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SUNDAY BREAKFAST ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT
How one North Shore resident is helping fuel the growth of lacrosse. P18
SPORTS
Glenbrook South grad Olivia Smoliga will be seeking a medal in the Rio Olympics. P16
SOCIAL SCENE The Chicago Lighthouse celebrated its 110th anniversary at the Four Seasons Hotel. P10
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Upsides to Downsizing BY BILL MCLEAN
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he woman is 86 years old. She has called her North Shore house “home” for 53 years. Realities settled in recently, forcing her to consider downsizing. The house was put on the market. It was sold. “She needs to be out of the house by mid-August,” says the woman’s broker, Patti Skirving of Coldwell Banker-Winnetka. “It was overwhelming. It was difficult for her, stressful. There’s a lot of emotion involved, for many, when they downsize.” A North Shore couple in their 50s attend their son’s college graduation. The son lands a job in another state. The parents, fresh empty nesters, realize they use a little more than half of their 6,000 square-foot house. Maintenance costs mount. Keeping the home’s lush landscape lush suddenly becomes a challenge. They, too, consider downsizing. “We’re working with a lot of empty nesters who are ready to sell large homes on the North Shore and get into something that requires less maintenance,” Mike
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