The North Shore Weekend East, Issue 176

The Hubbard Woods Parent Teacher Organization is col-lecting fond memories about

Hubbard Woods School - stories, photos, videos - in honor of the school’s 100th Anniversary.

The PTO will incorporate these stories into a commemorative video that will be showcased at the school’s 100th Anniversary Open House on Tuesday, May 3rd from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

The PTO welcomes alumni to attend one of three Drop In Sessions at Hubbard Woods School, where a member of the PTO will videotape and/or collect pictures and stories.

There is no need to make a reserva-tion, however, if alumni have any questions or would like to lock in a specific date and time, the PTO invites them to email [email protected].

Drop in sessions are as follows:• Wednesday, February 24th from

1-3 PM

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BY STEVE SADIN DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM

LAKE FOREST – Visitors to downtown Lake Forest will have a new place to relax this

summer when Market Square adds an arcade on its north side to complement the one on the south.

L3 Capital, the owners of the shopping area, will add commu-nity space by June 1 with entranc-es between Forest Bootery and Sweet Pete’s and another off Bank Lane near the post office, accord-ing to company principal Michael Schreiber.

“We’re turning a very ugly service alley into an updated com-munity space,” Schreiber said. “There will be community events and our events. There will be places for people to sit and gather.”

Schreiber said the north arcade will be similar to the one already existing on the south side of the square with entrances between the current home of Lake Forest Book

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BY JULIE KEMP PICK DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM

HIGHLAND PARK —Power boating is making waves in Highland Park, as

several organizations and indi-viduals are advocating for a way to maintain access to the Park Avenue Beach boat launch.

The Park District has consid-ered eliminating power boats to ensure the public can safely access Park Avenue Beach outside of the security fence of the city’s Water Treatment Plant.

The discussion is expected to continue at the next City Council meeting Monday, Feb. 22 at 7:30 p.m.

City Councilman and Park District liaison Anthony E. Blum-berg, along with various stake-holders have formed an ad hoc working group to develop strate-gies for a solution.

Members of the group include: Ghida Neukirch, city manager; Scott Meyers, park board presi-dent; and Liza McElroy, park district executive director, and four members of the former Park Avenue Task Force.

“At [an earlier] working group meeting we just flushed out the

BOAT ACCESS BATTLEMarket Square Adding Courtyard

ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT

SPORTSLake Forest High School’s Alex Streightiff claims the diving title at the North Suburban Conference. P25

THEATREREVIEW Citadel Theatre’s production ‘Educating Rita’ is reviewed. P15

SUNDAY BREAKFASTProfile of Gabrielle Rousso, executive director of The Art Center-Highland Park. P34

Sailors ready to set sail at Park Avenue Beach. PHOTO FROM FRIENDS OF PARK AVENUE BEACH’S FACEBOOK PAGE

Hubbard Woods PTO Seek Alumni For 100-Anniversary Video

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12 boat battle Highland Park grapples with power boat access for Park Avenue Beach.

12 market square changes Lake Forest High School teacher convicted of battery.

12 hubbard woods Alumni sought for 100-year anniversary video.

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14 north shore foodie Napolita Pizzeria comes to Wilmette.

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LAKE FOREST — Forest Bootery is getting a facelift and do not be surprised to

see members of the staff carrying boxes of shoes across Market Square.The longtime Lake Forest

merchant of shoes, clothing and outerwear has temporarily moved a block west to 675 Forest Avenue while its existing space is thor-oughly remodeled, according to Cara Garrison, who owns the business with her sister, Cristina Garrison.

The store moved its inventory to its interim space on Forest Feb. 9 and Cara Garrison said she hopes to be back in her longtime location at the northeast entrance to Market Square in April.

“We’re going to have a grand reopening,” Cara Garrison said. “We’ll be welcoming the com-munity back and have a celebra-tion of one of one of the city’s oldest, successful businesses that’s still here.”

Cara Garrison said the store first opened in 1949 and her father, Paul Garrison, bought it in 1976. She said he was its third

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Cara Garrison. She said the company started with one unit and added two more as it ex-panded its merchandise mix into clothing and outerwear. Windows will be larger, playing a bigger role.

“It will be more user friendly,” Cara Garrison said. “It will be one store instead of three. The floor plan will make it appear we have more space. Sally can see her friend in the window and come in to see what’s going on.”

The smaller temporary quar-ters do pose some challenges, according to Cara Garrison. Some inventory remains in its original storage space poten-tially necessitating a trip across Market Square to find the right size as a sales associate did while assisting a customer February 11.

The remodeled store is not the only major change for the Gar-rison sisters in the last five months. They opened Lake & Co. Oct. 13 on the north side of Market Square a few doors west of Forest Bootery, offering their outerwear collection.

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The addition is part of a larger project that includes a complete-ly renovated Forest Bootery and back entrances to some of the shops on the north end of the square, according to Schreiber. Forest Bootery is in a temporary space at 675 Forest Avenue during the renovation.

“Forest Bootery was in need of a facelift,” Schreiber said. “They will have a completely remodeled store that is updated and wide open.”

Cara Garrison, one of the owners of Forest Bootery along with her sister, Cristina Garrison, said she is looking forward to the changes.

“The idea has been on the books for 10 years,” Cara Garrison, who has been involved with her busi-ness since 1976, said. “The land-lord has been great to us in making this happen.”Einstein Bros. Bagels and

Forest Bootery already have com-mitted to both front entrances and one off the arcade, according to Schreiber. He said he is talking to other merchants about adding an entrance.

“There will be tables and

chairs,” Schreiber said. “People will be able to leave Einstein’s from the back.”A glance at the Bank Lane

entrance shows a construction zone. Shoppers can see a wood barrier between Forest Bootery

and Sweet Pete’s, which Schreiber said will come down and become the entrance once the project is complete.

Merchants will be able to con-tinue to use the area as a service entrance during non business

hours, according to Schreiber.Other changes going on at

Market Square include the opening of the Daily Grind in the south arcade within 45 to 60 days, according to Schreiber.

Schreiber also said Starbucks is expected to start construction on its new shop at 672 North Western Ave. in three to four weeks with a summer opening planned. The coffee shop is relocating from its current Bank Lane location.

The book store will leave Market Square to move four doors south at 662 North Western Ave., according to a previous Daily North Shore story.

Alixandra’s Collections will depart at the end of February, ac-cording to Murray Chesno, one of the owners of the 10-store chain with shops in the Chicago area and Arizona. He said no other stores are closing and is looking for another North Shore location.

Schreiber said he is negotiating with potential tenants for both storefronts but has no signed leases yet.

operational issues,” said David Multack, former vice chairman of the Park Avenue Task Force. “Blumberg made it known before the meeting that the west road option was off the table.”

Multack said the boating groups and other residents are planning to attend the Feb. 22 meeting to see if the city has reconsidered keeping the west road open, or adopting the “4 percent solution.” This solution was created by the former Task Force to keep the west road open for Highland Park Fire Depart-ment rescue boats, sailboats, kayaks and power boats on weekends and holidays during the busiest seasons.

Two key meetings were held ear lier this month to discuss access to Park Avenue Beach. A Feb. 8 city council meeting drew a standing room only crowd. Members of Friends of Park Avenue Beach and the North Shore Yacht Club (NSYC), former members of the Park Avenue Task Force (PATF) and others spoke for two hours about the importance of keeping the boat launch open.

NYSC member Jean Sogin summarized: “For the first time power boaters, sailors, fisherman, and kayakers are all on the same page.”

Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering said the city’s goal was to get people to use their boats and enjoy lakefront activities,

despite changes in parking and boating storage. “We are very much dedicated to maintaining access to the beach,” she said.

Later in the meeting she ex-plained “the city has nothing to do with boating operations. The city is in charge of the road only, the Park District is responsible for the boating, and it leases the property from the city.”

Julie Timmons, former PATF member, said currently there’s a one-way traffic flow where you enter from the west road, drive around to the south of the Water Treatment Plant and exit from the north road.

Timmons urged the city and the Park District to provide safe access for all lakefront activities including power boating for 2016 and beyond. The Task Force would like to create a workable plan that would include power boaters for the 2016 boating season to be directed by repre-sentatives from City Council, city staff, the Park District board, and Park District staff.

The North Shore Yacht Club opened in 1935 before the Water Treatment Plant was built, ac-cording to Commodore Alan Cohen. Without the Park Avenue Beach boat launch, there would be no safe harbor between Winnetka and Lake Forest — a distance of 11 miles, he said.

Highland Park resident Steven Fouco suggested using a security service similar to the Lake Forest Beach boating area, because Highland Park also has

the same layout with two roads; one entering and one exiting. “The closure of the west road would be overkill,” he said. “If we can keep the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memo-rial open in Washington DC, why is it that we would close a road in Highland Park, IL, about an unspecific threat to our Water Treatment facilities?”

He suggested putting in a blast wall rather than closing the west road, and having people who want to enter the south beach carry bar-coded cards for police to check for security pur-poses. This would only be needed four or five months a year to protect the Water Treatment Plant.

On Feb. 9 boating attended the Park District workshop to discuss viable options for trailered boats. The following is a sampling of the most fre-quently asked questions that Scott Meyers, park board presi-dent addressed at that meeting:

Is the Park District or the city planning to close Park Avenue Beach or restrict all public access to this facility?

Meyers: No. This entire issue relates solely to whether and to what extent there will be trailered vehicles at Park Avenue Beach once the city closes the west road and puts up a gate and fence. Neither the city nor the Park District has announced any plans to restrict access for anyone other than with respect to trailered vehicles.

Does the Park District agree with the city’s position that it is necessary to close the west road in order to protect the Water Treatment Plant?

Meyers: The city has not shared any of the security data with the Park District and thus we have no basis to form an opinion one way or the other. We have accepted the city’s position on this issue, and have attempted to work around it to find a solution. I was surprised to hear last night that the city’s anticipated barrier will be a chain link fence, as I was expecting something more sub-stantial. I was also very impressed with a number of the suggestions from the public that the city could consider to provide security. The

Park District stands ready to work with the city to facilitate alterna-tive security procedures that would not require closing the west road.

Is the city correct that there is a traffic study that shows two-way traffic is safe on the east road at Park Avenue Beach?

Meyers: No. Although con-sulting engineers Gewalt Hamil-ton Associates, Inc. did develop and study four traffic options in-cluding two-way traffic, this study did not conclude that providing two-way traffic on the east road at Park Avenue Beach would be safe. To the contrary, this study concluded that on a safety scale of 0-5 (5 being the highest), these four traffic options rated no higher than a two for vehicle-to-pedes-

trian accidents and no higher than a three for vehicle-to-vehicle ac-cidents.

What is your response to the city’s claim that this is all the Park District’s problem, and the city has nothing to do with boating?

Meyers: This is not a boating issue, it is a public safety issue. I wish it was solely the Park Dis-trict’s problem because we could then fix it on our own. But as it turns out, because we do not own the land, or even have a lease, and cannot control the west road, nor any of the other roads or security procedures around the Water Treatment Plant, we will definitely need the city’s help to solve this.

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• Wednesday, February 24th from 6:30-8:30 PM

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Alumni may also Share Memories Virtually by email-ing a video (MP4 or .mov file) or a picture to [email protected].

The PTO requests that emails include student’s name, contact information and years of attendance at Hubbard Woods School. The PTO has launched a a Facebook page to keep the community up to speed on all of the details of the Open House: https://www.facebook.com/Hubbardwood-sonehundred/

The Hubbard Woods 100 Year Anniversary Open House will take place on Tuesday, May 3rd from 6:30-8:30 PM at Hubbard Woods School. All welcome!

Press release submitted by Hubbard Woods PTO.

This artist’s rendering shows what L3 Capital principal Michael Schreiber expects Market Square’s north arcade to look like. IMAGE COURTESY OF L3 CAPITAL

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BY EMILY SPECTRE

WILMETTE – Napolita Pizzeria, a restaurant and wine bar special-

izing in authentic Neapolitan pizza, has added to downtown Wilmette’s role as a foodie desti-nation on the North Shore.

“We love Neapolitan pizza and thought it would do really well on the North Shore,” said Josh Schonfeld, general manager of the restaurant.

Owners Mike Chookaszian, Luke Cholodecki and Nicolas Hynes have clearly invested in the restaurant. The storefront for-merly home to Gilson’s Restau-rant was completely gut-renovat-ed, transforming the space into a polished atmosphere of dark wood, white subway tiles and plenty of seating at the bar area or in the separate dining room.

And this isn’t just any old Italian pizzeria. The restaurant’s stated goal on its menu is “to provide the most authentic Nea-politan pizza you can find on this side of the Atlantic.” But what does that mean for those of us uneducated in the ancient tradi-tions of Neapolitan pizza- making?

First of all, Napolita boasts an authentic Stefan Ferrara wood burning oven imported straight from Napoli. This 7,000 pound oven stands in the corner of the restaurant, right behind a spa-cious new bar where customers can watch Executive Chef Brian

Gusich and his staff make fresh pizza to order. An oven of that size bakes the pizzas at 900 degrees, which means not only are these pizzas done in a flash, but the edges are crispy with a softer center.

And what’s Neapolitan pizza without the most authentic in-gredients? Gusich makes his sauce using only two ingredients: San Marzono tomatoes and salt.

Mozzarella di bufala is imported weekly from Italy and delivered to the restaurant within three days of when it was made. “As fresh as you can get importing a product from Europe,” Gusich said.

Gusich also only uses Antimo Caputo 00 flour, which is milled on the outskirts of Napoli. This flour is so finely milled, that the texture is akin to talcum powder,

producing very delicate dough. The dough is mixed using an Italian-made Pierto Berto dough mixer, which uses a fork mixer instead of the traditional spiral style. This mixer gives the dough a hand-kneaded effect, since the forks pull the dough back onto itself. At 40 quarts, the mixer can yield enough dough to make roughly 225 pizzas.

While the restaurant imports

as many ingredients as possible from Italy, the rest of its ingredi-ents are sourced locally in the Midwest. The chicken parmi-giana is made with free-range chickens from Iowa, while the grass-fed beef is from Michigan and Wisconsin.

After graduating from culinary school, Gusich gained experience in the field working for the per-sonal chef of the Chicago Bulls.

To learn more about Neopolitan pizza, he trained at Forno Rosso Pizzeria in Chicago, one of only two restaurants in Illinois that are certified by the Associazione Verace Pizza Napolentan (VPN). Napolita adheres to the strict VPN-guidelines and is seeking a certification for its restaurant as well.

For customers who seek some-thing other than pizza, the menu provides plenty of choices such as carbonara pasta, pan-fried veal or Mediterranean black sea bass. The bar offers a range of primar-ily Italian wines served by the bottle or glass, with Prosecco and Sangiovese on tap. Local beer and some Italian draft beers are also available, as well as an assortment of Italian focused cocktails. “All of the cocktails have an Italian twist to them,” Schonfeld said.

With a range of choices on its menu, and of course the ever-popular pizzas, Napolita will likely appeal to range of clientele.

“I think we are catering to everything. Great for families, date night, older folks — we are here for everybody,” Schonfeld said. “We expect to be a destina-tion for the North Shore.”

Napolita Pizzeria and Wine Bar is located at 1126 Central Avenue, Wilmette. The restaurant will initially be open for dinner, with plans to be open daily for lunch and weekend brunch.

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In some cultural circles, enter-tainment is regarded as suspect, perceived as less worthy of serious attention, lacking in substance. Willy Russell’s play “Educating Rita,” popularized by the Oscar-nominated 1983 film starring Michael Caine and Julie Walters, proves otherwise. The play is a significant contemplation of class, human frailty, and the belief that lives can be transformed, and in its current production on the Citadel Theatre stage, “Educating Rita,” directed by Mark Lococo, is enormously entertaining.

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working-class hairdresser from Liverpool, twenty-six years old and married to a lout. Deciding to embark on a course of study at the Open University to improve her lot, Rita seeks a tutor in Frank, a middle-aged, world-weary, self-loathing professor of literature whose tutoring fees support his pub tab. In the tragicomic opening scene, Frank is searching the shelves of his library for liquor stashed among his books, naming Eliot and Emerson as he pulls out their titles. Finding a bottle behind a Dickens volume, he pours a drink into his mug and toasts, “To my dear Charlie Dickens, genius and keeper of the Scotch.” A brief phone conversa-tion with Julia, his romantic partner and fellow academic, reveals his preference for the pub over dinner with her. And then his tarty-attired new student Rita blows onto the scene, telling Frank in her heavy Liverpudlian accent about her former school days “coppin’ off an’ all that kind of stuff.” Of her university admit-

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unfolds, the tutorial relationship deepens. Frank guides his student

in her exploration of literature while Rita encourages him to be more than an alcoholic academic and return to the poetry writing he has abandoned. In Russell’s script the banter is quick-witted, one-liners abound, and cultural misunderstandings provide much humor. When Frank brings up the book Howard’s End, Rita remarks, “Yeh. Sound’s filthy doesn’t it? E.M. Foster.” He cor-rects her, “Forster!” to which she replies, “Forced her to do what?”

On opening night there was spontaneous audience applause between scenes, though the musical intervals seemed a bit long, an impression that is likely to dissipate as the production becomes tighter. Frank’s cluttered university office with Gothic arches, floor-to-ceiling books, and the expected patina is rendered in a spot-on set by Eric Luchen. Costume designer David Lund-holm’s work credibly reflects Rita’s transformation from uneducated hairdresser in short, tight skirts, to enlightened, empowered

woman, more tastefully attired. However, for any staging of “Educating Rita” to succeed, its Rita must be galvanizing, and Jess Thigpen’s Rita is just that, com-manding the stage early on with her brashness and spunk, and carrying off her evolution into self-directed woman with aplomb. The role of Frank is less showy, calling for nuance and expressive reflection—foil to Rita’s youthful exuberance. Si Osborne’s Frank masterfully delivers the requisite ennui and erudition in a play that is as much Educating Frank and it is Educating Rita.

It may require a leap of faith to believe that Act One’s Rita, whose idea of worthwhile reading is a picaresque novel titled Ruby-fruit Jungle, recites flawless Blake at the end of Act Two, but it’s one we make cheerfully when the payoff is so satisfying. Citadel’s “Educating Rita” gives us hope for transformation, and as Rita might have said in her Liver-pudlian vernacular, “It’s dead good.”

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Iguess this is where I out myself as a modern-day dino-saur: I still subscribe to an

actual DVD rental service. I smile when the shiny silver discs arrive in my mailbox, as when the Tooth Fairy used to leave quarters under my pillow. Don’t judge me for it.

When I ripped open my last flick, I found inside the red paper envelope an ad for another DVD service, which included a social media cam-paign. The ad asked me to write down my favorite pairing on the ad and snap a photo for posting on Facebook and Instagram with #WeLoveDVD, and then hope that I win the big prize. Again, don’t judge me for par-ticipating.

After posting my own pic – and with the spirit of Valentine’s Day heavy on my mind - I browsed what others had chosen. I brushed past pairs like

“Bacon and Eggs” and “Ben and Jerry” in search of great fic-tional couples that I, too, had known and loved. My oppo-nents in this silly contest did not disappoint.

Of the thousand-plus entries that I skimmed, I found three votes for Johnny Castle and Baby, of Dirty Dancing. Theirs was a secret romance in 1963, when her family visited a Catskills resort where he taught dance. But, oh, that final scene where Johnny confronts Baby’s father and then pulls her on stage for a dance - that will live forever in the hearts of smitten girls.

Two votes went to Rocky Balboa and Adrian. I’ve never seen the Rocky movies in full, but I hear that Rocky and Adrian complement each other throughout the series. They are lucky to figure it out early, as it was on one of their first dates

that Rocky explains how his father told him that his future depended on his body because he didn’t have a brain. Adrian responds with the story of how her mother told her that she wasn’t born with much of a body, so she’d better develop a brain. Maybe I’ll add it to my DVD queue.

Two votes (including mine) in the #WeLoveDVD campaign went to Westley and Buttercup, from the Princess Bride. Like Johnny Castle and Baby, Westley was the farm boy and Buttercup a princess, and their true love was forbidden. Then, of course, it was interrupted by “…fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, mir-acles…” But true love wins in the end, when the narrator ex-plains, “Since the invention of the kiss, there have been five kisses rated the most passionate,

the most pure. This one left them all behind. The end.”

If you’re looking for some-thing to binge watch for Valen-tine’s Day, the #WeLoveDVD list is full of great suggestions; Jim and Pam from The Office, Ricky and Lucy, Leslie Knope and Ben Wyatt from Parks and Rec, Ron Weasley and Herm-ione from the Harry Potter series, Pixar’s Wall-E and Eve, Harry and Sally (you remember how they met), and Carrie and Mr. Big from Sex and the City were among the most recogniz-able pairs.

Their stories are wonderful in the ways that they come to-gether neatly in the end. But before you lament that real life and love is rarely so tidy, re-member that master storyteller Mark Twain explained, “It’s no wonder that truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense.”

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It didn’t happen on the North Shore, but it could have. For such a civilized place, our neck of the woods has plenty of wild spots. Forest preserves, ravines, shorelines and grassland prai-ries.

When you leave well-traveled trails to bushwhack through the empty spaces between them—a metaphoric equivalent of think-ing outside the lines—you have to deal with tangled underbrush, and you’re going to encounter burrs.

These sticky little annoy-ances rub off the weedy plants you brush against, and cling to your legs, boots and sleeves. They prick your fingers when you try to peel them off.

To a part-time inventor named Georges de Mestral, who took his off-trail hike in Swit-zerland during the 1940s, these little pricks were worth it. He mused that burrs could be more than the seeds of weeds, but the seeds of a big idea.

When he got home, he de-tached the stubborn burrs from his clothes and looked at them through a microscope. He dis-covered they were constructed with an elegantly simple pattern of tenacious, tiny hooks de-signed to snag onto things and grip tight. He figured it wouldn’t be hard to duplicate these out of man-made materials.

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1. 463 Green Bay RdLAKE BLUFFSunday 1-3$469,000Daria Andrews, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff847 477.3794 2. 130 Ravine DrLAKE BLUFFSunday 1-3$785,000Martha Pedersen, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff847 687 2946

3. 114 E. Woodland RoadLAKE BLUFFSunday 1-3$1,265,000Patricia Carollo, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff847.951.8817

4. 502 E. Scranton Ave.LAKE BLUFFSunday 12-2PM$549,000Beth Keepper, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors®847.234.0816

5. 630 E. Scranton Ave.LAKE BLUFFSunday 1-3PM$799,000Kathi Hudson, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors®847.234.0485

6. 39 Sunset PlaceLAKE BLUFFSunday 2-4pm$1,250,000Marie Colette, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors®847.234.0816

7. 441 Rockefeller RoadLAKE FORESTSunday 2-4$899,000Lori Glattly, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff847 922 6200 8. 413 Linden AveLAKE FORESTSunday 11-1$699,999Tracy Wurster Team, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff312 972 2515 9. 375 Oakdale AveLAKE FORESTSunday 1:30-3:30$875,000Tracy Wurster Team, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff312 972 2515 10. 383 Washington RdLAKE FORESTSunday 1-3$999,000Joe Pasquesi, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff847 615 5023 11. 431 Spruce Ave

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12. 1130 Ashley RdLAKE FORESTSunday 1-3$1,750,000Jill Okun, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff847 902 2296 13. 147 Green Bay RdLAKE FORESTSunday 1-4$2,270,250Maureen O’Grady-Tuohy, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff847 845 6444 14. 1270 LongmeadowLAKE FORESTSunday 1-3$2,595,000Jean Anderson, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff847 254 1850

15. 1901 Surrey LaneLAKE FORESTSunday 1-3$989,989Kelly & Kiki, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff847.826.6800 16. 153 Ridge LaneLAKE FOREST Sunday 2-4$1,499,000Kelly & Kiki, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff847.826.6800

17. 1341 Edgewood Road LAKE FOREST Sunday 12-2 $1,449,000 Chris Veech, @properties 847.881.0200

18. 757 Valley Road LAKE FOREST Sunday 12-2 $1,059,000 Sondra M. Douglass, @properties 847.295.0700

19. 320 Spruce Ave.LAKE FORESTSunday 1-3 PM$615,000Flor Hasselbring, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors®847.234.0816

20. 1121 S. Green Bay RoadLAKE FORESTSunday 1-3PM$699,000.Brady Andersen, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors®847.234.0485

21. 165 Marion Ave.LAKE FORESTSunday 1-3PM$745,000Leslie Dhamer, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors®847.234.0485

22. 333 E. Westminster Road 1CLAKE FORESTSunday 12-2$1,325,000Jack Comerford, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors®847.234.0485

23. 870 Timber LaneLAKE FORESTSunday 1-3PM$1,049,000Kathi Hudson, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors®847.234.0485

24. 340 Hilldale PlaceLAKE FORESTSunday 1-3PM$1,549,000Kathi Hudson, Griffith, Grant & Lackie Realtors®847.234.0485

25. 2025 Amberley CtLAKE FORESTSunday 11-5$1,199,995Michele Wilson, Coldwell Banker847.234.8000 26. 2035 Amberley CtLAKE FORESTSunday 11-5$1,249,995Mary Pat Lundgren, Coldwell Banker847.234.8000 27. 177 Washington RdLAKE FORESTSunday 1-3$795,000Lori Baker, Coldwell Banker847.234.8000 28. 2030 Knollwood RdLAKE FORESTSunday 2-4$1,575,000Vera & Pat Purcell, Coldwell Banker847.234.8000 29. 555 Beverly PlLAKE FORESTSunday 2-4$675,000Pat Carter, Coldwell Banker847.234.8000

30. 990 W. Deerpath Rd.LAKE FORESTSunday, 1pm-3pm$839,500Gloria Loukas, Baird & Warner847-542-1239

31. 575 Glenwood Rd.LAKE FORESTSunday, 1pm-3pm$525,000Paula Moss, Baird & Warner847-308-4085

32. 1079 Jensen Dr.LAKE FORESTSunday, 1pm-3pm$1,395,000Elizabeth Rasmussen, Baird & Warner847-721-3481

33. 990 W Deerpath Rd.LAKE FORESTSaturday 1pm-3pm$839,500Laura Henderson, Baird & Warner708-997-7778

34. 1516 N Western Ave.LAKE FORESTSunday 1pm-3pm$890,000Laura Henderson, Baird & Warner708-997-7778

35. 871 Longwood Dr.LAKE FORESTSunday 2pm-4pm$579,000Brunhild Baass, Baird & Warner847.804.0092

36. 1920 Sunnyside Avenue HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-4 $925,000 Eve & Michael Del Monte, @properties 847.432.0700

37. 1353 Lincoln Avenue HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-3 $749,000 Jacqueline Trotter Lotzof, @properties 847.432.0700

38. 335 County Line Road HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-3 $699,999 Susan Brown Burklin, @properties 847.432.0700

39. 819 Broadview Avenue HIGHLAND PARK Sunday 1-3 $650,000 Salinas/Wexler, @properties 847.432.0700

40. 827 Timber HillHIGHLAND PARKSunday 1-3$639,000Linda Waldman, Baird & Warner847.691.1044

41. 1748 Wildrose CtHIGHLAND PARKSunday 1-3pm$1,199,000Rubenstein Fox Team, Baird & Warner847.565.6666

42. 348 Park AveHIGHLAND PARKSunday 1-3$385,000Karen Skurie, Baird and Warner847.361.4687

43. 650 PineDEERFIELDSunday 1-3$359,999Janie Bress, Coldwell Banker847-217-7144 44. 2436 Oak Avenue NORTHBROOK Sunday 1-3 $995,000 Jane Corder, @properties 847.381.0300

45. 1852 HighlandNORTHBROOKSunday 11-1$319,900Scott Kalo, Berkshire Hathaway KoenigRubloff 312.719.0626

46. 2985 Walters Ave.NORTHBROOKSunday, 1-4$1,888,000Vicki Nelson, Coldwell Banker Winnetka847.446.4000

47. 1831 Mission Hills #207NORTHBROOKSunday 12-2$339,000Linda Jacobson, Coldwell Banker847-217-6629 48. 570 Drexel Ave.GLENCOESunday, 1-3$789,000Jessica Rosien, Coldwell Banker Winnetka847.446.4000 49. 560 Drexel Ave.GLENCOE Sunday, 12-2$525,000Hilde Wheeler Carter, Coldwell Banker Winnetka847.446.4000 50. 474 MadisonGLENCOESunday 1-2:30pm$1,525,000Gloria Matlin, Coldwell Banker847.951.4040

51. 2345 Clover Ln.NORTHFIELDSunday, 1-3$1,475,000Mary Ellen Stalzer, Coldwell Banker Winnetka847.446.4000 52. 424 Fox Meadow Dr.NORTHFIELDSunday, 12-2$985,000Maureen Mohling, Coldwell Banker Winnetka847.446.4000 53. 433 LocustWINNETKASunday 1-3$1,550,000Peg O’Halloran, Baird & Warner847.446.1855

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$2,975,00067 Beach RoadGlencoe5 Bedrooms, 5.1 BathroomsExclusively Presented By: Elena [email protected]@atproperties.com

Amazing location! This is a remarkable, elegant, custom stone manor with slate roof and direct lake views! Enjoy three levels of superior, design, architect details, craftsmanship and state-of-the-art amenities. Impressive foyer with stone floors and sweeping staircase, soaring and coffered ceilings, custom millwork & moldings. A circular drive brings you to the 2.5 car attached and 1 detached garage.

$789,000556 Meadowood DriveLake Forest5 Bed/3.1 BathExclusively Presented By: Patricia Carollo, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices [email protected]

Bright and sunny brick colonial with nearly 4000 sq ft and a beautiful 1/2 acre property! Has large rooms and gracious floor plan. The sunroom offers a vaulted ceiling and fabulous views of the back yard. The stunning hardwood floors throughout the home have been refinished and buffed. Enjoy the back patio, great for entertaining or relaxing. There is a very spacious and private in-law/nanny suite with a 2nd kitchen; this would be a great home office as well!

$549,0001920 Northland AveHighland Park3 Bedrooms 2 Full / 2 Half BathsExclusively Presented By: Ellen ChukermanBaird & [email protected]

Renovated ranch on almost a 1/2 acre. Gracious foyer, bright and spacious living room with wood burning fireplace and hardwood floors. Eat-in kitchen boasts wood cabinetry, granite countertops, breakfast bar, ss appliances and custom bench seating. Brick paver patio located adjacent to kitchen. Large centrally located dining room with lovely bay windows. Master bedroom suite and 2 add’l family bedrooms boast hardwood floors and custom closet organizers. Basement hosts add’l living space with a cozy carpeted recreation room, 1/2 bath, laundry room and large storage area. 2 Car attached garage.

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54. 1121 AshWINNETKA$985,000Open Sunday 12-2Rene Nelson, The Hudson Company847.338.4001

55. 669 WaldenWINNETKA$1,649,000Sunday 1-3Julie Bradbury Miller, The Hudson Company847.751.2619

56. 579 Hill Terrace WINNETKA Sunday 1-3 $1,390,000 Maria Kernahan, @properties 847.881.0200

57. 479 Sunset Road WINNETKA Sunday 11-1 $1,139,000 Ted Argiris, @properties 773.472.0200

58. 1261 AshWINNETKASunday 1-3$698,000Chris Downey, Berkshire Hathaway KoenigRubloff847.340.8499 59. 158 PineWINNETKASunday 1-3$775,000Chris Downey, Berkshire Hathaway KoenigRubloff847.340.8499

60. 1010 Cherry St.WINNETKASunday, 12-2$1,949,000Linda Martin, Coldwell Banker Winnetka847.446.4000 61. 335 Woodley Rd.WINNETKASunday, 1-3$2,899,000Ann George, Coldwell Banker Winnetka847.446.4000

62. 234 Sheridan Road KENILWORTH Sunday 12-2 $2,549,000 Barbara Mawicke, @properties 847.881.0200

63. 614 Essex Road KENILWORTH Sunday 2-4 $2,430,000 Colleen P. McGinnis, @properties 847.881.0200

64. 74 TudorKENILWORTHSunday 1-2:30$2,400,000Gloria Matlin, Coldwell Banker847.951.4040

65. 1120 GolfviewGLENVIEW$1,475,000Sunday 12-4Dinny Dwyer, Jean Wright Real Estate847.217.5146 66. 1220 RaleighGLENVIEWSunday 2:15-4:15$1,289,000Dawn Miller, Jean Wright Real Estate847.312.8413

67. 1421 Evergreen TerGLENVIEWSunday 1-3pm$1,099,000Rubenstein Fox Team, Baird & Warner847.565.6666

68. 1809 Wilmette AvenueWILMETTESunday 1-3$1,049,000Kevin Rutherford, Baird & Warner847.446.1855

69. 1630 Sheridan Road, Unit 6IWILMETTE$450,000Sunday 1-3Suzy Thompson, Jean Wright Real Estate847.542.4132

70. 115 GarrisonWILMETTE$989,500Open Sunday 12-2Coco Harris, The Hudson Company847.372.3324

71. 1217 LakeWILMETTE$775,000Open Sunday 2-4Coco Harris, The Hudson Company847.372.3324

72. 1022 PawneeWILMETTE$1,795,000Sunday 1-3Julie Bradbury Miller, The Hudson Company847.751.2619

73. 749 12th StreetWILMETTE$779,000Open Sunday 2-4Coco Harris, The Hudson Company847.372.3324

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John-Michael Diveris used the arm of a couch at home to execute his first dive. He was

a two-year-old at the time of the dry plunge, watching the 10-meter platform diving segment of the 2000 Summer Olympics. The tot, apparently, had never heard the warning, “Don’t try this at home.” Even if he had heard the words, would he have understood the advice?

Diveris nailed the dive. The cush-ions survived. His parents, Aristei-die and Amelia, witnessed the dive and reached a consensus: gymnas-tics. Their boy would be a gymnast. They signed their fearless boy up for gymnastics lessons.

“Twelve years later I became a diver,” Diveris, a Lake Forest High School senior diver today, recalls.

Alex Streightiff was a soccer player and a baseball player and a lacrosse player before testing his air sense off a trampoline in his back yard. Fun. Flying was fun. He became a diver in his freshman season, 2012-13, at Lake Forest High School. His first meet did not go so swimmingly. Streightiff, son of a former New Trier diver (Scott) and nephew of a former New Trier diver ( Joel), scored 90 points, analogous to a baseball player going 0-for-5 with a couple of foul tips. Streightiff is a Lake Forest High School senior today, Diveris’ partner in sublime efforts off the boards. Only one diver in the state this winter has attempted a full-out dive (a forward two-and-half-somer-sault launch, with a twist at the end). The degree of difficulty of a full-out is a 3.2, analogous to a left-handed batter facing a Clayton Kershaw curveball on a 3-2 count.

The one diver, the state’s lone full-out performer: Streightiff.

Streightiff and Diveris. Diveris and Streightiff. They are the Scouts’ 1-2 punch in diving, devastatingly potent, devastatingly talented, a combo threatening to surpass the best Scouts diving tandem (Victor Paguia and Sean Kiely) in program history (Paguia, a two-time state diving champ and now a profes-sional stuntman and stunt coordi-nator, finished second in diving at the 1999 state meet; Kiely took fifth). How many divers this winter have wanted to throw in the shammy during a warm-up session

at a meet with Lake Forest High School in the field? The co-captains went 1-2 at the North Suburban Conference Meet at Vernon Hills High School on Feb. 13, Streight-iff amassing 511.55 points, Diveris a personal-best 497.6 points. Uni-versity of Iowa-bound Streightiff finished fourth at the state meet last winter, five spots ahead of Univer-sity of Pennsylvania-bound Diveris, who had placed eighth at state as a sophomore in 2014.

“They’re awesome, beyond awesome,” Scouts swim coach Cindy Dell says. “They’re super-califragilisticexpialidocious. They don’t just score a lot of team points for us at meets and win a lot of awards; they add levity at practices, have fun. They’re great friends, great sportsmen.”

Diveris is a 6-footer, weighing in at a svelte 155 pounds. Imagine a muscular pencil and you’ll have a pretty good idea what he looks like during the descent of many of his dives. He drips finesse. Streightiff stands 5-8, weighs 145 pounds. Spectators suffer muscle pulls when they witness Streightiff flip and twist and spin hard in midair. He drips brute strength.

“They feed off each other at practices, at meets,” Scouts diving coach Pam Uhrik, a judge at the NSC Meet last weekend, says of the Windy City Diving club team-mates. “They push each other. It’s a nice dynamic. John-Michael is a little more serious than Alex is, but both can get goofy at times. It’s going to be tough to see them graduate. It’s going to be tough to let them go.”

Diveris likes to eat an apple and turkey sausage in between dives at meets. Streightiff downs goldfish crackers or gnaws fruit leathers. Both typically applaud the success-ful dives of divers from other schools at meets. The diving frater-nity in Illinois is a tight one, empa-thetic and supportive and respectful. Seconds after Streightiff — owner of the VHHS pool record of 534.8 points, set at a sectional meet last year — elicited a loud roar from an appreciative audience of spectators and divers at the conference meet last weekend, Diveris climbed a board moments later, clapping for his teammate while preparing to perform his next dive. Diveris ap-

proached the end of a board, hurdled, bounced, did what only a few can do above the board and entered the tank, an arrow with hair and limbs piercing water. The splash was raindrop-hitting-the-water little. More roars. More applause.

After his 11th and final dive last weekend, Streightiff crouched on deck near Uhrik, sitting in her judge’s chair, “the best seat in the house,” the coach says. The coach coached. The diver listened, nodded. In mid-sentence, Uhrik, still facing Streightiff, made a fist and raised it as Diveris, having just completed his 11th dive, walked near his coach and teammate. Diveris’ right fist bumped Uhrik’s right fist. Diveris smiled. Uhrik smiled. Uhrik con-tinued to coach Streightiff. Every-thing about the scene looked smooth and skillfully choreo-graphed.

Like many of the dives do from the divers in the scene.

“I can’t say enough about the wonderful job Pam has done with Alex and John-Michael, with all of her divers,” Dell says. “She allows her divers to be themselves. She brings out the best in them. Alex and John-Michael are such good athletes, such good people.”

Notable: Lake Forest High School’s swimming and diving team finished third (218 points) behind Libertyville High School (230) and champion Stevenson (377) at the NSC Meet at Vernon Hills High School on Feb. 13. In addition to Streightiff ’s diving title, LFHS received first-place efforts from junior Dylan Boyd (50-yard freestyle, 21.7; 500 free, 4:47.25) and senior Michael Hambleton (200 free, 1:49.1). Scouts junior Kevin Donahue touched fifth in the 100 butterfly (55.33) and sixth in the 200 individual medley (2:04.65) and swam on a pair of top-four relays (400 free, third place, 3:21.72; 200 free, fourth, 1:30.93) with Boyd, Hambleton and junior Wyatt Foss. Hambleton finished fourth in the 500 free (5:03.13), and Foss placed sixth in the 100 free (51.43). LFHS soph-omore Collin Robinson clocked a sixth-place 56.59 in the 100 fly. … The Scouts vie for state berths off their home boards and in their home water on Feb. 20.

BY BILL MCLEAN, [email protected]

CHAIRMEN OF THE BOARDS Lake Forest’s Streightiff, Diveris executing tandem acts of excellence

PAIR OF ACES: (TOP) Lake Forest High School’s Alex Streightiff performs a dive at the North Suburban Con-ference Meet. He took first place with a 511.55 score. (BELOW) John-Michael Diveris of the Scouts fist-bumps a fellow competitor during the NSC Meet. He claimed runner-up honors. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER

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DJ Penick Jr. knows how to blend style with substance.

Just look at those shoes.Penick wears bright lime neon

shoes, when he grapples.They’re abrupt. They’re defined.

They sorta … clash.But, they’re him.The Highland Park High

School junior is hard to miss. On the mat. On the football field. Anywhere.

For the record, Penick also wore bright lime neon spikes for the football Giants in the fall. The HP junior running back had a catch-me-if-can type of season for the blue and white, rolling up 1,595 rushing yards.

“I like being flashy,” Penick says. “I like standing out. You always want others to know where you are.”

And then, there’s the hair.In December, he changed his

hair — style. He had it cut short on the sides. He had it dyed brown on top.

He Junior-ed it.DJ Penick Jr. wanted the same

look of a certain New York Giants wide receiver: the very flashy Odell Beckham Jr.

But let’s not get Penick wrong here. What you see isn’t exactly what you get with him.

He’s as humble as he is flashy.Both sides came out at the

Class 3A Barrington Sectional of Feb. 13, when Penick met Deer-field star Sage Heller in the 170-pound title bout.

It turned into a clash of the titans.

Nobody in the Penick camp, including Penick, was pinning hopes on a major league upset.

Penick really wasn’t looking for much. Just maybe some respect-ability.

Conventional wisdom — sage advice, if you will — favored Heller by a pretty wide margin.

Exactly three weeks earlier at the Central Suburban League Championships at Deerfield, Heller utterly dismissed Penick. He pinned Penick in a mere 48 seconds.

So you can imagine the scene inside the spacious Barrington gymnasium, when Penick came up with a reversal of fortune. He put the unsuspecting Heller on his back, cementing the pin in one

minute, 46 seconds.“This,” says HP head coach

Chris Riley, “comes completely out of the blue. I wasn’t expecting anything like this. Remarkable.

“Heller is a great wrestler,” Riley adds. “We just wanted DJ to come close. We just wanted him to close the gap and try to figure out something against Heller.”

Heller looked to be in control. He took an early 2-0 lead, and then he put Penick in his dreaded “crab ride”.

Usually, that’s a “you can call it day” move for Heller. But Penick knew it was coming and coun-tered it beautifully.

“Prior to this match we spent a lot of time talking about leg defense,” says Riley. “We talked a lot of about concepts.

“DJ is so athletic. He picks it all up so quickly,” the coach adds. “He makes adjustment and then he capitalizes.”

Minutes after his pinnacle moment, a thoughtful Penick shared the glory.

He credited his teammates, including 152-pound junior Steven Weathers. He credited his coaches, especially Riley. Shoot, he even credited Greg Rosen-bloom, father of fellow state qualifier Alex Rosenbloom, for giving him valuable tips against Heller.

And like a true champion, Penick also praised the heck out of Heller.

“Sage is one of my idols,” says Penick. “I’ve followed [his career].”

Heller is now a three-time state qualifier. He will take a 41-4 record to this weekend’s state tournament in Champaign.

“I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s up on the [awards] podium at state,” Penick adds.

Penick, a state qualifier at 152 pounds last season, will take a relatively pedestrian record (24-8)

to this weekend’s state tourney at the State Farm Center in Cham-paign.

But here’s a news flash: don’t count Penick out.

Notable: Alex Rosenbloom will join Penick in Champaign. The HP sophomore won his first three matches at the Barrington Sec-tional before losing 11-6 to Rockton Hononegah’s Keegan Powers in the 138-pound final.

“That definitely was a match I could’ve won,” says Rosenbloom.

Rosenbloom (18-3) was forced to play catch-up against Powers. He trailed 8-2 heading into the third period.

HP senior Andrew Cohen opened the tourney with a 12-11 win over Barrington’s Nick Zawisza at 145 pounds. But then he lost to Wheeling’s Andrew Lara 8-6 in overtime in the quar-terfinals. He ended up 2-2 in the tourney and 32-6 overall.

New TrierPatrick Ryan wound up being NT’s lone state qualifier.

The talented sophomore secured a state berth at 132 pounds by downing Lake Forest sophomore Caleb Durbin 10-4 in the quarter-finals and DeKalb senior Ulisies Jacobo 6-5 in the semifinals. Ryan (37-8) dropped a 12-5 decision to Deerfield’s Kenny Kerstein in the final.

“I’m a little disappointed with the final,” says Ryan. “But getting to the sectional final was exciting. A cool experience.”

Ryan started wrestling when he was in the third grade.

“I’ve improved a lot, but I still have a lot more to work on,” he says.

His season won’t end at the state meet.

“I wrestled 70 matches last off-season,” Ryan says.

He’ll try to beat that number in the upcoming offseason.

“The more experience the better,” says Ryan.

Teammate Jake Lowell, mean-while, needed one more win to advance to state. But the 182-pound junior, who finished the season 31-6, was pinned by Ma-chesney Harlem’s Dalton Ham-brock in the decisive semifinal wrestleback.

Lake ForestDevin Reich of the Scouts was unable to wipe off his smile.

His coach, Matt Fiordirosa, couldn’t either.

Reich, who didn’t wrestle until freshman year of high school, turned in a surprising performance at the Barrington Sectional. He earned a state berth by placing fourth at 182 pounds.

“He’s a cool story,” says Fiord-irosa. “Second in conference, third at the regional and now a state qualifier. It’s crazy.”

He’s deserving. After winning his opening match 2-0 over Crystal Lake South’s Vincent Fontanetta and being pinned in 3:08 by New Trier’s Jake Lowell, the LF senior rallied to win three matches in the wrestlebacks. His 3-2 decision over 37-match winner Chase Raap of Dundee-Crown locked up the state berth.

“I was just pleased to make it to the sectional,” says Reich. “Last year, I went 0-2 at the regional. You can’t get knocked out faster than that.”

“Devin is having fun,” Fiord-irosa says. “He keeps it simple. He doesn’t give up a lot of points. He doesn’t make many mistakes. He wins the close ones. He’s taken on Regis Durbin’s philosophy.”

Not a bad approach. Durbin, who is now wrestling at Northwest-ern University, won a state title at 195 pounds in 2014.

LoyolaSean Cloherty went into the Bar-rington Sectional with a school-record 24 pins.

You now can add two more to that total.

And yet, the LA sophomore came one win shy of qualifying to state at 132 pounds, when he was defeated by Machesney Harlem’s Dylan Elmore 9-4 in the wrestle-back semifinals.

Cloherty finished the season with a 36 wins and 11 losses.

BY KEVIN REITERMAN, [email protected]

PIN-NACLE MOMENT Highland Park junior wrestler Penick Jr. pulls off a stunner at Barrington Sectional

HEY, DJ: Highland Park High School’s DJ Penick Jr., seen here at the CSL Meet, claimed the 170-pound title at the Class 3A Barrington Sectional. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER.


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During his recent visit to Grinnell College in Iowa, Alex Grigorovich spent

the night, toured the campus, ate college food, got a good feel for the place. The Highland Park High School senior swimmer also attended a class. Grigorovich chose a Russian class. Grigoro-vich could have taught that class a thing or 200 about Russian. Grigorovich opting to sit in on a Russian class is like Bill Gates opting to sit in on a computer class.

Grigorovich, you see, is fluent in Russian, the son of Vladimir Vorobev and Irina Grigorovich Vorobev. He spoke Russian until he was five years old. He learned English at the age of six. He speaks Russian at home and English everywhere else.

“I now speak Russian with an English accent,” Grigorovich, smiling, says in perfect English.

The 6-foot, 185-pound swim captain did not have to say a word to his father at the Central Suburban League North Meet at Deerfield High School on Feb. 13. His right thumb, positioned up, took care of communicating his thoughts to Vladimir, sitting up in the natatorium stands, after races. Dad returned the thumbs-up gesture after each of his son’s races.

Grigorovich — he goes by his mom’s maiden name because Irina’s only brother has a daugh-ter and the family would like the last name to last for at least another generation — took fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.05) and fourth in the 100 free (49.45) and swam on the victorious 400 free relay (3:17.24, with classmate Allen Tran and juniors Levy Nathan and Hugh Laedlein) at the league meet. Highland Park won six of the meet’s 12 events and placed a strong third (323 points) behind Deerfield (325) and Niles North (364).

A sinus ailment kept Grigoro-vich out of the pool earlier this winter. It took him nearly two weeks to recover. He’s back, healthy, ready to swim his heart

out for his teammates.“I’m really pleased with how

everybody is doing,” Grigorovich, a fourth-year varsity member, says. “It’s been a pleasure being around this team. It’s a great group of guys, a positive group. I’ve had to tell a teammate to keep the negativity to himself only one or two times.”

His brother, freshman Andrew Vorobev? Nothing but positives. The Giant swam the lead-off leg of the winning 200 medley relay (1:36.77) at the CSL North Meet. Tran, Nathan and Laedle-in swam the other legs. The quartet set a meet and a school record. The old meet mark, set in 2011: more than two seconds slower than the fresh one. Vorobev also topped the field in the 100 backstroke (53.49) and touched third in the 200 IM (2:00.54).

“My brother, no matter what’s going on with him, fever or any-thing else, is in the pool, compet-ing hard, doing his best, doing what he can for the team,” Grig-orovich says. “You see the effort; it’s always there. I can’t be any-thing but impressed and inspired when I see him swim. My brother is a workhorse.”

The brothers tried judo years ago, back in the first decade of their lives. Each liked it. Each got a lot out of the experience. But it wasn’t like swimming, wasn’t a team sport.

“It was great,” Grigorovich recalls. “I picked up some indi-vidual attributes through judo. They helped my character. Swim-ming, I found out, is a whole new ballgame compared to judo. I’ve learned, under all of my coaches at Highland Park, the value of feeling a part of a team. A team

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“There’s balance in his life,” Giants swim coach Tim Sirois says of Grigorovich, who taught himself Java, a computer pro-gramming language, and likes to escape, occasionally, by playing Darkest Dungeon, a challenging video game. “Alex knows where swimming fits in his life. I like his approach to everything … to swimming, to school, to his life. His parents are great role models, and that shows; Alex is a respect-ful kid. He cares about others, a lot. When he speaks, people listen him, respect him.”

Jack Burson respects Alex Grigorovich. Burson is a junior butterflyer and breaststroker on the Giants’ varsity. He knew Grigorovich before this winter. He got to know Grigorovich

really well this winter.“I wish I had gotten to know

him better earlier,” Burson, fifth in the 100 fly (56.44) and fifth in the 100 breast (1:04.42) last weekend, says. “He’s funny, really funny, sarcastic without being rude. His sense of humor … he makes everyone laugh. Nice guy, smart guy, and he gets really spirited at meets.”

Who inspires Grigorovich? Grigorovich does not name names, because it would take too long to recite them. His response to the question is uncommon — and wonderful.

“When I see anyone do some-thing well in this sport, I get inspired,” Grigorovich says. “It’s a special thing, seeing somebody, anybody, striving to become a better swimmer.”

Khoroshiy. (That’s Russian, for “nice.”)

Notable: HPHS junior Levy Nathan had quite a day at the CSL North swimming and diving meet at Deerfield HS on Feb. 13. After helping the Giants’ 200 medley relay clock a meet- and school-record 1:36.93, he overwhelmed the field in the 200 free (school- and meet-record 1:40.91), finished first in the 100 butterfly (53.12) and then motored to a school-record 47.34 as the lead-off leg for the 400 free relay (first place, 3:17.24). Giants senior Allen Tran sped to first in the 100 breast (1:00.23), besting his seed time by more than a second, after taking sixth in the 200 IM (2:04.97). … Giants junior Hugh Laedlein finished runner-up in the 100 backstroke (53.8) and sixth in the 50 free (22.3). HP’s other top-six efforts: senior Jason Fox (fifth place, 100 back, 56.63); freshman Timmy Steves (sixth, diving, 3:01.45 points); freshman Richard Heller (sixth, 500 free, 5:06.27); and 200 medley relay (sixth, 1:43.28 — Fox, juniors Jack Burson and Adam Grobelny, Heller). … The Giants vies for state berths at the Lake Forest (HS) Sectional on Feb. 20.

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ALL IN: Alex Grigorovich of the Giants explodes off the block in the 200 freestyle at the CSL North Meet. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER


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Tino Malnati plays with a determined look.

Sit down with him after a game and that look becomes even more defined.

Malnati takes the game serious. He’s all things basket-ball.

It’s been that way for some time.

Grandson of famed Chicago pizza maker Lou Malnati, the New Trier point guard never gets tired of his two favorite indulgences: basketball and Lou Malnati’s deep dish pizza.

Last week, the senior con-fessed, was a very good week. He indulged.

“Tuesday [Feb. 9] was Na-tional Pizza Day,” he says, fol-lowing his team’s 48-37 victory over visiting Maine South. “I’ve had it [Lou Mal’s deep dish pizza] three days in a row.”

And lately, on the basketball court, Malnati has acquired a taste … for winning.

With Malnati at the controls, the Trevians (15-9, 6-3) have won 10 of their last 11 outings. They even played highly touted Evanston even for three-plus quarters before losing 53-37 on Feb. 5.

“We’ve stuck to the process,” says Malnati, of the hot streak. “We’ve kept our focus. We’re not playing like we did earlier in the year. We’ve matured.”

Consistency matters. And the 6-foot-3 senior, son of former NT head coach Rick Malnati (2000-08), brings a ton of it to the court.

He had 10 points, seven assists, four rebounds and two steals in the win over Maine South.

And his per-game stats for the season? How’s this? He’s averaging 10.0 points, 4.0 re-bounds, 4.1 assists and 2.0 steals.

Most importantly, in that contest last weekend, Malnati had zero turnovers against a tough-minded Hawks defense.

Being the team’s stabilizer — as well as its igniter — Malnati has earned the trust of NT head coach Scott Fricke.

“He controls the tempo,”

Fricke said. “He does everything well. He’s smart with the ball. He’s smart off the ball.

“He’s playing at a high level,” the coach adds. “He’s done a lot of good things for us this year. It’s great to see him being suc-cessful.”

The player and the head coach have quite the connection.

“I remember him being born,” says Fricke, a former assistant coach on Rick Malnati’s staff.

“We’d go to state tourna-ments together, and Tino and my son Zach [a sophomore varsity player at Buffalo Grove High School] would play Nerf basketball in the hotel rooms,” Fricke adds.

Forgive Tino Malnati. He might have done a little eaves-dropping during those basket-ball trips.

“I’ve listened to a lot of their conversations,” he said. “Learned a lot about basketball.”

Basketball 101 was a breeze for him. Now, he’s thriving in the advanced aspects of the game.

“Being raised in a basketball family helps my game,” says Malnati, possessor of a high basketball IQ. “I really started putting a lot of time into the game in the eighth grade.

“As a point guard, you have to be confident with the ball,” he adds. “You have to make good decisions.”

You can’t get rattled.“My dad has always told me

to stay poised on the court,” says Malnati, who also has two bas-ketball playing sisters in Gaby (a high school sophomore) and Gianna (a fifth-grader). “Know the pace of the game and control it.”

Malnati also is not afraid to take the game into his own hands. He’s become a four-quarter, all-around threat.

He’s not afraid to fire away from three-point land.

“Earlier in the season, if my shot wasn’t falling, I’d stop shooting,” says Malnati. “But not now. Even if it’s not falling, I’ll stick with it. If I’m open, I’m taking the shot.”

He’s also not afraid to split defenders and penetrate the lane.

And he’s added this. He’s become a point guard with re-bounding prowess.

“I’m making rebounding and getting to the rim a priority,” says Malnati. “Coach Fricke has asked me to do a lot this year. I’m just trying to do anything I can to be effective.”

His leadership ability was on full display against Maine South. Instead of forcing the ball inside in the second half against the Hawks, who feature a 6-11 center in Brad Perry, he kept dishing the ball to team-mate Aaron Peltz.

And Peltz proved to be great at pelting a zone defense. The junior sharpshooter, who fin-ished with a game-high 21 points, drilled six three-point-ers, including five in an eight-minute span in the second half.

“Tino’s a great passer. He’s great at sharing the ball,” said Peltz. “We all trust Tino.”

Notable: Rick Malnati ’s coaching success continues. He’s guided Fenwick High School to a 22-2 record this season. In one media poll, the Friars are ranked No. 2 in the state. He has been at the Oak Park school for three years. Prior to that, he spent two seasons as an assistant at Loyola University … During his nine-year tenure at New Trier, Rick Malnati had two teams qualify to state. The 2002 squad came home with a fourth-place trophy. … With the win on February 12, New Trier swept Maine South in Central Suburban League South Division action this season. On Jan. 8, the Trevians beat the Hawks (18-9, 5-4) at their place 40-26. … NT coach Scott Fricke, on his team’s second-half surge (10-1 in last 11 games): “The way we started the season (6-8 record at the Christmas break), we easily could’ve second-guessed our-selves. Instead, we put togeth-er a nice string of games.”

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HOOPING IT UP: ino Malnati of the Trevians drives to the hoop during action this winter. PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOEL LERNER


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A 10-year-old New Jersey girl stands in a line with her mother in New York

City. They are there on a Wednes-day, waiting, to buy tickets to the musical, Oklahoma! Wednesdays are matinee days at the theater. The girl watches the musical, a first for her. The girl listens.

The sights and the sounds and the atmosphere of the production enthrall her, move her.

Two years later the girl starts to visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Guggenheim Museum. Regularly. She wanders inside the buildings, sometimes for two hours. She gets lost in the beauty of the artwork around her and sometimes hopes nobody ever finds her.

The New Jersey girl is all grown up, an Illinois woman now, a Highland Park resident and mother of three children, all in their 20s. She sits at a table at Walker Bros. Original Pancake House in her hometown, waiting for her order of scrambled eggs, wheat toast and turkey sausage and talking about her favorite topic in the world: art.

“Art, any kind of art, takes you away,” Gabrielle Rousso, ani-mated and wide-eyed, says. “It lets your brain go somewhere else. Art is all about making you feel something, about moving you. I was wild for the art I saw in New York museums. I loved art. I wanted a career in art. But my mom [Margaret] told me, ‘No, no, no. You want to be a teacher. Go into teaching.’ ”

Rousso, a Rutgers University graduate, taught first-graders. For a year. She did not want to stay for a second. Today she is the Executive Director/School Di-rector at The Art Center-High-land Park (TAC), positions she has held since 2008. TAC is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to education in the

contemporary visual arts through classes, outreach programs, gallery exhibitions and events. The organization’s home on Sheridan Road is its fifth since its inception in 1960, when it was called the Suburban Fine Arts Center. A four-year-old is learning to paint at TAC. A 90-year-old is learning to paint at TAC. Among the 70 teachers there is a passionate scientist who is passionate about painting. TAC scholarships are given to people in their 20s — people floating between jobs, people hoping art will lead to a rewarding career — and to senior citizens on fixed incomes, among art lovers in other age groups.

There might not be a better person-occupation fit on the North Shore than the Rousso-TAC one.

“The A r t Center is consid-ered a gem in the commu-nity … in a community that is also home to Ravinia [Festival],” Rousso gushes. “How lucky are we to have both in a relatively small town of 30,000 residents? How lucky is the entire North Shore? It’s an amazing facility, our center. It’s a special space. A lot of people consider it a home. The feeling inside of it is warm. Teachers [independent contrac-tors] love what they do, love teaching at the facility. People, going out for walks, like to stop by, see what’s going on, what’s new.”

February is Youth Arts Month at TAC. Some 1,000 pieces of artwork, created by students in school districts 112 and 113, are

on display at the center. Grants from YEA! Highland Park and the Highland Park Cultural Arts Commission backed the exhibit. The elementary, middle school and high school artists get to show off their work in the presence of their parents. A parent nods, smiles. A student’s self-esteem soars.

An executive director/school director beams. Rousso takes a sip from her cup of decaffeinated coffee and then stabs her fork at a clump of scrambled eggs. Another plate, the figurative one at work, serves as the resting place of Things to Do before the start of TAC’s 56th Annual Benefit

Gala: “Art of Expression.” TAC’s largest fundraising event — it generated $110,000 last year — is set for May 5, at 7 p.m. Money raised will fund art scholarships (280, for students of all ages), classes, workshops, exhibitions, events and programs to make art accessible to everyone throughout the year. Art students hailing from 29 suburbs, including one as far away as Lake Villa, open TAC’s doors to learn from tal-ented instructors and enrich lives … theirs and the talented instruc-tors’. Student registrations in-creased from 1,500 in 2008 to 2,400 in 2015.

Lake Forest resident Kay

Thomas, a TAC faculty member for more than 20 years, will be one of three folks honored at the gala. The other two: Meg Cal-lahan and Jonathan Plotkin, a pair of philanthropists from Highland Park. Callahan, also an artist, met Jacqueline Kott-Wolle and Beth McElwain McKenna in a painting class at TAC. They produced work that will be fea-tured at TAC from March 4-April 7. Dubbed “You Can Go Barefoot,” the exhibition show-cases a look into life’s treasured moments at the water’s edge.

Rousso, a designer of mosaics in her free time, came up with a creative idea for this year’s gala. A stretch across the face of the center will be covered by brown painting paper. Attendees will

be greeted by a graffiti artist making the brown painting paper come alive. Attendees leaving the gala will get to see the progress the graffiti artist had made. Artwork, in real time.

Gabrielle married David Rousso, “a Long Island guy,” before moving to the Chicago area in the late 1980s. The Long Island guy and the New Jersey girl launched separate companies in the Land of Lincoln. Gabri-elle’s Design Within, an interior design firm, handled more than 100 residential and commercial design clients for more than 18 years. David had fallen in live with the Midwest as an under-graduate at Northwestern Uni-versity and as an MBA student at the University of Michigan.

“David,” his wife says, “has been a constant free consultant to TAC over the years. He has a strong mind for numbers and computers. The side of the brain that deals with those topics is not my strong side. David put

the center on the QuickBook computer system, after it had relied on index cards — yes, index cards, if you can believe that — as a part of the registra-tion process.”

Gabrielle Rousso and two other chairwomen ran the Art Festival at North Suburban Synagogue Beth-El for four years. Rousso found joy in the search for established and emerg-ing artists. Joy led to a series of positions: TAC board member, TAC board of directors, TAC interim executive director, TAC executive director/school direc-tor.

She also found she could do something about the look of a teachers’ lounge at a local middle school. It needed work eight years ago, major work.

“I redesigned it,” Rousso, a former president of a Parent Teacher Organization, says.

An artist never rests.

ART CENTER DIRECTOR’S PALETTE IS FULL

Gabrielle Rousso | Illustration by Barry Blitt


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