky? “She was a good sport,” Chips says. They later saw a hockey flick, The Mighty Ducks, with Becky’s parents. Getschow’s message to Kenyon, some 21 years ago: “Time to coach, time to give back.” Kenyon did just that. Kenyon continues to do just that. “ I got t o coach with L e e f o r Chip Kenyon | Illustration by Barry Blitt five years,” a grateful His father, a 50-year Chicago look like he’s getting ready to Kenyon says. “He came after me, Bears season-ticket holder, also climb Mount Everest. got on me to make a commitment coaches Rebels. “Dad was a great listener when to coaching Kenilworth kids, and “My father coaches with me I was growing up in Kenilworth. I’m certainly glad he did. He told four days a week during the foot- Our time together at the dinner me how rewarding coaching is, ball season,” Chip Kenyon says. table, as a family, with my four how important it is for the de“I love those four days. We have siblings … I remember my dad velopment of young athletes in a lot of laughs, coaching togeth- asking all of us about our days the community. He was right. I er. I consider him a great, great while we ate. I couldn’t wait until coach to provide positive experifriend. He’s as competitive as I it was my turn to talk about my ences for kids, to help build am, and he’s a good guy. Dad has day.” confidence and their character, never missed a Bears home game. Chip Kenyon’s Kenilworth to instill passion for a sport. Lee He looks forward to all of them, Rebels football coach was the late taught me a lot. Lee, a great guy, even the ones on frigid days when Lee Getschow, who played foot- had such enthusiasm, had such a he wears the stuff that makes him ball and boxed at the University youthful spirit.”
His 22-year-old daughter, Carolyn, substitute-teaches and coaches field hockey and basketball at The Joseph Sears School (kindergarten-eighth grade) in — where else? — Kenilworth. An outdoor wall of the gym at Sears is near where budding and established lacrosse players sharpen their shooting and stick skills. Chip Kenyon encourages his lax charges to whip shots against the wall. To befriend the wall. Carolyn is also pursuing a master’s degree in education at National Louis University in Chicago. The daughter often makes her father a strawberry-banana smoothie for breakfast before her father fires up the computer and tackles his trader tasks at home in the morning. “It’s thick. It’s good. It’s healthy,” the father, grateful again, says. A smiling Chip Kenyon sits back in a Starbucks chair and pauses, relieved that most of the conversation has revolved around the special people in his life, not around him. He has many Bob Kenyon stories to share, fond father-son memories. Chip Kenyon played in 23 hockey games for Middlebury College in his senior year. Bob Kenyon showed up for 20 of them, home and away games, usually a couple of hours before a referee prepared to drop a puck at center ice. The father liked to claim a business trip enabled him to attend each game. The son knew otherwise. Bob Kenyon, no surprise, was on Middlebury’s campus in 1999 for the Chip Kenyon Arena ribbon-cutting ceremony. Chip was supposed to cut the ribbon. Chip, his head heavily bandaged, chose not to cut the ribbon. He handed the scissors to the proudest father in the arena.
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