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State police ramp up patrols, plan more cameras as deterrents

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

As of Feb. 28, there have been 32 shootings on Illinois tollways and highways, compared to 48 by this time last year — a decline of around 33%, according to the most recent data on expressway shootings provided by the Illinois State Police.

The decline in shootings has been much greater on the Eisenhower Expressway. So far this year, there have been three shootings on the I-290, compared to 11 by this time last year — a decline of around 73%, according to ISP data.

The most recent shootings on I-290 happened on Jan. 21, Jan. 24 and Feb. 19. The Jan. 21 shooting happened at 10:41 p.m. on the westbound exit ramp to Harlem Avenue. Injuries were reported in all three shootings.

Last year, there were 310 highway shootings in Illinois, compared to 147 in 2020 and 51 in 2019. On the Eisenhower, there were 51 in 2021, 28 in 2020 and six in 2019. Of the 540 highway shootings that have taken place from 2019 to Feb. 28 of this year, around 93% have been non-fatal and around 56% have resulted in injuries.

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Children are entranced by performers during the Royal Ball at the Park District of Forest Park administration building.

Lantern Haus gets village OK for DJs Test period in March, village holds off approving April dates

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Forest Park’s village council voted Feb. 28 to allow the Lantern Haus bar to have DJs play on their premises – but only in March. Lantern Haus is located at 7414 Madison St.

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Under the village municipal code, bars and restaurants have to apply for amusement licenses any time they want to host a performance. That gives Forest Park officials a chance to review plans. While this provision hasn’t been enforced for many years, the village has been taking a more hands-on approach

in the wake of several high-profile incidents involving rowdy crowds.

Mayor Rory Hoskins, who serves as Forest Park’s liquor commissioner, previously suspended Lantern Haus’ liquor license due to a fight that allegedly occurred outside the bar on July 25 but reSee LANTERN HAUS on page 4

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Extending the Prairie Path would benefit us

he Illinois Prairie Path was the first rails-totrails conversion in North America. It was created in 1963 and has undergone many improvements since. The far eastern portion of the Prairie Path remains the most problematic. It is interrupted by street crossings and passes by gritty industrial properties. It’s most glaring problem is that it ends abruptly at 1st Avenue, only a half mile west of the Forest Park Blue Line Station.

Ralph Di Febo is the driving force behind solving this problem. He formed The Prairie Path Extension Group three years ago.

The group comprises 10 concerned citizens, including Erik Spande, president of the Prairie Path Board, and two of his board members. There are also local officials in the group, like Forest Park Commissioner Joe Byrnes.

Byrnes recommends building the extension, so that bicyclists can take an uninterrupted ride from the CTA station to the western suburbs. He envisions the CTA installing bike racks with cameras at the starting point. He also believes the Maywood portion of the path could be beautified with plants to make it more aesthetically pleasing. He would further explore installing blinking bike crossings at major

streets, like they installed for the Salt Creek Trail. Besides Byrnes’ involvement, the group has received letters of support from the Forest Park Kiwanis Club, District 209 and Mayor Rory Hoskins.

Making the Prairie Path more accessible to mass transit involves closing the gap between the existing trailhead and the Blue Line. It’s a stretch of only 2,700 feet. Crucial to the plan is the installation of a crosswalk and walk button at the existing traffic signal on First Avenue.

One of the group’s strongest supporters is Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson, who is an avid bike rider. His assistant, Lisa Schrantz, said that Johnson believes anything that makes mass transit more accessible to resource-deprived communities is a good thing. Johnson encouraged the group to apply for a grant through the “Invest in Cook” program. Unfortunately their application was not accepted.

That’s because Cook County is completing a comprehensive county-wide bike trail plan and is not accepting applications to improve individual portions of the Prairie Path. Schrantz said the plan is being developed by the Division of Transportation, which conducted listening sessions and online surveys, while gathering data from the affected communities. She believes their

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Di Febo is encouraging Forest Park residents to complete the county survey. In the comments section, they can describe their own bike-riding habits, call for filling in missing links in the existing paths and recommend new paths. Di Febo can envision a bike path heading north from the Prairie Path to link up with the Des Plaines River Trail. He can even see it connecting to the 606 Trail on the North Side of Chicago.

Someday people could use bike paths to ride from Lake Michigan to the Fox River.

He believes that filling out the survey will prompt the county to make the Prairie Path extension a priority.

Besides closing the gap in the trail, there is another safety issue to address. Litter along the Prairie Path makes it hazardous, especially broken glass. On April 23, 2022, volunteers will clean the entire 60-mile trail. Di Febo is overseeing the volunteers who are assigned to clean the portion that passes through Berkeley.

Schrantz said that the Division of Transportation continues to value input from residents. So completing the survey would be a worthwhile exercise. We can also clean up the litter along the path. We can even improve the environment by biking instead of driving.

To take the survey and access the interactive mapping feature, visit cookcountybikeplan.mysocialpinpoint.com/outreach/home.

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In March 2000, the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce boasted over 70 entries, which included bands, floats, and the popular Randolph Street Depot. The Madison Street $3 million dollar facelift was completed and the village had just approved formulating a master plan for Madison Street.

This image from 2000 shows the area of Desplaines and Madison in the background.

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With a few flurries and a whole lot of excitement, the March 11, 2000 St. Patrick’s Day Parade was a success. This was one of the last years the parade was the weekend before St. Patrick’s Day and moved up a weekend to increase visibility and attract a wider audience.

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Forest Park’s District 91 schools go mask-optional Other COVID safety protocols remain in place

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Forest Park School District 91 is going mask-optional while keeping other COVID-19 mitigation protocols in place.

In a letter to parents dated Feb. 27 , district superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Alvarez cited changes in the Centers for Disease Control guidelines and Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s announcement that school districts can now make masks optional. Effective March 2, students and staff no longer have to wear masks unless they are returning to school after testing positive for COVID-19 – though mask-wearing is still “strongly recommended.” And while someone who has been in contact with a person who tests positive for COVID-19 no longer has to quarantine, other quarantining and social distancing requirements will remain in place.

The letter to families indicates that, as before, the school will offer free masks and free saliva-based rapid tests, but students will no longer be required to wear masks.

The one exception to this is students and staff coming back from quarantine five days after testing positive for COVID-19 and/or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms – they would be required to keep masking for another five days.

The quarantine requirement for students and staff who test positive remains in place.

LANTERN HAUS See how it goes from page 1 voked the suspension less than a week later after the bar filed an appeal.

Lantern Haus applied recently to have DJs every Saturday during March and April. While the commissioners had no issues with March dates, they felt that April dates were too far in advance. They agreed that, from this point on, they would approve applications on a month-to-month basis, The village council is currently expected to consider the applications for Lantern Haus’ April events during its March 28 meeting.

According to the application, the March 5 event will take place between 1 p.m. and 11 p.m., while the rest of the events will take place between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. The application doesn’t include any further details.

As the village council took up the vote, Commissioner of Public Streets and Improvements Ryan Nero, whose areas of supervision include street conditions, suggested only approving the March dates, out of concern that they were approving applications too far ahead of time. Hoskins agreed that it was a valid concern. Commissioner

during the week of Feb. 20 to Feb. 26, but, as of Feb. 28, they had one positive student case this week.

District 91 previously maintained its masking requirement after Seventh Judicial Circuit Court judge Raylene Grischow ruled on Feb. 5 that the state didn’t follow proper procedures when it established school masking and quarFILE antine requirements and issued a TempoForest Park Middle School, part of School District 91. rary Restraining Order halting enforcement. At the time, Students will still be required to sit six feet Alvarez said that, since the district wasn’t apart during lunch and stay at least three one of the parties to the lawsuit Grischow feet apart while in class. The letter also men- ruled on, the district maintained the masktions that the district will “maintain all our ing requirement when the appeals court upcleaning disinfection protocols throughout held the decision. The appeals court ruling the school” and “maintain our hand-wash- allowed the schools to set their own masking/hand-sanitizing protocols.” ing and quarantining mandates.

According to District 91’s COVID-19 dashOn Feb. 25, the Illinois Supreme Court board, the district hasn’t had a single CO- denied the appeal, while also vacating VID-19 case among either students or staff Grischow’s ruling. On the same day, CDC

Joseph Byrnes suggested that approving the applications for the following month during the second regular village council meeting of the month would make sense. The council agreed, voting unanimously to amend the motion and approve the amended motion.

During the same meeting, the village council approved O’Sullivan’s Public House bar’s request to put up a tent for the March 5 Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade. According to the application, they plan to use it the way they have during the parades before the pandemic – “for families to have a place to congregate for lunch” and as a meeting spot for Mercy Home School for Boys and Girls volunteers. As before, they plan to host Irish dancers, “a small group playing live music” later in the afternoon and either a DJ or a second music group in the evening.

The village council approved the application unanimously and without discussion.

In practice, the provision hasn’t been enforced for many years. Last July 2, the village council approved a moratorium on issuing amusement licenses until Sept.

6, to give the village time to come up with something that wouldn’t require quite as much micromanaging while still giving the village some oversight. While the commissioners have been discussing the ordinance, they didn’t finalize anything by the time the moratorium expired.

changed how it calculates COVID-19 community risk levels, putting more emphasis on hospitalizations. This led to all of Cook County being declared “low-risk.” Since the CDC recommended that masks are only needed in the areas of high transmission, Alvarez wrote, it made sense to shift the policy now.

In her letter, the superintendent urged parents to “speak with your child about being kind to others as we move to this new model.”

“As always, we are committed to providing a healthy school environment for all students and staff,” Alvarez wrote. “We are thankful for your efforts, flexibility and patience this school year as we mitigate the transmission of COVID-19 in our schools and preserve in-person instruction.”

Nurys Uceta-Ramos, the district’s Family and Community Engagement Manager, previously told the Review that they have seen “little to no pushback” to their protocols while the masks were still required.

“We have been thankful that our families have been very cooperative when it comes to our protocols from the start,’ she said. ‘We have been very proactive in terms of offering opportunities to our families to share feedback regarding our COVID guidance, and we have taken their input into consideration as well as that of our teachers and staff.”

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Lantern Haus on Madison Street will have DJs in March.

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Proviso Teachers Union sets a new strike date Union members now planning to strike March 4

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Roughly two weeks after postponing a strike scheduled for Feb. 18, the Proviso Teachers Union announced Monday that it now plans to strike on Friday, March 4.

The union and District 209 administrators could not come to a collective bargaining agreement during the most recent federally mediated session held Feb. 23, PTU leaders said.

“We were hopeful after receiving a new offer from the district on Feb. 16 that Superintendent (James) Henderson was finally ready to bargain seriously,” PTU President Maggie Riley said on Feb. 28.

Riley then criticized Henderson, who made a series of unsubstantiated claims in an incendiary document that may have only exacerbated the tensions between the two sides.

The two-page document, addressed to Proviso community members and dated Feb. 20, accuses veteran teachers of “looking to line their pockets just prior to retiring.”

Henderson also claimed that “the PTU leadership (not teachers), a small number of community members (from Westchester and Forest Park) and one Proviso Board of Education member” orchestrated the student-led walkout, which he says happened on Feb. 17. The walkout actually happened on Feb. 16.

In addition, the superintendent said that he and the school board “want a starting teacher salary of $60,000, but the PTU leadership is more concerned with increasing salary bonuses for teachers nearing retirement. The PTU leadership’s veteran teachers are planning to cross the picket line, in order to preserve their final years’ income, leaving less experienced teachers to shoulder the costs of the strike.”

Henderson said the PTU wants to increase sick leave “in a tiered scheme which heavily favors teachers with more experience.

According to the Illinois State Report Card, 50% of Proviso teachers are absent more than 10 days each academic school year, already — and now they’re asking for more days to be absent?”

In perhaps his most incendiary claim, the superintendent alleged that PTU leadership “attempted to damage our athletic scholars by scheduling their original Feb. 18 strike in conflict with the Boys Class 4A Sectional Basketball Tournament, beginning on Feb. 19, 2022 — which would have caused our teams’ disqualification.”

PTU leaders rebutted Henderson’s claims in a series of statements released last week.

On Feb. 22, union leaders said Proviso

“teachers are disheartened to see your latest ‘update’ on negotiations. Once again, it is full of lies and mischaracterizations” before demanding that the superintendent show proof of his various claims.

“You claimed that our Unions set the initial strike date of 2/18 to interfere with basketball playoffs,” the union stated. “Please provide proof. Again, you know the date was determined by the legal timeline required under the Labor Act as part of the first date on which a legal strike could occur.”

The union also demanded that the superintendent provide proof of his claims that he and the board “have offered a written proposal for $60K starting teacher salary,” that “unions leaders orchestrated the student walkout” and that the union “prioritizes the needs of veteran educators and their retirement benefits over less veteran ones.”

In his document, Henderson includes a screenshot of what he claims are the union’s demands for professional leaves and absences, which range from 14 days for nontenured teachers to 35 days for teachers with at least 25 years’ experience.

Union leaders, however, pointed to their most recent offer submitted to the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board (IELRB) last month, which they said has not changed.

According to the offer, which is available on the IELRB’s website, the union is asking for teachers to be granted 14 days’ worth of paid sick leave each school term or seven days per semester “for any teacher who is hired to commence teaching during the second semester of a school term.”

“If a teacher uses no more than two (2) sick leave days in a semester, the teacher shall receive an additional two (2) sick leave days per semester,” the offer reads.

“Despite his lies and lack of transparency throughout the last year of negotiations, we wanted to give this superintendent one more chance to do what is right for our students, community, and educators,” Riley stated on Feb. 28. “But once again, he refused to commit time to the bargaining process or to compromise on critical issues. At the same time, he lied about our union’s proposals to parents and the community, throwing teachers’ goodwill back in our faces. We will not offer it again.”

In a statement last week, D209 school board President Rodney Alexander struck a much milder tone. He said that during the Feb. 23 mediation session, the district offered salary increases of 7% over the course of a three-year contract. That’s closer to the union’s most recent offer on the IELRB’s website of a five-year contract, with a 5.7% pay raise each year. The district’s initial offer was a two-year contract, with no salary

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Fewer shootings in 2022 from page 1 been 124 shootings on that expressway since 2019. The Eisenhower has the second-most shootings among Illinois highways, with 88 since 2019. The roadway is followed by I-57 (84 shootings), I-94 Bishop Ford (67 shootings) and I-55 Stevenson (45 shootings).

So far this year, no fatalities have resulted from expressway shootings. At this point last year, there were six expressway shootings with fatalities and 24 in all of 2021.

“Does that indicate a trend?” Daily Herald reporter Marni Pyke mused in a Feb. 21 article.

“I think that remains to be seen,” ISP Director Brendan F. Kelly told her. “We’re utilizing every resource at our disposal to focus on the areas where we see the greatest amount of interstate shootings but we look for long-term trends.”

“I’m thinking shootings are down due more to the snowy weather in the city, rather than an increase in civility,” said veteran traffic and spot news reporter Kris Habermehl. “Feuds and bad blood continue unabated on social media, which oftentimes lead to expressway hits.”

Earlier this month, Gov. J.B. Pritzker held a news conference with Illinois

increase the first year and a 5% increase the second year.

Alexander said the district also agreed to “a popular program in which Proviso 209 teachers who provide four years of advance notice of their planned retirement receive additional compensation of 6% during each of those years. The district proposes that participation in this program should be available only to teachers who have earned the minimum mandatory 20 years of service within Proviso 209.” The union’s offer is that the board provide the retirement incentive for any teacher who submits an “irrevocable letter of intent to resign and retire on or before June 30, 2026.”

Alexander said extending eligibility for the retirement incentive “to teachers who spent the bulk of their careers in other districts would irresponsibly shift the burden of this incentive to our taxpayers versus those of the community teachers previously taught.”

The board president added that the district and union “are very close to agreement on the optimal student enrollment for both general education and PE classes,” with both sides agreeing, in principle, on “the concept of providing an additional $1,000 in compensation to teachers if average course enrollments for the semester exceed these targets. The union demands that this ad-

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Eisenhower Expressway State Police Director Brendan Kelly in Chicago in order to update the public on recent measures implemented to address the shootings.

Pritzker and Kelly pointed out that 20 arrests had been made in recent months related to the shootings and other crimes and that 99 cameras equipped with automatic license plate readers had been installed on the Dan Ryan expressway, with “hundreds more coming,” according to Capitol News Illinois.

Kelly added that his agency “increased patrol presence on Chicago expressways by over 150 percent at ‘peak criminal activity times,’” Capitol News reported.

“Since October, that has led to nearly 5,000 traffic stops, 132 DUI arrests, 69 firearm recoveries and 133 criminal arrests in the Chicago area.”

ditional compensation be paid if average enrollment exceeds the target by even one student. We are continuing to discuss the appropriate threshold that would trigger an additional payment.”

On Feb. 28, Alexander stated the board is “disappointed that our educators are again contemplating this potential disruption to teaching and learning. However, this action was not unexpected as PTU has made several public statements about its plans to strike” The next scheduled negotiations, which have been facilitated by a federal mediator, are for Monday, March 7 and Wednesday, March 9.

Alexander said, if the union strikes, the district “will notify all parents, students and staff of any school cancellations via robo-calls and emails as soon as possible on Thursday, March 3, as well as with a posting on the district website. If we receive such notice after 10:00 p.m., we will send emails only.”

The PTU, which is Local 571 of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, represents 280 teachers, social workers, librarians and school counselors in District 209. The union’s members have been working without a contract for nearly a year.

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Woman carjacked at gunpoint in Forest Park alley

Forest Park police responded to the 1100 block of Elgin Avenue at about 12:15 a.m. on Feb. 26 after a 63-year-old woman called to report that her vehicle had just been hijacked at gunpoint.

The victim told police that she was sitting in her gray 2013 Toyota Rav 4 in the alley, looking at her phone for about five minutes.

She said she heard a knock on the driver’s side window and looked up to see the barrel of a handgun pointed at her.

According to the victim, there were two offenders, one of whom told her to get out of the car and leave behind her keys and phone. She exited the vehicle and the offenders got in and drove away eastbound on Fillmore Street and then southbound on Harlem Avenue.

The victim was not physically injured, according to police. The victim also left her purse behind in the vehicle. The purse contained her cellphone, several credit cards, $50 in cash, her driver’s license and her house keys.

Vehicle theft ■ A 41-year-old man called police on Feb. 24 at 4:45 a.m. to report that his vehicle, a gray 2006 Jeep, had just been stolen from the lot of 7-Eleven, 7749 Roosevelt Road.

The victim told police he parked his vehicle and left it running while he went inside the store to get coffee. When he exited the store, the Jeep was missing.

■ Forest Park police responded to the 100 block of Marengo Avenue on the morning of Feb. 24 after a 41-year-old man called to report that someone had stolen his vehicle overnight.

The victim told police he parked his gray 2010 Hyundai sedan in the spot he rents in the rear of that location at about 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 23. When he returned the next morning at about 7:50 a.m., the vehicle was gone.

According to the police report, the victim said he lost one set of car keys about a week earlier and never recovered them.

DUI hit-and-run

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Forest Park police charged a 47-year-old Berwyn man with driving under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of a crash after his 2002 Chevy Tahoe struck another vehicle twice from behind as they traveled eastbound in the 7500 block of Roosevelt Road on Feb. 23 just after midnight.

The victim told police that the beige Tahoe was last seen heading south on Harlem Avenue and that he would be able to identify the driver if police found him. Police located the Tahoe at 13th Street and Wenonah Avenue in Berwyn.

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hicle and driver as being involved in the hit-and-run. Police also recovered the front grill to a Chevy Tahoe at the crash scene, noting the one they’d located in Berwyn was missing its grill. Police also located an open beer can in the Tahoe’s center console.

In addition to DUI and leaving the scene of a crash, the driver of the Tahoe was also cited for operating an uninsured vehicle.

Suspicious vehicle flees A red Chevy SUV whose front license plate came back as stolen on a police computer check was able to elude a Forest Park police officer who rolled up on the vehicle Feb. 22 at about 1:30 a.m. as the SUV idled directly in front of the minimart at Thorntons gas station, 601 Harlem Ave. According to the police report, the vehicle was the only one in the lot and was parked directly in front of the entrance with a driver behind the wheel. Inside the minimart, the officer reported observing a man wearing a full-head mask inside the minimart, standing at the counter.

The officer pulled his squad car directly behind the SUV at which time the person inside the store exited, looked around, made eye contact with the police officer and entered the passenger side of the SUV, which left immediately southbound on Harlem Avenue.

The SUV turned eastbound onto I-290 disregarding the red turn arrow. The officer activated his squad car’s emergency lights, but the SUV accelerated at a high speed eastbound. The officer did not pursue the vehicle.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Feb. 22-27, 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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Henderson’s failed D209 leadership

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ith a strike by Proviso Township High School teachers likely this Friday, we have a single question.

How long is this elected school board going to allow Supt. James Henderson to be the district’s lead in these contentious and failed contract negotiations? Broader version of the same question: How long will this board continue to employ Henderson as its superintendent?

In our view, over a remarkably short period of time Henderson has proven utterly unable to lead this troubled district. Yes, the challenges in District 209 — academically, financially, socially — go back decades. But there was a brief moment only recently under a unified reform board and a capable superintendent when there was a glimmer of hope.

Rather than build on that elusive progress, a slim majority of the current board continues to back Henderson and his perpetually incendiary approach to leadership. Just in the past week after the not-blameless Proviso Teachers Union pushed back a strike date to continue federally mediated negotiations, Henderson unleashed a public diatribe accusing union leadership of all manner of sins.

There was no proof the union set an initial strike date specifically to derail a basketball playoff appearance by the Pirates of Proviso East. No proof that the union, along with unnamed Forest Parkers and Westchester residents, fueled a student walkout from all three schools in support of teachers ahead of the strike date. No proof of a series of negotiating positions that implied veteran teachers were nothing but greedy extortionists.

In a district that needs healing and vision, James Henderson seems giddy to burn the district to the ground.

He offers no solutions, no common ground, no listening or problem-solving skills. This hire has been disastrous.

While Henderson issued his two-page public rant, Rodney Alexander, the president of the school board and, till now, Henderson’s strongest advocate, was rational, almost conciliatory in his update on the state of negotiations. We can only hope he is becoming more clear-eyed on the profound damage Henderson is doing to this essential institution.

The Review has never been an unfettered fan of teachers unions. There is a lot that is broken in public education overall. And unions have not been progressive advocates for necessary change in how our public schools teach, nurture, connect.

But this ornery, self-important superintendent has driven most students and families, seemingly nearly half the school board, and this newspaper into the teachers’ camp.

If there is a strike on Friday, it will be incumbent on the school board to intervene and, at the very least, appoint a mix of its members to the negotiating team to lower the heat and prove that James Henderson is not the sole voice of this district.

A time of testing…and character building

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he hot topic at the coffee hour after the service at the Poplar Park Community Church last Sunday was the price of gas. Ukraine was only mentioned a couple of times.

That was happening 5,000 miles away. The price of gas was just down the street.

“Four bucks a gallon,” Eric Anderson complained, “and from what I hear it’s going to keep going up.”

“Insult to injury,” added Aunt Dolly.

“Insult to injury. We’ve already sacrificed a lot because of the pandemic and now the war in the Ukraine is going to make life even harder.”

When Pastor Walter Mitty looked out his bedroom window the next morning, the weather looked nice, and he was tired of dwelling on how hard life can be. So after eating a chocolate chip bagel with cream cheese, he called his friend Michael next door and proposed they take a walk to the History/Herstory book store.

As Bernie Rolvaag was making their lattes, Michael asked how business had been the last few months.

“Like most of the businesses on Main Street,” Bernie answered. “Better than a year ago, but not as good as 2019. And like some of the clothing stores, online shopping is cutting into our business. A lot of us have had to tighten our belts and adjust our family budgets. It’s like we’re being tested to see what we’re made of.”

The conversation shifted to the situation in Ukraine and that led Pastor Walt to bring up how people at church were complaining about the price of gas.

“It makes me think of rationing during World War II,” said the bookstore owner/barista.

“Rationing?”

“Yeah. While thousands and thousands of young men were sacrificing their lives to defeat fascism, civilians back home had to make sacrifices in terms of their lifestyle. I have a lot of books on that war, and everyone was affected and had to sacrifice, because the military needed everything from gasoline to coffee.”

“And that meant,” added Pastor Walt, “that everyone in that generation made sacrifices, whether it was on the battlefield or the home front.”

“That’s right,” said Bernie, “and what strikes me in all of the accounts I read is that almost everyone in the country was willing to make those sacrifices. It wasn’t ‘it’s all about me.’ It was ‘it’s all about we.’”

“Remember the Three Musketeers?” said Michael. “All for one; one for all, right?”

Pastor Mitty wondered, “Tell me if I’m right, but during World War II the enemy was Hitler, Mussolini and Hirohito. The last two years the enemy has been a bug, so is it easier to deny that it’s real because it’s invisible? So maybe we should heave a sigh of relief that in Putin we have an enemy we can at least wrap our minds

around.”

Bernie said, “Maybe, Walt, but I’m wondering if not only has the enemy changed but maybe we have changed as well.”

“You mean,” asked Michael, “what’s changed is that now it’s all about me? Like there isn’t a draft anymore but a volunteer army, so I might feel bad about a war in Europe, but it won’t affect me? Like the President talks about sanctions and drones but not putting American bodies in harm’s way, so I’m not going to worry about it?”

“Well,” added Walt, “we’re already making a big deal about the sacrifice of paying more at the gas pump. Imagine how the manure would hit the rotary oscillator if the war in Ukraine escalated to the point where the army started calling up people eligible for the draft.”

The three spent the next minute or so sipping their lattes and digesting that prospect.

“You remember how Tom Brokaw referred to our grandparents as the Greatest Generation?” Bernie began. “I think part of what he was getting at is that tough times like the Great Depression and World War II have a way of exposing our character. You know, what a person or a nation is made of.”

That turned a light on in Mitty’s mind. “You know, the day after tomorrow is Ash Wednesday. It’s a day for selfexamination, but everyone seems to be turned outward instead of inward.”

“Outward?”

“Yeah, like if COVID goes away, I’ll be happy. If Putin pulls back from Ukraine I’ll feel relieved. But character doesn’t depend on what happens outside of me. It’s something that is built in my spirit, and what happens outside of me only reveals what’s on the inside.”

Michael offered an insight from his tradition. “You know, Passover is coming up and the tendency is to focus on God saving his people from slavery. Like Walt said, freeing them from something outside them. But if you go further in the story, when my people got into the wilderness …”

After a pause, he continued, “… When they got into the wilderness, which was the place of testing, they found out, or God found out, how weak their character was. Same thing here when you get down to it, isn’t it?”

The conversation two days ago was punctuated by intermittent lapses into silence, as if they need time to digest everything they were hearing.

Mitty broke the silence with, “You know Jesus’ parable in which the house built on sand gets washed away by the tidal wave while the house built on the rock withstands the storm? Well, maybe that has implications not only for where we build houses in response to rising sea levels but also for how we as individuals and as a nation need to invest more of ourselves in character building.”

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HELP WANTED • NETWORK SPECIALIST Class specifications are intended to present a descriptive list of the range of duties performed by employees in the class.

Specifications are not intended to reflect all duties performed within the job.

DEFINITION To perform various network/system administration, computer support, and operational activities for the Village including computer system setup, configuration, and testing.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED AND EXERCISED Reports directly to the Information Technology Services Director.

EXAMPLE OF DUTIES: Essential and other important duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following: Essential duties and responsibilities 1. Ensure that best in class customer service is provided to both internal and external customers and also embrace, support, and promote the Village’s core values, beliefs and culture.

2. Configure, test, and deploy network systems, such as, firewalls, routers, switches, wireless equipment, network servers and storage arrays.

3. Configure, test, and deploy system servers, such as, file, print, Internet, e-mail, database, and application servers.

4. Configure, test, and monitor server and end-user systems for security, such as, user accounts, login scripts, file access privileges, and group policy management.

5. Configure, test, and deploy end-user systems, such as, workstations, laptops, mobile devices, printers, and software.

6. Test, configure, deploy, and support security systems, such as, facility access system, video & audio system.

7. Monitor and auditing of networks, systems, and user activities to ensure security and efficiency of systems. Create scripts and reports of detail activities for regular review.

8. Perform and participate in disaster recovery activities, such as, backup procedures, data recovery, and system recovery planning.

9. Assist end-users with computer problems or queries. Troubleshoot systems as needed and meet with users to analyze specific system needs.

10. Ensure the uniformity, reliability and security of system resources including network, hardware,

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software and other forms of systems and data.

11. Prepare, create and update user/technical procedure documentations and provide computer training.

12. Assemble, test, and install network, telecommunication and data equipment and cabling.

13. Participate in research and recommendation of technology solutions.

Other important responsibilities and duties 1. Train users in the area of existing, new or modified computer systems and procedures.

2. Participate in the preparation of various activity reports.

3. Travel and support remote facilities and partner agencies.

4. Operate, administer and manage the Village and Public Safety computer systems, including E-911 center, in-vehicle computer systems.

5. Prepare clear and logical reports and program documentation of procedures, processes, and configurations.

6. Complete projects on a timely and efficient manner.

7. Communicate effectively both orally and in writing.

8. Establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work.

9. Perform related duties and responsibilities as required.

QUALIFICATIONS Knowledge of: Principals and procedures of computer systems, such as, data communication, hierarchical structure, backups, testing and critical analysis.

Hardware and software configuration of. computers, servers and mobile devices, including computing environment of Windows Server and Desktop OS and applications, Unix/Linux OS, VMware, iOS/Android.

Network protocols, security, configuration and administration, including firewalls, routers, switches and wireless technology.

Cabling and wiring, including CAT5/6, fiber network, telephone, serial communication, termination, and punch-down.

Telecommunications theory and technology, including VoiP, serial communication, wireless protocols, PBX, analog, fax, voicemail and auto-attendant.

Principles and methods of computer programming, coding and testing, including power shell, command scripting, macros, and

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Modern office procedures, methods and computer equipment.

Technical writing, office productivity tools and database packages.

Ability to: Maintain physical condition appropriate to the performance of assigned duties and responsibilities, which may include the following: - Walking, standing or sitting for extended periods of time - Operating assigned equipment - Lift 50 pounds of equipment, supplies, and materials without assistance - Working in and around computer equipped vehicles Maintain effective audio-visual discrimination and perception needed for: - Making observations - Communicating with others - Reading and writing - Operating assigned equipment and vehicles Maintain mental capacity allowing for effective interaction and communication with others.

Maintain reasonable and predictable attendance.

Work overtime as operations require.

Experience and Training Guidelines Experience: Three years of network/system administration in the public or private sector, maintaining a minimum of 75 Client Workstation computers. AND Training: Possession of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in computer science or a related field. Certifications in Microsoft Server Administration, Networking, Applications and Cisco Networking.

Possession of a valid Illinois Driver License is required at the time of appointment.

Vaccination against COVID-19 strongly preferred.

WORKING CONDITIONS Work in a computer environment; sustained posture in a seated position for prolonged periods of time; continuous exposure to computer screens; work in and around computerized vehicles outdoor and garage facility; lifting heavy equipment, communication cabling and wiring into walls and ceilings.

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PART-TIME SEASONAL OPPORTUNITY

The Riverside Department of Public Works is seeking energetic, responsible, and motivated applicants who enjoy working outdoors. This is a part-time, seasonal position lasting from approximately May through September. Applicants will be expected to work up to 40 hrs. per week or as scheduled by staff.

Primary tasks will include, but not limited to: cutting grass, maintaining athletic fields, general facilities maintenance, flushing hydrants, reading water meters, installing water meters, assisting full-time employees, and other duties as assigned.

Applicants must be 18 years old, possess a valid Illinois driver’s license and high school diploma or equivalent.

Applicants will be subject to a criminal background check, pre-employment physical and drug/alcohol screening.

Applications can be downloaded from the Village website at www.riverside. il.us or picked up at the Riverside Village Hall located at 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546. Completed applications should be submitted to the Riverside Village Hall or the Riverside Public Works Department, 3860 Columbus Blvd, Riverside, IL 60546. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled. Pay rate is $15/hr.

The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

PART-TIME FORESTRY INTERN

The Riverside Department of Public Works is seeking energetic, responsible, and motivated applicants who enjoy working outdoors. This is a part-time, Forestry intern position lasting from approximately May through September.

Applicants will be expected to work up to 40 hrs. per week or as scheduled by staff. Primary tasks will include monitoring of Village Trees for disease and insect issues, updating tree inventory records, maintaining woody and perennial plantings in parks and parkways, record keeping and administrational duties related to forestry operations, and assisting the Forester with various forestry related activities and ecological restoration.

Applicants must be 18 years old, possess a valid Illinois driver’s license and high school diploma or equivalent.

Course work and/or experience pertaining to urban forestry or a related field are desirable for the position. Applicants will be subject to a criminal background check, pre-employment physical and drug/alcohol screening.

Applications can be downloaded from the Village website at www.riverside. il.us or picked up at the Riverside Village Hall located at 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546. Completed applications should be submitted to the Riverside Village Hall or the Riverside Public Works Department, 3860 Columbus Blvd, Riverside, IL 60546. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled. Pay rate is $15/hr.

The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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ACCOUNTANT CLERK

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Account Clerk II. This position which performs a variety of accounting clerical duties involving financial record keeping and/or transactions including accounts payable and receivable and to provide a variety of accounting support to the Development Customer Services Department. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Public Health Nurse in the Health Department. This position will provide professional public health nursing services including health education and promotion which includes disseminating information, making referrals, and counseling as well as managing caseloads, and performing a variety of tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs.

Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. This position is open until filled with first review of apps 2/2/22.

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PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Parking Enforcement Officer in the Police Department Field Services Division. This position will perform a variety of duties and responsibilities involved in the enforcement of Village parking regulations; and to provide general information and assistance to the public. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www. oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

SEASONAL FARMERS’ MARKET MANAGER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Farmers’ Market Manager in the Health Department. This position manages the Oak Park Farmer’s Market including the vendors that sell directly to the public within established guidelines. This is a part-time seasonal position with work from January-mid November and work required on Saturday’s from May through October.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. Open until filled.

COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Community Service Officer in the Police Department. This position will perform a variety of public service, customer service and law enforcement related duties and responsibilities that do not require the services of a sworn police officer; and to perform a variety of administrative duties. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

POLICE RECORDS CLERK

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Police Records Clerk in the Police Department. This position will perform a wide variety of specialized clerical duties in support of the Police Department including processing and maintaining documents, correspondence and coding reports; and to provide information and assistance to the public.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs.

SANITARIAN

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Sanitarian in the Health Department.

This position will perform a variety of duties including education and enforcement activities for the promotion and protection of the public health environment.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http:// www.oak- park.us/jobs.

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LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive bids from qualified roofing contractors to repair various roof leaks at Village Hall located at 123 Madison St. in Oak Park, IL. Bids will be accepted at the Public Works Service Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 a.m. local time on Friday, March 18th, 2022.

Oak Park Village Hall Roof Repairs Bid Number: 22-102BM Issuance Date: 3/2/2022 There will be a pre-bid meeting at Village Hall on Wednesday, March 9th, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. Bid forms may be obtained by calling 708-358-5710 or by e-mailing vics@oak-park.us between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

M-F. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those contractors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that the Village of Oak Park Community Development Citizens Advisory Committee will be holding a meeting for applicant Presentations, a funding recommendations determination meeting and a Public Hearing on Program Year (PY) 2022 project proposals submitted to the Village for federal Community Development Block Grant Program funds. PY 2022 will run from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. All meetings will be held on Zoom and are as follows: Presentations, 5:30 – 8:30pm, April 13, April 20, and tentatively April 27, 2022; Meeting to determine funding recommendations and receive public comments on proposed funding recommendations, 5:30pm, May 2, 2022. All meetings are open to the public and reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and non-English speaking persons, as needed.

Meeting specifics are subject to change; please send a message to grants@oak-park.us to confirm details and/or received the Zoom link.

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PUBLIC NOTICES 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: Y22008592 on February 2, 2022. Under the Assumed Business Name of KNOTTIE GYAL WIGS with the business located at: 805 LAKE STREET PMB #119, OAK PARK, IL 60301. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: RHENESHA J EAGINS 801 VAN BUREN APT 202 OAK PARK, IL 60304, USA Published in Wednesday Journal February 16, 23, March 2, 2022

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: Y22008651 on February 15, 2022 Under the Assumed Business Name of RHJ STRATEGY & MARKETING CONSULTING with the business located at: 609 GROVE LANE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: RHONDA HUMPHREY-FINKLEA 609 GROVE LANE FOREST PARK, IL 60130, USA Published in Wednesday Journal February 23, March 2, 9, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE/PUBLIC NOTICE UCP Seguin is soliciting bids for a GENERAL CONTRACTOR to replace the existing front porch structure at one of our residential homes located in the Village of Oak Park, Illinois.

Complete Bid Packet can be obtained by contacting Inga Sandoval at: Isandoval@seguin.org Pre-bid site inspection is mandatory, and is scheduled to occur by appointment only. Please contact Inga Sandoval at (708) 222- 5641 to schedule an appointment.

Bid Deadline is 10 am on 3/18/22 This is a Federally-Funded (Community Development Block Grant) Project and is subject to all applicable Federal rules, regulations and guidelines, including but not limited to payment of Prevailing Wage.

MBE and WBE contractors are encouraged to bid on this project.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.MARIA C. RIVERA Defendants 2019CH05114 1024 S RIDGELAND AVE 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 January 17, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 4, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1024 S RIDGELAND AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-308-0110000 The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the high-

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE est 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 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. 14-19-03763 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH05114 TJSC#: 42-797 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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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs.

THOMAS QUINN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MARGERY L. NEFF; ARTHUR NEFF; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARGERY L NEFF; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 12930 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, March 21, 2022 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-18-130-020.

Commonly known as 831 Clinton Ave., Oak Park, IL 60304.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Ms. Kathryn Bodanza at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 940-8580.

19-08226 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3186993

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, The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 19-091229.

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.

LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 19-091229 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 19 CH 9209 TJSC#: 42-495 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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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 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, The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 20-094050.

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.

LOGS Legal Group LLP 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 20-094050 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 20 CH 5941 TJSC#: 41-3442 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.

Case # 20 CH 5941 I3187184

NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR MARILYN F. HAYES (DECEASED), IMPERIAL MANOR OF OAK PARK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, ELLEN YOPCHICK, JULIE HAYES, SUE BARRETT A/K/A SUSAN BARRETT Defendants 2019CH12263 425 HOME AVENUE UNIT 2B OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 16, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 18, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 425 HOME AVENUE UNIT 2B, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-323-043-1012 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 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.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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. 14-19-08274 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH12263 TJSC#: 42-209 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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deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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. 14-20-06459 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2021CH04435 TJSC#: 42-403 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.

Case # 2021CH04435 I3187429

Property Index No. 16-07-415-0271007 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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 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. 14-19-02481 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH09264 TJSC#: 42-421 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.

Case # 2019CH09264 I3187480

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MIDFIRST BANK Plaintiff, -v.TAKYRICA Q. STYLES A/K/A TAKYRICA STYLES, TAYLOR LAKE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC. A/K/A TAYLOR-LAKE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 19 CH 9209 118 NORTH TAYLOR AVENUE UNIT 1 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 22, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 17, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 118 NORTH TAYLOR AVENUE UNIT 1, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-122-038-1005 The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $153,280.44.

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 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK, N.A., FORMERLY KNOWN AS RBS CITIZENS, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CHARTER ONE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.JOEL A. VERHOFF, RAELIN M VERHOFF, RANDOLPH CROSSING CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS Defendants 20 CH 5941 612 RANDOLPH STREET, UNIT 2 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 17, 2021, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 18, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 612 RANDOLPH STREET, UNIT 2, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-408-026-1012 The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $62,179.24.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.MICHAEL J. HAYES, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARILYN F. HAYES, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, ROBERT J. HAYES JR., PATRICK J. HAYES, MARY TERESE BUDGE A/K/A MARYTHERESE BUDGE A/K/A TERRY BUDGE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.ROLAND HERRERA, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF GEORGE HERRERA, LUKAS’S CONTINENTAL CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, CARY ROSENTHAL, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GEORGE HERRERA (DECEASED) Defendants 2021CH04435 403 N MARION ST APT 3 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 11, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 24, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 403 N MARION ST APT 3, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-101-017-1009 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.AMIN SAHTOUT, SCOVILLE COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 2019CH09264 500 WASHINGTON BLVD, UNIT 107 OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 7, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 17, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 500 WASHINGTON BLVD, UNIT 107, OAK PARK, IL 60302

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By LAURIE KOKENES parade day in Forest Park. We may not bring Executive Director Forest Park Chamber 750,000 people to town like they do in Dublin, but the Forest Park Chamber’s St. Patrick’s Day parade is certainly our most popular event and our attendance numbers are just as impressive. Depending on the weather, parade attendance has reached as high as 8,000 people.

We’ll host the parade this Saturday, March 5. The Chamber chose that path – two weeks before the official day -- initially to ensure that we didn’t compete with local or city parades for entrants or attendance, and to also allow for a second day of celebration.

Not scheduling the parade during the ‘official’ St. Pat’s weekend brings groups of folks to Forest Park twice in March. The early date turned out to be a blessing in 2020 as we were able to sneak in the 25th annual parade just before COVID hit. Little did we

know the challenges everyone would face over the next couple of years or how much we’d miss getting together for our usual events.

As with any event the Chamber hosts, sponsors are key to making this parade possible. Sponsor support allows us to continue this event and create an entertaining line-up that includes entries like Medinah Shriner’s parade units who receive an honorarium for participating.

Event revenue provides about 50% of the Chamber’s income, so the generosity of our sponsors also supports the work of the Chamber.

Who are our parade sponsors? Title sponsors this year are O’Sullivan’s Public House; Fiore Pizzeria & Bakery; Ironworkers Local 1 and Riveredge Hospital.

Advertising sponsors are Mark Hanson Agency/State Farm Insurance; Forest Park Bakery; Mohr Oil; Astro Coleman Entertainment; Republic Services; REM Inc.; Ideal Facilities; Fatduck Tavern & Grill; Christopher B. Burke Engineering; Burke Beverage; Currie Motors and Smooth-ish.

Shamrock sponsors are Little Teeth Big Smiles/Children’s Dentistry; Friends of Brandon Johnson; Our Planet Automotive

and the Park District of Forest Park.

Leprechaun Sponsors are Living Fresh Market, Office Furniture Center and Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Mariyana Sypryopoulos.

Thank you all for supporting the 26th Annual Forest Park Chamber St. Patrick’s Day Parade!

I also want to thank every single Chamber member as well as the Village of Forest Park who each play a vital role in the success of the Chamber and our community.

Together with organizations like Forest Park Arts Alliance, Historical Society of Forest Park as well as our library, park district and community center to name a few, the Chamber’s overall work helps strengthen our local economy by supporting and promoting its members, and by keeping Forest Park’s name at the forefront and driving traffic to Forest Park’s through events and marketing.

Happy parade day and happy St. Patrick’s Day to one and all.

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ike many of the events sponsored by the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce, the St. Patrick’s Day Parade this Saturday is intended to be good for both the commuBy TOM HOLMES nity and for business.

Contributing Reporter Laurie Kokenes, director of the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce, which is sponsoring the St. Patrick’s Day Parade this Saturday, said that up to 7,000 spectators will be lining Madison Street on Saturday when the parade kicks off at 1 p.m. from Van Buren Street.

An annual harbinger of spring in this town, the parade will feature in the neighborhood of 60 units, including the following: ■ Proviso East High School Marching Band ■ Police and Fire Dept. units with sirens wailing ■ Doonaree Pipe Band ■ Medina Roaring 57’s ■ Children’s Dentistry “tooth car” ■ Band of Brothers Pipe Band ■ Local Politicians “Everyone loves a parade,” said Kokenes, pointing out that the big show is free to the thousands of people who will be lining the street.

The Chamber’s mission statement includes, “enhancing the local business environment and quality of life in our community and promoting Forest Park as a great place to live, work, shop, dine & play.”

Mike Mohr (Sr. and Jr.) aren’t lead sponsors for the event because they get a lot of business by doing so, but because they are genuinely interested in the welfare of the community in which they do business.

“We are happy to be a parade sponsor,” said Michael H. Mohr, president of Mohr

Oil, “and as we are one of Forest Park’s oldest businesses, we are proud to support any type of function that brings our community together.”

The same is true for another title sponsor, Iron Workers, Local 1.

The Proviso East band, does not charge the Chamber anything.

“They participate,” Kokenes explained, “because they want to be part of the community.”

The parade, of course, is good for the taverns lining Madison, providing many options in the area for folks looking for an excuse to have a cold one … or two … and literally thousands of people will be standing at their doorsteps.

Marty Sorice, who owns multiple bars in town, reported, “It is the best day of the year for Angelo’s and Shortstop. It is a good day for Blueberry and Circle, but it hasn’t affected Carole’s and Pioneer much at all.

St. Patty’s Parade primarily helps Madison Street.

“But, it’s more than the increased revenue,” Sorice added. “It’s knowing that we are an integral part of making a fun event occur. My staff always looks forward to it so much.”

The same is true for the eateries along the parade route.

But even though sales may not increase for some businesses on that day, Kokenes explained, events like the parade, the Wine Walk (April 23 this year) and the Holiday Walk (in December) show off many of the unique shops on Madison with the hope that spectators will notice them and return on another day.

“Special events,” Kokenes explained, “bring anywhere from several hundred to thousands of people to Downtown Forest Park. Positive unique events keep Forest Park’s name at the forefront, creates positive press, drives traffic to our downtown business district and all in all allow visitors to see all that Forest Park has to offer. They bring new folks to the area and keeps them

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Attendees shake hands with a “leprechaun” during the annual Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day Parade in 2019. coming back.”

The Chamber is funded approximately 50% from event revenue and 50% from membership dues. It invests a lot of money on the parade to make it a quality event. The organization pays for the three Medinah units — Mini Shoppers, Roaring 57’s and Motor Corps — as well as two pipe bands (with Burke Beverage) and a donation to Toys for Tots.

Income from the event comes from sponsorships and entry fees: ■ Chamber member business $65 ■ Non-member business $120 ■ Non-Profit/Political $45 ■ Residents/Individuals $30 ■ Large groups of residents/individuals $45

Kokenes added, “We’re selling parade merchandise, too (www.etstores.com/FORESTPARKSTPATSPARADE).

Aware that Forest Parkers may be experiencing COVID fatigue, Kokenes said, “Lots of regular folks, businesses and political candidates are excited to get out and celebrate something ... and everyone loves a parade!”

St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be held on March 5, beginning at 1 p.m. on Madison Street, heading east from Van Buren.

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It’s not all candy and beer Great eats, some green, along Madison St. on parade day

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After a year’s hiatus due to COVID, the beloved Forest Park St. Patrick’s Day’s Parade is back on March 5. Hosted by the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce, the parade will have 60+ entries including bagpipers, marching bands, Irish dancers, local business entries, Medinah Shriner parade units, local police and fire departments and more.

While the kids are filling their bags with candy along the parade route, we invite you to stop by one of the many local restaurants along Madison Street to grab some amazing food. Whether you are in the mood for Italian, BBQ, Mexican, Cajun or Irish, our local restaurants are celebrating all things green.

Last time we counted, your options for a corned beef sandwich on parade day are at least 10.

Here are some other fun options.

Something Irish Slainte, 7505 Madison St., will be serving Irish Coffee, Irish mules and corned beef sandwiches. Doors open at 11 a.m. For more fun, their resident DJ will be playing on both floors.

If you are looking for something healthy, make sure to check out newcomer Smoothish, 7415 Madison St. They are rolling out a new drink just for parade day named the O’Green. This juice will consist of celery, orange, kale, apple, and ginger.

Not all parade menus are finalized so please follow Explore Forest Park on Facebook for updated information.

We can’t wait to see you on Madison Street on Parade Day!

The Brown Cow, 7347 Madison St., is also joining the fun by selling corned beef and potato hand pies. These are great to-go items to grab as you watch the parade.

DuckFat, 7218 Madison St., is offering traditional favorites including a corned beef sandwich with hand-cut fries, corned beef and cabbage and, the less traditional, Irish nachos.

Small Batch, 7441 Madison St., is a parade day favorite serving up their world-famous smoked pastrami sandwich. These are also a great grab and go option.

Make sure to stop by O’Sullivan’s Public House, 7244 Madison St. They are one of the parade’s title sponsors and are sure to have some amazing Irish food on the menu.

Madison St., to get your sugar fix. They are offering shamrock marshmallows dipped in chocolate, green sprinkle, green sugar cookies, shamrock hot chocolate and leprechaun crunch. We’re not sure exactly what leprechaun crunch is but anything that owner Joana makes is amazing so make sure to try it!

Looking for a hot drink? Look no further than Kribi Coffee, 7324 Madison St. Their Irish themed drinks are 20% off on parade day and include Dublin the Fun Mocha, Life of the Mardi Spritzer, Paddy It Up Shake, RBG Matcha. The kids can enjoy a 12 oz hot cocoa for $2. To celebrate their new partnership with Oak Park’s Onion Roll they will be sampling green bagels.

Something green The Forest Park Bakery, 7332 Madison St., will be giving away mini green donuts.

Make sure to grab one while they are available. They are also sure to have many other sweet treats as well as Irish soda bread.

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