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D209 could dissolve PMSA campus At Feb. facilities meeting, five options put on table By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

During a community engagement meeting held Feb. 27 as part of Proviso Township High Schools District 209’s master facilities planning process, members of the public openly grappled with the prospect of eliminating the Proviso Math and Science Academy campus in order to save costs and maximize the use of space at Proviso East and Proviso West. Since the district tapped the architectural firm Perkins and Will to draw up a comprehensive plan for improving the district’s three campuses last June, the firm has hosted three engagement meetings. The two meetings prior to the Feb. 27 meeting centered on exploring the areas where the district’s campuses need to be improved the most. Mark Jolicoeur, of Perkins and Will, said that the “guiding principles” that have anchored the community engagement process have been “fiscal responsibility, equity and [whether or not the process is] data-informed.” The Proviso East meeting was the first at which some possible options for approaching See PMSA on page 8

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PIPING UP: Tonal director Jonathan Oblander, of Forest Park, shows off his tools at Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders on Madison Street in Bellwood.

Pipe organs are (like) people too The instruments are ubiquitous, but where do they come from?

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

The dying, duct taped, more than century-old organ at St. Paul’s Memorial United Methodist Church in South Bend, Ind., was on life support, so the church’s leaders

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called on Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders. A local Indiana newspaper described the Bellwood-based company, one of a few dozen organ manufacturers in the United States, as an “organ hospital of sorts.” If Berghaus is a hospital, consider Forest Park resident Jonathan Oblander — the musical director at Oak Park’s Good

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Forest Park Review, April 4, 2018

Religion Guide brought to you by

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First Congregational Church of Maywood

Mulch in Moderation When it comes to mulch, the temptation is to do too much— packing 6 to 12 inches of mulch at the base of a tree. It’s called a “mulch volcano,” the landscaping equivalent of issuing a slow, but sure, death sentence. When done properly, mulching can be a great asset for a landscape. But a variety of problems erupt from mulch volcanoes, including:

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1. Rot – the bark at the base of the tree can begin to decay and rot because the mulch maintains a dark, moist environment. This can promote insect activity and is also a breeding ground for fungal activity. 2. If the pile is large enough, it can begin to compost, which generates heat. That heat can damage the cambium (inner bark) of juvenile trees. 3. Secondary rooting can occur in

the mulch, rather than in the soil. By rooting out of the soil, these roots can begin to wrap around the base of the tree and girdle the trunk, or larger roots, over time. The solution: mulch in moderation—about a three-inch layer is ideal. Special thanks to one of our valued ATPE readers, Ann, who suggested this topic. If you have a question or idea for a future Ask the Plant Expert, contact me at scottjr@ mcadamlandscape.com.

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United Lutheran Church

409 Greenfield Street (at Ridgeland Avenue) Oak Park Holy Communion with nursery care and children’s chapel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. 708/386-1576

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Grace Lutheran Church

7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School/Adult Ed. 9:45 a.m. Childcare Available

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West Suburban Temple Har Zion

1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our Rabbi, Adir Glick Pray, learn, and celebrate with our caring, progressive, egalitarian community. Interfaith families are welcome. Accredited Early Childhood Program Religious School for K thru 12 Daily Morning Minyan Weekly Shabbat Services Friday 6:30pm & Saturday 10:00am Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org

Lutheran-Missouri Synod

Christ Lutheran Church

607 Harvard Street (at East Av.) Oak Park, Illinois Rev. Robert M. Niehus, Pastor Sunday Bible Class: 9:15 am Sunday School: 9:10 Sunday Worship Services: 8:00 and 10:30 am Church Office: 708/386-3306 www.christlutheranoakpark.org

Fair Oaks

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744 Fair Oaks Ave. Oak Park 386-4920 Sunday Schedule Christian Education for All Ages 9:00am Worship Service 10:00am

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Join Oak Park Friends Meeting at the Oak Park Art League, 720 Chicago Ave. Worship 10am Potluck and intergenerational program to follow. 708-445-8201 www.oakparkfriends.org

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

Lutheran-Missouri Synod

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

305 Circle Ave, Forest Park Sunday Worship 8:30am & 11:00am Adult Bible Class & Sunday School 10:00am Wheelchair Access to Sanctuary Leonard Payton, Pastor Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor 708-366-3226 www.stjohnforestpark.org

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St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 107TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Friday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca

St. Giles Family Mass Community

We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue. Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish. Our Mass is family-friendly. We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy. Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8. For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.

Traditional Catholic

The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass

Our Lady Immaculate Church 410 Washington Blvd Oak Park. 708-524-2408 Mass Times: Sat. 8:00am Sun. 7:30 & 10:00am Operated by Society of St. Pius X. Confessions 1 hr. before each mass

Third Unitarian Church 808 S. East Ave. 708/848-2703 www.ascensionoakpark.com Worship: Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:00, 11 am, 5:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 pm Saturday Taize Prayer 7:30 pm First Fridays Feb.– Dec. & Jan. 1

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

188 South Oak Park Ave.

Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m. Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced

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Forest Park Review, April 4, 2018

Ramblers bring back maroon-and-gold memories

went in for a check-up recently and everything looked normal, except for my blood sample, which showed traces of maroon and gold. My doctor told me not to be alarmed, that it probably runs in my family. That would make sense because three of us graduated from St. Ignatius and three from Loyola. In fact, my family has a personal connection to the Ramblers’ championship team. I have to thank the current squad for bringing back those maroon and golden memories of 1963. Back then, my brother Edward was an undergrad at the Lakeshore campus. He became a reporter for the school newspaper, solely for the purpose of scoring free tickets to the basketball games. The highscoring Ramblers were electrifying the nation, with their fast breaks and suffocating defense. In the final game of the season, Edward received an interesting proposition. Two middle-aged African American men offered him free transportation to Louisville and lodging if Edward could get tickets for them to the Final Four. They were making the large assumption that the Ramblers would get that far. When the

time came, Edward and a fellow reporter were whisked to Louisville in a Cadillac. They stayed in the black section of town during the tournament. Back home, we were thrilled that Edward was covering the action. It made the championship game against Cincinnati even more exciting. I can still picture us huddling around our black-and-white TV in the basement, watching Loyola’s stunning comeback. It was the one and only time I saw my dad jump. There was at least an inch of daylight under his dress shoes. He was a true believer but few were giving Loyola a chance against the Bearcats, including the university. After their heart-stopping overtime victory, Loyola had no celebration planned for the players. Edward was hanging out with the national champions. He sat on the lap of one of the players, like a tiny journalistic mascot. The players ended their “festivities” by chasing a horse down a country road. The game was over but my family wouldn’t let it go. We bought an LP record of Red Rush calling the last two minutes of the game and we wore it out. At the time, we didn’t have a clue about the racial, or

JOHN RICE

It was the one and only time I saw my dad jump.

political aspects of the championship. I was 9 years old and didn’t care what color my sports heroes were. Still don’t. But as the years went by, the 1963 tournament only grew in historical significance. This year felt like a throwback to that simpler time. The 2018 team bore a strong resemblance to the ’63 team. They used teamwork and fundamentals to beat taller, more “talented” teams. They seemed to embody the Jesuit attitude toward education. The Jesuits taught us that education wasn’t a utilitarian means to an end, that a degree wasn’t just for getting a good-paying job. They taught us that school should be a timeout from chasing the buck. So unlike the high-powered “one and done” college teams, the Ramblers weren’t seeking a ticket to a pro contract. They set an example of character that is sorely needed today in college basketball — just as the championship team set an example of racial tolerance that was desperately needed in 1963. I thoroughly enjoyed the Rambler’s run this year. The same day as their miracle win over Miami, I mailed my manuscript to Ignatius Press. I’m counting on the fact that we share the same blood type. ■ John Rice is a columnist/private detective, who has seen his business and family thrive in Forest Park. He thoroughly enjoys life in the village and still gets a thrill smelling Red Hots, watching softball and strolling through cemeteries. Jrice1038@aol.com

Commissioners hike business license fees Gas and tobacco purveyors affected

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

Forest Park businesses selling gasoline and tobacco products will have to dig a little deeper when it comes time to renew their business licenses this month, following action taken by the village council, March 26. The council unanimously voted to increase the fee for tobacco dealers from $200 to $300 and to increase the fee for gas station owners from $50 to $100 per tank containing 1,000 or fewer gallons. Village Administrator Tim Gillian explained that the fee increases are designed to generate additional revenue for the village, noting that these particular fees have not been increased in over 15 years. The additional revenue generated is not expected to have a major impact on the village budget. The gas station fee increase is expected to add $8,600 to the village coffers and the tobacco fee increase would add $2,000, a small percentage of the $1.5 million business licenses and permits line item in the

village budget. The original version of the proposed ordinance changing the two fees caused some confusion at the March 26 village council meeting. Commissioner Tom Mannix questioned the references in the proposed ordinance to tobacco vending machines, asking how many of such machines are in Forest Park businesses. After Village Clerk Vanessa Moritz inin formed the village council that stickers were issued for cigarette machines in 2017, Village Attorney Nick Peppers was called upon to suggest rewording the proposed ordinance to eliminate ref reference to vending machines. Mannix later suggested the tobacco dealer fee be increased annually as a deterdeter rent to people smoking cigarettes, which he considers to be a health hazard, especially for young people. All businesses are required to obtain a license with businesses selling gasoline,

tobacco and liquor required to obtain additional licenses, according to Gillian. He also said the village typically issues 20 tobacco licenses and gasoline licenses to six stations that own tanks with a combined capacity of 172,000 gallons. All business licenses expire on April 30 and must be renewed before May 1. The changes approved March 26 take effect immediately.

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Forest Park Review, April 4, 2018

Lifestyle issues are the key to fertility, coach says Forest Parker assists women having trouble getting pregnant By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

The Mayo Clinic estimates that 10-15 percent of couples in the United States are infertile, infertility being defined as not being able to get pregnant despite having frequent, unprotected sex for at least a year. To address this need, Forest Park resident Alisha Fox started a fertility coaching business called Modern Fox Fertility a little over a year ago to help women conceive and have healthy pregnancies by changing their lifestyle — including diet, exercise, mindset, spiritual health, and stress reduction — instead of relying on pills, hormone shots and invasive procedures like in vitro fertilization (IVF). Fox’s relationship with Rachel (not her real name) illustrates how her approach works. Rachel and her doctor had identified several issues that were preventing her from getting pregnant. The doctor responded by prescribing a “myriad of drugs and supplements” but she felt there was more she could be doing. During Rachel’s first call to Modern Fox Fertility, Fox did a lot of empathic listening. “She really felt like I heard what she was going through,” Fox recalled. Fox tried to discern where Rachel “was at on her journey” — what she had already

tried, if she had seen a doctor, if any testing had been done — to get a better idea of where she was mentally, physically and emotionally. “I’m not a doctor, so I don’t make any diagnoses,” Fox explained, “but lots of lifestyle choices can impact fertility that women’s health-care providers haven’t explored with them. A significant number of women, for example, are going through stages of grief at not being able to get pregnant.” Fox told Rachel she believed she could be of assistance to and supportive of Rachel on her journey. Rachel and her fertility coach made a “contract” to meet once a week for an hour to an hour and a half for three months. Fox said her program does not include prescribing drugs or giving hormone injections, but rather doing the hard work of “going inside” to explore lifestyle factors that may be acting as barriers to conceiving. Rachel and Fox began by talking a bit about exercise but as Fox got to know her client, the major focus soon became selfcare and spiritual health because it became clear that Rachel would often talk to herself in negative ways and was losing touch with her faith, which had been very important to her. Together they explored ways to restore a stronger relationship with God and how to talk to herself in more positive ways.

PIPE ORGANS Tools of the trade from page 1 30 years, he said. “I started out on the playing side,” he said during a recent interview. “I’ve been a nut about the organ since I was 13. They say, ‘Once you get bit by the organ bug, you’re done.’ It never stops. My father’s an organist, too, so I guess it’s always been in the family.” Oblander has worked at Berghaus for roughly a decade. He said the position allows him to merge his passion for playing with his passion for the instrument’s construction and design. “Organs have the most extremes of frequency and sound and color of almost any instrument. When you think about it, the organ was the first original synthesizer in that you’re layering different elements controlled by one person,” he said. “This job is a marriage of the playing and the building sides, which is nice.” And the hospital analogy is not far off. One day last month, Steven Hoover, a tonal finisher and reed specialist with Berghaus, was testing some flue pipes — the long, narrow, whistle-shaped devices that comprise roughly 90 percent of the pipes on a standard organ. Hoover, sounding like an anatomist, said that air enters from the pipe’s chest and passes through its toe, foot and lips. The frequency of the air coursing through the flue is determined by the pipe’s length. Kevin Chunko, who was testing some reeds, which make up roughly 10 percent of an organ’s pipes, said that his love

The good news is that Rachel became pregnant in the second month of Fox’s coaching, and she has continued seeing her coach to assure that she continues to have a healthy pregnancy. Each client is different, Fox said. Sometimes what they eat can affect the quality of eggs their ovaries are producing. For others exercise may be important. With others it may be stress reduction. One regimen doesn’t fit all, and she doesn’t tell clients what to eat or how much to exercise or how to pray. Her role is to coach, not dictate — to assist clients in finding what the right fit is, what works for them. “In Rachel’s case,” Fox said, “we found things that were doable for her. For example, we decided that she would increase her yoga practice, but when it got to be too much, she reduced the amount of time she spent on it till she found that sweet spot of ‘enough but not too much’.” Fox believes the reason many tactics to help women get pregnant don’t work is that they fail to get at the root cause of fertility, which might be stress or nutrition or the absence of a healthy spiritual life. Not all of her clients are able to conceive and give birth, but she has a 100 percent success rate because whether a woman who works with her gets pregnant or not, she makes lifestyle changes that leave her

affair with the instrument (he has bachelor’s, master’s degrees, and “most of a doctorate,” in organ studies) is dictated by the “humanness and liveliness” of the wind that produces an organ’s distinct sound. “No two organs sound alike,” said Jean O’Brien, the company’s vice president. “They’re like people.” Very important people from Oblander’s perspective, since their presence is often so central to the churches whose rituals and ceremonies they’re often built around. “They have stories to tell,” Oblander said. “The organ we did in South Bend, there were so many histories that that organ got to see. Now, it’s going to see more.” The restoration project for the organ at St. Paul’s, completed last year, cost $450,000 and required that workers disassemble 1,900 pipes, transport them to Bellwood and transport them back to Indiana to be reinstalled. “The organ breathes life into the congregation,” Carol Thie, a St. Paul’s congregant, said at the time. When Oak Park’s Ascension Catholic Church, 808 S. East Ave., decided that it was time to replace their 1929 Kilgen organ, “parishioners and friends donated over $300,000 with the remaining funds coming from bequests, choral concerts and proceeds from two choir compact disks,” accoding to the church’s website. Berghaus installed Ascension’s three-manual, 40-rank organ in the fall of 2004 after several years of fundraising and nearly 1,500 CD’s sold. Kelly Monette, a former Oak Park resident and an operations manager for the company, has had a hand in installing and maintaining Berghaus organs all over the country. The manufacturing process, he said, takes anywhere from a few months to nearly a year. A typical Berghaus organ requires the skills of roughly a dozen people.

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STRESS-REDUCER: Alisha Fox counsels mothers-to-be at Modern Fox Fertility. healthier and more in control of her body. A testimony to Fox’s holistic approach on her website comes from a woman named Beata, who says that Fox “goes above and beyond to ensure you have what you need to succeed. Alisha has genuine belief, with concrete certainty in you, and will guide you to succeed in whatever you need.” To contact Fox, call 989-306-1119 or email her at alisha@modernfoxfertility.com.

“Everyone has their own expertise,” he said. “Some of us are skilled in multiple areas, but by and large, people have their own specialties. We have to cover all of the bases — there’s some carpentry, welding, low-voltage wiring. And we all have to be mini engineers in our own way.” The organs are built in the company’s massive warehouse before they’re taken down and shipped to the site where they’ll be installed. Once Monette and his team of builders have finished an organ, it’s Oblander’s job to test the instrument’s sound. The installation process, Monette said, can take several months, and often requires workers uprooting themselves from their families to stay in extended stay suites or hotel rooms. “You become part of a community for a while,” Monette said. “You’re in the church more often than some of their longtime members. You’re in the space, you build this great organ and then you’re out.” Berghaus has been replicating that process since the company was founded by Leonard Berghaus back in 1967. “The company was founded out of my father’s garage,” said Brian Berghaus, who has been president since 2004. He said that the organ maker has been operating out of its current industrial space for roughly 15 years. If it’s up to Berghaus, this organ hospital will be here for as long as there’s a need for the life-like instruments to be birthed and brought back to life. “My wife is in healthcare and she tells me that she thinks she makes a difference, she likes to tell herself that she does — you diagnose, you treat, but you don’t get followup,” Monette said. “With this job you do. You get closure on every single project. There’s a celebration, a dedicatory recital, everyone is happy, but then you have to let them go.” CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

Forest Park Review, April 4, 2018

C R I M E

Carjacking suspect arrested in Forest Park Police from Forest Park, Oak Park, River Forest, Berwyn and Maywood converged on the 8200 block of Roosevelt Road on April 1 about 4:15 p.m., eventually apprehending a juvenile suspected of hijacking a vehicle in downtown Oak Park earlier in the day. According to Oak Park police, the juvenile suspect stole the vehicle by pushing past the owner, who had just stepped out of it in the 1000 block of Lake Street about 3 p.m. No one was injured and the suspect didn’t display a weapon, police said. Oak Park police said the offender abandoned the vehicle near I-290 and Desplaines Avenue and fled through Forest Home Cemetery before he was spotted crossing Roosevelt Road and into Aperion Care Forest Park, a nursing home. The suspect reportedly asked a receptionist to use the bathroom, and the receptionist handed over a key. The receptionist, according to police, told police the suspect was still in the bathroom. When police asked for a key, the employee reportedly said doing so required the approval of a supervisor, who needed to be called first. Believing a possibly armed suspect was hiding inside, police said they opted to

break open the door of the locked bathroom. No one was inside. Staff then began locking down rooms inside the facility, police said, believing the suspect might still be onsite. According to police, staff would not give officers keys to open the locked doors, citing privacy rights of residents. Police later located the suspect running through Waldheim Cemetery east of the nursing home and reported apprehending him without further incident.

Masked man returns to rob store, again A Harlem Avenue convenience store was robbed again — at about the same time of day and by the same masked, armed man, police say — during the early morning hours of April 1, just eight days after the first incident. A clerk at 7-Eleven, 205 Harlem Ave., called police at 2:52 a.m. to report that a black male wearing a black jacket, gloves and black bandanna over his face, walked into the store, displayed a semi-automatic handgun and stated, “Give me the money.” The clerk handed over about $50 from the

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register, and the offender exited the store, fleeing northbound toward Randolph Street. According to the police report, based on the appearance of the offender, the circumstances, and the method of the robbery, both the clerk and police believe the offender is the same person who robbed the 7-Eleven about 2:30 a.m. on March 24.

Victim jumped, robbed in parking lot Forest Park police responded to Riveredge Hospital, 8311 Roosevelt Road, on March 27 about 10:20 p.m. after a 31-year-old employee reported being robbed of his cellphone and cash in the hospital parking lot. According to the police report, the employee was throwing out some trash on the far north side of the parking lot when 10 men wearing dark clothing exited a gray SUV and attacked him. The offenders beat the victim, who said he briefly lost consciousness, and stole his phone and about $350 in cash before leaving the area. Paramedics transported the victim to Loyola University medical center for treatment of his injuries.

Vehicle break-ins ■■Police responded to the 900 block of Hannah Avenue on the morning of March 29 after a resident called to report that his van, which had been parked on the garage apron overnight, had been burglarized. According to police, someone broke out the driver’s side window to gain access to the van, removing a Skil saw, a Milwaukee circular saw, a Bosch angle grinder, a Bosch hammer drill and a Bosch point laser. The total value of the stolen items was about $960. ■■Also on the morning of March 29, police responded to the 1000 block of Hannah Avenue to investigate an overnight vehicle burglary. During the overnight hours, someone broke the driver’s side window of a pickup truck, which was parked at the rear of the property, to gain entry and remove more than a dozen power tools and a ratchet set. The value of the property was about $3,900, according to police.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, March 26-April 1, 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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Forest Park Review, April 4, 2018

Police to offer new mobile stroke unit service Department’s 23 vehicles to get new laptop computers

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

Action by the Forest Park Village Council, March 26, will enhance emergency medical services for residents and improve the police department’s communications capabilities. The village council unanimously voted to ratify a grant agreement that will allow the purchase of new laptop computers for the police department’s 23 vehicles and approve and authorize a mobile stroke unit service agreement with Rush University Medical Center. Police Chief Tom Aftanas said the new laptops, which are crash- and weather-resistant, will allow officers to file their accident reports online instead of hand-writing them. The $89,470 cost will be covered by a grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation. In response to a question from Commissioner Dan Novak, Aftanas said the grant will cover all costs. Aftanas said the laptop purchase “should speed the process up” and will benefit the state police because they will receive accident reports more quickly. A four-year grant from the Grainger Foundation in Lake Forest will fund the creation and deployment of the mobile stroke unit. This enhanced ambulance will contain telemedicine technology and a CT scanner, enabling the brain imaging that is critical to accurate stroke diagnoses and treatment, according to a Rush spokesman. Fire Chief Bob McDermott explained that the mobile stroke unit will assess, diagnose and treat a patient in front

of his own home. “I’m excited,” he said. “This can save a life. Residents will benefit from this.” Kirk Bobst, nurse manager of the mobile stroke program, explained that the concept of mobile stroke units was created in Germany in 2008. He said having the mobile stroke unit on scene could save 25 to 45 minutes compared to taking a patent to a hospital by ambulance. McDermott also said it can take “a lot of time” for a patient to be seen in a hospital emergency room, even those brought to the hospital by ambulance. The mobile stroke unit, the first in Illinois, is being of offered to municipalities within a 5-mile radius of Rush Oak Park Hospital with Broadview, North Riverside, Oak Park and Stone Park already participating. Bobst said a four-person team will be on the mobile stroke unit and “clot-busting” medication will be available if needed. He said the clot-busting medicine was used twice in North Riverside in March, potentially saving a life each time. McDermott noted that the mobile stroke unit personnel will use telemedicine technology to communicate with a stroke neurologist, who will assist with diagnosis and treatment. In response to a question from Commissioner Joe Brynes, Bobst said the mobile stroke unit will be stationed at Rush Oak Park Hospital. He also said stroke patients will not automatically be transported to Rush Oak Park Hospital with the Forest Park ambulance crew helping to determine

where to take the patient. McDermott added that the West Suburban Consolidated Dispatch Center, which handles 911 calls from Forest Park, Oak Park, River Forest, Park Ridge and Elmwood Park, will dispatch the Forest Park ambulance and the mobile stroke unit together in response to a 911 call that indicates a patient might be suffering a stroke. He added that the Forest Park ambulance crew could also request the mobile stroke unit if they arrive on a call and learn that the patient is exhibiting symptoms of a stroke. In response to a question from Commissioner Dan Novak, Bobst said the service will be offered between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. daily with the hope to expand it around the clock.

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BIG WEEK Friday Films: How to Make an American Quilt Celebrate Forest Park’s iconic 1923 Chamber of Commerce Quilt with a screening of the film “How to Make an American Quilt,” starring Winona Ryder, Anne Bancroft and more. The Every Stitch Chamber of Commerce Quilt will be on display, and staff Counts: Quilts, Activism will talk about their upcoming quilt project. Fun starts and Making Your Mark at 1:30 p.m. on April 6 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd. Join textile artist Nora Renick Rinehart for an afternoon of art

Junction Diner Pop Up Storytime

Free Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Screening Loyola Medicine University Health System will be offering free screenings from 4 to 7 p.m. on April 10 at Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, 2160 S. First Ave. in Maywood.

Attend the Forest Park Public Library’s monthly storytime at the Junction Diner, 7401 Madison St., at 12 p.m. on April 6. Children will listen to a story and make a small take-home craft.

Explore Forest Park: Urban Pioneer Group Interested in recycling reclaimed materials to make something new? In this month’s exploration of town, members of the Forest Park Public Library invite attendees to explore the Urban Pioneer Group, 7503 Madison St., at 7 p.m. on April 5.

CALENDAR EVENTS ■ As you’ve likely noticed, our Calendar has changed to Big Week. Fewer items, higher profile. If you would like your event to be featured here, please send a photo and details by noon of the Wednesday before it needs to be published. We can’t publish everything, but we’ll do our best to feature the week’s highlights. Email calendar@wjinc.com.

3 Proviso squads land on Tribune’s 64-greatest list The Chicago Tribune recently acknowledged the NCAA’s March Madness tournament, which began Tuesday, by releasing a list of what it called the 64 greatest Illinois high school basketball teams ever. “With the nation’s original March Madness (that would be the Illinois high school basketball tournament) upon us for the 111th time, we came up with an alltime bracket featuring the best champions in state history,” the Tribune notes.

and action. Renick Rinehart will talk about a few projects— historic and contemporary—that combine activism with quilting. Then learn some basic embroidery stitches and create a collaborative signature to quilt to mark the occasion. Quilting starts at 2 p.m. on April 8 at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd.

“We grouped our selections in four 16-team divisions: the top champions from the city, from the suburbs, from “downstate” — defined as anywhere in Illinois other than the city and suburbs — and the 16 best girls state champions. (The first girls state tournament was in 1977; the boys tournament started in 1908 at the Oak Park YMCA.)”

Proviso East teams appeared on the list three times (in the order of rank): ■ 1969 state championship team (30-1) ■ 1991 state championship team (32-1) ■ 1992 state championship team (33-0)

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PMSA student makes All-State Band

Chris Tam is the first student from the school to earn the distinction By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Eight years ago, Chris Tam picked up the bass trombone on a whim. Today, the Illinois Music Education Association has named him part of the 2018 Illinois All-State Band. He’s the first Proviso Math and Science Academy (PMSA) student to ever earn this distinction. Tam, 15, found out in January that he would be part of All-State, a band comprised of about 600 of the most talented musical students across Illinois. A spokesman for Proviso said she believes there were about 15 bass trombonists selected in Illinois. Bass trombonists auditioned by playing two concert etudes for judges. “It was my first year auditioning for the whole process,” Tam said. “I was like, ‘I may as well just have fun in district band while I’m here,’ and then I made All-State. I’m surprised, I don’t think the realization’s hit me yet.” Tam took up the trombone after years

of playing the piano, picking up the heavy brass instrument because he wanted to join the band at Westchester Intermediate School. He chose the bass trombone because a friend of his did at the time, started practicing and, after a few weeks of sliding the instrument, realized he wasn’t half bad. “I realized, ‘Wow, this is really interesting and cool,’ and I decided to practice more,” he said. Tam started getting more interested in the potential of the trombone, listening to people playing it professionally, going to see concerts and taking private lessons. His work led him earlier in the year making the Illinois First District Band, which includes all the best student musicians in the area. After performing at Elmhurst College in late 2017, PMSA band director Steven Goodman told him about All-State. “At Proviso, no one was ever interested in auditioning for All-State, but that was my jumpstart, it’s a really great springboard,” Goodman said, reflecting on his own musi-

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HORN OF PLENTY: Chris Tam has played his trombone to All-State honors. cal career. Tam’s “involved in everything you could possibly want to be in—the Merit School of Music, Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra, Chris getting involved really has a lot to do with why he was chosen.” Tam was chosen from the about 1,200 people who auditioned, and performed with

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Options considered from page 1 the district’s capital needs were discussed. The fact that all three campuses in District 209 have classrooms that are severely underutilized factored prominently in last month’s discussion. The classroom utilization rates at all three schools range between 64 percent and 67 percent. Jolicoeur said that the target rate for newly constructed school buildings is around 85 percent to 90 percent. “The good thing,” he said, “is that there is flexibility” and ways that populations might be shifted around to increase utilization rates. More buildings, he added, aren’t needed. Jolicoeur said that the raw data obtained from capacity analyses done by the firm indicated that Proviso East, with roughly 1,800 students, has the capacity to hold around 1,900 to 2,500 students. PMSA, at 790 students, has the capacity to hold an additional 850 to 1,100 students, while Proviso West, at 1,850 students, has the capacity to hold around 2,000 to 4,600 students. Nowadays, Jolicoeur said, education spaces are required to be much more flexible than in the past, particularly to account for the growth in special education, technology

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and various student support services. “One of the key questions that came out of the second community engagement session is, as a district, do we have too many facilities?” Jolicoeur asked. The costs of operating those facilities, he added, cuts into money that might go directly to education purposes. The question led into what Perkins and Will representatives called some “hard questions.”

For the first time in the master facilities planning process, the architects offered a series of very preliminary options for dealing with the district’s facilities burden and most of them centered on what to do with PMSA. The first option was to look at the needs of all three campuses and consider improving all three — what they called the status quo. The second option was to “co-locate” PMSA at both East and West while maintain-

the All-State Band in late January in Peoria. Eventually, he dreams of pursuing a career in music. Attend a free performance of Tam soloing at 7 p.m. on April 27 at the nonprofit Merit School of Music, 38 S. Peoria St. CONTACT: ntepper@wjinc.com

ing the magnet school in its current form. The third option was to choose to locate PMSA at either East or West. A fourth option was to merge PMSA into the existing curriculum at East and West, and the fifth option was to locate PMSA at Proviso West while combining the student enrollments at both East and West at Proviso East. The options favored by the roughly 30 community members present at the meeting ran the gamut, with the third and fourth options seeming to gain the most traction. Some community members said that merging the schools would raise the confidence of students at East and West, who may feel stigmatized by being left out of PMSA’s many successes — which include being ranked as the top high school in suburban Cook County by one publication. The Forest Park building in which PMSA sits used to be an office building owned by Loyola University Medical Center. It was purchased and retrofitted by District 209 for $40 million. Joliceour said that a fourth community engagement session is scheduled to take place on April 24 to discuss more details about the possible options. He said that the firm will have a draft facilities master plan completed by May to present to the board in June. Attempts to contact D209 board President Theresa Kelly for comment were unsuccessful.

CONTACT: michael@oakpark.com

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Andrea’s owner will rebuild eatery following fire ‘Whole place is going to be brand new,’ says manager By BOB UPHUES Senior Editor

March 25 was Palm Sunday and things were as busy as expected from the moment Andrea’s Restaurant opened at 6 a.m. until Maria Philippou, the manager, locked up at 9 p.m. and drove home, ready to do it all again the next morning. Less than an hour later, Philippou’s phone was blowing up. The restaurant was on fire. She ran out the door and, driving fast with her hazard lights flashing, arrived to find Andrea’s a smoking wreck. “It’s like your home going up in flames,” said Philippou, adding she spends so much of her time at the restaurant that the GPS on her phone assumes Andrea’s is where she lives. “To see it in shambles …” Investigators are still tying up the loose ends, said Philippou in a phone interview with the Forest Park Review two days after the blaze. But work to reclaim the restaurant, 7427 Roosevelt Road, has already started. Interior demolition – the entire restaurant will be rebuilt anew – has already started. In an interview the day after the blaze, Fire Chief Bob McDermott said the fire, which started in the kitchen area and burned through the roof at the back of building, was not suspicious in nature. Forest Park officials estimated it will take

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Andrea’s was gutted by fire on March 25. months, perhaps as long as a year, before the restaurant reopens. Philippou is much more optimistic. “The whole place is going to be brand new,” she said. “Everything should be done by June.” However long it is until Andrea’s reopens

its doors to customers, the fire has temporarily sidelined its 10 employees, some of whom have been working for Maria’s father, Charlie Philippou, since he bought his first restaurant, Cosmos, on Roosevelt Road in 1981. Some of the employees will use the hiatus to take a vacation, some will find other

jobs while some will take advantage of unemployment insurance. Maria said she has temporarily taken a job at another restaurant while the Forest Park rebuild takes place. “We’re all coming back,” Philippou said of the restaurant’s employees. “We’re all like a little family there.” Maria said her father wanted his customers and Forest Park’s firefighters to know how much he appreciated their support. “He wants to thank all the customers, the mayor, the first responders, firefighters, of officers, everyone who helped,” she said. “He is grateful to be surrounded by such good people.” It’s the second time Charlie Philippou has faced a fire at one of his restaurants. He was celebrating the baptism of his two children in his native Cyprus when a fire roared through Cosmos, which was located just down the street at 7343 Roosevelt Road. He bought Andrea’s a short time later, keeping the name of the existing eatery. Maria says she essentially grew up there, remembering sitting behind the counter at the age of 6, handing customers change. Like other businesses along Roosevelt Road, which was under construction for the better part of a year, Andrea’s struggled some in 2017. But, according to Maria, Charlie was upbeat with construction wrapping up and business starting to ramp back up. In addition, Charlie, who will turn 64 later this month, was looking forward to retiring, said Maria. “He was about to retire in a year,” said Maria. “Now he’s opening a new restaurant.”

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Newsprint tariffs will hurt, not help, American jobs

rade laws and, ultimately, imposing tariffs are designed to protect American interests and jobs. That’s a concept everyone can agree on. But what happens when those laws and tariffs have the opposite effect? That’s an issue that’s playing out in D.C. with the Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission. A lone newsprint mill in Washington state, owned by a New York hedge fund, brought a complaint to the International Trade Commission alleging unfair trade practices against Canadian producers of newsprint. Most likely the paper on which you are reading this was produced in Canada. This year the Department of Commerce has imposed two preliminary tariffs that have increased the price of newsprint for some newspapers by more than 30 percent. This summer, both agencies will explore whether this temporary tariff should become permanent. If this happens, trade laws that are intended to protect American jobs and interests will have the opposite effect.

For newspapers, staff and newsprint are the largest expenses. Faced with those kinds of increases, newspaper publishers throughout Illinois and the rest of the country will have to make hard decisions that will ultimately impact the coverage of local issues and the staff that report on those issues. There isn’t enough newsprint produced in the U.S. to meet the demand of the industry, and given the fact that newsprint consumption has dropped by more than 75 percent since 2000, no U.S. producer is going to invest in starting a newsprint mill. Mills cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build and take years to come into full production. If these tariffs are made permanent, the New York hedge fund wins as it now has increased the value of its asset, and the federal government wins as tariffs collected go to the Department of Commerce. Sadly, the country will lose as local newspaper employees will be impacted, and those people, events and issues that newspapers report on will lose as well. If you agree, contact your federal elected officials to let

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them know that this is wrong, and that one company must not be allowed to use trade laws to its advantage while adversely impacting local communities throughout Illinois and the rest of the country. Sam R. Fisher is president and CEO of the Illinois Press Association.

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Celebrating Volunteer Appreciation Week

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ational volunteer Week is April 15-21, 2018 and all over the nation, service projects will be performed and volunteers recognized for their commitment to service. Our community thrives thanks to many volunteers who support nonprofit and governmental activities, and as many of us know from personal experience, giving of oneself to another empowers the giver and recipient. Oak Park and River Forest are very giving communities in terms of volunteering with 85% of people giving their time compared to a national average of 25%, based on a 2015 study of charitable giving in Oak Park and River Forest (http:// www.liveandgivesurvey.com/ ). However, despite the availability of local volunteers, a 2016 assessment by the Oak Park- River Forest Community Foundation that

examined volunteer engagement needs for local nonprofits cited the need for additional support to recruit and coordinate volunteers. Working with an incredible group of local nonprofits, the Community Foundation developed the first Volunteer Meet and Match event in 2016. This annual event connects people seeking opportunities to volunteer with community organizations that need help. Last year’s event was a great success! 44 nonprofits discussed their mission, work and needs with more than 320 potential volunteers. The Coordinating Committee works hard before the event to ensure a good match for volunteers and nonprofits, and the number of volunteers recruited per organization last year ranged greatly, up to 20 volunteers per organization.

Match event takes place on April 18, 4-8 pm at the West Cook YMCA. 46 nonprofits that serve Oak Park, River Forest and surrounding communities are registered for the event and looking for volunteers. The event has been developed once again by the Community Foundation and a great Coordinating Committee consisting of individuals from West Cook YMCA, Housing Forward, Hunger Walkathon CROP Walk, Oak Park Public Library, Pro Bono Network, Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest and Ten Thousand Villages and Triton College. We are looking forward to another successful event this year! Are you looking for an opportunity to volunteer? Join us on April 18 4-8 pm at the West Cook YMCA for this year’s Volunteer Meet and Match event!

Elizabeth Chadri Program Director Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation

This year’s Volunteer Meet and

Kate Rieke, Volunteer Coordinator, Animal Care League

nimal Care League recruited 5 new volunteers and offered them opportunities that fit with their skills, e.g. one works at the Second Chance shop, one works in the front office assisting with a myriad of administrative duties, and one has become their photographer for several community events. The individuals who were recruited have 2 critical characteristics of good volunteers: Consistency and Reliability. All the new recruits have attended one of their monthly new

volunteer orientation sessions. Having volunteers staff their table at the 2017 Meet & Match event gave interested persons the opportunity to hear from a volunteer what might be expected and why they volunteer and this contributed towards successful recruitment last year. According to Kate Rieke, Volunteer Coordinator, the 2017 M & M was by far the most successful recruitment fair the Animal Care League have participated in! Looking forward to this year’s event.

Kate Rieke Volunteer Coordinator Animal Care League

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Volunteering at 10,000 Villages Vyll ‘s Story

he 2017 Volunteer Meet N Match used my listed skills and timetable with an organization which was a Vyll L – Volunteer at Ten good fit for me. I Thousand Villages have a penchant for admiring ethnic arts and crafts and collecting objects from foreign lands, especially souvenirs. Working at Ten Thousand Villages gave me

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the chance to become involved with an honorable organization and made me aware of the makers and learn the stories behind every item, which mades my experience so meaningful. I learned to value and appreciate everything and everyone in the store. I am learning the tricks in business through my volunteer retail experience. Much thanks to my mentors. I get to assist the customers which is a nerve racking and pleasing ordeal!

Vyll is an energetic, upbeat, and fun person. She fits right in with the other volunteers who feel our fair trade store is helping others who desperately need it in other parts of the world. Her ability to bring a smile to people when she is with them is a very valuable asset. Kathy Gentile, Assistant Manager and Volunteer Coordinator, Ten Thousand Villages

Volunteer Meet&Match 2018 Participating Organizations Accion in Chicago African American Christian Foundation Animal Care League Arbor West Neighbors Austin Coming Together By The Hand Club Expressions Graphics Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory Hemingway Foundation of Oak Park Hephzibah Children’s Association Housing Forward Hunger Walkathon West CROP Walk IMPACT Life Span Misericordia Home NAMI METRO SUBURBAN New Moms Oak Park Education Foundation Oak Park Public Library Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry Oak Park River Forest Museum Oak Park Township Senior Services

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Oak-Leyden Developmental Services Opportunity Knocks Park District of Oak Park PING! Providing Instruments for the Next Generation Pleasant Home Foundation Pro Bono Network River Forest Citizen Corps (CERT/MRC) River Forest Township Rush Oak Park Hospital Sarah’s Inn Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest Ten Thousand Villages Oak Park The Economy Shop Triton College UCP Seguin West Cook YMCA Wonder Works Children’s Museum and more…

hen I moved into Oak Park back in May 2017 after retiring from my job I was excited to learn about the Meet and Match that would be taking place in a few weeks. I read about it in a local magazine that I had found in the River Forest Library. At Kathy Berousek– Volunteer at Cluster Tutoring the Meet and Match in Oak Park Library I walked around and spoke the last to leave. Both Lena and her to representatives from different mother are very appreciative and organizations and picked up the loving towards me. I moved into Oak Park back in May 2017 after retiring from my job I was excited to learn about the Meet brochure and read them at home. When that the and Match that wouldIbewould taking place in asay few weeks. I read about it in abiggest local magazine that I had found in the River Forest Library. At the Meet and Match in Oak Park Library I walked around and spoke to representatives from different organizations and picked up the brochure andof read them at home. I knew I wanted to work with kids; personal benefit tutoring with knew I wanted to work with kids; I have a background in teaching so cluster was on the top of my list. When I I have a background in teaching Iwent Cluster is thethe joy filled relationship to the Cluster Orientation and heard speakers including Kara Kalnitz and past volunteers I knew this was the place for me. so cluster was on the top of my I have enjoyed these with Lena. past six months of working with a wonderful fourth grade girl who is very motivated to be best she can be. Lena's mother is very invested in her daughter's education. Lena is often one of the first list. When I went to the Cluster the Watching student children to come to tutoring in the evening and my usually the last to leave. Bothimprove Lena and her mother in are very appreciative and loving towards me. Orientation and heard the speakers her reading/writing skills -taking I would say that the biggest personal benefit of tutoring with Cluster is the joy filled relationship with Lena. including Kara Kalnitz and past Watching my student her time to read every word and improve in her reading/writing skills -taking her time to read every word and using her opposite hand to hold down the paper when she writes is resulting in improvement in her comprehension and writing legibility. using her opposite hand to hold volunteers I knew this was the place I can't think of any other comments about last year's Meet and Match. It was well attended and much info was for me. the paper when she writes taken away from down it. It was well organized. I have enjoyed these past six is resulting in improvement in months of working with a wonderful her comprehension and writing fourth grade girl who is very legibility. motivated to be the best she can be. I can’t think of any other Lena’s mother is very invested in her comments about last year’s Meet daughter’s education. Lena is often and Match. It was well attended and one of the first children to come to much info was taken away from it. It tutoring in the evening and usually was well organized.

How Volunteer Meet & Match works: Volunteer Meet and Match connects individual interests and skills with nonprofits that need help. How does this work? •N onprofits provide information about their causes and skill requirements online. Potential volunteers also sign up and provide info about the causes they care for and their skills. • Meet & Match staff matches volunteers with nonprofits before the event. • Volunteers arrive on the day of the event and receive a map showing where different organizations are located as well as their causes and skill requirements. • Pre-registered volunteers will get a list of recommended matches with nonprofits. • Volunteers and nonprofits meet to discuss their interests.

•N onprofits will share information about their work and impact on the community. •V olunteers will share information about their interests and expertise and offer their time and skills to make a difference in their community.

Discussions will be based on: •D escription of the mission and impact of the nonprofits. olunteer job descriptions prepared by •V the nonprofits. • List of skills or qualifications prepared by the volunteers

New for this year! This year’s move to the YMCA allows for: •M ore space and all nonprofits in one room

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Volunteering at 10,000 Villages Clare ‘s Story

retired in August of 2016 after working as a registered nurse for 44 years. I gave myself 6 Clare Mason – Volunteer at months to just Ten Thousand Villages do nothing, then figured out I better find something to do. I received a flyer for the 2017 Volunteer Fair at the Oak Park Library and found it to be a good opportunity to get information. The fair was laid out with interests in mind and I connected with a few organizations that interested me.I attended a volunteer information session at Ten Thousand Villages. I had shopped at

the store and wanted to know more. Being a fair trade organization and helping families in third world countries make a living was important to me. The staff and volunteers that I met at the information session were welcoming and informative. The time commitment was something I could easily make. I have enjoyed meeting new people and especially enjoyed the holiday season when the pace in the store really picked up. I got a good orientation to my responsibilities and it was a big day when I could check in merchandise on my own. Everyone in the store is always friendly and helpful.

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motivated me to volunteer at Ten Thousand Villages was my familiarity Delacy – Volunteer at Ten Thousand Villages with the stores from years ago, visiting ones in other cities. So I was excited when you opened the Oak park store, a few blocks from me. It

took me years to volunteer because I was working 3 days a week and did not have time. I now work only one or two days per week so I have been able to volunteer. Having lived and traveled in developing countries, helping the people raised their standard of living is important to me. The Meet N Match made it easier for me to take the step.

Delacy is a character! She is a great listener and works with our customers very well. She fits in well with our customers as she has been one for so long. Have one of our dedicated customers decide to become a volunteer is quite a compliment for us! Luckily we were at the Volunteer Meet N Match for her to find us. Kathy Gentile, Assistant Manager and Volunteer Coordinator, Ten Thousand Villages

Volunteering at the Pro-Bono Network Sue Piha’s Story

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Because I listed my skills and interests before the program date, I received a list of organizations Sue Piha – Volunteer at to check out. Pro-Bono Network That was a good thing, because I otherwise might have felt overwhelmed by the roar of conversations, huge crowd, and many tables, and backed away. I had not heard of the Pro Bono Network before, but it seemed a great fit. I had worked in law-related jobs, and could appreciate the need for free legal services

level. I am grateful for the sense of contribution I experience when I help an organization doing important work. I encourage others to sign up and attend the next Volunteer Meet and Match event at the YMCA, 255 Marion, on April 18 from 4-8 pm.l.

Thanks to the hundreds of volunteers who help end local hunger!

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Every year, fourth and fifth grade students in Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park use their creative talents to write, draw and design ads for our local businesses. On the following 24 pages you’ll find amazing examples of some of the cutest, funniest and surprising advertising you’ll ever see.

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Julia Chang • 5th • Holmes

Sara Alhmaidi • 5th • Holmes

Jenny Keane • 5th • Roosevelt

Talia Lichterman • 5th • Roosevelt

Kiran Fry • 5th • Irving

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Sam Petersen

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Mann School

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Isabelle Harper

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Lucy Madrigal

Rachel Sang

Longellow School

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Hannah Mangan • 4th • Longfellow

Tommy Howz • 4th • Longfellow

Drew Kohler • 5th • Longfellow

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Ari Bonney • 4th • Ascension

Ava Deutsch • 5th • Longfellow

Eva Elder • 4th • Longfellow

Genesis Galloway • 5th • Longfellow

Grace Samatas • 4th • St. Luke

Henry Vijuk • 4th • Ascension

Jack Loftus • 5th • Ascension

Keira Martis • 4th • Ascension

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Daniel Pattie • 5th • Roosevelt

Jillian Louie • 4th • Longfellow

Logan Kelley • 5th • Holmes

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Finnbarr Munley • 5th • Longfellow

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Robert A. Lovero • 4th • Ascension

Maisie Hoerster • 4th • Longfellow

Gus Leman • 4th • Longfellow

Kate Boveri • 5th • Longfellow

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James Nolan • 4th • Ascension

Christian Coburn • 5th

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Emily Hover • 5th • Mann

Henry Ohlhoff • 4th • Mann

Isaac Cornell • 5th • Hatch

Joe Stenger • 5th • Longfellow

Justin Hunter • 5th • Beye

Liam Maldonado-Cruz • 4th • Longfellow

Michael Readling • 5th • Beye

Pablo Pareja • 5th • Lincoln

Spencer Baus • 5th • Hatch

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Lucy Madrigal • 5th • Holmes

Naiya Stewart-Bakin • 5th • Holmes

Talia Adams • 4th • Longfellow

Owen Huffman • 5th • Ascension

Maria Martinez • 4th • Longfellow

London Almeida • 5th • Ascension

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Vincent Czomkowski • 5th • Roosevelt

Sophia Missman • 5th • Roosevelt

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Anna Doherty • 5th • Roosevelt

Nayeli Rashbrook • 4th • Longfellow

Emma Redmond • 5th • Roosevelt

Alex Bukalski • 5th • Lincoln

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Katherine Obed • 4th • Mann

Julia Max • 4th • Mann

Tylar Mayberry • 5th • Hatch

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Our Amazing Artists! Ascension 4th Ari Bonney Mary Brunick Annamaria BiBenedetto Liliana Garcia Carmen Gross Matthew Halper Gabrielle Hinton Maximilian Holland Gael Jimenez Robert Lovero Morrison Luban Finnegan Marron Isabela Martinez Alexander Michels Rosemarie Nowicki Gabriela Ortiz Margaret Price Quentin Stephens Henry Vijuk Marshall Waysok Aisia Wiggins Madailein Williams Alessia Zompanti Ava Andon Gracie Brennan Patrick Callaghan Liam Campbell Destiney Cobbins Emerson Diebold John Franklin Myles Hill Estefania Jimenez Paulo Levrouw Carlos Lopez Roan Malaga Keira Martis James Nolan Ayanna O’Connor Laila O’Connor Jackson O’Donnell Arianna Pantoja Gracie Quiroga Paul Stepansky Alexander Vanaria Katerina Vitale Anastasia Weiner

Ascension 5th Samuel Allaire Emma Brennan Ella Callero Mia Cancino Gianna Delfiacco Edmund Griffin Sarah Kwasny Marco Lemoncello Jack Loftus Rylee Loftus Jayde Martinez Nicholas Meyer Jorge Mireles Ricardo Mondragon Kelsey O’Brien Nicole Roman Tamia Short Mitchell Speer Samantha Steinhofer Grace Treese Victor Vanek Narella Vazquez London Almeida Gabriella Amunategui Kenya Bates Margaret Brown Molly Fahey Margaret Gibbs Owen Huffman Rowan Irvine-Stindt William Lerner Logan Loftus Maya Mossell Morgan Myles James Nacke

Luke Nowicki Declan Papanicholas Gianna Parrilli Henry Racine Izcalli Rodriguez Catherine Schmiedeler Giada Spencer Dean Vijuk Olivia Vogel

Beye 5th Kiara Behensky Audrey Benzkofer Ariana Boyer Julia Brown Khalaya Casper-Coleman William Coleman IV William Cote Evangeline Cregler Malini Datta-Nemana Alex Dolipschi Claire Dormanen Alyssa Duncan Frederic Dunk Darwin Edwards Isabella Erpelo Odin Gallup Gabrielle Garmon Hannah Gordon Anika Gupta Isabelle Harper Mary Harris Mateo Heidkamp Pimentel Kaleiyah Henderson Brielle Holloway Justin Hunter James Hurt Rory Hurt Fred Jackson IV Terrence Jackson Jr Quinn Janssen-Singh Nathaniel Johnson Robert Johnson Veronica Jurgus Henry Knoepke Victor Kramer Gabriel Lebeau Debineh Makonnen Caroline Mann Frida Maugeri Samson Maugeri June McMahon Henry Milan Adam Moroney Will Mullen Abigail Najera J’zya Parker Eva Patenaude Jane Pearson Leah Pollock Jayden Puckett Michael Readling Mykah Riley Xantal Rozman-Puig Juliet Saydah Caleb Schulz Claudia Schutte Liam Schweitzer Jordon Scott Ryan Scott Sasha Sieck Genevieve Simkowski Paulina Simkowski Scarlett Simkowski Kayla Sims Joshua Singer Chace Smith Quinn Testore Samira Tolliver Sebastian Vega Tyler Washington Annabelle Yotti Andrew Zhou

Hatch 4th Aiden Burch David Conroy Teresa Delgado Harrison Frederick Ryan Hanson- Taruc Christian Kellogg Liliana Kminek Tyler Lacey Lucy Liskiewitz Maurice Neeley Jr Charlotte Shindeldecker Ainsley Teague Jayne Terretta Ryan Wells Diandra York Margaret Zeigler Eugene Allen Owen Baffa Jackson Baker Lily Bellmar Bella Brown Liam Calvert Sebastian Hilton Sara Issel Elizabeth Jacobs-Pupino Kathryn Kjarsgaard Alexander Lee Jude Miller Mena Ollins Frances Pakulski David Schiff Walter Shannon Olive Tepfer Ryan Burns Jahyda Campbell Owen Carstens Ana Castillo Benjamin Cazeau Tyler Edmondson Sofia Fitzgerald Saadia Gayton Stella Ludwig Justin Ormsby Marco Padro Luciana Ramirez Natalie Schiff Lilian Shaulis Owen Stevens Madeleine Webster

Hatch 5th Mayan Alwaeli Niaom’e Barnes Spencer Baus Haley Cohen Finley Egan Tallulah Fox-Robertson Ren Goodfriend Alexander Gossett Matthew Green Mahalia Hodge Daniella Horna-Baxter Lila Jackson Koji Lemke Tylar Mayberry Olive Merrill Isabella Murphy Bennett Parker Anna Topel Henry Wehman Ava Albukerk Campbell Beasley Paola Campuzano Grayson Comeaux Alexander Danielski Micah Hauser Amaya Henderson Isaac Cornell Eleanor Klem Gabriel Leal Brett Linzing David Maas Myles Millhouse

Brian Riggs David Santana Maureen Stathopoulos Alison Stelmach Olivia Tsitivich

Nguyen-Simon Nguyen Lucy Norman Josephine Pfeiffer Jasmine Shirley Langston Short Sydney Shrader Nolan Smith Maribel Telek-Lundal Christiana Wright Maxwell Wright-Crite

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Angelina Alaimo Amani Bader Abigail Busa Madison Chomiczewski John Cox Ryann Dawson Stephen Ebenezer Frances FioRito Kornelka Halicki Conor Hanley Rosemary Hicks Nicole Jasinski Christiana Kappe Michael Lewis Aidan McConnell Nora Mulligan Audrey Plummer Kaitlyn Regan Leland Sheahan Isabelle Shefani Maggie Stumbris Violeta Vilchis Daniel Wheeler Maria Bartalis Isabella Corral Kate Cox Maddy Cox Blake Davidson Michael Fraghia Johnna Giuffre Jayden Gonzalez Salma Guillen Cori Hardiman Maria Hendricks Avery Hovey Isabella Keberlein Maggie Keith Sophia Leonardi Katie McCarthy Charlie Montero Jack Ortiz Lilli Planek Matthew Reyes Grace Samatas Raphiel Stewart Matthew Zeh

St. Lukes 5th Ninos Ameer Tommy Colony Desta Devereux Mia Duque Daniel Goodwin Angelina Jankovich Max Lopez Savion Johnson Mollie Meehan Dutch Navigato Chloe Nio Lily Nottestad Anthony Scudiero Jonathan Svete Brian Timpone Emiliano Arteaga Emma Maria Bassett Maximus Cintron Luca Gattone Rosemary Gleason Luke Hickey Natalie Jasinski Jimmy Maloney Jack Paris

Zain Abidi Imad Abu-Ghallous Charlotte Ainsworth Elaf Al Enezy Francesca Alesi Sara Alhumaidi Layan Alkharashi Jana Alsolami Anas Alsulami Olivia Baty Maya Berry Haifa Bin Othman Hayden Bogehegn Jacob Bottorff Lily Brecknock Deo Campbell Kaden Chandler-Bryant Julia Chang Shaniyah Charles-Meeks Ishani Chattopadhyay Emani Christion Naimah Coleman Sadie Collins Reginald Crawley Broderick Daunis Sophie Drennan Delilah Dyer Weston Elmer Peter Farren Ella Foster Nykoma Gandara Tatianna Garner Daniel Govorunov Sadie Guralnick Alexander Harks Sadie Hunnewell Logan Kelley Emma Kelly Jasmine Kennedy-Rose Joshua Killion Yeowon Kim Elizabeth Kochendorfer Joseph Leshnock Vivienne Lisak Joshua Lopez Marian Lumm Clara Lyons Lucy Madrigal Elbert Mahone Eleanor Matoka Rylie Metzler Montri Molina Christopher Jos Murphy Ana Nitzoy Madeline Nixon Mary Olszowka Shiv Opal Anna Panza Cameron Pate Annika Pauline Armon Petties Violet Plotkin Emily Renteria Sarah Root Heidi Rozhold Ameena Saadiq Sofia Sanchez Rachel Sang Charles Scott Graham Shabino Aiden Sheibany Jonathan Simmons Nevaeh Smith Naiya Stewart-Baskin Isabel Stickney Rigby Stokes Benjamin Streiffer

Zander Stripe Amirah Teague Isiah Thomas Jamari Thomas Ella Ungaretti Aneesah Uqdah Madeline Vizzone William Weber Phoebe Whalen Kaviarasi Whyte

Field Stevenson 4th Sam Petersen Ginny Redmond Morgan Watson Danijah Mitchell Kimora Buckles Eliakim Elem Dante Gordon Naomi Allen Nart Ramadani Madilyn Hunt Jaylen Quintana Elijah Quintana Claudia Sanchez Carlos Rivera Freddy Valdez Antonio Gasse Bianca Lara Christian Murillo Francisco Servin Kelvin Davis Janiyah Russell-Moon Josh Gomez Jonathan Hayes Kariea Dobbs Aaliyah Mabry Deya Calderon Erick Ortega Jaiden Smith

Irving 4th Julia Fluecke Sofia Ramos Ava Lega Alyssa Walker Alexis Henderson Lorraine Kearney Otto Huber Tess Carr Mia Pinc Molly Bridgid Easton Sofia Hernandez Zion Lucas Nile Banks Maggie Smith Charlie Coppelman Benjamin Ahring

Irving 5th Anthony Abbinanti Jane Souders Kiran Fry Thomas Hann Sadie Parkinson Peter O’Keefe Zaria Larnell Solomon Westmeyer Octavian Calin-Jageman Pearl Lacey Lucy Vander Griend Vivian Banghart Abby Cockerill Eleanor Skalla Joey Egan Ryan Wozniak Kaspian Murray

Mann 4th Shae Adelstein Matthew Bigham, Jr Grace Conry Charlotte Crosby Caitlyn Daniel Hudson Davis Kaitlyn Dill Malaya Finn

Julian Garcia-Bariel Chloe Jablecka Logan Johnson Sophia Kim Chris Korrison Jeremy Lane Ben Lazzara Grace Moroney Rowan Neville Evie Nohalty Matthew Proskey Warren Pugh Sydney Rutkowski Lilly Wright Hyacinth Bauman-Goldberg Elsa Berg Allyn Biag Collin Bornhorst Francesco Buy Caitlyn Coates William Faust Lyla Fielding Kian Gharavi Anaiah Hall Ben Hilgart Cooper Jones Adrian Levy Julia Luke Sabrina Rahman Kate Raihle Liam Roche Dominique Santos Gwen Watters Sander Adelstein Ella Biag Evelyn Cultra Mark Dickel Leila Ellis Alden Field Ben Gerbosi Aaric Harmston Violet Korzatkowski Maxine Kreiter Trevor Lane Julia Max Clare Moroney Ana Sofia Mrotzek Paloma Najera Guinnevere Neville Katherine Obed Matthew Price, Jr Susana Raisbeck Van Strimaitis Owen Yang Gwen Dannenberg Will Enlow Asia Fulbright Javi Grillo-Puentes Andrew Janssen Mia Kircher Griffin Lane Matthew Lee Evan Max Vivien May Delilah Nichols-Goeke Henry Ohlhoff Ailey Patel Sam Phelan George Ping Carolyn Rainey

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Jonathan Schiff-Lewin Sanaa Shaw Katarina Stambolic Sienna Tulian Ada Young James Yount

Mann 5th Myles Armstrong Carolina Bostedt Anna Bullock Christina Cleveland Ajax Deary Robby Gault Henry Gillman Luke Hurtado Joey Kahn Sam Ko Kaden Krumrei Stuart Lippincott Kenneth Meyer Linnea Nam Kennedy O’Carroll Dominic Trotta Liam Tuhey Luke Valentine Callie Walsh Ben Wefel Dylan Bomar Eli Colegrove Mac Dawson Hannah Demes Hannah Desmarais Ava Fischer Danny Gordon Mary Gullo Maeve Marzec Liam McMillion Molly Medland Charlie Newman Teagan O’Carroll Caleb Roberts Chris Smith II Aidan Underwood Kendall Wallace Brody Weaver Abby Weiss Addison Bliss Bella Brauc Lukas Brauc Evan Colegrove Indigo Field Jameson Foreman Adam Gambill Drew Harris Sean Healey Emily Hover Rebecca Kirk Madden Lamb Lucca Linarez Laro Martinez-Santos Maddie McMillan Olivia Musachia Eli Stein Luca Trotta Paloma Turner Alex Ventura-DeWolfe Spencer Bell Molly Chambers Esmee Chow

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even more of Our Amazing Artists! Eddie Desiderio Daniel Epshtein Dylan Greenwald Lauren Gullo Micah Hall Cooper Janning Josh Kitterman Gabe Korzatkowski Mark Marcondes Angelina Miller Elizabeth Pantiru Leo Ruiz Nick Schneider Javier Sulleiro Sanjana Suresh Kate Walby Arthur Xu

Longfellow 4th Talia Adams Fatimaalzahra Al-Lebban Lariyah Apollo Connor Barr Claire Bennett Norah Bennett Addison Boehm Evan Bohlmann Maxwell Brackett Laura Brewer-Davis Autumn Brown Aaden Burgess Kyndall Campbell Meredith Carmichael Audrey Cass Jamie Chrisman Owen Chung Caleb Collins Maxwell Cook Ryna-Sha Davis Lucas Dickson Sophia Dolezal Sophia Downing Dylan Elder Eva Elder Kaylee Epps Merrick Espinoza Helena Evans Jonas Forsell Thomas France Myles Franklin Miles Gabbett John Gallagher Andrew Garza Anthony Giorango Julien Green Harrison Grove Kamiya Harris Alouette Hays Maisie Hoerster Faye Homrok Thomas Howe Aidan Hurley Megan Iglar-Mobley Dylan Ikegami Grace Iverson Laila Johnson Christian Jones Owen Jozefczyk

Elina Kell Mia King Maggie Kitley Keegan Knight Kyris Kyles Caitlin Ladesich Matthew Ladesich James Lallos-Harrell August Leman Olivia Liebl Jalinda Lopez Jillian Louie Teagan Lucas Michael Maddox Nolan Maddox Liam Maldonado-Cruz Hannah Mangan Michayla Marks Audrey Martin Maria Martinez Ian McKinney Lucy Mikos Jaida Miller Courtney Moore Lila-Rose N’Cho-Allepot Eliza Niewoehner Jackson Nold Max Norling-Christensen Ellyana Nowinski Logan Owens Lakshmi Patwari Starr Perry Lucia Pohl Nayeli Rashbrook Olivia Ray Demire Redmond Adison Renken Akira Rodriguez Daniel Rodriguez Kinan Said Julia Shakeshaft Graham Shea Sawyer Sheffert Clementine Shipley Garrett Simons Ruby Slocum Craig Smith Izaiah Smith Rylan Soble Henry Spell Steven Stokes-Chew Wilson Tanner Colin Thompson Jonah Tocci Ruby Tremper Tate Van Duinen Amaya Warner Keldon Weaver Gerald Wolthusen Murphy Wright Micah Yarbrough Quinn Yates Richard Yipp Lola Zarate

Longfellow 5th Mariam Al-Lebban Tamya Apollo

Natalia Arellano Elena Barrigar Tressa Barrigar Nolan Mateus Beach Helena Booth Kathryn Boveri Jovon Boyd Bryant Buckhanan Rafael Butt Frances Byrne Lily Cain Emily Churchouse William Clifford Christian Coburn Malcolm Collins Esme Conour Emonni Davis Ava Deutsch Joseph Diatta Elisabeth Drobot Charles Dusterberg Ciel Ewald Luke Fougere Ava Gallagher Genesis Galloway Henry Garza Miriam Goyette Emilio Guerrero Eric Guerrier Amelia Hammersley Milo Hansen Graham Harris Lila Harris Shawn Harris ll Jacob Hasson Riley Janu-Chossek Malcolm Jones Natalia Joseph Daniel Kane Mara Kennedy Nala Ketchens Rayya Khan Andrew Kohler Rachel Kralik Sonia Lavery Saige Lewis Christian Lewis-Green Audrey Loeper Colin Macek Gavin Martin Fhaysia Matthews Julia Mattiace Josiah McAfee Jocelyn Miller Ethan Moore Talib Moore Finnbarr Munley Carlos Munoz Sydney Neschis Benjamin Niewoehner Samuel Norton-Zatarain Rosemary Ondrla Kwabena Osei-Yeboah Jack Panichelli Madison Parsons Amira Pope Isabel Retterer Bryce Richards

Evan Richardson Carolina Rios Waylon Ritter Ayanna Rivera Justin Robinson Emmett Romeus Capri Scatton Caris Scatton Benjamin Schmollinger Colton Sheffert Desiree Smith Yishai Sosa Gabrielle Speller Andre Stanton Joseph Stenger John Summers Sam Taylor Harper Thompson Alexander Vincent Grace Walton Kahrmelo Weaver Maya Wilbourne Galen Willhoft Tewabech Woodson Benjamen Wright Lily Zinthefer

Roosevelt 5th graders Daniela Arezina Noble Ashe Chelsea Austin Josephine Badrinath Cole Baird Katherine Berni Audrey Bostwick Caleb Bowman Xander Brandis Chloe Broaddus Lauren Bromet Reese Brotman Blaire Brown Christopher Brown Jasper Burrows Nora Butterly Maia Cagnina Shaylynn Cain Matthew Carolan Norman Carroll Eamonn Cassidy Seanna Cast Lea Caulliez Marin Chalmers Logan Clancy Calvin Claps Sofia Contreras Marshall Cronin Tymo Cune Vincent Czarnkowski John D’Agostino Jack deBeers Lourdes Deogracias Claire Detmer Juana di Sabato Hans Diaz-Falth Anna Doherty Hailie Donald Michaela Draeger

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Juliette Druckman Thomas Duffy Abigail Dwyer Ryan Edwards Abigail Ellis Joseph Elza Dominic Ferrante Ava Fisher Luca Flodin Gabriella Gagliano John Gall Jack Gallery Patrick Ganschow Benjamin Gaunt Fiona Gibbs Franklin Gilfillan Caroline Glinke Natalie Goldstein Margaret Grant Nathaniel Grining Caroline Gruber Keith Hansmann Andrew Harmon Ethan Harris William Harris Elyssa Hasapis Setrak Hazarian Andrew Henderson Tyler Henson George Holland Kate Hunsberger Gregory Huseby Gia Jakovljevic Benjamin Jarnecke Gavin Jones Jennifer Keane Dylan Keith Jacqueline Keller Finnegan Kelly Peter Kelly Carolyn Kent Muhammad Khan Lev Khoubaeva-Hummel Adler Kilburg Rafe Kilworth Joseph Knackstedt Penelope Kong Andrew Kouris Alison Kremidas Dominika Kulasza Henry Kurtz Nicole Lancaster Grace Layton Ryan Lazewski Carter Lennie Talia Lichterman Maitreya Lovell Sophia Lynn Jaelani Maldonado Maya Marobella Benjamin Martin Maytal Meir Samantha Menconi Adam Mikita Paul Mills Addison Minnis Sophia Missman Jade Morelli

Nathan Moskoff Robert Mundt Sadie Murphy Ethan Niewoehner Thomas Nix Catherine O’Brien James O’Brien Samantha Older Daniel Pattie Arden Perry Hannah Phelan Thomas Pogue Maria Polyakov Manu Rajagopal Emma Redmond James Regenstein Sherlock Roberts Gabriel Ruby Owen Ruby Madeleine Ruggiero David Salamoun Haley Sarsany Leah Scholvin Phoebe Shorney Avery Simon Gabriella Simon Hannah Simon Kerala Smith Rian Smith Zoe Solberg Beau Spillane Eiam Staples Emma Steadman Cassidy Sturgeon Robert Tansey Jake Tarara Ava Thompson Cameron Tolliver Caroline Vietzen Warren Vitale Stella Walker Taylor Wehrman Mark Yungerman

Lincoln Oak Park Lynn Mizgala August Emma Thomas Merit Namaste-Rose Mateo Jacoby Pablo Pareja Mariana Alex Bukalski Lynn Mizgala Mateo Mendoza Ben Simon

Lincoln River Forest Evelyn Hasenbalg Jeanine Brennan Maggie Simmons Eliza Valikaj-Stringer Ella Mellman Audrey Keller Frank Glinke Sofia Notale

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Thanks to all of the teachers and students who participated in this year’s Design-An-Ad contest!

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Ailey Patel • 4th • Mann

Amicah Teague • 5th • Holmes

Justin Ormsby • 4th • Hatch

Gracie Walton • 5th • Longfellow

Kaden Krumei • 5th • Mann

Christian Kellogg • 4th • Hatch

Mara Kennedy • 5th • Longfellow

Violet Plotkin • 5th • Holmes

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Organization Listings Housing Forward The mission of Housing Forward is to transition people from housing crisis to housing stability. By emphasizing prevention, supportive services, employment readiness and supportive housing, we are able to offer a comprehensive, long-term solution that moves clients into housing quickly and keeps them there. This housing-first approach to homelessness is more efficient, more fiscally responsible and less traumatic to clients who are typically facing extraordinary hardship. It is also beneficial to the communities being served who do not have to bear the costs of homelessness in the form of expanded social services, health care and public safety costs. We offer an attractive return on your investment — measured in terms of human lives and futures. To donate, please visit housingforward.org/give, or contact Janet Gow, Director of Development & Communications, at 708.338.1724 ext. 262.

How Volunteers Can Help: Volunteers are needed for Housing Forward’s 16th Annual Progressive Dinner on Monday, April 23. Guests enjoy a 3 course meal at 3 different restaurants along Oak Park Avenue. Volunteer positions include registration, raffle ticket sales and general support with 4 hour shifts beginning at 4pm, 5pm and 6pm. Contact Amanda Rochon at arochon@housingforward.org or 708-338-1724 x230 for more information.

Housing Forward Headquarters 1851 S. 9th Avenue Maywood, IL 60153 708-338-1724 Oak Park Office 6634 W. Roosevelt Road, 2nd Flr Oak Park, IL 60304 708-338-1724 housingforward.org

Leadership Lab Leadership Lab, a program of the Oak ParkRiver Forest Community Foundation, brings together committed citizens and emerging and current leaders, to build and practice transferable, valuable leadership skills, and to explore and assess the strengths and opportunities in our community, in a unique, hands-on curriculum. Leadership Lab 1049 Lake Street, Suite 204 Oak Park, IL 60301 708-848-1560 oprfcf.org/leadership-la

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Oak Park Food Pantry For nearly 40 years, Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry has been committed to providing hunger relief programs and services to our community. Last year we provided over 15,000 families with healthy food, nutrition education, and help connecting to public benefits. Volunteers are crucial to every aspect of our services. Volunteers help with rescuing surplus foods from grocery stores and cafeterias, to administrative tasks, delivering groceries to homebound seniors, stocking shelves, assisting clients and so much more. Oak Park and River Forest Food Pantry 848 Lake Street Oak Park, IL 60301 (708) 386-1324 oprffoodpantry.org

Rotary Club of Oak Park River Forest We are members of the largest humanitarian organization in the world. We volunteer and provide support locally in our community, as well as around the world. We have been taking on the big issues in the world for a century: polio eradication, literacy, clean water, domestic violence. Join us! Rotary Club of Oak Park River Forest PO Box 654 Oak Park IL 60303 www.oprfrotary.org Local Action-Global Impact

Join 1200 Volunteers Working to End Homelessness Housing Forward has been leading and transforming the delivery of shelter, prevention and supportive housing services in west suburban Cook County since 1992.

Current Opportunities AmeriCorps Program

Are you a recent grad, young professional, or simply someone looking for a professional opportunity to give back while learning about a new career field? AmeriCorps is a great way to: • Gain valuable experience while earning a living stipend • Propel yourself into a future social services or non-profit career • Deliver vital programs to make a significant change in the lives of those we serve • Earn an educational award

Qualifications apply for AmeriCorps positions.

PADS Shelter

Seeking Volunteer Teams to support new Sunday night PADS Shelter beginning April 8. • Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner Provider (for 20 people) • Evening Team - 6:30pm to 10:30pm • Overnight Team - 10:30pm to 2:00am or 2:00am to 5:30am • Morning Team - 5:00am to 7:30am * Minimum of 2-4 people teams needed for meal groups and overnight shifts.

Volunteers will be asked to attend an orientation session.

For more details visit: www.housingforward.org/get-involved Or email: tdaniel@housingforward.org tel: 708.338.1724 ext. 220

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PMSA’s future

“Part of what we do in a master plan, we ask the hard questions.” That’s what a representative of the Perkins+Will architectural firm told a recent community meeting focused on what to do with Proviso Township High Schools’ three aging and underutilized high school campuses. This master facilities process, long overdue, is driven by the school board and its administration. But the architects charged with running the process have made sincere efforts to connect with Proviso Township residents long over-taxed and underserved by a failing public high school system. There’s another public session on April 24, a master plan proposal in May, and a meeting with the school board in June. To this point, there are five options on the table. And just one of them includes coming out the end of this process with three updated school buildings still serving the same basic purposes. Options two through five would ditch the Proviso Math and Science Academy (PMSA) building in Forest Park and relocate that program, in some form, at either Proviso East or Proviso West. That would be asking the hard questions. We were never fans of skimming the top-performing students at East and West and segregating them into a separate $40 million, badly retrofitted office building, even if, to some degree, Forest Park benefitted from having a successful gifted school within its borders. That decision, a decade ago, left both East and West with a demoralized community of students, parents and faculty fully aware that they were those consciously left behind. It left both schools underutilized. And it exacerbated the tough finances of a district left without a dime to ever invest in its original two schools. It is too soon to judge the various proposals currently being developed. We are certain though that, if the choice is made to shutter the old Loyola office building at Roosevelt and First, it will be incumbent upon Forest Parkers to remain engaged in the renaissance of this school district, to embrace the changes to come to the benefit of each family in Proviso Township.

Fair deal for Living Fresh

Forest Park’s village government has made a solid investment with the village council’s unanimous decision to back a $450,000 incentive plan for the Living Fresh Market planned for Roosevelt Road. Under the terms agreed to by both parties, the village will pay the grocery store owners $5,000 for each $1 million in gross sales over the course of seven years, with a cap of $450,000 in total. The funds will come from the village’s TIF fund. Nice work by Mayor Anthony Calderone and Living Word Church, owners of the shopping plaza, for so quickly filling the 70,000-square-foot vacancy. In a tough market for the grocery industry, that is a notable success.

Rooting for Andrea’s

Andrea’s Restaurant, another Roosevelt Road landmark, suffered a serious fire 10 days ago. Its family owners have vowed to rebuild and for that we are grateful. Want to support the Andrea’s team? Take part in the fundraiser next Monday at Scratch Kitchen on Madison. A full 25 percent of the evening’s sales — 5 to 9 p.m. — will go to Andrea’s.

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Fifty years after Dr. King

ifty years ago today when Dr. King was killed, I was an exchange student at Tuskegee Institute, a historically black college in Alabama — 3,000 black students plus eight of us who were white. When I returned to St. Olaf College — 2,000 whites and eight blacks in 1968 — a friend asked me what I had learned during the four months I had been imbedded in an all-black college. At the time I was ashamed to say that I didn’t know. His response was, “Then you wasted your time.” I was embarrassed because I didn’t have any penetrating insights into the “race problem,” nor had I come up with any grand solutions. I had learned some things, of course. I had taken a course on African History and knew that the three main tribes in Nigeria were Hausas, Yorubas and Ibos. I knew that the speech Booker T Washington gave in 1895 came to be known as the “Atlanta Compromise.” I even knew that the “T” in Washington’s name wasn’t an abbreviation for anything. He just wanted a middle initial. I even read The Autobiography of Malcolm X, cover to cover. I had learned a lot of facts, but facts were not what my friend at St. Olaf was asking for. He was asking for the diagnosis needed to come up with a cure; the penetrating analysis that would produce the solution. Have you noticed that after each school shooting of children or the police killing of Stephon Clark or the massacre in Las Vegas, everyone asks, “Why did it happen?” so they can determine how to “never let it happen again.” Is it mental illness or inadequate training of police officers or racism or economic disparity or the absence of fathers in families or toxic chemicals in the food we eat or people not going to church on Sunday or … So when my friend asked me “why” and I couldn’t answer, I felt a little stupid. All I had was lots of stories. I told my friends about feeling very alone and insecure on my first day on campus, and how a student named Emmanuel Harris took me under his wing and quickly became my best friend. I recalled how students at Tuskegee seemed more sad and confused, as was I, on hearing the news of Dr. King’s death. There was no talk of “burn, baby, burn.” The contrast between the riots in Chicago and the “wake-like” sadness at Tuskegee was striking. I told them about my roommate Thomas Tokabong, who was from Botswana, his girlfriend Nellie, and how all the African students formed their own little tribe and didn’t “mix” much with the other students who had the same color skin as they did. I recalled how after dinner in the cafeteria, some of the young men would hang out on the library steps singing songs like “Collard greens, my lord, them good old collard greens” in four part harmony. I remembered the day Stokely Carmichael spoke in the gym about black power. Stokely was angry and so were the students in the first two rows, but most of the audience listened politely and sometimes nodded in agreement with what he said, but there was no sit-in staged in the administration building following his speech.

Emmanuel and I went to the gym together and when we walked in the door, the “ushers” who were wearing army jackets, shades and berets said, “White folks sit under the balcony.” It was the only time I ever had to, so to speak, “sit in the back of the bus.” On hearing that, Emmanuel said to me, “I’m sitting with you.” If I learned anything profound from my time at Tuskegee it was that I knew less than I thought I did; that life was more complicated than I had realized; that not all “Negroes” were the same; that the variety within a tribe is as great as the differences between tribes. Fifty years down life’s road, I’m not embarrassed to tell that story, and I’ve become suspicious of any simple answers to anything. Arm classroom teachers? Spend more money on schools in poor communities? Provide in-service “bias training” to teachers? Make America great again? Just be nice to everyone? Each proposal has its merits, of course, but somehow I think that this year there’s a message in the juxtaposition of the 50th anniversary of King’s death and Holy Week. Consider the question, “Is the glass half full or half empty?” Fifty years later, are we a more perfect union when it comes to race or are we worse off ? To put that question in perspective, it’s been 2,000 years, more or less, since Jesus’ death and resurrection — two millennia! Has the human race gotten better or worse? As far as my life goes, it doesn’t really matter. Whether things have gotten better or worse, I still wake up every morning and have to discern what God wants me to do that day. I, of course, listen to the news and try to figure out which candidate can make incremental changes, and resist reacting to their grandiose promises with cynicism. Instead, I somehow have to keep my eye on the prize while understanding that we’ll never get to that promised land King talked about the night before he was killed—at least not this side of heaven. Consider the question of suffering: King would have a training session the day before a march or sit-in for the participants. He would ask them if they were willing to suffer the blows of billy clubs and the slurs of onlookers because of what they were doing and not retaliate in kind. If they said no, he would tell them to not get involved. For King, how you worked for a goal was as important as the goal itself. Sounds a lot like the Good Friday story, doesn’t it? Finally, every time anyone has tried to transform the Christian gospel into a legislative program, it always winds up filling the glass half way at best. Did the Civil Rights laws passed in 1964 transform our country into a more perfect union? We have to keep trying, but when you get up tomorrow morning and try to figure out “what God wants you to do today” maybe at the top of your list should be to “take a trip to Tuskegee,” i.e. go somewhere or to someone out of your comfort zone, read the metaphorical book instead of just the dust cover, and do what you can to move the ball forward a yard or two, with humility, understanding deep in your soul that neither you nor anyone else this side of heaven is going to change this world into a perfect union.

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Forest Park Review, April 4, 2018

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.CLIFTON E. MCKINNIS, MARJORIE MCKINNIS, STATE OF ILLINOIS, VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 004365 2106 S. 8TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 29, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 1, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2106 S. 8TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-14-324-0140000. 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.,

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-03500. 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. 14-17-03500 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 004365 TJSC#: 38-1153 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. I3079976

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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 261520. 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. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 261520 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 17 CH 02190 TJSC#: 38-2332 I3081155

The judgment amount was $112,108.48. 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003 Please refer to file number C1520495. 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. POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 E-Mail: ilpleadings@potestivolaw. com Attorney File No. C15-20495 Attorney Code. 43932 Case Number: 15 CH 11933 TJSC#: 38-2342 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. I3081138

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NEW PENN FINANCIAL LLC DBA SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING; Plaintiff, vs. ALEJANDRO ESPINOSA; PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS GENERALLY AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 10828 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on January 22, 2018 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, April 27, 2018 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. 15-18-228-008-0000. Commonly known as 17 Howard Ave., Hillside, IL 60162. 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 Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 981-7385. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3080782

close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm. Please refer to file number 15-077074. 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. SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FLAGSTAR BANK, F.S.B. Plaintiff, -v.DONNA L NEWMAN-MILLER, SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 17 CH 02190 1309 SOUTH 11TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 25, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1309 SOUTH 11TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153Property Index No. 15-15217-003-0000. The real estate is improved with a yellow vinyl siding, one story single family home, no garage. 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR BNC MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-2 MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff, -v.RICHARD A. BARNES, SELENA R. BARNES, ILLINOIS HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES Defendants 15 CH 11933 444 E. END AVENUE Hillside, IL 60162 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 25, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 18, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 444 E. END AVENUE, Hillside, IL 60162 Property Index No. 15-07-411-0420000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MIDFIRST BANK Plaintiff, -v.ANTHONY CARTER A/K/A ANTHONY A. CARTER, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CITY OF CHICAGO, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK Defendants 15 CH 15112 928 22ND AVENUE Bellwood, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 12, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 16, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 928 22ND AVENUE, Bellwood, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-15-107-0110000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $228,776.11. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the

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Attorney File No. 15-077074 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 15 CH 15112 TJSC#: 38-2235 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. I3080682

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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 13516. 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. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 13516 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 15 CH 06824 TJSC#: 38-2176 I3080469

The judgment amount was $214,988.36. 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 15-1607. 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. JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 15-1607 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 15 CH 03313 TJSC#: 38-1530 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. I3078194

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.; Plaintiff, vs. REGINALD WALKER; RHONDA WALKER; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; THE CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 13870 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 Thursday, May 3, 2018 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. 15-15-204-015. Commonly known as 1012 South 12th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153. 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 Mr. Eric Malnar at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 566-0040. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3081462

Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAM HARRIS; ANITA HARRIS; CITY OF CHICAGO MIDLAND FUNDING LLC AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) NA; VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF WILLIAM HARRIS, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ANITA HARRIS, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 12872 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 Tuesday, May 1, 2018 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. 15-15-415-017-0000. Commonly known as 1902 South 9th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153. 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 the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 WA17-0463. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3081283

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-33-211-009-0000. Commonly known as 2209 Emerson Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60164. The mortgaged real estate is 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: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier’s or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. Russell R. Custer, Jr. at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Lillig & Thorsness, Ltd., 1900 Spring Road, Oak Brook, Illinois 605231495. (630) 571-1900. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3081298

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. 15-03-307-007-0000. Commonly known as 1403 North 18th Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160. 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 the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 W15-0232. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3081287

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JAMES B. NUTTER & COMPANY Plaintiff, -v.SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA C/O ATTORNEY GENERAL ATTN: CIVIL DIVISION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA C/O UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, JOEL NATHAN, REBECCA G LUMKINS Defendants 15 CH 06824 817 SOUTH 18TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 23, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 24, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 817 SOUTH 18TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-331-0060000. The real estate is improved with a single family 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.VERONICA GODINEZ, JOSE ANTONIO AVITIA-VALDEZ Defendants 15 CH 03313 3416 SAINT PAUL AVE. Bellwood, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 5, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 10, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 3416 SAINT PAUL AVE., Bellwood, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-317-0750000 Vol. 160. The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR GSAMP TRUST 2004-SEA2, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2004-SEA2;

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION SELFRELIANCE UKRAINIAN AMERICAN FEDERAL CREDIT UNION; Plaintiff, vs. MICHAEL F. JEJSKI; MARIE A. JEJSKI; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 10083

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PROF-2013-M4 LEGAL TITLE TRUST II, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE; Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF DOLORES SVITA; BMO HARRIS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA HARRIS N.A.; ALBERT J. SVITA; DONALD SVITA; CYNTHIA SUTHERIN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 15 CH 4482 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 Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at the hour

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY DEAN WITTER CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2002-NC5 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-NC5 Plaintiff, -v.MARIANA A. THOMPSON, VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD, MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC Defendants 2017 CH 15959 1439 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 15, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 24, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1439 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

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Property Index No. 15-15-116-0400000. The real estate is improved with a single family 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-16045. 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. 14-17-16045 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2017 CH 15959 TJSC#: 38-2484 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. I3081681

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (CWALT 2004-2CB) Plaintiff, -v.CHARLES J. NOVAK, KATHLEEN A. NOVAK A/K/A KATHLEEN ANN NOVAK, BEERMANN SWERDLOVE LLP, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A. S/B/M TO MIDWEST BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, GERALDINE M. REDMOND, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 09899 1537 SOUTH ELGIN AVENUE FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 22, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 16, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1537 SOUTH ELGIN AVENUE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-24-215-0340000. The real estate is improved with a tan, vinyl siding, single family, with a two car detached garage. 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 8255. 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. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 8255 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 15 CH 09899 TJSC#: 37-10970 I3074531

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NEW PENN FINANCIAL LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.MARIO ADAME, MARGARITA ADAME, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. Defendants 17 CH 006706 1661 CHANNING CT MELROSE PARK, IL 60160 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 16, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 18, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1661 CHANNING CT, MELROSE PARK, IL 60160 Property Index No. 15-02-113-0050000. The real estate is improved with a single family 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-05999. 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. 14-17-05999 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 006706 TJSC#: 38-1682 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. I3081621

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, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-10995. If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. 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. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-10995 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 15 CH 12523 TJSC#: 37-9616 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. I3080904

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PLAZA HOME MORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, vs. RUTH MEMBERS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 5339 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 Thursday, May 10, 2018 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. 15-15-219-033-0000. Commonly known as 1401 South 16th Avenue, Maywood, Illinois 60153. 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 The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F15010132 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3082186

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.TRINETTA S. ROBERTSON AKA TRINETTA ROBERTSON AKA TRINETTA SMITH AKA TRINETTA STRICKLAND Defendants 15 CH 12523 1612 S. 16TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 20, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 16, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1612 S. 16TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-227-0220000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $201,362.77. 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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

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(708) 366-8989 7342 MADISON ST, FOREST PARK, ILLINOIS 60130

1510 MARENGO AVENUE

ER D N U ACT R T CON

This classic brick bungalow is a great home for any family or a someone looking to downsize! It is a four bedroom with two full bathrooms. The first floor offers a large open living room, formal dining room and two bedrooms all with refinished oak flooring. Off of the kitchen is a great room perfect for any get together, and a refinished full bath. The basement is newly finished with two bedrooms a full bathroom and a family room. Enjoy the comfort of knowing the property has all new flood control systems in place. Located on a great family block this is a must see! ........................................................................ $239,000

1104 HANNAH

824 HANNAH

841 HANNAH

D L O S 417 S. OAK PARK AVENUE

ER D N U CT A R T CON 4 Flat, 5 room owner’s apartment with 2 BR and 2 BA, 3 One BR apartments, 2 car garage, 2 parking spaces zoned, hot water & heat included, laundry room. Solid brick building. Built in 1967 ........................................................................................................................$379,000

THIS CLASSIC BRICK 2 FLAT was once a perfect example of Oak Park beauty. After decades of living and a frozen pipe last year, this classic is in need of some serious love. ................ $475,000

Kitchens and baths updated in early 2000s. Each apt pays own heat and electric, 2nd. fl has C/A. Both apts. are leased with 1st fl expiring 06/30/2017, 2nd fl. expiring 09/30/2017. Each apartment has two bedrooms. Property includes a two car garage ................. $235,000

D L O S VINTAGE TOWNHOUSE with master bedroom, his & her closets. Oak hardwood floors, full unfinished basement. Newer gas forced air heating with central A/C. Fenced yard with one car garage. .................................................................... $176,600

7625 MONROE STREET Extremely well kept three unit building in prime Forest Park! The front building is a two flat with cedar shake siding. The first floor is a large two bedroom plus office and that includes a formal dining room and eat in kitchen. The second floor is another large two bedroom unit with an eat in kitchen and formal dining room. Both units have Oak flooring running throughout the living area. The two flat has one boiler system, tenants pay their own electric. The rear of the property is one coach house. It is a cozy little one bedroom cottage. Despite it's size, there is a living room, formal dining room, large bedroom with tandem office/nursery, and a full unfinished basement. This tenant pays their own electricity and gas. There is no parking. The current owner has been renting spaces across the street from Silverland Bakery for the past 6 years to accommodate all tenants. The numbers work for a live in owner or investor! Schedule a showing today! ........................ $449,000

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In The Village, Realtors®

189 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302 (708) 386-1400

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843 HOME AVE OPEN SUN 1-3 PM

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940 GUNDERSON AVE OPEN SUN 12-2 PM

528 WENONAH AVE OPEN SUN 12:30-2 PM Harry Walsh, Managing Broker

Mike Becker

Oak Park • $589,000 5BR, 3.1BA Call Elissa x192 Roz Byrne

827 S CUYLER AVE OPEN SUN 12-2 PM

Tom Byrne

Oak Park • $425,000 3BR, 1.1BA Call Roz x112

Oak Park • $569,000 3BR, 2.1BA Call Steve x121

Oak Park • $469,800 3BR, 2BA Call Kyra x145

Oak Park • $459,000 3BR, 2BA Call Steve x121 Joelle Venzera

Oak Park • $399,000 3BR, 1BA Call Roz x112

Oak Park • $530,000 3BR, 2.1BA Call Elissa x192

Oak Park • $479,800 3BR, 3BA Call Laurie x186

Kris Sagan

Home of The Week Laurie Christofano

Linda Rooney

Oak Park • $234,900 2BR, 1BA Call Jane x118

Marion Digre

Oak Park • $140,000 1BR, 1BA Call Elissa x192

Kyra Pych

STAT OF THE WEEK 925 Columbian Ave

In 2018, closed sales of attached (condo/ townhouse) single-family homes in Oak Park averaged 82 days on market and sold for 97% of asking price. Morgan Digre

Ed Goodwin

Open Sun 12-2 pm Oak Park • $663,800 New Listing! Beautiful Brick colonial 4BR, 2.1BA

(Statistics from Midwest Real Estate Data LLC on 4/2/18)

Joe Langley

Dan Linzing

Call Kyra x145

Jane McClelland

Keri Meacham

Steve Nasralla

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