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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS

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Holy Cow! Remembering Harry Caray’s visit ELECTION to Forest Park

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C O M P L E T E E L E C T I O N R E S U LT S T U E S D AY, AT F O R E S T PA R K R E V I E W . C O M

Village council moves closer to a welcoming resolution Diversity Commission will present a draft for the council to consider

By ROBERT J. LIFKA

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orest Park officials are moving closer to adopting a formal “welcoming resolution.” After receiving a draft of the proposed resolution from the village’s Diversity Commission, officials referred it to the village attorney for review and possible changes. Village Administrator Tim Gillian said staff members and elected officials also received copies.

In her remarks during the public comment portion of the March 13 village council meeting, Kate Webster, chairperson of the Diversity Commission, said the commission had been “actively working” on a draft with Mony RuizVelasco, an attorney and executive director of PASO West Suburban Action Project, an immigrant rights nonprofit organization.

“We’ve appreciated the outpouring of support and recognize that many residents are concerned about the resolution,” she said. “To address some of those concerns, I want to inSee RESOLUTION on page 6

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IT’S A DIRTY JOB ... : Elected officials and park district employees celebrate groundbreaking for the new Family Recreation Center at the old Roos building site on April 1. See story and more photos on page 11.

More tax revenues for Forest Park held up by state squabble

Bill to raise village’s share of state income taxes would likely face veto

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

A bill that would increase the share of state income tax revenues going to

municipalities has passed the state House of Representatives but faces an uncertain future in the state Senate as the legislature and Governor Bruce Rauner continue to squabble about the state budget.

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The Review’s No Gloves section was the clincher

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t’s shiny, it’s gold, and it’s heavy. Like the Oscar, it’s heavier than it looks.

It’s a golden replica of an Official Clincher 16-inch softball.

The base bears these words: “Forest Park Review 2016 Media Award.” It was presented at the 21st Annual 16-inch Softball Hall of Fame Inductee Awards Dinner on April 1 at the Drury Lane Theater.

The award means the world to me and the Review staff, who work so hard on the special section for the No Gloves Tournament every year. It was my job to accept the trophy and give a brief speech. With so many recipients marching to the podium to thank — well, they had many people to thank — it did feel a little like the Oscars.

I went to the dinner with Joe Chomiczewski, who carried a Clincher and asked for an autograph from every HOF inductee we encountered. After the formal photo was taken, Joe and I made it to our table. At a big banquet like this, it’s crucial to sit at a good table. Fortunately, we were seated at Table 5, which we shared with Lisa Lovato and her clan.

Lisa is a ball-of-fire who grew up playing softball with her 10 siblings in Blue Island.

Her team won the Blue Island championships when they were still teens. In 1977, Lisa moved from this hotbed of softball to Ludington, Michigan, where no one had heard of the sport.

Switching to 12-inch, Lisa was a highlyrated high school player, who earned a four-year free ride to Ferris State University. Her team made it to the Division II College World Series. After graduation, she returned to Blue Island to win more honors as a 16-inch player. She retired in 1999 and moved with her husband, a Hall of Famer

himself, to Cave Creek, Arizona, where she works with children who have special needs.

Being a teacher, Lisa wasn’t nervous about giving her acceptance speech. But her family kept her loose, laughing about old war stories in Blue Island.

Beer also helped. After her lively two-minute speech, they presented her with cards and gifts. The most touching was the Clincher she played with when she was 9 years old. It also meant a lot that her 87-year-old mother, Elaine Lovato, had made the trip from Ludington.

Sitting with such entertaining people was a blessing because we listened to two hours of Scott Romer Photography acceptance speeches, before it was the Review’s turn. I had written a speech that I timed at two minutes.

I thought it had two applause lines. “The Review is celebrating its 100th birthday this year,” and “Forest Park is the Softball Capital of the United States,” but the guests were too exhausted to clap. I also had three or four sure laugh lines. One of them earned a polite chuckle.

I wasn’t the only Forest Parker there.

Board member John Doss was greeting guests. Larry Piekarz, Grace Kenny and Rachell Entler represented the park district. It was quite a day for them, if you consider they were at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Family Recreational

Forest Park Review Contributing Reporters Tom Holmes, John Rice, Bob Skolnik, Jackie Glosniak, Matthew Hendrickson, Thomas Vogel, Robert J. Likfa, Jean Lotus Columnists Alan Brouilette, Sharon Daly, Tom Holmes, John Rice, Jackie Schulz Senior Editor Bob Uphues IT Manager/Web Developer Mike Risher

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SOFT SIGNING: John Rice signs Clinchers at the 16-inch Softball Hall of Fame dinner, April 1.

Center that morning. Rachell also got a shout-out for planning the banquet.

The food was excellent, the beer was cold, and we enjoyed gathering the signatures of the softball legends. I’m still grateful, though, that we met Lisa and her family. She epitomized the other inductees, who grew up playing pick-up games and climbed to the highest level of the sport. She only has one regret. The natural left-hander took her big brother’s advice to bat right handed. If she hadn’t listened to him, can you imagine how many leg hits Lisa would have gotten?

■■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.

Correction Our apologies to The Altenheim for the error made last week in the Forest Park Review about the planned demolition of the old Altenheim chapel building. Erroneously, we used a photo of the still quite functional and lovely residential facility to illustrate that story. The Altenheim, we’re happy to correct, is alive and well. The chapel building, as you can see from the accompanying photos, is due for the demolition planned by the village.

We regret the error and any confusion it might have caused.

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The resistance is alive and well

Part of the activism upswing in post-election Forest Park

By TOM HOLMES

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MAKING A POINT: Etta Worthington protests during the Women’s March in January.

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ike many other Forest Park residents, Etta Worthington was shocked and upset when she heard that Donald Trump had won the election.

“It was awful,” she recalled. “I was physically ill. The next day I started crying in one of the TV script writing classes I was teaching at Columbia College. I got off Facebook and stopped watching the news. I just couldn’t deal with it.”

But after a few weeks of feeling bad, it was if an inner voice told her, “You gotta do something.” So when she received something from moveon.org that suggested she host a community meeting on Jan. 15 to organize people and get resistance going to the Trump administration, she was ready to act.

She put the word out on social media and 26 people responded by crowding into her living room in the middle of January.

Worthington said the group, which has been meeting every other week since, was composed of about six African Americans and three Hispanics with the rest being Caucasian. Two-thirds of the gathering was female and the

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THE DAY HARRY CAME TO TOWN

The original headline proclaimed: “Holy Cow - He’s Eating Clams” The original caption read: “Harry Caray (center), the radio and television voice of Chicago White Sox baseball, headed right for For-

est Park after the last man was out Thursday and joined the diners at Giannoti’s. Caray, whose cry of “Holy Cow” greets every Sox home run, is seen here with host Vic Giannotti and (at left) Jim Janek, owner

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of the well-known Cafe Bohemia.”

The June 6, 1973 edition of the Forest Park Review carried a photo of White Sox announcer Harry Caray, who, after the May 31 White Sox 10-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers, stopped into Giannotti’s (7711 Roosevelt Road, present location of Dollar Tree), the esteemed Italian Restaurant run by Vic Giannotti. Caray announced for the White Sox during the 1971-1981 baseball seasons, where the famous seventh-inning stretch singing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” originated. Caray was eventually hired crosstown by the Chicago Cubs, starting in the 1982 season and brought with him his signature “Holy Cow!” and his seventh-inning stretch serenade.

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majority were in the 50- to 70-year-old range.

Before the meeting ended, the group followed moveon. org’s advice and broke into three interest groups which focused on 1) responding to Trump’s cabinet appointments, 2) working on immigration issues, and 3) addressing health care issues like the proposed dismantling the Affordable Health Care Act, Medicare and Medicaid.

Some of those who attended that first meeting in January also joined the estimated 250,000 people who turned out for the Women’s March in the Loop on Jan. 21. Worthington, who wore a pink “pussy hat” to the event, said of that experience, “It was so exciting. It was so peaceful, but it was also clear that people were upset about what was happening.”

Those attending the rally, she noted, were both for something and against something.

“It wasn’t just an antiTrump march,” she said, “but it was an anti-Trump march. Everybody had their own reason for marching, but at the core it was women’s rights.”

One of the ironies of moveon.org’s approach is that it is following the Tea Party’s model of fomenting political change which was used in obstructing President Obama’s agenda. The authors of Indivisible: A Practical Guide for Resisting the Trump Agenda wrote, “We examine lessons from the Tea Party’s rise and recommend two key strategic components: A local strategy targeting individual members of Congress (MoCs) and a defensive approach purely focused on stopping Trump from implementing an agenda built on racism, authoritarianism, and corruption.”

Worthington said, “You just keep hammering away at these people. The Tea Party didn’t have one person rallying them, but they gained a lot of power because they kept going to their congressmen and senators with their agenda.”

When she got back from the march, she went to a baby shower in her neighborhood where the conversation moved away national politics to what’s happening in our community.

“What are we going to do about the D209 school board?” was the question on the minds of the women who were the thinking about the future of the newborn baby sleeping peacefully at the time.

“That’s the bottom line,” was the consensus of the women gathered to celebrate the birth of a child. “It’s about people saying we’re not going to let them do things. We’re going to take back our government. Let’s support Proviso Together and get good people on the school board.”

When Worthington feels overwhelmed by the challenge of trying to make political change, she reminds herself that it’s a marathon and not a sprint. When asked what she wants to say to Review readers, she replied, “If you are unhappy with what’s happened, then you need to start doing something — like contact an elected official once a week or maybe even once a day.”

During the march downtown, she recalled, people engaged in a call-and-response chant that began with “What does democracy look like?” The response was, “This is what democracy looks like!”

Then they pointed to all the people assembled who were making their views known.

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STATE FUND

State squabble could nix increase from page 1 little over 8 percent of its general fund revenues. Currently 8 percent of state individual income tax revenue goes into the LGDF and 9.14 percent of state corporate income tax revenue goes into the fund. The money in the fund is distributed to municipalities and counties on a population-based formula.

The bill that passed the House on March 7 on a 67 to 47 vote would gradually increase the share of state income tax revenue going to the LGDF to 10 percent in 2020. The share was 10 percent until 2011 when it was cut following a two-year rise in the state income tax. The contribution rate to the LGDF was cut during that two-year period so the cash-strapped state could keep all the additional revenue raised by the temporary increase in the state income tax. Now that income tax rates have gone back down to their previous level, the percentage going to the LGDF should also go back to its prior level, supporters of the bill say.

“I’m hoping to be able to restore those funds,” said State Sen. Kim Lightford (DMaywood) who said she will support the bill in the Senate.

Municipalities use money from the LGDF to help fund basic services, Lightford said.

“Most municipalities use those funds for their police and their fire departments,” she added.

Forest Park Mayor Anthony Calderone, not surprisingly, favors the prospect of getting more revenue from the state.

“We would not turn it away,” he said.

However, the bill’s prospects for becoming law do not appear great as the state faces an unpaid bill backlog of $12.6 billion and is now in its third year without a budget.

“As a mayor we’d love to have more funding on the local level,” said state Sen. Steve Landek, who also serves as the Mayor of Bridgeview. “However, being realistic, the state doesn’t have any money to give anybody. We can’t pay our bills, let alone increase the funding level.”

Landek also pointed out that even if the bill passed the Senate, Gov. Rauner would probably veto it.

Only three Republicans in the House voted in favor of the bill and two years ago Rauner proposed cutting the state contribution to the LGDF by 50 percent and some would like to eliminate the LGDF altogether.

“The state doesn’t have $300 million lying around to give to local government,” said Diana Rickert, vice president of the Illinois Policy Institute, a free market-oriented think tank that advocates for reduced government spending and lower taxes. “It has a $12 billion backlog of bills, a deficit coming at the end of this fiscal year, and literally hundreds of thousands of dollars of pension debt. This money is not real so I don’t see why the legislature would think it’s a good idea to promise it to these towns when it doesn’t exist.”

Forest Park Village Administrator Tim

“As a mayor we’d love to have more funding on the local level.

However, being realistic, the state doesn’t have any money to give anybody. We can’t pay our bills, let alone increase the funding level.”

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Gillian said he worries about a reduction in, or the elimination of, the LGDF. “For the last several years, we’ve been on high alert waiting for these guys to cancel this fund altogether, or to cut it by 50 percent,” Gillian said. “You can never tell with the state of Illinois what they’re going to do.”

Gillian said that if the LGDF is eliminated or cut significantly, the village would face some tough choices.

“We would have to start looking significantly at layoffs and things of that sort because employee wages and benefits are 60 to 70 percent of our annual budget,” Gillian said.

Because it is not a Home Rule community, Forest Park has limited options to raise revenue to counteract any cuts in state aid.

Because of a change in state accounting, Forest Park is on pace to receive about $120,000 less from the LGDF in the fiscal year ending at the end of this month than it received in fiscal year 2016.

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Welcoming immigrants from page 1 form you of our process and our progress thus far.”

She said the draft of the “welcoming resolution” would affirm three main points.

“First, it affirms that Forest Park is a welcoming city that promotes inclusion for all, regardless of their background, identity or immigration status.

It affirms that Forest Park is one that supports and protects all residents of Forest Park regardless of their background, identity or immigration status.

“And it affirms that police officers will continue to do the great work ANTHONY CALDERONE they are doing Mayor to prioritize public safety and build community trust with all residents regardless of their background, identity or immigration status,” she continued, adding that there is “a lot more” to the resolution.

Webster also invited “all interested residents to come and share their concerns” at an upcoming Diversity Commission meeting, which will be held on Thursday, April 13.

Mayor Anthony Calderone explained that

“I guarantee there will be no changes in the way the Forest Park Police Department treats any immigrant, which seems to be the topic of the day. Our police department does not turn in an undocumented immigrant. They don’t currently and have not.”

Davor Pavlovic signs paperwork after being sworn in as a new probationary police officer as Mayor Anthony Calderone looks on. Pavlovic, 34, of Melrose Park, was sworn in at the Monday, March 27, village council meeting. On hand for the swearing in were his wife, Brianna; her parents, Barbara and Brad Dahly; and a contingent of police officers.

The addition still leaves the department two officers short of full strength, which is 38. Police Chief Tom Aftanas said he hopes to have two more recruits ready to start the next academy in August.

Pavlovic received his associate’s degree in criminal justice from Triton College in 2015 and is continuing work toward a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. Fluent in six languages, he has been employed as a land surveyor.

“I am pleased to welcome Davor to the police department,” Aftanas said. “I know that he was on other police agency lists, so I am glad that he accepted our job offer. I know that he is eager to start the academy and I am confident he will do well.”

Pavlovic will start at the Illinois State Police Academy in Springfield on April 9.

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he had asked the Diversity Commission to submit a proposed “welcoming resolution.”

“This is where we’re at,” he said. “We’ve handed it off to the commission for them to do the background work, the legwork, and then come back to us with a recommendation, a proposal.”

Noting that the March 13 meeting was the third village council meeting at which the resolution was discussed, Calderone said he was hoping to “calm some of the anxiety in Forest Park,” noting that some of it is “unnecessary.”

“As mayor of Forest Park, I am simply asking everyone to just breathe in and exhale and just sit tight,” he said. “It’s not that we’re closing our eyes to the issue. In fact, to

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seems to be the topic of the day,” Calderone said. “Our police department does not turn in an undocumented immigrant. They don’t currently and have not.”

He asked Deputy Police Chief Michael Keating to explain that anybody arrested by the Forest Park police is given a sheet explaining his or her rights.

“We don’t call if we think somebody’s undocumented,” Keating explained. “It’s not what we do.”

Calderone also pointed out that Forest Park is already under the umbrella of an ordinance declaring Cook County to be a “welcoming county,” noting “a lot of this is being accounted for and has been accounted for.”

the contrary, all of us sitting up here have wide-open eyes. We simply are waiting for the process to work its way through.”

Calderone said the “welcoming resolution” would be an agenda item “at one of our upcoming council meetings” but Gillian said later that no date has been set.

“I’m asking for everybody to calm down,” Calderone said. “In short order we’re going to take the proper step to adopt a resolution that is worthy.”

He also addressed concerns about how the Forest Park Police Departments treats immigrants.

“In the meantime I guarantee there will be no changes in the way the Forest Park Police Department treats any immigrant, which

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Tip hotline Anyone with information regarding the cases mentioned in this report, or on another matter, is encouraged to contact the Forest Park police department’s hotline at 708-615-6239.

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CTA Blue Line beatings Two people reported being beaten in unrelated incidents at CTA Blue Line stations in Forest Park on March 28.

■■The first was reported about 11:50 a.m. at the CTA Blue Line Terminal, 711 Desplaines Ave. The 21-year-old male victim had a lump on his forehead and said he didn’t remember what happened.

A CTA employee said she observed the victim walking toward the turnstiles on the lower level when another man approached from behind and struck him in the head, knocking him down. The offender then stomped on the victim’s head while he was down before fleeing with a female to the north.

Paramedics took the victim to Loyola University Medical Center for treatment.

■■Police responded to the CTA Blue Line platform at Harlem Avenue about 5 p.m. after receiving a report of a 62-year-old man sitting on a bench and bleeding from his head and mouth.

The victim pointed out his alleged attacker, Antonio Davis, 29, of Chicago, who was still on the train. Davis reportedly attacked the victim after the victim asked him to stop smoking on the train and called the conductor when he refused.

Police took the victim, who suffered a dislocated finger and bruises to his head, neck and left eye, to Loyola University Medical Center for treatment. At the time of his arrest, Davis was wanted on two warrants for failing to appear in court for a pair of unrelated assault cases.

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Forest Park police reported two armed robberies on March 28; they don’t appear to be connected.

The first to be reported took place about 11:15 p.m. in the 1500 block of Elgin Avenue.

According to police, a resident reported that he parked his vehicle on a pad at the rear of his property and was approached by two masked men armed with semi-automatic handguns.

The first offender demanded money and then ordered him to lie face-down on the ground while they went through the victim’s pockets, taking his car keys, cellphone and wallet. The two offenders then ran in the direction of 15th Street.

Police later located the cellphone in a nearby yard.

■■A 52-year-old taxi driver flagged down a police officer on April 1 to report that someone robbed him at gunpoint on the morning of March 28 at the CTA Blue Line Terminal, 711 Desplaines Ave. The taxi driver told the officer he was in his cab at about 8:30 a.m. on the south side of the terminal when a small black sedan pulled in behind his cab. A man got out of the sedan and told him he wanted a ride to the South Side of Chicago.

When the cab driver told the man he’d have to pay in advance, the man reportedly pulled out a “big black revolver,” put it to the taxi driver’s head and order him to hand over cash.

The cab driver said he gave the man $127, but the gunman told him it wasn’t enough and ordered him to take money out of an ATM inside the terminal. According to the cab driver, the gunman walked behind him, pressing the gun into his side. The cab driver withdrew $60, telling the gunman it was all he had.

After taking the cash from the taxi driver, the gunman ran back to the black sedan and got in the passenger side. The car was last seen exiting toward Desplaines Avenue.

The cab driver described the gunman as black, about 6 feet tall and 180 pounds with dreadlock-style hair. He was wearing a black jacket with a black hoodie and blue jeans. The driver of the compact black mid1990s sedan was described as a heavyset black male.

According to the police report, the cab driver waited to report the incident because the gunman said he’d come back and kill him.

Unattended vehicle stolen A 38-year-old man called police after someone stole his 2011 Dodge Ram truck, which was unlocked and running, from the lot at Thorntons gas station, 601 Harlem Ave., on April 1 about 1:55 p.m.

The victim said he parked his vehicle on the south side of the lot and ran into the minimart to buy something. A short time later he noticed his truck missing and ran outside to see it being driven southbound on Harlem Avenue before heading east on I-290.

Police located the vehicle, with the keys still in the ignition, in the 4500 block of West Jackson Boulevard in Chicago by tracking the victim’s cellphone.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, March 27-April 2, 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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State of the District Address Tuesday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. at Betsy Ross School: The annual District 91 State of the District address will be delivered by Superintendent Louis Cavallo next Tuesday evening.

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Rise ’n’ Learn Friday, April 7 from 9 to 11 a.m., Riveredge Hospital: Chris Gleason, administrator of Behavioral Health Services for Rosecrance McHenry County presents, “The Opiate Epidemic: How did we get here? What can we do?” Free event sponsored by Riveredge Hospital and the Community Mental Health Board of Oak Park Township. Breakfast/Refreshments will be provided. Participants will learn signs/symptoms of heroin use, how medication assisted treatment can be used, the impact on co-occurring disorders, treatment implications for heroin users & overdose prevention. 8311 W. Roosevelt Road. For more, call 708-488-4970.

Eggstravaganza!

Friday, April 7 from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m., Building 4 at The Park: Decorate eggs, make a craft, enjoy a spring treat and play games. Fee includes refreshments, treats, decorating supplies and fun. Ages 5-10. Residents $10/Non-residents $15. 7501 W. Harrison St. For more, call 708-366-7500.

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.

Friday, April 7 at 8 p.m. sharp, Park District of Forest Park: Bring your flashlights and baskets and get ready for an “eggciting” late night egg hunt. Eggs filled with special treats and prizes will be hidden throughout the Park District. Find the golden egg and receive an extra cool prize. Ages 9-14. Residents $5/NonResidents $10. 7501 W. Harrison St. For more, call 708-366-7500.

Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 8 at 10 a.m. sharp, Park District of Forest Park: Hunt for candy, meet the Easter Bunny, and much more as the Easter Bunny makes its annual visit to The Park. There will be five separate hunts for toddlers through fourth-graders. All hunts will begin at 10 a.m. After the hunt, line up to meet the Easter Bunny! Please bring a camera. 7501 W. Harrison St. For more, call 708366-7500.

Sing to Live Sunday, April 9 at 4 p.m., Pilgrim Congregational Church: The Sing to Live Community Chorus presents your favorite songs from Broadway productions. Tickets are available at www. singtolive.org: General admission $22, students $17, breast cancer survivors free. Tickets at the door: General Admission $27, student $22, breast cancer survivors free. 460 Lake St., Oak Park

Flashlight Egg Hunt

Book Buzz Wednesday, April 5 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Forest Park Public Library: Want to learn about future bestsellers before they become bestsellers? Representatives from Penguin Random House will discuss new releases for spring and summer 2017 titles in the Austin Room. Registration required. Call 708-366-7171.

Boys only Friday, April 21 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Forest Park Community Center: Field trip to Game Works. Cost of $25 includes games, pizza, beverage, and transportation. This supervised event is for boyz only! Parents, please call the Community Center to learn more and register.

Historic Amusement Monday, April 10 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., lower level of Forest Park Village Hall: A reception for the Forest Park Historical Society Exhibition, designed by the fourth and fifth grade Challenge students on Forest Park Amusement Park history. John Rice will make a presentation at 5:30 p.m.

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Entrepreneurial Cookie:

Wally Amos Headlines Celebrating Seniors Week in May Sweet-Toothed Supporters Can Help by Donating to Cause, Getting `The Big Kahuna’ Cookies at 30-plus Locations

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n May, Famous Amos founder Wally Amos is delivering a keynote talk at a luncheon and panel discussion co-sponsored by two local chambers of commerce and the Celebrating Seniors Coalition.

But already, at more than 30 area businesses and other locations, you can get a taste—literally—of this 80-year-old entrepreneurial icon’s current venture.

Bags of Amos’s latest foray into delectable goodness, The Cookie Kahuna, are each available for a $6 donation. All proceeds from those donations go directly to the Celebrating Seniors organization.

Its mission includes providing financial support for at-risk and vulnerable older adults in need throughout Oak Park, River Forest and Forest Park.

So far, volunteers have sold more than 750 bags of The Cookie Kahuna, said Jim Flanagan, founder and chairman of Celebrating Seniors. In its seventh year of organizing a weeklong series of events throughout the three communities, Celebrating Seniors has typically tapped local media personalities, such as Roz Varon, Harry Porterfield, and Bruce DuMont, to serve as keynote speakers.

This past year, Flanagan connected with Amos and recognized a synergy between his own journey and the spirit of

Celebrating Seniors’ Jim Flanagan

Celebrating Seniors.

“Celebrating Seniors is a group dedicated to recognizing the contributions and talents of the older adults in our community. It’s not a paste-tense thing, either. They’re continuing to blaze trials and make a great impact,” said Flanagan, who is also chairman of the Oak ParkRiver Forest Township Seniors Services Committee. “Wally is the same way. He’s like your next-door neighbor, or favorite uncle—always encouraging and looking on the brighter side of things.”

In support of Celebrating Seniors, Amos has given the organization permission to make his varieties of The Cookie Kahuna available for donations.

On Tuesday, May 23rd, Amos will be at Dominican University, 7900 W. Division

OUT ABOUT

in Forest Park

Why not?”

Amos has led a fascinating life that includes his becoming the first AfricanAmerican talent agent at the famed William Morris Agency. In that role, he signed a folk-singing duo who would go on to become legends: Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

But he really began making a name for himself in 1975, when he founded the Famous Amos cookie store in Los Angeles. He eventually sold the company and two years ago, he started a new one, The Cookie Kahuna, a name that draws on his current home state of Hawaii.

The cookies are sold in all seven Costco locations in Hawaii, and he’s trying to expand distribution to the mainland as well.

Wally Amos

Celebrating Seniors Week will feature dozens of events throughout the three communities between Thursday, May 18th and Thursday, May 25th.

The program is a collaboration of Celebrating Seniors and the local business community. The Oak Park and River Forest Chamber of Commerce and the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce and Development are co-sponsors of the event.

St. in River Forest, serving as the featured speaker, then panelist on “The Silver Gold Rush: Aging’s Impact on Business and Community.” He will be joined by Marla Levie, CEO of marketing agency Focus on Aging, Rosanna Marquez, AARP Illinois State President, and Claudia Santin, Dean of the College of Business at Concordia University Chicago.

The keynote, at 11 a.m., is at Lund Auditorium, followed by the luncheon and panel discussion at Noon in Mazzuchelli Hall.

Amos, who recently appeared on the hit entrepreneurial television program “Shark Tank,” applauded Celebrating Seniors’ mission and work.

“Seniors have blazed the trail and made sacrifices in many areas of society, and I’m glad to be as helpful as I can. It’s not about me—we learn from each other,” Amos said. “I’m still selling cookies and building a company. I’m still in the game.

Bob Stelletello, president of the Oak Park and River Forest Chamber of Commerce and member of the Celebrating Seniors Coalition, said it will be “a privilege and an inspiration to hear Wally’s story.”

“He’s a living legend,” Stelletello added.

“He has been to the peak, experienced major setbacks in life and business, and has now come back with another business—he’s living the dream.”

In addition to providing financial support to seniors in need—more than $70,000 has been raised since the group’s inception—Celebrating Seniors has three other objectives. They are to facilitate cooperation between the business community, government agencies and non-profit organizations for the benefit of the senior population; to promote senior groups and organizations that serve persons 60 and older; and to raise public awareness of issues affecting seniors.

Among the locations where The Cookie

Kahuna is available, for a $6 donation per bag: The Oak Park and River Forest Chamber of Commerce, 143 S. Oak Park Ave., Oak Park; the Forest Park Community Center, 7640 Jackson Blvd., Forest Park; Al-Mart Furniture, 7045 W. North Ave., Oak Park; Brown Cow Ice Cream, 7347 Madison St., Forest Park; Concordia University (West Annex), 7900 W. Augusta; Famous Liquors, 7714 Madison St., Forest Park; Home Instead, 6901 W. North Ave., Suite 1-F; Pure Health Chiropractic, 421 N. Marion St.; Right at Home, 7000 W. North Ave., Suite 1-B; Team Blonde, 7442 Madison St.; TEFCO Construction Co., 7744 W. Monroe, Forest Park; Synergy Home Healthcare, 1515 N. Harlem Ave., Suite 307-2; and the UPS Store, 159 N. Marion St. The cookie varieties are Original Chocolate Chip, Chocolate Chip Pecan, and Butterscotch Chip Macadamia Nut. Tickets are $25 for Amos’s speech, $50 for the lunch, or $65 for both. Tickets are available at the OPRF Chamber of Commerce’s website, at www.oprfchamber. org.

Celebrating Seniors is online at www.

CelebratingSeniors.net. On Facebook: www. facebook.com/CelebratingSeniors; on Twitter: www.twitter.com/CelebratingSrs. Phone: 708-386-3100.

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WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer

NO FOOLIN’: Officials gather for the ceremonial shovel brigade marking the beginning of construction on the Family Rec Center at The Park, April 1. (Top left) Cellphones recorded the event. (Bottom left) commemorative plaques were given to those involved in planning and/or funding the project.

After groundbreaking, one final approval remains

Village council set to approve final Roos site plan on April 10

By THOMAS VOGEL Contributing Reporter

The Forest Park Village Council will vote on the Park District’s final plan for the 2.5-acre Roos site redevelopment on April 10. If approved, the village would waive about $100,000 in construction permit fees.

If the five-member council approves the proposal, which cleared the village’s Plan Commission in early February 2017, the long-awaited, multimilliondollar construction project near the intersection of Harrison Street and Circle Avenue will begin in early May. The project, which includes a new 15,000-squarefoot building and adjacent park space, will also feature an indoor basketball court, walking track, fitness center, locker rooms, and could be finished by summer 2018. The total budget is about $6 million, with about $3.5 million from state grants.

“We have a couple of documents we are working back and forth between the park district and the village,” Village Administrator Tim Gillian said March 22. “I fully expect it will be on our first

agenda in April.”

Gillian said the documents include an intergovernmental agreement between the park district and the village of Forest Park. The Hannah Avenue right-of-way, on the western edge of the site, will remain under village control, but the park district will have access to it for day and event parking. In exchange for that access, the park district will widen the street and provide new lighting, Gillian said.

The documents include an ordinance that will waive about $100,000 in construction permit fees, such as plumbing and electrical. The park district and village government are both public bodies funded by Forest Parkers. If a private group were redeveloping the land, the waiver would not happen, Gillian sad.

“It’s essentially taking taxpayer money from one pocket and putting into another pocket,” Gillian said.

Though the official groundbreaking took place on April 1, Gillian said, no digging will take place before final approval.

“While it is unorthodox, a little bit of the cart before the horse,” Gillian said, “it’s ceremonial more than anything.”

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Community Bank Opens its New Home in River Forest

n early April, Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest will be moving its River Forest branch into a new location at 7751 Lake Street. The bank’s new home in the Drummond Building reestablishes a banking hub in the historic building and also makes local banking eminently more convenient for residents of River Forest and Oak Park.

Ruth McLaren, Senior Vice President Operations, notes that the move from the current office just down the block at 7777 Lake St. has been a long time coming.

“We opened the River Forest branch almost fifteen years ago, and the branch grew immediately. It took us a while to find the right space for a move up.”

When a large corner office space became available in the Drummond Building on the corner of Franklin and Lake, Bob Ellison, Vice President Operations and Information Technology, said it was a great fit for Community Bank’s River Forest branch.

He points out the building is situated in a local historic district and was originally designed by noted local architect William Drummond to house a bank. “It doesn’t

look dramatically different from when it was built in 1915. We worked closely with the Historic Preservation Committee to maintain the character of the building.”

services for years. We’re thrilled about the new space and the opportunity it provides for the community.”

Charged with the build-out of the space, Ellison and his team worked hard to maintain the brick building’s historic character and also focused on making sure the offices suit the way people bank today.

The larger space will also enable Community Bank to more easily meet the needs of all banking clients. Ann Schimmel, Vice President Private Banking, who also lives in the community, is excited to expand the bank’s offerings in River Forest.

“We will have approximately three times the amount of available space for our employees and customers, and we’ll be able to provide parking and drive up teller and ATM services.”

“We’re starting a private banking group in River Forest.

With the new office space, we’ll be able to focus on small businesses, non-profits and families who want to bank within their own community.”

Mary Beth Montroy McIntosh, Vice President and River Forest Branch Manager, a longtime River Forest resident and Community Bank employee for over fifteen years, notes that the new space fills a niche for customers. “Our bank has wanted to deliver drive-up banking

Ellison thinks the modern amenities inside the building will make coming to the bank more pleasant for employees as well as the clients they serve. A stateof-the-art lobby ATM will be available 24 hours a day for withdrawals and envelope-less deposits.

“Customers can bank on their own, when they want to, where they want to in our lobby ATM or at our 24-hour drive up ATM. As the software continues to change, the machines can be updated.”

A fireplace and 60-inch television screen for marketing updates will give the lobby a homey feel, and the parking lot area will feature a patio with benches, allowing clients to linger in nice weather.

On the exterior, a Frank Lloyd Wrightinspired clock will mark the corner of Franklin and Lake for the community.

Ellison sees it as a symbol of the bank’s role in the heart of River Forest.

“I really think it’s going to be a landmark in the community. It will become a thing for people to say they’re meeting at the Community Bank clock.”

Community Bank President and CEO Walter Healy stated “This new location really demonstrates the care and commitment we have to the River Forest community. We are looking forward to serving our customers from this new facility for many years to come.”

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Please join us for our Easter Celebration!

8:45 am Easter Breakfast 9:30 am Egg Hunt 9:45 am Musical Prelude Our diverse andWorship dynamic congregation 10 am welcomes you on the journey of faith.

First United First UnitedMethodist Methodist Church of Church ofOak OakPark Park 324 N. Avenue 324 N.Oak OakPark Park Ave. Oak Park, Oak Park,ILIL60302 60302 (708)383-4983 (708) 383-4983 www.firstUMCoakpark.org www.firstUMCoakpark.org

Rev. Young-Mee Park, Pastor Sunday Worship 10:00 AM Sunday School for All Ages 9:00 AM

ELCA, Lutheran

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church ALL ARE WELCOME

Holy Week

Palm Sunday ~ Blues Worship, 8 & 10:30a

Maundy Thursday Family Meal with Worship at 6:30p Good Friday Children’s service ~10a Evening ~ 7:30p Easter Sunday Festival Worship ~ 8 & 10:30am goodshepherdlc.org Breakfast ~ 9 -10:30a 611 Randolph at East Ave. Easter Egg Hunt Oak Park • 708-848-4741 ~9:30a

St. Bernardine Easter Schedule Soup for the Soul, Wednesday, April 5th 7:00 p.m.

Reconciliation, Thursday, April 6th, 7:00 p.m.

Holy Week Mass Times

Palm Sunday, April 9th Saturday 5:00 p.m.; Sunday 8:00 & 10:30 a.m.

Weekdays: April 10th, 11th, 12th Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday 6:30 a.m.

Holy Thursday, April 13th

Mass of the Lord’s Supper at 7:00 p.m.

Foot Washing & Eucharistic Procession; Adoration until midnight

Good Friday, April 14th

Stations of the Cross at 3:00 p.m.

Confessions 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion, Veneration of the Cross and Holy Communion 7:00 pm

Holy Saturday, April 15th Blessing of Food at 12 noon Easter Vigil at 8:00 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 16th

Masses at 8:00 and 10:30 a.m.

7246 W. Harrison St. Forest Park, IL 60130 708-366-0839

St. Edmund Catholic Parish

Wednesday Journal Easter Guide sections 188 South Oak Park Avenue • Oak Park, Illinois 60302 March 16, 2016 (708) 848-4417 (Replaces current ad on Mar 16)

Join us for Palm Sunday, The Sacred Triduum & Easter Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion April 9

ELCA, Lutheran

Good Shepherd Lutheran Church ALL ARE WELCOME

Holy Week

Masses at 5:30 pm Saturday: Sunday Anticipatory 9:00am, 11:00am & 5:30pm

Holy Thurday - April 13 7:30pm - Evening Mass of the

Maundy Thursday Lord’s Supper Family Meal with Worship at 6:30 p 9:30-11:45pm Good Friday worship Adoration before blessed Children’s service ~10a sacrament Evening ~ 7:30p 11:45pm - Night Prayer Easter Sunday Festival Worship ~ 8 & 10:30a Breakfast ~ 9 -10:30a 9:00am - Morning Prayer • 7:30pm - Service of the Lord’s Passion Easter Egg Hunt goodshepherdlc.org ~9:30a 611 Randolph at East Ave. Jazz Sunday, April 3 Oak Park • 708-848-4741 Worship 89:00am & 10:30am - Morning Prayer

Good Friday - April 14

Holy Saturday - April 15

11:00am - Blessing of the First Easter Meal in Murphy Hall 7:30pm - Service of Light

Wednesday Journal Easter Sunday - April 16 Easter Guide sections The Resurrection of our Lord March 23, 2016 • Masses at 9:00am & 11:00am • No 5:30pm liturgy (Replaces current ad on Mar 23)

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Come and join us for HOLY WEEK, as we

REMEMBER CHRIST’S PASSION & VICTORY.

ST. GILES PARISH INVITES YOU TO HOLY WEEK SERVICES

He gave His life and yet He lives, so that we need not fear death or suffering.

Love crucified…arose!

TRIDUUM SERVICES

First Congregational Church of Maywood

Holy Thursday, April 13

Morning Prayer - 8:30 a.m.

Mass of the Lord’s Supper - 7:30 p.m.

Adoration until Midnight Night Prayer - 11:45 p.m.

400 N. 5th Avenue (708)344-6150 Pastor Elliot Wimbush

Maundy Thursday, at 6:30pm Seder Meal and Communion Service Good Friday, at 7:00pm Tenebrae: Service of Shadows Easter Sunday, at 11:00am Morning Worship and Fellowship Hour

Need grace? Find it here…First.

Good Friday, April 14

Morning Prayer - 8:30 a.m.

Celebration of the Lord’s Passion - 3:00 p.m.

Living Stations of the Cross - 7:30 p.m.

Holy Saturday, April 15

Morning Prayer - 8:30 a.m.

Blessing of Easter Food - 11:00 a.m. in Church Easter Vigil and First Mass of Easter - 7:30 p.m.

Initiation of New Members, Reception following (No 4:30 p.m. Mass)

HOLY WEEK Palm Sunday April 9, 2017 8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

With Congregational Procession & Holy Communion

Easter Sunday Masses, April 16

Sunrise - 6:00 a.m. (Outdoors, Weather Permitting) 7:45, 9:30 and 11:15 a.m. in Church 10:00 a.m. Family Mass in Gym (No 5:00 p.m. Mass)

Rev. Carl Morello, Pastor

1045 N. Columbian • Oak Park, IL 60302 • 708-383-3430 • www.stgilesparish.org

Maundy Thursday April 13, 2017 12:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Holy Communion Stripping of the altar at 7:00 p.m. only

Two blocks south of North Avenue - Three blocks east of Oak Park Avenue

Good Friday April 14, 2017 12:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Join Us For Palm Sunday Sunday, April 9, 2017 Pony Rides for Children 9:30 am Parade into the Sanctuary 10:30 am

Easter Sunday April 16, 2017 6:30 a.m.

Sunrise Service with Holy Communion 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Festival Communion

St. John Ev. Lutheran Church 305 Circle Avenue, Forest Park (708) 366-3226 www.stjohnforestpark.org Rev. Leonard R. Payton, Pastor Rev. Roney Riley, Assistant Pastor

Easter Sunday, April 16 10:30 am

Euclid Avenue United Methodist Church 405 S. Euclid Avenue, Oak Park, IL www.euclidavenueume.org

Love God. Live Green. Liberate All.

Reach Oak Park, River Forest & Forest Park with the Wednesday Religion Guide Call Mary Ellen at 708/ 613-3342

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Let’s build at The Park

fter seven years of anticipation, it was a joyous Saturday morning at The Park last week. The groundbreaking for the Family Recreation Center drew a large and enthused crowd of park officials, village officials and two local state legislators who played active roles in making this ambitious project happen.

While final permits have not yet been issued by village hall to allow construction, officials assure that the remaining details are technical and building on the site of the old Roos Cedar Chest factory will begin shortly.

Surely we can find just a bit more patience for a project that has faced astonishing obstacles from one end to the other. There was the Great Recession and real estate collapse which made this effort both possible and nearly impossible. Having a seriously over-extended condo developer fall into foreclosure on the Roos building was the gift. Working through multiple banks, a locked-up credit market and, essentially, waiting for the bottom of the market to make the building affordable took years.

And then there was the fully dysfunctional state of Illinois, an essential partner in projects such as this through various park expansion grants. Forest Park came upon the state in the throes of the political wars and the melting down of the state budget. Multiple grants were won, but funds were frozen. State Senator Kimberly Lightford and State Rep. Chris Welch (Yes, the same Chris Welch seldom complimented on this page) did the hard work of legislating and working the levers in Springfield. Clearly this project would not have happened without their smart and determined help.

Our park district, which has never undertaken a project of this scope and complexity, was smart along the way and found professional assistance to help negotiate these winding, sometimes conflicting paths. Executive Director Larry Piekarz and the elected board showed patience and persistence throughout the seemingly endless saga.

Watching this extraordinary expansion of Forest Park’s park is going to be great fun. And while we are offering up thanks, let’s never forget generous taxpayers in Forest Park who enthusiastically backed the referendum to pay for this way back in 2010.

Remaking Roosevelt Road There was a second groundbreaking south of the Ike recently. And while not quite as well attended, the launch of the remaking of Roosevelt Road is another notable achievement in Forest Park. Beyond the necessary repaving and new sidewalks, this ambitious streetscaping effort will hopefully be the start of renewal for this street.

The challenges are real as the future of retail is changing at a furious rate. The reimagining of Roosevelt Road is going to require bold thinking and some good fortune. But first, a summer of construction mayhem, followed by a brighter future.

The Review and the Hall On Saturday night, the Forest Park Review was honored by the Softball Hall of Fame for our many years of partnership in promoting the annual 16-inch No Gloves Tournament held at The Park. We’ve produced the annual special section on the tournament for decades now and, as it is for the park in hosting the event, this project is one of the year’s highlights for us.

And so, our thanks to the Hall of Fame.

OPINION Looking for a way out of this truth desert

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t seemed like everybody at the Poplar Park Community Church fellowship after worship last Sunday was trying to predict who the winners would be.

At one table, mainly younger guys argued about who would win the NCAA championship on Monday. “I think I’m going with Gonzaga,” said LaShaun Smith, “because they’re a better team defensively.”

Troy Williams thought for a moment.

“I’ll give you that but North Carolina is a better rebounding team.”

“And Kennedy Meeks, North Carolina’s big man, is on fire,” added Eric Anderson.

“He scored 25 points and got 14 rebounds against Oregon last night.”

LaShaun came back with, “Sure, but Meeks will be tested by that mountain of a man, Przemek Karnowski. I heard he weighs 300 pounds.

Each guy at the “sports” table had their opinions, but no one was willing to put his money where his mouth was. Eric summed it up, “We’ll know by this time Tuesday morning.”

At another table some of the over-40 crowd voiced their opinions regarding who would win the mayoral race on Tuesday.

“I hate to say it,” Mitty heard Sharissa Hawkins say, “but I think Ernie Romano is going to win. What is it now, fourth time in a row?”

Carla Hernandez chimed in, “I agree with Sharissa, and I don’t like the way Ernie is running his campaign. He’s been playing the fear card by badmouthing Carl Reiniger for wanting to make Poplar Park a sanctuary village. He says that will allow a huge criminal element to come in and bring down our community.”

“Carl hasn’t exactly played fairly either,” said octogenarian Gerhardt Ashenbrenner. “He’s been playing the age card, making a big deal of the fact that Ernie didn’t know what Yelp was at the candidate forum last week, and saying it’s only because of the seniors in town that he keeps getting re-elected.”

“So our mayor decides to fight fire with fire,” Sharissa added, “by calling Carl ‘still wet behind the ears’ and saying that just because he has an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago doesn’t mean he knows all the answers. He accuses Carl of having his head in the proverbial clouds and not having his feet on the ground.”

Pastor Mitty had been listening to his members’ complaints and decided to ask, “So are you saying that Ernie and Carl have resorted to attacking each other personally instead of addressing the issues like our outdated infrastructure and the village budget?”

Everyone nodded. Gerhardt added, “And people like Alice at the Main Street Café pass all of this nonsense on to the, what, 30 customers she serves every day. And they don’t care if it’s true or not, only if it’s titillating.”

The conversation went on like that until the coffee and donuts ran out half an hour later, and everyone headed out to get their outdoors chores done while

the weather remained spring-like.

The church members couldn’t reach a consensus regarding who would win the championship game or who would win the mayoral race. What the people at one table agreed on was that both Gonzaga and North Carolina were fine teams.

What the other table agreed on was that they didn’t like how either candidate was playing the game.

After the pastor locked the front door, he sat on the church’s front steps and watched a robin pull a worm out of the now-well-thawed ground. After three hours of interacting with the church members, sitting alone in the warm sunshine and processing the mix of personalities and opinions he had just experienced appealed to him.

“That robin has a pretty simple life,” was the first thought that crossed his mind. “Eat worms, sleep, fly south for the winter, come back in the spring and do the whole thing over again next year. No national championships to strive for. No decisions about candidates to make two days before an election.”

His thoughts then turned to the discussions at the two tables during the coffee hour. “They were both about who would win and who would lose,” he concluded, “yet after all is said and done, basketball is just a game. But politics, now there are consequences. In basketball, everyone agrees on who won and who lost, but in politics there are no points on the scoreboard at the end of a term. Everyone seems to be keeping score on their own personal scoreboards.

Then another light went on in his head. “You know, in the Final Four games yesterday there were referees. There were relatively unbiased, welltrained guys in striped shirts whom both teams acknowledged to be the final arbiters when the rules had been broken and what the consequences should be. And there were rules, which almost everyone agreed had to be followed for the game to continue.”

He paused to watch the robin continue its search for worms. “But in politics there don’t seem to be any rules anymore. Folks seem to care more about coming out on top than about keeping the game going. Blatant intentional fouls are being committed, and there don’t seem to be any referees around that people trust to ensure the game is played by the rules. Do unto others before they do it to you.”

Mitty’s neighbor, Michael Rosenthal, pulled up to the curb, saw his friend and joined him on the church steps. When he asked how the morning had gone, Mitty shared what had been going on at the two tables during the coffee hour. Both sat in silence for a good five minutes before Michael said, “Do you remember how Walter Cronkite would end each broadcast by saying, ‘And that’s the way it is’?”

“I do, and everyone believed he was telling the truth,” Mitty answered, then thought about what he had just said and changed the subject. “I just realized Passover is next week.”

“It is,” said Michael. “Can you think of anyone who can be a Moses for us and lead us out of this truth desert we’re wandering in?”

TOM

HOLMES

save your life.

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Who’s profiting from video gaming? Not us First off, let’s take a look at who really profits from video gaming in Forest Park and the rest of the state, according to Illinois Gaming Board records, which you can access at http://www.igb.illinois.gov/ VideoReports.aspx.

Between October 2016 and this month so far, a report generated at this site found that gamblers at five Forest Park bars lost a total of $36,027. The owners of those five bars listed in the Gaming Board’s records and the owners of gaming machines took home $25,219, which the bar owners and gaming machine operators divide, generally 50-50 as a rule. The state of Illinois My answer is “No.” What I — and many, made $9,007. The Village of Forest many others — want is for video gaming to Park received $1,801.

I give this breakdown so you can see who re- leave town to prevent further deterioration of ally profits from video gaming — and who loses. our community. Why were we not given the So now to my second point, this one re- chance to vote on that? Who blocked us from garding the mail-in ballot I just received for having that say, and why? (The above breakthe April election: It contains this question: down in profits may help answer the latter “Should the Village of Forest Park use the questions.) If the village really will bring in Lady_at_Lunch_4.625x10_4C.qxd 3/27/06 12:15 PM Page 1 estimated $200,000 in future annual video $200,000 annually on video gaming — and that gaming license revenue to lower property remains to be seen — what good are lower property taxes when home values flounder taxes on residents?”

John Fahey, 73

as our community and business district continue to deteriorate?

Keep in mind that $200,000 divided by the number of taxpaying households comes out to a very low amount — perhaps a reduction in property taxes as low as $25 to $50 per household per year. Does that make video gaming worth it to you?

The short-term thinking of our council is maddening. The concerted efforts to block our democratic right to have a say — and to instead leave us with largely meaningless ballot questions to answer — is just plain wrong, not to mention fueled by greed.

I want to live in a vibrant community with a business district that is diverse and vital — not the Forest Park of old, known only for its strip of bars.

How does preventing voters from having their say build community? The answer is: It doesn’t.

P.S. I would encourage the Forest Park Review to print a monthly running tally of video gaming profits in the village to help residents track what’s going on.

Resident of Forest Park John M. “Jack” Fahey, 73, of Forest Park, died on March 28, 2017. Born on June 2, 1943, he is survived by his children, Steven Fahey and Patrick (Margaret) Fahey; his siblings, Thomas and Patricia; and his faithful companion, “Sunny.”

A funeral Mass was celebrated on April 1 at St. Bernardine Catholic Church, followed by private interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

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ORGANIZATION DIRECTORY

Religion Guide Methodist

Check First.

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

First Congregational Church of Maywood

Kiwanis Club President Chris Harris

Meets every 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 6:45 pm

400 N. Fifth Avenue (1 block north of Lake St.) Come join us for Sunday Morning Worship at 11 am Pastor Elliot Wimbush will be preaching the message.

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

708-344-6150 firstchurchofmaywood.org When you're looking for a place to worship the Lord, Check First.

You’re Invited to A Church for All Nations A Church Without Walls

For more info contact: Chris Harris at 708-689-3180 or kiwanisclubfp@gmail.com

SERVICE LOCATION Forest Park Plaza 7600 W. Roosevelt Road Forest Park, IL 60130

William S. Winston Pastor (708) 697-5000

324 N. Oak Park Avenue 708-383-4983 www.firstUMCoakpark.org Sunday School for all Ages, 9am Sunday Worship, 10am Children’s Chapel during Worship Rev. Jenny Weber, Pastor Professionally Staffed Nursery Fellowship Time after Worship Presbyterian

Fair Oaks

Lutheran—ELCA

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. www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM

LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television

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We all feel the same commitment to care for our families. As your good neighbor agents, we can help you meet your insurance and financial needs. Call us today.

Lenore L. Koca, Agent 7601 Madison Forest Park, IL 60130 Bus: 708-366-3779 lenore.koca.bz81@statefarm.com

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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

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 105TH 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 Traditional Catholic

Child care available 9-11am

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OAK PARK MEETING OF FRIENDS (Quakers) Meeting For Worship Sundays at 10:00 a.m. at Oak Park Art League 720 Chicago Ave., Oak Park Please call 708-445-8201 www.oakparkfriends.org

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

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 11am Service: “Celebration of Life” thirdunitarianchurch.org (773) 626-9385 301 N. Mayfield near Austin and Lake

Grace Lutheran School

www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

Preschool - 8th Grade Bill Koehne, Principal 366-6900, graceriverforest.org

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 Lutheran-Missouri Synod

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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

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 Holy Hour 6:00 pm Third Thursdays

Unity

405 North Euclid Ave.

We behold the Christ in you.

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Masses: 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m.

Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m.

Parish Office: 708-848-4417 School Phone: 708-386-5131

UNITY CHURCH OF OAK PARK

Sunday Services 9 am & 11 am Youth Education 11 am 708-848-0960 — unityoakpark.org

Upcoming Religious Holidays

April 5 9 10 11

Ramanavami Hindu Palm Sunday Christian Mahavir Jayanti Jain Lord’s Evening Meal Jehovah’s Witness Christian Hanuman Jayanti Hindu 11-14 Theravadin Mew Year Buddhist 11-18 Pesach (Passover) Jewish

To place a listing in the Religion Guide, call Mary Ellen: 708/613-3342

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Implementation Analyst sought by Enfusion Ltd. LLC in Chicago, IL to troubleshoot & develop custom financial reports. Req Bachelor’s degree in Finance + 3 yrs exp. Exp w/: SAS, Maple, MATLAB, & JMP. Send cover letter & resume to: Tim Finney, 30 South Wacker Dr, Ste 1375, Chicago, IL 60606 LANDSCAPE/LABORER Independant landscaper looking for landscape laborers for Oak Park area. 30-40 hrs a week. Mon-Fri. 708-547-9121 LINE COOKS & DISHWASHERS WINBERIE’S (Oak Park) Winberie’s Restaurant and Bar in Oak Park is looking for Dishwashers and Line Cooks to join our team!

The ideal candidates will be friendly, hardworking team players. The Line Cook candidates will have some previous experience, understand recipes and be friendly, hardworking team players that are passionate about food. Open availability a must, full-time and part-time positions available.

Compensation: Hourly.

Competitive based on experience.

Benefits for any full-time employees.

Employment type: employee’s choice Please apply in person, Monday through Saturday, from 2 to 6 p.m., at: 151 North Oak Park Ave. Oak Park, IL 60301 Meeting & Event Planner (Chicago, IL) Meet w/ clients to understand purpose of meeting or event & define its scope. Plan & manage all aspects of events & meetings.

Supervise event activities to ensure client & event attendee satisfaction. Monitor & maintain scheduling & timelines for multiple events.

Reqs Bach’s deg in Hospitality Mgmt or closely related. Resumes to J. Cazarez, Ivy Hotel LLC (dba Ivy Boutique Hotel), 233 E Ontario St, Chicago, IL 60611.

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PT CLEANER FOREST PARK Part-time cleaner needed immediately to clean small office in Forest Park. Daytime position. Must pass background check & drug screen. $18/hr. Contact Bob at rnlundygvpm@gmail.com.

PT FARMERS’ MKT ASST The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Part-time Farmers’ Market Assistant in the Health Department. This position will provide administrative support to the Farmers’ Market Manager to allow growers and producers of food to sell directly to the public within established guidelines. This position requires work in inclement weather conditions; some heavy lifting of up to 50 pounds; walking or standing for sustained periods of time. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http:// www.oak-park.us/ jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than April 12, 2017.

SCHAUER’S HARDWARE PART-TIME CASHIER 25-30 hours, mostly Afternoons and Evenings. Weekends required. No experience necessary, but looking for positive energy people. Must be outgoing, able to work with customers, deal with money & problem solving.

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Winberie’s Restaurant and Bar in Oak Park is looking for experienced SERVERS & BUSSERS to join our team! The ideal candidates will have 1-2 years restaurant/hospitality experience and be friendly, hardworking team players. Open availability a must.

Compensation: Hourly.

Vacation & health benefits available for full-time employees.

Employment type: employee’s choice Please apply in person, Monday through Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m., at: 151 North Oak Park Ave. Oak Park, IL 60301

CHURCHES Find Hope this Easter!

Join us this Sunday and every Sunday leading up to Easter to experience HOPE and find God’s purpose for your life.

New Life Community Church

3801 Madison in Brookfield Sundays @ 11:30 Children’s ministry is available Free gifts for all visitors. (meeting at Faith Lutheran Church)

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SUBURBAN RENTALS 2BR RIVERSIDE 2 BR apartment in renovated Victorian home. New kitchen.

Garage. 2 blks to train and town. $975. Monthly rent incl. heat & laundry.

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OAK PARK 2BR 2 Bedrooms, LR, DR, hardwood floors, tile bath, heat included. $1,250 + 1 mo security.

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CITY RENTALS AUSTIN VILLAGE 5939 W. Midway Parkway Remodeled 1 BR. Half block from Oak Park, Green Line & shops. 3rd Floor. $800/month. Heat not included. 708-383-9223 or 773-676-6805.

ROOMS FOR RENT Large Sunny Room with fridge & microwave. Near Green line, bus, Oak Park, 24 hour desk, parking lot. $101.00 week & up. New Mgmt.

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The Nineteenth Century Club at 178 Forest Ave. has parking spaces available for 24 hour rental. Please contact Jeanne at 708-386-2729 or info@nineteenthcentury for more detail.

CHURCHES FOR RENT MAYWOOD COUNTRY CHURCH Lovely, old fashioned country church in Maywood, on corner of Fifth and Erie is looking for a roommate or tenant. We are willing to work out a flexible arrangement if you are an appropriate tenant. Various size spaces. Call 708 344-6150, leave a message.

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PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Jesus Gabriel Avila,Petitioner and Milvian Chaparro, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-001932.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before April 24, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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Public Notice: Your right to know In print • Online • Available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year ForestParkReview.com PublicNoticeIllinois.com PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. vIn re the marriage of Mario Gonzalez, Petitioner and Elisa Analco Andrade, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-002060.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before /bApril 24, 2017, /rdefault may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Benjamin Padilla, Petitioner and Yolanda Padilla, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-002202.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before May 1, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Riverside will be held on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the business of the Planning and Zoning Commission may permit, in Room 4 of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois, to consider proposed text amendments to the Village of Riverside Zoning Ordinance.

Application No.: PZ 17-001 Petitioner: Village of Riverside Proposed Text Amendments are to the Following Village Code Sections: 10-1-3 (Applicability), 10-2-2-5 (Building Permits), 10-5-9 (Use and Bulk Requirement Tables/ Table 4: Business District Permitted Uses), 10-6-2 (Use Standards), 10-7-3 (Accessory Structures and Uses), 10-8-9 (Required Off Street Parking Spaces/Table 8), 10-105 (Nonconforming Lot of Record), 10-11-4 (Other Terms Defined), and such other conforming changes to other sections of the Village of Riverside Zoning Ordinance as may be necessary.

Specific proposed changes include, but are not limited to: Section 10-1-3 (Applicability) of the Village of Riverside Zoning Ordinance currently outlines how the zoning ordinance applies within the Village and its other ordinances. The Village proposes to modify these regulations relative to the application of the Zoning Ordinance and its general prohibitions.

Section 10-2-2-5 (Building Permit) of the Village of Riverside Zoning Ordinance currently states when a building permit is required. The Village proposes to modify this section to align it with the Building Code regulations on when a permit is required.

Section 10-5-9 (Use and Bulk Requirement Tables/Table 4: Business Districts Permitted Uses) of the Village of Riverside Zoning Ordinance currently lists all the permitted and special uses and any related use standards for the Business Districts.

The Village proposes to add references to the Drive-Through Facility Use Standards to “Retail Sales Establishments: with drive-through facilities” and “Restaurant: with drive-through facilities,” in the table.

Section 10-6-2(C) (Use Standards/ Financial Institutions With DriveThrough Facilities) provides regulations for drive-through facilities for Financial Institutions. Staff proposes amendments to this section and to make it applicable to all drivethrough facilities, not just Financial Institutions.

Section 10-7-3(A) (Accessory Structures and Uses/Accessory Structures) of the Village of

Riverside Zoning Ordinance currently regulates Accessory Structures. The Village proposes to modify/clarify the applicability of these regulations, to add gazebos which are listed in the permitted encroachments for accessory structures, and to clarify the reference to the preservation ordinance.

Section 10-8-9 (Required Off-Street Parking Spaces/Table 8: Required Off-Street Parking) of the Village of Riverside Zoning Ordinance currently lists the required off-street parking requirements for various uses. The Village proposes to remove the parking requirement for specific listed non-residential uses in the B1-TC Zoning District and to keep just the existing general requirement for “non-residential uses” in order to clarify which parking requirements apply to non-residential uses in this zoning district.

Section 10-10-5(B) (Nonconforming Lot of Record/Lots of Record Held in Common Ownership) of the Village of Riverside Zoning Ordinance currently regulates nonconforming lots of record. The Village proposes to modify these regulations to prevent the creation of additional nonconformities, and to otherwise align these regulations with Section 10-1-3 and other village ordinances.

Section 10-11-4 (Other Terms Defined) of the Village of Riverside Zoning Ordinance defines other terms. The Village proposes to modify certain definitions to clarify or align with other village ordinances as well as create new definitions to clarify existing regulations related to accessory buildings and structures.

The above application is available for inspection at the office of the Village Clerk, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546. During the Public Hearing the Planning and Zoning Commission will hear testimony from and consider any evidence presented by persons interested to speak on these matters. Persons wishing to appear at this hearing may do so in person or by attorney or other representative and may speak for or against the proposed text amendments.

Communications in writing in relation thereto may be filed at such hearing or with the Planning & Zoning Commission in advance by submission to the Village’s Building Department at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois prior to 4:00 p.m. the day of the public hearing.

The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time without further notice, except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Dated this 5th day of April, 2017.

Paul Kucera, Chairperson Planning & Zoning Commission

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Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615

OAK PARK TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to legal voters, residents of the Township of Oak Park, in the County of Cook, State of Illinois, that Public Hearings on the Tentative Town Fund, General Assistance Fund, and Community Mental Health Fund Budgets for Fiscal Year 2018, will be held at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at the Oak Park Township Hall, 105 S. Oak Park, Ave., in the Township of Oak Park. A copy of the Tentative Budgets named above is on file and available for public inspection, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays, at the Town Hall, 105 S. Oak Park Ave., in the Town of Oak Park, Illinois beginning April 6, 2017. Oral and written comments concerning these proposed annual budgets are welcome.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17150314 on April 3, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of SHOREWOOD STUDIO with the business located at: 1155 S. ELMWOOD AVE., OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: KYLIE STANLEY LARSON 1155 S. ELMWOOD AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60304

STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Olufunke O. Ogunyipe, Petitioner and Adebola Ogunsanya, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-002420.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before May 1, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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LEGAL NOTICE Invitation to Bid Oak Park Elementary School District Number 97, will receive sealed bids at the District’s Maintenance Building, 541 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302, until 1:00 p.m. local time on Friday, April 21, 2017 for Asbestos Abatement work.

A mandatory pre-bid conference and walk through will be held at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at Longfellow School, 715 South Highland Ave., Oak Park, IL 60304.

All prospective bidders are required to attend.

Bid documents will be available at the pre-bid conference through the Project Designer, Ramboll Environ.

Contact Matt Meyer with any questions concerning the project at mmeyer@ramboll.com.

Only those bids complying with the provisions and specifications of the Bid will be considered. The Board of Education reserves the right to waive any informalities, qualifications, or irregularities, and / or to reject any or all proposals, when in it’s opinion, such action will serve the best interest of the Board of Education of Oak Park Elementary School District Number 97.

Contracts awarded by the Board of Education require that Contractors comply with the Prevailing Wage Act of the State of Illinois; the general prevailing rate of wages shall be paid for each craft or type of worker or mechanic required to execute the contract of perform such work.

Dr. Alicia Evans Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations Published in Wednesday Journal 4/5/2017

All interested citizens, groups, senior citizens and organizations representing the interests of senior citizens are encouraged to attend.

Oak Park Township does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to, or employment in its programs or activities. Those needing special accommodations are asked to provide 48 hours notice.

Given under my hand in the Town of Oak Park, County of Cook, State of Illinois, the 3rd day of April, 2017.

Gregory P. White Oak Park Township Clerk Published in Wednesday Journal 4/5/2017

PUBLIC NOTICE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, County Department, County Division. In the matter of the petition of Xhevat Shefik Sherifi on behalf of Adrian Xhevan Sherifi, Aferdita Sherifi; Artana Sherifi for change of name to Jack Prespa on behalf of Adrian Jack Prespa; Aferdita Prespa; Artana Prespa;, Case No. 17M3001772.

Notice is given you, the public, that on March 10, 2017, I have filed a Petition For Change of Name in this Court, asking the Court to change our present names of Xhevat Shefik Sherifi, Adrian Shevat Sherifi, Aferdita Sherifi, and Artana Sherifi to the names of Jack Prespa, Adrian Jack Prespa, Aferdita Prespa, and Artana Prespa. This case will be heard in courtroom 204 on May 16, 2017 at 9:00 a.m..

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17150264 on March 29, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of LMH COACHING AND CONSULTING with the business located at: 832 S WESLEY AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: LINDSAY M HAMMER 832 S WESLEY AVE OAK PARK, IL 60304 Published in Wednesday Journal 4/5, 4/12, 4/19/2017

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17150044 on March 15, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of WHITE WOLF ACADEMY with the business located at: 159 MARION ST. SUITE 336, OAK PARK, IL 60301. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: CHAD KOCH 159 N MARION ST. SUITE 336 OAK PARK, IL 60301 Published in Wednesday Journal 3/29, 4/5, 4/12/2017

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.JENNIFER KANWISCHER, THOMAS KANWISCHER, CHASE MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC. F/K/A CHASE HOME MORTGAGE CORPORATION Defendants 16 CH 12264 1126 SOUTH HUMPHREY AVENUE Oak Park, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 1, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 2, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1126 SOUTH HUMPHREY AVENUE, Oak Park, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-323-0120000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $268,984.41.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of

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

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, 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 16-080649. 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 Attorney File No. 16-080649 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 16 CH 12264 TJSC#: 371267 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

STEVEN SPEARS; TCF NATIONAL BANK, A NATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION; EDGEWOOD PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; Defendants, 16 CH 12877 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 Friday, May 5, 2017 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. 15-11-211-018-1008.

Commonly known as 419 Edgewood Place aka 419 Edgewood Place, Unit 2, River Forest, IL 60305.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 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 Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 16-019886 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-012938 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122

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 C1496007.

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.

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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I718114 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NA; Plaintiff, vs.

DAVID GILKEY; Defendants, 15 CH 8713 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, May 1, 2017 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. 15-10-436-055-0000.

Commonly known as 826 South 11th 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.

I718070 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POOLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MARCH 1, 2007, GSAMP TRUST 2007-HE2, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-HE2 Plaintiff, -v.LISA ROCHE A/K/A LISA C. ROCHE A/K/A LISA CIEPLECHOWICZ, MICHAEL ROCHE A/K/A MICHAEL E. ROCHE, 101 NORTH OAK PARK, LLC Defendants 10 CH 04218 616 S. OAK PARK AVENUE Oak Park, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 15, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 16, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 616 S. OAK PARK AVENUE, Oak Park, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-208-005.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $815,289.08.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK N.A. FKA FIRSTAR BANK N.A. Plaintiff, -v.JOEANN PEOPLES A/K/A JOE ANN PEOPLES, A/K/A JOANN PEOPLES, A/K/A JOANNE PEOPLES, RUBY J. FOUNTAIN, LEE ANDREW FOUNTAIN, VILLAGE OF MAYWOOD Defendants 04 CH 2810 500 SOUTH 10TH 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 17, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 18, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate:

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MORTGAGE RATE DIRECTORY LENDER COMMUNITY BANK OF OAK PARK - RIVER FOREST

(708) 660-7006 1001 Lake St., Oak Park IL 60301 www.cboprf.com

AMOUNT

RATE/YR

80% 80% 80% 80% 80% 80%

4.375% / 30 yr. fixed 4.250% / 20 yr. fixed 3.625% / 15 yr. fixed 3.750% / 5 yr. ARM 3.750% / 7 yr. ARM 4.000% / 10 yr. ARM

POINTS/ APP. FEE 0%/$550 0%/$550 0%/$550 0%/$550 0%/$550 0%/$550

A.P.R.

4.446% 4.347% 3.748% 4.060% 4.017% 4.070%

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Mortgage rates are accurate as of Monday afternoon. Due to the fluctuation of mortgage rates, the rates may vary before publication. Contact your mortgage lender for complete details. Mortgage rates vary in APR and other qualifying factors.

To Advertise your Mortgage Rates, call Mary Ellen Nelligan: 708/613-3342 Commonly known as 500 SOUTH 10TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-418-0090000.

The real estate is improved with a 2 unit home white frame blue trim; with a detached 2 car 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, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE

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

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500.

Please refer to file number 9281.

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.

I717767 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.TEMIKA TURNER, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF EVANGELINE JONES, GERALD NORDGREN, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR EVANGELINE JONES (DECEASED) Defendants 16 CH 008840 1922 S. 9TH 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 12, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on May 19, 2017, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1922 S. 9TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-415-0230000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file 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 14-16-07345.

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.

NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informedthat all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777.

WEDNESDAY JOURNAL Forest Park Review, Landmark

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

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418 THOMAS, FOREST PARK 1ST FLOOR FEATURES spacious addition with natural fireplace in liv. rm. all new oak hardwood floors in formal dinning rm. living rm. and 1st. fl. bedroom. Vaulted ceiling, french doors in dinning rm. cabinet kit. with granite counters plus island and additional storage in walk-in pantry. Two full baths with walk-showers. 4 total bedrooms, summer kitchen and family room in lower level.........................$396,000

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5 RANDOLPH, OAK PARK THIS VINTAGE PENTHOUSE CONDO enjoys sunlight all day! Gorgeous hardwood flooring throughout the entire unit. Huge formal dining room and living room make for a wonderful entertainment setting. Cozy kitchen with a walk out back porch perfect for these Fall nights! The large bedroom at the end of the hall easily accommodates a king sized bed.

Come take a look and make us an offer!.............$93,750

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

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTY on State Street with great potential for mini mart or any similar business .Property has no further remediation letter on file with the E.P.A. There is a small exsisting bldg. in poor condition. Could be rehabbed. ............................ .......................................................................$65,000

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GREAT FAMILY HOME with large garden & backyard. Tri-level with 4000 sq. ft. of living area. Spacious rooms throughout.

Two wood burning fireplaces. Heated Florida room off first floor den, living room, formal dining room, kitchen with breakfast area, and family room overlooking yard. 3 BR, 2.5 BAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. Lower level features huge family room with fireplace.

2 car attached garage with mud room. Multiple heating units & central air systems. Living room, dining room & bedrooms have hardwood floors. Entrance foyer and den feature terrazzo floors.

Offered at ............................................................................................................................. $599,900 Call Jerry Jacknow at (708) 366-8989

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