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REVIEW MAY 31, 2017

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Liddell leaves them wanting more A legacy of listening, caring and respect at the middle school

By TOM HOLMES

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ob Liddell first told his Forest Park Middle School students that he was retiring as the school’s behavior interventionist at the Black History Month Celebration back on Feb. 17, an event he had put together. His announcement was met by an audible groan.

Two seventh-graders explained the reaction.

“He’s a caring man,” said Jalen Cruz, “and I care about him. He’s half of the reason I come to school sometimes.”

“He actually listens and doesn’t take sides,” added Alissa Williams. “I don’t want to see him leave because he’s very supportive.”

When Jalen and Alissa’s parents were in seventh grade, being sent to the principal’s office was something to be dreaded because it usually meant some kind of punishment at school and more of the same at home.

Liddell changed all of that when he came to Forest Park School District 91 more than a decade ago.

“The charge I received from Dr. Tinder who was the superintendent at the time and from Dr. Cavallo who followed him,” he said, “was not to be a disciplinarian but to get to know the kids and be someone they can turn to.”

The way he went about responding to behavior issues in the students was to address three of the root causes of their acting out: anger management, conSee LIDDELL on page 10

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GRANDPA TIME: Bob Liddell helps Jabreal James and Brannon Young during a study session at the Forest Park Middle School.

He will be retiring after this school year.

The art of marketing Forest Park Chamber campaign takes an iconic approach to branding the village

By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

Last year, Jef Anderson of Yearbook Studios accepted the task of concep-

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tualizing and designing the new brand messaging and banner system now hanging on the light poles along Madison Street and CTA stations throughout the Chicago area. In doing so, he resist-

ed the tendency of many marketers to make the product they are pushing look like something it is not.

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John Rice Why is red-lights Welcoming Resolution red-light cameras taking so long?

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Seeing red about Right Turn on Red

riving is tough enough around here without our public servants making it tougher. In fact, Chicago has the single worst bottleneck in the U.S. No, it’s not the I-290 nightmare from Hillside to Harlem. It’s the Kennedy Expressway from the Jane Byrne Interchange to the Edens Expressway.

Driving is also expensive, even after your car is paid off. There’s parking, tolls, vehicle stickers, license renewals. And on top of that, we have the most punishing red-light cameras in the area. Bob Uphues and Brett McNeil did an exhaustive study of the staggering amount of revenue raised by the red-light cameras along Harlem Avenue.

They spent months of research to connect the dots between the cameras and the companies they benefit. The cameras also fill the coffers of communities like Berwyn, River Forest and North Riverside. In theory, the red-light cameras are for traffic safety.

In practice, they rake in millions for these communities and the company Safe-Speed.

Our intrepid reporters found that more than 90 percent of the tickets are for illegal right turns on red (RTOR), despite the fact that only a miniscule number of accidents are caused by these turns. Just one was

recorded at North & Harlem in a year’s time. I’ve been investigating auto accidents for 30 years, and I’ve yet to handle one caused by a RTOR. It doesn’t mean they don’t happen. In the 1970s, shortly after the law was passed, I was crossing Harlem Avenue on a yellow light, when a car made a RTOR directly in front of me.

It caused a horrific crash that totaled both cars. Thankfully, no one was severely injured. This anecdotal evidence aside, it doesn’t justify the millions we’re coughing up because of these cameras.

I recently received a ticket for an RTOR I made from Cermak to Harlem. My ticket was accompanied by two photos. One showed me stopped at the right turn line.

The second showed me still stopped at the line, as another westbound vehicle entered the frame.

I decided to contest the ticket and headed to Berwyn to fight city hall. I thought I would claim immediate victory, but I was given a court date for a Tuesday at 3 p.m.

I’m lucky that my schedule was flexible enough to attend. Most motorists can’t make it to hearings during the work day, which is why only 5 percent of red-light tickets are contested.

Berwyn Village Attorney Anthony

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Bertuca was the adjudicator at the hearing.

With his folksy manner, Bertuca made the proceedings as painless as possible. He first lectured us about counting “one Mississippi, two Mississippi, three Mississippi” at the stop line, before making the turn. He added that this wasn’t the law but would keep us out of the courtroom.

We took turns stepping forward to view our video with Bertuca. In most cases, he ruled that we had stopped for a sufficient time but repeated his mantra about counting our Mississippis. I was relieved to be exonerated by the video and walked out fine-free.

Afterwards, it occurred to me that if of officials were really concerned about traffic safety at these intersections, they’d outlaw RTOR altogether. So in this respect, the intersection of Desplaines & Roosevelt is perfect. There’s both a camera and a sign forbidding RTOR. This explains why we’re relative pikers in Forest Park, compared to the pirates around us. Our two cameras only generated $545,372 during a two-year period.

So the next time you make an RTOR, prepare to count your Mississippis. But don’t speed it up, like we used to do in touch football.

■ 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.

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What’s up with the bank?

Forest Park National Bank is in the midst of a weeks-long restoration project to the exterior of its building on the 7300 block of Madison Street.

The project includes rebuilding crumbling parapet walls, replacing rusted window lintels and redoing grout between some of the building’s limestone.

“They love the building. They’re proud of the building,” building service manager Greg Karaszewski said of the bank’s management. “They are trying to keep it all in the original motif.”

The planned timeline for the project, which began the first week of May, was 30 days, but Karaszewski said workers discovered additional repairs, including to the lintels, after starting. The new estimate for the project’s completion is 60 days although it could be sooner.

There will be no interruptions to customer service and all building entrances are open, said Karaszewski, who has worked at Forest Park National Bank for over three decades. The project’s scope is significant.

Contributing Reporters Tom Holmes, John Rice, Bob Skolnik, Jackie Glosniak, Matthew Hendrickson, Thomas Vogel, Robert J. Lifka, 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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RENOVATION: Forest Park National is getting a facelift of its century-old facade.

“I’ve been here for 32 years,” he noted.

“Never have I had to scaffold the bank like this.”

He did not know the age of the building but mentioned the oldest blueprint he has seen is from 1916. He said the print looked

original but he wasn’t sure.

Forest Park Village Administrator Tim Gillian said the bank secured all the necessary approvals from the village and added the village will keep tabs on the project.

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Summer roadwork has begun Hannah will see the most significant repairs

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

A summer of roadwork through Forest Park will become more challenging for drivers following action by the village council at the May 22 meeting.

Village officials voted 4-0 to advertise for bids on the resurfacing of Washington Street from Marengo to Harlem avenues; Hannah Avenue from Madison to Lehmer streets; and Hannah from Roosevelt Road to 14th Street. Commissioner Dan Novak did not attend.

The project also includes replacing the 4-inch water main in the 400 and 500 blocks of Hannah with an 8-inch water main and asphalt grinding and overlay of a T-alley behind Forest Park Village Hall.

Officials are expecting to open bids on Thursday, June 8, and award contracts at the Monday, June 26 village council meeting. Work is expected to begin in early July and be completed by the end of August. The cost is estimated at $1.11 million with funding from motor fuel tax funds, tax increment financing (TIF) funds and the water fund.

The Hannah water main project is a continuation of an effort to replace all 4-inch water mains with 8-inch versions to increase water pressure and for improved fire protection. As streets over the smaller water mains are targeted for resurfacing, village officials are incorporating the water main upgrade to avoid resurfacing the street twice. Of the 30.6 miles of water mains in the village, 31,380 feet are still only 4 inches in diameter.

The projects are part of the village’s effort to resurface at least some side streets annually. The decision on which streets are to be resurfaced is based on the condition of the streets and availability of funds.

Already challenging drivers are the long-anticipated Roosevelt Road reconstruction and streetscape project and a Brookfield-North Riverside Water Commission project on Fillmore Street.

The Roosevelt Road project, which began in March, includes pavement resurfacing between Harlem and Desplaines avenues; pedestrian bump-outs at all intersections; additional streetscape features at the bump-out locations, including landscaped planters, benches, trash receptacles and stamped/colored pedestrian crosswalks; landscaped median islands; and replacement of all street lighting with decorative street lighting.

The $4.75 million project cost will be covered by $2.46 million from the TIF fund and a $2.29 million grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation.

The Brookfield-North Riverside Water Commission project, which began last month, involves the installation of a 12,100-foot-long, 36-inch ductile iron water main on Fillmore from Harlem to Hannah, where it will connect to an existing 20-inch pipe owned by the water commission. The overall project started last year with similar work in Oak Park.

Forest Park officials noted that the project is solely funded by the Brookfield-North Riverside commission and no village funds are being expended.

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Iconic images for branding from page 1 Instead, he followed the advice many of us received as adolescents when fretting about how we looked to others: “Just be yourself.”

The funding that the village of Forest Park provided to the Chamber of Commerce last year (and recently renewed for the coming year) was used to pay for all the elements beyond just banners, which became the “See Forest Park” marketing campaign. This includes banners, print advertising, billboard designs and a phase one CTA campaign.

Anderson created four distinctive icons: a dinner plate, a shopping bag, a softball and bat, and a simple home, combined with the key messages: TASTE FP, SHOP FP, PLAY FP and LIVE FP. There are no promises of finding your soulmate if you drink at one of the town’s bars, no implications that your business would become profitable within two years if you locate here, and no associating the town with famous historical figures like, say, Frank Lloyd Wright.

Instead, what Anderson did was recall his experience of doing business in town at Yearbook with co-owner Noel Eberline and what he learned by doing research to get the identity of Forest Park just right. What he came up with were words that “embody a lot of hardworking people, not pretentious, and a very honest sensibility.”

He decided to celebrate that vibe, if

you will, by channeling the working-person aesthetic of the WPA posters of the 1930s, which promoted a “we’re all in this together” outlook as the whole nation worked to emerge from the Great Depression, somewhat similar to what Forest Park experienced in the late 1990s when this community worked together to pull out of a “shabbier” chapter in its history.

Taking the feeling of the WPA posters and using simplified imagery and messaging made the promotion instantly recognizable.

In addition to rooting the art for this project in the town’s heritage, Anderson was also aware that many of the customers shopping at Yearbook were young couples who loved the “edgier neighborhoods” in the city like Wicker Park and Logan Square, but who also were looking for a different type of environment to raise children and where there was relatively affordable housing.

The 20- and 30-somethings coming into Yearbook were amazed at how “cool” Madison Street really is.

This observation had a great influence on the Chamber Marketing Committee’s strategy about where to place what they were creating. To reach young city dwellers and commuters who ride the Blue Line, they worked with the CTA to have the advertising posted in train cars and high-traffic el platforms on which they would display large format posters using the same icons and messaging used on the banners along Madison Street. To make commuters from the western suburbs more aware of Forest Park the simple, bold icons and messaging is displayed regularly on the huge digital billboard overlooking the Eisenhower Expressway.

They then ran ads and advertorials in West Suburban Living Magazine and Chicago Magazine to expand the messaging with a narrative describing Forest Park as an “up till now” undiscovered gem with unique shops and unpretentious people, where housing is still a good value.

Anderson’s goal as a designer is to celebrate Forest Park’s its uniqueness rather than by going negative and saying it’s bet-

Celebrating 100 Years A BANNER YEAR: Yearbook owner Jef Anderson and Noel Eberline led the charge in the Chamber marketing campaign.

Anderson created the iconic style on banners and billboards.

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Images courtesy Jef Anderson

ter than other communities. He said many folks describe Forest Park as urban/suburban, but that description isn’t quite accurate. He emphasized that this town is “cool,” is walkable, has diversity like some neighborhoods in the city, yet provides a good environment to raise children like suburbs further west.

More like a borough in New York City, rather than an urban suburb. Forest Park has its own unique flavor. It stands alone.

Anderson and Eberline added that the new marketing campaign is directed toward Forest Park residents as well as potential shoppers and home buyers from the city or other suburbs. The Chamber of Commerce, of course, is always pushing the “shop local” message, but for the two business partners, it’s more than that.

“We think that there is this need of bringing the pride of Forest Park more to the forefront,” Anderson explained, “and celebrating things like Showman’s Rest, Ferrara Candy Company and the Haymarket Statue.

I think there is still a very honest sensibility in this village that visitors can really feel.”

But marketing can’t be a “one and done” effort, that it has to have long-run continuILLBOARD ON 290 (FACING WEST) ity to be effective. A fund-request letter was submitted to the Forest Park Village Council by the Chamber of Commerce, quoting a sec-

tion of the village-commissioned Business Development Report, which stated, “Once Madison Street acquires additional brand equity, the goodwill associated with that equity can be leveraged in expanded efforts to promote Roosevelt Road. … These marketing efforts will, over time, burnish Forest Park’s collective image as a go-to place for entrepreneurs … and to attract new residents and families who prefer living within walking distance of high-quality shopping, dining, and entertainment destinations.”

The funding request was approved by the Village Council at their May 22 meeting, pending appropriation of budget.

In experimenting with different icons for the marketing campaign, Anderson created a rendering of St. Bernardine Catholic Church in the style of WPA posters, which the few people who have seen it think is striking, which made him think about “turning the town into art.”

“What if,” he wondered, “I made a limited edition series of renderings of, say, The Altenheim and the Haymarket statue and landmarks like that and sold them as art with part of the proceeds going to the Chamber and some to charities?”

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Celebrating 100 Years

Red-light camera official ‘misspoke’ about SafeSpeed

By BOB UPHUES and BRETT McNEIL Senior Editor and Contributing Reporter

Red-light camera operator SafeSpeed LLC claims a company owner and co-founder misspoke when he recently told reporters for the Chicago Sun-Times and ABC-7 that SafeSpeed was founded after another company official was involved in an automobile accident in 2007.

In fact, the accident involving SafeSpeed President Nikki M. Zollar took place in August 2011, four years after the red-light camera firm was founded.

Wednesday Journal obtained Chicago Police Department records for the accident, and a SafeSpeed spokeswoman confirmed this 2011 crash was the event referenced by company co-founder and COO Chris Lai during an interview last month with reporters detailing the growth of suburban red-light camera ticketing.

Sun-Times/ABC-7 reporting showed SafeSpeed operates the most lucrative cameras in the state, including cameras in River Forest, North Riverside and Berwyn (Forest Park uses a different company for its redlight cameras). Company cameras yielded more than $70 million in red-light camera tickets between 2014 and 2016, according to that reporting. Under the terms of its vendor contracts, SafeSpeed stood to reap almost $30 million from those citations.

SafeSpeed spokeswoman Yvonne Davila in emailed comments to Wednesday Journal did not explain how Lai, a company principal since its inception and a longtime business partner of Nikki Zollar, misidentified the chronology of SafeSpeed’s founding and the South Side accident involving Zollar and her mother-in-law.

At the time of the August 2011 crash, SafeSpeed was already operating in several suburbs, including Melrose Park and Berwyn, and had recently bid to operate redlight cameras in River Forest.

During his comments to the Sun-Times and ABC-7, Lai appeared to present the accident as an important catalyst for Zollar and her partners in entering the traffic safety business.

Prior to SafeSpeed’s formation in June 2007, three of the company’s owners, including Lai and Zollar, were partners in a business that handled janitorial contract work for the city of Chicago. The fourth partner, who was recently bankrupt at the time of SafeSpeed’s founding and controlled his stake through a separate Illinois corporation, had connections to a clout-heavy west suburban municipal lawyer.

Provided with details about the August 2011 accident, Davila sought to walk back Lai’s claims.

“Mr. Lai misspoke,” she wrote, adding that SafeSpeed officials grew increasingly

committed to intersection safety following Zollar’s crash in the South Side neighborhood where she lives. “[T]he entire team at SafeSpeed feel extremely passionate about the mission of redlight cameras, which grew even stronger after Ms. Zollar experienced, firsthand, alongside her mother in law, the tragic accident that nearly killed them both due to someone’s negligence of running a red light,” Davila wrote.

Chicago Police Department records show Zollar was rear-ended while turning west onto 67th Street from southbound Lake Shore Drive on Aug. 26, 2011. The at-fault driver reportedly made an improper left-hand turn and struck Zollar’s Mercedes from behind as she made the turn. In his comments to the media, Lai claimed Zollar was T-boned.

Accident records show Zollar’s mother-inlaw, who was 85 at the time of the accident, was transported to UIC hospital for unspecified injuries. Zollar refused medical attention at the scene. The at-fault driver was “taken to Jackson Park Hospital for minor injuries,” according to police records.

Zollar’s mother-in-law later sued the atfault driver and won an undisclosed settlement, Cook County court records show.

Lai’s misstatements were made when he sat for a videotaped interview regarding his company’s role in suburban red-light cam-

era ticketing. The Sun-Times and ABC-7, building on reporting earlier this year by the Forest Park Review, found suburban redlight camera revenues now far surpass Chicago’s and that SafeSpeed operates the most lucrative such cameras in the state.

Eight of the top-10 suburban municipalities for red-light camera ticket revenues are SafeSpeed clients, according to Sun-Times and ABC-7 reporting. The company now reportedly operates in more than 20 suburbs.

As the Review reported earlier this year, SafeSpeed was founded in June 2007 by Zollar, Lai, Khaled “Cliff ” Maani and a separate entity controlled by Khaled Maani’s son, Omar Maani.

Zollar, Lai and Khaled Maani at the time were already partners in Chicago-based Triad Consulting Services Inc. The younger Maani three years earlier had filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection while working for the Giglio and Del Galdo law firm of Melrose Park.

An officer in that law firm, Michael Del Galdo, later became an influential adviser to Cicero Town President Larry Dominick and was performing legal work for Berwyn when the city hired SafeSpeed as a redlight camera vendor in 2009. Records show the Berwyn camera contract was among SafeSpeed’s earliest and established the firm on Harlem Avenue.

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Sergeant Pepper at 50

Saving the Monarch

Thursday, June 1 at 7:30 p.m., Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore: Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the debut of the Beatle’s album, Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band with guest speaker and local musician, John Atwood. Free will offering (to get a new program off the ground at Centuries & Sleuths). 7419 Madison St. For more, call 708-771-7243 or visit www.centuriesandsleuths.com.

Wednesday, May 31 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Forest Park Public Library Austin Room: Monarchs have been making the news recently.

What is really going on, and what can we do to help them? Kim White, with the DuPage Monarch Project, will address those issues and talk about what is being done locally to ensure future generations will be able to enjoy the beauty of the Monarch. Sign up at fppl.org/summer.

7555 Jackson Blvd in Forest Park. 708-366-7171. www.fppl.org.

May 31-June 7

BIG WEEK SING! Pride Soap Box Derby Saturday, June 3 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Circle Avenue Bridge: The Greater Chicago Soap Box Derby and the Kiwanis Club of Forest Park sponsor the Soap Box Derby races, a fun, family-friendly, action-packed event. Racers can build their own car or rent a car (limited availability) for the event. The day includes races and an after-race banquet to celebrate as both a racing and local community.

Splash and Dash Summer Market

Sunday, June 4 at 4 p.m., Outta Space, Berwyn: Benefiting the LGBTQ Pride Community. Tickets are $15 per adult, $8 per student or seniors, $30 for families. Discounts for active military or veterans.

Saturday, June 3 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., front lawn of the Administration Building: Park District of Forest Park will feature a mix of homemade crafts, handmade items, and gift items from several at-home businesses. 7501 Harrison St.

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.

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My Voice, My Story Sunday, June 4 from 2 to 3 p.m., Forest Park Public Library Austin Room: Our very own Ms. Rosie will take you on a wonderful sensory voyage through the country of Colombia. Adults and families are invited to join this monthly celebration of cultures and storytelling featuring firsthand accounts, interactive games and activities, and stories from members of the community. 7555 Jackson Blvd in Forest Park. 708-366-7171. www.fppl.org.

Forging a President Saturday, June 3 at 2 p.m., Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore: Author William Hazelgrove discusses his new book, Forging a President: How the Wild West Created Teddy Roosevelt.

Roosevelt 7419 Madison St. For more, call 708-771-7243.

Grief and Loss: Beyond Death Friday, June 2 from 9 to 11 a.m., Riveredge Hospital: The Rise ’n’ Learn series features “Grief and Loss: Beyond Death,” presented by Leila Moore and Marcus Smith, sponsored by Riveredge Hospital and the Community Mental Health Board of Oak Park Township. To register, call 708-488-4970.

Summer of Exploration Saturday, June 3 at 6:30 p.m., Forest Park Public Library: Let’s start summer off right with an after hours party at the Library!

All ages are welcome for an evening celebrating nature, community, and the Library. Join us for hands-on art activities, music from The Basement Bluegrass Band, an ice cream sundae bar, and more!

Sign up at fppl.org/summer. 7555 Jackson Blvd in Forest Park. 708366-7171. www.fppl.org.

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Living memory

1. Police and military personnel prepare to post the flags during the Memorial Day ceremony in Forest Park on Monday at The Park.

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The Park District of Forest Park 7501 W. Harrison Street

2. Forest Park Mayor Anthony Calderone and Sergeant Knute Weick take the memorial wreath to the memorial landmark.

3. The Forest Park Police Honor Guard fires into the sky to commemorate fallen soldiers.

3 Do a little shopping at the Park District of Forest Park! We will turn our front lawn into the Splash & Dash Summer Market featuring a mix of homemade crafts, handmade items and gifts from several at home businesses owned by local residents and neighbors.

WILLIAM CAMARGO/Staff Photographer

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Building tenant charged with tavern break-ins A 34-year-old man living above a Madison Street tavern is accused of breaking into the bar twice within a week, stealing thousands of dollars from video gambling machines and more than 30 bottles of liquor.

Police reportedly caught Patrick J. McManus in the act of forcing open a gambling machine inside Chalk, 7414 Madison St., on May 23 about 3:40 a.m. after getting a 911 call from an employee who was having a smoke outside minutes after locking up the business for the night.

The employee reported hearing banging and “clanking” noises coming from inside the bar. Looking through the front window of the bar, the employee saw an interior door quickly swing open, prompting the employee to call police.

Officers arrived and reportedly found McManus on a chair next to a damaged video gambling machine. The machine’s coin box was placed on another chair behind him, according to the police report.

An employee told police that McManus had been in the bar about six hours before it closed that night, drinking and gambling.

He reportedly had forced open a door inside an interior lobby that provided access to the bar, a door that the business owner had just repaired after a burglary during the early morning hours of May 21.

In that incident, police had found the same door forced open and more than $8,000 taken from gambling machines which had been pried and drilled open. More than 30 bottles of liquor had been stolen from a basement storage area during the May 21 burglary, police said.

Police interviewed McManus after that incident, and he reportedly told them he was asleep but woke up about 3 a.m. at which time he said he observed five people in the alley. He told police he tried to get them to leave the area.

While repairs were being made to the gambling machines following the May 21 break-in, according to the police report, McManus hung around the bar “assisting” and “generally attempting to be helpful.”

Police searched McManus’ apartment above the bar and reported finding numerous liquor bottles, hand tools and a large pile of cash on a table in the living room. Officers reported recovering more than $6,000 in cash as well as pill bottles and plastic bags containing various types of prescription narcotic pills, cannabis and two handguns.

In addition to burglary, police charged McManus with five counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession with intent to deliver and possession of burglary tools.

Driver charged in DUI that injured panhandler Forest Park police have charged Mario H. Campos Valverde, 51, of Willow Springs, with felony drunken driving for allegedly driving his 2004 Mitsubishi Endeavor up onto the median on the Harlem Avenue bridge over the I-290 expressway and striking a 55-year-old man who was panhandling from the median on May 21 at 12:50 a.m.

The Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office approved felony DUI charges against Valverde on May 23, according to police. He was also cited for traffic violations.

Surveillance video from a CTA camera at the Blue Line station entrance reportedly showed the victim holding a sign and a white cup, soliciting vehicles from the center median.

At 12:46 a.m. an SUV is seen traveling at a high rate of speed southbound on the raised median in the direction of the victim, who suffered a fractured neck and injuries to his back, spleen and kidneys.

Strong-arm robbery Forest Park police responded to the CTA Blue Line terminal at 711 Desplaines Ave. on May 25 about 11:50 p.m. after a 22-year-old Bellwood woman called 911 to report she’d just been robbed.

The victim told police she was on the train platform when she was approached by six men, one of whom grabbed her wallet from her pocket. The men were last seen running southeast from the CTA terminal toward The Park.

Theft from construction truck The foreman of a construction crew working in the vicinity of Roosevelt Road and Lathrop Avenue on May 22 called police to report that an unknown person stole a Stihl saw with a diamond blade between 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. from an unlocked storage bin in the bed of a pickup truck. The saw was valued between $800 and $1,000.

BBs shot at house A resident of the 1200 block of Circle Avenue called police on May 22 after discovering the glass front door of her residence shattered. Police also discovered two BB holes in a window north of the front door and five BB holes in an adjacent window.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, May 21-25, 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.

—Compiled by Bob Uphues

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A different approach to discipline

“ He’s like a

from page 1 flict management, and emotional control, with 90 percent of his time being spent on conflict resolution.

This, of course, is very different from zero tolerance and tough-on-crime approaches.

When he began his work 11 years ago, and with every class of sixth-graders entering the middle school in the fall, his first task has been to earn their trust. He does this by chatting with the kids during lunchtime in the cafeteria and being very present in the halls when students are changing classes.

“I let them know who I am and why I am here,” he said. “I treat them with respect, never like little kids. I show them they can talk to me about anything. Once I show them that I’m going to treat them fairly — whether they are Hispanic, African American, white or Asian — they start coming to me.”

Trinity Sutton, another seventh-grader, smiled and said, “When teachers or students get on my nerves, he really listens to what I say. I can open up to him. He’s always been there when I needed him.”

One of the first things Liddell did at D91 was to resurrect what the school calls the Ambassador Program in which every new kid coming into the school is put into small groups with other new students where they learn school policies, who they can go to when they have a problem, and resources like the after-school homework club.

Liddell also instituted the PBIS (Positive Behavior Intervention Strategies) program, which he praises as “one of the best programs I’ve seen come down the pike.” It’s basically behavior modification with an emphasis on positive reinforcement in the form of celebrations rather than punishment.

“Say we had 115 detentions last year,” he posited, “and we set the goal of having a 20 percent reduction. We let the kids know what our goal is and if we meet the goal we have a celebration like eating outside and ice cream. We plan one celebration for each

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But he quickly tempered that statement by saying race problems are mainly issues for adults; kids don’t care what color you are if you care about them.

He also considers his age to be an advantage. The middle-school kids sometimes call him “grandpa,” and he considers that a compliment. For a lot of these kids, he said, grandparents are an important source of affirmation and support.

But the most important testimonies come from the students themselves.

Oxavionne Bryant said, “He’s like a mentor to me because he got me OXAVIONNE BRYANT through a lot of Middle School student deep stuff a couple months ago, and he sort of made me into the person I am today. I’m going to be sad to see him leave.”

Jalen Cruz said simply, “He’s like a family member to me. He taught me the way I am right now.”

What may sound strange at first is that Bob Liddell’s main preparation for his work at the middle school, in addition to college courses in education, was 25 years working for a liquor company name Hiram Walker.

At that company he rose to the position of a corporate officer in sales and marketing and diversity officer for the company. As such, his job was to show liquor store owners that it was to their financial advantage to hire minorities, not just as stock boys and janitors, but to fill managerial positions.

After he retires from D91, he said he wants to be a life coach.

“Because I have had so many experiences,” he mused, “I want to coach people and help them become better.”

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COUNSELOR: Bob Liddell treated students with respect and they returned it. quarter of the school year.”

This approach of reinforcing positive behavior, he said, works with 80 percent of the students. Another 15 percent need extra attention in the form of mentors and teachers they check in with in the morning and again after school. Finally, he said, about 5 percent of the kids, the ones whose unacceptable behavior is recurring, need more intensive work in the form of what he calls a “wrap-around.” He assembles a team of parents, a pastor, maybe a probation officer and school staff members who all focus on the individual.

“The kid feels like everyone is here for him/her,” he said, “and that’s good.”

In answer to the skeptics’ “But does it work?” Liddell responds, “When I first came here, we averaged 25-35 fights a year. I’m proud to say that on May 2, eight months into this year, we’ve had two. I can’t take all the credit for that, but what I do know is that having someone in this position has made a big difference.”

D91 Superintendent Lou Cavallo disagrees with his modesty.

“It is not simply having someone in that role but the person, Mr. Liddell, filling that role that has made the greatest impact. Mr. Liddell has forged bonds with students and families in a way that only he could. He understands the issues and problems that adolescents face and is able to help them navigate their issues. Mr. Liddell is one of a kind and we will greatly miss him.”

Cavallo added that D91 will certainly continue funding the position after Liddell finishes his work on June 1.

Middle School Principal Joe Pisano said of Liddell, “He is somebody that everyone, students and teachers, have felt comfortable talking to about any issue because of the unique and positive relationships he has been able to build with them. He has been an enormous part of the culture change that Forest Park Middle School has undergone since he arrived 11 years ago.”

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See Forest Park

t has been some while since Forest Park last marketed itself to the wider Chicago community, bringing energy, confidence and fun to a message that this ideally placed small burg was an undiscovered urban/suburban gem.

Now that marketing effort is back, updated for this moment and supported financially, as it should be, by the village government while being driven by talent within the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce.

The See Forest Park campaign — in print and outdoor advertising, on street banners and online and in social media — was crafted with strong listening, keen observation and an intuitive sense of Forest Park’s place in history and its place in this modern moment. The vision behind the effort comes from Jef Anderson and Noel Eberline, co-owners of Yearbook on Madison, a business that combines both a great retail sensibility and a design and marketing aspect.

What resonates in the consistent messaging is its simplicity but also its efforts to describe and promote Forest Park not just as a retail and restaurant destination but as a place to consider planting your family, as a strong community, as a place with genuine history and a hard-working ethic.

This is not Forest Park vamped up as trendy and chic.

It is a more organic, cool expression of our town in its many dimensions.

Good work by the chamber and good work by the village council in recognizing that the central tenet of marketing is to put out a consistent message over time.

We see Forest Park and there is a lot to value and appreciate and improve.

‘Welcoming’ when?

There’s such a thing as catching a moment when the movement comes calling at your door. The movement now is toward clear statements and supportive policies which make plain that Forest Park welcomes immigrants as neighbors. At a time when our national politics is actively hostile to immigrants and seeks to dehumanize and deport people, diverse towns such as Forest Park have the obligation and the opportunity to stand up for all people.

Forest Park’s village government leadership has tilted in the right direction, been cajoled in that direction and has given indications it would move on a Welcoming Village ordinance. And yet it hasn’t. The rewrite is stalled somewhere in the small bureaucracy of village hall. There’s the mayor, Anthony Calderone, there is the village attorney seemingly charged to do a rewrite, there are village commissioners who make supportive sounds but aren’t driving the car, there’s the village’s Diversity Commission which is, so far, the most direct in looking to forward a substantive effort on this issue.

It is too late to be first, or even early, on this issue. The goal now is not to be last and not to settle for a bland version of what needs to be a bold statement.

Moving into the Lewis-and-Clark zone

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our weeks ago, 75 Jews and 75 Muslims met together for three hours at the Islamic Center in Villa Park.

The event was called An Evening of Tzedakah-Sadaqah: Being a Muslim or Jewish Minority in Today’s America.

Strange bedfellows, you say?

The relationship began in 2015 when River Forest residents Syed Mohuddin Ahmed and his wife Nausheen Akhter did not want to drive all the way out to Villa Park to break the fast during Ramadan with friends. When the Oak Park Temple heard that their Muslim neighbors were looking for a space to accommodate a larger crowd than a living room could hold, they offered these Muslims the use of their hall.

The gathering on May 6 was the fourth time the two groups have gotten together, and by the way they greeted each other on entering the mosque you would think they were old friends.

In Hebrew Tzedakah means “charity.” According to Omer Mozaffar, a member of the Islamic Center, Sadaqah comes from the same Semitic root as does Tzedakah and means “making truth.”

The two groups were comfortable with each other, partly because they had discovered that they had a lot in common. They both trace their faith traditions back to Abraham. They share a history of being persecuted minorities in the U.S., and the adults in both congregations worry about their children losing their identities because of assimilating into American culture.

They were also comfortable in each other’s presence because Rabbi Max Weiss and his congregation were willing to move out of their comfort zone and into what I will call a “Lewis-and-Clark zone.” They discovered a good deal of overlap in their two traditions. Lewis and Clark, of course, were the leaders of what was called the Corps of Discovery Expedition, which traveled from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean between 1804 and 1806.

I’m sure that when they told their families about the adventure on which they intended to embark, their mothers responded, “Are you nuts?!”

That’s how mothers usually respond when their children, especially their adolescent and young adult children, want to leave the comfort zones of home and family and tradition — in other words the way we’ve always done things — and test what they are made of by spreading their wings and “driving new roads.”

Rabbi Weiss and members of Oak Park Temple were going against what we might call their maternal instincts by taking the risk of entering a somewhat unexplored territory in which there was no guarantee they would be comfortable — or even safe.

Most of you are aware that there is a welldocumented trend in this country for people to gravitate toward communities or lifestyle enclaves populated by those who look and, what’s more important, think like they do.

On the one hand, I get that. Syed Mohuddin Ahmed, Nausheen Akhter, and Rabbi Weiss have never been in my Lutheran Church, partly because their identity as well as their comfort is dependent on frequently congregating with people who believe more or less like they do.

So for Jews from Oak Park to venture out to the Islamic Center in Villa Park was a bit like a Lewis and Clark expedition. Thankfully, what each group discovered was that they had enough religious and cultural overlap, enough in common to “sing in harmony” even though they might be singing different notes.

Discovery expeditions don’t always have happy endings, of course. That’s why leaving our comfort zones is always a risk.

But here’s the thing: Because people are not only living in lifestyle enclaves but also clinging to the comfort of viewing the world from inside ideological bubbles, this country, this state and sometimes even this village experience varying degrees of polarization.

When I ask people to do something they don’t believe in or agree with — sign a pro-life or pro-choice petition for example — these days they often respond with “I’m not comfortable with that,” an amoral statement. “Comfort” is a word describing a feeling. It doesn’t belong to the realm of ethics, to language about right and wrong.

It’s a symptom of a drift in this culture away from the word “should” to individualized expressions of emotion, from ethics to psychology.

Maybe I’m being a bit counter-cultural in using the word “should” but I’ll use it anyway. All of us, I contend, should go on Lewis and Clark expeditions, away from our comfort zones, and experience unexplored cultural, religious and ideological territory. If it makes you uncomfortable, I daresay comfort has really little to do with it.

You should do it and do it regularly because 1) it will, as your parents would sometimes say, be good for you, and 2) our society desperately needs bridges instead of walls built along the borders of our comfort zones.

TOM

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Because people are not only

living in lifestyle enclaves but also clinging to the comfort of viewing the world from inside ideological bubbles, this country, this state and sometimes even this village experience varying degrees of polarization.

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Why is the Welcoming Resolution taking so long?

ince February of 2017, public comments at Monday night’s village council meetings (including the most recent one) and posts on various Forest Park Facebook pages have encouraged the village to pass a welcoming resolution. As weeks have turned into months, comments and posts have shifted, demanding to know why the process has been taking so long.

To address this mounting frustration, members of the community took action independently and held a Town Hall on the issue in May — during which the mayor announced he’d pass a resolution soon. Weeks have since passed and comments and posts have once again raised the question: “Why is it taking so long?”

The Diversity Commission hopes to help address this question by highlighting the process of drafting the resolution. Essentially, there have been three distinct phases of the process — pre-drafting, drafting, and postdrafting — in which the Diversity Commission participated. Throughout each of these phases, there has been continued back-and-forth between the chair of the Diversity Commission and the village council, the mayor, the village administrator, the village clerk, the various lawyers involved, the chief of police, and the public.

The following is a general overview of what transpired in these three phases:

as the group responsible for “vetting such an instrument” and that we should work toward a final version to be submitted to him for consideration by the village council.

■ For the remainder of the month, Nick Ardinger (member of the Diversity Commission), Mony, and I worked on an initial draft based on Oak Park’s strong ordinance, taking into account Forest Park’s status as a non-home rule community.

■ This initial draft process took nearly four weeks, as we had to become more familiar with non-home rule status and the intricacies of such resolutions and ordinances.

■ On March 14, I provided the mayor with the Diversity Commission’s final draft of the resolution. The mayor replied that he’d pass it along to the village’s attorney and looked forward to moving the process along.

KATE WEBSTER

Pre-drafting phase ■ In January 2017, Claudia Medina (Forest Park resident, board member of PASO-West Suburban Action Project, and District 209 school board member) reached out to the Diversity Commission and the mayor to find ways the village of Forest Park could best articulate that it is welcoming to diversity. This request was in response to a federal executive order on immigration and a sanctuary status movement across the nation.

■ At the February Diversity Commission meeting, we voted unanimously to support the process of putting together a draft of the Welcoming Village Resolution similar to Oak Park’s recently passed ordinance.

■ As the Diversity Commission chair, I connected with Mayor Calderone of Forest Park and received his approval to work with Mony Ruis-Velasco, executive director of PASO, to put together a draft resolution. In an email, the mayor replied that he’d envision the Diversity Commission

Drafting phase ■ On April 14, exactly a month later, after the mayor received the initial draft, I received the mayor’s revised draft for consideration by the Diversity Commission.

■ While not privy to all the reasons why there was a month’s delay, it seems the village council had two significant issues with the Diversity Commission’s original draft which included: ■ Strong calls for specific action that the Forest Park police not cooperate with ICE and federal immigration orders and not racially profile undocumented members of the community.

■ Assessing Forest Park’s risk of losing federal funds in accordance with an executive order blocking funds from sanctuary cities.

■ To address the village council’s issues, the Diversity Commission’s drafting committee and Mony suggested additional “whereas” sections to highlight what the Forest Park police already do when dealing with individuals in general around racial profiling and undocumented members of the community, and sent the resolution back to the mayor.

■ Community frustrations built on not being able to see the draft, raising concerns of a lack of transparency. The Diversity Commission was instructed by the mayor that the draft could not be shared with the public according to Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exemptions on drafts.

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Other community members disagreed stating that, according to FOIA, if a draft is part of a final document, it can be subject to disclosure.

■ Currently, the mayor has stated that the lawyer from PASO and the village attorney needed to work on it independently.

Post-drafting phase ■ Once the proposed resolution is finalized by the village attorney, it will be shared at a village council meeting and not acted on until a subsequent Council meeting.

■ During the two-week interval, community members can provide feedback to the mayor and commissioners.

We hope sharing the details of this process has been helpful. We hope that elaborating this process doesn’t seek to condemn or condone the comments and frustrations, merely to provide additional insight into the process.

Please let us know if you have further questions via email at diversity@forestpark.net or at our next Diversity Commission meeting on June 8.

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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.

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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

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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

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Christ Lutheran Church

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St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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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

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Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m.

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ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER PART-TIME Part-time Electrician’s Helper. Some experience required. Must have own transportation and some tools.

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HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT Packaging company located in Cicero, IL is looking for a full-time administrative support person to assist the Human Resources Department on personnel matters and assist with payroll processing.

Position works with both union and non-union personnel. We are looking for someone with the ability to successfully perform multiple tasks with strict deadlines; solid analytical skills and logical thought process with the ability to identify and resolve problems. Prefer Associates degree or BA in HR. Email CurtN@royalbox.com LEAD DEVELOPER TPP, LLC seeks Lead Developer.

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X-RAY TECHNOLOGIST GK Medical Management, Inc. seeks X-Ray Technologist. Mail resumes to: 8930 Waukegan Rd. #130, Morton Grove, IL

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FOR SALE BY OWNER 406 LATHROP RIVER FOREST Frame Construction Mixed Use - Commercial Residential Land Sq. Footage - 7,850 Building Sq. Footage - 1967 Selling As Is. Great for New Development $700,000 For Additional Information Call

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CITY RENTALS Augusta & Kildare: PERFECT FOR SENIORS A gorgeous 1-bedroom apt. large living room, and dining room, hardwood floors, in a beautifully landscaped & well maintained building, quite, safe & secure rent 700.00 incl. heat, appliances, and laundry room, for more information call 773-838-8471.

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.

CHURCH 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.

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Properties may be broker owned.

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RUMMAGE SALES Brookfield

RUMMAGE AND BAKE SALE CZECH MISSION CHURCH 9415 ROCHESTER AVE (1 Block S. of Ogden Ave. Corner of Deyo & Rochester) FRI 6/2 & SAT 6/3 FRI 6/9 & SAT 6/10 9AM-4PM

Oak Park

GARAGE SALE (alley) 1219 N. FOREST AVE SAT 6/3, 8 AM–3 PM (rain date 6/4, 8-2)

Clothing, housewares, books and much more!

Something for everyone. Kitchen items, furniture (head board, file cab...) china, men’s/women’s clothes, holiday decs, books, education materials, sports, Spanish learning books/CDs, jewelry, garden items (pots,hoses), computer speakers & stereo speakers, room fans, tools, shelving, much more!

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HUGE CHURCH RUMMAGE SALE Grace Lutheran Church 7300 Division St. FRI JUNE 9 9A-6P SAT JUNE 10 8A-1P Collectibles, Toys, Furniture, Antiques, Bicycles, Vintage, Jewelry, Electronics, Clothing, Books, Seasonal and much more.

GARAGE/YARD SALES Elmwood Park

GARAGE SALE 2435 N 79TH AVE FRI 6/2 4PM-8PM SAT 6/3 8:3PAM-3PM SUN 6/4 12PM-3PM

Treasures for everyone! Electric tools, many still in the box. Loads of craft supplies. Dishes, linens, toys, clothes and more!

Forest Park

YARD SALE 547 MARENGO FRI-SAT-SUN 6/2, 6/3, 6/4 9AM TO 5PM

LONG-TIME COLLECTORS’ ANNUAL DOWN-SIZING SALE, PART 2 Many high-quality items vat reasonable prices. Highlights: fine china, silver, crystal, linens. Some furniture, some antiques, small appliances & kitchen gadgets. Some art, collectibles. Some garden items.

Much too much to list!

NO EARLY BIRDS. Oak Park

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GARAGE/YARD SALES

BLOCK SALE 600 BLK S WESLEY SAT JUN 3 9AM TO 2PM ONE DAY ONLY! We have everything!

AWESOME BLOCK SALE! 600 BLK N RIDGELAND SAT 6/3 8AM TO NOON

7+ families are participating in our first ever block sale from our front yards & driveways. Also check out the alley of 600 N Ridgeland & Elmwood for more sales in the alley including a plant sale. A tween at 614 N. Ridgeland is doing a charity diaper collection this day too so please consider a donation to that.

Ample street parking. No early birds.

Weather permitting.

ITEMS FOR SALE SEWING BAKING AND CRAFT ITEMS Bolts and bolts of fabric; Boxes upon boxes of sewing notions; Hundreds of cake pedestals and cake platters; Hundreds of very nice and unique baskets.

Call 708-912-7146

WANTED TO BUY WANTED MILITARY ITEMS: Helmets, medals, patches, uniforms, weapons, flags, photos, paperwork, Also toy soldiers-lead plastic-other misc. toys.

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LOST & FOUND LOST: FEMALE CALICO CAT Escaped from home on the 700 block of Highland Ave, Oak Park.

Last seen on the evening of Monday, May 22.

She is mostly white on her belly and legs with black/orange on the top of her head and running down her back to her tail. She has a beige patch on her chin.

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AUTOS FOR SALE 2007 FORD FOCUS WAGON 2007 Ford Focus SE Wagon. Clean straight car. No rust or body damage. Everything works. $4800.

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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.

In re the marriage of Olalere Adeleye, Petitioner and Abidemi Monsurat Rufai, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-000893.

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 June 19, 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.

Published in Wednesday Journal 5/17, 5/24, 5/31/2017

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LAW OFFICE OF LINDA EPSTEIN Attorney for Petitioner 722 W. Diversey Parkway Ste. 101B Chicago, IL 60614

LAW OFFICE OF LINDA EPSTEIN Attorney for Petitioner 722 W. Diversey Parkway Ste. 101B Chicago, IL 60614

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ssCircuit Court of Cook County, County Department Domestic Relations Division

STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ssCircuit Court of Cook County, County Department Domestic Relations Division

In re the Marriage of Miroslav Milosavljev, Petitioner, and Vera Sheleft, Respondent.

In re the Marriage of Emelia Ortega, Petitioner, and Fayyaz Muhammad Malik, Respondent.

No. 17 D 004428

No. 17 D 004426

The requisite affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, VERA SHELEFT, 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.

The requisite affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, FAYYAZ MUHAMMAD MALIK, 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, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before June 19, 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.

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, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before June 19, 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 BROWN, Clerk.

DOROTHY BROWN, Clerk.

Published in Wednesday Journal 5/24, 5/31, 6/7/2017.

Published in Wednesday Journal 5/24, 5/31, 6/7/2017.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County.

Registration Number: D17150778 on May 9, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of TIEUP COMPANY with the business located at: 326 EAST AVENUE, LAGRANGE, IL 60525. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: JACK H. SNOW 326 EAST AVE. LA GRANGE, IL 60525

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17150774 on May 9, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of JTE ENTERPRISES with the business located at: 7736 MONROE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: GREGORY MITCHELL 7736 MONROE FOREST PARK, IL 60130

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Published in Forest Park Review 5/17, 5/24, 5/31/2017

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LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION FOR REQUEST FOR QUOTATION (RFQ)

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THE VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE IS ACCEPTING SEALED QUOTATIONS FOR: DEMOLITION OF THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING AT 2710 HARLEM AVENUE And PRE-DEMOLITION ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AT 2710 HARLEM AVENUE Quotations shall be submitted in the manner specified to the Village of Riverside Community Development Department, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546 until 2:00 PM on June 12, 2017. The Village of Riverside is accepting sealed quotations for demolition and removal of all structures on the site including foundations, slabs, and parking lots/driveways. Structures include an approximately 2,780-square foot masonry building. The Village is also accepting sealed quotations from Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) licensed asbestos abatement contractors for pre-demolition removal of ACM at 2710 Harlem Avenue. A Site Work PRE-BID Inspection will be held Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 10:00 AM. Meet at 2710 Harlem Avenue, Riverside, Illinois. For questions and to receive a copy of either RFQ please contact: Sean McLellan Deigan & Associates, LLC Environmental Consultant to Village 847-578-5000 email: smclellan@ deiganassociates.com The Village of Riverside reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive technicalities and accept or reject any offer based on the determination of the Village’s best interest.

Published in RB Landmark 5/31/2017

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: D17150787 on May 9, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of JONERSON BUSINESS SERVICES with the business located at: P.O. BOX 34706, CHICAGO, IL 60634. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: TERESA B JONES 2919 N. MULLIGAN AVE CHIAGO, IL 60634 Published in Wednesday Journal 5/17, 5/24, 5/31/2017

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 Derrick Robinson,Petitioner and Sheila Hubbert-Robinson Respondent, Case No. 2017D-003416.

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 June 19, 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.

Published in Wednesday Journal 5/24, 5/31, 6/7/2017

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday June 19th 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, the Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a Public Hearing to consider the following: 1.Variation from Section 9-3B-3-B1 and other such variations as may be needed to build a single family dwelling on an empty lot.

On the following legally described property: LOT 2 IN CHERRYFIELD’S PLAT OF SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK 18 IN RAILROAD ADDITION TO HARLEM, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE WEST ¶ 1/2 OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Common: 135 Des Plaines, Forest Park IL 60130 PIN: 15-12-415-023-0000 The property owner is: JP Props Inc. Signed: Austin Zimmer Zoning Board of Appeals Published in Forest Park Review 5/31/2017

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, -v.ANITA A. COCROFT A/K/A ANITA ANN COCROFT, TD BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO TARGET NATIONAL BANK F/K/A RETAILERS NATIONAL BANK Defendants 16 CH 6352 608 SOUTH 12TH AVENUE Maywood, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 29, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 30, 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 608 SOUTH 12TH AVENUE, Maywood, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-10-424-0260000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $216,984.42.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 16-079444.

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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est bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance 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. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. 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 11928.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

McCalla Raymer Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BAN OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE SAMI II TRUST 2005-AR4, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-AR4 Plaintiff, -v.CURT R WALKSLER, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 11 CH 18280 1023 MARENGO AVENUE Forest Park, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 25, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on June 15, 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 1023 MARENGO AVENUE, Forest Park, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-421-0290000; 15-13-421-030-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the high-

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 11928 Attorney Code. 60489 Case Number: 11 CH 18280 TJSC#: 37-4435 I721688 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CALIBER HOME LOANS, INC.; Plaintiff, vs.

REGINALD WALKER; RHONDA WALKER; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; THE CITY OF CHICAGO; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 14 CH 13870 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, July 6, 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: Commonly known as 1012 South 12th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153.

P.I.N. 15-15-204-015.

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

For information call Mr. Eric Malnar at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A., 233 South Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60606. (312) 566-0040.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I722436 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BMO HARRIS BANK N.A. Plaintiff, -v.CARMICHAEL E. WASHINGTON, OAK PARK PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 16 CH 011262 420 S. HOME AVENUE UNIT #101N OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 7, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 14, 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 420 S. HOME AVENUE UNIT #101N, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-324-0331001.

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 14-16-10501.

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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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-OA5 TRUST Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT S. GOLDFINE, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, STATE OF ILLINOIS Defendants 2014 CH 0005062 906 COLUMBIAN AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on April 11, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on July 12, 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 906 COLUMBIAN AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-227-011.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. 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 14-15-13908.

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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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 Wednesday, July 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 I722347

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