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Plans for Karuna Ventures’ cannabis infuser revealed

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

Karuna Ventures, a New Je r sey-based c ompany that has b een t rying to open a recreational c annabis dispensary in Fo rest Pa rk since 2019, unve i led p lans for a c annabis infusion facility that will be housed i nside a pair of co nverted 40-foot shipping c ontainers that will be p laced in a f enced-o ff area south of the Fe rr ara Pan Fitness Factory gy m building, 1525 Circle Ave.

Mayo r Ro ry Hoskins first talked about Karuna wanting to open a c annabis infuser business durin g a village c ouncil meeting in May. He told the Review that it would be operating out of co nverted shippin g crates, but he declined to say where it might be located. Karuna CEO Michael Cardo zo also declined to share any d etails. T he c ompany has licenses to operate an infuser, but because they do n’ t have a dispensary license, they ca n’ t sell any products themselves. I nstead, it will be selling the product to licensed disSee KARUNA on pa ge 5

Two trailers billed as temporary arrangement until company expands

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With ARPA funding secured, Forest Park Chamber launches marketing e ort

New resident guide, social media campaign top priorities

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

Now that the Forest Park Village Council officially signed of f on giving the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce $40,000 a year to help it market the village for the next three years, the chamber is eager to get to work.

The organization has long acted as the village’s de facto marketing department for years. The infusion of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) federal stimulus funding gave Forest Park a pool of money to support those ef forts.

But getting money to the chamber took several tries. The village council requested a marketing plan, and then delayed issuing the money after another ARPA-funded project – the new Mohr Community Center -- ran over budget.

On July 24, the village council approved an ARPA spending plan, including the marketing funding for the chamber. At the time, Village Administrator Moses Amidei said if the council approved the plan, he would issue the first installment of the first year’s funding as soon as possible.

The chamber’s first priority is to put together a new resident guide, and it is already developing a digital marketing campaign.

According to the marketing plan chamber President Neil Rembos presented to the village council back in February, they planned to spend $6,000 on digital marketing, $12,000 on printing Welcome New Residents guides “to drive new residents to FP [sic] to patronize our businesses,” $6,000 on digital billboard ads, $10,000 on social media promotions, $4,000 to team up with Visit Oak Park to put digital ads on streaming services and $2,000 for in-person events such as a Restaurant Week.

Chamber Executive Director Laurie Kokenes confirmed to the Review that the plan remains the same – but they are allowing themselves some flexibility.

“If a great opportunity presents itself along the way, we may take advantage of it if there is room in the budget,” she said.

The new resident guides will be mailed to people based on the information from the Data Axle USA, a marketing data compiler.

“We’ll also begin working on branding messages, social media and other digital marketing,” Kokenes said.

She said that the chamber already started working with Visit Oak Park to put together a digital ad campaign that will kick of f in September. They are still working on the details of the social media campaigns.

“We will be able to take advantage of [Visit Oak Park’s] contract with a digital ad manager,” Kokenes said.

The chamber will also be taking advantage of the billboard where Desplaines Avenue passes over Eisenhower Expressway.

Amidei originally planned to give the chamber the first $20,000 on May 1. In October, the council would review how the money was spent, and, if there are no issues, Amidei would give the chamber another $20,000 in November.

It’s unclear whether the delay in giving the chamber the initial funding will delay future installments, but the nearly threemonth delay didn’t dampen the chamber’s enthusiasm for the plan.

“I really would love to thank the mayor and the commissioners,” Rembos told the Review. “They really collaborated with us on supporting the chamber and supporting the community.”

“We are very grateful for our partnership with the village and for this funding,” Kokenes said. “These funds allow us keep Forest Park’s name at the forefront and strengthen the local economy through promoting its unique character, showcasing our business community, and raising awareness of key events and all there is to do in Forest Park.”

Comedy club set to open on Madison Street next summer

Studio 8 to remain open through end of the year

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

Actor-turned-comedian Emily Ramirez is poised to get the zoning approvals she will need to buy the building at 7316 Madison St., Forest Park, and open a comedy club on its first-floor storefront.

BABS (short for Bad-Ass Bitches — a reference to a Saturday Night Live sketch) comedy club will offer comedy classes, host comedy shows and provide a space for comedy writers to hone their skills. It will only offer alcoholic drinks during the late evening comedy shows. Ramirez felt that, while drinks are an important part of watching a show, serving them all day would only lead to trouble. BABS will host family-friendly comedy shows on Sunday afternoons and raunchier acts on weekdays and Saturday evenings.

The storefront is currently home to the Studio 8 vintage décor and refurbished furniture store. Ramirez said the store has been operating on a month-to-month lease and, if the sales goes through, she will give them four months to transition. The sale is contingent on the village council approving a zoning change that will allow a comedy club to operate on Madison Street in the first place — something that the council is expected to take up on Aug. 14.

Ramirez launched BABS as a comedy event company that puts on shows and private events. She wanted to give comedians a pro-

fessional environment with some protections she took for granted when she was an actress Ramirez previously told this newspaper that she wanted to nurture the west suburban comedy scene and give local comics an opportunity to perform without having to travel to downtown Chicago and further-flung suburbs

She previously said that, ideally, she and her husband wanted to buy a mixed-use building with apartments on a top floor and a storefront at the bottom. That way, she could live where she worked. Ramirez said the Studio 8 building would allow her to do that. If the sale goes through, she would eventually plan to move into one of the three second-story units and continue to rent out the remaining two.

But the first-floor commercial space would need to be cleared to make way for the comedy club — something that, Ramirez said, she wasn’t particularly happy about. She said that she looked for other buildings that would suit her needs and, when nothing materialized, she was somewhat relived to discover that Studio 8 owners have been prepared for a possible sale long before she made her of fer — hence the month-to-month-lease.

Ramirez said she was in no hurry to kick them out.

“Even though we have a lot of work to do, I’m giving them four whole months, [until after] the Christmas holidays, to slowly be able to reduce their inventory and give them as many sales as possible, just so they don’t have to rush out the building,” she said.

While negotiating the sale, Ramirez discovered that, technically speaking, comedy

clubs weren’t a permitted use on Madison Street. On July 17, Forest Park Planning & Zoning Commission recommended changing the zoning code to make it a conditional use and accepting Ramirez’s application for said conditional use. The sale is contingent on the village council approving both items.

If those items clear the council, Ramirez said she expects the sale to be completed in September. She is also in the process of applying for a liquor license

The conditional use application states that, while BABS would open at noon, alcohol wouldn’t be served until after 7 p.m. Ramirez said that not only did she want to allay the possible concerns of neighbors, but she felt that serving alcohol all day just wasn’t a good idea — citing Forest Park Tap Room, which used to be located almost directly across the street from the Studio 8 building, as an example of what she wanted to avoid.

“The longer you’re imbibing alcohol, the more likely you are to have some rowdiness,” she said.

BABS will be open Wednesdays through Sundays. On most afternoons, the club will serve as an Open Writer’s Room, where come-

dians can come and work on their material. The club will host comedy classes — which, Ramirez said, would be based on what she and her friends learned in the classroom and through trial and error — on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., with shows taking place later in the evening Sunday would be an all-ages day, with familyfriendly comedy shows taking place during the afternoons, and teen open mics in the evenings.

“Our goal is to have a soft opening in the late summer of next year and have a grand opening in the fall of 2024,” Ramirez said. “[Fall] is typically the beginning of the comedy season, when people start going back indoors.”

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Emily Ramirez plans to open BABS on Madison in 2024.

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Stoop Session

Tuesday, Aug. 15, 7-8 p.m., Forest Park Arts Alliance

Special live music show featuring Yng Romance, a rapper who, true to their name, raps exclusively about love and romance. Feel free to bring a chair to sit in, or a blanket to snuggle up under. In case of rain, there will be a show the following Thursday. Sponsored by the Mark Hanson State Farm Agency. 926 Marengo Ave., Forest Park.

Festival. 7700 Madison St., Forest Park.

Luke Winslow-King

Friday, Aug. 11, 7 p.m., FitzGerald’s This bluesy singer-guitarist will be picking and singing on the outdoor patio. 6615 Roosevelt Road, Berwyn.

History Stor ytime Presented by Trinity High School

Aug. 15, 11 a.m. - 12 p.m., Forest Park Public Library Austin Room

Join Trinity High School at the library for a storytime celebrating brilliant women from history who made a rence in science. Designed for ages 4-8. 7555 Jackson Blvd., Forest Park.

Measure For Measure

Saturday, Aug. 12; Sunday, Aug. 13, 5 p.m., The Grove at Altenheim

This special live play is part of a series called Free Shakespeare In The Park, presented by Forest Park Theatre and the village Of Forest Park. 7824 Madison St., Forest Park.

Pins and Needles

Aug. 10, 6 - 7:30 p.m., rest Park Public Library Community Room

Beginning or experienced knitters, crochet enthusiasts, macrame or embroidery makers, or quilters: come join us in this sociable creative circle led by Karen Wiebe. Tea will be ., Forest Park.

KARUNA

Cannabis infusion facility

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T he application presented to the Fo rest Pa rk Planning & Zoning C ommission on Ju ly 17 says the shipping c ontainer s will be placed in the gy m’s south pa rk in g lot, wh ich is already pa rt i ally f enced of f, and a new electrified f ence will be buil t around it. T he application d escribe d the c ontainers as a temporary ar r angement until the business earns enoug h money to secure a more permanent location. T he Review was unable to c onfirm whether the Planning & Zoning C ommission recommended approval fo r the application, but if it did, the village c ouncil will still need to vote to gr ant the final approval.

C annabis infusers p ut the oil from the c annabis plant into various products. In Au g ust 2022, the I llinois Department of Agriculture i ssued a c ompliance aler t specifying that those products must be “b everag e, food, oil, ointment, tincture, topical for mulation, or another product c ontaining c annabis or c annabis c oncentrate that is not i ntended to be smoked.”

T he notice also specified that c annabis infusers ca n’ t extract the oils themselves — the oils must c ome from a licensed c ultivation c enter of a craf t grower

Karuna Ventures has always sought to g et dispensar y, craft grower and infuser licenses. According to I llinois Depa rtment of Agriculture record s, it cu rrently has a license to operate an infuser business in the industrial space at 1401 Circle Ave. T he application states that “the temporary nature of the [conve r ted shipping crates] ar r angement is because the applicant is still awaiting results of their craft grower application wh ich will have an impact on the scope of thei r operations, and to allow them to scale to market at an appropriate speed.”

Fe rr ara Pan Fitness Factory was founded by N ello Fe rr ara II, whose f amily owned the Fe rr ara Pan c andy c ompany until 2012, when it merged with Catter ton Par tner s, wh ich bought a controlling i nterest and changed the name to Fe rr ara C andy C ompany. T he name is an homage to his f amily ’s le ga cy and to signify that hard wo rk and dedication

T he gy m has I-1 industrial zoning , where any c annabis business is allowe d as a c onditional use. In other wo rd s, the village c ouncil must approve them on a c ase- by -case basi s.

According to the application, the inf user will be housed i nside a pair of shipping containers made out of Co r- Te n steel, steel alloy developed by the United States S teel Co rp oration to resist opena ir co rrosion. Karuna argued that the

materials “make the facility more secure than a co nventional style building.” In c ompliance with the state law, the c ontainers will have round-the-clock security c ameras that c an be a ccessed by Fo rest Pa rk p olice. It will also have a “24/ 7 monitored alarm system” with sensor s mounted at container door s. The pa rk in g lot will have an electronic gate that would stay closed unless a car needs to p ass through. T he pa rk ing lot will also have a “a c ombination of flood and motionactivated lights.” Karuna will also d onate

If you do, you should know how important foot care is. Over time, diabetics risk developing foot complications. When the nerves are damaged from chronic high blood sugar, feet can become numb or painful with burning or tingling. is is called diabetic neuropathy. When diabetes a ects the arteries, circulation to the legs and feet may be compromised. Either of these conditions may lead to serious problems including ulceration, even amputation.

e key to prevention is early diagnosis of diabetes, and regular foot exams from a podiatrist. Diabetics who receive regular foot care, including paring of calluses and debridement of thick fungal toenails, are almost four times less likely

a pair of c ameras to the village ’s traffic c amera system.

“These cameras will be located at nearby i ntersection [sic] and will provide a greater de gree of monitoring and safety to area,” the application stated.

Cardo zo did not respond to a request fo r c omment by the Review’s print deadline. If the Planning & Zoning C ommission recommended approval, the earliest the village c ouncil c an vote on the application is Au g. 14.

to undergo an amputation than those who do not seek treatment.

Medicare and some private insurances cover 1 pair of diabetic shoes and 3 pair of protective insoles each calendar year. Dr. Lambert has been a supplier of diabetic shoes since 2002. e shoes come in 30 di erent styles each for men and women. ese include boots, lightweight colorful athletic shoes, and dress shoes. Even patients who are not diabetic love the look and comfort of the footwear. Diabetic socks, slippers and compression hosiery are also available.

Protecting your feet with appropriate footgear is an important aspect of preventive care for diabetics.

Food Aid Festival bridges Forest Park and Oak Park

Food, music and a serving of help

By JOHN RICE Contributing Reporter

It is rare for an event to bridge Forest Park and Oak Park and take place over a two- day span. The Food Aid Festival 2023: A Musical Festival to Combat Food Insecurity will take place at Exit Strategy Brewing Company in Forest Park and Scoville Park in Oak Park The festival kicks off at Exit Strategy on Aug. 26 from noon to 9 p.m. It will feature live music and food from a variety of vendors. Tickets are $20 for adults, kids under 12 are free Katherine Valleau of Exit Strategy has been passionate about helping the hungry

since she was in high school. Members of her marching band conducted food drives and supplied food to shelters. “I saw the impact hunger has on people.” For Food Aid, Valleau is partnering with Donnie Biggins, who books bands to play at the brewery.

Biggins is hosting the second half of Food Aid on Aug. 27 from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Scoville Park, Lake Street at Oak Park Avenue. It will feature a line-up of local musicians and a panel discussion about food insecurity conducted by WBEZ personality, Taylor Nazon.

Fred Hampton, Jr. is among the panelists Festival-goers are encouraged to make a $20 donation and to purchase food from nearby restaurants

This is the second year Biggins has hosted a Food Aid Festival. Last year, they held a twoday event at the Kehrein Center for the Arts in Austin. Oak Park activist Anthony Clark

was on hand and proceeds went to Community Bridges. The cause was serious but the event was fun, “Like a high school reunion.”

Valleau is also promising fun at the brewery. “We’re going to do a beer release that day. It will be a golden ale with citrus characteristics.” Besides quaffing beer, customers can sample brisket sandwiches from Umamicue, pizza from Dark Horse Grill and empanadas from Papa’s Chicago. These vendors are donating 10% of their profits to Food Aid, while the brewery donates 20%. Proceeds from Food Aid will benefit Unity Fridges, the Austin Eats Initiative and the Westchester Food Pantry.

Besides enjoying a variety of food and brews, patrons will be treated to “music from stem to stern.” Oak Park’s School of Rock will kick of f the outdoor concert, followed by Biggins’ band, The Shams Band, The Heavy

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Sounds and Cheryl Tomblin. The School of Rock will also play at Scoville Park. They will be joined by Fury, a hip-hop artist from Austin, Michelle McGuire and a Fleetwood Mac tribute group called Second Hand News

“There’s no point in having a business if you can’t do good,” Valleau said. Biggins is also benefiting others with his business, Harmonica Dunn. Several of his musician friends are forgoing their fee or accepting a lesser amount.

Biggins first became concerned about food insecurity during the pandemic. He found it shocking that 50% of Austin residents lack access to fresh fruits and vegetables. His goal this year is to raise $10,000 and hopes to make Food Aid a yearly event.

Festival goers can visit foodaidfestival.com to purchase tickets or make donations

Stolen car recovered, thanks to rowdy funeral procession

A stolen blue 2021 Volkswagen was recovered after a teen driving it took part in a rowdy funeral procession.

On Aug. 4 at 1:04 p.m., a funeral procession was making its way south on Desplaines Avenue, near the Harrison Street intersection. Police officers in the area flagged the Volkswagen as stolen in an aggravated vehicular hijacking.

As the officers tried to curb it, the driver raced off, heading west on Roosevelt Road and turning north on 1st Avenue, hitting a car as it tried to get away from the officer by driving into the southbound lane. The car went east on the Eisenhower Expressway before turning north on Harlem Avenue, then east on Jackson Boulevard, using Oak Park Avenue to reach Garfield Street and going east again, weaving its way through Chicago’s West Side before crashing at the intersection of Loomis Street and Washburne Avenue in East Garfield Park.

The driver and four passengers got out of the car and ran. Drug Enforcement Administration agents who happened to be in the area joined the chase. They were able to catch two of the teens. Each was charged with one count of motor vehicle theft and three counts of resisting arrest.

The teens were released into their parents’

custody.

Dunkin Donuts robbed

Two masked men held a Dunkin Donuts cashier at gunpoint, taking the contents of the cash register and fleeing. The robbery occurred on Aug. 4 at the 7660 Madison St. location. Around 6:30 p.m., two masked men entered the store and jumped over the counter One man pointed a handgun at the victim’s head and demanded he open the cash register. The employee complied, and the second robber emptied the register, taking $100 to $200 in cash.

The first robber then demanded that the second register be opened. The employee said it was empty, and the two robbers fled the store, reportedly in a dark gray Honda sedan parked in the store’s parking lot, and drove west on Madison Street.

Stolen Apple watch

A burglary victim was able to track his stolen Apple watch to an apartment building in Oak Park — but the location wasn’t precise enough to narrow it down to a specific part of the building.

The man had left his car, a white 2000 Ca-

dillac DeVille, parked in front of his sister’s house on Hannah Avenue. On July 30 around 6 a.m., the victim discovered that someone opened the car’s center console and stole his watch, state ID and several credit cards. Using his Find My iPhone application, he tracked his watch to an apartment building at the 600 block of Garfield Street. The victim tried to get into the lobby before contacting the police

The watch moved throughout the building, but the location wasn’t precise enough to narrow it to a specific unit, and it was too fa r away for the victim to activate the tracking alarm.

The police officers gave up finding the watch. The victim didn’t wish to sign a complaint, which meant that the watch couldn’t be flagged as stolen. The officers advised him to contact “the appropriate jurisdiction” if he receives an updated location.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, July 30-Aug. 5, 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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Taking the Bard’s ‘Measure’

PHOTO S BY JILL WAGNER

Never at a loss for words, Lucio comes up with a plan to save his friend, Claudio, who is unjustly sentenced as his ancee, Juliet looks on.

Village recognized for care of trees on public proper ty

Morton Arboretum accreditation could help with future grants

By IGOR STUDENKOV Staff Reporter

Morton Arboretum has reco gnized the village of Forest Park for its ef fort to better manage the many trees in public rights of way with an ArbNet program Level 1 tree accreditation.

In the joint press release issued by the village and the accreditation program, the reco gnition signifies that Forest Park achieved “particular standards of professional practices deemed important” for public green spaces. This comes a year af-

ter the village used a $9,375 Morton Arboretum grant to inventory all of the trees on public property and develop a plan for how best to take care of them. Village Administrator Moses Amidei told the Review that the accreditation would make the village more “methodical and intentional” about handling the trees, and it could help with some tree-related grants in the future.

The village council approved the village’s Urban Forestry Management plan on June 27, 2022. As the Review re ported at the time, the tree inventory found that, while Forest Park is home to 72 species of trees, 50% of all trees fall within the Maple genus, which means that a disease that affects maples could wipe out half of Forest Park trees. The plan put several maple species on the list of trees not allowed to be planted, though other maple species were still allowed. To create a more diverse tre-

escape, it recommended planting trees that are currently rare in the village and also well-suited for Forest Park’s climat e.

The poli cy changed standards for re placing any trees that get cut down and banned the practice of “tree topping” — removing the top portion of a tree. The Forest Park Recreation Board became responsible for providing “assistance, direction, and advice to the village re garding the preservation, planting, management, and protection of trees” on top of its existing responsibilities for managing village-owned pocket parks and coordinating community volunteer ef forts.

Amidei said that getting the accreditation supports Forest Park’s “priority and commitment concerning the reco gnition of our tree resources as an important aspect of our public infrastructure.

“We are going to be a lot more methodi-

cal and intentional in our planning, planting, etc., based upon the results of our inventory and management plan,” he added.

Would it help the village to get grants?

“Yes, we will include this accreditation, along with our Tree City USA designation, in future grant applications with respect to seeking funding to plant trees as well as trees that need removal — dead or diseased [e.g. emerald ash borer-stricken] trees, etc.,” Amidei re plied.

Accreditation was announced on July 10. During the July 24 village council meeting, Commissioner of Public Property Jessica Voogd, who advocated for the tree inventory and the forestry management plan in the past, said it was good for the village.

“The designation honors our goals within the community, but also provides opportunities for collaboration,” she said. “It’s a great thing that we want to acknowledge.”

Relishing a recent summer evening, people gathered at e Grove at Altenheim for a per formance by Forest Park eatre of Shakespeare’s ‘Measure for Measure.’

Claudio meets with his sister, the loyal and pure Isabella, who is in a moral dilemma over how to save her brother

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Forest Park’s arts culture

There was a time when Forest Park was seen, and rightly, as lacking an invigorating cultural life. Sure, 30 years ago there was the provocative and often outstanding Circle Theatre. But that place has been a mattress store for a decade.

Over that same decade, though, Forest Park has been shooting off sprigs and boughs of arts and culture in every dimension. It has brought energy and innovation and fun to this village while doing it in a very Forest Park way. No one is proposing a gigantic arts center and hiring executive directors. Instead, Forest Park is using the things at hand to invent a vibrant grassroots arts culture.

This is nonprofit entrepreneurial art that is accessible to everyone, that is welcoming to everyone

And we’d start there. As Forest Park has become much more diverse — by race, gender, sexuality, faith, income, work — it has opened itself to art as a way to express that generous diversity.

We see it all around us. And we celebrate it.

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The nascent Forest Park Theatre is performing Shakespeare in the Grove. For free With financial backing from the village. Grandstands hauled over from The Park. Donations of supplies and physical work from local businesses. And they are playing to healthy and enthused audiences. The final weekend is coming up

The Food Aid Festival is on deck with Exit Strategy leading the way in a project that is now expanding to include Oak Park. Music, food and money raised for local pantries.

Garage Galleries, one of the most Forest Park creations of all, will be back this month under the “Let’s try it. This could work” auspices of the Forest Park Arts Alliance. An art walk set in the ordinary garages of local folks

There’s a comedy club being planned for Madison Street in 2024. Emily Ramirez is working to make the BABS comedy club a reality For adults, for children, as a learning place for aspiring perfor mers, the club is going into a storefront at 7316 Madison St. And in keeping with much of Forest Park’s history, Ramirez and her family plan to live upstairs.

How about the No Gloves softball tournament? High culture in our book. And what a platform for the park district to shine. More than 100 volunteers make this multiple-day event happen. Arts and culture are driven by volunteers.

And let us not forget the ar t project on the Circle Avenue bridge, the ambitions and the energized outreach seen month by month from the Forest Park library, the creations of the historical society to see our village’s history through a fresh lens with their many events. Get ready for scarecrows. The Chamber and its design-driven Casket Races is art on wheels.

Hoping there is a new owner for Centuries & Sleuths who will maintain the creative focus of that independent bookstore. And there is the artistry of Forest Park’s growing and evolving restaurant scene. Creativity for certain. Arts build community. And watching arts in Forest Park rise from the grassroots is a great pleasure.

In praise of o -the-rails lms

One of my pandemic projects, as I think I have mentioned before, was the watching of many, many movies. I have watched almost 500 movies since the beginning of the pandemic, and in so doing I have identified a heretofore unrecognized genre of movie that I particularly enjoy: “Movies that realize at some point during production that they are absolutely of f-the-rails deranged and choose, gloriously, to lean into their exuberant implausibility as hard as they can.”

A woefully incomplete list of examples: Pacific Rim, 2012 Xanadu, My Sp y, Showgirls, National Treasure, Tenet, pendence Day 2. At no point during the filming of any of those movies did anyone acce pt the suggestion, “Let’s maybe tone it down.” If anything, they realized the movies they re making were unsustainably ridiculous and elected, God bless them, to turn that “ish” up.

A good rule of thumb for identifying movies of this type: during a film you are moved to laugh aloud in delighted disbelief at the sheer audacity required to put what you are seeing on the screen, there is a good chance you are seeing a movie in this genre. Same goes for being inspired to laughingly say, “Are you <expletive> kidding me?” at any cinematic choice.

Summer is for blockbuster movies. We are all aware of this, having marinated in 200 Marvel Cinematic Universe offerings over the past couple of decades, but this year people seem especially excited. I have seen Barbie, and Oppenheimer is in my near future, but today I am instead going to evangelize a movie that is far superior to either of these two artistic of ferings. Only one movie I have seen so far this summer has truly leaned in to true-bats potential of imaginative cinema. I am speaking, of course, of The Me g 2: The Trench.

Hear me out.

T here is not one second of wasted time on the screen. It is as lean and taut a movie as it has ever been my pleasure to enjoy, even if any of the other entries in this genre do not have sharks twice the size of box cars attempting to settle strangely personal scores with the always-welcome Jason Statham. (I don’ t remember the names of anyone else in this movie.)

T he plot is not especially convoluted. There are enor mous, enormous sharks

T here is also an evil corporation because you can only extract so much dialogue from giant sharks, and also evil corporations have greater access to plastic explosives. There is an additional giant sea creature, whose appearance I won’ t spoil exce pt to suggest that all I could think was, “You know, a little olive oil and some lemon and a really big charcoal grill …” There is an imperiled child who is vaguely impor tant to Jason Statham in unspecified ways. There are several plot twists, each approximately as difficult to puzzle out in advance as your average e pisode of Scooby-Do o. There is aggressive defiance of the laws of both nature and physics. T here are several new revelations about scientific phenomena of which I had not previously been aware. For example, did you know that you won’ t be crushed by pressure if you are free diving 25,000 feet underwater as long as you are willing to fill your sinuses with seawater? I did not.

Not sure if the people visiting the Titanic were aware of this hack; if this movie had been released in May perhaps they would have survived.

The magic of nally growing up

Last Monday was magical. I had an emotional breakthrough. It surprised me like the waves of joy I experienced in Ireland. My self-image improved in an instant and I’ve been enjoying the benefits ever since.

The magic began in the mor ning. Mondays are my deadline day and I had to write a feature story and come up with a column. Nor mally, I would feel the pressure of the “dreadline,” but I thought to myself: Why should I feel stressed out? I love writing and spent the whole day playing with words, while listening to classical music.

When I was finished, I was pleased with the two pieces. I also barely made the deadline for the St. Ignatius Alumni Newsletter I submitted an article about my classmate, Mike Brady, being inducted into the 16-inch Softball Hall of Fame. It would run the next day.

That evening, I was reflecting on the trifecta of articles I submitted and suddenly I was filled with a sense of well-being. I was in such a good mood when I went to bed that I couldn’t fall asleep. That had never happened to me before. Insomnia caused by

happiness. For the first time, I had a positive self-image

Later, I consulted the ultimate authority about everything — my phone — and lear ned we form our self-image around the age of 5. That was a particularly bad year for me, getting expelled from Kindergarten. Plus, I was one of the few Irish Catholics who developed a poor self-image from my treatment at home, at school and in church

Many of us grew up in chaotic families, were educated by negative critical teachers and shamed by priests. As a result, I always felt bad, regardless of what I accomplished. This did not match reality but it’s a tough feeling to shake.

I’ve tried shaking other people out of their negative self-image. I told an employee, “You’re the only person in the world who doesn’t know how great you are.” My words didn’t immediately help. She continued to set impossibly high standards and feel bad about not achieving them.

It helped me, though, when I received encouraging words from readers. Most columnists get little feedback. Writing is a solitary exercise and we don’t know if any-

A LOOK BACK IN TIME

one is reading it. When someone would tell me they read my column, my standard reply was, “That makes two of us.”

That was no longer funny when the pandemic hit. Like everyone else, my life was in disarray. At the newspaper, we felt disconnected from our colleagues and it was impossible to interview people in person. Then, during the depths of the plague, I met a masked woman at Ed’s Way. She told me I was respected in the community and should keep writing despite the pandemic.

I’ve been living off her words ever since. I also received positive feedback from others. I even welcomed negative feedback. It showed me that someone cared enough to read the column and made the effort to respond to it.

Living in the close-knit community of Forest Park also helped. I cannot believe how many community-building events we have here. Gatherings that are fun and life-affir ming. It’s great for connecting with neighbors and making new friends.

When I finally woke up on Tuesday, the euphoria was gone but the new self-image remained. When adversity came, in the form of negative or toxic people, I was much better at handling it. I shared the news about my emotional breakthrough with my wife

She was happy that after all these years my 5-year-old finally grew up

Breaking ground for a new school

This photo shows the groundbreaking ceremony for the addition to Grant School, which became Grant-White School in 1927. Elizabeth White, for whom the school was named, is in the center holding a shovel. Also in the photo is Mayor George Gold, Chief of Police Fred Licht, Judge Paul Witt, Commissioner Louis Oswald, school board member Lee Pittman, Forest Park Review Editor Edith Heilman, commissioners James Brannon and Kurt Berliner, the very civicminded Emil Roehlke, and many other outstanding citizens of Forest Park.

Jill Wagner

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Senior Editor Bob Uphues

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HELP WANTED

PART-TIME ELECTRICIAN’S HELPER

Experience or not.

Call for more information.

708-738-3848

COVID-19 EPIDEMIOLOGIST

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Covid-19 Epidemiologist in the Public Health Department. This is a One-Year, Full Time Temporary position as of date of hire. This position will serve as a subject matter expert on communicable diseases of public health concern, including COVID-19. This position will work on the surveillance and investigation of infectious diseases and other public health threats; rapid response to disease outbreaks including assisting the community’s emergency preparedness and response team. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website https://www.oakpark.us/your-government/human-resources-department. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. This position is open until filled.

General maintenance on lifters and towing trailers. Must be able to operate and fix maintenance equipment. Some assembly and build projects. Some other job duties may include but are not limited to general building upkeep, painting, light cleaning, lifting 50lbs+, driving company vehicles on occasion, operating forklifts and scissor lift, assisting in other warehouse tasks such as loading and unloading trucks, shipping and receiving. email resume to hr@sievertelectric.com

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits

Salary: $16.00 - $18.00 per hour

Schedule: 8 hour shift Monday to Friday

OAK PARK POLICE DEPARTMENTACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!

Application Deadline is Friday, September 1, 2023, at 2:00 p.m.

How to Apply:

• Complete your application at https:// iosolutions.com by the application deadline.

• Submit all supporting documentation by the application deadline.

Police Officer Minimum Requirements:

• At least 21 years of age and have not passed their 35th birthday by closing date for application.

• U.S. Citizen who speaks and understands English.

• Possess at least 60 hours of college credit at a fully accredited college or university, and also possess a minimum grade average of “C” by application deadline.

• Possess a valid driver s license.

• Possess a Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) card at the time of hire

Written Exam Information:

A mandatory written exam will be held on Saturday, September 30, 2023. Testing will take place at Oak Park Village Hall (room# 101) located at 123 Madison St. Oak Park, IL 60302. Sign-in will held from 8:30a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Additional details will be provided to eligible candidates approximately one week prior to the exam.

About the Village of Oak Park and Police Department:

• Starting Salary: $78,650.74 after 4 years of service $110,953.23

Please contact IOS Recruitment at (800)-343-HIRE or recruitment@ iosolutions.com with questions regarding the application, required documents or testing.

Data Engineer III sought by Press Ganey Associates LLC in Chicago, IL to dvlp & manage end-to-end data analytics & warehouse project plans & ensure on-time delivery. Telecommuting permitted up to 2 days/ wk. Reqs a Bach deg in Comp Sci, Electrical/Electronic Engg, or a rltd field & 5 yrs exp in s/ware engg, systems engg, or technical product/ prgm mgmt. Exp must incl: 3 yrs exp in Jira s/ware or similar agile project mgmt s/ware; 4 yrs exp delivering cross-team tech prgms or products from inception to delivery using CI/ CD (continuous integration/continuous delivery); 5 yrs exp w/ analytical solutions in relational d/bases such as MS SQL Server, Oracle, or DB2; 5 yrs exp w/ NoSQL d/bases & solutions such as data lakes & document-oriented d/bases. To apply, send resume to Pam.Holland-Riddle@pressganey.com & ref job title & KS23 in subj line.

GARAGE SALE

RIVERSIDE MOVING SALE

465 UVEDALE ROAD

SAT AUG 12

8:30 AM TO 3PM

Furniture, high-end crystal and china, household goods, tools, workshop equipment and more!

FOREST PARK

HUGE MOVING SALE!!

1333 S ELGIN AVE

FRI AUG 11

SAT

CARS WANTED

CLASSICS WANTED

CLASSICS WANTED

Restored or Unrestored Cars & Vintage Motorcycles

Domestic / Import Cars:

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 • 630-201-8122

Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari’s, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Mustang & Mopars $$ Top $$ all makes, Etc.

CLASSICS WANTED

Collector James 630-201-8122

Restored or Unrestored

Cars & Vintage Motorcycles

Domestic / Import Cars: Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari’s, Jaguars,

WANTED TO BUY

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

ROOFING

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES

PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

August 24th, 2023 AT 7:00 P.M

LEGAL NOTICE

The Village and Park District of Oak Park will receive sealed Bids from qualified contractors at the Public Works Center, 201 South Blvd., Oak Park, IL 60302 Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. local time until 2:00 p.m. on Friday September 1, 2023 for the following:

Village and Park District of Oak Park

2024 Comprehensive Tree Maintenance Bid Number: 23-127

Bid documents may be obtained from the Village’s website at http://www.oak-park. us/bid. For questions, please call Public Works at (708) 3585700 during the above hours.

A mandatory pre-bid meeting shall be held on Wednesday, August 23 at 11 a.m. at the Public Works Center in Oak Park. Proposals received from bidders who do not send a representative to the pre-bid meeting shall not be considered.

The Village and Park District of Oak Park reserve the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening.

Published in Wednesday Journal August 9, 2023

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: Y23010865 on August 1, 2023

Under the Assumed Business Name of IMAGINATION STATION LEARNING CENTER with the business located at: 615 SOUTH BLVD C, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: CASHMERE WIGGINS 615 SOUTH BLVD C OAK PARK, IL 60302, USA.

Published in Wednesday Journal August 9, 16, 23, 2023

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE OF COURT DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME CHANGE

STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY.

Request of BARBARA RUTH GIBBS

20234004150

There will be a court date on my Request to change my name from:

BARBARA RUTH GIBBS to the new name of: RUTH T. WITTBRODT

The court date will be held:

On 9/19/23 at 11:00 AM at 1500 Maybrook Drive, Maywood, Cook County in Courtroom # 0111

Published in Wednesday Journal August 2, 9, 16, 2023

NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, August 24th, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for a preliminary planned development application for a property located at 8845 Burlington Ave, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 15-34-433-0010000; 15-34-433-002-0000; 15-34433-003-0000) by Peter Haleas for a proposed 12-unit, 3-story new construction residential building with enclosed parking.

Legal Description: Lots 17, 18, and 19 in Block 29 in the Subdivision of Blocks 27, 29 to 34 Inclusive, in Grossdale, a Subdivision in Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 12 east of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments.

The proposed planned development application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to 4:00 PM on the day of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Kate Portillo, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 or at kportillo@brookfieldil.gov. Please reference PZC Case 23-10. Oral or written public testimony may be given during the public hearing.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodation to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall.

By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman.

Published in RB Landmark August 9, 2023

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD

Notice of Public Hearing

Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission August 24, 2023 at 7:00 PM

NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, August 24th, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois for the purpose of considering a request for variations from §62-75 Bulk, yard and space requirements of the Village Code in order to build a garage for property located at 3106 Oak Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PIN 15-34-202-019-0000).

Legal Description: Lot 2 in Block 5 in Brookfield Manor, being a Subdivision of the Northeast ¼ of Section 34, Township 39 North, Range 12 East of the Third Principal Meridian (Except the Right of Way of the Suburban Railroad), in Cook County, Illinois.

PUBLIC NOTICES

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments.

Written comments may be provided prior to 4:00 PM on the day of the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Kate Portillo, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513, kportillo@brookfieldil.gov, or 708-485-1113. Oral or written testimony may be given during the public hearing.

The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Please reference PZC Case 23-11. Public hearings may be continued from time to time without further notice except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act.

Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall.

By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman.

Published in RB Landmark August 9, 2023

PUBLIC NOTICES

OP Elementary D97 09/12/2023

PUBLIC HEARING ON 23-24

BUDGET PUBLIC NOTICE

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON 2023-2024 BUDGET PUBLIC

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of Oak Park Elementary School District Number 97, Cook County, Illinois, that it will hold a public hearing on its proposed budget for the 2023 - 2024 school year on the 12th day of September, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. The hearing will be held at the District Office, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302. Such proposed budget shall be on file conveniently available for public inspection from and after August 11, 2023, in the Business Office of Oak Park Elementary School District 97, between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm. The Board of Education intends to adopt the proposed 20232024 budget following the public hearing on 09/12/2023.

Published in Wednesday Journal August 9, 2023

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC

D/B/A MR. COOPER Plaintiff, -v.PATRICE HOUSTON A/K/A

PATRICE CAREY, PARRIS HOUSTON, OAK PARK PLACE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION

Defendants

22 CH 8975 420 HOME AVENUE #208

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 May 31, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 1, 2023, at The Judicial Sales Corpo-

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

ration, 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 420 HOME AVENUE #208, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-324-0331017

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $104,989.28.

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

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 22-096854.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-

TION

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.

LOGS Legal Group LLP

2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301

Bannockburn IL, 60015

847-291-1717

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com

Attorney File No. 22-096854

Attorney Code. 42168

Case Number: 22 CH 8975

TJSC#: 43-2298

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 # 22 CH 8975 I3225644

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Plaintiff, -v.ANTONIO A. BRAVO, THE TREMONT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION

Defendants 2023 CH 00031 227 W CHICAGO #3 OAK PARK, IL 60302

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 6, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 8, 2023, 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 227 W CHICAGO #3, OAK PARK, IL 60302

Property Index No. 16-08-102-0211009

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

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

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 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) 236-

SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-22-09619

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2023 CH 00031

TJSC#: 43-2462

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 # 2023 CH 00031

I3226051

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

SANTANDER BANK, N.A.

Plaintiff, -v.-

KRIS M. KERTGEN, WISCONSIN WINDINGS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants 2023 CH 00062 423 S. WISCONSIN AVENUE #1E 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 15, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 18, 2023, 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 423 S. WISCONSIN AVENUE #1E, OAK PARK, IL 60302

Property Index No. 16-07-322-0611017; 16-07-322-061-1043

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the fore-

closure 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 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. 14-22-09640

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2023 CH 00062

TJSC#: 43-2722

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 # 2023 CH 00062 I3226570

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ABFC

2002-NC1 TRUST, ABFC ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2002-NC1

Plaintiff, -v.-

BRENDA J. CROCKETT, DAVID CROCKETT

Defendants

2018 CH 06761

2345 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE

BROADVIEW, IL 60155

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 20, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 30, 2023, 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 2345 SOUTH 20TH AVENUE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155

Property Index No. 15-22-113-0280000

The real estate is improved with a

single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630)

794-9876

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORA-

TION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-

SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100

BURR RIDGE IL, 60527

630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-18-04157

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2018 CH 06761

TJSC#: 43-2908

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 # 2018 CH 06761

I3225797

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHAN-

CERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Plaintiff,

-v.FREDDIE ADAMS, JOHN ADAMS, MICHAEL ADAMS, STEVEN ADAMS, JOSEPH ADAMS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF ALBERT ADAMS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR ALBERT ADAMS (DECEASED)

Defendants 2022 CH 09785 2925 S 12TH AVE BROADVIEW, IL 60155

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 6, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 8, 2023, 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 2925 S 12TH AVE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155

Property Index No. 15-22-417-007-

0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES,

P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 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) 236-

SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-22-07029

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2022 CH 09785

TJSC#: 43-2375

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 # 2022 CH 09785

I3225958

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Plaintiff, -v.LINDA L GREEN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH ITS AGENCY THE INTERNAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT, AARON GREEN, ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

Defendants

2023 CH 00957

240 LINDEN AVE BELLWOOD, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 8, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 7, 2023, 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 240 LINDEN AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104

Property Index No. 15-09-113-0220000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $137,347.38.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of

sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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

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 CHAD LEWIS, ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 205 N. MICHIGAN SUITE 810, CHICAGO, IL, 60601 (561) 241-6901. Please refer to file number 22-089813.

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. CHAD LEWIS ROBERTSON ANSCHUTZ SCHNEID CRANE & PARTNERS, PLLC 205 N. MICHIGAN SUITE 810 CHICAGO IL, 60601 561-241-6901

E-Mail: ILMAIL@RASLG.COM

Attorney File No. 22-089813

Attorney ARDC No. 6306439 Attorney Code. 65582

Case Number: 2023 CH 00957

TJSC#: 43-2476

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 # 2023 CH 00957

I3226182

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS OWNER TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF ANTLER MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2021-RTL1

Plaintiff, -v.-

ROGUE ELEPHANT COMPANY, ROBERT JAMES KENDALL WHEATFALL, AS GUARANTOR

Defendants 2022 CH 05839 614 S. 7TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 17, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 13, 2023, 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 614 S. 7TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-11-333-0090000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $209,068.80.

Sale terms: 100% of the bid amount shall be paid in certified funds immediately by the highest and best bidder at the conclusion of the sale. The certified check must be made payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

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

For information, contact Kelley, Kronenberg, P.A. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 20 N. Clark St., Suite 1150, Chicago, IL, 60602 (312) 216-8828. Please refer to file number 02200348. 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.

Kelley, Kronenberg, P.A. 20 N. Clark St., Suite 1150 Chicago IL, 60602 312-216-8828

E-Mail: ileservice@kelleykronenberg.com

Attorney File No. 02200348

Attorney Code. 49848

Case Number: 2022 CH 05839

TJSC#: 43-3078

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 # 2022 CH 05839 I3226701

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF MFRA TRUST

2015-2

Plaintiff, -v.SONYA CAMPBELL

Defendants

21 CH 00299

1914 SOUTH 16TH AVENUE BROADVIEW, IL 60155

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 13, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 15, 2023, 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 1914 SOUTH 16TH AVENUE, BROADVIEW, IL 60155

Property Index No. 15-15-408-049-

0000

The real estate is improved with a two to four apartment 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, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

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

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) 236-

SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602 312-346-9088

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com

Attorney File No. 20-06852IL_633123

Attorney Code. 61256

Case Number: 21 CH 00299

TJSC#: 43-2806

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 # 21 CH 00299

I3226757

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION LAKEVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC

Plaintiff, -v.CARY ROSENTHAL, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF MARY R SPIGHT, DECEASED, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MARY R SPIGHT, BIANCA PHILLIPS Defendants 22 CH 07827 426 SOUTH 21ST AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 17, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 11, 2023, 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 426 SOUTH 21ST AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-10-311-0220000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence 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, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

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

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 CORPORA-

TION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-

SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MCCALLA RAYMER LEIBERT PIERCE, LLC

One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago IL, 60602

312-346-9088

E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com

Attorney File No. 22-10868IL

Attorney Code. 61256

Case Number: 22 CH 07827

TJSC#: 43-2987

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 # 22 CH 07827

I3226270

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF THE ASSET BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2002-HE1; Plaintiff, vs.

VICTOR WALKER; GAYLA W. WALKER AKA GAYLA WALKER; WELLS FARGO BANK

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

STATE OF ILLINOIS; US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE HOLDERS OF OF THE ASSET BACKED PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2002-HE1;

Defendants, 19 CH 6192

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, September 11, 2023 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 15-11-120-009-0000, 15-11120-010-0000.

Commonly known as 416 North 4th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 19-009204

ADC F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com

I3226308

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION SPECIALIZED LOAN SERVICING, LLC;

Plaintiff, vs. ANNIE D. HROBOWSKI; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 23 CH 636 NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, September 11, 2023 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 15-10-232-027-0000.

Commonly known as 110 South 12th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153.

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

For information call The Sales De-

partment at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates, P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563. (630) 453-6925. 1396189580 ADC

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com

I3226322

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY FSB DBA CHRISTIANA TRUST AS TRUSTEE FOR PNPMS TRUST III;

Plaintiff, vs. DARRYL L. CHRISTY; FELICIA A. CHRISTY AKA FELICIA CHRISTY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS;

Defendants, 22 CH 2454

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 15-09-307-039-0000; 15-09307-040-0000.

Commonly known as 534 BELLWOOD AVE., BELLWOOD, IL 60104.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. THE SALE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO GENERAL TAXES, SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND TO PRIOR RECORDED FIRST AND SECOND MORTGAGES Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Diaz Anselmo & Associates, P.A., 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563. (630) 453-6925. 6758181027

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

intercountyjudicialsales.com

I3226331

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR MORTGAGE ASSETS MANAGEMENT SERIES I TRUST Plaintiff, -v.VESSIE MAE WHITE, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JAMES WHITE, PARK NATIONAL BANK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICASECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, DAMON RITENHOUSE, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR JAMES WHITE (DECEASED) Defendants

2022 CH 11529

638 S 22ND AVE

BELLWOOD, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 28, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 14, 2023, 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 638 S 22ND AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104

Property Index No. 15-10-318-0210000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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

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 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. 14-22-07557

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2022 CH 11529

TJSC#: 43-2895

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 # 2022 CH 11529 I3226508

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIZENS BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.REKIETHA BLASH VANZANT, BRENDAN FINANCIAL, INC., CREDIT UNION 1

Defendants 2022 CH 04608 2011 S 12TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 13, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 15, 2023, 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 2011 S 12TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153

Property Index No. 15-15-421-0050000

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgag-

ee, 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 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) 236-

SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.

15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300

E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com

Attorney File No. 14-22-03705

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2022 CH 04608

TJSC#: 43-2494

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 # 2022 CH 04608 I3226511

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION

Plaintiff, -v.-

DEBBY MCCLINTON A/K/A DEBBY

C. MCCLINTON, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC

Defendants 2020 CH 03113

549 48TH AVE

BELLWOOD, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 13, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 15, 2023, 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 549 48TH AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104

Property Index No. 15-08-409-073-

0000

The real estate is improved with a

single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption.

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

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 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. 14-20-01819

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762

Case Number: 2020 CH 03113

TJSC#: 43-2552

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 # 2020 CH 03113

I3226566

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION FOREST PARK NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY

Plaintiff, -v.LISA A. HAEGER, CARL M. MONTINO, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants

16 CH 12350

533 Marengo

FOREST PARK, IL 60130

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on February 24, 2022 and amended on March 2, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 5, 2023, 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 533 Marengo, FOREST PARK, IL 60130

Property Index No. 15-13-213-023-

0000

The real estate is improved with a residence.

The judgment amount was $319,544.72.

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. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of sec-

tion 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-

1).IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Amanda E. Losquadro, CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1700, CHICAGO, IL, 60606 (312) 444-9300. Please refer to file number 21168.72643. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-

SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

Amanda E. Losquadro

CHUHAK & TECSON, P.C. 120 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 1700 CHICAGO IL, 60606 312-444-9300

E-Mail: alosquadro@chuhak.com

Attorney File No. 21168.72643

Attorney Code. 70693

Case Number: 16 CH 12350

TJSC#: 43-1089

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.

I3225564

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Plaintiff, -v.-

VERNITA LOVE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON­RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF CATHERINE ROBINSON, DECEASED, PHARON

LOVE, DAMON RITENHOUSE,

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 9, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 24, 2023, 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 1022 EASTERN AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104

Property Index No. 15-16-120-0470000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $170,549.57.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

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

For information, contact MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Plaintiff’s Attorneys, ONE EAST WACKER, SUITE 1250, Chicago, IL, 60601 (312) 651-6700. Please refer to file number 22-000192.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-

SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC

ONE EAST WACKER, SUITE 1250 Chicago IL, 60601

312-651-6700

E-Mail: AMPS@manleydeas.com

Attorney File No. 22-000192

Attorney Code. 48928

Case Number: 2022 CH 01483

TJSC#: 43-2845

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 # 2022 CH 01483

I3225387

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC.

Plaintiff, -v.-

FELICIA DEGRAFFENREID, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANCE CORPORATION OF AMERICA, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Defendants 20 CH 01174 1540 N. ROHDE AVE. BERKELEY, IL 60163

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 6, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 1, 2023, 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 1540 N. ROHDE AVE., BERKELEY, IL 60163 Property Index No. 15-08-113-0500000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $130,373.67.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE IL-

LINOIS 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 403024.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-

SALE

You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC

601 E. William St. DECATUR IL, 62523

217-422-1719

Fax #: 217-422-1754

E-Mail: CookPleadings@hsbattys. com

Attorney File No. 403024

Attorney Code. 40387

Case Number: 20 CH 01174

TJSC#: 43-401

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 # 20 CH 01174 I3224449

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC

Plaintiff, -v.-

GREGORY E. WHITE, LETICHA A. SMITH A/K/A LETICHA A. WHITE, STATE OF ILLINOIS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS

Defendants 23 CH 209 222 46TH AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 31, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on September 1, 2023, 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 222 46TH AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-08-222-0290000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $101,816.50.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale

is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact The sales clerk, LOGS Legal Group LLP Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL, 60015 (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm - 3pm.. Please refer to file number 22-097797.

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.

LOGS Legal Group LLP

2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn IL, 60015 847-291-1717

E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com

Attorney File No. 22-097797

Attorney Code. 42168

Case Number: 23 CH 209 TJSC#: 43-2323

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 # 23 CH 209 I3225647

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOHN COLIN

TOLINE AKA JOHN C. TOLINE; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; UNITED STATE OF AMERICA; CAROL JEAN ANTHONY; JOHN ANDREW TOLINE; GERALD NORDGREN AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR JOHN

COLIN TOLINE AKA JOHN

C. TOLINE; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 22 CH 3311

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, August 28, 2023 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate:

P.I.N. 15-13-410-008-0000. Commonly known as 920 Beloit Avenue, Forest Park, IL 60130.

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

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455. W21-0269 ADC INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3225202

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, d/b/a Christiana Trust, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity as Certificate Trustee for NRP Mortgage Trust 1 Plaintiff, vs. Absolute Management & Consulting, Inc.; Ron Tahoe; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants, 21 CH 4407

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 29, 2023 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-10-403-014-0000 and 1510-403-015-0000.

Commonly known as 233 SOUTH 14TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 21-015760

F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

intercountyjudicialsales.com

I3225210

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION

MCLP ASSET COMPANY, INC.

Plaintiff, -v.SUSIE LOWRY A/K/A SUSIE M LOWRY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS

Defendants 22 CH 04738 439 MORRIS AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104

NOTICE OF SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV-

EN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 26, 2023, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on August 30, 2023, 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 439 MORRIS AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104

Property Index No. 15-09-302-025-

0000

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire trans-

fer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW.

You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency

(driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

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 CORPORA-

TION

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. 20-02921IL_601222

Attorney Code. 61256

Case Number: 22 CH 04738

TJSC#: 43-2803

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 # 22 CH 04738

I3225640

Please join House Speaker and State Representative Emanuel “Chris” Welch for a SHRED

EVENT

Saturday, August 26, 2023 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM

LaGrange Park Community Park District 1501 Barnsdale Road | LaGrange Park, IL 60526

• Limit two boxes per car.

• Cardboard boxes cannot be left at the event.

• Residential shredding only (no commercial shredding).

• Shredding accepted until shred trucks reach capacity.

Please remember to remove all paper clips, staples, and other bindings.

Help protect yourself from identity theft! Bring documents that contain your personally identifiable information – such as old bank statements, tax returns, bills, receipts, credit card applications and outdated medical records –to be safely shredded.

Emanuel “Chris”

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE 7th District STATE REPRESENTATIVE

For more information, please contact Rep. Welch’s constituent service office at 708-450-1000 or RepWelch@EmanuelChrisWelch.com

THIS EVENT IS FREE TO THE PUBLIC!

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NOW ENROLLING For Fall 2023

For over 35 years, WSMS has provided an authentic AMI accredited Montessori education in Oak Park.

We offer half day, extended day, and full day programs for children ages 3 to 12.

Join us for a tour and ignite your child’s curiosity for learning.

RSVP today at www.wsms.org/tour

1039 S. East Ave., Oak Park, Illinois | 708.848.2662

(Austin), or 6:30p.m.

Monday Catherine-St. The only willingness ability to check. orientation 6:30p.m. Church Park 6:30p.m. Church Park application at https://learningedgetutoring.org/enroll/. If contact Kara kara@learningedgetutoring.org or

Please join us for one of our upcoming in-person orientation events:

September 14th, 2023, 6:30p.m. First United Church 848 Lake Street, Oak Park

September 18th, 2023, 6:30p.m. Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church 744 Fair Oaks, Oak Park

You can submit a volunteer application at learningedgetutoring.org/enroll/. If you have any questions, please contact Kara Kalnitz at kara@learningedgetutoring.org or 773-378-5530 for more information.

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An exceptional Montessori education for over 35 years

West Suburban Montessori School has been providing an exceptional Montessori education in Oak Park for over 35 years. We value kindness, hard work, and the spark or enthusiasm required for real learning to take place. The children who attend WSMS are on a path toward independence. Our graduates are confident, strong minded, outside of the box thinkers. They are kind, respectful, and curious.

West Suburban Montessori School embodies the educational principles established by Dr. Maria Montessori (18701952), an Italian physician who dedicated her career to the study of children. Following Dr. Montessori’s guidance, we focus on the whole child at WSMS, including the intellectual, physical, emotional, social, and spiritual development of the child.

• Montessori environments have mixed ages: Primary (ages 3-6), Lower Elementary (ages 6-9), and Upper Elementary (ages 9-12)

• Children actively engage in their learning. The guide gives lessons to the student, and the student continues the work independently.

• Hands on learning happens in Montessori environments. The Montessori materials are made to be touched and manipulated.

• Montessori students have freedom of movement. Movement is vital for all children.

• An AMI credentialed guide in each classroom is key. Montessori guides focus on redirection, honest conversation, and encouragement of their students.

• Uninterrupted work cycles are paramount to Montessori classrooms. Students work at their own pace, learn to concentrate deeply, and develop interests in a full range of subject areas.

West Suburban Montessori School is accredited by the Association Montessori International (AMI) to educate children from 3 to 12 years of age.

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Become a Learning Edge Tutor!

For over 30 years, Learning Edge Tutoring has been providing tutoring to students who come from the Austin neighborhood. Our mission is to contribute to the lives of Chicago-area students through free one-to-one tutoring and academic enrichment opportunities enhanced by caring, mentoring relationships. We strive to help our students improve their foundational reading and math skills, provide homework help, and foster enduring relationships. We are currently recruiting new volunteers who are interested in becoming a tutor. Tutors are assigned to work with the same student for 30 weeks throughout the school year. They attend tutoring one night per week on either

a Monday (Oak Park), Tuesday (Austin), or Thursday (Oak Park) evening from 6:30p.m. to 8:00p.m. or participate in our Monday after-school program at St. Catherine-St. Lucy School (3:15p.m. to 4:15p.m.). The only requirements to volunteer are a willingness to help a young person and the ability to pass a criminal background check. Please join us for one of our upcoming in-person orientation events:

September 14th, 2023, 6:30p.m. First United Church 848 Lake Street, Oak Park September 18th, 2023, 6:30p.m. Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church 744 Fair Oaks Ave., Oak Park

You can submit a volunteer application at https://learningedgetutoring.org/enroll/. If you have any questions, please contact Kara Kalnitz at kara@learningedgetutoring.org or 773-378-5530 for more information

LMS/ International Mansion: every child has a gift to be shared

Our school can be best described as a ‘Homeschool in School’ style program. We have a full dynamic Spanish Immersion curriculum and are listed by MENSA as a recommended program for gifted students.

We are a small school with only 30 students total between Preschool and 8th grade. What sets us apart?

- Fluency in Spanish Achieved within one year during Preschool years, or within two years during Elementary School years. The Spanish language is spoken throughout as the target immersion language. Academic classes are

Current subjects, but not limited to, are:

• Penmanship

• Reading/writing

• Math

• Science

• Geography/history

• Logic/coding

• Theater (improv, superhero stage combat, musical theatre)

• Martial arts

all taught in English and/or Spanish and English. If weather permits, many of our academic classes are done outdoors.

- Student to teacher ratio: some classes are one on one, two to one, with a maximum of six students to one instructor.

- Daily schedule is customized and flexible.

- Professional and passionate instructors.

- Guest tutors with real life experience.

- No test to enter, no traditional testing.

- Students paired by interest, in mixed age setting.

- Weekly reports sent to parents.

• Art (including painting, clay art, comic book art and more)

• Music (Rock band, intro to most instrument, harmony, chorus)

• Social emotional discussions/Life skills

• Spanish immersion spoken through out the day and taught in lesson format. Russian immersion taught in lesson format.

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• Intro to Foreign languages (Hebrew, Italian, chinese, japanese, korean, etc.)

• Physical education: Archery/Ice Skating/ Soccer, and more.

• Chess and board games.

• Architectural design

Ascension School Enriches Minds, Bodies and Souls

For over 110 years, Ascension has provided an excellent Catholic education in the spirit of love, kindness, respect, and inclusion.  The strength and support of our Ascension community is notably present in the students’ academic, social, and spiritual education. Our goal is to create a positive atmosphere where students can grow in a safe, challenging and faith-filled learning environment.

With an average student to teacher ratio of 13:1, our faculty recognizes the individuality of each child’s development and has the opportunity to work with our students one on one to help them achieve their academic goals. Our students experience a well-rounded, Catholic education that enriches their minds, bodies and souls.

This year Ascension is one of only 15 Chicago schools entering its second year school partnership with the Museum of Science and Industry. Beginning in

preschool, every classroom has access to iPads, chrome books and students are exposed to comprehensive STEM opportunities throughout the year.

We offer both full and half-day programs for our preschool children.  Our preschooler’s day focuses on independent learning, socialization, reading readiness and literacy skills, fine motor and gross motor development.  Ascension School also has an Extended Day Program which offers before school and after school care for our preschool to grade 8 students.

Ascension provides outstanding fine and performing arts programs, extracurricular athletic programs and a number of clubs that promote teamwork, community and inclusion.

Learn about what Ascension School can offer your child with a private tour at school.ascensionoakpark.com

Forest Park School District 91 is abuzz with excitement as the start of the new academic year approaches. With the first day of school on August 21st, just around the corner, educators and leaders are eagerly anticipating the beginning of a thrilling journey filled with growth, learning, and exploration.

This year, Forest Park School District 91 is proud to introduce several exciting new programs aimed at enriching the educational experience of its students. Among the highlights is the much-anticipated STEAM program, set to engage students from 3rd to 8th grade. Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics will come alive in hands-on and innovative ways, sparking a passion for critical thinking and problemsolving across various disciplines. The district is committed to equipping

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its students with the skills needed to thrive in a rapidly changing world.

Superintendent Alvarez, school board members, local officials, community members, parents, and staff will gather for the ribbon-cutting event to celebrate this significant milestone scheduled to take place at 5:30 pm on August 23rd. They will express their gratitude to the community for its support in making this innovative project a reality and highlight the importance of STEM education in shaping the future.These labs will serve as hubs for innovative projects and experiments, engaging students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. The district aims to create an immersive and dynamic learning environment that nurtures creativity and curiosity.

Forest Park School District 91 is

also eagerly welcoming its new staff members, bringing fresh perspectives and expertise to the district. Alongside them, the district is excited to have its dedicated returning staff members back, ready to nurture students’ growth and guide them on their educational journey. The commitment of the staff to the well-being and development of their students is a driving force behind the district’s success.

To ensure a smooth start to the academic year, all families are encouraged to complete the registration process as soon as possible. Visit fpsd91.org to get started today. This helps schools adequately prepare for the arrival of students and ensures a seamless transition into the new school year. The administration is actively working to streamline the registration

process, providing online support and resources for parents to access easily. If you have questions email register@ fpsd91.org.

Adding to the excitement, Forest Park School District 91 is organizing a Back-to-School Picnic at the park district on August 15th, from 4 pm to 7 pm. Families can look forward to a fun-filled evening with a range of activities, fostering a strong sense of community among students, families, and staff. The event will also offer valuable resources and support for families during the registration process, including assistance with online registration.

As the first day of school draws near, the entire community stands united, and ready to embark on this educational adventure together.

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Full-Day Kindergarten Comes to District 90

District 90 students will begin the 2023-24 school year on August 24, which also starts the District’s full-day Kindergarten program. Five current District 90 teachers -- Tammy Brenneman, Amy Driscoll, Barb Garvey, Kathryn Stasys, and Lori Suzuki -- worked throughout the end of the prior school year and during the summer to transform the kindergarten program.

With nearly 50 years of experience teaching kindergarten, the teachers expect the beginning of the school year will focus on helping young learners acclimate to a full-day program, build their stamina for learning, and adhere to classroom and school routines. “There’ll be more time for everything that happens in school –more time for cooperative learning and developing friendships,” said Amy Driscoll. Lori Suzuki added, “There’ll be more time to devote to both academic and socialemotional learning development.”

All five teachers expressed a common goal regarding their students. They strive to instill a love of learning in each student. Tammy Brenneman said it’s simply magical watching kindergarten students become independent learners. “Kindergarteners go from not knowing letters to reading books, from not knowing numbers to adding and subtracting,” Barb Garvey added. Further, it’s such a joy to see their delight as they learn new things, said Kathryn Stasys.

This transition to a full-day kindergarten program reflects District 90’s commitment to equity, social-emotional learning, incorporating teacher-facilitated, playbased instruction, and adequate time for student interventions and support during the school day. A full-day kindergarten program ensures that District 90 provides a strong academic foundation for all students.

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The Day Nursery’s missionwelcoming all children

The Day Nursery welcomed Charles when he was 3 years old, he spent most of his young life at home with his family during the pandemic, like so many other children. He joined his teacher and new friends with a lot of distrust of grown-ups from past trauma, and was very shy with other children. His challenges with being in a new place and selfregulation interfered with his ability to learn his letters and numbers, and grow socially and emotionally from a toddler to a preschooler. As an accredited and Gold Circle rated program, The Day Nursery is one of the only year-long, full-day programs that provides working families affordable and top-rated early childhood education. Our teachers build curriculum based on the IL Early Learning

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Standards, assesses progress, and engages with parents to practice skills at home. We are committed to each child’s educational path, that ensures they are kindergarten ready. The Day Nursery builds an equitable foundation for a successful future - for all children.

Charles practices his numbers, letters, and is an amazing artist!

The Day Nursery worked with his mother, a single mom of two, to find resources for the family and empowered them to actively stay involved with Charles’ learning process. The Day Nursery’s mission is to provide exceptional early childhood education in an environment that welcomes all children, enhances individual strengths and fosters the academic, socialemotional and physical development that leads to school readiness.

95% of Day Nursery children transition into Kindergarten with the skills for school success.

Since 1912, we've been providing quality early childhood care and education for children of working families.

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82% of Faculty/Instructors with Masters Degrees or Higher

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95% of Day Nursery children transition into Kindergarten with the skills for school success.

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Since 1912, we've been providing quality early childhood care and education for children of working families.

Since 1912, we've been providing quality early childhood care and education for children of working families.

Nursery children transition into Kindergarten with the skills for school success.

95% of Day Nursery children transition into Kindergarten with the skills for school success.

Since 1912, we've been providing quality early childhood care and education for children of working families.

Since 1912, we've been providing quality early childhood care and education for children of working families.

Concordia University Chicago’s Local Business Advantage Program

Service for the common good is a longstanding value of Concordia University Chicago—giving back to the community is an important part of who we are.

One way we seek to live out that principle is by providing employees of local businesses with discounted access to our nationally recognized online degrees as well as customized

professional development opportunities. Employees who feel invested in are more likely to stay and contribute better to their organization. When you or your staff members are looking for more enrichment, take the next step by enrolling at ConcordiaChicago.

Discounted Degrees and Certificates

Employees of local businesses within 10 miles of Concordia University Chicago in River Forest, IL, receive a 10% tuition discount on any of our online accelerated bachelor’s degrees (ADP), master’s degrees, doctoral degrees or professional certificates. Take advantage of this opportunity to build your own expertise or that of your workforce, which can lead to better employee retention and overall staff satisfaction.

Custom Corporate Workshops and Training

The University’s faculty comprises experts in a wide variety of subject areas relevant to both small and large businesses. Meet with our team to tailor a custom workshop or training to meet your organization’s specific needs.

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Contact Kathryn Wozniak, Associate

Employees of businesses within 10 miles of Concordia-Chicago are eligible to receive a 10% tuition discount on our online bachelor’s, graduate and certificate programs.

We also offer customized training workshops for businesses.

Terra Incognito is not just a pottery studio

Terra Incognito is a community of potters ranging from novices to artists-in-residence and has been part of the Oak Park community for over forty years. Numerous national ceramic artists started at Terra. The legacy of our studio is something they take great pride in, continuing with current and future potters.

One advantage of joining the community at Terra Incognito is that working with clay can be a type of meditation, some people even use it as a form of therapy. When creating, people can experience mindfulness or a mini vacation from the world. Calming one’s mind and body from current happenings and circumstances, being conscious of the present and worrying about nothing else. The community at Terra is strong and flourishes because members say they feel a sense of peace and get a much-needed break from the chaos of life at the studio.

Terra Incognito has classes for everyone’s schedule and ability from beginners up to professional artists. Evening classes are offered MondayThursday, morning classes are on Tuesday and Friday. Classes run for 8 weeks, 3 hours per class, and are open to any skill level. Students are taught throwing on the wheel, glazing techniques etc. The experienced teachers at Terra make sure to work with each person individually to help bring out each student’s potential.

Taste of Elmwood Park is back

Four days of fun, food, friends and family

By GCM STAFF

The Taste of Elmwood Park is returning this week. Experience the best of Elmwood Park at the family-friendly event, Aug. 1013, in Central Park at the corner of Fullerton and 75th Avenues. The festival has it all – beer, wine, arts and crafts, rides, games and, of course, plenty of food from some of Elmwood Park’s finest restaurants. All together and you know why it’s been an unmissable event for over 30 years.

“The Taste of Elmwood Park is an iconic summer festival, and we are happy to welcome people from all over the Chicago region to celebrate all of the delicious food that our village has to offer,” said Lauren Gruber, Elmwood Park special events coordinator.

Providing all that delicious food are 23 different restaurants and vendors, includ-

ing several from Elmwood Park’s famous Restaurant Row along North Avenue. Come hungry and grab a slice of pizza from Armand’s then head over to the Café Cubano booth for an authentic Cuban sandwich. Don’t forget to top it all off with some of Grecian Kitchen’s loukoumades, Greek donut holes garnished with chopped walnuts, drizzled with honey and sprinkled with cinnamon. If you’re looking for an insider tip, pair the loukoumades with a side of gelato from Massa Café Italiano, another of the festival’s exciting food vendors. It’s a Mediterranean fusion treat you don’t want to miss.

It’s not just about the food though. There will be live music throughout the festival, so attendees can dance the days and nights away in between all of the good food Elmwood Park restaurants offer. The performing acts play a wide variety of tunes across decades and musical genres, from classic rock and ‘70s disco to soul, country western and swing – something for everyone

to groove out to. Over at the Taste Lounge, the festival’s premium cocktail bar sponsored by Tito’s Handmade Vodka, local dj’s will be spinning records, so the dance party never has to stop. Stop by the lounge throughout the four-day festival.

Dancing isn’t the only way to get blood pumping during the festival. Roll into a fun, food and fitness-filled good time with the Taste of Elmwood Park’s bocce tournament, which starts at 5 p.m., Aug. 10. Take part in “Fitness at the Festival” to jumpstart the body, mind and fun. Join the owners of ReNew Studio at 11:30 a.m., Saturday morning, for a full-body and high-energy workout. Tennis shoes are a must. Don’t forget your yoga mat Sunday morning! Head over to the festival for mats and mimosas, a blend of yoga and barre exercises, with the Barre Studio at 9:30 a.m., Sunday morning.

Of course, no Taste of Elmwood Park festival is complete without its now annual meatball eating contest. The meat-

ball consumption competition made its festival debut last year, with ESPN 1000’s Carmen DeFalco serving in the venerable role of contest host. The contest was an instant success as 12 randomly selected contestants scarfed down meatballs from Rosebud Restaurants, vying for first, second and third place prizes. This year, one of those contestants might just be you, so save some space in your stomach at 4 p.m., Saturday, in case you are the one to go down in history as the meatball eating champion.

Taste of Elmwood Park in 2022

Participating restaurants and vendors:

75th Avenue Market featuring Sergio’s Seafood

Armand’s Pizzeria

Café Cubano

Caputo’s Fresh Markets

Caruso’s

Circle Tavern

Donny G’s Elmcrest Banquets

Fit to be Fried

Grecian Kitchen

Gringo & Blondie Taqueria

Jimmy’s Red Hots

Johnnie’s Italian Beef

Maria’s Mexican Restaurant

Massa Café Italiano

New Star

Rosebud Restaurants

Russell’s Barbecue

Spizzico Pizza & Pasta

Strawberry Slushies

Top Butcher

Tri Café

Union Tap

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Metro Paramedic Services Inc.

Power Parking

Pan American Bank & Trust

Harlem Irving Plaza

Tito’s Handmade Vodka

George Gullo Development Corporation

H&H Electric Company

Bath Planet of Chicagoland

Laborers’ International Union of North America

Storino, Ramello & Durkin Attorneys at Law

Allstate

Provant Insurance

Christopher B. Burke Engineering Ltd.

D&P Construction Co. Inc.

Jim and Pete’s Italian Standard Fencing Company

First Security Trust & Savings Bank

Byline Bank

Lakeshore Recycling Systems

Utility Dynamics Corp.

John Neri Construction

Calumet City Plumbing

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Climate Ready Oak Park initiatives rolling out

Village bans fossil-fuel heating/appliances in new construction; may promote parkway planting

By LACEY SIKORA

Contributing Reporter

In August 2022, the Village of Oak Park adopted Climate Ready Oak Park, a comprehensive and long-range plan meant to address the global climate crisis.

Among the commitments embraced were a pledge to decrease communitywide greenhouse gas emissions by 60% by 2030, to achieve community-wide, net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and to establish 30% of Oak Park’s land as green infrastructure or enhanced park management.

Fossil fuel ban in new construction

On June 20, the Oak Park Village Board voted to approve an electrification ordinance, following the recommendations of

the Environment and Energy Commission and the Building Code Advisory Commission, which makes all-electric new construction part of the building code.

With this change, Oak Park becomes the first town in the Midwest to ban fossil fuels in new residential and commercial buildings.

The ordinance takes effect in January 2024 and was one of the steps identified as needed to help the village achieve the goal of having net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050.

Marcella Bondie Keenan, Oak Park’s chief sustainability officer, says that instead of using natural gas for stoves or heating, anything that would require gas will now be required to be all-electric in both new homes and in commercial construction.

At this point, she says that the ordinance only covers new construction and

not renovations to existing homes, but she states that it is possible that the village will eventually require that gas-fueled appliances and mechanicals be swapped out with electric in older buildings undergoing major renovations.

Parkway plantings

Another part of achieving the goal of increasing Oak Park’s green infrastructure is a goal of having 30% of plantings to be native plants.

“In addition to being in a climate change emergency, we’re also in a biodiversity emergency,” Bondie Keenan said.

Most of the green space in Oak Park is owned privately or by the Park District of Oak Park. The parkways, which are public property located between the sidewalk and the curb of the streets, are the primary opportunity for the village to reach its biodiversity goal by 2030.

On Aug. 1, the Oak Park Environment

and Energy Commission considered draft language that would amend village code to allow residents to plant on the parkways throughout the village and to promote the placement of native and pollinator plants in the parkway. The commission had several questions for village staf f, so the vote was tabled until village staf f could provide more infor mation.

As the draft language is finalized and before the issue goes to the village board, residents can weigh in by responding to an online survey at eng ageoakpark.com/ parkway-planting-ordinance.

While the language of the proposed ordinance was not available as of press time, the FAQs accompanying the survey lay out a few parameters of the plan.

The planting of “designated exotic weeds” or “noxious weeds” will not be permitted. The homeowners adjacent to the parkway will be responsible for the upkeep of the plantings in the parkway. Plantings near intersections will not be permitted to exceed 30 inches in height, and in other areas, the height should not exceed 36 inches.

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Our community has an impeccable record of safety during the COVID-19 crisis and we will stop at nothing to make sure it continues.

Our community has an impeccable record of safety during the COVID-19 crisis and we will stop at nothing to make sure it continues.

Our community has an impeccable record of safety during the COVID-19 crisis and we will stop at nothing to make sure it continues.

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The village would be permitted to disturb the plantings for any necessary utility or other work and, except in cases of emergency, will attempt to notify the homeowners adjacent to the parkway of the planned work two weeks in advance.

Bondie Keenan says that at this time, the ordinance will give homeowners permission to plant in the parkways but will not require re placing turf with plantings.

“Even urban areas can have an impact,” Bondie Keenan said. “This opens up all that parkway land, which is mostly turf.”

Details are still being worked out and responses to the community survey will be considered in determining what percentage of plantings should be native plantings and what kind of educational materials will be provided to the

community.

Looking ahead, Bondie Keenan says that the village is considering other initiatives to help meet its climate goals. The Oak Park Environment and Energy Commission is beginning to discuss night-sky pollution and rates for trash, recycling and composting that might encourage more residents to compost.

“These conversations are just starting,” Bondie Keenan said.

“In addition to being in a climate change emergenc y, we’re also in a biodiversity emergenc y.”

M ARCELLA BONDIE KEENAN Oak Park chief sustainability coordinator

Winding road leads to spot on Il lini football roster

Former Fenwick lineman Engbers a preferred walk-on in Urbana

By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

The road to a spot on the University of Illinois football team has been unique for Joep Engbers, a recent graduate of Fenwick High School.

Engbers was born in Singapore, but his parents are from the Netherlands, where he grew up and has citizenship. He then moved to Indonesia, then Papua New Guinea.

After moving to the Netherlands so his parents could marry, Engbers came with his family, which includes three sisters, to the United States, settling in Pennsylvania for two years. After a short return to Indonesia, they came back to the U.S. to stay.

The family moved to Waco, Texas, in time for Engbers’ high school freshman year. It was at Bosqueville High School that he got introduced to American football. Engbers immediately fell in love with the sport and decided it was something he wanted to pursue.

“I made varsity my freshman year,” said Engbers, a 6-foot-4, 310-pound lineman. “My mother told the coach I wouldn’t play varsity. It took about three weeks to convince her to let me play. I missed one game and eventually started that season.”

But Engbers wanted to improve his game in order to attract collegiate offers, and after his sophomore season at Bosqueville, he transfer red to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. There he faced top-quality competition that helped to hone his skills.

While at IMG, Engbers and his parents made another life-changing move

“When I was at IMG, my parents were still in Texas when my dad got a job offer in the Chicago area,” he said. “They were ready to leave Texas, and we moved to Oak Park. They told me about Fenwick, and I thought it was a good school.”

After talking with Fenwick player Mirko Jaksic (a University of Dayton signee) and meeting with head coach Matt Battaglia, Engbers opted to join the Friars for his senior season.

He made all-conference in the Chicago Catholic League/ East Suburban Catholic Conference and was named the White Division Lineman of the Year. He also got honorable mentions on the Chicago Sun-Times All-Area Team and the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Class 5A All-State Team.

Moreover, Engbers did great in the classroom, meriting honors for both the CCL/ESCC White Division and IHSFCA Class 5A All-Academic teams.

“I bonded with the team and never looked back,” he said. “It was an adjustment being a Catholic school, and I had to catch up on my theolo gy courses. But I loved [Fenwick]; it was like a family.”

“I’m really grateful I had the opportunity to coach Joep,” said Battaglia after the season on Twitter. “As good of a football player he is, he’s an even better person and teammate. Wherever Joep goes, I know he’s going to dominate on and of f the field and be a great re presentative of what Fenwick High School and Friar football are all about.”

Engbers, who played in the U.S. Ar my All-American Bowl in Frisco, Texas, after the season, received several NCAA Division I offers, including from Ball State, Brown,

Dartmouth, East Carolina and Kent State. But he opted to become a prefer red walk-on player at Illinois, because he had more than football in mind.

“I can see myself growing at Illinois,” said Engbers. “I talked with [defensive line] coach [Terrance] Jamison, and he said there was a chance of earning an eventual scholarship. Also, academics is a big thing. I’m going into business, and Illinois is such a great business school. It was a no-brainer and being close to home and my family being able to come here is a plus.”

Last year, Engbers initially started exclusively on offense, but became a two-way star by the end of the Friars’ season. He’s working as a defensive tackle as Illinois started fall camp Aug. 3, and he knows he’ll need to continue to put in the work in order to eventually make a contribution to the Fighting Illini.

“I need to buy into the program, take everything to heart and be coachable,” Engbers said. “I need to look at film and study plays and be the most physical person on the field and not let up.”

Engbers already has a supporter on the team in wide receiver Eian Pugh, a member of Fenwick’s 2021 IHSA Class 5A state championship team.

“There’s one locker between his and mine,” he said. “We see each other daily, and we’ve talked about our experiences at Fenwick.”

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