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saturday october 12 | sunday october 13 2013

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featuring the news and personalities of glenview, northbrook and deerfield

REVIEW Glenview Navy veteran Aaron Levin said he has never shaken so many hands as when he returned to Midway Airport last week as part of an Honor Flight Chicago.

Norm Ackerman, another Navy veteran who was part of the trip, said he was overwhelmed by visiting the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. “It was more than heart-warming to see my memorial, to see my tombstone while I’m still alive,” the 89-year-old Ackerman said.

Ackerman and Levin, both residents of Vi at The Glen retirement community, were two of the 96 World War II veterans taken to Washington D.C. by Honor Flight to see the memorial dedicated to their efforts in “The War to End All Wars.”

Levin spent two years in the Navy, traveling 25,000 miles in that time.

While only in the Navy two years, he said it changed his whole life, moving him into electrical engineering because of his fascination with radar.

Ackerman spent seven years in the Navy, including a 36-month deployment and 2 ½ years in the Northwestern University ROTC program.

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A fresh look at a shocking murder

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urder on the North Shore is as rare here as a beach day in January.

Though the South Side of Chicago is beset weekly with unimaginable violence, the northern suburbs remain mostly tranquil. Which is why the first murder ever in Kenilworth continues to resonate nearly a half-century later.

Valerie Percy, 21, was repeatedly stabbed in her bedroom before sunrise after an intruder broke into the three-acre Lake Michigan estate owned by her father, the soon-to-be U.S. Sen. Charles Percy. Her body was so severely damaged, a neighbor — Dr. Robert Hohf — who appeared soon after the bludgeoning did not recognize her. The killer fled — and the case has never been solved.

A new e-book titled “Sympathy Vote” (whose title reflects that Percy was elected weeks after the murder) takes a fresh look at the evidence. Crafted

by Glenn Wall — who has reported about the murder for the Chicago Tribune and other publications — and written in Northbrook, the book brings up the name of a one-time Kenilworth resident who lived near the Percys as a potential suspect, one not named publicly before. Read about it inside.

Mike Lubow of Riverwoods has also come out

with a book. “In a Chicago Minute” features a collection of his “Got A Minute?” columns — brief, quirky “literary tidbits” published in the Chicago Tribune from 2004 to 2008.

“The editor that I knew at the Tribune … said that they had done some research and discovered that men, especially, prefer short pieces of writing to long ones,” Lubow explained about launching his column.

“I said, ‘That’s similar to what I do when I write television and radio commercials; they have to be 160 words, or one minute, max.’ “ Quickly turn the pages to take a look at Jenna Schubert’s profile inside.

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we’d all be driving around in the least expensive car,” she said.

Peter Moulton, @properties Vice President of Brokerage Services-North Shore, and Dinny Dwyer, a broker at Jean Wright Real Estate in Winnetka, each pointed to the critical factor of time in determining whether a home has a wonderful value from a buyer’s perspective.

“Today’s consumer,” Moulton said, “really scrutinizes the condition of a house, largely because the lives of people these days are so busy. So many people don’t have the time to either renovate or rehab a house after purchasing it.

“There’s value,” he added, “in not having to improve a property.”

Dwyer thinks the value of the home for sale at 895 Pine Tree Lane ($3,195,000) in Winnetka is an exceptional one because of significant improvements made by the current owners.

“They have done extensive landscaping, including mature plantings, and added a perimeter stone privacy wall and heated driveway with electronic entry gates,” said Dwyer, the home’s listing agent. “They have upgraded and added extensive audio-visual security systems, custom light fixtures and window treatments.

“The new owner,” Dwyer added, “will not have to do anything except move in and enjoy the fabulous home.”

The home at 1106 Seneca ($2,395,000) in Wilmette was built in 1935 and completely renovated in 2004 by renowned architect Brininstool & Lynch Ltd. Some the features in the 5-plus bedroom, 4.1-bath home include custom millwork, top-line appliances, manicured grounds that would make the most meticulous golf club superintendent green with envy, and a refurbished existing façade and roof to preserve harmony with the environment and neighborhood.

“What I love about it, and why I think it’s such a great value, is that the original integrity of the home has always been maintained,” said Trish Capitanini, a member of the Sharon Friedman/Capitanini (SFC) Team at Coldwell Banker-Winnetka. “Buyers are feeling it’s close to a turnkey house. It’s one of those houses where you could fall asleep in any of its rooms.

“It gets people,” she added, “to think, ‘I’m ready to live here now.’ ” Broker Judy Simon of Coldwell Banker-Deerfield was the listing agent of the home at 1148 Cherry Street in Deerfield.

It sold for $1,180,000; its list price was $1,195,000.

The property boasts a three-car attached garage, his and her closets (towels not included), a bonus room, three baths on the second floor and a full bath on the first floor.

It was on the market for a scant two days.

“It was bought quickly because there is a lot to like about it, a lot of amenities for the price, and the buyers … they knew immediately they’d be getting something that has significant value,” Simon said. “Plus its location is outstanding, on a street full of high-end homes.”

The home at 1745 W. Broadland Lane in Lake Forest sits about a chip shot from the 4th hole at Conway Farms Golf Club. It hit the market on Sept. 27, with a listing price of $1,575,000.

You can’t put a price tag on a home’s flow, which, to listing agent Tina Nobbe of @properties-Lake Forest, is another one of real estate’s many intangible assets.

Flow is a close cousin of a home’s feel.

“It’s a fantastic home,” Nobbe said. “The setting, the views — they’re all spectacular. The owners were able to watch Tiger Woods play from their home last month [as well as dozens of other professional golfers at the BMW Championship].

“The flow, from room to room, is comfortable and easy,” she added, “and that’s important to a lot of people. The space inside the home, it’s what you need. It’s not at all overwhelming.”

Among other factors that typically figure in a property’s value are the schools and recreational facilities in the community, market trends and the proximity to public transportation and a major metropolitan area.

“It’s not just about dollars,” said Baird & Warner’s Miller, who recently sold the home at 350 Everett Road in Lake Forest for $620,000 — a price she described as “compelling.”

The sturdy house — built in 1962 on a 1.5-acre site and owned by the same family since then — has updating potential.

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‘Sympathy Vote’ looks to help solve horrific North Shore murder ■ by scott holleran

family, collecting facts and data and writing articles. A few years ago, he decided to The quiet village of Kenilworth — the square-mile town write a book.

Wall started with the people who knew pocketed between Wilmette and Winnetka — recorded its first murder 47 years ago. the most about what happened that night.

It happened to the twin daughter of a wealthy business- He interviewed cops, friends, family, camman, who would be propelled into the U.S. Senate later paign staffers and Kenilworth residents. that same year, in part due to sympathy votes after the He reached out to Valerie’s twin sister, brutal killing.

Sharon Percy Rockefeller (married to Sen. Nearly half a century later, the crime remains unsolved. Jay Rockefeller) and brother Roger, whom The man and the mystery are the subjects of a new e-book Wall met and interviewed about the homiby author Glenn Wall, who wrote the work in Northbrook, cide. He had previously been in touch with where his mother lives. “Sympathy Vote” went on sale on Mrs. Charles Percy.

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“Loraine Percy had already disclosed that It’s the first book about the murder of Charles Percy’s daugh- at some point she herself personally had an ter, Valerie, who was 21 at the time. Freelance writer Wall, investigation done through a law firm and who grew up in Wilmette, attended Central Elementary, that a plausible theory had resulted from the Howard Junior High and New Trier East, had lived next door investigation,” he said. “She didn’t elaborate.” to a volunteer for Percy’s Senate campaign. Wall — whose artiThat got Wall thinking. The Cal State cles about the murder have appeared in the Chicago Tribune University Fullerton graduate pursued leads, tips and police files and, though and elsewhere — had never heard such fantastic stories.

Valerie Percy’s murder at 5 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 18, “Sympathy Vote” covers various possibilities Murder, he wrote: Author Glenn Wall stands by the Coast Guard station where 1966 at the three-acre lakeshore estate haunted Wall for and leaves the case unsolved, his research the suspected murder weapon was found in a boat. more than 30 years. led to a circumstantial case against an prephotography by joel lerner He’d heard about the murder during childhood drives viously unnamed suspect; a young North past the house at 40 Devonshire Lane, and he’d grown up Shore resident who was, like Valerie Percy, with Percy — who stunned Democratic incumbent Paul the child of a North Shore businessman. hours of that September morning?

Douglas in the fall of 1966, capturing 56 percent of the His name is William Thoresen III — the son of a steel It is believed Valerie Percy was butchered with a bayonet vote — as an Illinois senator. The political moderate — a executive — and Wall asserts that the North Shore native — a discarded one was found in Lake Michigan soon after.

Christian Scientist, New Trier East graduate and former should have been a prime suspect.

“A bayonet is basically a gigantic knife,” Wall explained. president of Bell + Howell — fascinated Wall.

Thoresen himself was killed in 1970 by his wife, Louise “Thoresen was arrested six months later (with more than “All his friends believed in him,” Wall said in an inter- Thoresen, who admitted shooting him. But she was acquit- 70 tons of) military weapons — including bayonets.” view. “My next-door neighbor was one of them.” ted of murder when the jury said it was done in self-defense, In “Sympathy Vote,” Wall captures the horrifying moment Over the years, he’d talk to people who knew the Percy according to newspaper reports. His brother, Richard when the murderer was seen by the crime’s sole eyewitness, Thoresen, was killed or Valerie’s stepmother, Loraine Percy, who told the inquest: committed suicide in Lake “I got up and walked down the hall calling out Valerie’s Forest in 1965 in another name. I called out Valerie! Valerie! I saw a light coming case that remains unsolved from under the door of her bedroom.

— though Louise Thoresen “I opened the door, and I saw a man leaning over her said during her trial that bed with a flashlight. I saw he had on a light or white shirt her husband had admitted or jacket, and it was checkered, wide checks. The shirt or to her he killed his brother. jacket did not go to his wrists, because I saw his forearms.

Says Wall of the Percy His trousers and belt were a dark color. Then he turned murder, “It was a home and shone the light in my face and I noticed a dark outline, invasion while people were and the shape of his head and hairline. I was frozen for a home. The murderer came moment, and he just stood there.”

Lorraine Percy said the killer was Caucasian and had into Percy’s house like a dark hair, which both described Thoresen. bull in a china shop.”

In fact, Wall says, One lingering question: Why didn’t the Percy family’s the break-in woke Mrs. dog bark when the intruder broke in? Wall said that when Percy — she’d heard glass the second Kenilworth police officer, Vernon Roddy, arrived breaking — and then the on the scene, he reported that he thought the morning’s murderer went upstairs, wind was buffeting every noise, and Roddy speculated entered Valerie’s bed- that’s why the dog didn’t bark. There was also a dog door room and bludgeoned her, from the house to a pen, so the pet may not have been in stopping only when her the house at the time the murderer entered.

When asked why solving Valerie Percy’s murder hasn’t stepmother entered after hearing someone moan. attracted more interest, Wall said he thinks North Shore subculture may play a role.

Then, the killer fled.

A s Wa l l put it : “People don’t want to believe that someone just randomly “Whomever did this came came up from the beach and did this horrific crime and away with nothing.” then just disappeared,” he said. “I remember growing up He continued. “If you on the North Shore and the big thing was bicycle theft – all look at William Thoresen of our family’s bikes were swiped – and it’s like there was at this time, he was reck- this belief that when anything bad happens, it’s some guy less—his wife called him that came up on the El and did it — it’s never our kids on ‘suicidially nihilistic’— and the North Shore. There is denial in play.”

Wall, who says he asked police about DNA testing and he was raised a block and a half away from the Percys. other investigation data, didn’t expect to write about the He was in the neighborhood murder when he started the project. doing bad stuff that year.”

“I didn’t think I had anything to add,” he said. “It started At first, Wall says he as a campaign book. I was fortunate to have excellent sources, didn’t think Thoresen including people who were Thoresen’s neighbors and class1840 Skokie Boulevard was responsible for Valerie mates. Of course, I didn’t get access to all the police records, Northbrook, IL 60062 Percy’s brutal murder. and I definitely believe that police are sitting on information.”

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Deerfield resident to close the book on longtime store ■ by jenna schubert When Deerfield resident Roger Carlson, owner of Bookman’s Alley in Evanston, is told that his bookshop is known as a unique store that is difficult to find elsewhere, his response reflects his even-keeled personality.

“I would accept that judgment,” he says.

Around Halloween, Carlson, 85, will close Bookman’s Alley after 33 years of business.

The bookshop, with its “hole-in-the-wall” appeal and collections of ordinary and rare, collectible books, has become a popular spot for readers. Each book comes from one of 75 classifications, including literature, history, biography — and everything in between.

Carlson opened Bookman’s Alley in 1980, after working for 25 years as an advertising salesman for various companies. At the time, he decided to branch out and pursue a career related to his true passion: books.

Since opening the bookshop, he has dedicated himself to finding the best books to sell.

“I’m fussy, and I decide whether or not I think a book is worth putting in the store, in terms of its content,” Carlson says. “I often read portions of the books that I purchase.”

With his lifelong love of reading, it’s difficult for Carlson to choose a favorite book or even a favorite genre.

“American literature used to be one of my favorite reading grounds,” he says. “Now, in the last few years, it’s turned to American history, biographies, memoirs, and essays — non-fiction.”

Carlson’s varied reading interests are evident in the selection of books for sale at Bookman’s Alley.

“There are a number of skilled and interesting authors,” he says. “So whether you’re looking for amusement or enlightenment, you can find it here in the book shop.”

People of all ages have browsed through the shop’s rows of books for many years; Carlson’s customers have ranged in age from 5 to 90 years old.

Despite support from customers, emerging technology, such as e-readers, impacted Bookman’s Alley, like most bookstores.

“The book business is in real trouble, and is adapting, as a result, to the Internet,” Carlson says. “Readers don’t need to (go to a store and) buy a book, they just push a button and boom — they have a book.”

In fact, he decided it was time to close his shop permanently because of the changes in the book industry. His health issues and “my wife’s desire to see what I look like again,” also played big roles in his decision.

Though reading and book collecting have been his lifelong passions, Carlson would like to achieve a musical, rather than a

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“I may learn how to play the trombone,” he says.

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‘Minute’ man’s book gets right to the point ■ by jenna schubert In 2012, the average American had an attention span of eight seconds — one second less than that of a goldfish, according to statisticbrain.com.

Riverwoods-based writer Mike Lubow understands this phenomenon.

As a copywriter and creative director for major television and radio advertising campaigns, he honed his talent for writing concise yet powerful copy, which proved helpful when he began writing short features for the Chicago Tribune. Recently, he published his first book, “In a Chicago Minute,” which features a collection of his “Got A Minute?” columns — brief, quirky “literary tidbits” published in the Tribune from 2004 to 2008.

How did you come up with the “Got A Minute?” column?

The editor that I knew at the Tribune, Ross Werland, who was in charge of the “Q” — Quality of Life section, which included a page for men — said that they had done some research and discovered that men, especially, prefer short pieces of writing to long ones. So he was looking for short, interesting pieces for the paper.

I said, “That’s similar to what I do when I write television and radio commercials; they have to be 160 words, or one minute, max. Since I’m so used to doing this, I could give you little tidbits of writing about anything.”

He liked the idea, and we called the column “Got A Minute?”

Where did you draw inspiration for each “Got A Minute?” topic?

Every “minute” is based on a true event. For example, in one of the “minutes,” there’s a funny incident where a guy accidentally spills coffee on his new boss – I did that. And another is about a father and son rolling malted milk balls down a sloped sidewalk while people walk by; I really did that with my son. Everything is based on my own experiences.

How did the Tribune readers respond?

The “Got a Minute?” columns ran for a couple of years, every Sunday, and they became somewhat popular.

In fact, I heard from people who lived in other cities who would get them in the mail from their friends in Chicago.

That was surprising and it showed — not so much the power of my writing — but the power of a minute. It coincided with how people like everything to be short and sweet.

Why did you decide to compile the “minutes” into your book?

The newspaper business changed, and the Tribune stopped publishing the men’s page in the Q section. So the “minutes” stopped appearing.

And that was it, life went on and I continued doing my advertising business. But about a year ago, I decided it would be fun to collect all the “Got A Minute?” columns that ran in the Tribune, and put them into a book — to have as a family record for my kids and grandkids in the future.

After publishing the book through Amazon, what feedback have you heard?

Surprisingly, I started to get phone calls and emails from people a few days after they received the book, and they would say, “I never read books, but I started this book you gave me, and the next thing I knew, I had read the whole thing. And now my friend’s reading it.” Because the quirky tidbits are about sports, books, movies, food, dogs, and more, there’s always something to keep you turning the pages.

And on every other page, it tells you how many words you have to read.

People end up really enjoying themselves while they read this, because there’s no real commitment — it’s a quick read, and it reflects the tastes of people today, in terms of their reading habits.

“In a Chicago Minute” is available in bookstores and at amazon.com (in paperback or on Kindle). ■

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news digest >> from cover When they made the trip last week, rumors were rampant that they would not get in to see the memorial due to the government shutdown. And when the 96 veterans were taken in wheelchairs to the entrance of the memorial, four forest rangers stood blocking the entrance.

However, when the first wheelchairs approached, the chain across the entrance was dropped.

“We all got in and not a word was said,” Ackerman said.

Levin, 88, said World War II vets would take care of the government shutdown.

“In World War II, they hired us to straighten out the world and we did. Send us to Washington and we would straighten things out.”

Both Levin and Ackerman praised the Glenview police for their escort from Midway and for their attention and support.

Glenview A resident of Vi at The Glen retirement community has been recognized for his contributions in pulmonary medicine.

Dr. Alfred Soffer is credited with improving the quality of care for patients with cardiopulmonary disease throughout the world. He also made an impact on graduate medical education, according to

38 percent, and the YMCA was named Northbrook’s Small Business of the Year.

“Matt’s steady hand and unfailing energy have been essential to our success during his tenure,” said Howard Schultz, North Suburban YMCA executive director/chief executive officer. “Our new board officers will continue this great legacy as we continue to grow.”

At the meeting, the Y also honored Marlo Leaman, associate director of health and wellness, with its Way Above and Beyond Award.

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Soffer was executive director of the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) for 23 years and editor of the CHEST Journal for 25 years.

He has been selected as a Giant in Pulmonary Medicine, the first to be highlighted in this new series. Said Dr. Richard S. Irwin, “This series stands as an archive of the accomplishments of those who have paved new ground in the fields of pulmonary, critical care, and sleep medicine.”

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Northbrook The North Suburban YMCA has inducted its new board of directors.

New leaders at the YMCA are: Jeff Knipp, president; Ron Bernardi, Sal Manso and Jill Narens, vice presidents; Michael Redstone, treasurer; and Patricia Widmar, secretary.

Matthew Brennan, who has served as board president for the past two years, was honored during the Y’s recent annual meeting in recognition of his service and leadership. During Brennan’s tenure, membership at the facility increased by

Wescott School has been named a Blue Ribbon School.

The District 30 learning institution is one of only 286 schools in the nation to earn that designation. The U.S. Department of Education gives the honor based on a school’s overall academic excellence or its progress in improving student academic achievement.

After being nominated for the designation by top Illinois education officials, Wescott leaders were encouraged by U.S. Department of Education officials to submit an application for the honor.

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which included the school’s strengths and accomplishments, and character education, and demonstrated how the school community works together to promote student success.”

PREVIEW Deerfield If you get a card, cake or free lunch Wednesday (Oct. 16), you have a one-time employee in Deerfield to thank.

In 1958, Patricia Bays Haroski worked at State Farm Insurance Co. in Deerfield when she registered National Boss’s Day with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She designated Oct. 16 as the day to honor bosses as that was the birthday of her boss – and father.

Seeing the hardships and hurdles her father faced in running the insurance company, but noting that he still provided encouragement, inspiration and advice to employees got her attention Haroski said she proposed the day as a way to improve relationships between employees and supervisors.

In 1962, Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner supported Haroski’s registration and recognized the day in the state. The concept took off and grew in popularity and is now observed as far away as India, Australia and South Africa.

Deerfield Halloween events will be offered Oct.

26-27 by the Deerfield Park District.

Halloween Hoopla activities will take place from 7-9 p.m. Oct. 25 and 3-6 p.m. and 7-9 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Jewett Park Community Center, 836 Jewett Park Drive.

Family events from 3-6 p.m. Oct. 26 include a lights-on haunted house; hayrides; entertainment, including face-painting and balloon creations; children’s games; and food and beverages. Evening activities on both days include an outdoor movie, bonfire, and disc jockey.

Cost for activities the afternoon of Oct. 26 is $8 per child. The cost for the evening lights-out haunted house is $5 per person per trip. Other evening activities are free.

Mark Woolums, manager of the Jewett Park Community Center, said that Halloween Hoopla continues to be a popular event with families in the area.

“We have a little bit of something for everybody,” Woolums said. “We have inflatables, games for kids inside. The haunted houses are great. It is a family event that we put on here at the Park District. There is something for every member of the family.”

Glenview Winners in this year’s Character Counts! in Glenview poster and video contest will be lauded at Tuesday’s (Oct. 15) Village Board meeting.

This is the 20th anniversary of Character Counts! Week, which will be celebrated

Oct. 20-26.

Students’ entries are divided into: kindergarten through grade two, and grades three through five. New this year was a contest for students in grades six through eight, having them create videos of between one and three minutes.

The Advisory Board for Character Counts! in Glenview is made up of: William Attea, founding member of the Glenview Values Project.

Chuck Balling, executive director of the Glenview Park District.

Nancy Bloom, executive director of Glenview/Northbrook Youth Services.

Jill Brickman, Northfield Township supervisor.

Peter Buss, clergy association chairman of Glenview New Church.

Laura Fine, state representative of the 17 th District.

Kerry Cummings, Glenview village president.

William Fitzpatrick, Glenview police chief.

Father Thomas E. Hickey, pastor of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Michael Nicholson, superintendent of District 34 Betsy Baer, executive director of the Glenview Chamber of Commerce Elaine Nekritz, state representative of the 57 th District.

Alexandria Nicholson, superintendent of District 31 Vicki Novak, director of the Glenview

Public Library Edward Tivador, superintendent of District 30.

Brian Wegley, principal of Glenbrook South High School.

Northbrook The four Republican candidates for governor will be coming to town Oct. 20 in search of support.

Hopefuls for the state’s top office will be attending the New Trier Republican Organization’s annual Fall Dinner at Allgauer’s in Northbrook.

Scheduled to speak at the event are: state Sen. Bill Brady (R-Bloomington), the 2010 Republican nominee for governor; state Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale), formerly Gov. Jim Edgar’s chief of staff; Bruce Rauner, a businessman and education reformer who is a Deerfield native and longtime Winnetka resident; and state Treasurer Dan Rutherford.

“Our annual dinner is one of the mustattend events of the year,” NTRO committeeman Bill Cadigan said. “The fact all four gubernatorial candidates are appearing shows how important our organization and our annual event are viewed statewide.”

Tickets are $150 per person and can be obtained by going to www.ntro.org or sending a check to: NTRO, P.O. Box 301, Kenilworth, IL 60043.

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DOn’t Let these three FaCts sLIP thrOuGh the CraCks! Buying a new home often involves facing a torrent of new information, from convoluted rates and percentages, to forewarnings, suggestions, tips, advisements, and downright imploration. Unfortunately, few home buyers ever feel truly prepared to make the big decision, and so it becomes incredibly important to find a broker or agent you can truly trust while conducting as much research as possible on your own. All too often, despite this safety net of expert advice and self-directed study, some things still go unnoticed. Here is a brief list of three facts that routinely go unmentioned, undiscovered, and undisclosed.

Knowledge is Power Fact #1: Don’t count yourself out until you gather all the information.

While the traditional notion behind previous foreclosure would contend that you are financially sunk and therefore ineligible from qualifying for a loan to become a home-owner, in actuality this circumstance is less dire than typically assumed. While it is true that foreclosure remains on your credit rating for up to seven years, large scale governmentbacked lenders such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have begun imposing just three year penalties for foreclosure.

Though you may be required to pay a higher down payment or pay slightly higher interest rates, you aren’t disqualified from the dream of home ownership as easily as you may assume.

Fact #2: Be sure to check into the housing codes and regulations pertaining to properties you are interested in.

Prospective buyers would do well to work diligently to ensure that recent renovations, additions, and improvements were conducted in conjunction with guidelines set by now-starving city planning departments. If you purchase a home with violations, you may be saddled with the responsibility of bringing them to code.

Fact #3: Hire your own people.

It is important not to expose yourself to liability by accepting the seller’s offer to use their agent, appraiser, or inspector. These professionals owe an allegiance to the person paying for their service, so it’s best to hire your own team of licensed home specialists.

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No bones about it; Ritholz leads life of intrigue

The heir to a contact lens inventor has seen it all — from finish lines in vintage car races to zebra hoof curios to a most unusual passenger in his Rolls-Royce.

■ by bill mclean The human skeleton Robert Ritholz had purchased at an antique auction in Chicago did not quite fit in the back seat of his 1977 Rolls-Royce.

There was only one recourse for the Highland Park native that day in 2001.

“I placed it in the passenger seat and strapped it in with the seat belt,” the 63-year-old Ritholz recalled. “I didn’t want it flopping around the car while on my way home.

“It took me a while to realize that people in other cars on the road might think it to be odd, a man driving alongside a skeleton. I received a lot of strange looks, and I’m sure many of the people who saw me driving that day started an interesting conversation at the dinner table later that night.”

Ritholz owns three other collectible cars, including a 1951 Bentley Mark VI. His other Rolls — a 1953 Silver Dawn Drophead Coupe, one of only five in the world — has amassed 282,000 miles, and he has raced his 1953 Morgan in vintage races at Road America near Elkhart Lake, Wis. “Old guys racing old cars,” he cracked. “It’s the most exciting thing I do. It requires an enormous amount of sustained concentration, and you have to be constantly aware at all times. I love it.”

His father, the late Donald Ritholz, was driven — as an inventor. In the 1940s he designed one of the first talking dolls ever, one that had a slightly better vocabulary than a newborn’s. It bleated “Mama” at the pull of a string. He later invented one of the earliest forms of contact lenses.

“They were huge things, covering the whole pupil,” Robert Ritholz said. “They were hard, difficult to use.”

Donald Ritholz eventually sold the patents to both products.

Donald and his wife, the late Vera, liked to ride horses in Lincoln Park, back when Chicago featured bridle paths.

“I was never interested in horses,” said their only child. “I liked horsepower and anything else that had to do with cars.”

Robert Ritholz has been a serial collector of a vast array of items for decades, beginning with his affinity for toy cars as a tot. Dinky Toys — die-cast miniature vehicles produced in a factory in Liverpool, England — were a big deal to him.

Up in his current guest bedroom, which could easily pass for the most eclectic mini museum in North America, an Asian elephant leg abutting the bed could double as a stool or an end table. Other items in the room include zebra hoof curios; countless military medals and helmets (some from before World War I); and the human skeleton that once rode shotgun next to Ritholz.

“I like unusual things,” he admitted.

In his spacious office on the first floor: more stuff, with much of it resting either on bookshelves or a desk that rivals the size of a billiards table. There’s a wooden mummy mask from the 26th Dynasty of Egypt (600 B.C.); a bit of coal from the Titanic; a bunch of a Spanish galleon musket balls; and an iron cross from 700-800 A.D. But the best parts of Ritholz’s collections are the gripping stories behind the pieces — and Ritholz himself, an enthralling, engaging storyteller with perpetually twinkling eyes. A 1968 Highland Park High School graduate, he got his undergraduate degree in history and education at Northwestern University and earned a pair of master’s degrees in American history and education policy studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The collector also

picked up a Ph.D. in history of higher education at Madison.

“I guess I was trained to be a college professor,” said Ritholz, who has never taught a college class. “I don’t have time to work; I’m too busy doing the many things I enjoy. I know a lot of people out there are defined by their work. I don’t

know how Robert Ritholz people do it, working 40 hours a week like they do and somehow finding time to do what they really like to do.

“I consider myself exceedingly lucky.”

Ritholz served as a volunteer during Ronald Reagan’s campaign for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 1976. He’s been affiliated with the Bentley Drivers Club for more than 15 years, currently fulfilling his duties as USA-Midwest chairman of the London-based club’s board.

Ritholz, who returned from a trip to see friends in Costa Rica last week, plans to head to England in November to attend the Bentley Driver Club’s next board meeting.

Stateside he rarely has time for Sunday breakfast — or any breakfast, on any day. Ritholz’s head typically hits his pillow for a good night’s — make that, a good day’s — sleep at 5 a.m., sometimes at 6 a.m.

He likes to start seizing his days at around 2 p.m., after which he takes care of his cat, Bunthorne, named after a character in “Patience,” a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta.

“I read, pay bills and sometimes do laundry late at night,” Ritholz said. “My friends, they all know how late I stay up, and if they can’t get to sleep at night, they know I’m up and always available to talk if they need to talk to someone.

“I’m happy to say that I’ve never heard a caller snore during one of t ho s e l at e -n i g ht conversations.”

He can’t exactly remember when he last ate brunch, but he’s pretty sure it was about 12 years ago at Feast in Chicago.

“I like Eggs Benedict, so I probably ordered that,” Ritholz said, smiling behind his bushy handlebar mustache.

He also likes to talk about one of his late aunts, Sophie, who worked with a neurologist in Austria and later in London. The neurologist died in 1939 in London after a bout of cancer.

Sigmund Freud was 83.

Ritholz and his wife, Michelle, got married in his parents’ back yard in Highland Park, behind the house in which he has been living for 12 years after residing in Chicago.

They were husband and wife for only three months and nine days; Michelle died from a cerebral hemorrhage in 1994.

As winter approaches, Ritholz will increase the time he devotes to reading at home because of fewer car-related events. In addition to steering a vintage car around tracks, Ritholz has also competed in 24 Hours of LeMons races, a cleverly illustration by barry blitt named endurance circuit for drivers (four to six per team) who race in cars that cannot exceed $500 in the combined cost of the engine and the chassis; safety equipment does not count toward the $500 total. He will also continue to savor the view and sounds of Lake Michigan every chance he gets.

Ritholz’s house sits about 100 feet above the body of water.

“I’ve been told it takes 102, 103 steps to reach the beach from my house,” he said.

It won’t be long before Ritholz steps outside his house and feels cold temperatures — the teeth-chattering, bonechilling kind. ■

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Love will be in the air at pediatric cancer benefit ■ by angelika labno In 2010, Jamie Weiss of Highland Park received stunning news: her three-year-old daughter, Alexa, was diagnosed with a brain tumor.

The next few years were filled with surgeries, therapy and scares. Today, Alexa lives as normally as a Lincoln School first-grader can — but there is no cure.

“We still need answers, and the doctors need the money to figure it out,” said Weiss.

She decided to be proactive in her quest for her daughter’s cure by joining the North Suburban Medical Research Junior Board, a non-profit affiliate of the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago. When she came on board three years ago, Weiss directed the focus of its annual fundraiser, which has benefited autism and stem cell research in the past, to pediatric brain tumor research.

“When Karen Segal founded the board, it was based on raising money for neuroblastoma research, so it’s kind of come full circle,” said Weiss, a co-chair of the event.

The third annual “All You Need is Love” event, which will take place on Saturday, Oct. 19 at the Fields Infiniti of Glencoe, funds research directed

by Dr. Stewart Goldman, Alexa’s neuro-oncologist and one of the leading pediatric neuro-oncologists in the country.

“Kids are our future, and it’s quite an honor to work with them,” said Goldman.

Pediatric brain tumor research is one of the most under-funded of all cancers. According to the National Cancer Institute in 2010, less than four percent of cancer research funding went to kids with cancer, and an even smaller percentage of that went to brain tumors. Brain tumors trail only leukemia as the most common cancer found in children. Because the brain is affected at such a young age, the biggest challenge is maintaining a child’s quality of life.

“Our job isn’t just to cure the cancer or treat the tumor, but we want the treatment to allow the child to be the best child they can be,” said Goldman, also likening himself to a kid at heart. “We have to be careful about what the long-term side effects are to what we’re doing.”

Weiss has already witnessed the fruits of

North Suburban Medical Research Junior Board members Jamie Weiss, Jamie Robin, and Jaimee Schor take a break from planning the “All You Need is Love” benefit.

photography by karen kring the fundraising. In 2012, there were more options available for Alexa, like a newly approved drug that originally treats breast cancer. Goldman says that new research with colleague Dr. Lulla Rishi looks into urine, blood and cerebrospinal fluid as a “tumor marker” to gauge its status. There has also been a successful Stage 1 trial of a steroid “without the steroid side effects” that would replace Decadron.

“It’s a double-edged sword,” said Weiss. “[Alexa’s tumor] is unfortunate, but I’m thankful that this board exists and that the community is willing to support us.”

The event will include live music by the Gold Coast All Stars, food, drinks and auctions. LIttle Louie’s, a Northbrook restaurant owned by Weiss’s husband, is also sponsoring the event with their hot dogs. Tickets can be purchased at www.nsmrjb.org.

The name of the event came about after Weiss helped interview kids around the hospital. Their responses to the question “What is love to you?” ranged from Oreos to kisses from their parents.

Says Weiss, “In the end, all you need is love, and the love and support that we get from everybody is what makes this a success and worth doing.” ■

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Hollywood native Stern a natural to guide film festival

■ by gregg shapiro

You can thank Highland Park resident Cindy Stern if you ever had a Starbucks on United Airlines. It was her idea for them to serve the java brand on their jets.

You can also thank her for making your wedding-giftshopping experience at Target less stressful since she helped develop the Club Wedd gift registry at that store.

A longtime participant in the charitable giving community as a volunteer and board member, Stern helped to raise millions of dollars for Dance for Life Chicago, the AIDS Foundation of Chicago and multiple Jewish charities. But it’s her current role as executive director at Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema — a position she began this year — that has her most stoked at present.

Running until Oct. 13, a majority of the film screenings take place at AMC Northbrook Court, 1525 Lake Cook Rd. in Northbrook. More information about the festival can be found at http://israelifilmchi.org.

Gregg Shapiro: Cindy, how long has the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema been in existence?

Cindy Stern: As a completely independent festival, seven years. From 1999 to 2006 it was part of the original Israeli Film Festival that still exists in Miami and L.A. GS: Have you been involved with it from the start?

CS: Only as an audience member. I was hired by festival founder Beverly Braverman four years ago. Bev taught me a lot, and I will forever be inspired by her example, and the example of Ophira Ben Arieh, her festival co-founder. Both of these great women unfortunately passed away this year.

GS: Are there other Festivals of Israeli Cinema across the U.S.?

CS: There are only approximately 10 strictly Israeli film festivals in North America, compared to about 85 Jewish film festivals. In fact, the JCCs in Chicago will inaugurate a new Jewish Film Festival here next spring. We’re very excited about it, and look forward to partnering with them by providing the Israeli films and other support.

GS: Why do you think it’s necessary to have a Festival of Israeli Cinema?

CS: The first reason is to showcase the wide range of incredible, innovative, artistic and world-class quality work being produced in Israel today, in feature films, documentaries and on TV, over a period of time — say 9 or 10-plus days — which does the work justice. When you add to that the entire annual budget of the Israeli film industry equals the cost of one American blockbuster, and, despite that, Israeli films have been nominated for Academy Awards every year for the past six years, it’s even more amazing.

You see that ideas matter, a little ingenuity goes a long way, and that good storytelling needs little translation (still, all of our films are subtitled!) to reveal a common humanity.

The second reason is that this tiny country, Israel, thousands of miles away is in the headlines a lot, but it’s usually only about the conflict. What some folks don’t realize is that there are people from 120 different countries living in Israel today — a microcosm of the world. What’s that like? In the festival, we’re able to share so much more about the complexity of the culture that’s worth exploring and celebrating.

GS: How has the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema changed under your direction?

CS: We probably have a bit more of a marketing orientation, because that’s my background, but most of the change is organic, as more and more people discover the festival and realize that it not only checks off their Sophisticated Entertainment box, but their Something Different, Time Well Spent, Social and Feeling of Community boxes as well.

We’re also partnering with an increasingly diverse group of organizations to “build a bigger tent,” a broader audience of international cinephiles in the city and suburbs. We’re also constantly looking for ways — like this year, bringing in more filmmakers to speak, initiating the Bevie Awards (named after Beverly Braverman) for “Best audience-voted Feature and Documentary”, hosting our third annual night of “Films By and About Women” — to improve our audience’s overall experience.

GS: Please say something about your background and interest in film.

CS: It’s very much a Hollywood story, because that’s where I was born — right down the street from Paramount Studios.

My grandmother, who came to this country via Slovakia and her native Hungary, learned English by going to the movies. It’s something my family always continued to do, and I remember tagging along to the local theatre or the drive-in with my parents, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends starting at a very young age. When I was 10, we moved to Anaheim, within walking distance of Disneyland, so my fate as a participant in a world of tales, wonder, creativity and originality was sealed!

GS: Please say something about your background and interest in Israeli film, specifically.

CS: I love the energy, depth and substance of Israeli films, because it mirrors my experience in the country. I’ve lived on a kibbutz and have visited about 10 other times. Israelis are a very diverse bunch, but they do share an appreciation for pushing the boundaries of possibility and making the most of whatever resources they have. That comes across

Cindy Stern

photography by joel lerner in cutting-edge films, like one we’re showing this year, Sharon Bar-Ziv’s Room 514, an intense drama that essentially takes place in one small space.

GS: What is involved in the process of selecting films to be screened at the Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema?

CS: It’s not an exact science, but it works for us. First, all of our films have been produced in Israel within the past 12 months, so we have to act very preemptively with our distributors around the world to preview and secure the ones we want. Thankfully, we have good relationships with them. (Still we do lose a few films due to their commercial release.) The board and I watch at least 50 films collectively to reach the “Final 15.”

The first films to be considered are the ones that have won international awards — at Cannes (like this year’s God’s Neighbors by Meni Yaesh), Venice, Berlin, Toronto, Tribeca, Sundance, Jerusalem, Haifa.…The second group includes films that have been very well received in Israel —broken box office records (like our opening night film, Shemi Zarhin’s The World is Funny) or won Ophir Awards, the Israeli equivalent of the Oscars. The last are high-quality Israeli films we feel would really resonate with our audience. ■

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Depleted Deerfield squad unable to slow down Spitz, Spartans Glenbrook North's Bobby Porcaro (No. 5) and Brady Nagel (No. 50) track down Deerfield’s Alex Williams during the Oct. 5 contest.

photography by joel lerner

■ by bill mclean

sports@northshoreweekend.com For some, Glenbrook North High School’s 1-3 start to the football season probably seems like an eon ago.

Spartans senior quarterback AJ Spitz isn’t one of them.

“It’s still painful,” he said after Glenbrook North improved to 3-3 (2-0 in the Central Suburban League North) when it beat host Deerfield High School 44-7 on Oct. 4.

The 6-foot, 180-pounder inflicted plenty of damage on the Warriors, rushing for three touchdowns in the first half and throwing for another as the visitors built a 27-7 lead after two quarters.

But Spitz’s biggest completion netted zero points. With the score tied at 7-7 in the second quarter, North had to travel a total of 10 yards south after two straight false starts. Spitz (16-for-26, 195 yards) then found junior wideout David Burnside (seven receptions, 97 yards) for a 41-yard pass play to Deerfield’s 4-yard line.

Momentum to the Spartans — for the rest of the game.

Before unleashing the pivotal pass, Spitz scrambled effectively to avoid Deerfield linemen.

“AJ keeps plays alive with his legs,” Spartans coach Bob Pieper said.

Spitz used his legs three plays later for a three-yard TD run. His first rushing TD covered five yards, and his final one was a one-yarder.

Spitz hit wideout Will Brassil for a 26-yard TD at 2:47 of the second quarter.

“Get better every week — that’s what we’ve been trying to do [since the 1-3 start],” said Pieper, whose club has outscored its last two opponents by a combined 100-27.

Turnovers also stung Deerfield all night. The Warriors lost three fumbles in the first half and one after halftime,

with GBN capitalizing for 21 points after the turnovers.

Spartans junior linebacker Ben Weinstein caused the first fumble, allowing senior lineman Matt Alexander to recover it at Deerfield’s 16-yard line with 4:59 left in the first half. Spartans senior linebacker Patrick Sutton secured a Deerfield fumble and later blocked a punt.

“Huge … we got huge defensive strips tonight,” Spitz said.

Senior Robert Liberman booted a 30-yard field goal in the third quarter, upping North’s advantage to 30-7. Seniors Josh Simone (34-yard run) and Jake Verne (one-yard run) also scored for the victors.

“We did a good job of sustaining drives and keeping Deerfield’s offense off the field,” Pieper said.

“I’m happy. We practiced well all week and played well tonight.”

Glenbrook North visits Niles North Oct. 11 at 7 p.m. NN (3-3, 2-0) routed Maine East 41-0 on Oct. 4.

Notable: Junior defensive lineman Jay Kim also recovered a fumble for Glenbrook North at Deerfield. … Glenbrook North did not allow a passing yard against Deerfield and outgained the hosts 378-199 in total yardage. … North senior Alex Zera finished with four catches for 44 yards. … Spitz needed only 19 carries to gain 98 yards, but late sacks spoiled his chance to hit the century mark in passing and rushing. The QB ended up with 69 yards on 23 carries to go with his 195 yards via the air.

DEERFIELD It was easy to detect the most positive man at Adams Field last weekend.

His voice left no doubt.

“Block the [point after TD] kick!” Deerfield High School football coach Steve Winiecki shouted to his Warriors with 1:58 left in the fourth quarter. It didn’t matter that his club

— minus starting quarterback Ben Ethridge (knee injury) and running back Sam Modro (neck) — trailed visiting Glenbrook North 43-7 and faced impending playoff elimination at the time.

“I’m not going to quit,” Winiecki said after the 44-7 loss.

“We do what we can; that’s what we do at Deerfield. When things get tough, character gets tested.

“I will always be positive on our sideline.”

Colton Emmerich’s night for the Warriors (1-5, 0-2) was negative — but in a good way. The senior defensive end racked up four tackles for loss, including a minus-14-yarder early in the fourth quarter.

“Great DE … very powerful, very long,” Winiecki said of the 6-foot-3, 195-pounder. “He’s also a heck of a wrestler, and he uses skills in that sport in football.”

Junior running back Alexander Williams provided one of Deerfield’s highlights on offense, gathering a well-timed pitch from sophomore quarterback Brian Ranallo and darting along the Warriors’ sideline for a 39-yard TD run at 9:56 of the second quarter.

Senior fullback Landen Hinds paced Deerfield in rushing with 90 yards on 10 carries.

Deerfield visits Maine West Oct. 11 at 7:30 p.m. MW (1-5, 0-2) lost 27-12 to Highland Park on Oct. 4.

Notable: On Deerfield’s opening drive in its 17-6 loss to host Highland Park on Sept. 27, Modro rushed for a 25-yard TD. … Williams nearly picked off a Spitz pass at the end of Glenbrook North’s first drive on Oct. 4. The Spartans turned the ball over on downs after a five-yard loss at the Deerfield 10 on the next play. … Deerfield junior Michael Puccio returned a kickoff to Glenbrook North’s 45-yard line in the fourth quarter. ■

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Emmert knows how to fire up her GBN teammates ■ by bob gosman

sports@northshoreweekend.com For Glenbrook North senior middle hitter Lauren Emmert, the best feeling in volleyball is the rush of pounding a ball over the block and straight down on the other side of the net.

“You get this rush of excitement,” Emmert said.

“There’s no words to describe it.”

It’s not just Emmert who gets excited. A kill or a powerful block provides a jolt of energy to the entire team.

“That really gets the team pumped up and excited,” senior setter Caitrin Holohan said. “It gets our energy up and can set the team in a positive direction.”

However, highlight kills and blocks against good teams will only happen a handful of times each match. That is why the biggest development this season for Emmert, a 6-footer who as a junior was the co-CSL North Player of the Year, is the increased finesse and versatility she is bringing to her game.

Emmert is a more intelligent hitter now and that is evident in her stats. Through 16 matches, she is second on the team with 94 kills and leads with a .487 hitting percentage.

“I’m trying to be smarter in everything that I do,” she said. “I’m hitting at sharper angles and if the set isn’t perfect I’m tipping or tooling.”

Glenbrook North coach Chris Cooper said this has made Emmert even tougher to block and defend.

“We’ve talked about it (last year) and now she definitely has a more of a finesse game,” Cooper said. “In sports, people want to hit the ball as hard as they can but she’s realized she can be even more effective by hitting to multiple positions across the net.”

The pairing in the middle of Emmert and senior Leah Reinfranck has helped propel the Spartans to a 13-3 record through their first 16 matches. The Spartans also won their first four conference matches.

“Teams concentrate on those two middles so much and that’s really helped out the rest of (our attack),” Cooper said.

Added Holohan: “We can (utilize) our middles so much in comparison to a lot of other teams; it’s a great weapon to have because we can run our offense quicker.”

Next year, Emmert will play college volleyball for Division II Michigan Tech University; she plans to study history and secondary education. This year’s Michigan Tech team has three players from the state of Illinois.

“I think she made a real smart decision,” Cooper said.

“It’s a good combination of academics and competitive volleyball and she will have an opportunity to play and be effective right away.”

Emmert is excited to continue to pursue her favorite sport in college. She also played basketball growing up but she was drawn to volleyball and wanted to focus on it exclusively.

“I love the team atmosphere of volleyball and how close the defense and offense work together, particularly compared to other sports,” she said. “I also got lucky with having a lot of good teammates; I’ve played with the seniors for so long and we get along and know each other so well. It makes it fun to go to practice every day.”

On the volleyball court, there is no more important relationship for a middle hitter than with the setter.

Fortunately, Emmert and Holohan have developed years of on-court chemistry that are paying off this season.

“That (familiarity) helps a lot,” Emmert said. “She knows how I hit, what my tendencies are and where to put the ball. It’s really nice to have that.” ■

Glenbrook North’s Lauren Emmert (right) teams up with Isabel Vargas and makes a play at the net during earlier action this fall.

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Embrace the race

Glenbrook South's Wells reworks her strokes — and rewrites the record book ■ by bob gosman

sports@northshoreweekend.com Glenbrook South junior Katie Wells lives to swim fast.

So you can only imagine how much she enjoyed the tough medicine prescription she received from her club coach at the Glenview Titan Aquatic Club this summer.

Steve Iida told her the fundamentals of her strokes needed reworking and that they would be focusing for several months on technique exclusively, not speed.

“High School season can be so draining and it can be easy to focus on making the interval instead of your stroke,” Wells said. “My stroke had deteriorated and we tore it apart and slowly pieced it back together. It was really frustrating but (Iida) was patient with me.”

Iida kept telling her that one day her stroke would simply feel natural again.

“It’s a painful (process) but we wanted her to be able to get the most out of each stroke,” he said. “She just worked and worked at it over the summer. It was plain determination, pure and simple.”

The early returns have been impressive. Already this swim season, she shattered the school record in the 100yard breaststroke with a time of 1:04.97 at the Glenbrook North Sprint Classic. The previous mark was 1:05.54.

She also set a school record in the 200 IM (2:07.7) in a dual meet against Niles West on Oct. 4.

Her 100 breast performance was so impressive that coach Keith MacDonald was nonplussed by the record.

“To be honest, I didn’t even know it was a school record when she did it and it doesn’t matter because she can go even faster,” he said.

Breaking records in nothing new with Wells. At last year’s IHSA state meet, she swam on Glenbrook South’s 200 and 400 freestyle state championship relay teams, both of which set new state marks. The times were 1:32.98 and 3:24.50, respectively.

Glenbrook South’s Katie Wells warms up for a race. So far this fall, she has broken two school records.

photography by joel lerner She swam with Olivia Smoliga on both relays and with her older sister, Niki, on the 200. Now, with Smoliga swimming for the University of Georgia and Niki Wells attending the University of Illinois, Katie Wells has become the team’s featured swimmer. skin tightening “I think she’ll thrive in stepping out of the shadow and wrinkle reduction being a leader,” Iida said. sun damage reversal For Wells, it was weird to show up at the first day of pracskinand texture rejuvenation tice and not see her sister Smoliga on the pool deck.

“It was hard at first but they prepared me to be the leader I need to be at Glenbrook South,” she said. “I’ve embraced it and we have a great group of girls.”

Wells loves nothing more than competing in meets but she embraces all aspects of being a swimmer.

“I like really destroying a tough set in practice,” she said.

“There’s a lot of suffering in swimming but you have to go do it.”

Time for a renovation?

No, not the house.

This includes setting the alarm for 5 a.m. several mornings each week so she can arrive at school by 5:40 a.m. for the first practice of the day.

“Some mornings are a struggle but we make it fun by messing with each other and (playing) CDs,” she said. “I try to keep myself around positive people.”

For Wells, that means not focusing on her 5-foot-7 frame, which is shorter than most other elite swimmers.

“It’s harder being shorter in swimming but I want to show that you don’t have to have the ideal swimmer’s body to be a great swimmer,” she said. “You just have to have the dedication and motivation. I’ve built up a lot of muscle and strength and that helps me catch as much water as a I can.”

It’s that attitude and approach to swimming that has Iida so bullish on her future.

“Her mental toughness will carry her,” she said. “I see nothing but great swims ahead.” ■

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show their independence by heading east We love college towns, and we love big cities. This past Fourth of July weekend, we enjoyed the best of both worlds – with a little live music thrown in.

We visited our 16-year-old daughter Lane in Princeton, New Jersey, where she was spending the summer in an intensive dance program with the American Repertory Ballet. We brought our 14-year-old daughter Peri with us to celebrate her recent junior high graduation.

We stayed at the historic Nassau Inn just a block from the Princeton University campus. On the Fourth itself, we visited the Morven Museum and Garden, the former home of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence – it seemed appropriate to pay our respects on that historic day. The next day, we strolled through the Princeton University Art Museum and took a campus tour. With its Collegiate Gothic architecture, it might be the most beautiful campus in America.

“We visited the Morven Museum and Garden, the former home of Richard Stockton, a signer of the Declaration of Independence — it seemed appropriate to pay our respects on that historic day.”

Gina and Todd Ehlman, who live in Wilmette, combined two passions for their Perfect Weekend.

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Then we shopped the boutiques and bookstores of Nassau Street and had a terrific dinner with our daughters at Blue Point Grill, an ocean-fresh BYOB seafood restaurant. We topped it off with a visit to The Bent Spoon, one of Princeton’s iconic artisanal ice cream shops.

The next day, we drove to Hershey, Pennsylvania to see our daughters’ obsession, live in concert: the British boy band One Direction. Do not underestimate how much noise 30,000 screaming teenage girls can make.

We spent the rest of the weekend in Philadelphia, staying at the Four Seasons Hotel on Logan Square and playing tourist. We hopped a double-decker bus for a quick tour of the city’s neighborhoods and historic sites — from the Liberty Bell to the Rocky statue — then enjoyed a French bistro dinner at Parc, just across from Rittenhouse Square in the ritziest shopping district of Philadelphia. The next morning, we relaxed at the Four Seasons Spa before heading home.

Gina and Todd Ehlman, as told to David Sweet ■

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