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2022 budget calls for finishing projects Village hopes to offset deficit with federal stimulus funds

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Forest Park’s budget for Fiscal Year 2022, which began on May 1, 2021 and will end in April 30, 2022, is expected to have a $3.67 million deficit, but the village is hoping to offset some of that with the money from the last COVID-19 federal stimulus package.

The village expects to get around $1.69 million in American Rescue Plan Act, stimulus funding. The funding can be used to cover health-related excess, address economic impacts from the pandemic, fill in gaps in public sector revenue and invest in water, sewer and broadband infrastructure. Forest Park has until Dec. 31, 2024 to commit the funds, and the village plans to use it to cover the eligible expenses over the next few years.

The village uses what Village Administrator Moses Amidei described as an “appropriations-based budget,” with the appropriations ordinance setting the maximum amount the village can spend and the budget document acting as a less formal blueprint. The village council unanimously adopted the appropriations ordinance during its July 26 meeting.

While the village projected an over $6.86 million deficit for last fiscal year’s budget, it ended Fiscal Year 2021 with a $1.38 million surplus through a combination of better-than-expected revenues and postponing some capital projects. The FY2022 budget assumes that tax revenues will continue See BUDGET on page 4

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HEADING HOME

Thunder’s Chris Miller rounds third base during a game against Chicago Dynasty in the No Glove Nationals 16-inch softball tournament at the Park District of Forest Park last weekend.

Crystal Car Wash expansion plan adds fuel to noise concerns

Glinke has urged neighbors, business to resolve issue

By IGOR STUDENKOV Contributing Reporter

Crystal Car Wash, 901 S. Harlem Ave., plans to expand onto the nearby lot at 834 S. Harlem Ave. and that is raising concerns from some neighbors who say that the car wash is already mak-

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ing too much nose.

According to Section 5-2-4C of the Forest Park municipal code, businesses can’t “engage in a business or occupation” that “causes noise to disturb the peace and quiet of the neighborhood between the hours of six o’clock (6) p.m. and seven o’clock (7) a.m.” Crystal Car Wash’s vacuums currently run until the business closes at 9 p.m. However, that provision doesn’t apply to any businesses that existed before the restriction was put in place.

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Keeping the memory of ‘Big Jim’ Horan alive

f you haven’t visited the Fire Museum of Greater Chicago, you’re missing an important piece of local history. The museum houses antique rigs and artifacts and is located in a former firehouse at 5218 S. Western.

Our family recently donated a portrait of my great-grandfather, Fire Marshal James Horan, who was killed with 20 other firemen on Dec. 22, 1910.

It was the darkest day in department history, when a 6-story wall fell on the men, while they were battling a blaze in the Union Stockyards. The museum displays banner newspaper headlines of the tragedy and photographs of the victims. Horan’s portrait now occupies a prominent spot in this display.

The portrait is a re-creation of the original, which hung in the office of Charles Comiskey, founder of the Chicago White Sox. Comiskey and Horan grew up together on the West Side. Comiskey went on to a career in baseball, while Horan quickly rose to become the head of the fire department at the age of 47.

A third boyhood friend, Fred Busse, was mayor of Chicago when Horan was killed.

Busse reportedly wept when he heard the news. It also devastated Comiskey, who had built Comiskey Park that same year.

A book titled, Shadows of Chicago, by Chicago firefighter Matt Drew chronicles the friendship and careers of these three remarkable men.

After Comiskey died in 1931, his family gave Horan’s portrait to my grandmother, Margaret Horan Conerty. Unfortunately, the portrait had been damaged. In 1969, my

uncle, Joe Conerty, commissioned an artist to recreate Horan’s portrait. She relied on the old portrait, plus drawings and photographs from the Chicago Historical Society.

My cousin John Conerty and I met at the museum on July 24 to present it. Our visit coincided with an open house at the museum. These are held on the last Saturday of each month, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and typically attract 30-45 visitors.

We received a warm welcome from the retired firemen and staff.

The alarm was rung to summon them for the presentation. The museum’s president, Phil Little, was on hand to accept the gift. Phil’s father, Ken Little, had helped found the museum. Ken also cowrote six books on the history of the CFD. Phil is justly proud of the beautifully restored facility. I first saw the former firehouse when the city leased it to the museum in 2011 for a dollar a year. It was a wreck! The single-bay firehouse had been built in 1916 and remained active until 1973.

After it closed, vandals and vagrants broke in and destroyed the interior. They ripped out plumbing fixtures, causing the basement to fill with water.

Volunteers raised over $25,000 to restore

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YES, THOSE MOHRS This photo, of Henry J. Mohr residence at 447 Marengo was taken circa 1900, in what was then known as Harlem. Note the wood plank sidewalk and side dirt road. In the rear left of the photo, is the Carney cherry orchard. The barn in the time of the photo at the rear of the house was used to house the horses of the Fire Department and Mr. Mohr’s oil wagon.

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the floors and install new ceilings. Firemen also volunteered their time and expertise to perform much of the restoration. They made the ground floor presentable, before attacking the second floor.

The second floor has been converted into a research center, containing countless books and publications on fire department history. They don’t just cover CFD history.

They have archives on fire departments in the five collar counties. I reviewed their

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binder on the Forest Park Fire Department, which contains historic photos and articles I had never seen before.

Jack Connors, the museum’s secretary, wishes more suburban fire departments would visit the museum. Current fire personnel would be blown away by the vintage vehicles and equipment. They are positively primitive compared to today’s apparatus.

They can also view the handsome visage of “Big Jim” Horan. Now that I know the Comiskey connection, I understand why I became a Sox fan.

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Post-pandemic adjustments from page 1

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Crystal Car Wash on Harlem Avenue in Forest Park. (Below) The vacant home at the northwest corner of Lexington and Harlem.

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Noise concerns from page 1 Steve Glinke, Forest Park’s director of building, planning and zoning, said that Premier Car Wash, occupied the lot before Crystal Car Wash was grandfathered in. If the property was abandoned for more than 180 days, the nonconforming use would’ve lapsed, but since that never happened, Crystal Car Wash inherited it.

Glinke said the village has heard the complaints “loud and clear,” but they don’t have many options. In the past, he has encouraged Rembos and the neighbors to work it out on their own.

“It’s often difficult to reconcile conflicts under the municipal code when non-conformities exist throughout this mature and densely built community,” he said. “Forest Park is not a one-size-fits-all community forcing case by case evaluations in order to encourage development while maintaining the quiet enjoyment of our neighborhoods.”

Glinke said that, since the northern expansion is on a different lot, it isn’t grandfathered in, so the car wash would need to apply for zoning relief to put in more vacuums. The process would require a public hearing, and Glinke said he believed that any concerns residents have would be sorted out as part of the process.

Neil Rembos, of Chicago, bought Premier Car Wash in May 2017. He spent the next year and a half renovating the car wash.

“I really looked at the area and I felt the people of Forest Park deserved a higher quality car wash that had an emphasis on affordability, and that’s why I built an over $5 million dollar facility,” he told the Review at the time. “It’s a massive improvement in this area with state-of-the-art equipment, self-vacuum stations, many, many tools.”

Even with the changes, the use was the same as before. According to section 9-9-4D of the village municipal code, the non-conforming property must be abandoned for a least 180

days in order to be subject to the current zoning regulations. Glinke said that, while the car wash wasn’t open during the renovations, it was never abandoned altogether. And since it remains non-conforming, it’s not violating the municipal code.

Glinke said Forest Park supports Crystal Car Wash’s expansion plans, since it would improve the northwest corner of Harlem Avenue and Lexington Street which is currently a dilapidated house. It could also allow the car wash to address the noise complaints, he said.

Glinke the car wash plans to build more vacuums on the recently acquired lot – something that will require village approval.

“The owner will be required to submit an application for zoning relief, which means a public hearing before the Zoning Board of Appeals and ratification of their recommendation by the full Village Council,” Glinke said.

He said that Rembos hasn’t submitted the plans, and the hearing can’t be scheduled until that happens.

The Zoning Board of Appeals meets every third Monday of the month. Unless a special meeting is scheduled, the earliest the hearing can take place is Aug. 16. Glinke said the

hearing would be an opportunity to address residents’ concerns, both about what’s already there and what the addition would bring. “[We] believe the pending public hearing will allow critical resident input regarding existing and proposed conditions,” he said.

“We’re hopeful this exercise will temper these complaints and welcome the improvement of what is arguably a disastrous eyesore across the street.”

to recover while making more conservative projections on fines and fees. Most appropriations are set at a higher level.

As Amidei explained during the meeting, they wanted to have wiggle room just in case the revenue is higher than expected.

The budget has two major priorities: resuming many infrastructure projects that were delayed due to the pandemic and replacing the aging vehicle fleet. As part of the appropriations ordinance, the village agreed to reserve revenue from fines and penalties to cover police vehicle replacement and revenue from the Forest Park’s Motor Fuel Tax to replace other village vehicles.

The budget calls for 19 % increase in overall expenditures in the General Fund, which covers most day-to-day expenses, spending around $14.86 million.

The appropriations are set at $29.27 million.

Most of the increase is due to regularly scheduled salary increases, many of which were paused in 2020 during the pandemic, as well as the fact that many departments are returning to full staffing. Police and Fire plan to replace one vehicle each, Streets Department plans to buy a replacement pickup truck, and the Department of Public Property is budgeting $190,000 to buy a new salt truck. The village also plans to replace Forest Park Community Center’s HVAC system and is applying for federal grants to buy more firefighter radios and police body cameras and dash cameras.

The village will set up dedicated funds to replace more municipal vehicles.

The funding for the vehicles, other than emergency service vehicles, would come from the local share of the Motor Fuel Tax, which took effect on June 1, 2020.

It brought in $147,160 in FY2021 and is expected to bring in $381,745 in FY2022 — the same amount as the village appropriated. The funding for replacing police vehicles will come from a portion of the fines and penalties. While the village is expected to get $146,553 in fines during FY2022, the appropriation reserves only $76,550 of that. Forest Park will also use the previously collected $110,644 that hasn’t been spent yet.

According to the village’s budget documents, last year’s revenue estimates were conservative due to the expected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The village got 1.7% more in property taxes than expected. Over the past few years, the state took around 10-15% of the tax revenue it collected on the municipalities’ behalf as a processing fee, but it didn’t impose the fee in 2020 and 2021, which brought in extra $229,980 in FY2021. Since the allocations are based on the latest census data and 2020 census data is still being processed, it’s not clear how much For-

est Park will get in FY2022.

The village expects the revenues to continue to increase as the economy recovers, with the budget assuming a 2.4% increase in property tax revenue and a 5.5% increase in revenues as the village’s portion of state taxes.

The village’s revenue from utility and franchise taxes, which include landlines, phones and cable television, had been declining before the pandemic, and the FY2022 budget assumes that the trend will continue. While Forest Park can impose a tax on streaming services, which the village estimates would bring in around $32,000, the village decided against it this year.

The village is still waiting to receive $34,422 in FEMA reimbursements for pandemic-related expenses. The deadline for those grants has been extended to September 2021, but in the meantime, staff has been tracking expenses that might also be eligible for reimbursement.

Outside the general fund, the village plans to use the water fund on projects that were delayed last year due to concerns about revenues — $100,000 will be used to upgrade the Jackson Pumping Station, and it also plans to do various water main, and water and sewer improvements. Forest Park will create a village-wide camera system, with 70% of the costs covered through Tax Increment Financing (TIF) district funding, and the rest coming from federal grants and the police fund.

When a TIF is created, the amount of money taxing bodies collect is frozen, and any tax increases get deposited into a TIF funds. All three Forest Park TIFs ended FY2021 with a loss, with the Roosevelt/Hannah TIF and Roosevelt Road Corridor TIF collecting 38% and 36% of expected property tax revenue, respectively.

Brown Street Station TIF, which includes the CTA railyard and nearby residential areas near Harlem Avenue, will expire in 2013. The money is budgeted for improvements of the Metra/CTA viaduct near Harlem Avenue, as well as for the north water tower painting project, which is being held up due to legal issues. The TIF had a year-end balance of around $3.72 million, and the FY2022 budget projects a loss of around $1.18 million The Roosevelt/Hannah TIF, which includes most of the Forest Park Plaza mall, would be used to help fund the South Area Sewer Separation Project, as well as toward the south water tower rehabilitation. The TIF had around $3.67 million at the end of FY2021, but the budget projects a $73,728 loss for FY2022.

The Roosevelt Road TIF, which runs along Roosevelt Road north of the Forest Park Plaza, ended FY2021 with a $1.16 million balance, but FY2022 budget projects a $185,710 loss.

Other than contributing to the South Area Sewer Separation Project, the budget doesn’t allocate the funding for any specific project.

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SHRED IT AND FORGET IT! Saturday, September 11, 2021 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon

Forest Park Bank, the locally owned and managed community bank, is pleased to continue the tradition of sponsoring the Annual FREE Sensitive Document Shredding Event in its Madison Street parking lot.

The Bank has, again, engaged a professional shredding service to shred your sensitive documents with an industrial shredder—while you watch.

Forest Park Bank and Forest Park Police Department personnel will be on site to discuss identity security issues, including ways to protect your identity and what to do if you become a victim of identity theft or financial scams.

You may bring up to two 12” X 12” X 18” boxes of documents to be shred at no charge.

Three-ring notebooks and binders with large metal rings cannot be shredded. Staples are allowed.

If you have questions about this event, please call Don Offermann at 708 222 2836.

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Habraé brings sweet treats to Forest Park Thai desserts offer new tastes and textures to Madison Street

By MELISSA ELSMO Oak Park Eats Editor

Berwyn residents, Ussanee Sanmmueangchin, known to all as Au (pronounced “oo”), and her husband Jumpol Prasitporn, known as Jump, are inviting the community to explore the delicious world of Thai sweets at Habraé, 7230 Madison St. in Forest Park.

“When I met her, she couldn’t even make rice and I had a rice cooker,” laughed Prasitporn. “But now Au puts her mind to making Thai desserts in the way that respects homestyle recipes. I am so proud.”

The couple met when Sanmmueangchin, an account executive in Thailand, came to Chicago to study English. Looking for a place to stay led her to a spare room for rent in Prasitporn’s Berwyn home. Homesickness left her craving a simple Thai dessert — black beans in coconut milk over sticky rice. The rich and creamy concoction was hard to come by in the area but proved to be simple to make for the amateur cook.

She continued to recreate Thai desserts in Prasitporn’s kitchen challenging herself to master more complicate recipes.

Despite the fact that love was blossoming between the roommates, she returned to Thailand to take classes at UFM Baking & Cooking School in Bangkok. The couple maintained their relationship while she learned the valuable Thai and French cooking techniques. In 2018, the couple traded in their long-distance relationship for wedding banns and set a goal of opening a Thai sweet shop.

“After I finished school, when I would make desserts and my friends would try them, they would say it was good and they wanted to buy them,” said Sanmmueangchin. “I knew I was ready to open the shop after that.”

The couple explored several properties before settling on the Forest Park location.

They were drawn to the open-mindedness of residents both locally and in the surrounding communities. The owners undertook a 16-month renovation to bring the space to life, and design elements in the café are inspired by open-air Thai markets. In fact, the word Habraé refers to a merchant who carries homemade goods to market in a basket known as a hab.

Today, slices of airy pandan chiffon cake, purple-hued sibling steamed buns, and char-

Photos: Melissa Elsmo

Above, a quartet of sibling steamed buns in Ube (purple sweet potato), Kabocha (squash), Taro, and Thai banana.

Right, top and bottom, layered and steamed Khonom Chan. coal puddings beckon customers as they enter Habraé. Colorful khanom chan are molded into delicate floral shapes and arranged in dainty boxes behind the counter.

The jelly-like cakes can be enjoyed chilled or warmed and should separate into layers with ease.

“Children like to pull them apart, so they are fun to eat,” said Prasitporn. “If the cakes

Habraé, located at 7230 Madison St., is designed to evoke Thai open air markets.

Ussanee Sanmmueangchin and her husband Jumpol Prasitporn welcome customers into their Madison Street sweet shop.

don’t separate when you pull them, it means they have too much flour in them.”

Sanmmueangchin has an arsenal of approximately 50 sweets she plans to rotate in and out of Habraé’s menu. She currently features 16 sweets per day, but the menu is fluid for the moment as the couple waits to see what treats resonate most with customers.

Since opening on July 8, salted egg pastries have proven to be a popular choice. The smooth and creamy egg filling is a quintessential element in Thai desserts. When served in steamed buns, called Buddy Buns, the filling becomes molten and appeals to Asian visitors, but she also offers the salted egg filling in a croissant. Habraé’s salted egg croissant is a decadent, butter-laden pastry that appeals to American palates.

Though Sanmmueangchin and Prasitporn have plans to introduce savory street food elements to Habraé’s menu, the focus will always remain on sweets. Some of the recipes she uses are 400 years old. The couple is eager to share their culture and educate newcomers about the sweets they have brought to Forest Park.

“We would really like Americans to know more about these desserts,” said Sanmmueangchin. “Thai restaurants are mostly savory, and we think Thai desserts can be a very special thing in this town.”

Habraé is currently open Tuesday through Sunday from 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Follow Habraé on Facebook to stay up to date on daily and weekly specials.

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Family sues Forest Park, Oak Park police in death of suspect in custody Police don’t comment, family says dashcam video is proof

By STACEY SHERIDAN Staff Reporter

The family of a man who died last August after being apprehended by police for a traffic violation has filed a misconduct lawsuit against the Oak Park and Forest Park police departments.

Filed July 19 in the Circuit Court of Cook County, the complaint alleges that 27-year-old Dajuan Gates exhibited multiple symptoms of an obvious medical emergency while being detained but police sought no medical attention despite being within 60 feet of the emergency room at Rush Oak Park Hospital, allegedly resulting in his preventable death.

“It is the primary responsibility of a police officer to protect the wellbeing of the citizens in custody,” said attorney Dan Kotin, of Tomasik, Kotin, Kasserman LLC, the firm representing Gates’ family.

Kotin told Wednesday Journal, Gates was suffering from hyperthermia caused by an overdose of PCP combined with the agitation of being detained, which resulted in his overheating.

“Then over the course of 20 minutes, his organs began to shut down,” said Kotin.

Representatives from the two police departments provided little in the way of comment but shared that neither department was aware of the filing.

“We have not been served as of yet, which means our attorney has not reviewed the lawsuit,” said Forest Park Police Chief Tom Aftanas.

“For those reasons as well as the fact that the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit has not completed their investigation I can’t comment at this time.”

Oak Park spokesman David Powers said the village could not comment on matters relating to pending litigation as a matter of policy.

The police incident in question occurred the afternoon of Aug. 22, 2020 when a Forest Park police officer pursued Gates at approximately 4:12 p.m. after observing him drive through a stop sign without coming to a complete stop, according to the complaint.

“Then Dajuan made his only mistake, which was being afraid of police, and he ran,” Kotin said.

Eight minutes later, Gates was handcuffed for the traffic violation by an Oak Park police officer, the complaint states, with his arms behind his back on the southwest corner of Madison Street and Maple Avenue in Oak Park. He remained in that position for the next 21 minutes according to Kotin.

Between “4:20 and 4:22 p.m., while in control of Oak Park and/or Forest Park police officers, DAJUAN GATES became unresponsive, and could not stand or sit up,” the complaint reads.

Instead of taking him to the emergency

room, the complaint states officers put Gates in the back of a Forest Park police vehicle, ignored his condition and taunted him, saying, “Don’t play these dramatic games,” and, “You’re being a pain in the ass.”

“Everything that’s in the complaint is verifiable down to the minute based on the dashcam,” Kotin said.

Wednesday Journal has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to obtain the police dashcam footage from Aug. 22.

At 4:27 p.m., a Forest Park officer drove an unresponsive and handcuffed Gates approximately 60 feet into the driveway of the Rush Oak Park Hospital Emergency Department, according to the complaint, which stated that Gates’ speech was incomprehensible and slurred and he was unable to lift his head or sit upright.

The complaint argues that paramedics arrived to assess Gates at 4:41 p.m., but earlier medical intervention would have saved his life.

“Paramedics will testify that by the time they got to Dajuan, he was essentially brain dead in the back of the car in full cardiac arrest,” Kotin said.

Gates was put on life support but died the following day, leaving behind five children, the youngest of which had not yet been born. His family is seeking in excess of $50,000 in damages from the two police departments, but Kotin said his firm believes the damages are worth far more.

“Hopefully, the lawsuit will provide some accountability for what happened and offer some compensation for these kids because there’s nothing else that our system can do to help right a wrong.”

WHAT HAPPENED?: (Top) Dajuan Gates with his children. (Above) Dashcam video shows officers placing Gates on the curb.

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New pastor ordained at St. Paul Thai Lutheran Church David Mercurio joined congregation 8 years ago.

Now its pastor

By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

(Editor’s note: Tom Holmes is a Lutheran minister and former pastor of St. Paul’s. He was one of several ministers who took part in this service.)

When Bishop Yehiel Curry (ELCA Metro Chicago Synod) laid his hands on David Mercurio during the ordination service Sunday at St. Paul Thai Lutheran Church, he was helping write the latest chapter of the congregation’s creative history.

St. Paul Thai was born over 30 years ago

pinas and one Korean. He will be joined this fall by Ajahn Golf who will serve as a parttime associate pastor at St. Paul Thai during the months he is not ministering in Thailand.

The congregation has never had a fulltime pastor, in large part because they could not afford one. The ELCA website states that a full compensational package for a pastor right out of seminary these days is $64,712. Mercurio like Pongsak before him will be bi-vocational, receiving most of his income from his job as a banker.

When Mercurio joined the congregation eight years ago, becoming a Lutheran pastor was not even on his radar. His motivation for joining was finding a faith community for his wife Piyamat who grew up in the Esarn region of Thailand. One thing, as they say, led to another. When Mercurio asked Pongsak about the possibility of doing some volunteer work in his wife’s home area,

three times a year and a lot of online learning in between.

Mercurio worked with an experienced mentor during the time of his formation as a way of learning from the mentor’s his concrete experiences in the congregation.

After their retirement, Pongsak and Monta plan to spend six to nine months in Thailand where they have family and many ministries with which they have remained con-

Photos courtesy Metro Chicago Synod

HANDS ON: Bishop Yehiel Curry ordains David Mercurio.

Mercurio in new pastor at St. Paul Thai Lutheran. nected over their 33-year sojourn in Chicago.

With his retirement imminent, Pongsak has been thinking of his legacy.

■ Many years as the Director for Asian Ministry at ELCA headquarters.

■ Leaving St. Paul Thai with healthy financial reserves. as a small gathering of first-generation immigrants from Thailand who met in the neighborhood around Wrigley Field to worship in their native “heart” language. Rev. Pongsak Limthongviratn joined them when he and his wife Monta came to Chicago 1989, and he agreed to serve as their part-time pastor for what he thought would be just a few years during the time he would be working on his Ph.D. Mercurio’s ordination Sunday is emblematic of how much the faith community has changed over those three decades while still holding on to its core identity as a Thai church.

Mercurio is a farang (Thai word for a white Westerner) who is replacing the Rev. Dr. Pongsak as the lead pastor in a congregation now composed of Thais, whites, Blacks, Fili-

Pongsak countered with, “Have you thought about becoming an ordained pastor?”

Pongsak knew that he and Monta, who is also a minister in the Thai church, would be retiring in a few years and was on the lookout for someone to replace him.

That unexpected invitation led to Mercurio starting his participation in the ELCA TEEM (Theological Education for Emerging Ministries) Program in the summer of 2017.

On Sunday -- after 16 courses, 10 workshops, and a 6-month internship as a chaplain intern at Bethany Methodist Hospital & Nursing Home — he completed with his ordination the first leg of his pastoral journey.

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■ A congregation whose budget has grown from $5,000 in 1990 to between $136,000 and $156,000 nowadays.

■ A congregation that has never had a full-time pastor for 20 years yet is vibrant and missional.

■ Brought 17 interns from Thailand, each spending six-month time in Chicago. Number 18 is about to come in September.

■ Partially supported nine PhD students from Thailand, six of whom are still teaching in different seminaries in Thailand.

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■ A small ethnic Thai congregation that has sent over $1.2 million as mission support to many countries.

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There are many aspects to this role and so we are looking for a special individual who sees the interconnectivity and finds the possibilities invigorating (and, yes, sometimes a little overmuch).

Our candidate will have a passion for community journalism and the technology skills to lead (push) a long-time print focused newsroom into the light of digital first storytelling.

We also seek a curious person excited to help create a nonprofit community journalism model that is sustaining and builds storytelling growth and the methods of telling those stories. And, also, yes, to advertising and sponsorships, to video and podcasts, to improving the funnel of new readers and members, to using analytics to grow readership and drive monetization.

Maintaining and expanding the technology we use to reach readers and connect them to sponsors and advertisers is vital. We have newly remade websites for our four flags using a WordPress platform backed

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Growing Community Media deliver critical breaking newsletters to our 12,000 subscribers – newsletters which incorporate ads and sponsors and convert readers into members/donors. Our social media reach is growing. How do we maximize its impact? How do we best serve ads to readers and track the data that will be compelling to those sponsors.

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Development and Sales Coordinator Growing Community Media is seeking an enthusiastic and versatile marketer to be an integral member of both our development and sales teams for our independent nonprofit community newsroom. This cross functional role will help create and implement our pioneering blended advertising and philanthropic revenue model to fund the ongoing work of Growing Community Media. Our candidate will have strong marketing and customer service skills, the ability to communicate clearly, be organized and attentive to detail, and able to work efficiently under deadline pressure. You will use your ability to work both independently and as part of cross-functional teams. Your technical skills should include proficiency with MS Office and Google Workspace.

Familiarity with Google Ad Manager and WordPress are a plus. If you appreciate local community journalism and want to play a part in ensuring the Austin Weekly News, Wednesday Journal, Forest Park Review and RB Landmark remain vibrant sources of hyperlocal news, send your resume to email@ growingcommunitymedia.org.

Editor/Lead reporter Growing Community Media, an independent non-profit community news publisher, is hiring a full-time editor/lead reporter for our Forest Park Review.

You will be reporting on village government, local public elementary and high schools, business and community life.

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We are looking for a person who loves community journalism and sees its power and its storytelling connections in an engaged community. Bring your energy and ideas, strong

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Give advice, get in a fight

Forest Park police issued seven people local ordinance citations for public fighting after officers from the village, and from Oak Park and River Forest responded to break up a large fight in the street involving people who had just left O’Sullivan’s Public House, 7244 Madison St., on July 17 at about 1:50 a.m.

The brawl reportedly started when a 28-year-old Forest Park woman told a 24-year-old Chicago woman, who was exiting the bar with a separate group, “You probably shouldn’t drive.”

The statement angered the Chicago woman who allegedly pushed the Forest Park woman and tried to take a swing at her. The Forest Park woman allegedly then punched the other woman, touching off a melee that involved two Chicago men, ages 27 and 41; two other Chicago women, ages 29 and 39; and a 27-year-old Forest Park man.

Police issued the 24-year-old Chicago woman a second citation for public intoxication.

Theft suspect charged Forest Park police charged a 59-year-old Chicago man with misdemeanor retail theft after the Cook County State’s Attorney decline to charge him with a felony after he allegedly walked out of Walmart, 1300 Desplaines Ave., with a shopping cart containing electronic products and other items on July 19 at about 8:55 p.m.

Among the items were three Vizio V-Series 2.1 home theater sound bars, each valued at about $130.

According to the police report, another offender, who eluded arrest, walked out of the emergency doors of the west side of Walmart and met there with the man police were able to apprehend. Both men fled east, chased by store employees toward the Bulk Mail Center at 7500 Roosevelt Road.

The employees were able to recover the shopping cart and police detained one of the offenders nearby. Police later recovered one of the Vizio sound bars hidden behind a dumpster.

Police noted that the man they arrested had 10 previous convictions for retail theft.

Wanted on warrants A 21-year-old Forest Park woman wanted on two active warrants out of Indiana was taken into custody by Forest Park police on July 19 after someone called 911 to report two people carrying guns running into a house in the 500 block of Ferdinand Avenue.

The caller described the two people as a man and a woman who lived on the second floor of the house. After multiple attempts, police were able to make contact with the woman, who agreed to come outside and talk to them.

She told police she doesn’t own a gun and said that an unknown man, whom she believed knew a previous resident, came to

her back door earlier but that he had left.

While speaking with the woman, police ran a computer check on her name, which revealed she had active warrants out of Indiana for her arrest.

The first warrant was for a case where she’s been charged with three felonies, including battery resulting in bodily injury, resisting law enforcement and criminal confinement. The second was for a misdemeanor.

Police reported they would turn the woman over to the Cook County Sheriff’s Police Fugitive Warrants Division.

Mischief caught on video Someone applied super glue to the laundry room door of a building in the 300 block of Circle Avenue, sealing it shut, back in June. But it wasn’t until July 20 that a member of the building’s condo board went to police with exactly who that was after viewing security video of the incident and reporting it to police.

According to the police report, the culprit was the son of a resident who lives in the building. No charges were sought. Police were told the offender’s family would be making restitution.

Rent money stolen in car burglary A resident of the 7400 block of Dixon Street called police on the morning of July 20 to report that someone had entered her vehicle, which was parked on the west side of her building and removed a plastic bag containing $1,100 in cash, which the victim said was supposed to pay the rent, along with a debit card, Social Security card and Cash App card from the center console.

The victim told police she believed the vehicle was locked, but police reported seeing no signs of forced entry.

Angry about waiting A 31-year-old Chicago man called police on July 16 at about 7:30 p.m. to report that someone had just pointed a gun at him in the parking lot of Portillo’s, 7740 Roosevelt Road.

The victim told police that two men in a black BMW SUV got angry with him because he allowed another vehicle to pass ahead of them at a stop sign. At that time, one of the two men in the BMW pointed a gun at victim, according to the police report.

The offending vehicle left the area southbound and police were unable to locate it.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, July 15-21, 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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During a special board meeting on July 16, the Forest Park village council voted unanimously in favor of painting the village’s logo on the south water tower in the shades of blue and yellow/gold.

Earlier this year, the village council tapped Tecorp, Inc. to rehab the tower at a cost of $674,200. As previously reported, the paint job is more than superficial.

“The paint is there to protect the tower itself so that it doesn’t rust, and that it preserves the longevity of the structure,” Jim Amelio, of Christopher B. Burke Engineering, Ltd., said during a meeting on Feb. 8.

“I think technically it’s a 20-to-25-year life

expectancy per paint job, and I believe that we are kind of at the high end of that right now.”

Tecorp will paint the inside and outside of the half million-gallon water tower.

At the July 16 meeting, Commissioner Jennifer Voogd presented the proposed color samples to the board. Voogd said the dominant color in the village’s logo, Reflex Blue, is a shade of blue that “has a little bit more purple hue to it” and isn’t a color the contractors can replicate for the paint they’re using on the water tower.

“I think we kind of came to a good compromise,” Voogd said.

According to a memo the village produced ahead of the July 16 meeting, the “shade of yellow that is used in our logo may be too light for use upon the water tower and may be hard to see. A darker shade of yellow/ gold is being proposed as an alternative.”

The village also plans to repaint and rehabilitate the north water tower as part of its 2021 list of capital projects.

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What happened to Dajuan Gates?

he lawsuit has just been filed. Representatives of the villages of Forest Park and Oak Park say they have yet to see the suit or that they won’t comment on any lawsuit or that the Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit is continuing its investigation.

All responses we’d expect. That we are 11 months out from the death of Dajuan Gates ought to create a sense of urgency in understanding and acknowledging what happened to this 27-year-old Chicago man after he failed to make a complete stop at a Forest Park intersection.

His attorney acknowledges that Gates took off on foot. Police reports confirm that he was apprehended a few moments later

by Oak Park officers at Madison and Maple, just 60 feet outside the ER at Rush Oak Park Hospital. Gates was cuffed and sat on the curb with multiple officers observing.

Dashcam video and audio released by Gates’ lawyer shows portions of what happened over the next 20 minutes. There were no bodycams in use. It appears Gates was having a reaction to drugs in his system. Finally, after putting Gates in a squad car, officers drove the quarter block to the ER’s ambulance entrance.

Gates wound up on life support and died the following day.

The state police investigation needs to have an end date and a public reporting mechanism. The lawsuit will move slowly forward. We need to understand what happened to Mr. Gates, what actions our officers took and did not take to protect a suspect in their custody.

The Brown Cow way The Facebook comments on our Brown Cow story last week summed it up well.

It’s easy to turn out in support of a local business that is so often and obviously in support of the village, said our readers.

We agree. Connie Brown, the owner of the ice cream shop, is reaping the good will she has sown over these many years.

The Brown Cow pandemic story is a classic. Early on in the COVID crisis, the company that custom-manufactured Brown Cow’s fabulous ice cream closed up. It left Brown Cow without a source for its products.

On the advice of a son, Brown combined the giving technology of GoFundMe with the pent-up generosity of a community locked down at home. In under 24 hours the fund to build an inhouse creamery on Madison Street was 80% funded. Over time that creamery was built and Brown Cow now makes its own ice cream.

On July 18, with the active support and financial backing of GoFundMe, Brown Cow gave out more than 1,000 scoops of its special “Sprinkle Kindness” creation as a thank-you to supporters.

Of course this being Connie Brown, this is more than a oneday event and it is about more than just her shop. The host seven years ago of the very first gathering of Proviso residents determined to save its high schools continues to focus on District 209 students. So between now and July 31, 100% of the proceeds of sales of Sprinkle Kindness ice cream will go to the district’s scholarship fund. GoFundMe will match the contributions.

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Life in the Losers Bracket

f the 16 teams who played in the opening round of the No Gloves Nationals last Thursday, half wind up in the Losers Bracket after just one game.

I have empathy for those eight teams because for most of my life I’ve been a loser when it comes to sports. I still have nightmares about an interception I threw in ninth grade when we were on the opposing team’s 5 yard line. In my three-year career as a quarterback in middle school, we lost every game we played.

My record as a pitcher in high school was 2 wins and 5 losses, and I was the losing pitcher in a game that knocked us out of the state tournament. I’d always get what my father called “butterflies” in my stomach — nervous, anxious about winning or losing — before those games.

In contrast I’d never get those butterflies in the basketball games six of us would play in Paul Anderson’s driveway on Sunday afternoons. We didn’t keep track of who won and who lost. In fact if one 3-man team won by too big a margin we’d switch players because it wasn’t any fun.

But the news we heard when the 16-inch tournament was over was not about how much fun the teams had, but who won.

“Our culture is obsessed with winning: just look at the amount of money cities invest in sports teams,” wrote Lisa Kentgen in an April 2017 post. “A reverence for winners favors a narrow outcome over desirable personal qualities and long-term solutions. This obsession confuses striving for excellence with a drive to stand out compared to others.”

You all know Vince Lombardi’s famous quip: “Winning isn’t everything. It’s the only thing.”

I know. I know. The argument goes that competition promotes excellence. And it does. Aaron Rodgers has risen to the top of the very competitive sport of pro football. Good for him, but not so good for my self-worth when I compare my performance to his.

My problem is that this obsession with winning we have promotes excellence in things that I do not value highly. Kentgen argues that our cultural obsession with winning ■ Fosters unhealthy relationships: “The motivation to win values the self (or a proxy for the self) above others, inescapably inhibiting cooperation. This limited view cannot appreciate others for who they are and for what they bring to the table.”

■ Wastes valuable resources: “It generates energy and passion. But, like eating junk food, the cravings are only temporarily alleviated. The hunger for the win itself leads to an inability to see the forest through the trees, and the big picture is lost.”

■ Narrowly defines self-worth: “The only way to prove our worth is dependent upon a narrow outcome.

This creates a fear-driven, Us vs. Them world view.”

■ Promotes short-term gains at the expense of longterm solutions: “Great leaders are developed and complex problems are solved by adeptly moving through gray areas. Masterful problem-solvers view setbacks as inevitable and do not define them as failures.”

Edmund Lau, in a January 2017 post, said that participating in debate taught him a lot of good things, then confessed, “But debate also taught me a bad habit — one that ironically made it more difficult for me to communicate effectively at home and at work. Debate taught me to argue every point and strive to win every argument. It taught me how to keep arguing even if I didn’t believe my position. And it taught me to never admit that my opponent was right.”

Christian Coon, a Methodist pastor in River Forest, wrote a book titled, Failing Boldly in which he argues that the fear of failure has paralyzed the church [and many of us] from taking the risks necessary if we want to make the changes we need to make to keep up with a changing world.

I grew up 40 miles from Green Bay, so I’m a Packer fan. And I agree that Rodgers and Tom Brady and several other quarterbacks are at the top of their game. But personally, I hope he doesn’t sign with the Packers for this upcoming season. They’ll lose more games without him but they’ll regain my respect.

First, because I don’t like the game he’s playing. He’s only making $21.5 million a year and is now reportedly pushing for — are you ready? — $45 million.

Do you remember Ernie “Let’s play two” Banks?

In his Hall of Fame 19-year career Mr. Cub earned an estimated $680,500. Mr. Rodgers, $680,500 divided by 19 equals $35,816 a year. Whether or not you think the Cubs organization exploited him is not my point.

In contrast to Rodgers, I’m a big fan of Banks — whom I got to see play once at Milwaukee County Stadium — because as the Britannica website notes, “Banks was known for his enthusiasm and love of the game, his trademark cry of let’s play two! reflecting the pure enjoyment he took in baseball. In 2013, Banks was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.”

Second, as a religious person, my main concern really is not whether you win or lose but how you play the game. That’s not how the world, i.e. our culture, sees it, but then again my community of faith has always seen itself as “in the world but not of it.”

TOM

HOLMES

Tom Holmes has worked in Forest Park since 1982 as a pastor and as a writer. He is grateful that his children grew up in this town and finds inspiration in the personal relationships he has developed with so many.

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Marge Walsh, 93 People lover Margaret “Marge” Walsh, a longtime Forest Park resident, died on July 21, 2021, at the age of 93. She had been in good health until she suffered a fall at a restaurant on Father’s Day. With her typical wit, she acknowledged the fall had been her “own darn fault.”

Born Margaret Lindsey, on Nov. 5, 1927 on the West Side, she grew up in the shadow of the old Chicago Stadium. She was the only child of Gert Lindsey, who was active in labor unions. She loved strong women like her mom and her personal hero was Eleanor Roosevelt.

A strong woman herself, she showed her smarts by being named valedictorian at McKinley High School. She met her future husband, Frank Walsh, at a party. She had no place to sit, so she sat on Frank’s lap. He allowed her to drop to the floor. They were married in May 1948, and he later joked that he paid for that prank for 56 years.

They raised seven children, six of whom attended St. Ignatius. The Walsh family moved from the West Side to Forest Park in 1969. Marge became a volunteer at St. Luke School in River Forest. She attended fitness classes at the park district and was such a fast walker, it was difficult to keep up with her.

Marge became very active with the seniors at the Community Center. She never missed their New Year’s party and did so much well-wishing it was hard to get her out the door. Marge routinely greeted strangers and engaged them in conversation. She was a good listener, who was friendly to the max.

She used to say she gave off a scent that attracted “poor souls.”

She helped out some poor souls through her Pre-Cana ministry. This is a program that helps couples prepare for marriage. She

MARGE WALSH and Frank counseled couples throughout the city. She knew every parish in Chicago and was generous with her time. She was also generous with her money. Even when she was on a fixed income, she supported many charitable organizations.

Marge and Frank lived modestly on Circle Avenue until he died in 2004. In 2005, she moved in with her son, Will, and his family and became active in St. Bernardine Parish. She loved people and they loved her in return and many of her Forest Park friends helped her celebrate her 90th birthday. Her mind remained sharp until the end. She was in the ICU following her fall. When she correctly answered a “Jeopardy” question, her neurosurgeon was impressed.

Later, she suffered a stroke and died three days later. Her funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Bernardine. The family asks that donations be made to two charitable organizations: the Autistic Self Advocacy Network and the Jett Foundation, which supports people who suffer from muscular dystrophy. She has grandkids afflicted by both and these causes were close to her heart.

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The Village of Brookfield will, in no case be responsible for any costs, expenses, losses or changes in anticipated profits resulting from such failure or neglect of the bidder. The bidder shall not take advantage of any error or omission in the plans or proposal. Sealed envelopes or packages containing bids shall be addressed to the Village Manager and plainly marked “VETERAN’S MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN” on the outside of the envelope.

QUESTIONS, CHANGES, CLARIFICATION Any questions that arise must be made in writing and shall be directed by electronic mail to the Timothy C. Wiberg, Village Manager, Village of Brookfield at twiberg@brookfieldil.gov. The written questions, along with the Village’s response, shall be circulated to all known potential bidders without identifying the party submitting the questions. The cutoff for receipt of additional questions shall be 12:00 Noon, Central Standard Time on Friday, July 23, 2021, in order to facilitate preparation of any addenda. No inquiry received after that time will be given consid-

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Receipt of any addenda must be acknowledged in writing as part of the Bidder’s Proposal. Bidders shall be responsible for ensuring that they have received any and all addenda. The Village of Brookfield shall not assume responsibility for the receipt by the Bidder of any addenda.

BID SECURITY Each proposal shall be accompanied by a proposal guaranty in the form of a bid bond, executed by a corporate surety company, a bank cashier’s check or a certified check payable to the “Village of Brookfield” for not less than five percent (5%) of the amount of the proposal. The proposal guaranty checks of all, except the two responsive, responsible proposers which the Village determines in its sole discretion to be the proposers with whom the Village desires to commence negotiations for a contract, will be returned after the proposals have been checked and tabulated. The proposal guaranty checks of the two responsive, responsible proposers will be returned after the contract and the contract bond of the successful proposer have been properly executed and approved. Bid bonds will not be returned.

RIGHT TO REJECT BIDS The Village of Brookfield reserves the right to waive technicalities and to reject any and all proposals for any reason deemed in the best interest of the Village of Brookfield.

AWARD OF CONTRACT Unless all bids are rejected, the contract award will be made to the lowest responsive responsible bidder that the Village of Brookfield in its sole discretion determines to be in the best interest of the Village.

In determining who the lowest responsive, responsible bidder is, the Village of Brookfield will consider all factors that it, in its discretion, deems relevant in determining who the lowest responsive responsible bidder is.

LEGAL REQUIREMENTS Work performed under this contract shall be in accordance with Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 820, Act 130, Sections 1-12), Employment of Illinois Workers on Public Works Act (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 30, Act 570, Sections 1-7), Drug Free Workplace Act (Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 30, Act 580, Sections 1-11).

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF OAK PARK ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS HEARING DATE: August 17, 2021

due to the COVID-19 outbreak during Governor JB Pritzker’s TIME: 6:00 p.m. or as soon current disaster proclamation. It is thereafter as the Agenda permits also not feasible to have a person present at the public hearing due to CALENDAR NUMBER: 13-21-Z public safety concerns related to the APPLICATION: The Zoning Board COVID-19 outbreak. of Appeals (“Board”) will conduct a public hearing on a special use All interested persons will be given permit application filed by the an opportunity to be heard at the Applicant, JD North Blvd Holdings public hearing. Interested persons LLC, to operate an existing craft may provide written evidence, brew lounge, Beer Shop, pursuant to testimony and public comment on Section 8.3 (“Table 8-1: Use Matrix) the application by email to Zoning@ of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance oak-park.us or by drop off in the at the property located at 1026 Oak Park Payment Drop Box across North Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois, from the main entrance to Village Property Index Number 16-07-126- Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, 011-0000, in the DT Downtown Illinois, to be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on August 17, 2021.

Zoning District.

An individual’s name and their A copy of the application and testimony or comment will be read applicable documents are on file aloud into the record at the public and are available for inspection at hearing if received no later than Village Hall, Development Customer 30 minutes prior to the start of the Services Department, 123 Madison public hearing. Interested persons Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, may also sign up to participate in Monday through Friday between the hearing to cross examine the 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. applicant and its witnesses, present evidence, testimony or public The Board will conduct the public comment by emailing Zoning @ hearing remotely with live audio oak-park.us before 5:00 PM on the available and optional video. The day prior to the public hearing to meeting will be streamed live and sign up. Individuals who sign up to archived online for on-demand participate in this manner will receive viewing at www.oak-park.us/ an email from Village staff with commissiontv as well as cablecast information about how to join the on VOP-TV, which is available to meeting online through Zoom webComcast subscribers on channel conference means or by phone.

6 and ATT U-Verse subscribers on channel 99. The remote public The public hearing may be hearing is authorized pursuant to adjourned by the Board to another Section 7(e) of the Open Meetings date without further notice by public Act. The Village President has announcement at the hearing setting determined that an in-person public forth the time and place thereof. hearing is not practical or prudent Published in Wednesday Journal July 28, 2021

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SECTION 000020 – LEGAL NOTICE VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD 8820 Brookfield Avenue Brookfield, Illinois 60513 KIWANIS PARK BOAT LAUNCH

es minority business firms to submit bids on this project and the successful contract bidder to utilize minority businesses as sub-contractors for supplies, equip- ment, services, and construction.

The Village of Brookfield does hereby invite sealed bids for redevelopment construction of Kiwanis Park Boat Launch. Work will include site clearing, earthwork operations, storm sewer, concrete walks and paving, and planting and seeding.

Questions should be directed to Andy Howard or Steve Konters, Hitchcock Design Group at 630.961.1787 ahoward@hitchcockdesigngroup.com or skonters@ hitchcockdesigngroup.com.

Project manuals, including bid form and specifications, and construction documents are available after 11:00 AM on July 22, 2021 from Accurate Reprographics, 2368 Corporate Lane, Suite 100, Naperville, Illinois 60563, 630-428-4433 www.hitchcockplanroom.com. Bidding documents are available for down- load and print at the non-refundable cost of reproduction.

Bids will be accepted at the Village of Brookfield, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513, during regular office hours. All bids must be submitted in a sealed envelope marked with the Contractor’s name and address, and “Bid for Kiwanis Park Boat Launch,” on the face of the envelope. Bids must be received no later than 11:00 AM August 5, 2021. Bids will be opened on August 5, 2021 at 11:01 AM at the Village of Brookfield, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513. All bidders will be re- quired to submit Bid Security in the form of a Bid Bond, Certified Check, Cashier’s Check in the amount of 5% of the Base Bid, payable to the Village of Brookfield.

The successful bidder, as determined by the Village of Brookfield, shall be required to pay, and to agree to pay no less than the Prevailing Rate of Wages, pursuant to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130) for the locality of the Village of Brookfield (Cook County), to each laborer worker, or mechanic needed or used to complete the work as detailed in the contract to be let. The successful contractor, and all subcontractors shall be required to submit, to the Village of Brookfield, certified payrolls no later than the tenth day of each calendar month for the immediately preceding month.

The Village of Brookfield reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, parts of any and all proposals, or to waive technical errors or omissions in submitted proposals.

No submitted bid may be withdrawn until a period of sixty (60) days after the bid opening date, without written consent of the Village of Brookfield.

The Village of Brookfield encourag-

This project is being financed, in part, with funds from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, “Boat Access Area Development” (BAAD) grant program.

END OF SECTION 000020 Published in RB Landmark July 28, 2021

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y21007364 on July 20, 2021 Under the Assumed Business Name of TOTALLY LEGIT CARD CO. with the business located at: PO BOX 5292, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: ELAINE D LUTHER 7723 ADAMS ST, FOREST PARK, IL 60130, USA Published in Forest Park Review July 28, August 4, August 11, 2021

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR HIS ASSET SECURITIZATION CORPORATION TRUST 2007OPT1, MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2007-OPT1; Plaintiff, vs.

CHARLES T. GRANT; JUANITA J. GRANT AKA JUANITA LACOURT; PRAIRIE PLACE AT 6436 ROOSEVELT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 14415 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, August 17, 2021 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-18-428-043-1019 & 16-18428-043-1064.

Commonly known as 6436 Roosevelt Road, Unit 311, Oak Park, IL 60304.

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 Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455. W18-0641 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3171912

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River Forest Public Schools District 90

District 90 is seeking qualified and experienced applicants for the following positions:

• Speech and Language Pathologist (Roosevelt Middle School) • English Language Learners Teacher (Full-time at Roosevelt Middle School and Part-time FTE 0.50 at Lincoln Elementary School) • School Social Worker (Part-time FTE 0.50 at Lincoln Elementary School & Part-time FTE 0.50 Willard Elementary School) • Speech and Language Pathologist (Roosevelt Middle School) • Grade 1 Teacher (Lincoln Elementary School) • Grade 4 Teacher (Willard Elementary School) • Physical Education Teacher (Willard Elementary School) For detailed qualifications requirements and job duties, please visit our website at https://www.district90.org/about/ employment for our complete list of employment opportunities.

Interested candidates should complete the online application available at www.district90.org. Please do not send hard copies of supporting documentation, i.e. cover letters, resumes, licensure, etc. to River Forest Schools District 90; instead, upload these materials onto the online job application system for proper processing.

GRANTS SUPERVISOR The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Grants Supervisor in the Development Customer Services Department. This position will perform a variety of responsible for developing. Administering and coordinating activities related to Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and other grant-funded programs for the Village. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/ jobs. Position opened until filled.

ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Animal Control Officer in the Health Department. This position will perform a variety of duties involved in enforcing Village ordinances governing the care and keeping of animals in the Village; and to impound, care for and assist with redemption of animals as appropriate. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than August 3, 2021.

Part Time Positions Available for 2021-22 school year After-School Recreation / Day Care Worker Youth Development Specialist on site at Oak Park public schools The Day Care Program of Hephzibah Children’s Association is accepting applications for nurturing individuals to provide care and supervision of 5-11-year-old children in the After School Day Care program on site at Oak Park public schools. The days and hours are Mon – Fri from 2:30-6:00 PM and 2:00-6:00 PM on Wednesdays.

Plan and supervise arts and crafts, indoor & outdoor play, games, sports, homework help and more.

Requirements include: -previous experience working with children -6 semester hours in education, recreation, social work or related college courses desired

PARK DISTRICT OF OAK PARK EARLY CHILDHOOD COORDINATOR Join our team to help lead our program take its next steps! Beginning in early August, the Early Childhood Coordinator will assist teachers and enrichment staff utilize an emergent curriculum to develop thinkers and doers that are innovative, resilient, and compassionate. Partner with the Early Childhood Supervisor to provide a wonderful educational experience for our young students and their families.

Program starts mid-August and runs through the 2021-22 school year.

The ideal candidate has a passion for early childhood education, is nurturing, creative, responsible, communicates well with parents and colleagues, and collaborates with our team to provide a positive learning environment.

TEACHER AND TEACHER AIDE MINI ME BUNCH seeks teacher and teacher aide to enhance and expand daycare serving children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. Teacher must have at least Associates’ degree in Early Childhood Education. Minimum 1 year experience preferred in each position. Must love children and be outgoing, patient, flexible. Contact 773-521-9499

Director qualified according to Illinois DCFS regulations.

This is a part-time year round position, $17.50/hour, 28 hours/wk.

To view full job description and to apply. Go to www.pdop.org/jobs HEPHZIBAH DAY CARE PROGRAM SITE SUPERVISOR Hephzibah Children’s Association offers after school day care on site at each of the Oak Park elementary schools.

The Day Care Program is accepting applications for a Site Supervisor for the 2021-2022 school year to provide supervision to childcare staff as well as care and supervision of 5-11-year-old children.

Regular days and hours are Monday through Friday from 2:30 6:00 PM, Wednesday 1:30 – 6:00 PM. Additional hours on school closing days, in coordination with the school district calendar. May work other hours during school holidays and for staff meetings.

Associate degree in child development or early childhood education, or the equivalent in child development or education desired.

Previous experience working with children required.

Program starts mid-August and runs through the school year.

Additional hours for staff meetings and on school closing days in coordination with the school district calendar.

Contact MJ Joyce at: mjjoyce@hephzibahhome.org Equal Opportunity Employer We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply

Contact MJ Joyce at mjjoyce@hephzibahhome.org Equal Opportunity Employer We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to apply

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GARAGE/YARD SALES

WANTED TO BUY

GARAGE SALE 7661 MONROE ST

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

Call Uncle Gary 708-522-3400

off the alley behind Dunkin Donuts

SAT 8/31 9AM TO 5PM

Antique furniture, tables, chairs, dishes, glasses, light fixtures, baby toys, crib.

Oak Park

Lost & Found, Items for Sale, and To Be Given Away ads run free in Wednesday Classified. To place your ad, call 708-613-334

CARS WANTED

WHOLE BLOCK YARD SALE 1200 BLK FAIR OAKS SAT 7/31 9AM TO 2PM

Musical instruments, clothes, some furniture, shoes, toys, computer items and much more!

ART SALE Brookfield

ANNUAL ART MARKET ART & THE UNUSUAL’S, 18 LOCAL ARTIST LAURA ATWOOD STUDIO BEADS & TRADING CO. 9142 BROADWAY SAT 8/7 10AM TO 6PM

Lots of Unusual things from around the World, Jewelry, Paintings, Pottery,Glass, Lotions, Candles, Collections& to much to list. Please Join Us!

CLASSICS WANTED CLASSICS WANTED

Restored or Unrestored Cars & Vintage Motorcycles Domestic / Import Cars: Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari’s, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Mustang & Mopars $$ Top $$ all makes, Etc. Collector James Mercedes,630-201-8122 Porsche, Corvette,

Restored or Unrestored Cars & Vintage Motorcycles Domestic / Import Cars:

Ferrari’s, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Mustang & Mopars

CLASSICS WANTED $$ Top $$ all makes, Etc. Restored or Unrestored James Cars Collector & Vintage Motorcycles Domestic / Import Cars: 630-201-8122

Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari’s, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Mustang & Mopars

$$ Top $$ all makes, Etc. Collector James

630-201-8122

MAINTENANCE Hiring one Maintenance position at private health club in Oak Park.

Hours will be variable between 20 and 32 per week and may include some night and/or weekend hours.

Adult applicant should be out of high school and able to work with common power tools, including snow blowers, lawn mowers, drills and sanders.

Applicant should be competent in painting, basic repairs and janitorial duties.

This job requires climbing ladders and some heavy lifting- please do not apply if you cannot do physical work.

Interested parties, please email your skills and contact information to: Lisa Tanzer at: LisaT@tenandfit.com

PART-TIME ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER Must have own transportation.

For more information CALL 708-738-3848

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312-212-1212

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT THERAPY OFFICE OAK PARK Free wifi; flexible leasing, and offices nicely furnished right down to the Kleenex. Secure building & friendly colleagues, often giving referrals to other office mates. Shared Waiting room, Conference room & option to join Peer Supervision Group. Ideal for new practice or 2nd location.

708-383-0729

Small 1BR apartment in DTOP. Renovated and freshly painted. Harwood floors. Walking distance to El. No pets. $850/mo, utilities included.

708-657-4226

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STUDIOS, 1, 2 & 3 BR Best Selection & Service

Three above grade 2BR apts. Unfinished basement w/ laundry & 1/2 BA. 4 car brick garage. Zoned for residential and office, if desired. Well maintained. $529,000

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A HUD subsidized affordable Apartment property announces the opening of its waiting list for both One and Two Bedroom Apartments! Resident rent is approximately 30% of gross household income, some restrictions apply. Our property is located on Washington Blvd in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

Apartments offered with an occupancy of one to four persons. Properties feature modern kitchens, include appliances, and offer onsite maintenance. Austin Renaissance will accept requests for application packages by U.S. Mail postmarked no later than , September 15, 2021. Send or email a written request for an application package that includes your name, mailing address. Daytime telephone number, Email address, and the number of persons in your household to: Town Center Realty Group LLC, PO Box 64, Huntley IL 60142-0064 or Email requests to mrpaul.tcrg@gmail.com Application packages available by mail or email delivery only. No walk-ins accepted.

Town Center Realty Group LLC

RIVER FOREST–7777 Lake St. * 1116 sq. ft. * 1400 sq. ft. Dental Office RIVER FOREST–7756 Madison St. * 960 sq. ft.

OAK PARK–6142-44 Roosevelt Rd. * 3 & 5 room office suites FOREST PARK–7736 Madison St. *2500 sq. ft. unit Strand & Browne Strand & Browne 708-488-0011 708-488-0011

COMMERCIAL/RETAIL SPACE FOR RENT 2 SPACES FOR RENT IN SHOPPING CENTER: From 1,000 Sq. Ft.(END CAP) TO- 1,635 Sq. Ft. BOTH: Very good Condition. Recently Updated. *Heavy traffic area; Serious inquires ONLY. **Special Discounted Rates-Limited Time!

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We install plugs for battery-operated vehicles We fix any electrical problem and do small jobs We install Surge Protectors • Home Re-wiring • New Plugs & Switches Added • New circuit breaker boxes • Code violations corrected Service upgrades,100-200 amp • Garage & A/C lines installed Fast Emergency Service | Residential • Commercial • Industrial Free Home Evaluations | Lic. • Bonded • Ins. • Low Rates • Free Est.

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Low prices, insured.

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HANDYMAN Mike’s Home Repair Drywall H Painting H Tile Plumbing H Electric H Floors Windows H Doors H Siding Ask Us What We Don’t Do

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Evergreen trimming & more. Clean-ups.

Garden weed removal.

Storm Branch Tree Removal.

708-447-1762

Drywall Repair • Painting Fans Installed • Carpentry Trim Gutter Cleaning • Window Repair

PAINTING & DECORATING

708-488-9411

Fast & Neat Painting/Taping/Plaster Repair Low Cost

FREE ESTIMATES Excellent References No Job Too Small

HAULING BASEMENT CLEANING

Appliances & Furniture Removal Pickup & Delivery.

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CLASSIC PAINTING 708.749.0011

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

320 Circle Ave Forest Park $111,400 Fourth floor unit with balcony facing east. Great building within walking distance to Madison St. shopping and bus transportation. coin-op laundry in building. Covered parking space!

1039 Troost Ave Forest Park $350,000 Huge three bedroom home in need of rehab.

Three car plus garage!

Enormous 75 foot lot.

EVERY MORNING SHE SNORES EVERY MORNING MYMYMORE HUMAN SHAVES OFF HUMAN SHAVES OFF THAN I DO, BUT I STILL FACEFUR, FUR,HE’S HE’S HISHISFACE LOVE MY HUMAN. FUNNYLIKE LIKETHAT. THAT. FUNNY — BANDIT

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337 Marengo Ave Forest Park $655,000 Completely remodeled four bedroom three and a half bath home!

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