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North Shore Weekend news 08 Moving on up

Their college choices have been made. What are five North Shore seniors looking forward to regarding their new life that starts in the fall?

10 Quick on the draw

Jeffrey Brown used to work at Barnes & Noble in Deerfield, where he’d draw comics during lunch breaks. Today he’s an illustrator for comic books and more.

12 Author, author

Max and Benny’s in Northbrook has found a popular sidelight: bringing in authors.

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Sunday Breakfast

James Graham has written a new book on the Kennedys, focusing on the family’s favorite sailboat, Victura.

Social whirl

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

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Main Street

Bob Gariano reports on the newest version of a luxurious classic available in Northbrook: the Rolls-Royce.

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North Shore Offerings T wo intriguing houses in our towns are profiled.

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Find out — complete with map — what houses you can walk through for possible purchase on the North Shore on Sunday.

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Need more than the old college try to be accepted

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he world has greatly changed since Animal House’s Bluto donned a sweatshirt stitched with one memorable word to explain where he went to school.

Not Harvard, not Kenyon — not even Faber. It simply read: College.

When that 1970s film (which was set in the early 1960s) was made, even a guy like Bluto could get into college (staying there, though, was another matter). There were fewer applicants, partially because the Common Application didn’t exist, and colleges were happy to admit a large number of those who did apply. Today, it’s quite a bit different.

Stanford University set a new low this spring, admitting only 5 percent of its applicants. In other words, 95 percent of the 42,000-plus who applied were deemed unworthy to attend. According to The New York Times, only a decade ago, the University of Chicago welcomed more than 40 percent of applicants; that dropped to 8 percent this spring.

This week, we’re highlighting five high school seniors from across the North Shore who, after a rigorous process taking 18 months or more, have been accepted into high-quality colleges. Included

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North Shore seniors open up about the process of getting into college ■ by bill mclean Students up and down the North Shore have one eye on finishing their senior year of high school with a flourish this spring and the other on starting college in the fall.

We asked five local collegebound students to discuss what it took to get into college — and the excitement of finding out they were accepted.

Alex Lopez Loyola Academy

• Extracurricular activities: soccer, wrestling, Arrupe Service Program, volunteer tutor at Immaculate Conception School in Chicago • College choice: University of Illinois • Intended major: mechanical engineering Why Illinois? I’d originally tried to earn an ROTC scholarship to attend another school. But this worked out really well for me, getting accepted [and earning three academic scholarships] to attend one of the best engineering programs in the country.

Describe the day you were accepted and how you reacted.

I wasn’t as shocked as I should have been. I almost took Illinois for granted, which is ridiculous.

In hindsight I should have been happier than I was when I found out [on his phone] after a wrestling practice.

Why did you choose the topic you wrote about for your college essay? I described the environment in which I was perfectly content, and mine is my church [ Immaculate Conception in Chicago]. My faith has played a phenomenal role in my interactions with people, and going to church each week has brought me closer to my parents. That one hour in church on Sundays … it makes me reflect and changes my mood for the better each week.

Describe your “This is where I want to go!” moment when you visited Illinois. I had visited

spectacularly beautiful campuses [Duke, North Carolina, Notre Dame] when I went down to Illinois. I wanted to make sure I didn’t have a negative or bad feeling about it. I didn’t. Walking along the engineering quad, I saw a bridge, a stream and two grassy hills. I told my mom it was like I was in a different world.

What was the most challenging part of the college application process? Discovering what I want to study. I tended to listen to my peers’ thoughts on what I should pursue instead of myself. I want [a career] that will combine engineering and business, and I’m comfortable with that. The college decision, think about it … it’s one of the biggest ones we’ll ever make, and we’re all making it at a young age.

What advice would you give a junior going through the college search process? If I could go back to my junior self, I’d walk up behind myself, tap myself and say, ‘Alex, it’s going to be all right.’

Work hard and be true yourself; success will likely follow.

What will you miss most about Loyola Academy? Loyola has been a second home for me, considering the relationships I’ve made with students, faculty, coaches and administrators. The people who work at Loyola Academy — so many of them — are incredibly genuine and interested in the development of students.

Halle Frain Lake Forest High School

how homey it was.

Describe the day you were accepted and how you reacted.

That day I felt such relief. From the time I applied [Oct. 15] to the day I opened the letter [Feb. 1], it seemed like such a long time. My mom was close by when I opened it at home. We both smiled and then we hugged. We were both so excited, and our dog, Duke [also the name of the school that happens to be UNC’s archrival], was going crazy because he didn’t know what was happening.

Why did you choose the topic you wrote about for your college essay? I wrote about my faith and how important it is in my life. It wasn’t that hard to write; it’s also wasn’t that easy. Writing it made me realize how lucky I am to be where I am.

Describe your “This is where I want to go!” moment when you visited North Carolina. Walking along a street on such a nice weather day [in March 2011], noticing the buildings and the kids being normal … I thought, ‘This would be perfect for me.’ I just felt it was the place I could call home.

What was the most challenging part of the college application process? The recruiting process. Before every field hockey tournament, I would write letters to all these coaches and ask them to please watch me. I also called coaches to set up interviews on campus. The third time I visited North Carolina [September 2012], the head coach [Karen Shelton] offered me a spot on the team. At that point I was so overcome with joy.

What advice would you give a junior going through the college search process? Keep all of your options open. Try to get the attention of as many schools as possible, so you have a lot of options.

What will you miss most about Lake Forest High School?

Everything. The great support I’ve had at the high school, my friends, the great teachers and all of my coaches … everything.

Michael Sernus New Trier High School • Extracurricular activities: field hockey, Student Athletic Leadership Team • College choice: University of North Carolina • Intended major: business or journalism Why North Carolina? When I was a freshman and sophomore, my mom [Patti] and I visited schools near my field hockey tournaments. Always, in the back of my mind, was, ‘UNC, UNC, UNC.’ But I never wanted to say it out loud. I loved the feel of the campus when I visited, the architecture,

• College choice: University of Dayton • Intended major: business Why Dayton? I’d been recruited for football since my junior year.

When I visited the school I could tell football and academics are both taken seriously. That was important to me.

Describe the day you were accepted and how you reacted.

I got my letter of acceptance last summer, informing me I had received a roster spot. [He signed a national letter of intent on Feb. 5]. I thought that was really cool.

Why did you choose the topic you wrote about for your college essay? I went to a Catholic grammar school (St. Joseph School in Wilmette], and I graduated from an eighth-grade class of 30 kids.

So I went from that size to a class of 1,000 at New Trier my freshman year. I wrote about the big transition I would have to make.

Describe your “This is where I want to go!” moment when you visited Dayton. I don’t remember a specific moment. The campus felt comfortable and it had a friendly atmosphere.

What was the most challenging part of the college application process? Probably having to decide on a college after getting contacted by coaches during the recruiting periods, beginning with the spring of my junior year. Eventually my gut told me to go to Dayton and I’m really happy with the decision. My brother [Anthony, a freshman in college] plays football at Denison, which isn’t too far away from Dayton.

What advice would you give a junior going through the college search process? If you’re an athlete and contacted by a school, go to the campus and meet the coaches. Establishing good relationships with coaches is important. If you get it down to a couple of schools, go with your gut feeling.

What will you miss most about New Trier High School? Friends and teachers mostly. It also was great meeting so many random people through the years. My class, we never lost a football game to [archrival] Evanston.

Emelia Karkazis Deerfield High School

• Extracurricular activities: football, religious retreat leader, New Trier Young Life

• Extracurricular activities: basketball, softball, National Honor Society, Academic Resource Center aide.

• College choice: Marquette University • Intended major: biomedical science [pre-dental scholar program] Why Marquette? It’s close to home, and Milwaukee is an awesome city. My brother [Alex, a freshman] goes there, and I want to be a dentist like my dad [Frank].

I am so excited about the opportunity to complete Marquette’s [seven-year] pre-dental program.

Describe the day you were accepted and how you reacted. I was at an airport in Orlando, getting ready to return home from [Deerfield’s] softball spring break trip. I’d applied early decision to Northwestern but was turned down [in December]. That was heartbreaking. I was in complete shock when I saw I’d been accepted [via email] into Marquette’s pre-dental program while standing in line at the airport. I just looked at the email, thinking I was dreaming.

Why did you choose the topic you wrote about for your college essay? I wrote about softball because I’ve been playing it since I was 6. So much of what I’ve learned while playing the sport [has carried over] into other parts of my life. Teamwork, putting others before yourself … things like that.

Our coach [Susan Johnson] told us before a season that her main goal for the season was to make us better people. I’ll never forget that.

Describe your “This is where I want to go!” moment when you visited Marquette. I’d been to the campus numerous times to see my brother and loved it each time I visited. It’s so inviting, so friendly, so welcoming.

What was the most challenging part of the college application process? I put all my eggs in one basket. I became completely fixated on getting into Northwestern.

What was challenging was having to rethink and start from scratch.

But the guidance counselors at my high school helped me so much when I knew I had to move on and explore other schools.

What advice would you give a junior going through the college search process? Keep your options open, take it from me. Look at every school with a new view.

Take into account what each school you’re considering has to offer and use all resources available to you at the school. At Deerfield there are so many, and I will always be thankful for all of them.

What will you miss most about Deerfield High School? Deerfield is an amazing school with amazing teachers. I’ll miss seeing the friendly faces of my friends. My class is small and there are very college >> page 15

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The force is with this author ■ by jenna schubert

Author and illustrator Jeffrey Brown got his start drawing comics during lunch breaks for his job at the Barnes & Noble in Deerfield, where he worked for seven years.

Today, the Chicago resident has made writing and illustrating humorous children’s books and comics a full-time gig. His most recent book, Kids Are Weird: And Other Observations from Parenthood (published

by Chronicle Books), was just released.

“Kids are already inclined to like Star Wars. So being able to tap into that and to draw on my own middle school experiences — I think kids really relate to that.” | Jeffrey Brown Raised in Michigan, Brown came to Chicago in 2000 to study painting and drawing at the School of the Art Institute.

In 2002, he self-published his first graphic novel for adults, called Clumsy. The book — which is a story about the ups and downs of a long-distance relationship — was eventually picked up and published by Top Shelf Productions.

After publishing several other books, Brown was presented with a unique opportunity. He received a call from the lead person on the Google Doodle team (which recruits

artists to create the illustrations that appear on Google’s home page for specific holidays).

Brown was asked to create a doodle of an everyday interaction between Darth Vader and Luke Skywalker for the Father’s Day Google homepage. At the time, Brown’s own son, Oscar, was four years old; so, when creating illustration options for Google, he portrayed Luke as a four-year-old.

Then, the news came that Google was pursuing a different concept, and Brown’s illustrations were no longer needed.

“I was already really excited about the idea, so I was disappointed that they weren’t going to use it,” Brown says. “But I realized I could take it and turn it into its own book.”

So in 2012, Brown published Star Wars: Darth Vader & Son — a quirky illustrated book about the humorous interactions between parents and children, as demonstrated through Darth Vader and Luke’s conversations. The book, though written from a parent’s perspective, garnered positive feedback from adults and children alike.

“The response from kids has been just incredible,” Brown says. “Kids are already inclined to like Star Wars. So being able to tap into that and to draw on my own middle school experiences — I think kids really relate to that.”

The success of Darth Vader & Son led Brown to write and illustrate two other Star Wars-related books: Vader’s Little Princess and Jedi Academy, which were both published last year. Jedi Academy, which tells the story of a middle school set in the Star Wars universe, was especially popular; Brown is set to publish a second book for the Jedi Academy series this summer. He will also complete another book, Goodnight

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His most recent release, Kids Are Weird, focuses on the zany things that kids often say. Brown’s own son, Oscar, inspired many of the ideas in the book. His younger son, Simon, who just turned one, has yet to add his input for his father’s books.

“He makes funny noises, but that’s the

extent of it,” Brown says.

Jeffrey Brown’s books are available for sale at Barnes & Noble in Deerfield, on amazon.com, and at most comic book shops.

Brown will appear at the Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2) on Sunday, April 27, and at AW YEAH Comics in Skokie on May 4. ■

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Deli serves up a side of authors ■ by kevin beese

Richard Reeder had seen area literary groups examining the work of Irish authors, African-American authors and Latin authors. He suggested to his cousin — who owns Max and Benny’s restaurant in Northbrook — that they start a Jewish authors group.

The series started in a back room at what might be the most popular sit-down Jewish deli in the Chicago area (Manny’s in Chicago is a cafeteria, Reeder points out) and drew 15 or 20 people for the first three events.

Then last year, an event featured Mark Cohen, biographer of comedic songwriter Allan Sherman, and more than 200 people signed up, moving the event from the back room to taking up the whole restaurant.

The popularity of the series was evident when author Scott Turow packed the house in March.

“It’s been great,” Reeder said of the series.

“It’s been well-received by the community.

It gets authors who may not be that well known in front of a larger audience.”

The series, which for the most part draws an older audience, started as an infrequent gathering – four or five months between events – but now meets every two months.

That may increase to every month this summer, Reeder said.

At the age of 68, Reeder is in a position to have some flexibility and can pursue some of his passions. Those include teaching non-credit classes for seniors at Oakton Community College, writing and putting together events like the Jewish Authors series.

An avid reader, for the last six years Reeder has read and reviewed all the Booker

Prize nominations for followers of his blog, aliteraryreeder.wordpress.com. Last year, he averaged more than a book a week, finishing 53 works. 77 percent of which were fiction.

For Reeder, the magic of reading includes turning the pages of a book.

“My wife is a librarian and she uses a Kindle,” Reeder said. “I’ve tried to use one, but when I do it I do not enjoy it. To me, reading is having a book and flipping the pages.”

Reeder, having written the book “Chicago Sketches,” says not every book by a Jewish author gets to be part of the series. He said he has been approached by a couple of authors whom he rejected because of mistakes in the works.

The free series keeps growing in popularity, with a plethora of authors wanting to address the group. The homey feel of the programs has attendees and authors alike raving of the event.

“Ninety percent of the people love being there for the food,” Reeder said. “Most of the people order food. People all say how they enjoy the family feeling at the restaurant.

Authors said they enjoy the community feel.”

The next series program at the restaurant will be at 7 p.m. May 5 when Roberta Stern Dietzen talks about her book, “Gypsy Music Street,” written about a 2008 trip to Hungary and the Ukraine, where her mother, a survivor of the Holocaust, grew up. It is a trip that her mother always wanted to make.

“It is a book about a trauma that never ends,” Dietzen said. “And it was a trauma that she passed onto her children. I don’t think I articulated that to myself until recently.”

The book chronicles her mother’s pain from her family being on the last transport to the Auschwitz concentration camp. Dietzen also

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examines her mother’s grief, growing up in an immigrant home, a poor struggling household, where she always felt different.

“I also looked back and it strengthened me,” Dietzen said. “My mother was an inspiration. She kept going.”

Dietzen said her mother, who left for the United States at age 26, always harbored resentment toward her parents for taking her out of school when she was in the second grade.

“She said she felt it her whole life. She never forgave them,” Dietzen said. “She resented that they did that to her. Her dad ran a timber business and they didn’t know any better. Jewish boys got the education; they

wanted her to help at home. She was one of nine children, but there was no excuse for taking her out of school.”

The book also addresses Dietzen’s own struggles to get her mother’s acceptance.

“You could never get her approval,” Dietzen said. “My former brother-in-law was a physicist. They wrote about him in Time magazine. When my mother heard, she said, ‘Vell (she pronounced ‘w’s as v’s), he wasn’t on the cover.

“You couldn’t impress her. Tact was not in her vocabulary.”

To reserve a spot for the May 5 program, email Richard Reeder at richardreeder34@ gmail.com. ■

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Three businesses have been honored by the village for taking steps to incorporate green initiatives into their everyday operations.

The Marshak Family Hospice Pavilion of the Midwest Palliative & Hospice Carecenter earned the Go Green Gold Business Award Earning Go Green Business awards were Dry Cleaning Factory, 1815 Waukegan Road, owned and operated

by Howard Spiro; and Morning Glory Flower Shop, 1822 Glenview Road, operated by Bob Hausheer.

The Marshak Family Hospice Pavilion , 2050 Claire Court, has Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification at the Gold Level, making it the only hospice unit in the United States with that designation.

“It was always a goal for the building,” Kristen Gover, senior director of marketing and communications for Midwest Palliative. “It would not have qualified if steps were not incorporated in the building’s design.”

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A former Deerfield-Bannockburn firefighter has been honored for his instructional work with a training organization.

Keith “Doc” Patterson was lauded as Instructor of the Month by the University of Illinois Fire Service Institute (IFSI) in recognition of “quality instruction, student engagement, professional demeanor and knowledge base.”

Patterson joined IFSI after retiring from the DeerfieldBannockburn Fire Protection District in 2006. During his time with the district, Patterson served as director of education and media affairs. Prior to joining the Fire District, Patterson was with the Monmouth Fire Department for 25 years, retiring as a captain.

showcasing formal wear, in the Prom Fashion Show to benefit Northbrook Citizens for Drug and Alcohol Awareness (NCDAA).

The April 6 event featured more than 30 students modeling formal wear provided by Cache and Men’s Wearhouse, with hairstyling and make-up donated by Red Door Salon.

“The event was fabulous. Cache and Men’s Wearhouse did a wonderful job,” said Sari Glazebrook, program director for NCDAA. “(Glenbrook North students) Grace Elisco and Shaina Hakimian were the stars. With guidance from Bob Lozaro (event coordinator), they took the bull by the horns and by their leadership organized the event.”

It was the second year for the Prom Fashion Show.

Last year’s event benefited the North Suburban YMCA.

Northbrook

Sixteen car burglaries in less than a week is bringing an alert from police for residents to take preventive action.

All 16 burglaries, which occurred between April 17 and Monday, were to vehicles left unlocked overnight.

Ten vehicle burglaries were reported Monday in the area near Ash and Peach Tree lanes, west of the railroad tracks.

“It was a series of incidents all in the same pattern, cars parked in driveways and left unlocked,” said Dan Petka, supervisor of community relations for the Northbrook Police Department.

Six vehicles were burglarized around the Dundee and Waukegan roads area during the late night hours of April 17 or the early morning hours of April 18. Again, the vehicles were all left unlocked.

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He was struck by a recurring theme.

“Four different people got up and talked about being with Ted on the Victura,” says Graham, referring to the 25-foot Wianno Senior sailboat favored by generations of Kennedys. “He served for 47 years in the U.S. Senate — and when trying to summarize the essence of his life, they turned to their experience with him on the Victura.

“I said, ‘There’s a big story behind that little boat.’ “ Graham has now told that stor y. Victu ra: T he Kennedys, A Sailboat, A nd T he Sea (ForeEdge; $29.95 hardcover) is the Wilmette resident’s first book.

One may wonder: Another book on the Kennedys, per- James Graham haps the most-written-about family of the 20th century?

Gr a h a m’s work , though, offers unique historical insight, as Victura’s travels on the sea united the family in good times and bad.

“It’s a story about a family who bonded by sailing together,” says Graham, who himself captains his own sailboat, Venturous, out of Wilmette Harbor. “It affected their public service; you heard the nautical references in their speeches. There are lessons to be learned by all of

us about what makes a family strong.”

Around five years ago, Graham — who works in the communications department at Walgreen Co. in Deerfield after a lengthy career as a senior adviser to former Illinois Gov. Jim Edgar — felt a strong desire to write creative non-fiction. The Kennedy idea seemed like a good fit. Problem was, he didn’t know any Kennedys.

Out of the blue he called Chris Kennedy — the son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who lives in Kenilworth — and discussed his idea over breakfast. Kennedy invited him to Cape Cod to sail the waters of Nantucket Sound, first in a small sailboat and then in a larger one that included Chris’ mother, Ethel Kennedy, and other members of the clan.

“Sheila Kennedy (Chris’ wife) told everyone who I was and that I was writing a book. All these Kennedy eyes turned to me,” recalls Graham.

After the author described his idea, skepticism abounded. Ted Kennedy Jr. blurted, “Who’s going to buy this book?”

But then they started telling stories, both deeply felt and humorous — such as the time Sammy Davis Jr. visited the Hyannis Port compound.

“He thought he was going out on a big yacht. His jaw dropped as he came around the corner and saw a Wianno Senior,” recounts Graham. “When he went out on it, he was getting seasick, but the Kennedys told him, ‘You’ll have to sing for us if you want to get back illustration by barry blitt to shore.’ Ethel said he sang his whole songbook.”

Graham conducted research at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston (where he is scheduled to speak May 18).

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Victura itself begins with the poem.

“It’s a story about a naval warrior king, an aging king, who yearns to return to the sea of his youth,” explains Graham, who graduated from Drake University. “I wonder if John F. Kennedy didn’t see himself in that poem.”

“It’s a story about a family who bonded by sailing together … there are lessons to be learned by all of us about what makes a family strong.” | James Graham Ted Kennedy once said that his brother’s experience sailing on Victura helped save young John Kennedy during World War II, when his PT boat was split in half by a Japanese destroyer. Seamanship and leadership skills were learned on the little boat and, since Jack and his siblings were often jumping out of the boat, a love of swimming. Victura buoyed him in other ways. As Graham writes, “All through his life Jack was sick with one illness or another, but sailing freed him, filled his lungs, tanned his skin when it was ashen or yellow, separated him from worries ashore, and gave him seclusion with family and friends.”

The book cover shows a smiling Jack and Jackie on the bow of Victura in 1953 — a shot that appeared on Life magazine’s cover. Graham says his biggest challenge with the work involved procuring licensing rights for the photos — for that one, he had to track down the widow of the Life photographer who snapped it.

Designed a century ago in Osterville, Mass., only about 200 Wianno Seniors have ever been constructed. Made of wood, they are still raced by a handful of yacht clubs on Cape Cod whose sailors enjoy the low-tech style and the feel of salt water spraying onto their faces. When Graham speaks at the JFK Library, the original Victura bought by the Kennedys in 1932 will be on display on the front lawn.

Before then, Graham will appear at The Book Stall in Winnetka on Friday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. Though he has no plans yet for another book, Graham knows it would be in the same vein as Victura. Says he, “I enjoy capturing an unusual aspect of history.” ■

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No sooner did Peter Cottontail hop on down the bunny trail than my local retailers started unpacking cases of Mother’s Day cards.

I know that holiday on Sunday, May 11 will prompt many (myself included) to pick up a bouquet of flowers over the next couple of weeks, and I was encouraged to reconsider my long-held opinion that flowers are the procrastinator’s gift of last resort.

I wrote shortly before Valentine’s Day that men have it easy on Feb. 14. They stop at most any drug store, grocery store or gas station to grab a bedraggled bunch of

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daisies on their way home from work and arrive looking like a hero. Women have to work a bit harder for the Wow Factor.

I heard soon after that from Lake Forest resident Eileen Weber, who agreed that buying daisies at the grocery store or a single rose at the gas station is not the most intimate way of saying “I love you.”

But, she corrected me, “thinking about your purchase — what is my wife’s favorite color, what flowers were in her wedding bouquet — and speaking to a local flower shop and having them deliver the bouquet is a well-thought-out gift.”

Weber is vice president of Lake Forest Flowers — a position that she said allows her to deliver emotions to her clients for birthdays, anniversaries, apologies, and in cases of loss and illness.

“I even encourage my clients to surprise their significant other by making flowers part of a gift or celebration. Valentine’s Day (was) on a long weekend this year. So before you skip out of town, send some flowers to their office and

say ‘Looking forward to a great weekend!’ ” Weber recommended the buying guides at www.aboutflowers.com, which include information about flower trends and research on how flowers affect people. I checked them out, and found a lot of good advice as we all prepare for Mother’s Day (as well as summer anniversaries and Father’s Day, if you think flowers fit the bill for that, too).

With a nod to my distaste for the generic Valentine’s Day bouquet, the website calls flowers the easiest gift to customize. There are hundreds of sizes, shapes and colors to make the recipient smile if you stop to consider their personality before you grab a bunch. In my mind, a custom arrangement changes everything.

Consider how flowers become symbols of milestones in your life as a couple. Weber pointed to the flowers the bride chose for her wedding, but there are also those that a woman received from a new boyfriend at the beginning of a relationship and the bouquets a young wife buys to spruce up your first home together. Reimaging those bouquets years later will have a great impact.

If you’re drawing a blank, consider your recipient’s personality and the message you want to

send before you select a bouquet. People who are casual and outdoorsy, for example, might prefer flowering and green plants with woodsy accents. Romantics – generous, spontaneous and extravagant types, the website says – go for soft colors with light fragrances and accents of lace or ribbons. People who are trustworthy, family-oriented and prefer classic styles (socalled traditionalists) appreciate lush arrangements with a great variety of flowers.

And if your intended recipient is a man, the research says men are stimulated by color, and typically prefer vivid yellows, oranges and reds. Talk to your florist about contemporary, linear and natural styles of bouquets, and consider highlighting a favorite hobby by tucking a sleeve of golf balls or a travel magazine into the mix.

The research that stuck with me, though, is this tidbit: 96 percent of women like to receive flowers when they’re not expecting them. Your local florist will be open many days between now and May 11. Don’t be a stranger.

Love & Marriage columnist Joanna Brown can be reached at Joanna@northshoreweekend.com. ■

Stanford? Harvard. They’re great schools and they’re so different. Harvard students know all about the polar vortex; Stanford students get to enjoy 200-plus days of sunshine each year. Wherever I end up going I’m interested in a field of study that integrates the disciplines of math and the humanities.

Describe the day you were accepted

by Harvard and how you reacted. It was in the middle of December. I opened my computer to check my email. I saw, ‘Dear Mr. Choi’ and ‘Congratulations!’ It took some time before I realized what I was reading.

It didn’t feel real and it took a while to process. Even a week later, I thought, ‘Wait, I got into Harvard?’

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Why did you choose the topic you wrote about for your college essay? I described the place in which I’d be perfectly content and why. It’s anywhere I have the opportunity to converse with people.

Debating a topic in a classroom setting, discussing subjects with friends — those opportunities have meant a great deal to me.

What was the most challenging part of the college application process? The essay.

I generally don’t like writing about myself. I feel it’s frustrating to get introspective, to write about a favorite memory, a pivotal moment.

What advice would you give a junior going through the college search

process? The college process is important.

That said, it’s not the be all end all. You will not be defined by what college you attend.

Even if a student goes to his or her fourth choice, that student will generally fall in love with the college wherever it is.

What will you miss most about Glenbrook North High School? I have only good things to say about Glenbrook North.

Looking back at the classes I took, as well as the teachers, they were overwhelmingly terrific. The teachers at my school … very engaging. I’ll also miss the traveling [as a debate team member], though I will probably forget about the stress involved at the debate competitions. ■

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Tony winner launches Motown show ■ by gregg shapiro

Once in a while, even after you do all the necessary hours of research for an interview, something happens that is a delightful surprise — reminding you how small the world can be.

Such was the case when I interviewed Deerfield High alumnus (class of 1980) and Broadway and film producer Kevin McCollum, and discovered the revelation about his talented family members.

McCollum, the recipient of four Tony Awards and the man behind groundbreaking shows such as In the Heights, Avenue Q and Rent, launched his latest musical theater production, Motown The Musical, on Tuesday. It will run through July 13 at the Oriental Theatre, 24 W. Randolph in Chicago. It is traveling nationally.

GS: Kevin, as the producer of Motown The Musical, which is your all-time favorite Motown act?

KM: I have to tell you the magnitude of everything that Motown built is overwhelming. I like aspects of almost every act.

You really can’t separate the influence of Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder and Diana Ross and Michael Jackson. If you take those four acts, they each hit specifics that changed the world. The social aspect of Marvin Gaye, as well as the accomplishments of Stevie Wonder with the handicap of being blind and African-American and how he raised certain social issues, such as Martin Luther King’s birthday song that helped establish Martin Luther King Day. Diana Ross helping African-American women to see they can be glamorous and changing the stereotypes of how African-American women were perceived by the media. The young Michael Jackson, he and I are basically the same age, and he inspired me to sing and dance.

What makes our show special is that there isn’t one act. If there is an “act,” it’s the act and passion of Berry Gordy creating an environment where so many iconic songs and acts could break through what was then the white media establishment of race music into the music of young America. That’s my favorite act [laughs]; Berry Gordy creating an environment where we could first sing together, then dance together, and begin to understand each other.

GS: Motown The Musical probably has a guaranteed audience among the Baby Boom

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generation, so how do you get younger people in the theater to see the show?

KM: Having produced Rent, Avenue Q and In The Heights, I’ve always been able to get young people to the theater. The thing about young people is that they want stories they can relate to. I think what you’re discounting is that they might not have experienced (Motown), but their parents experienced it. All this happened during the time of television, so I think the documentation is there and I think a lot of young people do understand it.

On top of that, this music is part of our DNA. It’s part of the songs they hear when they’re buying jeans. P. Diddy and all the artists of today talk about how Motown influenced them. Motown came up at the same time as the Beatles, and young people love the Beatles today. You don’t have to have lived in it to understand the importance, and the fact that these songs are so timeless. That’s what the musical is going to remind people.

When you get into the theater, and you hear this music coming across with an orchestra and see these actors living in that time, it’s like you are there. For young people, especially, who weren’t there, I think it’s even more exciting. Once you see the story unfolding in front you, you’ll understand even more how significant Motown was to what is now our current America.

GS: What does it mean to you when you bring a show of yours to your old skin tightening hometown region?

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KM: Yes, and saw A Chorus Line in 1977, I think. I sat in the balcony. A Chorus Line is significant as a road show because it’s the first time they took the Broadway set and replicated it. Here I am, in the business, taking a Broadway show and replicating it across the country. Whether it was Rent, Avenue Q, In The Heights or The Drowsy Chaperone, a lot of my shows have come through Chicago. There isn’t a better town for theater. Chicago is a vibrant town and a smart, interesting diverse audience.

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GS: In recent years, shows such as Kinky Boot and The Producers have gone on to great success on Broadway after debuting in Chicago. Sting’s The Last Ship will also be having its pre-Broadway run in Chicago. Do you have plans to premiere any new shows in Chicago?

KM: Part of playing in Chicago, because it’s a commercial marketplace like Broadway, is that shows often play Chicago because they know what theater they are going to come to in New York, as well. I definitely have a couple of shows ready and I’m excited about bringing them to Chicago.

GS: You are a graduate of University of Cincinnati’s Conservatory of Music.

Did you do theater while a student there?

KM: Yes, I did musicals there, as well. I was a working actor for a number of years.

I got to be around 25, 26 and I was still playing 17 year olds, and I got a little bored [laughs]. I was lucky enough to always work.

I was always interested in the business as well so I got my master’s degree in film producing in the Peter Stark (Producing) Program at USC’s School of Cinema in Southern California.

GS: You are a recipient of four Tony Awards and you have produced shows that have also garnered awards. What would you say is the key to your theatrical success?

KM: The key is passion. I did it because it defines me. I did it because I wanted to tell stories. I love being in the theater. I love sharing stories that were musicalized. Music has always been part of my life. Music was encouraged in District 113.

I was born in Hawaii and I moved to Deerfield when I was 14, when my mother passed away. I moved in with my aunt and uncle. Having District 113 in Deerfield be so pro-arts really helped me during a very difficult time in my life. I understood the power of telling a story and how it brought people together and how healing that was.

My belief system has to do with what you can contribute while you’re here. If I can contribute getting musicals produced, the

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rest is just work. Most people have a hard time finding out what is their passion. I was fortunate enough to know what it was at a very early age and it happened at Deerfield High School. For me, it’s about definition of self and having passion about what you do, whatever it is.

Aside from being a commercial producer, I’m also an advocate for getting the arts back in to schools because I think putting on shows teaches collaboration which is really what capitalism is about. Sports are important, but they’re not the only thing.

Sports bring young people together to form a team, win or lose. The arts bring young people together to tell a better story.

GS: Do you have a place of honor for your Tony Awards?

KM: [Laughs] Not really. That’s a good question. I don’t keep them in my office. I keep them in my home. I have two kids, a 13 and 14 year old, and we have room where the printer is and where art projects happen and school work gets done and they (the awards) sit there, sort of like bookends on a couple of shelves.

I haven’t put them in a special place because I don’t think I’m done yet [laughs], whether I win awards or not. They’re wonderful to have and it’s wonderful being acknowledged by your peers. I’m grateful the shows I’ve been involved with have achieved the critical success they’ve had.

GS: Have you ever crossed paths or worked with fellow Deerfield native and musical theater person Marcy Heisler?

KM: As I mentioned earlier, when my mom died, I moved in with my aunt and uncle. My aunt and uncle are Jerry and Lois Heisler.

Marcy is my sister/cousin. Marcy, (her sister) Eileen and I all lived under the same roof.

GS: That’s amazing!

KM: Marcy, Eileen and I are first cousins but they’re like my sisters because when my mom died I moved in with their folks.

Someone should do an article about Marcy, Eileen and me because we’re all in different mediums at the top of our crafts. There was definitely something in the water [laughs].

I’m producing Marcy’s show Ever After, the musical based on (the Drew Barrymore) film. That’s one of my next shows. Eileen created (the ABC sitcom) The Middle. We are all very passionate about the arts. ■

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Supporters of the Jewish Community Center (JCC) of Chicago enjoyed sips, savories, and sweets during the organization’s annual benefit last winter, held at Primitive Gallery in downtown Chicago. More than 250 guests raised more than $150,000, going directly toward scholarship assistance, especially in the areas of Jewish camp and early childhood programs within JCC. The gallery space, filled with colorful authentic artifacts representing more than 100 cultures worldwide, served as an inspiring backdrop for the event’s elements of art, fun, food, and cocktails. Co-chairs of the event were Lee Tresley and Lauri Konik Zessar, both of Highland Park . gojcc.org Suzie & Jeffrey Draluck

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Museum has magic touch with truck event ■ by joanna brown

Mail trucks and RVs and Jeeps, oh my.

The Women’s Board of Kohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago has assembled a fleet of nearly 30 vehicles for the 9th annual Touch a Truck Family Festival — converting Fields Automotive Group’s Northfield campus into an oversized toybox.

“I believe in the hands-on learning opportunities that the museum provides because I know our kids learn through their experience.” | Carrie Diamond “The goal is to have kids come and experience the full-size version of their toys through this hands-on experience, where they can see the trucks up close, climb in and pretend to drive,” explained event co-chair Carrie Diamond, of Wilmette. Those vehicles expected to participate Sunday, May 4, include construction machines, military vehicles, an armored truck, public works trucks, campers — and even a limousine.

Also on site will be a balloon artist, face painters, hair stylists, a miniature train ride and food.

“Boys, girls, all kids love trucks,” explained co-chair Amanda Sundt of Winnetka. “It’s a fun morning out for the whole family.”

The event raised $90,000 in 2013 for the museum’s Learning to Grow fund, which supports exhibits, programming and outreach opportunities. Diamond and Sundt are most proud of two particular outreach programs: one serving children with special needs and another for families of limited means.

Through Everyone at Play, the museum closes to the general public so that a limited number of children with special needs may bring their families to the museum for calm, creative and collaborative play. Participants are identified through the museum’s many partners, including local hospitals, Jewish Child and Family Services, the North Shore Special Recreation Association, Pathways Center for Children and Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy.

“I’ve been a volunteer for these mornings, and all of these families are so excited to be there that it’s really fun to be around them,” Diamond said. “Sometimes the pet therapy dogs even come by to work with the children who have sensory needs.”

Another beneficiary is the museum’s Family Connections program, which enables families in financial need to visit the museum. More than 2,000 passes are distributed annually through museum partners including the Infant Welfare Society of Evanston, YWCA Evanston/North Shore, North Shore School District 112, YWCA of Lake County, and Ounce of Prevention.

“I love that the museum is in our backyard and so accessible to us, but it’s important to me to provide this to other people, too, because I believe in its mission,” Sundt said, explaining her interest in the Kohl Museum and its Touch a Truck event. “The museum

Co-chairs Amanda Sundt (left) and Carrie Diamond are looking forward to the Touch a Truck Family Festival on May 4. photography by george pfoertner

is all about hands-on, experiential learning, and that’s exactly what Touch a Truck is about too.”

Agreed Diamond, “I have young kids, and when we moved to the area and visited the museum I was blown away by what it has to offer. I like that I’m doing something that

involves my kids, and I believe in the handson learning opportunities that the museum provides because I know our kids learn through their experience.”

Find more information and purchase tickets at https://donate.kohlchildrensmuseum. org/touch-a-truck-family-festival. ■

business | 19 main street New Rolls-Royce is a spirited coupe

■ by bob gariano Visiting Steve Foley’s car dealership in Northbrook, a customer walks past the row of Cadillac sedans and sportutility vehicles to a special showroom where the Rolls-Royce automobiles are exhibited.

It is quiet and subdued in that room, with mirrored walls that reflect the shiny vehicles on display. Even if a person is not interested in cars, they would want to stop and look at the new 2014 Rolls-Royce Wraith Coupe in the showroom. It is a piece of rolling sculpture.

The numbers for the Wraith are astonishing, even if

statistics hardly tell the whole story, any more than a chemical description of pigments describes the Mona Lisa. This vehicle weighs 5,200 pounds and is more than 17 feet long but can reach 60 miles per hour from a standstill in 4.4 seconds. Top speed is governed at 155 miles per hour.

With 624-brake horsepower generated by the 6.6-liter twin turbo V-12 engine, the Wraith is loafing along at that speed. The eight-speed automatic gear box — guided by a satellite interface — and the four-corner air suspension means that the four lucky occupants are treated to the legendary Rolls-Royce magic carpet ride.

The ZF eight-speed transmission is the first to use a satellite uplink to provide the mechanism with information about the terrain and road configuration coming up. This allows the car to alter the shifting points to accommodate and predict torque requirements. This is a car that can literally see around the next corner.

Larry Balkin, Foley’s Rolls-Royce special accounts manager, is responsible for helping customers specify and commission their new Rolls-Royce vehicles. Balkin met with me and showed me the new Wraith.

“My father died when I was five years old and my mother did not have a driver’s license,” he says. “Growing up, I fell in love with cars, even though our family never owned one. I bought my first car, a Ford Mustang, when I was a teenager.

“After college, I became an accountant, but never had stopped being a car enthusiast. Two years ago I met with Steve Foley Jr. when I was returning a leased car. We talked about the dealership and the Foley family’s commitment to luxury vehicles. I joined the dealership two weeks later.”

The Wraith (which means ghost or specter) joins the other two Rolls-Royce platforms, the Phantom introduced in 2004 and the Ghost introduced in 2010. The Wraith is available only as a coupe (pronounced in the British fashion ‘coo-pay”). Rolls-Royce introduced a whole new

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So far Foley has delivered four Wraiths that have been commissioned since the new model’s introduction. The dealership has been allocated only five more Wraiths through the end of the year. The craftsmen at Goodwood are not targeting volume production — only to build the finest cars in the world.

Each Wraith is commissioned with a broad expanse of options so each vehicle must be custom built. The Wraith combines such contemporary technical advances as active cruise control, heads-up display, night vision, and 360-degree awareness camera vision. That’s not to say that the car ignores traditional Rolls-Royce craftsmanship. The Rolls- Royce tradition of excellence continues with 60 skilled workers lavishing 450 hours on each vehicle, fashioning the aluminum, steel, wood, and natural grain leather into a unique personalized vehicle. From commissioning until delivery usually takes a period of several months.

The Wraith is the first modern Rolls-Royce to be designed as a driver’s vehicle — and that means that the market is aimed at younger drivers. The four Wraith automobiles delivered by Foley this year all went to buyers under 40.

These are affluent people who can afford the purchase price that, with options, usually amounts to more than $330,000.

These are not vehicles that compete with any other cars.

The buyer is usually adding to a stable of other vehicles, and the Wraith becomes a keystone in that garage.

To introduce such a driver’s car, Rolls-Royce has allowed Foley to use several vehicles for driving tests this spring for potential buyers. These factory vehicles include a Wraith and a Phantom drophead coupe.

Standing in front of a new silver and black Wraith with its inimitable coach doors and iconic “Spirit of Ecstasy” hood ornament, I was impressed with the fluid lines and the beautiful proportions of this latest Rolls-Royce. It is a vehicle that embodies a history of craftsmanship and design. The Wraith will make a statement of exclusivity, success, and achievement for its fortunate new owner.

Main Street columnist Bob Gariano can be reached at bob@northshoreweekend.com. ■

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We have liftoff

Ball flies off O’Hara’s bat as he blasts grand slam in rout of Maine West ■ by kevin reiterman

sports@northshoreweekend.com The kid can rake.

With the bags loaded in the second inning, left-handed hitting Tommy O’Hara used his beautiful swing to hit a pitch so hard that it left a jet stream.

Like a flight out of O’Hare International Airport, the ball took off and flew over the little green 380 sign in dead center — and just kept going.

“I don’t know if he was going for the home run there,” said Titans cleanup hitter Cody Carroll. “But he got it all.”

“I wasn’t thinking home run,” O’Hara said. “Bases load, no outs. I was just trying to hit the ball hard.”

The Glenbrook South senior, a slick fielding third baseman, also knows how to beautify a park.

Shortly after his team’s 15-1 victory over visiting Maine West on April 17, O’Hara joined fellow infielders — fellow oxen, if you will — and started pulling a flexible steal drag around the left side of the infield.

Smoothing out his domain? It’s what he does — after a home game.

Is it a drag? Hardly.

“Dragging the field is an infielder’s job,” said O’Hara. “Besides, (Assistant) Coach (Alan) Greenberg says it makes us stronger.”

“It’s how we condition our athletes,” added GBS head coach Steve Stanicek, with a slight smile.

There was plenty of Titan-ium power on display in this five-inning game.

Carroll, a senior center fielder who has been recruited by Bradley University, was the first GBS hitter to put a charge into a Tommy Hanson offering.

With two outs and O’Hara standing on first, the 6-foot-5, right-handed hitting Carroll drilled a pitch the over that very same 380 sign in center field in the first inning.

Two innings, two dingers.

If only 380 signs could talk …

“After I hit my mine, I went over to Tommy in the dugout and told him, ‘It’s your turn,’ ” said Carroll, who is hitting .421 with seven extra basehits and 16 RBIs. “We got a little competition going on right now,” O’Hara admitted.

So far, it’s a tie score. The two GBS power hitters have two HRs each.

Not trying to go deep just might be the key to their success.

“Coach Stanicek wants us to try and hit the ball back up the middle,” said O’Hara, a three-sport athlete who also played football (linebacker) and basketball (power forward) for GBS. “That’s an approach he emphasizes. It’s a good approach. Cody and I have taken it to heart.”

“I want them to think up the middle and gap to gap, instead of trying to pull everything,” said Staniek. “So I was very pleased with what they did today.”

Hitting the ball with authority is nothing new for O’Hara. He hit three home runs and batted .320 last spring.

His numbers are even better this season.

Besides the two homers, he’s hitting .447 with nine doubles and 15 runs batted in.

His slugging percentage is .842.

“I’ve always believed in him,” Staniek said.

“He hit No. 3 for us last year, too. And right now, Tommy is our most consistent hitter.”

Tommy O’Hara hammers a grand slam in Glenbrook South’s 15-1 over Maine West. photography

Stanicek, a former third baseman who played major league baseball with Milwaukee and Philadelphia, is not selling O’Hara short.

“He’s been accepted to Tufts (University).

It’s a school with high academics and good

baseball,” said the coach. “But I think he can play Division I baseball. He’s got D-I ability. He’s just waiting for the opportunity.”

Notable: The Titans banged out 13 hits in the win over Maine West. Designated hitter Mike Henderson had three hits and scored

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three times. First baseman Ben Samborn, shortstop Jimmy Ruddy and right-fielder Paul Jones had two hits apiece. Second baseman Rob Milota added a run-scoring double.

On April 21, GBS improved to 10-3 overall by sweeping Buffalo Grove 12-0 and 5-1. ■

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 Answering the Call

Glenbrook North reliever goes the distance in pitchers’ duel Junior Brice Call delivers a pitch during his team’s 1-0 victory over Lake Forest. pho-

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■ by kevin reiterman

sports@northshoreweekend.com He’s more Mariano Rivera than Justin Verlander.

But that didn’t stop Glenbrook North’s Brice Call from tossing a complete-game gem on April 19 against visiting Lake Forest High School.

Making his first start of the season — and working from the stretch against every hitter — Call was matched up in a brilliant pitchers’ duel with LF’s Mark Turelli. The righthander allowed only five hits — all singles — in a 1-0 victory.

Going the distance certainly was a stretch for the 5-foot-10, 170-pound junior. Coming into this nonconference contest, Call — the team’s starting center fielder — had made only four pitching appearances and worked a total of eight innings.

“I’m pleased with what he did today, but I’m not the least bit surprised,” said GBN head coach Dom Savino.

“Brice is a great competitor.”

“I only threw 78 pitches,” Call said. “So that helped.”

His control was spot on.

“I had my A-game going with my off-speed pitches,” said Call. “And I was able to locate pitches where my catcher (Jerry Park) wanted them.”

The key, according to Savino, was Call’s ability to get ahead of hitters. He allowed only one walk.

“He was throwing strikes down in the zone,” said Savino.

“He was able to locate three different pitches (fastball, curve and changeup). Any time you do that, it makes it tough on opposing hitters.”

Call also got plenty of defensive help.

In the top of the seventh inning, sophomore shortstop Kyle Mitter made a pair of sparking plays. He robbed LF’s Charlie Sullivan of a single, when he snared a high-hop groundball headed to left field and turned it into a force out at second.

“Our shortstop is pretty incredible,” said Call. “That play he made in the seventh inning was pretty much an everyday play for him.”

The game ended with the pitcher’s best friend, when Mitter, second baseman Justin Tucker and first baseman Matt Tedeschi turned a 6-4-3 double play.

“I’ve got a lot of confidence in our middle infielders,” said Call.

Call also benefitted from an umpire’s overruling. In the fifth inning, the Scouts had a run nullified, when the home-plate ump called runner’s interference at a play at second base.

Call, who hits leadoff, helped his own cause in the third inning, when GBN pushed across the game’s lone run.

Following a leadoff double by No. 9 hitter Brandon LaBunski, Call moved the runner to third base with an opposite-field single. LaBunski eventually scored on a wild pitch.

Notable: GBN’s roster tells a story. The squad, which improved to 6-8 with its win over Lake Forest, features only two seniors: Michael Keane and Will Brassil.

The offense is being led by Call, Tucker, Tedeschi, Park, David Burnside and Harrison Solano. Savino likes his pitching, including starters Jared Epstein, Danny Ahern and Burnside. Call is part of the relief corps along with Peter Koulogeorge and Will Brassil. ■

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Two good Deerfield’s Spinello twins aim to double their success in the postseason

Jeff Spinello steadies himself as he performs on the parallel bars. photography by joel lerner

Brian Spinello spins through his pommel horse routine in triangular meet at Highland Park on April 17. photography

■ by jeff davis

sports@northshoreweekend.com Even when they’re hurting, Deerfield High School senior gymnasts Brian and Jeff Spinello find a way to support and motivate each other.

That certainly was the case during the Warriors’ (132.1) second-place finish in a Central Suburban League triangular with host Highland Park (133.7) and Glenbrook North (124.4) on April 17. The twins awkwardly elbow bumped — instead of highfiving — each other prior to performing on vault.

“We usually go like this,” said Brian, while making a hand slap motion, “but our hands were sore (following high bar). It would hurt a little too much.”

The support system that the twins provide each other has helped them excel in both gymnastics and wrestling. Brian is a

two-time individual state gymnastics qualifier, while Jeff reached state in three events last year. Both were sectional qualifiers in wrestling this winter.

“It’s pretty cool competing with each other, knowing your brother is right next to you,” Brian said. “And I think it helps to motivate each other, because we’re not afraid to be really hard on each other. We do want to beat each other, but we want each other to do well.”

“We make each other better,” Jeff added.

“If he gets something on floor, I want to work to get the same thing or something of the same value. It’s something that has definitely progressed our gymnastics ability, and if we weren’t together, I don’t think we would have been as good.”

The twins had a good mentor in older brother Mikey, whom they competed with as freshmen on the Deerfield-Highland Park co-op that placed sixth at state in

by joel lerner

2011. Mikey took eighth at state on floor and parallel bars as a senior before competing briefly for the University of Michigan.

“That was pretty cool (competing with Mikey),” Brian said. “I remember looking up to him and looking up to how good their team was and us being able to be a part of that team was kind of special.” “(Mikey) left big shoes to fill,” Jeff added.

Brian filled them well last year at state by finishing an all-state fifth on floor exercise (9.55), 10th on parallel bars (8.95) and tying for 26th on vault (8.85). Jeff took 15th on vault (9.0), just .1 point from the finals, tied for 41st on floor (8.4) and was 49th on high bar (5.9).

“I’m very motivated (for state),” said Brian, who also hopes to advance in the all-around. “I really want to do better. I want to start practicing even harder.”

“I really want to break that top-10 level either on floor or on vault,” Jeff added.

“It’d be awesome to have two people from the same school in finals in floor, let alone twins.”

The twins, who will compete for the club gymnastics team next season at Miami University of Ohio, are gearing up for state by making changes to their routines. The results are a work in progress, but Brian still won parallel bars (9.0) and vault (9.0), took third on still rings (7.3), tied for third on high bar (6.2) and tied for fourth on floor (8.3) against Highland Park and Glenbrook North. Jeff placed second on vault (8.9) and floor (8.6) and tied for second on high bar (6.3). Junior teammate Heath Ogawa tied for second on high bar (6.3) and was third on floor (8.4).

“They’re high energy kids so at practice there’s a lot accomplished,” Deerfield coach Doug Foerch says of his co-captains. “If we buckle down on the routines, they will come (for state).” ■

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The ‘hole’ truth

Titans’ Boczek thriving in the offensive side of the pool ■ by bob gosman

sports@northshoreweekend.com Brant Boczek vividly remembers the first time he was introduced to Glenbrook South water polo.

His older sister, Mallery, was on the girls team and they had a night where siblings could try the sport and play a relaxed scrimmage with the varsity. Boczek doesn’t remember if he was in fifth or sixth grade at the time, but he does remember how much fun he had.

He was hooked on the sport from that moment on, if for no other reason than it did not involve any running.

“I’m a fish out of water,” he said with a smile. “I liked the fact that it was a team sport without running.”

Now a senior at Glenbrook South, his play has been instrumental in the Titans’ breakthrough season. Through Sunday, they had posted a 16-3 record.

“He’s a hard worker who leads by example,” Titans coach Dave Lieberman said. “His teammates respond to that.”

Key for Boczek is the way he made a seamless transition from hole defender — the position he played as a junior — to hole set as a senior. Basically, he went from playing the most important position on defense to the most important on offense.

Boczek learned he would be making the transition at the start of this season, and he responded by becoming the Titans’ leading scorer (54 goals). He quickly has established himself as one of the area’s top players at hole set.

“Everyone around the area knows that Brant’s our big (player),” senior Jake Nelson said. “If you don’t double him he can score, but if you do crash to the center he’ll find someone on the outside (to pass to) and score.”

Nelson knew Boczek could handle the new position, but he is surprised at how quickly he established himself as an offensive-minded player.

“It’s kind of crazy how good his shot is,” Nelson said. “I knew he was going to be a (top) player by sophomore year.

He was more in the shadows last year and he’s made a big difference this season. He’s the anchor of our team and gets the game going for us.”

While he sets the tone on offense this year, last season he did the same on defense.

“He has long arms, and he has really strong and a good understanding of the game,” Lieberman said. “He understood body positioning and how to shut guys down. He’s taken what he’s learned as a defender and translated that

Glenbrook South’s Brant Boczek (left) looks to pass during action against Loyola Academy. He has scored 54 goals this season. photography by george pfoertner.

into how that can help him on offense this season. He’s a quick thinker, and that’s what you need in that position.”

Boczek has been a consistent matchup problem for the Titans’ opponents.

“He has the size, strength and experience to (succeed),” Lieberman said. “There are very few people who can stop him on a consistent basis.”

To prepare for the season, Boczek worked diligently on his shot.

“I had to make sure my shot was on target,” he said.

“I’ve really liked this (role) a lot. The offense runs through me and we have so many experienced players who can contribute.”

The Titans faced a major test recently when they lost one of those players, Nelson, to injury for two weeks. Glenbrook South responded by maintaining its high level of play and scored several key victories without him.

“We’ve been playing together since our freshman year,” Boczek said. “It’s been a great team and we’re having a lot of fun.” ■

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Mounds of talent — in the pool Former pitcher Shewchuck still throwing heat for LA’s boys water polo team ■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com Cameron Shewchuck chucked baseballs as a freshman pitcher/outfielder at Loyola Academy in 2011.

It upset his older brother Tommy and older sister Elizabeth, a pair of former Loyola water polo players.

“They didn’t talk to me much my freshman year,” Cameron Shewchuck recalls with a laugh. “They pushed me to play the sport, and my mom [Pat] was on their side.

“But my dad [Mike] was hesitant, because of all the years I had played baseball.”

Water polo eventually pulled the little brother in, and he’s been throwing wet fastballs — they’re legal in the sport — since his sophomore season.

“I’m not a patient person and I like a sport that’s physical,” says the 6-foot, 175-pound senior and illpolo.com first-team preseason all-stater. “Water polo has been a good sport for me.”

And Shewchuck, a Glenview resident, has been sensational for this spring’s 19-4 Ramblers, ranked third in the state by illpolo.com. The attack/2-meter defender has a pair of seven-goal games, with one coming in a 10-3 defeat of New Trier and the other in a 10-7 defeat of fourth-ranked St. Ignatius.

The latter victory followed two one-goal losses to St. Ignatius.

“The big, strong shot he has comes from his baseball background,” Ramblers coach Daniel Hengelmann says of the Fordham University recruit and Olympic Development Program player. “Cameron is not a ball hog.

He really buys into the team approach and knows, when he’s double-teamed, there’s a teammate open who’s ready to shoot and very capable of scoring.

“I have also been impressed with his will and determination. He dedicated himself wholeheartedly in the offseason, swimming a lot and lifting a lot. And he played water polo as often as possible.”

Shewchuck tried out for the freshman basketball team at Loyola in 2010. He got cut, but it was a kind one — for the school’s swimming and water polo programs.

“My mom encouraged me to go out for another winter sport after I got cut,” he says. “Swimming was the sport. That first day of swimming practice … it was pretty hard. I remember doing sets in a lane, sets I could handle easily now. But I was so out of shape then.”

He capped his swimming career at the state meet this past winter, helping the Ramblers’ 200- and 400-meter freestyle relays to 16th-place finishes as the second leg on each.

“I got a great base of friends from being on swim teams,” Shewchuck says.

But two of his best friends know only the doggy paddle. Their names are Bailey and Biscuit, Golden Retrievers that live with the Shewchuck family. Bailey is 13 and Biscuit is 7.

“They’re like … humans, and I love fooling around with them when I have the time,” says Shewchuck. “Bailey knows how to push the button on a water fountain at a park.

“They’re the best; they both jump all over me when I get home.”

Shewchuck jumped into Stevenson High School’s pool to play in the fourth quarter of a state water polo semifinal as a sophomore in 2012. LA beat Lockport 15-6 but lost 14-6 to Lyons Township in the state final, a year

Loyola Academy standout Cameron Shewchuck prepares to flick a pass during last week’s action against Glenbrook South. photography

george pfoertner

after LA placed third at state.

Last spring Shewchuck helped the Ramblers reach a sectional final, where they lost 11-9 to New Trier’s Trevians. The loss snapped LA’s streak of consecutive sectional championships at three.

The current edition of poloists under Hengelmann won’t settle for anything short of another Elite Eight berth next month.

“We don’t have one go-to guy this spring,” says Shewchuck, the Ramblers’ leading scorer whose 50-yard freestyle time is

22-flat, according to his National Collegiate Scouting Association profile. “We have a lot of equally good weapons.”

Fordham’s Rams will enjoy one of them this fall. Water polo is a fall sport at the school in Bronx, N.Y. “The coaching staff there emphasizes academics and the school is good at helping students find internships,” says Shewchuck, who was accepted into Fordham’s business school. “My brother [Tommy, a 2009 Loyola grad who attended Dayton] regretted not

by

playing college water polo, and I know he didn’t want me to feel the same way.

“I will always be thankful that he pushed me to play water polo at Loyola and pushed me to think seriously about playing water polo in college.”

Notable: Other Ramblers named to the 2014 illpolo.com preseason all-state teams were George Finn (second team), Jack Nikele (third team) and Matt Kearney (fifth team). ■

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For their 10th anniversary, Carrie and Jeremy Diamond of Wilmette wanted to go somewhere quiet and romantic, a spot that didn’t require days of travel to an exotic land.

They chose the Russian River Valley, part of Sonoma County wine country in California.

But unlike most visitors to the area, tasting wine was not the principal attraction.

“We lead very busy lives managing our sixyear-old (Jack) and four-year-old (Morgan), and we didn’t want to be scheduled during the trip,” says Carrie.

“The trees are majestic.

Taking a picture doesn’t capture what you’re looking at.”

Carrie and Jeremy Diamond are looking forward to the Kohl Children Museum’s Touch a Truck Family Festival on May 4. Carrie is a co-chair of the event. photography by joel lerner

That meant hopping into their rented convertible and heading, for instance, to redwood forests up the coast on Route 1.

“The trees are majestic. Taking a picture doesn’t capture what you’re looking at,” Carrie notes. “And the drive on the coast was breathtaking, all the cliffs and rocks.”

They also traveled to Healdsburg — only 10 miles from their hotel — where they visited art galleries and enjoyed an Italian restaurant called Scopa, which seats only 10 tables.

Staying at the Farmhouse Inn, a luxury boutique hotel tucked in the hills, the Diamonds sat at the pool and read books and enjoyed a couples’ massage. The weather last September was spectacular, they agree, as was the inn’s restaurant, run by a Michelinstarred chef.

Did they join the wine tastings at the Farmhouse? No interest.

“You drink wine all day there if you wanted to,” Carrie says, “but we wanted to follow our noses.”

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