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Gillian sticking around a little longer

Village administrator search will be done in-house and extend into March

By MARIA MAXHAM Editor

Village Administrator Tim Gillian won’t be leaving his position to retire on Jan. 29 as originally planned.

At a Jan. 11 village council meeting, it was made clear that a replacement for Gillian won’t be hired by then. Gillian will stay on, full time, until the village is further along in the process, which won’t be completed until at least some time in March.

“The mayor has asked me if I would stick around long enough for you guys to get a little bit further down the path to hiring a new administrator,” Gillian said at the meeting. “And I have said that I would.”

Gillian had announced his planned January retirement on Nov. 23.

During the Jan. 11 meeting, the village board voted on the process for selecting the next village administrator. The process was approved by a four to one vote, with Commissioner Dan Novak casting the dissenting vote.

The process includes the formation of a subcommittee. The subcommittee is comprised of Commissioner Joe Byrnes, Commissioner Jessica Voogd, Mayor Rory Hoskins, Village Clerk Vanessa Moritz, who serves as the village’s human resources director, and Bridget Lane, who co-chairs the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce’s economic development committee and has done some economic development consulting for See TIM GILLIAN on page 10

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Forest Park resident Scott Whitebone takes down the holiday decorations from his house on Circle Avenue on Jan. 10.

‘A Catholic desert’ in Forest Park?

St. Bernardine could be closed in grouping with St. Luke in River Forest

By MARIA MAXHAM Editor

Forest Park losing its only Catholic Church is one of two scenarios being considered by the Archdiocese of Chi-

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cago as Forest Park’s St. Bernardine parish and River Forest’s St. Luke parish are independently talking to parishioners and offering feedback to the archdiocese about their preferred path forward.

These two Catholic parishes have been grouped together as part of the archdiocese’s Renew My Church initiative, which aims to combine churches throughout the city and suburbs in the face of declining mass attendance and

deteriorating finances. Cardinal Blase Cupich will make the ultimate decision of what the grouping will look like.

According to Susan Thomas, public relations and communications manager for the Archdiocese of Chicago, a final decision is scheduled for March.

Under both of the possible scenarios, the two parishes will be united as one, with shared assets, budget and staff.

But the real decision is how the See ST. BERNARDINE on page 9

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Forest Park Against Racism issues statement about national and local events Group condemns attacks on U.S. Capitol and Oak Park coffee shop

By MARIA MAXHAM Editor

Forest Park Against Racism (FPAR), a group residents founded this past June to “seek sustainable and systemic change against racism,” issued a statement on Jan. 7 regarding both national and local events over the past two days. These issues include the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and the possible racial attack against L!VE Café in neighboring Oak Park.

“Forest Park Against Racism (FPAR) strongly condemns the violence that took place yesterday at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. Yesterday’s attempt at insurrection led to four deaths and dozens injured, and we mourn with the families who were

impacted. FPAR stands in strong solidarity with those who defend democracy, the people’s vote, and the electoral results: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be the next President and Vice President of the United States, in accordance with the people’s will,” reads the statement, in part.

“While lively debates are vital to a healthy democratic republic, it is never OK to devolve to acts of violence rooted in white supremacy and hate,” said FPAR, stating that there has been no evidence of voter fraud and that “the peaceful transition of power is one of the pillars of our nation’s Republic.”

FPAR also responded to recent events in Oak Park, including official petition objections against two Black men who filed to run for the office of village trustee. Oak Park resident Kevin Peppard, who has a history of challenging nomination petitions, formally lodged objections against Anthony Clark and Chibuike Enyia. Hearings began on Jan. 6 and will reconvene on Jan. 12.

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TAKING A STAND: Forest Park Against Racism, whose Juneteenth Meet Us at the Bridge event is pictured here, recently spoke out about the attacks on the Capitol and an Oak Park business.

Park’s L!VE Café, which was targeted during a possible hate crime on Jan. 6 when a brick with a racist message was thrown at the window of the shop, though no physical damage was done.

“Recent local events compel us to continue to face the specter that is racism and hate in our communities. Forest Park Against Racism stands with Black, Brown, and all candidates of color who are running for office in various local elections in and around our neighboring towns,” said FPAR in their

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“We condemn any acts of violence to their personhood, or to their property simply because they are persons of color who have chosen to represent their constituents through elected public service. We condemn racism in every form from implicit bias to intentional violence. FPAR stands in strong solidarity with L!VE Café and Creative Space.”

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Magdy will be sorely missed

agdy Elpayaa, a larger-than-life character from Forest Park, recently died from COVID. Magdy and I coached youth soccer in Forest Park in the ’80s. He had played on the Egyptian National Team and was a mentor to kids on and off the field. He cared deeply about our community.

He moved to Forest Park in 1983, to join his bride, Beth, and never left. She met Magdy in Hawaii in 1982, while working as a visiting nurse. Magdy was the engineer on an Egyptian freighter, which had docked for repairs.

By the time the ship was seaworthy, the romance between Beth and Magdy was full steam ahead. Beth traveled to Egypt to meet his family. It was complete culture shock but the couple shared the same values and Beth just knew she loved him.

After they were married, Magdy found adjusting to American life challenging. He barely spoke English and studied at Triton College. He not only finished at the top of his English class, he completed automotive courses.

Magdy could fix anything but especially loved working on cars. He couldn’t use his engineering degree from Egypt, so he learned the insurance trade. He became a sales manager for Transamerica Life Insur-

ance Co. Selling life insurance was a snap for someone with his magnetic personality. Magdy could have sold sand to Egypt.

Work, though, wasn’t his main focus. Family was everything and he reveled in their three children: Adam, Joe and Sarah. They excelled at soccer and Magdy coached them on traveling teams. One of their teammates thought of him as his “second dad.”

Magdy was like a father to his neighbors as well. He was their go-to guy for home repairs, or to fix their cars. He shoveled their walks without being asked. He put their garbage containers and recycling bins back where they belonged. They truly miss him.

His family, of course, misses him even more but Magdy imparted a strength to them that has helped them cope. His kids inherited Magdy’s work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit. Adam owns successful restaurants in Bloomington, Joe is a professional poker player, and Sarah is a local Realtor.

Magdy sold insurance for Transamerica for 20 years. After he died, his family received an outpouring of gifts and flowers from his co-workers. Magdy had the knack for making them laugh, even on their worst days.

One of his worst days came in July 2020 when he was diagnosed with pancreatic

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cancer. Being sick just didn’t compute. He was strong and energetic. He didn’t drink or smoke and ate healthy home-cooked meals.

Like every obstacle he had encountered, Magdy faced cancer head-on. He endured the most powerful chemotherapy treatments without complaining. His doctor was amazed when his tumor shrank to nothing. Then on Nov. 11, he came down with COVID. He had already been quarantining with his family for eight months and absolutely loved it. Being surrounded by family was heaven. He loved cooking for them because for Magdy food is love. His love extended to the poor in Egypt, who lack food, shelter and clean water. Sarah started a Facebook page to raise money for Egypt’s poor, called “Honoring Magdy Elpayaa” — 192 people donated $12,000. Sarah will distribute this money in Egypt and it will feed many families.

One of the tragedies of the pandemic is our inability to give loved ones the send-off they deserve. Someday we can have a gathering at The Park to honor Magdy for all he did for youth soccer and the joy he brought to everyone he met.

■ John Rice is a columnist/private detective, who has seen his business and family thrive in Forest Park. He thoroughly enjoys life in the village and still gets a thrill smelling Red Hots, watching softball and strolling through cemeteries. Jrice1038@aol.com

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CELEBRITY WEEK AT GIANNOTTI’S Several celebrities dropped in to visit Mary Giannotti at her well known Forest Park restaurant, Giannoti’s, at 7711 Roosevelt Rd. It was the end of March in 1975 when a string of celebrities stopped by for supper and a visit with the Giannotti family. Both Barbara Eden, best known for her starring role in “I Dream of Jeannie,” and Sammy Davis Jr. were among the surprise diners that spring. Others included singer Buddy Greco, comedian Pat Henry and wrestling champion Ronald Ray.

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On April 2, 1975, Forest Park Review published these photos of celebrity diners who had dropped in over the past few weeks at Giannottis. Sammy Davis Jr. expressed his pleasure with Mary Giannotti, who served what he called “a dream of a dinner.” Also enjoying a meal that spring was Barbara Eden, the star of “I Dream of Jeannie.”.

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Proviso Together supports two incumbents in four-seat race ‘Things are going in the right direction’

By MARIA MAXHAM Editor

Proviso Together, the political organization that ran its first slate of Proviso Township High School District 209 school board candidates in April 2015, is officially supporting two incumbent candidates for the board in this spring’s election.

With a majority on the D209 board at present, the goal for Proviso Together during the COVID-19 crisis is to ensure the reelection of Amanda Grant and Rodney Alexander.

“With the uncertainty caused by the pandemic, we believed that keeping Rodney and Amanda on the Proviso District 209 School Board needed to be our overriding priority,” said Proviso Together in a statement.

Pointing to the commitment of volunteers, donors and supporters as the success behind the Proviso Together movement, the group said that in talking to residents from most of the Proviso towns to get signatures for Grant and Alexander that there is great support for the candidates.

“We take this is a sign that the community by and large feels that things are going in the right direction and they want to con-

tinue forward with [Alexander] and [Grant] and the board members who share their values,” said Proviso Together in their statement.

Proviso Together pointed to three values that were originally part of their organization and are represented by both candidates: - putting the students at all three schools first in their decision making, - taking their financial oversight responsibilities seriously, and - staying relentlessly committed to giving every student in District 209 the best education possible.

Accomplishments listed by Proviso Together that have been made in the four years since Alexander and Grant have been on the board and since Proviso Together has had a voting majority include: - the start of a badly needed facilities improvement plan, - the creation of advanced math and science academies at Proviso East and Proviso West that will bring the rigorous curriculum of PMSA to all 3 high schools, and - District 209’s graduation out of the state’s financial oversight due to the excellent financial management of the district.

As individuals, Alexander spearheaded the parent engagement committee and Grant has taken a leadership role on the Fi-

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RUNNING AGAIN: District 209 school board incumbents Rodney Alexander and Amanda Grant are running for reelection in April, supported by Proviso Together. nance Committee.

According to Proviso Together, “We don’t expect the board members to be in lock step together, but we expect them to care about the success of our students and district, and you can see Rodney and Amanda caring, asking questions, and working together for the best of the students. Finally, they both have children that will soon be attending District 209, so we are confident that they will continue their good work on the Board.”

The other two candidates for the four D209 board seats are incumbents Sam Valtierrez and Della Patterson.

Forest Park resident Ken Snyder, who has been the volunteer coordinator of Proviso Together since its inception, challenged Valtierrez’ petitions to run for the board, but has since withdrawn his objection.

“Right before the deadline, and without talking to the rest of the team, I made a quick decision to challenge Sam’s petitions,” Snyder said. “It immediately became clear that it was a mistake that was only going to distract from the important job of educating our students and I withdrew the objection.”

Connie Brown is the campaign chair for Proviso Together and has temporarily taken over as treasurer. But the Proviso Together movement, said Brown, “is bigger than any person, or even the board members who represent it.”

“It is the collective of hundreds of supporters and volunteers across 10 towns who are relentlessly committed to ensuring every student in District 209 receives the very best education available,” Brown said.

D209 scholarship non-profit votes on officers Group continues efforts to support local high school students

By MARIA MAXHAM Editor

On Jan. 5, the not-for-profit scholarship fundraising group 209 Together announced its board had unanimously voted on officers to serve within the organization.

Ken Snyder was elected president, Michelle Cooper vice president, Sarah Gasse treasurer, Connie Ostler Brown secretary, and April Baker and Kevin Leonard board members.

209 Together supports Proviso Township High School District 209 graduates by providing scholarships to students.

The organization is a 501(c)3 non-profit started in 2015. According to 209 Together’s new website at 209together.com, the group’s initial goal upon formation was to raise $6,000 annually but that amount “has tripled in recent years to provide increased oppor-

tunity to many more students.”

209 Together provides two categories of scholarships for students who attend any of the three D209 high schools: Overcoming Adversity and Persistence Pays.

Overcoming Adversity is a scholarship awarded to students with at least a 2.0 GPA “who have demonstrated academic improvement over their time in high school.”

Persistence Pays is for students with a GPA of 3.5 or higher “who have demonstrated consistent academic excellence throughout their high school career.”

Proviso East High School, located in May-

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wood, was founded in 1910 and serves the villages of Forest Park, Broadview, Maywood and Melrose Park.

Proviso West in Hillside was founded in 1958 and serves students from Bellwood, Berkeley, Broadview, Hillside, Northlake, Stone Park and Westchester.

The Proviso Math and Science Academy (PMSA) is located in Forest Park and is a selective enrollment academy, where students from all of the 10 Proviso District 209 communities can attend if accepted. There are currently PMSA campuses at Proviso East and West as well.

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A taste of Cameroon on Madison Kribi Coffee officially being mentored by Starbucks co-founder, Zev Siegl

By MELISSA ELSMO Food Editor

Zev Siegl, co-founder of Starbucks, is a global speaker focused on inspiring entrepreneurs to make thoughtful and innovative decisions to set up new ventures for long term success. He has presented keynote addresses and served as a business advisor in Kuwait, the United Kingdom and South Africa, among others. And now Siegl’s expertise is making an impact in Forest Park.

“Zev Siegl is officially advising Kribi Coffee through a pro-bono mentorship,” said Jacques Shalo, Oak Park resident and owner of Kribi Coffee, 7324 Madison St. in Forest Park. “He has garnered so much experience across the board and is known for discovering unique businesses and personally mentors two or three at a time. We are among the businesses he is mentoring now.”

Shalo has been cultivating a relationship with Siegl for the last two years after a friend alerted Siegl to Shalo’s coffee aspirations.

The coffee mogul began doing background research on the business before Shalo, whose business at the time was focused on air roasting technology, reached out to Siegl for the first time in late 2018. The business mogul requested patience and indicated his busy schedule would likely prevent prompt responses but urged Shalo to get into the coffee shop business as quickly as possible.

“He told me to stop talking about the technology,” said Shalo. “He wanted me to get into the position where people were tasting the coffee and let them tell the story.”

That singular email inspired Shalo to acquire Counter Coffee in Forest Park and from there the two developed an easy rapport and communicated sporadically via email. Siegl’s interest in the endeavor piqued substantially, however, when the shop rebranded as Kribi Coffee Air Roasters to reflect Shalo’s Cameroonian heritage in July 2020. Jerimiah, Shalo’s son, captured Siegl’s attention through his powerful branding and design contributions to the project. Communication became more regular and the Starbucks co-founder offered valuable behind-the scenes guidance for Shalo and Kribi Coffee.

In late December 2020, the mentorship became official.

“This mentorship has emboldened me to be true to my vision,” said Shalo.

Kribi Coffee was established with the intention of disrupting the value chain of

coffee by putting more dollars into the hands of hardworking farmers rather than the roasters.

Kribi’s onsite roasters allow for green coffee beans, with a long shelf life, to be roasted just before brewing. The approach results in a superior cup of coffee.

Shalo, who grew up on a coffee farm in Cameroon, was sourcing green beans from various countries around the world, but Siegl suggested Shalo narrow his focus. Shalo was hands-on in his family’s coffee business from age five onward until his family fled the country when he was a teenager.

Siegl encouraged Shalo to focus his coffee sourcing exclusively on the farms and farmers in his home country.

Inspired by Siegl’s advice Shalo reached out to his eldest sister and legal practitioner, Barrister M.N. Weledji, who resides in Cameroon.

Photo provided Weledji wrote a biography of Shalo’s mother in MENTOR: Zev Siegl (left), co-founder of Starbucks, is officially advising Kribi Coffee, owned by Jacques 2013 detailing how the Shalo (right). family came to own their coffee farm because of their mother’s entre- February. The beans will be offered at Kribi In an aggressive projection, Kribi Coffee Coffee bringing a taste of Cameroon to Mad- could grow to 690 stores worldwide over the preneurial drive.

“I was determined to act on my legacy and ison Street and used partially for wholesale next seven years. An incremental step toward that goal involves a very realistic exbring as much sincerity and heart to Kribi distribution.

As for the future, Shalo is making the pansion in Chicagoland. In the coming year Coffee as I could,” said Shalo. “My sister, who was actually waiting for me to step up, most of Siegl’s direct mentorship and docu- Shalo aims to open a second Kribi location connected me with friends and relatives menting processes to ensure he has a repli- in Oak Park with expanded on-site storage cable model designed to have social impact and roasting capacity to facilitate a robust who worked on coffee farms in Cameroon.”

In fact, Shalo, connected with Kyle Abong- in Cameroon as well as local communities. e-commerce business. nwi, a distant relative and agent with Aseans Cameroon LTD, a respected privately held coffee and cocoa export company in Cameroon. Serendipitously, Abongnwi was already managing more than 400 farmers, educating them to on how to improve their CONSERVATIVE MEDICAL & product and paying them two-to-three times SURGICAL TREATMENT OF: the commodity value for their coffee.

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Two juveniles charged with armed robbery and more Thornton’s targeted by 16-year-olds

By MARIA MAXHAM Editor

Air fryer causes apartment fire

Police were called to assist the Forest Park Fire Department and other area fire departments with a blaze in a unit of a building on the 7400 block of Washington Street on Jan. 10 at 1:51 p.m. The fire department extinguished the fire without any injuries reported, and the reporting police officer, an evidence technician, came to photograph the scene.

The origin of the fire in the unit appeared to be an air fryer, which had been left on to finish cooking some chicken wings while the owners left the unit. A large, charred item on the stove, later found to contain chicken wings, was identified as the air fryer. Another unit, which was unoccupied and being remodeled, had been forced open by the fire department because there was no response inside.

Several charges were brought against two juveniles after an armed robbery at Thornton’s, 601 Harlem Ave., on Jan. 8 at 1:14 a.m.

According to a press release from Deputy Chief Ken Gross of the Forest Park Police Department, two Forest Park police officers, who witnessed the armed robbery, approached the store at Thornton’s.

A sixteen-year-old male, attempting to flee on foot, punched one of the officers in the face while trying to escape.

After a brief struggle, the offender was placed in custody. Police found a “large amount” of money on him, and a

handgun he had discarded inside the store prior to his arrest was located. The pistol’s serial number was defaced.

While placing the offender in custody, police observed a car fleeing southbound on Harlem Avenue without its headlights on, despite it being the middle of the night.

The vehicle, which was found to have been reported stolen, headed eastbound on I-290. It was later located on the expressway around Laramie, where it had been in a single vehicle car accident.

Not long after, the driver, another sixteen-year-old male, was found hiding under a car in the vicinity of the accident. He was placed in custody, and a large amount of money was also found on him.

According to the release from the Forest Park Police Department, both juveniles were charged with armed robbery and resisting arrest. The juvenile in the store at Thornton’s was also charged with aggravated battery and felony weapon offenses. Additional charges against the driver of the getaway vehicle include aggravated fleeing to elude and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.

Bongs stolen The front glass door of OG Smoke Shop, 1215A Harlem Ave., was discovered broken on Jan. 6 at 9:11 a.m. Police observed the front door glass shattered and several glass display cases opened and damaged. Items were missing, including three glass bongs valued at $300 each, some vape pens, and three cartoon character glass bongs, including Spiderman and Superman, valued at $100 each. No attempts appeared to have been made to break into the cash register.

Experienced burglar uses suitcase to rob CVS A man entered CVS, 7216 Circle Ave., on Jan. 7 at 3:08 p.m. and filled a suitcase with items. He left without paying for them and headed toward the CTA Green Line station.

After positively identifying the man, police stopped him and discovered he had 32 previous larceny convictions.

Car parts missing The rear spoiler and one rear bumper light were removed from a car parked in a driveway on the 7500 block of Lexington Street sometime between Jan. 6 and Jan. 8 at 1:04 p.m., when the owner called the police. No other property appeared to be missing or damaged.

“As Seen on TV” items taken A man was caught by police on Jan. 9 at 11:36 a.m. after stealing over $200 in items, including “As Seen on TV” items, from Walgreens, 7200 Roosevelt Rd. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Jan. 4-10, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

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Graph from the Cook County Department of Public Health

UPTICK: After a decline, COVID-19 cases in both suburban Cook County and Forest Park are trending up again.

27 COVID-19 deaths; village and county see increase in cases

By MARIA MAXHAM Editor

A 72-year-old woman died from COVID-19 on Jan. 4, the village’s 27th victim of the virus.

Over the past two weeks, Forest Park, following the

trend of the rest of suburban Cook County, saw an uptick in COVID-19 cases, with a 20.8 percent increase over the past two weeks on Jan. 11.

As of Jan. 11, there were 31 new cases reported during the previous week, and a total of 935 confirmed cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the pandemic.

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BIG WEEK Strengthen Your Brain The Forest Park Public Library is distributing brain fitness kits to adults. Each kit contains fun games for keeping your brain fit. The kit includes sudoku sheets, special crossword puzzles, coloring art sheets, origami puzzles and chocolate. Pickup begins Jan. 15 through the library’s vestibule pick up service. Call ahead at 708-366-7171 to put one on hold. Contact Matt Cline at mcline@fppl.org with questions.

Explore Your World Storytime

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On Jan. 15 from 10:30 to 11 a.m., babies and toddlers are invited to a Facebook Live story time through the Forest Park Public Library. This story time uses reading to explore the word around us. Each week, a different place, thing, or concept will be explored using songs, games and books. For more information, visit fppl.org/events.

Have a question about email, internet, using your phone, using library eBooks or anything else technology-related? Forest Park Public Library cardholders can book a 30-minute session with a librarian to get help. You need to be acquainted with the virtual meeting application Zoom for your session. You will receive a Zoom link a day before your appointment. Please contact the library if you have any questions at 708-689-6125 or go to fppl.org/events to sign up.

Merry Mathmakers Virtual Storytime D91 Remote / In-person Survey Due Forest Park elementary school District 91 parents and guardians must choose either in-person or remote learning for their children by Jan. 19. The survey is located at fpsd91.org. No changes to an educational plan can be accommodated by the district after the survey due date.

On Jan. 14 from 10:30 to 10:50 a.m., children learning early math skills are invited to join this virtual story time.

Counting, sorting, comparing and talking about shapes, sizes and quantity are things that will be investigated through play, music and story. Register at fppl.org/events.

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Twisted Cookie contest with a creative twist

TWISTED COOKIE TRIO: Twisted Cookie owner Joana Fischer (center), pictured with staff members Bonitha Cunningham (left) and Susan Sawyer (right), is ready to judge your creative cookie creations.

Sweet shop owner is looking for winning recipes

By MELISSA ELSMO Food Editor

In an effort to turn a “not so sweet” year into a memory, Joana Fischer, head baker and owner of Twisted Cookie, 7401 Madison St. in Forest Park, is welcoming 2021 with a cookie contest.

“After all the holiday fun is over people can feel deflated,” said Fischer. “This contest is a way to keep people interested in Twisted Cookie and excited about baking. It is a matter of getting creative.”

Interested bakers should take inspiration from Twisted Cookie creations like cookie pies, cookie cakes and stuffed brownies when coming up with their entry. When asked what makes a winning cookie Fischer did not hesitate to answer. She notes taste is subjective but appreciates intriguing texture and does not want a cookie to be dry.

“My palate will determine the winner and I want flavors to pop,” said Fischer. “If you tell me something is key lime or apple, that flavor needs to come forward in the finished product.”

Fischer is looking for something unexpected to complement the evolved cookies she WELCOME CENTER offers in her Madison Street “cookie café.”

NOW OPEN! Creations in the shop sit in the case like jewels waiting for an owner. Éclairs, banana pudding, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches have inspired variations on Twisted Cookie’s offerings. Churro, salted caramel PROUDLY INTRODUCING and birthday cake influences also appear. At the heart of the menu, however, is Fischer’s signature sugar cookie.

“I love our butter cookies,” said Fischer.

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ST. BERNARDINE

Grouped with St. Luke from page 1 church buildings themselves will be used, with the two archdiocesan options being either 1) closing the doors to St. Bernardine’s church and holding all services at St. Luke’s church, or 2) having one pastor overseeing both churches, which will hold separate masses but be united in finances and governance.

Weekly mass attendance at St. Bernardine’s has fallen to 339 people, less than onehalf of the minimum of 800 set by the archdiocese.

Renew My Church began in 2016, when parishes were grouped together and began what is called Discernment and Decisions, the first in a three-step process for churches being combined under Renew My Church.

The next two steps are Operations Transitions and Building the New Reality.

Originally, the Discernment and Decisions phase was scheduled to be completed by the end of 2023 throughout the entire archdiocese. But as COVID-19 caused greater and sudden financial instability for many churches, the process is being hastened.

Now, all groupings – churches that have been identified by the archdiocese as having the potential to be combined in some fashion – will finish the discernment stage in 2022, a year earlier than planned.

For St. Bernardine and St. Luke, the archdiocese held a Zoom presentation on Jan. 7 led by LeRoy Chalmers, senior project manager of operations transition for Renew My Church.

Chalmers said that no decision has yet been made, and the Renew My Church committees at both parishes are encouraged to gather as much feedback as possible to officially submit to the archdiocese.

Feedback will go to the Renew My Church archdiocesan advisory groups that include Betsy Bohlen, chief operating officer for the Chicago Archdiocese, and a panel of priests and other leaders.

“This is not a top-down approach,” Chalmers said, adding that Cupich, who will make the final decision, “is very adamant about getting feedback from the communities, who really know their communities best.”

Ultimately, though, Cupich makes the final call.

Why Renew My Church?

At the core, the archdiocese admits “a decline in faith life” is at the heart of the need to close some churches and combine others.

According to Chalmers’ presentation, mass attendance in the archdiocese has decreased by 27 percent over the past 20 years.

In the United States as a whole, two out of five children who are baptized are never confirmed, and 85 percent of children who are confirmed stop practicing their faith by the age of 21.

The total number of priests has declined significantly. In the Archdiocese of Chicago

MARIA MAXHAM

PRAYERS OF THE FAITHFUL: Father Stanislaw Kuca says mass at St. Bernardine Catholic Church on Sunday, Jan. 10. in 2019, out of 746 priests in total, 408 were over the age of 60, raising the question of whether there would be enough priests or pastors to go around if parishes aren’t consolidated.

As Chalmers pointed out in his presentation, in recent years, so much is spent in local churches on maintenance that there is little left over for mission.

“Our model of parish life was built for a different time,” Chalmers said. And despite the fact that the physical structures of churches are beautiful, Chalmers said, many have fallen into disrepair over the years.

“In the past, the offertories of the parishioners sustained the beautiful buildings,” Chalmers said. But lower attendance means lower offerings, and physical upkeep is harder and harder to maintain.

Minimum requirements to remain independent According to Chalmers’ presentation there are three foundational principles that guide whether a parish might remain independent or should become part of a larger grouping. They relate to regular mass attendance, operating revenue and parish school stability.

Parishes need to have a minimum of 800 parishioners attending mass each weekend to be assigned a full-time pastor. The most

recent data collected by the archdiocese shows St. Bernardine with weekly attendance of 339 and St. Luke at 602, both under the necessary cutoff established by the archdiocese.

A parish must have minimum operating revenue of $750,000, excluding rental income, to support staffing of an independent parish. St. Bernardine’s 2019 operating revenue was only $394,604. St. Luke’s was $1,055,559.

As for school stability, St. Bernardine’s school closed in 2013, but St. Luke’s 2020-21 enrollment is at 260, above the minimum 240 student enrollment set by the archdiocese and possibly lower this year due to COVID-19. (Enrollment in the 2019-20 school year was 296.)

Strengths and challenges of grouping the two parishes Chalmers presented strengths of combining St. Bernardine and St. Luke parishes.

Between the two, the weekly 800 parishioner attendance minimum would be met, and financial revenue requirements would be sustained for both parishes, although St. Luke currently meets that one on its own.

There would be the opportunity to bring in more students to St. Luke’s school, and collaboration between youth programs might increase the number of younger families in the combined parish.

Both parishes currently have facilities that are useable, where outreach can be done.

But the archdiocese has identified “challenges” of the grouping as well. For starters, parishioners unhappy about the grouping may leave, and the minimum attendance issue might not be remedied as a result.

Combining liturgical ministries and traditions will most likely be met with some level of difficulty, as will integrating two parishes with no history of working together.

And, if services are moved to St. Luke, and if St. Bernardine’s church is closed, Chalmers pointed out a sad possibility: “Closing St. Bernardine would create a Catholic desert in Forest Park.”

Groupings might not stop with St. Bernardine and St. Luke’s, however. According to Thomas, “St. Vincent Ferrer [in River Forest] will be part of future grouping discussions about evangelization and other ministry after the current structural discussions between St. Bernardine and St. Luke conclude.

St. Vincent Ferrer is owned by the Dominican Friars, which affects the structural options possible between St. Vincent Ferrer and the other two parishes. With this in mind, it has been more fruitful for structural discussions to remain between St. Bernardine and St. Luke.”

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How Dr. King impacted their lives Six Black Forest Parkers reflect on his legacy

By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

John Netherly grew up in the Lawndale Neighborhood. The 57-year-old Forest Park social worker has vivid memories of seeing the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. march down Pulaski Road.

That experience was the first in a series of events that led him to pursue social work and becoming a one-person nonprofit, the Bedrock Movement where, in his spare time, he helps homeless people who are living on the street.

Fred Bryant was a student at Topeka High School in 1954 when the Supreme Court handed down the landmark decision Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education which placed him right in the middle of the movement Dr. King was leading.

The octogenarian and owner of Accents by Fred on Madison Street, which is now in its 21st year, said, “I have been able to experience a large span of events in the history of our country. Many of these events involved racism, prejudice, ethics and change. I have marched, demonstrated, protested, voted and have participated in many of these events.”

And these experiences influenced him develop a personal creed: Set goals Make a plan and work it Learn to adjust

Be persistent Don’t worry, trust in God Be nice and smile Many Black Forest Parkers who weren’t yet born when Dr. King was leading the Civil Rights Movement have nevertheless been heavily impacted by his life and teaching.

Mayor Rory Hoskins, for example, said when he was in the fourth grade, he was asked to recite Dr. King’s “I Have a Dream” speech as a part of the Black History Month program in 1981 in his Galveston, Texas school, which had been built partly for the purpose of de-segregating the public schools there.

“I received lots of positive reinforcement for participating,” he recalled, “but at the time I didn’t fully appreciate Dr. King’s place in American history.”

Another childhood memory involved the daughter of a wealthy white banker in Galveston who complained about her daddy’s bank having to be closed on the third Monday of January. “She pronounced Dr. King’s name ‘Maaaahtin Lootha Kang’” said Hoskins. “I couldn’t understand why she had an issue with the holiday, but later when I was in college, I concluded that she was parroting disparaging remarks she had heard at home.”

Hoskins thinks it is good for Black people to share and celebrate their experiences and traditions, like the Juneteenth pool party he organizes with friends and neighbors; likewise, “It’s good for Americans from different cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds to share their experiences and traditions as well. Not everyone will be open to embracing unfamiliar traditions,” he added,

but “most Americans understand that ‘from many we are one.’”

Bria Douglas, a 29-year-old Forest Park resident explained the influence the Civil Rights leader had on her by quoting him.

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”

“I think about this question a lot,” she said, “especially now in a time where so many people are struggling not only with the pandemic but social injustices and civil unrest. I have always tried my best to help others. Wanting to help others is one of the main reasons why I chose to leave my job in real estate management for a career in nonprofit. I wanted my work to have meaning; I wanted to help make a difference.”

Jeff Russell owns the Millionaire barber shop located on Beloit across the street from the entrance to the Park District of Forest Park.

“What stands out to me personally in the life of Dr. King,” he said, “is his courage — the willingness to take an idea/philosophy that is in stark contrast to mainstream society/culture and embody that idea to such a degree that others see it and want to follow it. And then present it to the world, even at the risk of losing his own life.”

Lattise Teague is the leader of Hope Tabernacle’s praise team. The 39-year-old said, “One of the ways Dr. King influenced me was the fact that he was so young when he started his mission for quality. It reminds me that there is no such thing as I need to wait until I’m older. The time is now to make a change and impact those around me. I often wonder how much more he could have done if he was able to live longer.”

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

SOLIDARITY: Mayor Rory Hoskins (left) is pictured here with Oak Park Mayor Anan Abu-Taleb at a recent press conference outside Live Café in Oak Park on Jan. 7.

TIM GILLIAN Staying longer from page 1 the village.

The subcommittee will determine qualifications necessary for Gillian’s successor and will develop a matrix of skills used to rank applicants to decide who will be interviewed. All commissioners will receive copies of all resumes received, and each commissioner can recommend one applicant for a preliminary interview. The sub-committee will review resumes and invite up to 10 candidates for preliminary interviews, which will be conducted from Feb. 16 to 25. Final interviews will be conducted by the entire village council from March 1 to 5.

Byrnes and Voogd, both appointed to the subcommittee, made it clear that they wanted all commissioners to have a say in the process, and they had been told

by Hoskins that the subcommittee was a way to streamline the process. In fact, Voogd said that if another commissioner preferred to be on the subcommittee, having that discussion now and publicly was the best option.

Hoskins said the village sought proposals from a search firm, but the cost, around $17,000, was too much.

“After discussing this with all the commissioners, it seems like a consensus, that we had agreed that this is something that we could do in-house,” Hoskins said.

That consensus was reached in part through emails to individual commissioners and also through phone conversations with them, Hoskins indicated.

The consensus, however, didn’t include Novak, who said he’d made it clear that he was opposed to the process brought forth at the meeting. Novak said he supports hiring an executive search firm, since the position of village administrator is important and having the best advice possible is crucial.

“You get what you pay for,” said Novak during the Jan. 11 meeting. “And in turn, I think that this top level, top executive municipal position, you know, we need professionals to assist us for the best interests of Forest Park.”

Novak also indicated that the pool of candidates the village will pull from under this process might not be as big as it would be with the help of a search firm.

“We’re just casting the net where we honestly could be casting a lot bigger net,” Novak said.

Hoskins responded that, “We just didn’t feel the need to hire someone and pay them nearly $20,000, to come and talk to our village and then conduct the interviews for us. I mean, I think we’d all rather be hands on, in this case … This is a very important vote that we’ll take.

So we might as well really get to know all the candidates up front, rather than outsource this.”

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OPINION O U R

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St. B’s future

nce a cultural and spiritual center of Forest Park, it becomes clearer that the days of St. Bernardine’s Catholic Church are numbered. With attendance at Sunday Mass withering, donations dropping and the parish school long closed, it seems more than likely that the archdiocese’s touted Renew My Church program will renew St. B’s out of existence when final decisions are made in March.

Right now, in a moment referred to as Discernment and Decisions, St. Bernardine’s and its castmate, River Forest’s St. Luke parish and school are offering feedback to a committee downtown. The committee, of course, is headed by Cardinal Blasé Cupich. The final decision on consolidations and closing will be his. Cupich seems to be a good-hearted man in a real pickle. Across all parishes, attendance at sacramental services is falling. COVID-19 has killed donations.

And these lovely church buildings, constructed a century back by immigrant communities, as is Forest Park’s St. B’s, are aging and the fixes are expensive.

It is hard to overstate the core role that St. Bernardine played in the community’s life during the glory years of Italian and Irish ethnicities in Forest Park. A hub for Mass, for school, for baptisms, weddings and funerals. The place to gather for potlucks and bingo and graduations.

We won’t fully prejudge the outcome here. But in ways it would be kinder and more forward thinking to find the ways Catholics in Forest Park and River Forest could forge a new identity within St. Luke than to watch St. B’s continue to scuffle.

Thanks, Tim

On Nov. 23, Tim Gillian, Forest Park’s longtime village administrator, told the village council he was ready to retire. He gave them a date of Jan. 29. Well, now, it will be sometime later.

Admittedly, giving notice three days before Thanksgiving was problematic for the mayor and village council. Tough to run a recruitment process over the extended holiday season.

That said, it was not until Monday night that the council finally voted to do the search for Gillian’s replacement inhouse, to form a subcommittee to determine qualifications for the next village administrator and to launch a search with the goal of churning up candidates who will face final interviews in early March.

That’s a lot of lost days even if some were holidays.

We should all be grateful that Gillian, a loyal soldier always, has agreed to stay on the job full time for an indeterminate amount of time.

We’re not wildly enthused about expensive search firms for government positions. It is a closed loop of insiders boosting each other for new jobs. However, because Forest Park is historically so insular, we are dubious that an inhouse search is going to find the talent the village needs.

Also, we wonder just how broke is Forest Park that it can’t spend $17,000 for a search firm on the most important hire this mayor and council will ever make.

Popular purveyors of Chicago-style pizza

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sausage as “next level.” n 2016, I interviewed Oak Parker Craig Priebe, Bertolli’s sausage is, indeed, subtly different than who had just had The United States of Pizza, what you’d find on many Chicago-style tavern pizzas. published by Rizzoli Press. During this conversaThe abundant clusters of sausage on our pie were lush tion, I asked Priebe if he had a favorite local pizza and flavorful. My personal preference is for lots of place, and he told me, “I like Bertolli’s because fennel in the sausage, but that’s probably they make an honest Chicago-style thin just me: I enjoyed every bite of Bertolli’s crust pizza. The pepperoni is the best kind, sausage. the big sandwich pepperoni. Their sausage The onion is a good addition, adding a has a great flavor too. I order simple pies touch of acidity and sweetness to the pie, from them, and I like to ask for the pizza to both of which work well with the cheese. be cooked well-done for extra crispiness.

But aside from what was on the pizza, Sausage and onion is my favorite.”

Bertolli’s pies are also to be praised for If you Google “Chicago-style pizza,” what they *don’t* put on their pizza: lots of you’ll find many references to, and imcheese. The over-cheesing of a pizza hapages of, deep dish pizza, which is indeed pens all the time, and though this, too, is a *a* Chicago style. Another Chicago-style personal preference, I prefer the cheese to pizza that seems to get less airtime is the be reasonably applied, not too abundantly. thin-crust, grid-cut, tavern-style pizza that We want a balance of ingredients, and many of us ate in the ’50s and ’60s when Bertolli’s applies toppings in what seem to that was the only kind of pizza available, be equal amounts, so that no one of them long before deep dish became a thing.

Dining & overwhelms the others.

Chicago-style, thin-crust pizza is, as Steve Food Blogger Pizza is America’s most popular ethnic Dolinsky argues in Pizza City U.S.A., one food. It’s so popular, in fact, that I doubt of several different types of pizza served in most people consider a pizza pie to be the city. anything other than all-American. The Oak Park“Chicago is the city that works,” Dolinsky writes, River Forest-Forest Park area is lucky to have such an “and immigrants who originally built the roads, abundance of excellent purveyors of the pie, including bridges and skyscrapers loved to end the day at the Jimmy’s Place, Gaetano’s and, of course, Bertolli’s. neighborhood tavern for a beer. Intuitive bar owners Read more of David Hammond’s food blogs at realized they could make ultra-thin pizza for cheap, OakPark.com. cut their pieces into tiny squares (known as the ‘party cut’) and then pass the bite-sized snacks around the bar.”

Bertolli’s Pizza in River Forest offers three types of Chicago-style pizzas: pan, stuffed and thin crust.

We went with thin crust and, like Priebe, we almost always order simple pies, usually just sausage or pepperoni. Last weekend, we decided to go with Priebe’s suggestion and get a Chicago-style pizza topped with sausage and onion; we asked for the crust to be crisp and well-done.

Bertolli’s apparently has lots of fans: Oak Parkers, past and present, cheered my Facebook mention of the restaurant.

Michelle Jensen proclaimed “Bertolli’s is our fave!!” and Andrew Schoen described Bertolli’s

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JANUARY 28th, 2021 at 7:00 PM NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, January 28th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for variations at 9219 Broadway Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 15-34-307-005-0000 & 15-34-307-006-0000).

Legal Description: Parcel 1: Lots 4, 5, 6, and 7 in Block 1 in Portia Manor, being Frederick H. Bartlett’s Subdivision in the Southwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded February 6, 1915 as document number 5573274, in Cook County, Illinois.

Parcel 2: That part of the 16 feet vacated alley lying southeasterly of Lot 7 in Block 1 in Portia Manor, being Frederick H. Bartlett’s Subdivision in the Southwest Quarter of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian, described as follows: Lying northeasterly of the southwesterly line of Lot 7 extended southeasterly to the southerly line of the northerly ½ of said alley; Lying northerly of the southerly line of the north ½ of said alley and lying southwesterly of a line drawn from the southwesterly corner of said Lot 7 to a point in the southerly line of said alley 65 feet northeasterly of the southeasterly corner of Lot 10 in Block 1, all in Portia Manor, being Frederick H. Bartlett’s subdivision in the southwest quarter of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments. There will also be opportunities to offer public comment and participate in this meeting virtually. Please check this webpage one week before the meeting for more information: https://brookfieldil.gov/meeting-packets/ The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours.

Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Mike Schwarz, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 at mschwarz@brookfieldil.gov.

Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall.

By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman.

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday 01 February 2021, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, the Village Plan Commission will conduct a public hearing to consider a request for an amendment to the PUD to construct an approximately 8,600 sq ft. addition on the following described property.

PARCEL 1: LOT 1 IN THE FINAL PLAT OF FRANKLIN SUBDIVISION, BEING A PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 1602544024, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: NON-EXCLUSIVE DRIVEWAY EASEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 1, AS CREATED BY DEED FROM CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY TO E. W. KNEIP, INCORPORATED RECORDED DECEMBER 9, 1966 AS DOCUMENT 20018802, OVER THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: THAT PART OF THE NORTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT A POINT ON THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF CIRCLE AVENUE, 183.00 FEET WEST OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE CENTERLINE OF HARLEM AVENUE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID CIRCLE AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 490.70 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING OF SAID EASEMENT, SAID POINT OF BEGINNING ALSO BEING THE MOST SOUTHERLY CORNER OF A TRACT OF LAND, AS CONVEYED

BY QUIT CLAIM DEED DATED JULY 5, 1963 FROM THE CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY TO MAX GOLDSTEIN, EVA GOLDSTEIN AND BESSIE GOLDSTEIN, AND RECORDED AUGUST 23, 1963 AS DOCUMENT 18893094; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY ALONG A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 109 DEGREES, 58 MINUTES MEASURED COUNTER CLOCKWISE FROM A STRAIGHT LINE DRAWN FROM THE POINT OF COMMENCEMENT TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, A DISTANCE OF 90.5 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 72.00 FEET SOUTH OF, AS

MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST; THENCE WEST ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST, TO A POINT 1140.00 FEET WEST OF THE CENTERLINE OF SAID HARLEM AVENUE, AS MEASURED ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE, A DISTANCE OF 97.7 FEET TO A POINT 84.00 FEET SOUTH OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG A STRAIGHT LINE, A DISTANCE 0F 76.1 FEET TO A POINT 102.00 FEET SOUTH OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST; THENCE SOUTH ALONG A LINE DRAWN AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE NORTH LINE OF FRANKLIN STREET TO A POINT 43.00 FEET NORTH OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE NORTH LINE OF THE PROPERTY AND EXTENSION THEREOF, AS CONVEYED FROM SAID RAILWAY COMPANY TO THE CITIES SERVICE OIL COMPANY

BY QUIT CLAIM DEED DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1963 AND RECORDED MARCH 8, 1963, AS DOCUMENT 18737524; THENCE WEST ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY SAID DEED DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1963 TO A LINE DRAWN AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST AND DISTANT 1707.00 FEET WEST OF, AS MEASURED ALONG SAID SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE FROM THE CENTERLINE OF SAID HARLEM AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH ALONG A LINE DRAWN AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST TO THE NORTH LINE OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY SAID DEED DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1963, EXTENDED WESTERLY; THENCE EASTERLY ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY SAID DEED DAT-

ED FEBRUARY 25, 1963 AND THE WESTERLY EXTENSION THEREOF (BEING ALSO THE NORTH LINE OF PARCEL 5 AND THE EASTERLY EXTENSION THEREOF) TO THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED BY SAID DEED DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1963; THENCE NORTH ALONG A LINE DRAWN AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE NORTH LINE OF SAID FRANKLIN STREET TO A POINT 8.5 FEET SOUTH OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE CENTERLINE OF SPUR TRACK I.C.C. NO. 367 OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, AS NOW LOCATED AND ESTABLISHED; THENCE EAST ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE CENTERLINE OF SAID SPUR TRACK, A DISTANCE OF 162.00 FEET; THENCE NORTH ALONG A LINE DRAWN AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST, TO A POINT 102.00 FEET SOUTH OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE OF SAID RAILWAY COMPANY, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST; THENCE EAST ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTH BOUNDARY LINE, EAST OF HARLEM AVENUE, EXTENDED WEST, A DISTANCE OF 230.00 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT 50.00 FEET SOUTHWESTERLY OF, AS MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES FROM THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF THE TRACT OF LAND, AS CONVEYED IN SAID DEED DATED FEBRUARY 25, 1963; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ALONG A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE SOUTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID TRACT OF LAND, A DISTANCE OF 81.00 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID CIRCLE AVENUE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG THE NORTHWESTERLY LINE OF SAID CIRCLE AVENUE, A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 7419 Franklin Street, Forest Park, Illinois.

P.I.N.: 15-12-400-032-0000 The applicant is Farmington Foods Inc. Signed: Forest Park Plan Commission

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JANUARY 28th, 2021 at 7:00 PM

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JANUARY 28th, 2021 at 7:00 PM

NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, January 28th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for special uses and variations at 3423 and 3427 Hollywood Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 15-35-103-016-0000 & 15-35104-018-0000).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, January 28th, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for variations at 3727 Sunnyside Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 15-34-420-011-0000).

Legal Description: Lots 9, 10 and the South 45 feet of Lot 8 (except the East 45 feet thereof) all in Block 1 in the Second Addition to Hollywood in the Northwest Quarter of Section 35, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments. There will also be opportunities to offer public comment and participate in this meeting virtually. Please check this webpage one week before the meeting for more information: https://brookfieldil.gov/meeting-packets/ The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours.

Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Mike Schwarz, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 at mschwarz@brookfieldil.gov.

Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall.

By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman.

Published in RB Landmark 1/13/2021

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y20005512 on December 29, 2020 Under the Assumed Business Name of PANDA STUDIOS with the business located at: 1913 S. MANNHEIM RD, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: PATRICIA ANN REIS 10518 CANTERBURY ST, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154, USA. Published in RB Landmark 1/13, 1/20, 1/27/2021

PUBLIC NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE STATE OF ILLIONIS, CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY. Request of Dylan Stephen Weinand Case Number 2020CONC000687 There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: Dylan Stephen Weinand to the new name of: Dylan Stephen Weinand-Flannery The court date will be held: On March 17th, 2020 at 9:30 at Daley Center, 50 W Washington Street, Chicago, IL, 60602 in Courtroom # 1706.

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Legal Description: Lots 47 and 48 in Block 19 in Grossdale, a Subdivision of the Southeast ¼ of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian in Cook County, Illinois.

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments. There will also be opportunities to offer public comment and participate in this meeting virtually. Please check this webpage one week before the meeting for more information: https://brookfieldil.gov/meeting-packets/ The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours.

Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Mike Schwarz, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 at mschwarz@brookfieldil.gov.

Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall.

By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman.

Published in RB Landmark 1/13/2021

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR OPTION ONE MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2006-3, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-3 Plaintiff, -v.CHARLES T. GRANT, JUANITA J. GRANT, THE PRAIRIE PLACE AT 6436 ROOSEVELT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2019CH14912 6436 ROOSEVELT RD, 413 OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 5, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 9, 2021, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 6436 ROOSEVELT RD, 413, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-428-0431030, Property Index No. 16-18428-043-1054 The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF OAK PARK ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HEARING DATE: February 3, 2021 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits CALENDAR NUMBER: 18-20-Z APPLICATION: The Zoning Board of Appeals (“Board”) will conduct a public hearing on an application filed by the Applicant, Lois Platt, as Trustee of the Lois M. Platt Trust, seeking a variance from Section 4.3 (Table 4-1: Residential District Dimensional Standards) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance, which requires a minimum rear yard setback of 18’ – 5 ½”, to permit the construction of a two-story addition featuring a rear yard setback of 15’ – 5 ½” at the property located at 412 Iowa Street, Oak Park, Illinois, Property Index Numbers 16-06-418-022-0000 in the R-2 Single-Family Zoning District.

A copy of the application and applicable documents are on file and are available for inspection at Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, Monday through Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

The Board will conduct the public hearing remotely with live audio available and optional video. The meeting will be streamed live and archived online for on-demand viewing at www.oak-park.us/commissiontv as well as cablecast on VOP-TV, which is available to Comcast subscribers on channel 6 and ATT U-Verse subscribers on channel 99. The remote public hearing is authorized pursuant to Section 7(e) of the Open Meetings Act. The Village President has determined that an in-person public

hearing is not practical or prudent due to the COVID-19 outbreak during Governor JB Pritzker’s current disaster proclamation. It is also not feasible to have a person present at the public hearing due to public safety concerns related to the COVID-19 outbreak.

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. Interested persons may provide written evidence, testimony and public comment on the application by email to Zoning@oak-park.us or by drop off in the Oak Park Payment Drop Box across from the entrance to Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on February 3, 2021.

An individual’s name and their testimony or comment will be read aloud into the record at the public hearing if received no later than 30 minutes prior to the start of the public hearing. Interested persons may also participate in the hearing to cross examine the applicant and its witnesses, present evidence, testimony or public comment by emailing Zoning @oak-park.us before 5:00 PM on the day prior to the public hearing to sign up. Individuals who sign up to participate in this manner will receive an email from Village staff with information about how to join the meeting online through Zoom web-conference means or by phone.

The public hearing may be adjourned by the Board to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE

THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-11626 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH14912 TJSC#: 40-2378 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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This 3 BR, 2.1 BA home has not been available in over 55 years.

It has been meticulously maintained within the same family for that time. This home offers two first floor good sized bedrooms and a large second floor master. Each floor has a full updated bathroom. The first floor living room, with it's vaulted ceilings, fill with sunlight pouring from the front foyer windows.

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Living room, dining room, and eat in kitchen, plus a finished basement. Huge deck off the back of the house and a very large two car garage!

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337 Marengo Avenue, Forest Park ......................$275,000 Fantastic location alert!! Just a stones throw from Madison Street shopping, restaurants, and night life makes this a very desirable piece of real estate! This is two flat is ready for some love and attention. Just stuck in time is all. Or a fantastic de-conversion to single family! So bring your decorating ideas, and be prepared to fall in love!

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STEWARDS: Joan and Jim Collins bought 419 Randolph St. in the 1970s and have spent the intervening half century breathing life into the E.E. Roberts design.

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Historic E.E. Roberts design hits the market

One-of-a-kind couple selling one-of-a-kind Oak Park home

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t may not be unusual in Oak Park for a couple of a certain age to decide to sell their family home after their children have grown and moved away. It is also not rare for that home to be an architecturally significant home. After all, we are talking about Oak Park.

The village, with its abundance of architecturally significant older homes, has long been a draw for those with ties to the architectural history of the Chicago-area. While their circumstances may not be unusual, Joan and Jim Collins are unique in their long history in the village, their work in the architectural field, their E.E. Roberts house and the imprint they will leave behind when they leave Oak Park.

Jim Collins was born in Oak Park and raised in Chicago and says his Oak Park roots are deep. His mother went to high

school with Ernest Hemingway, as did his father. The war memorial in Scoville Park bears a family member’s name.

When Jim met Joan, she was a school teacher in Cicero living in Oak Park, so the couple decided to set down roots in the village after they married.

They became the third owners of 419 Randolph St. in the 1970s and set about making the home their own. An architectural engineer, Jim Collins liked the connection to well-known Oak Park architect E.E. Roberts.

“He designed hundreds of homes in Oak Park, and his homes tend to have an excellent floor plan,” Joan said. “This house is one of his smaller plans, but it lives well.”

Long-term project Jim recalls that when they purchased the home, the boiler bore the installation date of 1911, and everything in the house was painted mint green. He and Joan stripped paint off the original woodwork and removed elaborate drapes to showcase the original leaded-glass windows.

“Even the attic has nine leaded glass win-

dows,” said Jim. Having an architectural engineer in the family came in handy when the front steps of the house had to be rebuilt, and Joan notes that Jim’s skills were again called into play when they replaced their one-car garage with a 2.5-car garage with a studio above.

As they raised their three sons in the home, Jim and Joan at first used that studio space as a work-from-home office. As Jim’s business expanded, they turned their basement into a workspace, complete with kitchenette.

Jim took advantage of his work as a reclamation architect to add character to the home. While working on a project downtown, the project’s contractor uncovered an alley of old brick and gave some of the castoffs to Jim, who used them to create a garden path behind his home.

When the South Side Francis Apartments were town down in the 1970s, Jim used some of the building’s historic frieze to create a unique exterior focal point on his home.

Jim Collins worked on several projects in and around Oak Park, and one that will always tie him to the village is the apartment building at Madison Street and Wisconsin Avenue in the village.

When he was working on the plans, his mother had recently passed away, so he named the street Susan Collins Lane to honor her memory. The building represents another generation of the family as well.

The Collins’ son, who is a portrait painter living in Florence, Italy, created the sculptures decorating the exterior of the building.

All of her time living in Oak Park and working alongside her husband also inspired a love of architecture in Joan. She writes about architecture, and one of her first books featured architect Louis Sullivan as a character.

As they look forward to the next chapter of their lives, the Collinses have fond memories of their neighborhood and time in Oak Park. Joan says the neighborhood near Elmwood and Randolph was an idyllic place to

Part of Oak Park history

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Under Contract! 1143 Clinton Ave, Oak Park 4 BR 2BA Charming home with original details located just blocks from schools, parks, and public transportation. .... ............................................................................ $319,000

Under Contract! 1422 William Street, River Forest 4 BR 4.1 BA Charming contemporary home with prairie influenced details. ........................................... $1,100,000 Sue Canepa | 312-557-0848 Suecanepahomes@gmail.com

Shea Kiessling | 708-710-5952 Shea@cbexchange.com

Rental 240 Forest Ave, #2, River Forest 4 BR, 2BA, 2 levels of gorgeous living space! Sprawling side yard, decked area for outdoor dining, 1 car garage spot plus 1 exterior. Fantastic location on cul-de-sac, near park, school, & Metra stop. ............................................. $3,400/mo Kirstin Gloor | 708-351-8977 Kirstin.Gloor@cbexchange.com

Under Contract! 415 N. Marion Street, Oak Park 2 unit plus an in-law with steady rental income, situated between newly revamped Lake St and Chicago Ave business and entertainment districts. Now is your chance to start something NEW! Lisa Andreoli and Meredith Conn 708-557-9546 or 708-743-6973 TeamGo2Girls@gmail.com

Just Sold! 535 Blackberry Ridge Drive, Aurora 4BR, 3.1BA Large home situated on a lovely golf course! ............................................................................ $332,500

Just Sold! 243 S. Maple Ave, Unit C 2 BR, 2.1BASpectacular 4 level townhome in a perfect, central location. .................................................. $355,000

Patty Melgar Hooks | 708-261-2796 patty.melgarhooks@cbexchange.com

Sara Faust | 708-772-7910 sara.faust@cbexchange.com

Happy New Year! from Coldwell Banker Oak Park.

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Stephanie Eiger | 708-557-0779 Stephanie.Eiger@cbexchange.com

John Haagenson | 773-230-6995 john.haagenson@cbexchange.com

Monica Klinke | 708-612-3031 monica.klinke@cbexchange.com

Lewis Jones | 574-527-1743 lewis.jones@cbexchange.com

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E.E. ROBERTS from page B1 raise their sons.

“The school system was good. It was a great place to live and figure out what you want to be,” she said.

“When we moved here in the seventies, Oak Park had such a sense of community. It’s that kind of community that makes Oak Park special.”

“We’ve really loved Oak Park,” said Jim.

The details The E.E. Roberts designed home at 419 Randolph St. is a four-bedroom, four-bathroom house offering over 1,800 square feet of living space. The coach house, walk-up attic and finished basement space offer plenty of room to spread out, and homeowner Joan Collins says the backyard is “situated in such a way that it’s very private. You get to see the beautiful leaves in the fall.”

Meg Wygonik-Kryger of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago is listing the home for $615,000 and says she expects the fourth owners of the home will find a lot to like.

“Someone’s going to love it for how well they’ve preserved the architectural details. The coach house is just phenomenal,” Wygonik-Kryger said. “Obviously, with COVID, there are so many possibilities with that space.”

419 Randolph St, Oak Park

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WE’RE BY YOUR SIDE 107 S Scoville Ave. Oak Park | $1,250,000 Keller Group Chicago

940 Bonnie Brae Pl River Forest | $1,139,000 Ed Bellock

947 Wenonah Ave Oak Park | $799,000 Swati Saxena

232 S Kenilworth Ave Oak Park | $795,000 Jim Gillespie

154 N Euclid Ave Oak Park | $648,900 Maya Puentes

111 Home Ave, Unit 3 Oak Park | $569,000 Hughes Home Team

435 William St, Unit 208 River Forest | $540,000 Ed Bellock

320 S Maple Ave, Unit D Oak Park | $479,000 Liz O’Connell

1030 Alexander Ln Oak Park | $400,000 Swati Saxena

328 N Cuyler Ave Oak Park | $399,000 Carla Taylor

1014 Hayes Ave Oak Park | $379,000 Bobbi Eastman

830 N Austin Blvd Oak Park | $373,000 Heidi Rogers

170 N Marion St, # 8 Oak Park | $369,900 Bethanny Alexander

512 S Cuyler Ave Oak Park | $325,000 Bobbi Eastman

3150 N Prater Ave Melrose Park | $315,000 Carla Taylor

164 N Humphrey Ave #3S Oak Park | $249,000 Catherine Simon-Vobornik

424 Park Ave, #205 River Forest | $240,000 Saretta Joyner

210 S Lombard Ave, Unit B Oak Park | $224,000 Peggy Letchos

339 Home Ave, Unit 2B Oak Park | $209,000 Patricia McGowan

475 Shenstone Rd, #103 Riverside | $140,000 Sandra Dita Lopez

Baird & Warner Oak Park/River Forest | 1037 Chicago Ave. Oak Park, IL 60302 | 708.697.5900 | oakpark.bairdwarner.com Source: BrokerMetrics® LLC, 1/1/2019 - 12/ 31/2019Detached and Attached only. Chicagoland PMSA

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OAK PARK This amazing Queen Anne Bungalow has been renovated to allow for bright open spaces!

OAK PARK Magnificent grand Colonial features 4 levels of luxurious living.

4 BR, 2 BA ............................................................................................................................................................$560,000

5 BR, 4.1 BA ......................................................................................................................................................$1,290,000

OAK PARK

FOREST PARK

Steve Scheuring • 708-369-8043

Spectacular renovated condo in the very desirable Tara Hall building.

2 BR, 1 BA ............................................................................................................................................................$175,000 Steve Scheuring • 708-369-8043

Steve Scheuring • 708-369-8043

New construction in 2007. Fabulous 2-story brick and stone 2,152 sq ft condo!

2 BR, 2 BA ............................................................................................................................................................$425,000 Michael O’Neill & Bridget O’Neill • 708-267-8995 or 312-337-0200

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CHICAGO Sleek, Modern and Contemporary design in the exciting Basecamp River North Rowhomes!

3 BR, 2.1 BA .........................................................................................................................................................$849,000 Michael O’Neill & Bridget O’Neill • 708-267-8995 or 312-337-0200

GLEN ELLYN Meticulously maintained home with an exceptional addition on a magnificent lot.

5 BR, 2.2 BA .........................................................................................................................................................$679,000 Michael O’Neill & Bridget O’Neill • 708-267-8995 or 312-337-0200

PRICE REDUCED!

RIVER FOREST Classic English Brick Tudor with 4623 square feet of living space!

4 BR, 4.1 BA .........................................................................................................................................................$849,000 Kathy & Tony Iwersen • 708-772-8040 or 708-772-8041

RIVER FOREST Numerous upgrades for comfortable contemporary living in this classic Buurma Brothers style home.

4 BR, 3.2 BA ......................................................................................................................................................$1,139,000 Ed Bellock Jr. • 630-253-7000

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P R O P E R T Y

River Forest home sells for $1,463,000

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Recorder of Deeds for September, 2020. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the recorder of deeds.

OAK PARK

T R A N S F E R S OAK PARK ADDRESS

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

419 N Lombard Ave

$500,000.00

Robinson Randolph Allen

Isaacs Lauren

823 S Grove Ave

$507,500.00

Jones Damien

Siegel Jonas E

1111 N Kenilworth Ave

$509,000.00

Blecher Nancy C

Ahn Sung Chul Tr

1201 Belleforte Ave

$510,000.00

Kunstler Marcia Tr

Avery Matthew

304 N Cuyler Ave

$520,000.00

Wolff Brian

Cuyler Llc

1021 S Ridgeland Ave

$526,000.00

Baker John

Engel David J

804 Gunderson Ave

$553,000.00

Kruger Mark R

Gibson James D

ADDRESS

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

422 S Elmwood Ave

$562,000.00

Bishop Jeffrey W

Rudman Kyle

309 N Kenilworth Ave 641 Garfield St 415 Wesley Ave 228 N Oak Park Ave 136 S Austin Blvd 408 S Lombard Ave 211 N Marion St 530 Washington Blvd 333 S East Ave 420 Home Ave 644 Lake St 1159 S Lombard Ave 333 S East Ave 930 Ontario St 1181 S Kenilworth Ave 333 Wesley Ave 822 S Scoville Ave 704 S Lombard Ave 1109 Paulina St 1220 N East Ave 824 Wenonah Ave 407 Wisconsin Ave 810 N Taylor Ave 1106 Clinton Ave 1167 Gunderson Ave 633 S Lyman Ave 319 N Oak Park Ave 932 S Euclid Ave 1040 S East Ave 300 N Maple Ave 218 Chicago Ave 743 S Cuyler Ave 721 Ontario St 111 S Euclid Ave 733 S Grove Ave 624 S Humphrey Ave 1118 Ontario St 1127 Schneider Ave 1127 S Taylor Ave 616 S Kenilworth Ave 38 Le Moyne Pky 804 N Marion St 1220 N Oak Park Ave 805 S Ridgeland Ave 132 S Grove Ave

$1,050,000.00 $102,500.00 $105,000.00 $125,500.00 $130,000.00 $139,000.00 $140,000.00 $160,000.00 $180,000.00 $185,000.00 $190,000.00 $205,000.00 $212,000.00 $224,000.00 $230,000.00 $238,000.00 $240,000.00 $250,000.00 $258,000.00 $260,000.00 $278,000.00 $295,000.00 $305,000.00 $308,000.00 $332,500.00 $340,000.00 $347,000.00 $367,500.00 $368,000.00 $369,000.00 $379,000.00 $382,000.00 $400,000.00 $409,000.00 $417,000.00 $430,500.00 $435,000.00 $442,000.00 $445,000.00 $445,000.00 $469,000.00 $470,000.00 $475,000.00 $480,000.00 $496,000.00

Newman Felicia D Knebel Matthew Wesley Terrace Condo Assn Johnson Kurtis L Jackson David Adm Montes Nathania G Ayala Brenda Scherr Lisa K Tr Malapati Premesh Jackson Christian Sterling Tr Cageao Nicholas I Midwest Care Mgmt Serv Inc Blackwell George M Jr Dave Chirag Mondello Marina Francesca Liu Hua Weiss Walter Edward Tr Ahc Prop Llc Fannie Mae Graziano Bruno Tr Vondrasek Liz A Newell Kevin Tr Jedlicka Kenneth C Jaster Barbara J Schneider Mark Wright Eric C Scott Marilyn Tr Hernandez Elizabeth C Kalemba Clare M Leontis Jacquelyn Kay Perez Jason Vedas Robert A Tr Dasilva Byron Fardy Patrick Feiertag Daniel J Scagnelli Bartholomew J Traxler Thomas Watters Zachary John West Side Remodeling Llc Smith Kristina D Stock Susan R Burns Bonnie Lou Tr Lucchesi Michael Morris Patrick Tr Scott Stephen J

Shobert Benjamin Szymczak Christopher P Duran Ana Maria Cole Karen L Jackson David Ortiz Ricardo G Saida Patreycja Kalemba Keith Samata Angelica Odom Sharon A Bhaga Tina 1159 Lombard Llc Bemiss Ann Abhayam Llc J Dev Llc Kalemba Clare Putnick Matthew Hallendorff James D Tsi Prop Llc Graziano Bruno Wallis Elizabeth Jane Sassone Linda A Hanschke Christina E Tora Daniel Sanchez Kosar Joshua R Subak Susan Burke Christopher Foreman Robert Strietzel Rachel Narsutis Joellen N Tr Mickel Scott Rodriguez Richard A Friedman Benjamin Healey Thomas J Pinches Bradley Bulls Herman Vangapally Karthik Thurmond Travis A Goss Matthew Emery Lagoni Hans Peter Winter Daniel K Myers Rick Ozemek Hannah Washington Shesel N Callen Hollis Ann

710 N Elmwood Ave

$570,000.00

Mariottini Michael

Nguyen Tuan Anh

1004 N Marion St

$590,000.00

Vintzel Thomas J

Smith Ryan E

1207 Belleforte Ave

$6.00

Imowitz Marc

Cothran Daniel

811 Fair Oaks Ave

$610,000.00

Micek Stephan

Pandel Pandel

1029 Linden Ave

$620,000.00

Bell Renee M Tr

Wood Lindsey Kurdi

545 Gunderson Ave

$625,000.00

Kramer Joel

Gargula Michael

819 Fair Oaks Ave

$630,000.00

Kanive Padmini

Compton Mary Lou

721 Ontario St

$640,000.00

Pearsall Henry D

Dasilva Byron

1023 Wenonah Ave

$675,000.00

Cooke Timothy M

Evans Kaleigh L

1036 Clinton Ave

$726,000.00

Shankman Stewart

Krag Erik C

526 S Kenilworth Ave

$735,000.00

Trojanowski Joseph M

Bhatt Purav

650 S Harvey Ave

$742,500.00

Pallkuca Branislav

Thomann Catharine

725 Belleforte Ave

$755,000.00

Healey Thomas J

Martin Gerard

328 N Scoville Ave

$825,000.00

Kempster Donald B

Desai Narayan L

444 Washington Blvd

$93,000.00

Michaels James W

Anderson Julie

1009 Garfield St

Unknown

Cook County

Animal Care League

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FOREST PARK ADDRESS

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

314 Lathrop Ave

$120,000.00

Kern Bridget J

Hagins Andrew

840 Beloit Ave

$138,500.00

U S Bank Trust Tr

Moroney Colleen

315 Des Plaines Ave

$150,000.00

Hernandez Eloy

Wells Jimmie C

7251 Randolph St

$151,500.00

Shimon Michael

Garcias Joseph

1068 Des Plaines Ave

$169,000.00

Tan Roberto

George Damien

235 Marengo Ave

$179,000.00

Feulner Kathleen M

Smith Andre S

911 Marengo Ave

$187,000.00

Obeidallah Ibrahim

Kanis Daniel B

235 Marengo Ave

$195,000.00

Greco Nancy Tr

Lomasney Laurie M

7314 Randolph St

$214,000.00

Cleal Bryan

Meyer Richard Leonard Tr

215 Marengo Ave

$230,000.00

Simon Catherine B

Taylor Daniel

830 Elgin Ave

$263,500.00

Rivas Sebastien

Smith Bradon J

1413 Elgin Ave

$265,000.00

Snyder Kenneth

Liu Yunchu

830 Circle Ave

$265,000.00

Fannie Mae

Alanis Rodolfo

141 Elgin Ave

$290,000.00

Chicago Title Land Trust Co Tr

Tarpon 141 Llc

7521 Brown Ave

$305,000.00

O Neill Kyle J

Mcdade Jerrold

1110 Hannah Ave

$310,000.00

Bailey Bryan

Soto Velia

7541 Brown Ave

$326,500.00

Woods Daniel J

Hunter Paula Maria

7446 Washington St

$415,000.00

Reyns John P

Jaco Jennifer D

7340 Harrison St

$450,000.00

Basso Kali Nicole

7340 Harrison St Llc

121 Elgin Ave

$455,000.00

Schumaier Carl S

Zinsmeister Kevin

908 Marengo Ave

$465,000.00

Wicklow Dev Grp Llc

Rao Chandrika

1535 Harlem Ave

$89,000.00

Bhardwaj Dave

Rodriguez Teodoro

840 Beloit Ave

Unknown

Judicial Sales Corp

U S Bank Trust Tr

P R O P E R T Y

T R A N S F E R S

RIVER FOREST ADDRESS

PRICE

SELLER

BUYER

806 Monroe Ave

$1,025,000.00

Oconnor John R Jr

Kitson John S

1122 Forest Ave

$1,200,000.00

Lipton Cheryl K Tr

Armstrong Julie A

1331 William St

$1,463,000.00 Meister John H Tr

Klooster Tye J Tr

1420 N Harlem Ave

$196,500.00

Burns James B

Wirth Jakob Nathaniel

346 Franklin Ave

$318,000.00

Coates Catherine J Extr

Tsatsos Dorothy G

1500 William St

$470,000.00

Zeegar Llc

Rossi Joseph

114 Ashland Ave

$515,000.00

Higgins John J

Angeloni Paul J

1431 Bonnie Brae Pl

$518,000.00

Marchetti Alexander F

Battaglia Frank J

842 Forest Ave

$527,000.00

Gee William Jr

Lucchesi Michael

334 Forest Ave

$560,000.00

Hill Jeffrey A

Watters Zachary John

1446 Clinton Pl

$575,000.00

Goslin Maria Delores Tr

Fox Lindsey

310 Keystone Ave

$628,000.00

Gill Daniel

Farrer Brian

611 Thatcher Ave

$650,000.00

Philp Joshua S

Golz Jordan D

705 Franklin Ave

$735,000.00

Brennan Patrick J Tr

Michaud David L

714 Ashland Ave

$793,000.00

Ciserella Kristina Tr

Sullivan Casey

1202 William St

$850,000.00

Prothero Thomas E Tr

Simon Patrick

619 Keystone Ave

$879,000.00

Winikates James Tr

Stoffer John W

7210 Oak Ave

$98,500.00

Sarkey Jason P

Owaynat Kefaia

1331 William St., River Forest

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THANK YOU FOR INVESTING IN INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY JOURNALISM During 2020, 1,600 people donated to our brand new Growing Community Media nonprofit. We are beyond grateful. $5000+ Good Heart Work Smart Foundation Judy & Bill Greffin Robert McCormick Foundation Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation Frances Sullivan

$1000 to $4999 Debbie & Tom Abrahamson Paul & Leah Beckwith Marc Blesoff, Nick Sinadinos & Jim Jankowski Mark Carroll Chicago Independent Media Association Gary Collins C. J. Darnall Marilyn Fitschen Mr. & Mrs. John F. Flynn Thomas Gallagher Eric & Angela Gershenson Julia & John Haley Mary Haley Christopher Hein Philip Jimenez Andrea Kayne Brendan T. Nelligan Edward Petrick William Planek Sue Sedlacek Carollina Song Douglas Stewart and the Linda Sahagian Charitable Foundation Kristin Carlson Vogen Jeffrey Weissglass & Jeanne Affelder Scott & Cathy Yen

$500 to $999 Jim Berg Richard Brey Chris Brown Kristen & Mark Coe Brian Conroy Judy Dasgupta Ralph & Andrea Difebo John Flanigan & Michelle Zurakowski Galen Gockel Joseph Graber Case Hoogendoorn Bernice Hopkinson Jeuttner Brynne Hovde Ken Kuratko Aaron Lebowitz & Donna Myers Ralph Lee Peter McDonnell Michelle Melin-Rogovin Charles Meyerson Donna Myers Lynne Palmore Muriel Quinn Mr. Roger H. Reckers & Ms. Mary Kay Reckers Richard & Judith Rothschild Robert Sheridan Sallie Smylie Sheila Solomon Sue Sporte Karin Sullivan Laura Thompson

Laura & Michael Thompson Robert Trezevant Joshua Vandeberg Bette Williams Douglas J. Wyman Deborah Zari

$100 To $499 Susan Adler Sally Ahlgren Anna Alecci Kurt Amolsch Burton Andersen Jill Anderson Sharon J Andrews Anonymous Mrs. Joseph Archibald Frederick Arkin Ann & Gene Armstrong Marcia & Rick Ashton Linda Bailey Timothy Bannon D. Barker Julie Bauer & Paul Greenberg Catherine Baumann John W. Berry Susan Berthel Hilda Birney Sue Blaine Marc Blesoff Jerome D. Bloom Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin Sara Bode Ann Bolan Rick Bone Andrew Born Mark Boroughf Elizabeth Botts David Boulanger Samuel Bowen Thomas Brean Mark Breen Glenn Brewer & Karen Haskins-Brewer Nick Bridge John Brofman Barbara Brotman Elizabeth Bruner James Bryniarski Bernard Buchholz Jean Buckley Pam Buckley Karen Budd George Buenik Mark Burger Megan Butman John Byrne Kathleen Capone James Carey Andrew Carter Carol Casey Ginie Cassin Virginia R. Cassin Jette Castro Emile Charest John Chase Robert Chicoine Nancy Chmell Sam & Nancy Chmell Barbara Cimaglio Nancy Clark William Clark Kathleen Clark Stephanie Clemens Elizabeth Cliff Donald Coe Frances Coe Roy Collins Laverne Collins Edward Condon

Karen Conrad Christian Coon Andrew Cooper Michael Cosgrove Virginia Costello Ann Courter William Covington Ken Cozette Brian Crawford Amy Crilly Susan Cross David Cwik Constance Cwiok Alex Czurylo Rebecca Dahlstrom Sharon Daly Rupa Datta Dan Davidson Judith Davy Patrick & Pam Deady Mary Ann Debruin Melinda Degucz Jill Dempsey Janel Dennen Ted & Joanne Despotes James Dickert Carol Dimatteo Darilyn Dinsmoor Joshua Ditelberg Claudia Divis Timothy Divis Mark Donovan Erin Dowdall Peg Dowling Pamela Drummond Catherine Duff John Duffy Dorothy Dumelle Aaron Duncan John Dwyer Judith Eckberg Sharon Eckhoff Betsy Edgerton Steven Edwards Pat Eichenold Patricia & James Elsener Melissa Elsmo Susan Elster-Jones Victoria Engelhardt Louise Engert Wendy Epstein Milldred Erhardt Heidi Ewell Mark Finger Joan Fiscella Michelle Fitz-Henry Kristin Flanders Cheryl Flinn Melissa Ford Katie Frankle & David Goldman Kim Frankovich Gregory Franzo Lynn Fredrick Kim Freeark Craig Freedman Elizabeth Freeland Meg & Kurt Frehner Judith Galleazzi Agatha Gallo Anthony Gambino Judith L. Gardner John Garofalo Gwynne Gertz Bettina Getz Joan Gibbons Deborah Gillespie Donald & Katherine Gillies Bradley Ginn Jeanne Goedert

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Brian Gomoll Michael & Cynthia Gong Joan Gonzalez Alan Gorstein Elizabeth Gould Joe Graber Candi Grace Beverly Graham Zoe & Jim Greco Andrea Green Kyle Green Wendy Greenhouse Michael Grimes Constance Guardi Thomas Gull Sonja & Tom Hall Melanie Halvorson Brian & Gretchen Hameister Nancy Hammond Mathew Hargrave Steven & Lenore Harris John Harris Nancy Hartman Tom Healey Tom & Carolyn Healey Maureen Healy Maryann & Robert Heard John L Hedges David Heim Meg Herman Elizabeth & Andrew Hibel Lisa Higgins Nancy Hines Adam & Kris Hirsch Charles Hoch Lynn Hoffstadter Thomas Hogan Stephen Hopkins Colleen Horrigan John Hubbuch Colin Hughes James Hutchinson Patricia Inman Mary Ann Irvine Stuart Jamieson Edward Jepson Ray Johnson Sheree Johnson Steve Johnson Randall Kadlec Kara Kalnitz Ernest Kaminski Donna Kanapes Peggy Kell James Kelly Pam Kenney Donna Kenyon Therese Kielp Chee-Young Kim Daniel Kirzane Stephanie Kissam Richard Klaus Burt Klein Bruce Kleinman Bill Klump Troy Klyber Dennis & Roberta Kmiec Ken Knasiak Paul & Patricia Koko Rich Kordesh Joan Korinek Nancy Kovach Ed & Sue Kozoyed Henry Kranz Christopher Kribales Jon Kubricht Claude L’Heureux Ann Laboe Mary Rose Lambke Melba Lara Daniel Lauber Karl Lauger Leilani Lauger Brian Lavery League Of Women Voters Nancy Leavy Roy Lehto Dan Lempa Mary Lescher Deborah Levine Daniel L’Heureux Thomas Lichten Ryan Liebl Kate Linne Elizabeth Lippitt Larry Lipps

Elan Long Barrington Lopez Jean Lotus Sandra Luckins John Lynch Daniel Madden Cathy Madden Lebeda Edward Malone Theresa Manikowski James Mann Leah Marcus Patricia Marino M Massarello A.J. Massie Jill Mateo Alex Matthews David May Victoria May Mark McCann Eileen McCarthy Mary McEnery Dawn McGee William McGlynn L. McHatton John McIlwain Richard McKinlay Donna McKune Brett McNeil Susie McNulty Christopher Meglan Jean Meister Cathy Mendy Susan Messer Melissa Mickelberry Bart Miller Stephen & Kimberly Miller Fred & Donna Mitchell Mohr Oil Co. Daniel Moon Mary Morgan Deborah Morris Ian Morrison Mary Movic Dennis M. Murphy Dennis & Bunny Murphy Kathryn Nadro Donald Nekrosius Brendan Nelligan Mary Ellen Nelligan Alison Nelson Kathryn & Alan Nesburg Alan Neumann Carolyn Newberry Schwartz John Niemiec William Niro Katherine Nolan Kathryn Nolte James Norman Carol O’Brien Susan O’Brien Joseph O’Connor Paul Oppenheim Lorraine Owles Jennifer Packheiser Marion Page Barbara Pagniucci Bruce & Wendy Pallman Allen Parchem Steven Parker Robert & Susan Parks Charitable Foundation Robert Parks Debbie & Charles Pastors John Patrick Libbey Paul Steve Paul Beth Pecenka Jeanne Peppler Bertha Peterson Joan & Jeffrey Petertil Vik Petroliunas John Phelan Susan Piha Chris Pinc Frank Pinc Renee Pleshar Richard & Kelly Pollock Sheila Pont Al Popowits Teresa Powell Aldona Prackaila James Prescott Muriel Quinn Joan Radovich Douglas Rainey Tom Rains

Edward L. Rausch Cate Readling Susan Reisberg Ruth Reko Amy Renzulli Micheline Rice-Maximin Diane Richards Elizabeth Ritzenthaler L Ritzenthaler John & Katie Roberts Susan Roberts Mary Robertson McLouis Robinet Kim & Kevin Robinson Cynthia Robinson Thomas Rodgers Paula Rogovin Barbara Rohm Rossa Katharine Roller Barbara Rose Joek & Eileen Rose A.R. Rott Bob Rourke Daniel Roush Nora Rowley Mark Ruda Charles Ruedebusch Kathleen Russell Michael Rutkowski Michelle Ryan Sales Directors Incorporated Lauren Sandheinrich Marian Sassetti Steve Saunders Meredith Schacht Marianne & David Schiavone Rainer Schochat David Schrodt Susy Schultz Roy Schuster Diane Scott John Seaton Clancy Senechalle Celebrating Seniors Lisa & Jason Sensat Lynda & Paul Shadrake D. L. Shaft John Jay Shannon Bob Sheridan Georgine Sheridan Darnell Shields Brooke Sievers Scott Simmons Andy Simmons Dawne Simmons Mary Rose Smith Edward Solan Bob Spatz Steven Spiewak Steven Spiro Kelley Staley Christine Stannard Rachel Stark Susan Stearns William Steineke Robert Stelletello Heather Stelnicki Carol Stephan Susan Stephens Jill Stewart Kathleen & Mark Stoch Karen Stoner M/M Strohl Daniel Sullivan Joseph Sullivan Elizabeth Summy Charitable Foundation Fund Michael Surratt Georgina Swanson Brad Tabor Anita Taylor John Taylor Cheryl & Burt Terhorst Constable Michael Towner Mark Trinka Robert Tucker Emil Van Cura Denise Vandusseldorp Doug Varn Jane Verry Suzanne Vestuto William Vickers Jeanne Visteen

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