Marcia Cleveland’s parents, Bob and Carolyn, had a watertight reason for teaching a nearly 2-year-old Marcia how to swim. They got tired of retrieving their curious, fearless tot at the…
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‘Kos’ and Effect
The tucked white towel hangs from the back of Carson Kosanovich’s football pants. The New Trier High School senior cornerback/wideout wears white gloves on Game Days, too. Before most snaps,…
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Dishing and Scoring
Collin Leider was 12 years old when he first attempted to bake at home. He made cheesecake on that day. It didn’t turn out very well. “Horrible, horrible, horrible,” Leider,…
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TM Spree
The last thing that Highland Park High School’s varsity football coaches wanted to see in the second half of a game in Schaumburg last month was a severely injured Tommy…
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Kaestle Finds Home on Golf Courses
New Trier senior golfer Abbie Kaestle owns furry wolf and ram club head covers. The Winnetkan’s family has three cats and two dogs. And one of her signature reactions to…
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Coach has a BH factor
Brad Hokin was a junior safety/running back/punt and kick returner on the varsity football team at Highland Park High School in 1980. Only two seasons earlier, he weighed a little…
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Doug Roth 2.0 Rates a 10
Third-generation restaurateur Doug Roth has a college-aged stepdaughter named Hunter. But he has never been a fan of the word “stepdaughter.” “I call her my bonus daughter or daughter 2.0,”…
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Cooking Maven Owns Recipe for Vibrant Writing
Mary Jo McMillin knew she wanted to work in a commercial kitchen. She wrote letters to professionals in the industry, hoping the words would sing her passion for cooking and…
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No run of the Mill(s) recruit
There’s football player Rylie Mills, and there’s polite teenager Rylie Mills. Both were on display September 7, when Mills, a junior defensive tackle/defensive end, and his Lake Forest High School…
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Straight —and fun — talk with Bent Fork …
Bakers Liz and Michael Bearwald got engaged more than 27 years ago. They needed dough. Not the edible kind; the green kind. Currency. So they made lots and lots of…
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