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10 Join the clubRotary clubs dot the North Shore, and Rotary International head-quarters sits in Evanston. What’s new at these old-line groups?

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20 Sunday BreakfastWinnetka resident Bruce Rauner is likely to shake up the race for gov-ernor in 2014. His goal: Stop the “death spiral” in Illinois and bring back growth.

24 Social whirlTake a look at some of the top parties attended by North Shore residents recently.

26 A Matter Of TasteLisa Norica-Appelbaum once worked on Wall Street, but now she takes stock in Vibe at 35.

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30 Open HousesSee a list — complete with map — of what houses you can see on the North Shore this weekend.

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32 Flying highLake Forest High School’s Carly Schmidt wins state title in pole vault.

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R on Adair remembers the death of

his friend in Iraq.Ricky Nelson of Kenosha, Wis., was killed

by a roadside bomb in 2008.“It took a toll on me emotionally – still

does,” says Adair, who spoke at the Highland Park American Legion Post 145 luncheon at Bertucci’s this month. “His motorcycle cavalcade was five miles long during the funeral. It was the most awe-inspiring thing I’ve ever seen.”

Adair — a 23-year Navy veteran — was so inspired by the work the American Legion did to honor Nelson that he joined the group. And members are out and about across the North Shore this weekend, placing flags at grave-stones and preparing observances to remem-ber the fallen.

But for how much longer? It is safe to guess the average age of a North Shore American Legion member is 70 — or more. Those who fought recently in Iraq, Afghanistan or even

Desert Storm in 1991 are rarely joining the vet-erans group. And if there aren’t former military men and women around to hail their deceased in the future, who will?

This weekend, though, services will abound from Lake Bluff to Evanston. Some are short – the Fort Sheridan Cemetery observance rarely exceeds 20 minutes — but no less powerful. And those U.S. citizens who have never been called to duty nonetheless have a duty; to spend a few moments at a service to honor those whose lives ended so ours could continue free and prosper-ous. Angelika Labno reports on Memorial Day and what it means to veterans inside.

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Many veterans encountered the sadness of losing a fellow military friend during battle. On Memorial Day across the North Shore, they will remember the fallen — including those they never knew.

“It gives us an opportunity to say thank you,” said Larry Sassorossi, vice president of the Lake County chapter of the Navy League and a member of Highland Park’s American Legion Post 145. “They have given the ultimate sacrifice.”

Unlike Veterans Day, which commemorates all soldiers who served during wartime or peacetime, Memorial Day is designed to honor those who died in war, either in battle

or as a result of wounds.“We also honor those who survived physically but emo-

tionally and mentally have suffered,” Sassorossi said. Lake Forest’s American Legion puts more than 4,000

flags in front of the graves of veterans. The members and volunteers use an updated list to search for the deceased at Fort Sheridan, St. Mary’s and Lake Forest cemeter-ies on the Friday and Saturday before Memorial Day on Monday. In addition, about 550 full-size flags are posted around the business district and stay up until Monday, when the Legion hosts its observance in Market Square beginning at 11 a.m.

“By cocktail time on Memorial Day, we’re on our hands

and knees,” said Bill Gretz from the Legion, estimating that he places almost 400 cemetery flags by himself. “We’re doing our duty.”

Several communities work with their village hall or recreation center to hold ceremonies in the town centers. Boy and Girl Scout troops and veteran groups march in the streets or gather at memorial sites.

In Wilmette, a parade will be held on Monday in con-junction with Wilmette Post 46.

“It’s like a small version of the Fourth of July,” said Mike Luxem, event coordinator at the post. “It’s to remember our brothers and sisters who have fallen, paid service to our country.”

The City of Highland Park orchestrates Memorial Day and splits it between three veterans groups — the Jewish-American War Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion. This year, the focus will be on the

American Legion as it honors deceased members, includ-ing the late Neil Iovino of Highland Park, one of the few survivors of the Bataan Death March in the Philippines during World War II. Sassorossi describes him as “a man of unbelievable spirits.” A plaque will be presented to Iovino’s daughter after the ceremony Monday.

To current veterans, the day holds particular meaning. Morry Robinson, a former Highland Park Legion com-mander, hopes the significance of the holiday passes on to the younger generations.

“There’s a motto we have — freedom is not free —and I think most veterans would agree to that. We feel quite strongly about the remembrance of those who served.”

Jerry Adler, a combat rifleman in the U.S. Army Infantry, recently read through some of the letters he had sent his parents during the Korean War.

“To me, on a national holiday like Fourth of July or Veterans Day, my mind always drifts back to Korea. I think about all the people who were so injured in that war, many who were friends of mine,” recalled the North Shore resident. “I remember when we would go into the reserve to take on new replacements or to train, there would be a divisional band, and we would have a parade.

“When the divisional band was playing “Stars and Stripes,” we were so proud of our country. We’d get misty-eyed over it, why we were doing it and who we were doing it for.” ■

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Burt Schmarak heads to Mexico each winter to escape the North Shore’s frigid temperatures and give his parka and mit-tens some down time.

But what the Highland Park-Highwood Rotary Club president experienced in Puerto Vallarta (a sister city of Highland Park) on his most recent trip was far from warm. The 75-year-old saw desperately poor children foraging in a city dump for items to clean up and then sell.

“Tragic,” Schmarak said.He later learned of an angel on earth,

Melissa, who had provided housing for 14 physically abused and abandoned girls in another part of the resort city. The shel-ter/makeshift orphanage is barely livable, with 12 beds.

“It broke my heart,” Schmarak said.A Rotarian from Mexico had introduced

Schmarak to both instances of stark real-ity in the state of Jalisco. Schmarak’s first question, at each site: “How can I help?”

Help arrived in the form of a duffel bag full of donated clothes for the young forag-ers, thanks to the Highland Park-Highwood Rotary Club leadership and the North Shore collection efforts of Highland Park High School’s Interact Club — a prep version of a Rotary Club.

Three other bulging bags of clothes are slated to be shipped to the same group of children.

“Our club and other local Rotary Clubs also raised funds ($30,000) for Melissa and those girls; additions to that house have to be built.”

Highland Park-Highwood is one of 34,000 Rotary Clubs worldwide and one of several along the North Shore in Rotary District 6440. Founded in 1905 in Chicago and cur-rently headquartered in Evanston, Rotary boasts 1.2 million members and is recog-nized as the world’s first volunteer service organization. “Service Above Self” is its motto.

“If I’m ever in Switzerland and I have a bad toothache, it’s nice to know I could call up a Rotary president, who would then get me in touch with a local dentist there,” said Rich Lalley, a member and past presi-dent [2009-10] of the Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Club.

“It’s a fantastic organization,” he added. “And it allows me to get away from my desk for 90 minutes when we meet for lunch and hear engaging speakers each week.”

It’s at those meetings where serious plan-ning takes place for local, domestic and international service projects, ranging from the delivery of clean water to indigent vil-lages in another continent to the confir-mation of a free dental appointment for a homeless Chicagoan who needs an overdue teeth cleaning for a job interview.

“We ask, ‘What needs to be fixed?’ Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Rotary Club president Tim Newman said, adding the club has donated more than $2 million for worthy causes (home and abroad) since its inception in 1960. “We have a nice mix of people, a dedicated mix. Ministers, attorneys, finan-cial advisors, other professionals — all are willing to roll up their sleeves and do what-ever is necessary for the less fortunate.”

Lalley considered himself fortunate the day he was invited, by his banker, to attend his first Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Club meeting at Winnetka Community House in 2004. He had just opened a retail business in Winnetka.

“I knew nothing about Rotary,” he admitted.

Years later his involvement in Rotary helped him land a full-time staff posi-tion with Operation Warm/Coats for Kids Foundation, which provides new winter coats for impoverished children throughout the U.S. North Shore Rotary Clubs partner with agencies, and the coats — purchased after fundraisers — get distributed annu-ally to shivering youngsters in Chicagoland.

The Wilmette Rotary Club supports and raises funds for the Smiles campaign of Chicago-based Goldie’s Place. It benefits thousands of homeless adults in need of employability training and dental care. The campaign’s tenet: “There’s a story behind every smile.”

WRC, like most other clubs, also pro-vides scholarships for college-bound high school students.

“Rotary, to me, is all about joining forces for service projects, both here and in coun-tries all over the world, and getting the opportunity to network with nice, local

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North Shore Country Day School can one day expect a star out of chorus member Tess Considine.

Since she was a young girl, the eighth grader yearned to take her voice to the big stage: some days it was opera, other times country, and she even considered being a “triple threat” — dancing, singing and act-ing — in a Broadway musical.

“I love singing everything,” she said, noting that she inadvertently reveals a Southern twang at times. “My mom would always play country to her belly before I was born.”

These days, the Highland Park resident has taken to singing and songwriting in a country rock alternative style. Her first interest in songwriting took place in res-taurants, where she would write random phrases, think of a catchy melody and start singing at the dinner table. It was thanks to her mother’s love for country music that Considine picked up the guitar in third grade, the same time that she was being classically trained in voice lessons at the Rock House in Wilmette, where she still holds performances.

After a trip to Hawaii last year, Considine received a ukulele, which she has enjoyed learning. The instrument has encouraged her to take on the banjo next. Concluding her musical exploration is turning back to the piano after a long hiatus from lessons.

Although she considers herself a musician, Considine’s artistic talents are not limited to music. She’s passionate about dancing and acting, and she has performed in sev-eral musicals and plays in and out of school.

Although theater has taken a backseat, she still dances jazz and hip hop for fun and per-forms in improv theater on the side. She had so much fun at her school’s spring musical this year, “Into the Woods,” that she plans to continue acting in high school.

“Since I was little, I always wanted to be a performer. I still try to be and strive to be,” she said.

Considine runs on the school’s track team, and she likes playing defense in field hockey, which she wants to pursue in high school. She is currently training for a three-week bike trip in New England, where she will cover 20 to 30 miles a day through the youth camp, Overland. When the group spends a couple days by the coast, she will also kayak.

With the school year in Winnetka coming to a close, Considine reflects on her favorite school memory — the middle school’s com-munity service week. She cooked meals for patients and their families at the Ronald McDonald House. She also visited a char-ter school downtown to assist the second graders with reading.

“I feel like the one-on-one learning experi-ences we do at North Shore help in the long run with what we want to do in the future,” she said. “Instead of doing research on a topic and being passive, you get to go to a place and help out.”

The choice to continue her education at NSCDS’s Upper School was easy. A student there since third grade, Considine prefers the smaller class sizes and level of attention from teachers, as well as the close bonds she has formed with her classmates.

“You have so many opportunities that not many people have, and the learning experi-ence is completely different,” she said. ■


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Pasen brings Wharton, Fitzgerald to life on stage

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Adam Pasen is a Lake Forest native. He recently completed his Ph.D. in English with a concentration in playwriting from Western Michigan University, and his origi-nal play, “Tea With Edie and Fitz,” is show-ing at Greenhouse Theatre in Chicago with Dead Writer’s Theatre Collective through June 9 (greenhousetheatre.org).

Reading: I’m currently reading ”Z” by Therese Anne Fowler, the new novel about Zelda Fitzgerald, which just so happens to correspond to the release of the Gatsby movie as well as my play. I really owe my teachers at Lake Forest High School for everything I read and everything I learned about literature.

Listening: I’ve been listening to Top 40, as usual, but also a lot of ‘20s tunes and orchestrations, because they correspond with the play. I’ve developed a major inter-est in “Rhapsody in Blue.”

Watching: A lot of “Downton Abbey;” I’m not done with Series 3 yet. And just to mix it up, some “Family Guy.”

Following: I follow a lot of Joss Whedon’s work, like “Cabin in the Woods.” I love deconstruction as a creative mode, and my current play has a lot of those qualities. There are a lot of meta-elements, which appeal to me as a writer. I enjoy meta-the-atricality and post-modernism in general.

Activity: “Tea With Edie and Fitz” is essentially built around a record histori-cal meeting between Edith Wharton and F. Scott Fitzgerald […] and from that point, the play kind of radiates, his scenes moving backwards and hers moving forwards. It’s somewhat apocryphal, but the lore is that it was a very tempestuous encounter. We explore several possibilities — the same scene plays out in several different ways throughout the play, once in a silent film, once in tableaux vivant — from the Gilded

Age, those kind of live paintings—and then you see the real encounter.

When I was an undergraduate at University of Illinois, I took a major authors course and just so happened to stumble on this encounter while I was researching a paper, and it led me to want to explore the clash between two generations of extremely polarized types. The script has continued to evolve a lot since its first staging at Western Michigan; the production at Greenhouse with Dead Writer’s Theatre Collective is the professional debut.

I do have several things in the wings, though I tend to play my cards close to my chest. One project is a play called “Bad Fic Love,” and it’s an exploration on the culture of fan fiction and “Harry Potter.” The script is finished and we’re searching for a production company, so we’re in the reading phase.

I’m hoping to segue into TV writing. I gravitate toward comedy, I very much admire shows like “Arrested Development.” Maybe I could get a spot on “Boardwalk Empire,” now that I have so much experi-ence with the ‘20s. I’d fit right in!

Eating: I’m alternating between attempt-ing to shift toward vegan and bouts of McDonald’s shame-eating: the sausage-egg McMuffin with cheese. The egg is so neat, like it came out of a mold — the precision of that formed egg is very comforting. That egg is the tidiest thing in my life.

What is your favorite mistake? I once had the opportunity to choose

between furthering my acting career or travelling abroad. I won’t say which one I did, but it is my favorite mistake. Sometimes, what you gain in life experi-ence, and how you grow as a person, even if it doesn’t serve your own advancement, can prove that your life is worth living. That’s something I explore in my plays: people who choose to live rather than to rise. ■

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That collective might has been blud-geoning polio for decades. If polio ever gets eradicated — it is rapidly reaching Dodo bird status, with only 223 cases reported in 2012 compared to 350,000 in 1988 — Rotary International would be one of its relentless vanquishers.

Rotary raised more than $200 million for polio eradication in ’12 in response to a $350 million challenge grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

One of the challenges Rotary Clubs face

along the North Shore is the number of marching feet. Membership has been declin-ing slightly in North American and Europe in recent years.

“It’s been hard, trying to maintain mem-bership,” Lalley admitted. “Everybody, it seems, is so darn busy these days.

“There’s still a perception out there that Rotary is for businessmen only,” he added. “It’s not. It’s gone way beyond that. Women, educators and people who work for non-prof-its are very active in Rotary, and they’re doing some wonderful things.”

Schmarak, Highland Park-Highwood’s Rotary Club president, won’t rest until all of those kids he saw in Puerto Vallarta don’t have to sift through a dump to survive.

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A few years ago, venture capitalist Bruce Rauner lis-tened as executives at a company he invested in complained about high taxes in Illinois and how hard it is to recruit employees from out of state.

Their solution: Move the company to Dallas.“I got mad,” recalls Rauner, 56, former chairman of pri-

vate equity firm GTCR — which invested billions of dollars in about 200 companies during his tenure. “I said, ‘I’ve got to double down here in Illinois.’ “

That conversation played a role in prompting the Winnetka resident — who has never run for political office — to consider running for governor in 2014 as a Republican. Though he hasn’t formally announced, he’s in the midst of a listening tour, focusing on Downstate areas he is less familiar with such as Effingham and Decatur.

“The people of Illinois love our state but are frustrated,” said Rauner, a Deerfield native who launched R8 Capital Partners after leaving GTCR following a three-decade run last year. “If I’ve had one disappointment on the tour, it’s that some people are giving up hope.”

The woes of Illinois are well-documented — and nearly all are money-related. Runaway pensions that could bank-rupt a state already mired in debt. A bond rating that mimics Greece. A 67 percent income tax hike slapped on residents by a lame-duck Democratic legislature, and puni-tive corporate taxes that propel companies toward other Midwestern states.

“I met with one employer who has a plant outside of Champaign,” Rauner said. “If he moved it 30 miles east to Indiana, he would make $10 million more a year because of fewer taxes and regulations there.

“Illinois is hostile to business in general. Most politicians think business is a piggybank to be broken into for money. We’ve got to change the business climate. That’s Job 1.”

Of course, a number of Republicans have run for governor in the past three elections and, even when a Democrat gets impeached and imprisoned, have fallen short of occupying the gubernatorial mansion. What separates Rauner from Bill Brady and others?

“One is my work ethic. No one will outwork me in a race,”

he said. “Two, I come at this with fresh eyes. I know how to run an operation. We need a CEO. There’s a long list of successful business executives who run states.”

Rauner refers to himself as “a traveling salesman by nature.” Though the graduate of Dartmouth College who also holds a Harvard University MBA has made tens of millions of dollars through private equity, clinching a business deal is different than persuading Democrats to pass legislation.

“Democrats and Republicans share a lot in common. We all want a booming economy with jobs, and we want value for our tax dol-lars,” said Rauner, who has contrib-uted money to both Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and the Democratic National Committee, according to the Chicago Tribune, along with the state GOP and a group supporting 2012 Republican presidential candi-date Mitt Romney.

Rauner says special interests — unions, law-yers and more — have bought Democrats and some Republicans in Springfield.

“It’s going to take an outsider like me who’s financially independent — who doesn’t worry about special interests — to change Springfield,” he said.

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Actor and Evanston native James Vincent Meredith is one of the hardest-working men in Chicago show business.

A Steppenwolf ensemble member, Meredith is portraying Mafala in the Broadway in Chicago production of the Tony Award-winning hit musical, The Book of Mormon. Given the job of singing one of the

show’s most scandalous numbers, Meredith is a true professional, belting it out with a mix of dramatic and comedic flair.

A familiar face on television as well, Meredith has appeared in a number of TV series, including the Chicago-set Boss (starring Kelsey Grammer), as well as other locally based series including ER, The Beast and The Chicago Code.

Gregg Shapiro: James, you can currently

be seen on stage at the Bank of America Theater as Mafala Hatimbi in The Book of Mormon. How has the experience of being in the show been for you so far?

James Vincent Meredith: I’ve had an amazing time! Friends say that it looks like I’m having so much fun up there, and now I can say that I am. But it took awhile to get to this point, as I’m a novice when it comes to musicals, and the dancing and the singing was more than a little daunting at first. But now, I genuinely enjoy stepping into Mafala’s shoes every night.

GS: Were you a fan of either or both South Park and Avenue Q before being cast in Book of Mormon?

JVM: I didn’t know much about Avenue Q, but I’ve watched South Park for years. If you’re flipping through channels on the tube and come across South Park, you really can’t not watch the whole episode [laughs]. That show’s pretty addictive.

GS: The Book of Mormon may possibly be the most irreverent musical to ever run on Broadway and go on a national tour. What’s it like being in a show such as this and singing “Hasa Diga Ebowai,” one of the more risqué numbers in the show?

JVM: I often worry that certain people will come to the show and just get offended to the point where they leave early, and refuse to endure all the swearing and below-the-belt humor, and we do get the occasional hasty exit. But it’s a testament to the taut storytelling that I see very few people walk out. You really want to see what happens —not only to the two main Mormon mis-sionaries, but also to the Ugandan people they’re trying to help.

My song is risqué, sure, and the show is certainly irreverent, but the message of the importance of having faith in some-thing, whatever it is, still shows through pretty clearly.

GS: Would you say that the prospect of being a father yourself helps to bring out the protective nature that you display towards Nabulungi, the daughter of Mafala?

JVM: I suppose that’s true to a degree, although age, more than anything else, seems to bring about that life experience that shows those things you want to pro-tect from young people who are close to you, whether they be a son, daughter, nephew, Godchild, or anyone younger who you care about.

GS: Did you know, growing up in Evanston, that you were going to be an actor?

JVM: I knew that acting was a way for me to express things that maybe I felt I couldn’t express in the real world, i.e. at home or in school. So it was always on my radar. But I had great teachers who fostered in me a real respect and then love of act-ing. My seventh-grade acting teacher, Mrs. Lefkovitz, still comes to every production I’m involved in (including this one)! Piven Theatre Workshop was also very significant in my development as an actor, and I still swing by their office every time I visit my parents in Evanston.

GS: When you were a kid, did you ever come to see shows at this theater where you are performing in The Book of Mormon, when it was known as the Shubert?

JVM: No. Didn’t see much theater out-side of Evanston when I was growing up. The Shubert was definitely an iconic place — that much I knew. It kind of sat off in the distance, like a sort of Theatrical Oz [laughs].

GS: In addition to the Chicago production of The Book of Mormon, Chicago theatergo-ers probably recognize you as a Steppenwolf ensemble member, at which you performed the role of Albert/Kevin in Clybourne Park. What does it mean to you to be a part of Chicago’s vibrant theater scene?

JVM: I was in the regional premiere (of Clybourne Park) at Steppenwolf, which was definitely an honor. There are so many killer theater companies and actors in Chicago, and the work that I see on our stages is pretty mind blowing. Even stuff that I may not be in love with subjectively still has a pulsing energy and cohesiveness that is so rewarding to see. My hope is that people who visit Chicago to see Book of Mormon or other Broadway in Chicago shows won’t just see those productions, or Chicago Shakespeare, or Steppenwolf or Goodman, but also see stuff at Strawdog, and Timeline, Congo Square, and Gift, and Steep, and other storefront theatre. There’s so much more to see theater-wise here in Chicago than just the big theaters downtown.

GS: Do you have any other acting projects in the works?

JVM: Nothing at the moment. Book of Mormon gives me more than enough to keep me busy, for now! ■

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Highland Park Country Club burst at the seams in April during the Glencoe PTO’s annual fundraiser, which featured a fashion show and lunch.

Mothers from the district took to the runway in fashions from ami ami, Chalk Boutique, ENAZ, Krista K, Green Gable Denim & Such, Le Chic Boutique at Pascal Pour Elle, North Shore Exchange, Shirise, Skändal, SoShee Boutique, and The Shop @ Equinox. The Glencoe PTO supporters, going directly to curriculum enrichment for students — including cultural arts, author programs, scholar-ships, and technology — raised more than $21,000.

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Lisa Norica-Appelbaum is the owner of Vibe at 1935, a restaurant and bar in Highland Park.

How did you start mixing drinks? I bought a restaurant! I had never worked in a bar or restaurant, I used to work on Wall Street. It’s kind of a unique situation, because most people have a long history

before they open their own place. I kind of had to re-invent my career at 42, and I had this idea for a great, fun, social restaurant — and that’s where Vibe came from.

Years behind the bar? We opened in July of ’09, so it’ll be four years in July.

How did you learn to mix drinks? When I first opened, I hired seasoned bartenders basically so they could teach me. It’s very easy to make a rocks drink, but when I had to make martinis I was very apprehensive. The key is shaking your cocktails; it makes the drinks ice-cold and puts all the flavors together. It makes it taste so much better.

Best cocktail tweak? We don’t have any bottled juice — we squeeze lemons and limes for every drink fresh. Our margarita is basi-cally a fresh-squeezed lime, agave honey, tequila, and a little club soda. You can’t get skinner than a fresh-squeezed lime!

Signature dish? Our seared tuna is really popular and kind of sets us apart—it’s not bar food. We have healthier, much more upscale fare. I like to think of us a being simply made, with savory flavors.

On my awning, it says “cocktails, appetiz-ers, and live music.” When my husband and I go out, we like to get a lot of different things and share them. It’s how I like to eat. But I found a lot of people thought they couldn’t get a whole meal. I should have called it “shared plates.”

Favorite drink to make? The Grow-a-Pear. When I opened, the economy was on a ter-rible downward spiral and I made this drink because either I was really gutsy or stupid — it ended up working out well.

Add 1.5 ounces Absolut Pear Vodka, 1 ounce St. Germaine Liqueur, and the juice of ½ lemon to a cocktail shaker full of ice and shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled Martini glass.

What do you like to eat and drink at home? My husband’s a shrimp packer, so we eat a lot of seafood. I’m lucky he doesn’t sell spam! My favorite drink is a Long Island Iced Tea, and I make the best one around. I don’t put tequila in it.

Worthwhile gadget? Probably the lemon-squeezer.

Favorite cookbook? My menu is very eclectic, so it doesn’t come from one place. But everything on it is my favorite! We do a lot of taste-testing and sampling.

Funniest kitchen incident? This is actu-ally my best kitchen memory of all — a cou-ple summers ago the power had gone out on the whole street. We were still open, still serving drinks, but we had stopped cook-ing. I checked on my chef, Jaime. He was standing in the kitchen, continuing to prep for the next day by the light of a candle he’d stuck in a tomato. It was pretty amazing.

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Vibe at 1935 is located at 1935 Sheridan Rd. in Highland Park. For more information or to make a reservation, call 847-780-4815 or visit vibe1935.com ■

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dr. Steven Bloch

Bloch helps paTienTs feel comforTaBle in own skin

■ by bill mclean

A patient in Dr. Steven Bloch’s office in Highland Park made eye contact with practically everything as the plastic sur-geon went over cosmetic options.

What the patient’s eyes did not see that day: Bloch’s eyes.

“She clearly was uncomfortable with her-self, with her appearance,” recalled Bloch, in his 34th year in the profession. “I talked with her, but she wouldn’t look at me.”

After a procedure had been performed on her by Dr. Bloch, the two met again in

Bloch’s office. A lamp wasn’t needed.The patient’s smile had provided plenty

of light.“And she looked right at me as we spoke,”

Bloch said. “She was self-assured, excited about life. I felt privileged, like I do every day, that I got to pursue an aesthetic ideal for that patient.

“At the end of the day,” the Highland Park resident added, “how we interact with others has a lot to do with how we think we look.”

Bloch, who grew up in New York City, thought for sure he’d pursue a career in

architecture at Syracuse University. But he underwent surgery for acute appendicitis at the age of 19 and radically shifted his academic focus shortly thereafter.

“The surgery … it was pretty cool,” he said. “That led to my interest in pre-med. In my youth, I was interested in art, spe-cifically painting and sculpture.”

Bloch essentially melded the interests, creating a career path that began with a medical degree at State University in New York. He completed his surgical intern-ship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and was chief resident in plastic surgery

at the University of Wisconsin in Madison.“A brilliant surgeon (Dr. David Dibbell)

trained me at Wisconsin,” he said. “He was artistically talented, and he truly enjoyed teaching. I was fortunate.”

Founder and director of Body by Bloch and Skin Deep Medical Spa, Bloch is a board certified plastic surgeon. A fairly recent advance in the forehead lift reduces recovery time from a week to two-to-three days. The procedure to treat wrinkles involves small incisions above the hair-line and the use of an endoscopic camera, which guides instruments to correct the muscles that cause furrows.

Bloch’s Skin Deep Medical Spa provides an alternative for men and women who prefer exploring non-invasive treatments for skin rejuvenation and body contouring.

Bloch appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show and has been featured in Vogue and

Allure magazines.“Technological advances in our field con-

tinue to make all kinds of cosmetic proce-dures less invasive,” he said. “Because of the advances, we’re seeing more desired results with less scarring. In a perfect world, I’d be able to wave a magic wand without performing surgery on people who want to pursue beauty.

“But I don’t have one of those.”What Bloch does have is an eye — a

sharp, creative one that can significantly alter and enhance faces and bodies.

You can teach procedures at med school; you can’t teach degrees of genius.

“People want to feel comfortable in their own skin,” Bloch says. “That’s a basic human desire. Some are able to achieve that through diet and exercise. But some are not, no matter how hard they try. I treat people who aren’t sick. I treat people who are still in the productive years of their lives … people who want to enhance the quality of their lives.

“When I can do that for others, it’s very gratifying.”

Bloch likes to snow ski and play tennis when he’s not helping patients gain inner peace via outer beauty.

But he usually wants to get back to work after only a couple of days on the slopes, and his tennis game needs a nip and tuck.

His best shot in tennis?“I’m still looking for that, still working

on that,” he said, smiling. ■

“at the end of the day,

how we interact with

others has a lot to do

with how we think we

look.”

| Dr. Steven Bloch

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A day after traveling 221 miles from Lake Forest to Charleston for the Class 3A girls state track and field meet, Carly Schmidt needed only one attempt to clear 11 feet in the pole vault preliminaries.

Done.The Lake Forest High School senior’s day at Eastern

Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium was done on May 17.Just like that.Schmidt had qualified, easily, for the meet’s finals the

next day. She made it look step-over-a-blade-of-grass easy.“It saved my legs,” the 5-foot-8 Scout said of the quick

work. “But it drove me crazy the rest of the day. I didn’t know what to do with myself.

“I had to distract myself, think about everything I could — except for the pole vault. I texted, I Facebooked, I ate.”

Schmidt wound up back at her hotel room, watching TV.“I think I watched something on TLC,” she said.The next day, track and field spectators watched SCT

(Schmidt Clears Thirteen).It was a ratings winner.So was Schmidt. Fourth in the pole vault at last year’s

state meet and fifth in the event as a sophomore, Schmidt used a school-record effort (13 feet) to become the second consecutive Scout to capture the 3A state pole vault title (Carolina Carmichael, a ’12 Lake Forest HS graduate, topped last spring’s field with a 12-6).

“It was … really cool,” the Auburn-bound Schmidt said of her feat, which was three inches shy of the state record set by Geneva High School’s Sarah Landau in 2004.

“Such a relief, too,” she added. “I’d been working for this

since my freshman year.”The pole vault state finals last weekend had about as

much drama as Usain Bolt taking on an ailing snail in the 100-meter dash. Schmidt started her final day as a Scout with an 11-6 clearance on her only attempt. She needed only one attempt to solve 12-0.

Schmidt then went 1-for-1 versus 12-6.Lake Forest pole vault coach Katie Darraugh admitted

to feeling a tad jittery as Schmidt sprinted, planted and

soared for that height. If Schmidt had gone 0-for-3 at 12-6 and another finalist had cleared 12-3, Schmidt would have been out of the running for the gold.

Good pole vaulters attempt to advance via height increases of three inches; great ones, like Schmidt, prefer the riskier route, the “I’ll see your three inches and raise it three more.”

Schmidt finally missed at 13-0, before taking care of that challenge on her second attempt. By that time the pole vault finals had become, in essence, “The Carly Schmidt Exhibition.”

All that was left was Schmidt’s quest to take down Landau’s state mark. She nearly did it … twice.

Her first and second tries at 13-4 looked promising at the apex of each flight, until a part of her lower body jarred the bar from its uprights.

“So close … so close,” Darraugh said. “To me, as she got

up there those first two times, I’m thinking, ‘She has it.’ But you know what? She did what she had set out to do. I remember telling her, before the start of the meet, ‘If you stay calm and composed, you’ll be fine.’ She had trained a whole year for this meet.

“Carly,” she added, “had so much drive, and she showed that by competing as hard as she did between last season and this season. That gave her an edge, an edge she used all season.”

Shortly after her final vault in Charleston, Schmidt accompanied her parents, Michael and Vera, for the three-hour-plus drive home. But she couldn’t decompress or take a nap in the back seat. She had to get ready for another big event that day — prom.

When she arrived at the Chicago Marriott on the Magnificent Mile, dinner had been served and devoured. But she did get something to eat.

“I was so hungry when I got there,” she said.Word spread that a state champ was in the ballroom.

Music played; couples danced.People hugged and congratulated Schmidt.A state champ in daylight, a star under a chandelier at

nighttime.What. A. Day.“I’ll probably take a month off, then resume training in

the summer,” Schmidt said. “I’ll try to take it easy.“At Auburn, I’ll start all over again.”

Notable: Scouts senior Helen Schlachtenhaufen finished 11th (5:07.59) in the 1600-meter run at the state meet on May 18, a day after recording a personal-best 5:03.63 in the event’s prelims. ■

Lake Forest High School’s Carly Schmidt clears 13-0 to win the IHSA Class 3A state pole vault championship.photography by steve haas

lake Forest’s Schmidt raises the bar — break-

ing the school record — and wins Class

3A state pole vault championship

Height of

glory

“at auburn, I’ll start all over again.”

| Carly Schmidt

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Baseball: The two juniors came up with huge games on May 20, when they combined for six hits and five RBI in LF’s 9-4 win over Zion-Benton in the opening round of the Class 4A Lake Zurich Regional.

Cirame drove home two runs with a sin-gle, double and triple. Reimer had three hits, including a double, and knocked in three runs. Sam Templeman added a triple for the Scouts (14-16).

It made a winner out of senior right-hander Luke Turelli, who went the distance on seven hits.

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Baseball: The junior first baseman drove in four runs with a single, double and home run in HP’s 10-3 victory over visiting Hersey in a Class 4A regional opener on May 20.

The Giants (12-19) also had productive outings from Matt Lowy, Jack Zamost and Harrison Carl. Lowy had two hits, includ-ing a two-run home run in the first inning. Zamost hit a solo blast in the fifth inning. And Carl scored twice and drove home two runs in the sixth inning.

The 11-hit attack made a winner out of Brett Shimanovsky, who pitched six strong innings and scattered eight hits.

The Giants completed regular-season action last week. On May 18, they fell 9-2 to Mundelein. David Joseph and Carl had two hits apiece.

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Soccer: The freshman forward scored two goals as the Scouts downed host Antioch 5-0 in a Class 2A regional championship on May 17. The Scouts had plenty of firepower. The other goal-scorers were Hannah Flagstad, Lucy Edwards and Carly Hoke. Liz Clark, who was stellar in goal, made a couple of diving saves in the second half.

On May 14, the Scouts (9-2-6) topped Wauconda 7-0 in a regional semifinal. Brooke Green opened the scoring off a feed from Carly Hoke. LF went ahead 2-0, when Edwards assisted on a goal scored by Hoke. The other goals were scored by McKendry (2), Ginny Revenaugh, Paige Bourne and Adams.

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Soccer: Welch and Lybrook scored goals in NT’s 2-0 over host St. Ignatius in a Class 3A regional final on May 17. Welch was assisted by Jessie Berman. Lybrook scored on a restart from 30 yards out.

The Trevians defeated Maine East 8-0 in the regional semifinal on May 14.

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Soccer: The freshman standout had a goal and an assist in LA’s 4-0 victory over Niles West in the Class 3A Loyola Regional final on May 17.

The other goals were scored by Lila Adler, Caroline O’Grady and Emily Affinito. The other assists were credited to Corey Burns, Margaret Walker and Colleen McClintic.

The Ramblers opened postseason play with a 9-0 victory over Schurz on May 14.

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Soccer: The junior midfielder scored HP’s lone goal in a 2-1 loss to Stevenson in the

semifinal round of the Class 3A Hersey Regional on May 14. The Giants finished with an 11-7-3 overall record.

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Track (Boys): The senior came up with an inspired performance at the Class 3A Buffalo Grove Sectional on May 16. In his first outdoor meet of the season, Bund, who had been sidelined with a stress fracture, qualified to this weekend’s state meet the hard way: running in the slow heat of the 1600 meters. Despite that, he placed fifth and beat the state cut by nearly two seconds by finishing the four laps in 4:20.27.

Bund will be heading to Charleston with four teammates: Scott Powell, Austin McIlvaine, Jack Blumeyer and Nick Giordano. They teamed up in the 4x100 relay to place second and beat their own school record in 42.67. Zion-Benton won the race in 42.43.

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Track (Boys): He earned a berth to the IHSA Class 3A state meet by taking runner-up honors in the triple jump (43-3 ½) at the Niles West Sectional on May 16.

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Volleyball: He finished with 31 assists, 13 digs and two aces to lead the Trevians (29-6) to a hard-earned 24-26, 25-15, 25-21 victory over Glenbrook North in the CSL Championship on May 16.

NT also received strong efforts from Mike Gajos (8 kills, 5 digs), Jack Serrino (6 kills, 3 blocks), Henry Levee (7 kills), Hank Sholl (5 kills), Carlos Zambrano (5 kills) and Brian Hammes (7 digs).

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Volleyball: This talented tandem led the way as the Ramblers picked up win No. 25 (25-4) on May 15 by downing Notre Dame 25-23, 22-25, 25-18. Wieczorek finished with 15 kills and four aces. Barry added 10 kills.

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Water Polo (Boys): The senior standout tal-lied a team-high four goals in NT’s 10-9 IHSA state quarterfinal loss to Naperville North on May 17 at Stevenson High School.

Teammate Jordan Palmer threw in a pair of goals for the Trevians, who finished the season with a 30-4 record. Goalkeeper John Friesen amassed 14 saves.

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Softball: She starred on the mound on May 18, when the host Wildcats topped Willows 13-0 in five innings to win an IHSA Class 2A regional championship. Lovell allowed only two infield hits. She struck out 13 and walked two. Lexi Gonzalez and Allie Vela were the hitting standouts. Both con-nected on three-run homers. Gabbie Reid, Stephanie Ayala and Bitsy Ustaski hit doubles.

Woodlands (13-4) opened postseason play with a 26-0 victory over Chicago Math and Science on May 15. Lovell earned the win with four perfect innings before being relieved by Reid. Kate Edwards hit three of the team’s nine home runs. Lovell and Vela went deep twice. Abby Kendall and Kiara McKinley also had homers.

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■ by kevin reiterman [email protected]

Talk about a sure thing.Running leg three of the 4x800 relay,

Jessica Ackerman tore up the track and “took the race over.”

And then … bam!She handed the baton over to the anchor

girl: Courtney Ackerman. Closing time.“Barring a natural disaster, I thought

we should be OK with Courtney and the lead,” said New Trier High School girls track coach Bob Spagnoli.

No need for a federal investigation. Courtney put the final touches on NT’s gold-medal performance at the IHSA Class 3A state meet in Charleston on May 18.

The loaded relay, which also featured sophomore Mimi Smith and senior captain Kathleen Keene, circled the eight laps in 9:04.86. New Trier left runner-up Palatine in its wake (9:12.21).

The Trevians were in cruise control. The state record 8:59.03 was, at least, in their sights.

“That (state record) didn’t come into the conversation,” said Spagnoli. “But we knew that this combination could match up against anyone.”

Smith, who has developed into of the state’s elite runners, and Keene were the table setters.

“Mimi kept us at the front and Kathleen ran a PR,” Spagnoli said.

“I thought Kathleen’s race was as inspir-ing as anyone’s. She was two seconds faster on Saturday than she was on Friday (pre-lims). You can’t ask for much more than that.”

Jessica Ackerman’s two laps were lights out.

“When she took the baton, she was in fourth place,” said the New Trier coach. “She took the race over.”

It was a great day all the way around for the celebrated Ackerman twins.

Jessica Ackerman, who will run colle-giately at Princeton, also medaled in the 800 meters (5th, 2:15.69). Spread over four years, she finished her high school track career with eight all-state performances.

Courtney Ackerman, who is headed to the University of Illinois, just missed picking up the gold in the 1600 meters (4:53.98). In a race best described as a spectacle, she was edged out by Glenbard West junior Madeline Perez (4:52.24).

The two standouts were neck and neck for the first 1500 meters. Ackerman took a lead with 200 meters left but was unable to hold off the hard-kicking Perez, who also captured gold in the 3200 meters.

“We’re not disappointed in the least,” said Spagnoli. “Courtney gave us every ounce she had. Perez was just faster.”

Ackerman, who didn’t compete at state during her sophomore campaign, ended up with six all-state showings.

As a team, New Trier finished ninth with 24 points. Lincoln-Way East was the team champ (79 points).

Highland ParkNyjah Lane found another gear at the

IHSA state meet.The Highland Park junior speedster

darted to a fourth-place finish in the 100 meters. Her eye-popping 12.09 shattered her PR (12:38).

“Everything was good with her,” said HP coach Sarah Palmberg. “It was a great race from start to finish.”

Lane, known for her rocket-burst fin-ishes, has been tinkering with her start.

“I think she got it right,” said Palmberg. “All of the hard work paid off.”

Her 12:09 was startling.“When I saw her time pop up (on the

board), I went ,‘Whoa,’ ” the Giants’ coach said. “And I think she felt the same way.”

Lane also stood on the awards stand after anchoring HP’s eighth-place 4x100 relay (48.93). She shared that glory with freshman Kenzie Horberg, sophomore Kiera Thorpe and junior Courtney Bartelstein.

Their future is bright and sunny. “The first time that these four ever ran together

was at the sectional,” said Palmberg. Thorpe just missed making the finals cut

in the 400 meters. Her time of 57.67 was the 11th fastest in the prelims. It also was good enough to break her own school record.

Loyola The Ramblers’ 4x800 relay placed 11th

at the state meet. Sarah Kelley, Caroline Zaworski, Jackie McDonnell and Claire Monticello were clocked in 9:29. They advanced to Saturday’s finals by running a 9:25.72 in heat three of the prelims. ■


Jonah Hanig took part in some ground-breaking at the Niles West Sectional.

Now, the Highland Park High School senior distance ace is looking for a

breakthrough performance, when he races at the Class 3A state track meet this week-end in Charleston.

“Jonah has been running at a high level,” said Highland Park head coach Kevin Caines. “But he hasn’t had the breakout race yet. Hopefully he puts one together

at state.”At the NW Sectional on May 16, Hanig

got hooked up in an interesting battle with Deerfield star Alex Gold in the 3200 meters. There was a lot of give and take, a lot of jockeying for the lead position in the eight-lap race.

Ultimately, the gold went to Gold. The senior, a University of Illinois recruit, turned on the jets in the final 400 meters and won in a time of 9:17.81.

“He made his move, and he got away from me,” said Hanig.

Second place — and the silver lining — belonged to Hanig.

The Giant, who also qualified to state last year, will head to Charleston with some extra incentive. He’d like to TNT his sec-tional time (9:22.27).

“I haven’t had my breakout race … yet,” said Hanig, who will run at the Columbia University next season. “I’m capable of run-ning a lot faster.

“I’ve had a good senior year but not a great one. But it takes just one race.”

He’ll enter the race with the 14th best sectional time.

His experience from last year’s trip to the oval at Eastern Illinois University figures to pay dividends.

“He knows how to do this,” said Caines. “The goal for him is the awards stand.”

The fear factor? Hanig should do fine there.

“He’s not afraid to run against anyone,”

said the HP coach added.Hanig has been through his shares of

battles.In the fall, he earned all-state honors

in cross-country by finishing 21st on the Detweiller Park course in Peoria.

In the winter, he placed fifth in the 3200 meters and broke a school record (9:25.18) at the Illinois Top Times indoor championships.

And, earlier this spring, he claimed the CSL North 3200-meter outdoor title with a career-best 9:19.72.

Hanig’s other highlight at the Niles West Sectional came in the 1600 meters. His life-time best time of 4:22.02 (6th place) also made the state cut, which was enough to break new ground at HPHS.

“In my 28 years at HPHS, I’ve never had a runner qualify to state in the both the 1600 and 3200,” said Caines.

And here’s some more earth being moved. HP junior Angel Estrada also advanced to state in the 1600 (3rd, 4:21.16).

“This also is the first time that we’ve sent two guys down in the 1600,” said Caines.

Notable: Hanig and Estrada will be joined in Charleston by Andrew Sledd. The HP senior sprinter blazed to the finish line in 10.98. It was good enough to set a school record but not good enough to edge Evanston’s Reggie Murphy, who won the race in a photo finish.. ■

Tearing up The Track new Trier relay comes up with a four-star performance at state

new Trier high School’s Courtney Ackerman, seen here at the loyola Sectional, claimed runner-up honors in the 1600 meters at the ihSA state meet.


HP’s Hanig hoping for a ‘breakout race’ at state meet

highland park high School’s Jonah hanig and Angel estrada keep pace with the eventual 1600-meter winner, new Trier’s peter Cotsirilos, at the niles West Sectional last week.



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Steve Rudman’s favorite brand of doubles will never win a taste contest.

The Highland Park High School boys tennis coach has dubbed it “Vanilla Doubles.” It’s plain and simple.

And highly effective.“I hate chocolate,” Rudman snickered at his

school’s sectional meet on May 18.But he loved what his top doubles team of fresh-

man David Aizenberg and sophomore Teddy Dunn had accomplished. The pair took runner-up honors at the sectional to net HP’s lone state berth.

“Two balls in play,” Aizenberg said after he and his partner fell 6-3, 6-1 to Deerfield seniors Noah Rosenblat/Harrison Crist in the doubles final.

“Two balls in play” — it’s one of the mantras of “Vanilla Doubles.” Translation: Be sure to get your side’s first two shots of a point in play and then … “Let the point evolve from there,” Aizenberg said.

Aizenberg/Dunn, seeded second, lost a combined two games in their first two sectional matches on May 17 before advancing to the final with a trun-cated defeat [6-4, injury default] of Deerfield’s No. 2 tandem.

“They’re not as physically strong as some of the doubles players we’ve had here in the past,” Rudman said of his state qualifiers. “But they’ll get there, and I’m pleased with how they’ve played for the most part.”

Rudman first paired Aizenberg and Dunn at the Hinsdale Central Invite in April. Aizenberg, a sea-soned tournament singles player before entering high school, had been battling at No. 1 singles for Giants.

Dunn played some at No. 4 doubles last year.From staff intern to co-CEO — in one year.“I have to applaud Teddy,” Rudman said. “That’s a

big jump … one of the biggest jumps ever in our pro-gram. He’s done a very good job in a tough position.”

Dunn and Aizenberg are aware of the importance of projecting positive body language in between points. Slouching after an unforced error is frowned up.

So is a frown.“If we lose a point, we forget about it and focus immediately on the next point,” Dunn

said. “We do our best to stay positive at all times.”Added Aizenberg: “Make (spectators) think the

score is always tied when they walk by.”HP finished third (12 points) in the team stand-

ings, one point behind runner-up Prospect. Champion Deerfield (26) qualified all four of its entrants to state.

The state meet was scheduled to start May 23 at Hersey High School in Arlington Heights and at many other sites.

Lake Forest HS: All in.The Scouts advanced the maximum (four entrants)

to this weekend’s state meet and easily captured the Warren Sectional on May 18.

Lake Forest junior singles ace Peter Tarwid lost only one game in three matches before being declared sectional champ when Warren senior Kristiyan Trukov defaulted (injury) the final.

“Peter was dominant, really untested,” Scouts coach Corky Leighton said.

Scouts sophomore Brice Polender finished third after forcing Trukov to earn a 2-6, 6-2, 6-2 semi-final win.

“Lots of running and lots a long rallies in that one,” Leighton said. “It was probably the best match of the tournament.”

LF’s duos of John Zordani/Scott Christian and Camron Bagheri/Connor O’Kelly also extended their seasons in Gurnee. Both doubles teams reached the championship match, but it was not played.

“The default in the final was due to some concerns about nagging injuries,” Leighton said earlier this week. “Everyone seems fine now and eager to play well at state.”

LF topped the sectional field with 35 points; run-ner-up Warren tallied 25.

Loyola Academy: Ramblers junior Anthony Arocho hit countless shots in a 6-1, 5-7, 6-4 Niles West Sectional semifinal defeat of New Trier sopho-more Will Szokol last weekend.

He didn’t strike a ball in the final — and still emerged as a champion.

highland park high School’s david Aizenberg hits a volley in front of teammate Teddy dunn during sectional action. The duo advanced to state after placing second at the sectional.


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Marta Considine worked as a lifeguard at Lake Shore Country Club in Glencoe last summer.

Total times she had to hit the water to save a swimmer: 0.

An inactive, unproductive lifeguard is a good thing.

The Loyola Academy junior and Wilmette resident played for the Ramblers’ girls water polo team this spring.

Total goals she scored: 120, sixth all-time [single season] in program history.

An active, productive poloist is a really good thing.

But what impressed LA coach Rich Schici more than anything else about the 5-foot-9 Considine had nothing to do with statistics, not even the crucial steal/assist sequence Considine had authored at the end of Loyola’s 5-4 defeat of New Trier in the Glenbrook North Sectional final on May 11.

“She brought a big smile to practice every day, with a great attitude,” Schici said a few days after his crew fell 12-11 to Lincoln-Way Central in a state quarterfinal at Stevenson on May 16.

“Marta,” he added, “has experienced some big-time success the past two sea-sons, and she is still very grounded.”

Surrounded at home, too — by five brothers: 20-year-old T.J. [Northwestern University student]; Jack [Loyola Academy

senior]; Michael [LA freshman]; Kevin [fifth-grader]; and Charlie [second-grader].

Each swims. T.J. and Jack chucked water polo balls for LA teams.

“Chlorinated” isn’t officially a synonym for “Considine sibling.”

Yet.“It hasn’t been bad,” Marta said of living

with so many males. “My older brothers have taught me so much about water polo; I played soccer before my freshman year, so their knowledge of water polo, along with their support, was helpful.

“My brothers come to my games, and they never criticize me after the games.”

Days after the game against New Trier in a sectional final earlier this month, Schici asked Considine to fill him in on some of the details that had unfolded in the show-down’s final 10 seconds. With the score tied at 4-4, the Ramblers’ second-leading scorer stole a pass and dished the ball to the Ramblers’ leading scorer, senior Evan Swenson, who tossed in the game-winner with 6.8 seconds left.

But Considine could only shrug.“I can’t remember what happened; it was

a blur, those final seconds,” she said. “Our mindset as a team in that game was, ‘Just play, don’t think.’ Maybe that’s why I’m having a tough time remembering.”

Considine would have liked to have been able to review footage of the game.

One problem: Nobody from Loyola vid-eotaped it.

Considine had no problem recalling what motivated her and her teammates through-out the Ramblers’ 23-11 season in 2013.

It was a loss to NT, in a sectional final in ’12.

“That drove us, pretty much all season,” said Considine, who ranked second among teammates in assists [26] this spring behind Swenson [31].

LA got off to a 12-4 start in ’13, with its biggest win coming against eventual state champ St. Ignatius. LA topped St. Ignatius 11-10 on March 27, tallying the clincher in the final 30 seconds of the fourth quarter.

The Wolfpack avenged the loss with a 16-8 decision on April 19.

Schici’s club then won four straight before losing to Mother McAuley and Fenwick in consecutive games at the Metro Catholic Conference Tournament on May 4. Loyola responded by outscoring three playoff oppo-nents by a combined 43-21 at the Glenbrook North Sectional to secure its seventh Elite Eight state berth in nine years.

Swenson poured in a team-high five goals in the state quarterfinal loss to Lincoln-Way Central last weekend; Considine scored four.

The pair had entered the season as half of the Ramblers’ fourth-place 200-yard freestyle relay at last fall’s state meet. Considine was a relay alternate at previ-ous state meets.

“That was awesome and exciting, being able to swim and contribute points for

my team,” recalled the sprint specialist, who has trained for years with the YWCA Flying Fish in Evanston.

Considine hasn’t ruled out the thought of playing water polo in college after one more year at LA. Most of the polo schools are located on the West and East coasts.

“Academics first,” she said. “If the school I choose has a water polo team, great. I’d consider playing it.”

Schici considers himself lucky, because he gets to coach Considine for another season.

“Marta is an exceptional student-athlete, with a strong approach to education,” he said. “That stems from a family tradition of academic excellence.

“Next year, in water polo,” he added, “she will continue to impress her peers and coaches.”

Notable: The 2013 IWP all-state teams were announced on Tuesday.

In girls, the list includes Loyola’s Evan Swenson (1st team), Marta Considine (sec-ond team) and Meredith O’Brien (honorable mention). New Trier had two selections: Alexana Astor (second team) and Kelsey Willian (third team).

In boys, Loyola had two players recog-nized: Jack Considine (second team) and Cameron Shewchuck (third team). New Trier had three honorees: Jordan Palmer (first team), Joey Ryan (second team) and Jason Barta (fourth team). ■

GooD To GoalProlific Considine scores 120 times for loyola academy’s girls water polo team

loyola Academy’s Marta Considine, seen here against new Trier, finished the season with 120 goals.photography by joel lerner



His leap of faith came on a rebound. Playing hoops had been his first love.

But when Taylor Alarcon didn’t make the freshman bas-ketball team at New Trier High School, he went searching for a new sport.

“Thank God, I didn’t make it,” said the NT senior, shortly after winning the triple jump (46-0 ½) at the Niles West Sectional on May 16 and qualifying to this weekend’s IHSA Class 3A state track and field meet in downstate Charleston. “I never would have gone out for track … if I had made the basketball team.

“Track,” he added, “has become such an important part of my life.”

His progress in the triple jump not only can be measured in feet and inches but also in leaps and bounds. After set-ting the school record in 2012 (44-9 ½), he has come up with a stellar senior season. He leapt a career best 46-7 ½ at the Glenbrook North Relays on April 26 after claiming the CSL North indoor title with a 46-5 ¾ mark on March 15.

Triple jumpers of his ilk usually find themselves in demand.

Alarcon, who also is a talented musician and math quiz, will compete in college after making a verbal commitment to Brown University earlier this month.

The sky, as they say, will be the limit for this Ivy League-bound athlete.

“At Brown, I plan on putting on more muscle and get-ting a lot faster,” said Alarcon, who won the sectional title by almost three feet. “It’s great having the opportunity to compete as an NCAA athlete.”

His focus, especially this year, has been on the triple jump.

“Triple jump is my natural calling,” said Alarcon, who started out as a high jumper. “With triple jump, you need more reactive fibers in your legs. I’ve never been as good in the long jump. With long jump, there’s more raw power. You have to be more explosive.”

New Trier jumps coach Matt Ravenscraft has seen Alarcon’s rise to elite status first hand.

“What a blessing to work with Taylor,” Ravenscraft, who is in his third year with the Trevians. “The best compli-ment that I can give him is that he forced me to become a better coach.”

Ravenscraft attended coaching clinics and studied the nuances of triple jumping in an effort to improve his prized pupil.

“But all of the credit goes to Taylor,” said Ravenscraft, a former jumper and soccer player at Glenbard East High School, who went on play college soccer at Wheaton College. “He improved his strength and speed and that helped him stay healthy.

“You can’t do all of the technique things unless you are strong and fast,” the coach added.

Staying healthy has been key for Alarcon.“I’ve done a lot of preventive stuff this year,” he said.

“Sleeping well. Eating well. The littlest things can make the biggest differences.”

The turning point in Alarcon’s young career came in the final meet of the 2012 season. He went 44-4 at sectional but didn’t qualify for state.

“That was pretty crushing,” said Ravenscraft. “We thought for sure that he’d be in the mix at state last year. To his credit, not qualifying drove him to get better. He went to the weight room every day.

“I am most impressed with his consistency. He hasn’t lost all season.”

Alarcon didn’t waste any time at this year’s sectional. He went over 45 feet on his first attempt.

“I felt bouncy on my first jump, which is good, but (at the same time) I felt a little wobbly on the runway,” said Alarcon. “I was more controlled on the second jump (46-0 ½).”

Alarcon, who is a left, left, right leaper, has found a way to zone out — doubts and distractions — in order to zone in on the matter at hand.

Like a free-throw shooter on a basketball team, he uses the same routine prior to each attempt. While on the run-way, he rocks his body back and makes a salute-like ges-ture three times.

“I’m taking time to gather my thoughts. I do a lot of visualization,” Alarcon said. “As a jumper, you want to be excited but also relaxed. You don’t want to have any anxi-ety. That’s the worst thing you can have.”

And this also is where the bars, resonators and mallets come into play. Alarcon, a former member of the high school band, is a percussionist who specializes in the marimba.

“Music,” he said, “helps me escape the anxieties of life.”And when it comes to the marimba? “I’m looking to get

back into it at Brown,” said Alarcon. “I miss it.”His future life at Brown will be a full one. He might

major in applied math.“Calculus is my thing,” he said.Or, he might study chemical engineering.“I’ll go wherever the curriculum takes me.”In the meantime, all of his energy will be thrown in this

weekend’s triple jump event. Two competitors, Lake Park’s Shawn Koch and Belleville West’s Jamion Nast, went over 48 feet in sectional competition. Alarcon recorded the sev-enth best sectional jump.

No matter, Alarcon doesn’t get caught up with track web sites and rankings.

“That stuff can get into your head,” he said. “I’d rather compete against myself. That’s how you get better.”

Notable: Alarcon won’t be a one-man band in Charleston. NT junior Peter Cotsirilos advanced in the 1600 meters with a first-place finish (4:19.62) at Niles West. The Trevians also qualified their 4x800 relay, when Ted Oh, Charlie Kupets, Connor Trapp and Pat O’Reilly raced to a second-place finish (8:04.09).

The Trevians, who placed fourth with 58 points to finish behind Evanston (85), Glenbrook South (72) and Prospect (70), had a couple of competitors come up just short. Chase Silverman finished third in the 3200 (9:30.50) and just missed the state cut (9:29.04). Matt Lecinski was third in the 100 (11.31) and Isaac Neale was third in the high jump (5-11). ■

Do tHE MAtH

It’s all adding up — and looking up — for New Trier

triple jumper Alarcon

new Trier’s Taylor Alarcon goes airborne in the triple jump at the niles West Sectional.photography by joel lerner

NT junior Alex Galoustian defaulted the match because of an injury.

An injury to Arocho had sidelined him during the pre-vious weekend’s Chicago Catholic League Tournament.

“He showed how much we need his leadership and abil-ity,” LA coach Tom Fitzgerald said after three of his four entrants advanced to the state meet.

Ramblers sophomore and fifth-seeded Andrew Golota knocked out the sectional’s fourth seed in a state-qualifying match and ended up fourth.

LA’s other state qualifiers, seniors Patrick Rourke/Jake Sexton, placed fourth in doubles after avenging a loss to a Niles West tandem in a first-round match.

“We always felt Patrick and Jake gave us the best oppor-tunity to qualify a doubles team,” Fitzgerald said.

LA (26 points) finished runner-up to NT (33).

New Trier: The Trevians’ championship effort at the Niles West Sectional was “new”-sy.

A mostly new squad this spring — five of New Trier’s six netter had never battled in a sectional — earned four state berths last weekend in Skokie.

And one of NT coach Tad Eckert’s doubles teams (seniors Chas Mayer/Drake Weyermuller) is a new combo.

Mayer/Weyermuller beat really-new-to-the-scene Scott and Tom Bickel 4-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the doubles final.

The Bickels are freshman twins.Singles runner-up Alex Galoustian, a New Trier junior,

and third-place finisher Will Szokol, a sophomore, also advanced to state.

“It’s exiting to have a new team peaking for the state tournament,” Eckert said. “We accomplished some of our team goals at the sectional, and we’ll go after the others (at state). ■

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Academy at West Point in 2010, we saw friends we hadn’t seen in years.

We stayed at the Marriott across the Hudson River. It just worked out beautifully. It was a lovely hotel. They had busses for us, which was perfect because there’s no park-ing at West Point.

We went to the new library that overlooked the Hudson and had spectacular views. There was a wonderful por-trait of Thomas Jefferson, who started West Point in 1802.

We went to lunch in the cadet mess. It was so much fun talking with current cadets. Some served in Afghanistan and had medals.

We were married in the chapel there in an ice storm. Alan said he couldn’t get the car doors open — I said I’d be there with a blowtorch. They always have a memorial service in the chapel for classmates who have passed away. Now more are passing away from illness than from war. Afterwards there’s a cocktail reception where everyone wants to talk about their friends who have passed away. It’s very poignant.

The most fun thing was a tour into New York City. We had lunch cruising around New York Harbor. Some class-mates’ grandfathers had left from Governors Island for World War I — some were never seen again. There was a lot of history there. We had lived in New York for three years in the 1960s. Central Park looked great, much bet-ter than back then.

The two of us also went to wineries in the Finger Lakes region. There was one called Lamoreaux. The building looks like you’re in Italy — you look across the lake to the mountains.

Carol and Alan Champ, as told to David SweetU.S. Military Academy graduate and lake Forest American legion member Alan Champ gets together with his wife Carol, the for-mer president of the Friends of lake Forest library.

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