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Hoskins yanks Tap Room liquor license

Madison Street bar is shut down effective immediately

Proviso East cheerleaders awarded All-America honors PAGE 5

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Imaginarium Kids with sensory issues try out West Suburban Special Recreation’s new equipment, page 8

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

After three months of delays and over 12 hours of public hearings, Mayor Rory Hoskins, who also serves as Forest Park’s liquor commissioner, on Friday declined to renew the Forest Park Tap Room’s liquor license Since the bar opened inside the former Healy’s Westside space at 7321 Madison St. in October 2020, it has seen multiple complaints about customer misbehavior and loud noises, as well as violating COVID-19 mitigation guidelines that were in place in 2021. A few days before May 1, when its liquor license was up for renewal, Forest Park Police Chief Ken Gross made a complaint urging Hoskins to deny the request. Hoskins held a twopart hearing on July 22 and July 26, announcing his decision on July 29.

In his decision, the mayor said he was persuaded by the case made Village Attorney Sharon O’Shea, who argued that the bar owners and staff simply could not be trusted, and that Tap Room’s presence on Madison Street was too disruptive to be tolerated. The decision took effect immediately. While Tap Room attorney See TAP ROOM on page 6

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Proviso library administrators launch new collaboration Library Administrators West encourages cooperation among township libraries

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

There’s a new association designed to increase collaboration among Proviso Township library administrators.

Library Administrators West (LAW) was formed earlier this year by Amy Crump, the executive director of the Bellwood Public Library. She said administrators from libraries in Bellwood, Berkeley, Broadview, Forest Park, Hillside, La Grange Park, Maywood, Melrose Park, Northlake and Westchester are part of the new group.

“There are plenty of different groups that do this in the Chicago area, but we didn’t have one for Proviso Township,” Crump said in a recent interview.

Crump said the idea to form LAW grew out of a collaboration with a local clergy organization, the Proviso Township Ministerial Alliance Network (PTMAN), which approached her and other library administrators about organizing a campaign to persuade community members to get library cards.

“We had some meetings to talk about how to do this [campaign] and then, from there, I was like, ‘We should probably be meeting regularly just to talk to each other, because we’re all in Proviso Township.’”

Crump said she was part of a similar group when she was the administrative librarian at the Homewood Public Library in Homewood. She said LAW’s first meeting was held in May. The group meets quarterly at different libraries in the township.

The next meeting will be held at the Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd., on Aug. 31.

“If nothing else, [LAW] gives us a chance to talk about what’s going on at our libraries and share questions with each other about best practices,” Crump said. “It al-

lows us to support each other and network to make sure our libraries are doing the best we can.”

Amy Franco, a Forest Park resident and the director of the Hillside Public Library in Hillside, echoed Crump’s sentiment.

“There’s a lot of overlap in the communities we serve, so we want to work together to make sure there are no gaps in our services,” she said. “We can compare what’s working at each other’s libraries, so when patrons go from library to library in the township, they’re getting consistent services.”

That may be the case now more than ever, with at least two libraries in the township — Bellwood and Berkeley — undergoing major renovations. Both libraries will be operating at reduced spatial capacity as construction happens. Berkeley’s library was closed for about a week last month and Bellwood’s library will be closed for three weeks this month.

Franco said patrons of those libraries are welcome to visit Hillside’s library during those closures and construction activ-

ity.

Pilar Shaker, the executive director of the Forest Park Public Library, said she would not have known about the significant construction activity at those other libraries if she hadn’t attended LAW’s inaugural meeting in May. “The benefits are apparent right away,” Shaker said. “At that first meeting, we realized that a number of our libraries are going to be doing construction work in the fall. To learn how they aligned and how we can support each other was really helpful.”

Shaker added that it’s generally helpful for Proviso Township residents to know that they can utilize their library cards at any library in the township, even those outside of the suburbs where they live. She said she hopes the library card signup campaign in September raises the awareness of that fact.

“The big goal is to make sure our Proviso area residents know that their cards are good at any of our libraries,” she said.

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Military offers more time for Forest Park to bid on Army base Nov. 1 is new deadline, Hoskins working on new plan

By JOHN RICE Contributing Reporter

After having a time-constrained and short-handed village council deadlock a week ago on his proposal that Forest Park bid on a six-acre Roosevelt Road site housing the Armed Forces Reserve Center, Mayor Rory Hoskins told the Review Monday that the deadline for proposals has now been extended to Nov. 1.

He said the extra time will allow the village to do an environmental assessment of the site and its main building while also developing a more detailed plan for its potential use by the village.

Hoskins said funds from the Hannah/ Roosevelt TIF could be used to conduct soil borings at the site. This would address possible contamination from an underground storage tank. The current

building will also require removal of asbestos and lead paint abatement. Hoskins said if the village goes through with submitting a proposal, it will be non-binding.

The mayor envisions the property being transformed into a municipal center that could house the village government, the police department and public works. He could also foresee moving senior services from the Community Center to the Roosevelt Road site. He believes the parking lot facing Roosevelt Road could be converted to greenspace.

The current village hall is cramped and Hoskins said the Army facility contains three times as much space. He believes the building could be opened in stages, as the environmental work progresses.

He said several local politicians are supportive of Forest Park acquiring the

property, including State Senator Don Harmon and the Speaker of the House, Chris Welch. State and federal dollars will most certainly be necessary to finance any plan.

The village has been pursuing the property since 2007.

Under an unusual land swap system run by the military, the financing of the Roosevelt Road plan is contingent on the village’s financial ability to build a drainage system at north suburban Fort Sheridan.

“It’s time to take a deeper dive into the project,” Hoskins said. Even if the prop-

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erty wasn’t used for a municipal center, the village could sell it to a developer.

“There’s already a ton of interest in the Altenheim property,” Hoskins said, noting the village’s prime location, close to downtown and O’Hare Airport.

Now that the village has more time to explore options, Hoskins plans to come back to the village council with a new proposal.

Forest Park goes out to bid on Van Buren multi-use path project Bid may be accepted by the end of August

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

The Forest Park Village Council voted unanimously July 25 to go out to bid for the long-discussed project to build a bike and walking path along the section of Van Buren Street between Madison Street and the Forest Park Blue Line el station.

When completed, the path will connect to the Illinois Prairie Path bike and walking trail, which runs from Forest Park to Elgin and other western suburbs. It would also link up to the proposed south extension of the Des Plaines River Trail, which would run along Thatcher Avenue in River Forest and along Madison Street in Forest Park.

The bids are due on Aug. 18, so the village council could potentially choose the bidder

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as soon as Aug. 22.

According to the bid documents included in the village council meeting packet, the 10-foot-wide path will be built on the west side of Van Buren Street, the side that largely faces the historic Altenheim retirement community land. The path is designed to be wide enough to allow bicyclists and walkers to travel in both directions without worrying about passing cars.

The project also includes directional signs for the Illinois Prairie Path.

The village budgeted $495,000 for Phase III engineering and construction in November 2020 and Cook County agreed to cover half of that through the annual Invest in Cook County grant. Forest Park will cover the rest through its Village Improvement Program fund.

According to the agreement between the county and the village, the county has a right to review the bids within seven days.

Forest Park will be responsible for maintaining the path once it’s done.

The Forest Park el station is a major transit hub, where riders can transfer to multiple Pace bus routes serving the surrounding suburbs. The buses come equipped with bike racks, and riders can bring bikes on board the el trains during off-peak hours.

The 61-mile-long Illinois Prairie Path largely follows the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad interurban train line right of way. The trail goes to Wheaton, where it splits off into two branches, one going to Elgin and one going to Aurora.

The 55-mile-long Des Plaines River Trail runs along or near the eponymous river, stopping just short of the Illinois/Wisconsin border. But the trail currently doesn’t go further south than North Avenue in River Forest. The south extension is currently expected to be built either later this year or in 2023.

The village council approved the resolution sending the project out to bid unanimously and without discussion.

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August 3-10

BIG WEEK

Middle Grade Mystery Fan Club at Centuries & Sleuths Thursday, Aug. 4, 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Centuries & Sleuths At this event, kids (ages 8-10) will share and tell about favorite mysteries, read a selection and play a game where you can play detective. Masks are requested, out of consideration for compromised immune systems, or those who cannot be vaccinated.

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Haymarket Martyrs Monument & Radical Row Tour Saturday, 10 a.m., Haymarket Martyrs Monument, Forest Home Cemetery, 863 Desplaines Ave. Learn the story of the Haymarket Affair, the monument, and those who chose to be buried near this monument to the 8-hour day and those who died for it. $10 donation is requested. For more information on Forest Home Cemetery, please visit: www.foresthomecemeteryoverview.com

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Saturday, Aug. 6, 9 p.m., FitzGerald’s Rock music from a Spanish point of view. $10 - $60, 6615 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn.

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Jeebies Christ Superstar: The Divine Feminine Art Of Ary Paloma, featuring music by the Amazing Heeby Jeebies and the Handcuffs Saturday, Aug. 6, 6 p.m., Outta Space Ary Paloma is a dynamic singer and entertainer with her band the Amazing Heeby Jeebies, but she is also a talented artist as well. This exhibit features a cross-section of her artwork, plus performances by the Handcuffs (8 p.m.) and the Heeby Jeebies at 9, plus the Killer Diller Record Hop at 10, featuring DJ Kiko Rico playing an assortment of rockabilly and similar sounds. $10, 6840 32nd St., Berwyn.

Tuesdays, through Aug. 16, 10-10:30 a.m., Scoville Park This event showcases short books, songs and rhymes that are meant to introduce pre-literacy skills. This class is designed for one-on-one interactions between caregivers and children, birth to 24 months. Learn more at //oppl.org/calendar.

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Proviso East cheerleaders earn All-America honors at camp Three cheerleaders earned the distinction during the University of Cheer Association camp at Illinois State University

By SHANEL ROMAIN Staff Contributor

Proviso East High School is known for its rich basketball program, but there’s another sport with a rich and winning tradition at the Maywood school — cheerleading.

Twenty Proviso East cheerleaders attended the University of Cheer Association (UCA) camp at Illinois State University July 9 through July 12 and three achieved the coveted All-America distinction, said East Cheerleading Coach Laura “Cee Cee” Burrell-Mobley.

The three All-America cheerleaders — Aniyah Redmond, 16, Kennedi James, 15, and Anaiyah Jones, 15 — each won trips to either Hawaii or London. Burrell-Mobley said she’s pushing for them to go to Hawaii.

The trip is scheduled Dec. 4 through Dec. 9, she said. The coach added that the program has the option to take the team, if

the school and their parents allow them to make the trip. She said she hopes to take at least four girls.

“For any cheerleader to get [All-America] out of 400 girls at a camp is a big deal,” Burrell-Mobley said. “We got three that came out on top. I’m very proud.”

She said it was a community-wide effort to get the 20 girls to the UCA camp. A vigorous fundraising push allowed her to foot the bill for cheerleaders who needed financial assistance in order to make the camp.

“The community came behind us and really pushed for us to send the girls,” the coach said. “When I asked for donations, people just came right out and said, ‘Yes, we want to help these girls.’ It was amazing.”

Burrell-Mobley said her program is no stranger to success at cheerleading camps.

She’s taken her cheerleaders to the gatherings for at least 17 years. This year, she said, she wants the community to know just what the camp does for the girls.

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CHEERFUL: The Proviso East Cheerleading Team traveled to Normal, Illinois for the University of Cheer Association Camp in July.

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Aniyah Redmond, Kennedi James, and Anaiyah Jones earned All-America honors at Illinois State University.

“It’s not any shucking and jiving when we go,” she said. “We have to bring this stuff back and show them what we’re doing.”

Jones, who attends Proviso Math and Science Academy, said this was her second time earning All-American status. She said there’s a lot of work that goes into securing the honor.

“You have to be dedicated to doing what you want to do and have a lot of spirit, constantly,” Jones said. “And then once you get back into laying down that’s when we have the time to crash, but we know the next day no matter how tired, no matter what hurts, you have to push in order to get far.”

James and Redmond, her fellow AllAmericans, echoed the sentiment.

“Camp was a really fun experience, but a lot of work,” said James. “We learned a lot of new cheers and had to remember them.”

When asked what it means to be an AllAmerican, Redmond exuded confidence.

“It means that I work hard and put a lot of work into perfecting my performance and I know that I have the skills to be allAmerican,” she said.

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TAP ROOM

One less bar on Madison from page 1 Mark Johnson declined to comment Friday, throughout the hearing, he made several remarks suggesting that the owners would likely appeal a negative decision.

Hoskins also pointed to the fact that, during the July 26 hearing, both brothers admitted that they only admitted wrongdoing at liquor license suspension hearings because they wanted to open the business as soon as possible rather than because they believed they were guilty.

The fact that Lance Law refused to show identification to a police officer responding to a noise complaint, as well as both brothers swearing at the police, counted against them as well.

Finally, Hoskins said that Healy’s Westside never had the kind of issues Tap Room did.

“The licensees have demonstrated a total disregard for the business community, it’s neighborhood,” he said. “The licensees are not fit individuals to be granted the privilege to renew the liquor license,” said Hoskins.

With his decision, the liquor license lapsed effective immediately. Village Clerk Vanessa Moritz previously told the Review that Law brothers didn’t pay the license renewal fee and that they wouldn’t owe it to the village if Hoskins ruled against them.

Throughout the hearings, Johnson argued

the village had it in for the Tap Room from the beginning, that the employees did everything they could to keep the peace, and that the village couldn’t prove that the alleged misbehavior originated at the bar. O’Shea argued that Tap Room staff simply couldn’t

Law, allegedly lying to the village.

While the two indicated in the original liquor license application that they were never “arrested for a crime related to decency and/or morality,” a routine background check revealed

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Mayor Rory Hoskins reads his decision as Lance Law (left), Tap Room attorney Mark Johnson (second from left) and Village Attorney Sharon O’Shea (right) listen. be trusted, catching several contradictions in the testimony. And she raised some instances from Gross’ original complaint of the co-owners, brothers Lance and Hansel

that Hansel Law was arrested for domestic battery in 2019. The case against him was dismissed after his wife “did not cooperate” with the legal proceedings. During the July

Lantern Haus bar closed Still retains liquor license, says mayor

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

The Lantern Haus bar, 7414 Madison St., closed sometime in July, with 99 Haus Balloons, a party balloon supplier operated by owner Patrick Jacknow’s wife, Aubrey Jacknow, taking over the space.

However, other aspects of the story remain a mystery. Patrick Jacknow declined to comment about any aspect of what happened – including whether the bar was closed for good. Mayor Rory Hoskins, who serves as Forest Park’s liquor commis-

sioner, said Jacknow hasn’t surrendered Lantern Haus’ liquor license as of Aug. 1.

99 Haus Balloons launched in 2020, but it previously operated out of the secondstory loft space above the bar. In July, all of Lantern Haus’ social media accounts became 99 Haus Balloons accounts. When the Review visited the space on July 29. the sign above the window was the only evidence that Lantern Haus was ever there.

The relationship between the bar and Hoskins has occasionally been contentious, with Hoskins suspending Lantern Haus’ liquor license on July 24, 2020 and July 26, 2021, the latter over a fight that occurred outside the bar the night before.

Jacknow appealed that decision to the Illinois Liquor Control Commission, which

ruled in Lantern Haus’ favor. In the decision published on April 27, it found that Lantern Haus did everything it reasonably could to respond to an unexpected situation, and that “Lantern Haus actions or inactions did not cause this fight.” The decision was mostly a formality by that point, since Hoskins had returned the license on Aug. 24, 2021.

On Aug. 23, 2021, Jacknow filed a federal lawsuit alleging that Hoskins treated his bar more harshly than other establishments that were accused of similar types of local ordinance violations. The lawsuit was paused while the state agency considered his appeal. Jacknow told the Review that the federal lawsuit is still ongoing but declined to elaborate.

29 hearing, he said that he didn’t think it was worth mentioning because the case was dismissed, but O’Shea pointed to the fact that the application didn’t say anything about the charges.

On March 11, 2021, the brothers met with several village officials, including then-Police Chief Thomas Aftanas, to discuss police calls and possible violations of COVID-19 capacity limits in force at the time. While the brothers indicated that they never had any issues at Berwyn Tap Room, a bar they own two-thirds of, he noted that a subsequent Forest Park Review investigation uncovered numerous police calls and a liquor license suspension to prove otherwise.

William Rivera, Berwyn Tap Room’s third co-owner, who said he had his own issues with the brothers, said its manager informed him that the brothers intended to shift some events booked for the Forest Park Tap Room to the Berwyn location.

“My concern there is that some of the business that’s coming there may cause issues that they would exceed capacity,” he said.

Rivera said that, while he believed that the Law brothers would likely appeal, he hoped that the decision would stick.

“My personal opinion is that it’s good that they shut down in FP and I hope that it stands,” he said. “I’m happy that the Village of Forest Park saw through their friendliness, initial friendliness and saw what kind of business they were trying to run, which was just dishonest and shady.”

Heather White has been attending most hearings. She said that, while she was familiar with Healy’s, she was unaware of any issues with the Tap Room when she tried to book the space for the Oak Park and River Forest High School Class of 1987 reunion, which is scheduled to take place in September.

White said she believed Johnson’s assertion, and she believed that the fact that the Law brothers and most of the Tap Room customers are Black has something to do with it.

“I think they’re being railroaded,” she said.

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New report details inequities across west suburbs, West Side Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation’s ‘Community Voices’ report published this month, meetings to be convened

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Equity Editor

The Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation released a report, “Community Voices,” on July 26 that captures the results of several community conversations held with residents from Oak Park, River Forest, Berwyn, Chicago, Cicero and Proviso townships.

Last year, the Community Foundation hired The Nova Collective, the Blackowned, woman-owned DEI consulting agency founded in Oak Park, to facilitate the conversations, “with the goal of building trusting relationships and determining priorities where the Foundation could” be most impactful.

“Two years in the making, this report reveals the most pressing needs in our area, what the data tells us, and how the power of our community will guide our future to a racially just society.” said Foundation President and CEO Tony Martinez Jr. “We believe the Community Voices Report will be of great value, not just for the Foundation and nonprofit sector, but for local government, schools and the community at large,” he added.

The report’s five strategies to achieve racial equity, gleaned from an article in the Stanford Innovation Review, are valuable insights.

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Ground work in data and context while targeting solutions Focus on systems change, as well as programs and services Shift power in the collaboration Listen to and act with community Build equity leadership and accountability

The report contains reams of helpful data and a slew of illuminating maps

that highlight the inequities in the west suburbs and Chicago’s West Side. But the document and the inequities it’s designed to address really come alive when the conversation participants start speaking for themselves.

“When a glass breaks, you don’t repair it — you replace it,” one participant says.

“We need to stop trying to repair broken systems and reimagine new ones designed within equity and justice.”

Three Community Voices events will be held online or in person in August and September.

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Wednesday, Aug. 3, 6 p.m. Virtual.

Saturday, Sept. 17, 9 a.m., at Proviso East High School, 807 S. 1st Ave. in Maywood Saturday, Sept. 24, 10 a.m., at the Oak Park Public Library – Main Branch, 834 Lake St. in Oak Park Tuesday, Sept. 27, 6 p.m. Virtual.

At each of these events, The Nova Collective will share highlights from focus group conversations with 100 neighbors, partners and stakeholders describing the priority areas identified in the community needs assessment. Foundation staff will present compelling data that underscores how racial inequality is the root cause of challenges in the west Cook County region.

There will also be a panel discussion with focus group participants to gain perspective and discuss next steps, and the audience will get involved through a Q&A and other activities to build understanding and solidarity.

You can read the Community Voices Report at: oprfcf.org/community-voices.

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Imaginarium Sensory Room provides calming play space Space available to west suburban families, special ed classes

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

At first glance, a room tucked away in the south end of Melrose Park’s George A. Leoni Complex, 8000 N. 18th Ave., might look like a regular children’s indoor play space, with a slide, a trampoline, a “cabin” kids can climb onto and hide inside, and plenty of toys. But it doesn’t take long to realize there is more to it than that.

The lights are dimmer and the room is quieter than most children’s play spaces. There is emphasis on patterns and sensations, with interactive panels on the wall and the floor responding to touch and movement. The staff can pipe in soft music and fill the room with gentle scents.

The Imaginarium Sensory Room is geared toward kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder and other disabilities that make it harder for them to process sensory input. Most playgrounds are simply too overwhelming for them, but facilities like this provide a calming alternative that also helps them improve their motor skills and their social skills. The room is open by appointment only, and it’s

not restricted to kids with disabilities.

The Imaginarium is operated by the West Suburban Special Recreation Association (WSSRA), a collaborative of 13 park districts and municipalities created to provide recreational programs for residents with disabilities. In the Growing Community Media’s coverage area, which includes Forest Park, Melrose Park, Northlake, North Riverside, Oak Park, River Forest and Riverside.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Autism Spectrum Disorder is a developmental disorder that causes problems with social interactions and leads to restricted or repetitive behaviors or interests. The way it manifests varies, with some individuals needing little to no support and some needing a great deal of support.

Haviva Siegel, an Oak Park pediatric physical therapist, previously told this newspaper that children with developmental disabilities such as autism or anxiety “have a tendency to go into fight or flight” when faced with the sensory overload of an average playground. They may run off, or chase after a ball someone else is playing with, or they may want to find a spot where they can play alone.

While WSSRA has multiple programs for kids with autism, the Imaginarium was its first space geared toward that population.

April Michalski, WSSRA’s superintendent of recreation, said the staff visited other sensory rooms and drew on online resources. For example, some of the “sensory toys” geared toward kids with sensory issues came from “good old Etsy.”

The sensory room includes two projection-based play features – the “sparkle wall” of lights that move in response to touch and the Gesturetek Cube, which projects environments ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer such as ice surface that cracks as

IMAGINE: Equipment board in WSSRA’s sensory room

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A child plays with one of the touch boards in the West Suburban Special Recreation Association’s Imaginarium. kids step on it, or an area full of leaves that move when kids touch them. According to Gesturetek’s website, the latter helps users “experience marked improvement in their physical and cognitive abilities.”

Michalski said the physical structures serve multiple purposes. Most notably, the cabin gives kids a place to relax if they become overwhelmed.

“It’s a very calming space for our participants,” she said. “The little ones like to calm and relax inside.”

The Imaginarium Sensory Room originally opened in Oak Park in park district space at 228 Madison St. Marianne Birko, WSSRA executive director, said the location was always meant to be temporary, and they moved it to the current Melrose Park space in November 2021 because it was a more central location. While the COVID-19 pandemic interrupted their momentum, once the restrictions started to relax, they were able to allow families in. “[The sensory room] really provides realization and decreases anxiety,” Michalski said. “In addition, it also helps with coordination and motor development.”

The Imaginarium is currently available by appointment only. Families and local special education classrooms are able to book it for up to 45 minutes, and Birko emphasized that every surface gets cleaned between sessions. They also have a sensory toys lending library.

Michalski estimates that over 100 families have visited the sensory room, and the num-

bers have been growing. She said that, while they didn’t have the exact breakdown by location, WSSRA has noticed that the original location mostly attracted Oak Parkers, while current one has more of a mix of families “from all of our communities.”

Phil Regan, of Oak Park, was at the Imaginarium with his two kids. He said that threeyear-old Gabriel, who has autism, benefited from the physical activity, as well as the “sensory stuff ” in the room.

“I think it’s perfect for him,” Regan said.

His “almost 1-year-old” daughter, Lucy, benefitted from the physical activity aspect as well, simply because a surgery early in her life required doctors “to cut into her belly and use those muscles somewhere else,” and climbing around builds her core muscles.

Ruby Lopez, of Berwyn, has been using WSSRA services since her oldest son, the now-13-year-old Nigel, was diagnosed with autism when he was two years old. Her other two sons, 6-year-old Nathan and 3-year-old Noah, have been diagnosed with autism as well when they were around the same age.

Lopez said that her kids have been using the sensory room since it originally opened in Oak Park.

“The boys love it,” she said. “It calms them down a lot and helps them with sensory [input].”

Lopez said the Imaginarium also helped them with their social skills.

“They learned so much, especially Noah,” she said. “He was able to interact with other children. He was able to socialize.”

Forest Park Review, August 3, 2022

WSSRA considers moving offices to new park facility Park district expects to clear site by fall, construction contingent on funding

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

The West Suburban Special Recreation Association (WSSRA) is in discussions with the Park District of Forest Park about moving its offices from Franklin Park to the future park’s facility at 7400-7412 Harrison St. In a recent interview, Marianne Birko, WSSRA executive director, said that, while it has no issues with its current office space, the organization wanted to be more

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WSSRA summer camp counselor with participant Michael Saavedra during the SENSE-sational Fun Program day camp. centrally located relative to the west suburban communities it serves. At the moment, the discussions are still in the early stages, since the park district still needs to secure the funds to build the facility. If the funding is secured, construction wouldn’t start until next year at the earliest.

WSSRA is a collaboration between west suburban park districts and municipalities that pool resources to organize programs and activities for residents with disabilities. The association currently has 13 partners, including the Park District of Forest Park. Their coverage area goes as far north as Harwood Heights, as far west

as Bensenville and as far south as Riverside.

Birko said WSSRA moved offices several times over the years, with stints in Oak Park and Elmwood Park before moving to a Franklin Park School District 84 building at 2915 Maple St. This spring, the Park District of Forest Park closed on the purchase lots across the street from its tennis courts. At the time, the site housed the former Pines Restaurant, Oak Leaf Lounge and the Forest Park Foreign Car Repair shop.

Jackie Iovinelli, park district executive director, previously told the Review that it doesn’t have enough room in its current facility to expand popular indoor programs such as day camp. The new building would allow the district to do that, as well as to offer new programs. She also indicated at the time that they were in discussions with WSSRA about that organization potentially renting space in the new building.

Birko said that, as a matter of policy, WSSRA doesn’t own any spaces it uses. Instead, it rents them from partner districts and other area government entities. She said that its current landlords have been “wonderful,” but that “the opportunity to move where we’re centrally located has been on our radar for as long as we existed.”

Birko said a more centrally located office will save commuting time for employees traveling to various facilities, and it will save WSSRA money.

She said the discussions are still in the early stages. Iovinelli previously indicated that, while the park district has the funds to demolish the buildings, it still needs to secure the funding to build the facility.

The park district is currently going out to bid for demolition. Iovinelli said the park’s board of commissioners is expected to approve the bid in August, with the goal of completing the demolition this fall.

Birko said she is hopeful that the project will come together.

“We couldn’t be more thrilled [by] this opportunity,” she said. “They’re a great community, and they’re extremely supportive. We think it could be one of the greatest opportunities we had since the start of this organization.”

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Four Day Festival: Celebrate the Taste of Elmwood Park Revelers should expect food, music, art and a meatball-eating contest

MELISSA ELSMO Food Writer

The Taste of Elmwood Park has been a signature event for our sister suburb to the north for more than 30 years. The four-day food festival is back this year with a wide variety of dishes to please every palate. The Taste is free to attend and will be held at Central Park at 75th Avenue and Fullerton from Aug. 4 to 7 in Elmwood Park.

“The Taste is a fun community event where local restaurants, businesses, neighbors and friends come together for a weekend of food, fun, and entertainment,” said Angelo “Skip”

Saviano, Elmwood Park village president.

“Participation by our village’s finest restaurants has been outstanding, and the crowds continue to grow as talk of the taste spreads.”

Twenty-five food vendors are set to showcase signature menu items at the festival and several participants call Elmwood Park home. A cluster of establishments on “the circle” and a stretch of “restaurant row” eateries situated on North Avenue have transformed Elmwood Park into a local dining destination for globally inspired fare — the Taste of Elmwood Park is an ideal place to enjoy affordably priced restaurant favorites.

A bevy of notable Elmwood Park establishments including Jim and Pete’s, Café Cubano, New Star, Massa Café Italian, Gringo and Blondie and Johnnie’s are set to bring Italian, Cuban, Japanese, Chinese and Mexican fare to hungry festival

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Jim and Pete’s, 7806 W. North Ave., has been serving customers for 81 years and the mainstay is proud to participate in this year’s taste of Elmwood Park -- chefs have planned a robust menu to mark the occasion. Attendees should plan to choose between six menu favorites including a duo of risotto bites, Tuscan puffs, fresh stuffed peppers and hearty neck bone gravy. They are also offering a custom version of saccottini stuffed house made meatballs and Italian cheeses.

Those looking for sweet treats at the Taste of Elmwood Park can dig into a serving of Jim and Pete’s original bread pudding.

“The invitation from Mayor Saviano and his team was fun to receive and quite special as the world and our neighborhood begins to smile with refreshed normalcy,” said Michael Bucchianeri, owner of Jim and Pete’s. “Thank You Mayor Saviano! It is quite exciting to bring our great, truly authentic Italian fare out to the community.”

In addition to Italian favorites, the Taste of Elmwood Park is bringing New Star’s best loved eggrolls, crab rangoon and California Rolls to the masses while Circle Tavern will provide toasted ravioli and sweet corn fritters. Traditionalists will appreciate that Union Tap is serving up traditional Sliders with kettle chips. Gringo and Blondie plans to offer their namesake tacos — “The Gringo” features slow roasted barbacoa beef, pickled onions, cilantro and

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Angelo Lollino, chef-owner of Massa Café Italiano will be serving up scoops of his award-winning gelato to help attendees cool off on a hot day. Folks looking for classic Elmwood Park fare can happily grab an Italian Beef with sweet or hot peppers from Johnnie’s or snag a junior sized pork sandwich from Russell’s Barbecue.

The 75th Avenue Market, featuring Sergio’s Seafood, made its debut at the Taste in 2019 and will return to the festival again this year. Attendees can expect to enjoy raw and baked clams, fresh shucked oysters, grilled octopus, and other Italian seafood specialties at the tent designed to mimic seafood markets in the Bronx.

“Elmwood Park has a long history of delicious dining and has long been a food destination,” said Saviano. “The Taste of Elmwood Park is a celebration of that his-

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Taste of Elmwood Park’s 1st Annual Meatball Eating Contest is set to make its debut on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 4 p.m. Twelve randomly selected contestants will vie for first, second and third place prizes at the competition hosted by ESPN 1000’s Carmen DeFalco and sponsored by Rosebud Restaurants.

The Mayor’s Cup Bocce Tournament, The Taste Lounge, Fitness at the Fest and an art market are also among the featured events during the family friendly experience. Several bands will entertain festival goers all weekend long with the event running Thursday, Aug. 5 and Friday, Aug. 6 from 5 to 11 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 7 from noon to 11 p.m. and Sunday, Aug. 8 from noon to 10 p.m.

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District 209 investigates alleged school shooting threat A Proviso East High School student attending summer school at the Proviso Math and Science Academy was pulled out of school on July 27 after another student reported he threatened to bring a firearm to school.

The other student alleged that he saw a social media post of a photo showing a student holding a gun. The student also allegedly commented “going to school” in the original post’s comment section.

Proviso East principal Rodney Hull reportedly told officers nobody else has seen the alleged post, and that he didn’t know what social media platform the post was made on.

When the student arrived at school, he was stopped at the entrance and searched.

After school officials questioned him, the student was sent home. Hull told the police that the student would attend his classes remotely for “several” days as the school officials follow up.

Portillo’s employee chased through parking lot Two men and a woman allegedly chased an employee of Portillo’s, 7740 Roosevelt Rd., in a van through the Forest Park Plaza parking lots.

The incident took place on July 27 at around 11:52 a.m. According to the location manager, the employee was scheduled to begin his afternoon shift when a black sedan pulled into the parking lot and pulled up to the employee. The employee and the vehicle occupants, two men and a woman, reportedly talked before the employee ran, and the sedan chased after him. The manager last saw the employee run toward the Enterprise Rent-a-Car location further southeast, at 7630 Roosevelt Rd. The manager tried to call the employee on his phone several times. The employee only picked up once, said he was fine and hung up. The investigating police officer attempted to reach him, but the call went to voice mail and the voicemail box was full.

Vehicle theft A black 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee was stolen from Hawk Chrysler Dodge Jeep, 7911 Roosevelt Rd. before the car owner could pick it up.

The owner took the vehicle to the dealership to be serviced. The vehicle was in the east service bay on July 25, when a silver Jeep SUV pulled into the dealership at 2:43 p.m. The silver Jeep reversed into a service bay door, one of the passengers got out and went into the victim’s vehicle. Both Jeeps left the dealership within two minutes and headed east on Roosevelt Road. Surveillance footage captured the vehicles heading north on Marengo Avenue.

While the camera was able to capture the license plate on the thieves’ vehicle, it was registered to a different model car.

Dropped bicycles An unknown individual dropped off multiple bikes on the 100 block of Rockford Avenue July 27 at around 5:22 p.m.

The witness said she saw individuals leave several bikes on the block. When she asked them what they were doing, the individuals told her, “This is where we leave bikes” and didn’t elaborate further.

When the officer arrived on the scene, there was only one bike remaining – a green LIV brand bike. The bike had some damage on the handlebars but was otherwise in good condition. There is no record of the bike being stolen.

The bike was taken to the police station garage for safekeeping.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, July 25-28, 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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So long, Tap Room

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ltimately it might be as simple as not renewing the privilege of a liquor license. After more than a year trying to bring the owners and customers of the Forest Park Tap Room into compliance with local rules and expectations, after license suspensions and appeals, Mayor Rory Hoskins announced last week that the bar’s license to serve liquor had expired and was not being extended.

Sure, that preordained conclusion came after hours on hours of public hearings. But the village made a compelling case that the Brothers Law, owners of the Forest Park Tap Room and majority owners of the Berwyn Tap Room, are not responsible operators of a local bar.

We hope that Forest Park has learned a few things here.

It needs to stick with its long-declared premise that the Madison Street downtown strip will be stronger with fewer straight-up bars. Keep actively reducing the number of tavern licenses.

The vetting process for potential liquor licensees needs to be improved and slowed down. During the recent public hearings, the village attorney presented evidence that the bar owners had a troubling run as owners of a bar in Berwyn. The Review was credited with unearthing details of many police calls and a license suspension at the Berwyn location. All we did was FOIA public records related to the Berwyn Tap Room. Not hard to do.

With the Butter and Brown Bistro moving soon into the space next to the late Tap Room, that corner is about to become more neighborly. Let’s make sure another bar is not allowed in the old Healy’s/Tap Room space.

More time, endless Roosevelt questions

Well that didn’t take long. A week after the weird hurryup dance that saw Forest Park’s village council kill a rushed, unexplained and ill-considered proposal from Mayor Hoskins to bid on the Armed Forces Reserve Center property on Roosevelt Road, comes the unsurprising word that the application deadline has been extended to Nov. 1.

Of course it has.

This allows three months for Hoskins and the village to craft a plan, to explain the plan to taxpayers, to do some levSee ROOSEVELT on page 14

Sometimes the glass is three-quarters full

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s the men gathered around the table in the back of the Main Café last Saturday morning for the fellowship breakfast, the unofficial agenda seemed to be listing all of the ways the world was going to hell — Ukraine, inflation, the Jan. 6 Commission hearings, apocalyptic climate change, monkeypox, too much rain in Missouri, not enough rain in Arizona.

When everyone had assembled, Alice approached the big table with a smile and said, “Good morning, Gentlemen.”

Seven jaws dropped. This was the second Saturday in a row in which their normally irascible server had been pleasant, and that one cheerful greeting seemed to turn the switch on the conversation to topics like having fun with the grandchildren and the nice weather they’d been having all week and how the Senate seemed to be actually passing legislation.

When the conversation got around to the Cubs, the men even talked about how interesting it was to see the young players develop instead of lamenting how the team sucked on the field.

“Today,” thought Pastor Walter Mitty, “the glass seems to be three-quarters full.”

As he walked home along Main Street he noticed that many of the shops had their doors open to let the cooler morning air come in. Bernie Rolvaag was on the phone in his bookstore but waved as Mitty passed by.

What made the pastor of Poplar Park Community Church suspect there was something in the air, even more than Alice’s congeniality, was when he passed Sarge’s army surplus store and through the open door he heard a recording of Louis Armstrong singing, “What a Wonderful World.”

When he got home, he sat down at his desk to open the pile of mail that had accumulated during the last few days. After throwing five fundraising letters from charities into the recycling basket, he came to an envelope from his sister-in-law up in Manitowoc. She wrote, Dear Walt, Just wanted you to know that I and the boys often mention how much you mean to us. Especially for that year when Herman was dying and you were there for us.

Love you, Susan At the bottom of the pile was last Wednesday’s issue of the Poplar Park Times with a picture of Isabella Garcia on the front page and the headline, “Ten-yearold helps homeless camp mates.” The article described how, when she learned there were homeless kids right in her own summer camp, the fourth-grader got online,

asking her friends and neighbors to donate what she called “cool clothes for kids.”

In the weekly calendar, he saw that a choir called Sounds Good was giving a concert in a local church. What grabbed his attention was that they did not hold auditions. Anyone over 55 could join no matter how bad your adult children told you your singing was.

Through his open window he heard a cardinal chirping away.

“Today,” thought Pastor Walt, “even if it lasts only 24 hours, today the glass is three-fourths full here in Poplar Park.”

Being a single guy with no spouse to share his emotional ups and downs, he dialed up his friend and neighbor Michael Rosenthal.

“This is the day the Lord hath made! Let us rejoice and be glad in it!” Mitty exclaimed before Michael could even say hello.

“What?!”

“Psalm 118, Michael.”

“I know that, Walt, but what put this usually melancholy guy from Wisconsin in such a good mood?”

Pastor Mitty proceeded to detail to his friend how today, at least, he was able see all of the good and even beautiful that existed in their little suburb of Chicago.

“Can you believe it, Michael? Sarge had the door of his store open, and I heard Louis Armstrong singing ‘What A Wonderful World.’”

“Did you also smell reefer smoke coming out the door along with the music?”

“No Michael, but on top of that Alice at the Main was genuinely pleasant.”

After their conversation ended, Pastor Walt got to thinking. “Was today better than other days, or was I just more open to the good around me that’s been there all the time?”

Then his mind segued somehow to the Eisenhower Expressway, how in the spring the litter alongside the road was ugly and unsightly but, like magic, the grass grew tall and the bushes leafed out hiding the crap with green.

Was everybody doing a better job of faking it today, or were his eyes more open to beauty or was it a random case of grace sometimes just happening?

Every once in a while before going to bed, he liked to turn off the lights, light a candle and just sit for 20 minutes in the soft light.

He didn’t know for sure if God had anything to do with the gift of a good day, but after blowing out the candle, he said “thank you” anyway.

TOM HOLMES

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Yikes! Too much enthusiasm!

his just in! We’re using too many exclamation points! Seems to be a symptom of modern times.

Probably because electronic communication can be so boring, we feel the need to spice it up. However, F. Scott Fitzgerald likened exclamation marks to laughing at your own joke. And the late bestselling author Elmore Leonard said we’re only allowed to use 2-3 per 100,000 words. Yikes!

I was allowed to use that last one because exclamation points are intended for interjections like … Ouch! They can also be used for exclamatory sentences like: It’s a boy! However, when we overuse them, it can sound like we’re yelling all the time. They lose their emphasis when everything is emphasized. The Chicago Manual of Style says they “should be used sparingly to be effective.” Now we’re suffering from exclamation mark inflation, along with every other kind of inflation.

My teachers certainly discouraged me from using exclamation marks. It smacked of false pride and we might get smacked for puffing up our sentences. But when I was teaching, I was guilty of exclamation excess. I tried to come up with a oneword shout for every essay — Wonderful!

Moving! Beautiful! I stayed away from

ers until the ’70s. They immediately took up the primary position above the 1. Today we use strings of them to spruce up our emails. This is especially true of women, who use exclamation marks at four times the rate of men.

In fact, women are far more likely to use fun punctuation, like smiley faces, ha ha’s and exclamation points. There is a downside to this because they run the risk of not being taken seriously. Some believe women undermine their authority when they get too cutesy. They think businesswomen should only use their emoticons and exclamation points in personal emails.

Who can forget the Seinfeld episode when Elaine sprinkled them too liberally through an advertising catalogue? She was forced to do this because her thenboyfriend failed to use one when he wrote a note about Elaine’s friend having a baby.

Punctuation became grounds for termination of their relationship.

So in the future, I’m going to limit my exclamation marks, especially in my emails. I just checked some that I’ve sent and found subject lines like Congratulations! Finished! and Hilarious! I’m still limiting myself to one per sentence but, according to a grammar guide, “If you must use more than one exclamation point, always use three!!!”

“Amazing!” because my foreign students made fun of Americans for overusing it. If the essay was only so-so, I’d write “Entertaining!”

If you don’t believe me about the overuse of exclamation points, try scrolling through your texts. If they are anything like mine, they contain multiple exclamation points from the sender and the receiver.

I never use more than one at a time but some people get carried away. The exclamation point has been downgraded from a shout of alarm to a symbol for friendliness. It’s become the “selfie” of grammar.

Now we’re seeing a huge increase in exclamation marks due to our shorthand forms of communication — emails and texts. It’s estimated that 50% of our emails are misunderstood, so maybe that’s why we add the emphasis. “Unpaid Invoice!”

Hopefully the client gets that. Exclamation points are not only a contemporary phenomenon, they were invented relatively recently.

They first surfaced in the 1400s. It’s believed they were derived from the Latin word “lo” which meant joy. At some point, the “l” appeared above the “o” and morphed into our favorite mark. Exclamation points weren’t even added to typewrit-

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Questions to answer from page 13 el of due diligence, particularly related to possible environmental remediation of the 6-acre site the mayor covets.

Here are a few questions to start with: § Why is the best use of this wellplaced, large-by-local-standards commercial property as a municipal center? This town needs tax revenue. The plan for Roosevelt has been for commercial growth, not a public works center.

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If it is to become a municipal complex, what are the financial and community upsides of being able to sell off the current village hall/ police department/fire house? We need specifics.

Have talks included inviting the D91 public schools to relocate? That could make its substandard headquarters on Desplaines Avenue available for resale.

With all the talk about intergovernmental collaboration, has Forest Park talked to Maywood and River Forest about sharing a public works facility? Duplication costs money and ties up land.

Just what is the entry price in this

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bizarre military land swap concept that would require Forest Park to pay for infrastructure work at Fort Sheridan in order to be gifted the Forest Park site? Give us that number now.

Why not multifamily development, retail or commercial development on this site?

Who has talked to the United States Postal Service about just how long they will keep the huge mail sorting facility just south of the Reserve Center? What is the best use for that combined parcel?

How will any of this be paid for?

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

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Emergency Preparedness and Response Coordinator in the Health Department/Village Manager’s Office.

This position will coordinate disaster response, crisis management and medical countermeasure dispensing/ distribution activities for the Village of Oak Park, provide disaster preparedness training, and prepare emergency plans and procedures for natural (e.g., floods, earthquakes), wartime, or technological (e.g., nuclear power plant emergencies, hazardous materials spills, biological releases) or disasters. This single class position is also responsible for the complex administrative duties required for state, federal and local response processes and grant management. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. First review of applications will be August 5, 2022.

RIVER FOREST PARK DISTRICT PARK SPECIALIST

Sr. Portfolio Manager (Chicago, IL) to seek mispricings & mkt, create investment strategies. 6 mo exp w/ a proven track record. Resume to: HR, Polaris7 Investments LLC, 200 W Monroe St, #1440, Chicago, IL 60606

Working Hours: The Park Specialist is a full time non-exempt position working 40 hours per week, plus overtime. The scheduled work hours for this position are Monday – Friday, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, including ½ hour unpaid lunch. Hours may be shifted occasionally to accommodate specific tasks.

Construction Project Engineer (Chicago, IL) Review blueprint/specification/ plans/ project manual/Geotech report; Prep/review docs for RFIs, Submittals, QA/ QC Testing & Inspection plan w/ knowl of specs for interstate, highways, bridges & commercial bldgs; Support mgr in scheduling/estimating complex civil construction projects using Primavera P6, Bluebeam, E-Builder, Procore, AutoCAD, Revit BIM, MS Excel; Perform in lab instrument calibrations as per AASHTO & ASTM stds, field inspections & quality control. MS in Civil Engg/ Construction Mgmt + rltd exp. Contact Princeton Technical Services, Inc. thughes@ princetontechnical.com

Starting Salary Range: $17.50 $20.38/HR plus full benefits

Summary: The Park Specialist is responsible for assisting the Director of Parks with the maintenance operations of the Park District grounds, facilities, and equipment. The work includes, but not limited to: 1. Landscape maintenance operations for the Park District. This includes but not limited to: a. Turf maintenance: Mowing, irrigation, fertilizing, seeding, weed control, and trash removal. b. Athletic field maintenance: Baseball diamond infields, soccer fields, football fields, basketball courts, tennis courts, and installation and maintenance of necessary apparatus of each field use. c. Landscape maintenance: Soil grading and preparation, tree planting, tree trimming, tree spraying, tree watering, mulch bed maintenance, and flower bed maintenance. d. Construction: Installation of park/ playground equipment, park benches, park signage, retaining walls, and drainage systems.

2. Assist with the custodial maintenance of all Park District facilities.

3. Assist with any equipment repairs for the Park District. This includes but not limited to vehicles, tractors, any facility, or program equipment.

4 Assist the recreation department in set up, construction, and repair of all special event props.

Qualifications: 21 years of age. A valid Illinois State Driver License (Class A). In good physical condition with sufficient strength to lift and hold 50 pounds.

Interested candidates shall submit an application in person or by email: John Beto, Director of Parks 401 Thatcher Avenue River Forest, Illinois 60305 708-366-6660x103 jbeto@rfparks.com

HELP WANTED Senior Associate, Senior Talent Strategy Consultant I (Mercer (US) Inc. - Chicago, IL; FT) Lead client projects to translate HR & org data into actionable insights that improve & drive talent decisions; Lead quant & qual analyses. RQTS: Master’s deg or foreign equiv in Indust/Org/ Dev Psych, Stats or rel + 5 yrs of progressively resp exp in pos offd, or as an Assoc, Workforce Strategy Consultant or rel. Must have 5 yrs of progressively resp exp w/: Cleaning dataset w/ complex logic structure; Constructing statistical tables & graphs & bldg multivariate regression models; Performing advanced stat analysis incl regression modeling & statistical tests incl significance testing & clustering using SAS & R; Performing data transformation & quant analysis using lg data sets to provide labor mkt insights; Supporting labor mkt diagnostics regarding D&I; Explaining stat analysis results & economics concepts to clients; Using data visualization tools incl Tableau; Providing day-to-day tech support to address issues or discrepancies w/ data & resolving data issues; Peer reviewing & overseeing data structures built by jr analysts; & Bldg new tools & protocols for future use, incl creating shiny modules in R shiny app, bldg user guide of tools, & writing SAS macros for improving efficiency of progs. Alt, employer will accept a PhD or foreign equiv in Indust/Org/Dev Psych, Stats or rel + 2 yrs of progressively resp exp in pos off’d, or as an Assoc, Workforce Strategy Consultant or rel, + 2 yrs of exp w/ all of the above-stated rqts.

Any suitable combo of edu, training, & exp is acceptable. TRAVEL REQS: 5% travel req’d to various & unanticipated co & client sites. APPLY: http:// www.mmc.com/careers Keyword R_194065. EOE

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ties; and provides consultation and information to residents, architects, attorneys, fire services personnel and builders regarding laws, rules, regulations and policies relating to fire and life safety.

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

CROSSING GUARD

The Forest Park Police Department is seeking qualified individuals for the position of Crossing Guard. This position requires flexible hours during days when schools are in session.

A background investigation and drug screening will be conducted prior to consideration for the position. Applications available at Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue or on-line at www.forestpark.net and should be returned to Vanessa Moritz, HR Director, at Village Hall. For additional information, contact Dora Murphy at 708-615-6223 or write dmurphy@forestpark.net.

Applications accepted until position is filled. EOE.

RIVERSIDE, IL - POLICE OFFICER

Application deadline: Aug. 15, 2022 4 P.M. (CST) Find more detail at IO Solutions at https://iosolutions.com.

Orientation and written test is Sep. 17, 2022, 8 a.m. at Riverside Township, 27 Riverside Rd. Riverside, IL.

FIRE INSPECTOR

The Village of Oak Park is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Fire Inspector Part-Time in the Fire Department. This serves the public through enforcement of Village fire & life safety codes and ordinances; through inspections of residential, commercial and industrial proper-

North Riverside Police Department (Crossing Guard Application) School Crossing Guard Job Summary The North Riverside Police Department is looking for a dependable person to fill a School Crossing Guard position. Your job is to ensure the safety of children and other pedestrians as they cross the street before and after school. While wearing your safety vest and holding a light-weight stop sign, you will check for oncoming traffic, step into the road, and direct vehicles to come to a stop before instructing people to cross.

You must be comfortable working outdoors in various types of weather. There will be an interview by the Police Chief and/or his designee. You must be able to pass a background and drug test for this position. Rate of pay will be discussed during the interview process.

School Crossing Guard Duties and Responsibilities • Assist children, parents, and other pedestrians as they cross the street before and after school • Manage the flow of traffic • Report suspicious activity School Crossing Guard Requirements and Qualifications • High School diploma or GED certificate • Availability during the school week/hours • Comfortable working outdoors in various weather conditions • Communication Skills

*To inquire about this job position call the North Riverside Police Department@ 708-762.5414, or Email Commander C. Boenzi cboenzi@northriverside-il.org If you want to fill out a job application for this position visit the North Riverside Police Department -2359 S. Desplaines Ave. North Riverside Illinois 60546.

River Forest Public Schools

District 90 is seeking an experienced School Psychologist the students and their environments in Qualifications: developing appropriate interventions and • Valid Illinois Professional Educator License with an programs. Conducts appropriate individual endorsement in School Psychology psychoeducational assessments for • Prefer at least 5 years of successful educational children who have or are suspected of having a disability experience in both general and special education; and provides written reports of assessment results. and at least five years of successful experience in Participates in all staff conferences of students having evaluating students, collaborating, and problem-solving received psychological evaluation or re-evaluation, with school and District teams. including hospital discharge. Provide support to special • Master’s Degree preferred. education personnel including assisting staff with development of functional behavioral analysis and Demonstrates knowledge of special education legislation behavior intervention plans, modeling “best practices” and and acts in accordance with those mandates; follows assisting special educators with instructional practices. policies and procedures of the District. Develops and implements activities that encourage students to be For a complete list of duties, please visit our website at life-long learners. Identify and assess the learning, https://www.district90.org/about/employment development, and needs of individuals and groups, as Interested candidates should complete the online well as, the environmental factors that affect learning application available at www.district90.org. and school success. Uses assessment data about

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y22009380 on July 12, 2022 Under the Assumed Business Name of SHABBYFLY with the business located at: 738 HIGHLAND AVE, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: KAREEM PRICE 738 HIGHLAND AVE OAK PARK, IL 60304, USA Published in Wednesday Journal July 20, 27, August 3, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY. Request of NYCHOLAS XAVIER DIAZ 2022CONC000964.

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from: NYCHOLAS XAVIER DIAZ to the new name of: NYCHOLAS XAVIER RODRIGUEZ The court date will be held: On October 7, 2022 at 10:30am at Via ZOOM: Meeting ID: 958 9492 1843 Password: 226532 Cook County in Courtroom # 1707 Published in Wednesday Journal July 20, 27, August 3, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE VILLAGE OF RIVERSIDE, ILLINOIS NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given to all interested persons that a public hearing before the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Riverside will be held on Wednesday, August 24, 2022 at 7:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the business of the Planning and Zoning Commission may permit, in the Riverside Township Hall, Room 4, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois, to consider recommending to the Village President and Board of Trustees amendments to the Official Zoning Map of the Village relative to the incorporation of a B1 Transit-Oriented Development zoning district.

The proposed rezoning has been reviewed and shaped by a Steering Committee consisting of Village staff, Village stakeholders and representatives from local mass transit agencies, and is, among other things, designed to promote transit-oriented development and transit-friendly design for purposes of enhancing accessibility, safety and accommodations for pedestrians, bicyclists and mass-transit users.

Application No.: PZ 22-10 Petitioner: Village of Riverside Proposed Rezoning: Rezoning the following described area from B-1 Commercial Subdistrict within the B-1 Business District (B1-C) to B-1 Transit-Oriented Development Subdistrict within the B-1 Business District (B1TOD).

The proposed area includes properties facing the west side of Harlem Avenue, beginning at the north from 3144 S. Harlem Avenue on the north side of Addison Road to 3422 S. Harlem Avenue, north of Lawton Road.

All commonly known as: 3144 S. Harlem Avenue, 3150 S. Harlem Avenue, 3200 S. Harlem Avenue, 3212 S. Harlem Avenue, 3216 S. Harlem Avenue, 3222 S. Harlem Avenue, 3230 S. Harlem Avenue, 3250 S. Harlem Avenue, 3300 S. Harlem Avenue, 3320 S. Harlem Avenue, 3340 S. Harlem Avenue, 3346 S. Harlem Avenue, 3408 S. Harlem Avenue, 3416 S. Harlem Avenue, and 3422 S. Harlem Avenue, of Riverside, Illinois 60546.

P.I.N.s: 15-36-203-045-0000, 15-36-203-046-0000, 15-36-206047-0000, 15-36-206-049-0000, 15-36-206-050-0000, 15-36-206038-0000, 15-36-206-039-0000, 15-36-206-040-0000, 15-36-209017-0000, 15-36-209-018-0000, 15-36-209-032-0000 15-36-209-0330000, 15-36-212-013-0000, 15-36212-025-0000, 15-36-214-032-0000, 15-36-214-023-0000, 15-36-214033-0000, 15-36-214-034-0000 The above application and proposed map amendment are available for inspection at the office of the Village Clerk, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, Illinois 60546. During the Public Hearing the Planning and Zoning Commission will hear testimony from and consider any evidence presented by persons interested to speak on these matters. Persons wishing to appear at this hearing may do so in person or by attorney or other representative and may speak for or against the proposed amendments.

Communications in writing in relation thereto may be filed at such hearing or with the Planning & Zoning Commission in advance by submission to Assistant Village Manager, Ashley Monroe via email at amonroe@riverside.il.us or delivered to the attention of Village Planner at the Village Offices at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside,

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Illinois prior to 4:00 p.m. on the day of the public hearing.

peals jurisdiction to hold public hearings and offer recommendations to the Village Board concerning variations to the Fence regulations.

Illinois. The purpose of the hearing will be to receive public comments on the proposal to sell bonds of the District in the amount of not to exceed $800,000 for the payment of land condemned or purchased for parks, for the building, maintaining, improving and protecting of the same and the existing land and facilities of the District and for the payment of the expenses incident thereto.

The Public Hearing may be continued from time to time without further notice, except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. The proposed amendments may be added to, revised, altered or eliminated as a result of the Public Hearing and prior to final action by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Riverside.

Dated this 3rd day of August, 2022.

Jill Mateo, Chairperson Planning & Zoning Commission Published in RB Landmark August 3, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of School District No. 91, in the County of Cook, State of Illinois, the tentative budget for said School District for the Fiscal Year 2023 will be available for public inspection at the District Office, 424 DesPlaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, after 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. Notice is hereby given that a public hearing on said budget will be held at 6:00 p.m. on the 8th day of September, 2022, at the Forest Park Middle School Cafetorium, 925 Beloit Avenue, Forest Park, in this School District No. 91.

Dated this 3th day of August, 2022 Board of Education School District No. 91 County of Cook State of Illinois Monique Cotton Secretary Published in Forest Park Review August 3, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice hereby given that Forest Park Public Schools, District No. 91 in Forest Park, Illinois will be destroying all temporary special education records for students who graduated/ transferred from the school district during the following school years; 2014-2015, 2015-2016, and 20162017. Students over the ages of 18 or custodial parents interested in obtaining copies of these records may do so by contacting Katie Bell 708-366-5700 ext 316 BEFORE: September 3, 2022 Published in Forest Park Review August 3, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS RIVER FOREST, ILLINOIS Public Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) of the Village of River Forest, County of Cook, State of Illinois, on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. in the First Floor Community Room of the River Forest Village Hall, 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois on the following matter: The ZBA will consider an application for a fence variation and a major zoning variation submitted by Dr. Brett and Sarah Hampson, owners of the property at 105 Thatcher Avenue, who are proposing to replace an existing non-conforming fence in the Secondary Front yard, and to install a hot tub in the Secondary Front Yard.

Section 4-8-5 of the Village Code provides the Zoning Board of Ap-

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Section 10-5-6 of the Village Code provides the Zoning Board of Appeals jurisdiction to hold public hearings and offer recommendations to the Village Board concerning variations to the Zoning Ordinance.

The applicant is requesting a variation to Section 4-8-4-C-1 of the fence regulations to allow a Type 3 fence (any approved fence material, maximum 7 feet high, with only that portion of fence above 6 feet to be a minimum of 50% open to view) to be installed in the Secondary Front Yard. The regulation requires the fence in a Secondary Front Yard to be a Type 2 fence (metal materials, maximum 6 feet high and a minimum of 80% open to view).

The applicant is also requesting a major variation to Section 10-3-1, definition of “Yard”, which defines this term as “An open space between a building and any lot line which is open to the sky and unobstructed by any temporary uses or structures or by any permanent structures…”.

The applicant seeks to install a hot tub in the Secondary Front Yard.

The legal description of the property at 105 Thatcher Avenue is as follows: LOT 7 (EXCEPT THE NORTH 50 FEET AND EXCEPT THAT PART THEREOF TAKEN BY THE VILLAGE OF RIVER FOREST FOR VINE STREET) IN BLOCK 1 IN EDWARD C. WALLER’S ADDITION TO RIVER FOREST IN THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 11 IN TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 12, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS. A copy of the application will be available to the public at Village Hall and on the Village’s website at www. vrf.us/zoningvariation no less than 15 days prior to the public hearing.

The Zoning Board of Appeals meeting packet will also be available at www.vrf.us/meetings no less than 48 hours prior to the public hearing.

All interested persons will be given the opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. For public comments to be considered by the Zoning Board of Appeals and Village Board of Trustees in their decision, they must be included as part of the public hearing record. Interested persons can learn more about how to participate in the hearing by visiting www. vrf.us/zoningvariation.

Sincerely, Clifford Radatz Secretary, Zoning Board of Appeals Published in Wednesday Journal August 3, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING THE INTENT OF THE BOARD OF PARK COMMISSIONERS OF THE PARK DISTRICT OF FOREST PARK, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS TO SELL NOT TO EXCEED $800,000 GENERAL OBLIGATION LIMITED TAX PARK BONDS PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Park District of Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois (the “District”), will hold a public hearing on the 18th day of August, 2022, at 6:00 o’clock P.M. The hearing will be held in the Administration Building 7501 Harrison Street, Forest Park,

By order of the President of the Board of Park Commissioners of the Park District of Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois.

DATED the 21st day of July, 2022.

Jackie Iovinelli Secretary, Board of Park Commissioners, Park District of Forest Park Cook County, Illinois Published in Forest Park Review August 3, 2022

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.RASHINDA PLUMP, WAVERLY CLARK, JR, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, WAVERLY CLARK JR., INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR Defendants 12 CH 25204 1187 SOUTH HIGHLAND PARK OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 11, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 30, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1187 SOUTH HIGHLAND PARK, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-325-0470000 The real estate is improved with a one story two unit brick building with no garage.

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

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE sentation 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.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL, 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088.

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

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 20-05419IL_615363 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 12 CH 25204 TJSC#: 42-2600 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 12 CH 25204 I3199063 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK TRUST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE FOR VRMTG ASSET TRUST Plaintiff, -v.ROSE M. BARRACO, BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, OAK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC. Defendants

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 2019 CH 08117 405 S HOME AVE, #202 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 June 7, 2022, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 9, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 405 S HOME AVE, #202, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-323-0481009 The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-22-01316 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019 CH 08117 TJSC#: 42-2262 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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the 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 HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 601 E. William St., DECATUR, IL, 62523 (217) 422-1719.

Please refer to file number 402910.

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

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 601 E. William St. DECATUR IL, 62523 217-422-1719 Fax #: 217-422-1754 E-Mail: CookPleadings@hsbattys. com Attorney File No. 402910 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 18 CH 08348 TJSC#: 41-2137 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 18 CH 08348 I3199894

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NEW RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE, LLC Plaintiff, -v.SARA DANKER, CORNERSTONE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, THE CORNERSTONE CONDOMINIUM, CITY OF OAK PARK Defendants 18 CH 08348 846 WESLEY AVE APT 2 OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 13, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 29, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 846 WESLEY AVE APT 2, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-226-0361012 The real estate is improved with a residential condominium.

The judgment amount was $125,856.02.

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

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