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Located 1 block from the lake, this East Lake Bluff home with New England charm is offered Wonderful residence situated in a park like setting, containing over 6500 square feet of for the first time in 18 years. Large, double-wide lot for wonderful outdoor entertaining. Com- beautifully finished and detailed cherry floors, moldings, millwork, three fireplaces, and pletely re-built Kitchen includes white cabinetry and high-end stainless appliances. Kitchen all of the necessary and highly sought after commercial appliances, one expects in a home opens to large, sun-lit family room with vaulted ceilings. Cozy Master bedroom includes of this quality.. Open floor plan that provides an expansive kitchen gathering place with wonderful private bath with separate shower and soaking tub. All of Lake Bluff ’s treasured kitchen eating nook in a beautiful bay window overlooking the Mariani designed and amenities just a few blocks away! For more information, visit 609center.info maintained grounds. Beautiful master suite with additionally 4 large bedrooms compli- mented by 6.5 baths makes this the perfect home to raise your growing family. Finished Exclusively Presented By: lower level, with multiple finished areas for individual family activities. Front and rear Brad Andersen & Brady Andersen, Grant & Lackie Realtors® stair creates flow that makes home very livable. First floor office with adjacent full bath just one of many features that make this a great home for your family in Lake Forest. Brad Andersen [email protected] Exclusively Presented By: 847-650-3456 Corky Peterson, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices KoenigRubloff 847.209.9999 Brady Andersen [email protected] [email protected] 847-732-9790

16 | SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7 | SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8 2019 THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND FIND MORE SPORTS AT DAILYNORTHSHORE.COM SPORTS FOLLOW US ON TWITTER: @tnswsports Spencer on Fire LOYOLA ACADEMY SOPHOMORE SPENCER WERNER BLAZES TO A PAIR OF GOLD MEDALS AT JUNIOR OLYMPICS IN CALIFORNIA.

BY BILL MCLEAN in 9:17.7, just head of Brady’s 9:17.8 Werner THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND bronzed in 9:18.74. “Out of nowhere, Spencer got closer and closer to the big names,” says Loyola Academy sopho- more and Evanston resident Seichi Shinozaki, Jeffrey Werner needed a running buddy. also a cross country runner and trackster at the The Lake Forest resident was about to train for school. “Then he started running with the big a Chicago triathlon about five years ago when he dogs, pushing them, as a freshman. What a great decided having company for jogs would be a good race. Inspiring. When I see Spencer race, I see a thing. mentally strong fighter.” The father looked in-house—to son Spencer. Werner did not medal at state, finishing in 14th Spencer Werner was a fourth-grader and place in the 3200, but he emerged as the top greener than green as a runner at the time. freshman in the event. “Competing at state made Spencer hungrier,” Shinozaki says. “It sparked him. “It led him to those two gold medals in Cali- Out of nowhere, fornia,” Werner’s friend adds. Werner trained for two years with the Invaders, Spencer got closer a Waukegan-based track and field club, before joining TNT in Mount Prospect earlier this year. and closer to the big Among his impressive efforts with the Invaders was a sixth-place showing in the 1500 at the 2018 names. Then he AAU Junior Olympics in Des Moines, Iowa. Former University of Illinois and Stevenson High started running School standout sprinter Brandon Stryganek serves as Werner’s coach at TNT. with the big dogs, Stryganek, in no time, realized Werner is unusu- ally fast for a distance specialist. But not too fast pushing them, as a to the point where Werner has nothing left near the end of a grueling race. Werner demoralized the contenders in that USATF Junior Olympics freshman. What a 3000-meter run with his strong finishing kick. He completed his final lap in a scant 58 seconds. great race. His victorious time of 8:46 was a staggering 43 seconds faster than the season-best time he had Inspiring. posted in 2018. “Running 200-meter repeats, 300-meter repeats—doing that in training has helped me a lot,” says Werner, a serial honors student who adheres to the Steve Prefontaine quote “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” Werner’s natural abilities and steadfast work ethic in cross country and wrestling and track “After five or six miles on our first run to- resulted in 2017-18 Athlete of the Year honors at gether, Spencer said to me, ‘Dad, why are you Deer Path Middle School. Never before had a breathing so hard?’” Jeffrey recalls. “My reply to DPMS student qualified to compete at state in him was, ‘Why are you not breathing hard?’” three sports in one academic year. Nearly six years later, Jeffrey and his wife, Werner no longer wears a singlet. He focuses Pamela, attended the USA Track & Field WERNER WOWS: Loyola Academy sophomore and Lake Forest resident Spencer Werner, seen here on cross country in the fall and on track in the (USATF) Junior Olympics in Sacramento, Cali- leading a race at a track and field meet last spring, motored to first place in the 1500- and 3000-meter spring and on training in between the seasons. fornia, and watched Spencer race in the 1500- and races at the USATF Junior Olympics in California in late July. Werner also runs for Loyola’s cross country Dan Seeberg coaches both sports at Loyola 3000-meter events in the Boys 15-16 age division. team. PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRAD HOKIN Academy. What their son, now a Loyola Academy soph- “I love the diversity at Loyola,” says Werner, omore, accomplished in each race in late July this 8th-grader. to start, and my primary goal then was to qualify who was asked by several Loyola seniors to join year left both of them … breathless. But Spencer Werner is far from satisfied on a for the outdoor state meet.” them at Lollapalooza last month and gladly ac- Werner sped to a pair of gold medals, clocking journey that’s far from over. He’s already thinking Werner secured that ticket to the state meet at cepted the invitation. “I love meeting new people a personal-best time of 4:01.8 in the 1500 and an like a Division I collegian does months before a Eastern Illinois University’s track stadium with a there. And there’s an outstanding team culture in 8:46—another personal-best, by an astounding big track meet. And, by the way, Werner and his memorable performance at the Niles West Track both cross country and track. Having fun with 19 seconds—in the 3000. parents traveled to Austin, Texas, to watch the and Field Sectional in Skokie. Well behind the the guys, respecting them, and getting respect in It was a remarkable run, Werner’s transforma- NCAA Men’s Track and Field Championships lead pack—featuring standouts Josh Methner of return, I couldn’t be happier with the atmosphere tion from casual jogger with Pops to elite distance in June. Hersey High School and Tommy Brady of Maine at practices and at meets than I am now. There’s star. Discipline, confidence, focus, support from “I visualized, back in February, winning both South High School—as he entered the final lap so much support. his parents and teammates, and top-notch coach- races at the Junior Olympics,” says the 5-foot-8, of the eight-lap test, Werner kicked into high “You know what I’d tell someone who’s just ing at the school and club levels boosted Werner, 115-pound Werner, who, as a freshman in May, gear. starting to run or about to enter high school and who hustled to first place at the 2017 Illinois earned a Class 3A berth to run in the 3200 meters The rookie Rambler nearly stunned Methner is thinking about competing in either cross country Elementary School Association cross country state at the state track and field meet in Charleston. and Brady at the finish. or track or both? I’d tell him, ‘Follow the coach’s championships as a Deer Path Middle School “But our indoor track season at Loyola was about Eventual state champion Methner crossed first plan, eat right, work hard, train hard.”” 17 | SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7 | SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8 2019 THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND SUNDAY BREAKFAST Swing Set NORTHWESTERN SETTLEMENT NAMES PAULA DANOFF ITS FOURTH HALL OF FAMER FOR HER EFFORTS AT LIFE-CHANGING CAMPS.

met so many interesting people through volunteer BY BILL MCLEAN work, as well as friends. The leaders around me? ILLUSTRATION BY BARRY BLITT Amazing. Our camp director for 30-plus years, Val Wright, cares, really cares, and Northwestern Settlement President and CEO Ron Mander- schied, is a visionary, very charismatic.” Never underestimate the lasting in- She continues, striking the top of the table fluence of a summer camp experience outside the quaint bakery with her right hand, the on a teenager. abrupt sound doubling magnificently as an excla- Paula Danoff, 64, won’t. The mation point’s audible partner. “Ron, I’m telling longtime Winnetkan was a you, he’s real, the real deal, genuine!” young camp counselor at Camp Forty-two years ago, a 22-year-old Danoff— Echo in Long Lake Township, shortly after collecting sociology and anthropol- Michigan, when kitchen duty ogy degrees at Knox College and before earning called for her to make coleslaw her MBA in marketing and finance at Northwest- for 250 diners. ern University’s Kellogg School of Management— She used a cabbage grater— made a declaration in the presence of her parents only a cabbage grater—to shred at home. head after head of cabbage. An Evanston Township High School student at the time, Danoff could selor have used all her fingers and all of the i n I was a doer. I’m still calluses on each hand to help her count Long to 20 afterward. Lake a doer. And there’s At least. Town- But that grueling task led to adult jobs ship and nothing I love to do in the gourmet food and catering busi- jumped at nesses. It also failed to dampen the joy Danoff it. Later, she more than to work for felt—and saw, from deliriously happy got to see campers—during her four memorable summers adventurous, nonprofits and be as as a counselor. first-year “I wasn’t into pitching tents at camps,” an campers actually positive as I can animated Danoff, sitting at an outdoor jump to ride a tire table at Beth’s Little Bake Shop in swing attached to around people. Evanston, says. “I was into the tons of an oak tree. fun the kids had in cabins and during “I was a joiner,” activities outdoors. My whole thing, my says Danoff, the wife favorite thing to say, always was, ‘Let’s of Jeffrey and the have fun!’” mother of two sons in Danoff, a founding member and their 30s. “I was a doer. president of the North Shore Board of the I’m still a doer. And Maybe a table in the vicinity had to brace itself. Northwestern Settlement alumnae group, re- there’s nothing I love to “I said,” Danoff recalls, ‘I want to make a dif- ceived serious news earlier this year. She will be do more than to work for ference. I want to be impactful in positive ways.’” the fourth House In The Wood Hall of Fame nonprofits and be as posi- She then proceeded to do just that, year after inductee at an October gala in Chicago. tive as I can year, as a full-time professional in several fields and The mission of Northwestern Settlement’s the around as a never-too-busy-to-serve volunteer. Danoff was House In The Wood—a 23-acre camp site, located fol- people. the special events coordinator for the nonprofit along the shores of Delavan Lake in Wisconsin— lowing I ’ v e Ray Graham Association and the director of special is to disrupt generational poverty by opening doors summer. events for Cystic Fibrosis Foundation in Chicago. that might otherwise be shut to inner-city children “The endgame?” Danoff ’s fundraising skills and tirelessness made from the ages of 7 to 17. Danoff ’s inspiring lead- adds the Evanston a difference for Refugees International Japan when ership helped triple the number of campers served Art Center President she lived in East Asia. by House In The Wood, and she shepherded initia- and CEO since 2015, But, in Danoff ’s world, the pairing of “Hall of tives that transformed the escape from a rustic following her eight years as Famer” and “Paula Danoff ” stuns her. summer camp into a year-round, STEM-based the center’s director of development “It’s such a nice honor, but it’s surprising to me,” outdoor education program. and communications. “They’ll move on after Danoff says of joining past House In The Wood “Some of the campers from Chicago have never the camp experiences, grow, and be role models Hall of Fame inductees Valerie Hall, Patricia M. seen Lake Michigan,” says Danoff, her expression for other kids.” Johnson, and Kathy Elliott. “You do things because vacillating between disbelief and sadness. “But they The eldest of Charles and Patsy’s three daugh- there’s a need and you want to help. You don’t think see Delavan Lake and realize, ‘Oh, I’m in a differ- ters, Danoff— holder of many North Shore Board about receiving honors or being recognized.” ent environment, a place to explore, a setting for executive board posts since joining it in 1993— opportunities to learn.’ It hit me similarly when I spent significant time at the Evanston YMCA The House In The Wood gala—presented by the lived in Japan from 1987 to 1993. I remember during her formative years. It was where she played North Shore Board of the Northwestern Settlement— thinking, ‘Wow, there’s another part of this world, volleyball and basketball and raced her 5-foot-9 will be held from 6 to 11 p.m. on October 26 at Theater a huge part, that I don’t know much about. For the frame in track events. It was where the first high on the Lake, 2401 N. Lake Shore Drive, in Chicago. campers at House In The Wood, maybe an activ- school student elected to the Evanston City The event features cocktails, dinner, a live benefit ity sparks an interest in science and then they want Council landed various leadership roles in groups auction and a performance by the renowned cover band to become biologists. Or maybe, because of what and developed abilities to organize and motivate. Mike & Joe. For more information about the North they had experienced during camp, they’ll pay more It was where she found out about the opportu- Shore Board of the Northwestern Settlement or to attention in school while looking forward to camp nity to serve as an assistant summer camp coun- Paula Danoff purchase tickets to the gala, visit northshoreboard.org. 18 | SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 7 | SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 8 2019 THE NORTH SHORE WEEKEND LOCAL MARKET EXPERTS

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