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Free ride, entry to Boo! At the Zoo Ferrara Candy and the park district team up for a sweet deal By TOM HOLMES Contributing Reporter

as the commission’s seventh member. The body’s founding ordinance, which Calderone and the council approved in

errara Candy Co. is partpart nering with the Park DisDis trict of Forest Park, its neighbor on Harrison Street, to provide resiresi dents of Forest Park with free bus transportation to Brookfield Zoo and free admission to the zoo’s annual Boo! at the Zoo event on Oct. 22, 23, 29, 30. This is how it will work: An adult (18 and over) must come to the Park District building at 7501 Harrison St. at least two days before the date on which they want to participate, show proof of residency in Forest Park, and register for up to six tickets for the day the group wants to go. On each of the four days, a bus will leave The Park at 9:30 a.m. and drop a group of about 55 Forest Parkers off at the gate to Brookfield Zoo, where they will be greeted by a zoo staff members who will take them to an “animal encounter.” There they’ll be able to experience a zoo animal “up close and personal.” After that, children and the adults accompanying them will be free to enjoy the zoo on their own. John Conversa, Ferrara’s director of U.S. Operations and the plant manager of the Forest Park facility, said the zoo has a special section called Boo! at the Zoo where six 10-by-8-foot “facades,” designed by Ferrara’s graphic design team will be erected. The facades depict whimsical combinations of Halloween themes, such as monsters and haunted houses, plus, of course, Ferrara candy. Picture Franken-

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CEMETARIAN: Tyler Watkins, addresses attendees at the Tales of the Tombstones walk, Sunday, which was sponsored by the Historical Society. See more photos on page 5.

Diversity Commission becomes more diverse Deborah Starks becomes the first African American member By THOMAS VOGEL Contributing Reporter

The Forest Park Village Council, Tuesday evening, unanimously ap-

proved the addition of the first African American member to the Diversity Commission. Deborah Starks, who has lived in the community for over a decade, will serve

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Horse harness brings back memories of ‘Big Jim’

ast fall, I had the privilege of covering the Forest Park Fire Department’s coat drive. It was a heartwarming event (body-warming too), with firefighters and their families going all out to make needy kids and their parents feel welcome. I never dreamed the event would provide a connection to my own family history. One of the firefighters told me they had found the department’s old horse harness apparatus. It was discovered in a room at the top of the firehouse. He showed me the machinery and an advertisement they had found with it. I was blown away. The ad, dated June 9, 1908, contained an endorsement issue by my great-grandfather, Chicago Fire Marshal James Horan. “Big Jim,” as he was called, extolled the virtues of James A. Kennedy, who held the patent for “Kennedy’s Automatic Harness Holder and Hanger.” The swinging harness was not just used for fire department horses. Police patrols and ambulances were also equipped with them. Big Jim estimated that the Chicago Fire Department had 500 sets of Kennedy’s

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STATE OF THE HORSE TECHNOLOGY: It made life a lot easier for horses at the fire department. harnesses in service. I don’t know if my great-grandfather was paid for his endorsement, but he certainly believed in the product. Prior to Kennedy’s invention, fire department horses had to endure being in harness all day, ready for

the engine company to push out to a fire. It took a toll on the animals and Big Jim was a horse lover and humanitarian in every sense. See JOHN RICE on page 6

Cylinder isn’t the time capsule after all The search for the Haymarket keepsake continues By JOHN RICE As it turns out, the cylinder recovered at Forest Home Cemetery, Oct. 3, was not the Haymarket time capsule. Bleue Benton, the Oak Park Public Library research librarian, who was part of the search team, provided a brief update on the project. After the cylinder was removed, she said, it was X-rayed. The films show what appears to be a metal urn, not the capsule they have been seeking for over two years. Benton indicated that more research needs to take place before they can find the location of the real capsule. She plans to review 450 pages of minutes from the Pioneer Aid and Support Association, the organization that originally placed the capsule. Unfortunately, these minutes are written in Old German, a language Benton does not understand. She recruited a German lan-

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guage scholar but he was also unable to read it. Benton referred to the task as her “retirement project” and estimated it will take at least six months to translate the minutes. As for the time capsule: “Now we know where it’s not. We won’t do any additional digging, until we have the exact location.” She doesn’t know whether WTTW will air the footage they have so far or revisit the project when the capsule is finally located. In the meantime, the Forest Park Historical Society is hosting a presentation titled “Mysteries of the Haymarket Time Capsule” on Oct. 27, from 7 to 10 p.m., at 1000 Elgin Avenue. Benton will participate in the presentation, along with labor historian Mark Rogovin. Though the location of the time capsule remains a mystery, Benton said, “We Photo By Jill Wagner

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D209 discusses livestreaming board meetings and SAT prep PMSA’s top school ranking was also celebrated By JACKIE GLOSNIAK Contributing Reporter

Following several heated and controversial meetings, the Proviso Township High Schools District 209 school board started things off on a high note at the regular meeting, Oct. 11, held at Proviso West High School. With nearly 50 community members and district personnel in attendance, Supt. Jesse Rodriguez publicly congratulated Proviso Math and Science Academy’s recent ranking by Chicago Magazine as the number one high school in suburban Cook County this past summer. PMSA Principal Bessie Karvelas publicly read aloud a resolution from the Cook County Board of Commissioners formally congratulating PMSA for its academic accomplishments plus local recognition presented at the County board’s regular meeting on Oct. 5. The recognition acknowledged the academic accomplishments of the nearly 800 students attending PMSA, the school’s multifaceted approach to setting a curriculum

that prepares students for a 21st-century economy and Chicago Magazine’s ranking of PMSA above a variety of other suburban Cook County school districts with higher per capita incomes and larger economic advantages overall. Rodriguez said the ranking proves the district has many hard-working students but noted that the achievement could not have occurred without a collective effort on the part of dedicated staff and administrators. Rodriguez asked district administrators to stand for a round of applause. “I would be remiss if I didn’t recognize the other administrators in the district,” Rodriguez said. “I want to thank you administrators for working with teachers every day [and] for supporting our teachers, as you have a huge responsibility in enhancing the work that we do every day. I know that with your support of teachers, we will go from good to great.”

portant to develop a process or a structure, so that we have a system of how we’re going to do it so it’s fair, equitable and consistent.” In order to come up with what he considered a fair system, Drafall said he and other administrators looked at the existing pay structures in the district, including current pay ranges, and identified a daily rate, coming up with a criteria as to how an interim pay scale would be used. The structure would include specifics for both internal personnel as well as temporary external personnel filling in for vacancies. “We put a cap on the number of days it should happen to not burn out staff,” he said. “[However, we] don’t want to use this in lieu of not finding a permanent person.” Drafall told the board that he is open to feedback on the matter before a vote on approval at the district’s November meeting.

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Rodriguez also discussed the district looking into the possibility of live streaming school board meetings for board record and public review. He said he is discussing with all three schools what technology is needed to do so. “It would be exciting to see our students engage to create something on high school material that we would be proud of,” he said. Rodriguez said he hopes to get the ball roll-

During the district’s finance report, Chief Financial Officer Todd Drafall discussed the development of a compensation pay structure for administrative replacements. Drafall said following the last several years of district positions being open and unfilled with no pay structure for interim fill-ins of the vacancies, “We found it im-

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Pirate Pride peaks at Proviso East

Homecoming parade was the first for D209 Supt. Jesse Rodriguez By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Rochelle Kirksy, an elementary school health nurse, yelled at a group of Proviso East dancers who were stepping sprightly down Washington Boulevard in Maywood last Saturday morning during the high school’s annual Homecoming Parade. “I almost missed it,” said Kirksy, who noted that she rushed out of her home when she heard sirens and the commotion of a high-octane procession — complete with a fire engine, a motorcade of motorcycles, exotic cars and a royal float — which stretched for several blocks. “This is the highlight of my day,” Kirksy said. “I come every year. Those are my girls. Many of them went to Irving.” Danika Murray, 22, walked her 3-yearold daughter alongside the parade, hoping that her own past would be her daughter’s prologue. “This is amazing,” Murray said. “I used to be in the drum line before I graduated in 2012. I played the cymbals.”

For top District 209 administrators like Proviso East Principal Patrick Hardy and D209 Supt. Jesse Rodriguez, this year’s parade marked the dawning of a new era — one encapsulated by the phrase, ‘One Proviso.’ For perhaps the first time in the history of Proviso East homecoming, the Proviso West Marching Band participated in the parade. In addition, Hardy noted, many more extracurricular clubs were represented in this year’s parade than in years past. “We went from five clubs and activities at Proviso East when I first got here to over 21 clubs and organizations right now because

we’re trying to grow and give our kids a chance to get connected to the school,” Hardy said. “A lot more of those are participating,” he said. “You’ll even see members of our Anime Club, which has never participated before. So there’s a lot more school pride and spirit this year.” That school pride, Rodriguez noted, is the most pointed he’s ever encountered, before complimenting the district’s “happy community and engaged staff.” “This is my first [parade] experience here in Proviso and even though we do these types of activities in Milwaukee, the pride here is different,” Rodriguez said. “It’s a different feeling.” Homecoming King Devin Booth, a 17-year-old senior from Maywood, was basking in the morning glory of that Pirate feeling. His was of the vindicating sort. “I ran my sophomore year and lost, but this year I ran and got king,” said Booth. “My whole family went to East, so they’re ecstatic.”

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SAT prep issues Board members and administrators discussed SAT test preparation changes and questions regarding the current divvying up of students from all three schools to participate in preparation classes. Currently, Proviso East, Proviso West and PMSA each have slots available for 50 students (typically juniors) — 150 district students total — to participate in state testing preparations. Previously, the program was for ACT test preparation, but now that the state of Illinois has changed over to the SAT as the mandatory test for juniors, the district has reformatted the preparation to accurately reflect the new exam. Board member Theresa Kelly initially had a concern that the equal number of students from each campus did not appropriately reflect the differences in population from each school. “Shouldn’t we divide that up by the percentage of the juniors at each school so that we’re going to have equal representation?” Kelly asked. Board member Claudia Medina piggybacked onto Kelly’s inquiry. “Is there a matter of need here that’s not being addressed at East and West that perhaps needs to be looked at?” she asked. Kim Echols, assistant superintendent for human resources and technology, said that as of now, the 50-50-50 set-up has been the best solution for filling seats to meet program demand. “For the SAT test prep program for East, West and PMSA, I have committed to 50 seats [each],” Echols said, “but I shared if there are more students interested in participating, we will pay for the additional students who want the program.” Echols added that, historically, the district has had more vacant seats for students from East and West and struggled to fill those seats because of the program being held on Saturdays. “[The test prep] is really for students who are motivated and willing to come,” she explained. “In the past, at East and West, although we advertised, we had a difficult time filling the 50 seats. One year, we gave the seats to PMSA. Last year, we said if we didn’t fill the 50 for East and West, we would pull from the top 10 sophomores to make sure those seats were still allocated for students from Proviso East and West.” Based on analyzing past data, Echols said she would not want the district to purchase “more seats” than they could fill. Last year, Echols said the number of juniors eligible to participate in the preparation program included 203 juniors from Proviso West, 177 from Proviso East and 185 from PMSA. “We requested a number of seats based off trend data of the past five years,” she said. “If more students want to participate, we haven’t denied anyone in the past.”

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Tombstone tales 1. Lee Conte, a longtime volunteer at the Tales of the Tombstone walk in Forest Home Cemetery, talks about the history of her character on Oct.16. 2. Tyler Watkins played Jack the bill poster at the Haymarket Memorial. 2

3. Kevin Bry, who played Billy Sunday, talks about his career as a Chicago White Stocking, now known as the Chicago Cubs. 4. Attendees gather in front of the Haymarket Memorial at Forest Home Cemetery before starting their tour.

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JOHN RICE

Endorsed by ‘Big Jim’ from page 3

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When he took over the department in 1906, he immediately launched a program to build new firehouses. A handball enthusiast, he installed courts in these firehouses to keep his men in shape. He also provided the men with more comfortable beds. His most significant improvement, though, was to add an extra man to each company, so that firefighters finally had a day off. Then he turned his attention to his hard-working horses. They had to haul heavy loads and withstand intense heat. During one massive fire, horses had to drag fire engines over railroad tracks, to reach the Chicago River to siphon water. To make the horses more comfortable at the firehouse, Big Jim had the swinging harness installed. This harness was suspended from the ceiling and dropped down when the alarm sounded. It could be quickly fastened and allowed for a faster pushout, critical for catching a fire in its early stages. As the inventor said, buyers will receive the “satisfaction of seeing your horses and harness in trim and the saving on both

will more than repay you for the expense.” Forest Park’s horse-drawn days are long gone, but the fire department has photographs of horses hauling a fire engine. The fire department’s historian, Miguel Casanova, also found a section of flooring that was ribbed to make it easier for the horses to gain traction. He showed me where the harness had been found, in the hayloft atop the hose tower. There was a skinny wooden ladder leading to the loft, which I declined to climb. Miguel has no such fear of heights. He is dedicated to uncovering the department’s history. He collects artifacts, like the badges the department wore through the decades. He also records interviews with retired firefighters. His latest discovery was a safe filled with fire department documents from the distant past. However, information on the horsedrawn days is sketchy at best. The old timers remember the horses were named “Tom and Jerry” but not much else. Miguel will continue to dig, though, because he loves history. I applaud his efforts. And I’m grateful that I went to a coat drive and came away with a family keepsake. ■■John Rice is a columnist/private detective, who has seen his business and family thrive in Forest Park. He thoroughly enjoys life in the village and still gets a thrill smelling Red Hots, watching softball and strolling through cemeteries.

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Man found dead in holding cell A 42-year-old Broadview man arrested on Oct. 15 by Forest Park police in connection with a domestic battery complaint was found dead in his holding cell after being in custody for about 12 hours, Forest Park police have reported. The Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office did not release a cause or manner of death, indicating a pending investigation. Forest Park police are reporting that the man, identified as Roy C. Rieves, was arrested at 5:08 a.m. and placed in a holding cell. At about 5:45 p.m., an officer conducting a prisoner check reported finding Rieves hanging from the cell door. Deputy Police Chief Michael Keating said that prisoner checks are scheduled every half hour and that Rieves had been checked on 39 minutes prior. Keating said police have video feeds from all of the cells on a screen in the police dispatch center. According to police, paramedics attempted to revive Rieves and transported him to Rush Oak Park Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Illinois State Police Public Integrity Unit will conduct a death investigation, Forest Park police said.

Employee charged with theft An 18-year-old Broadview man, who told police he was just trying to help himself and his family, has been charged with one count of misdemeanor theft after reportedly taking about $900 in cash from various cash registers at Ultra Foods, 7520 Roosevelt Road, where he worked as a cashier. Store security called police, saying they were investigating “numerous cash shortages” from registers at the store and had discovered surveillance video of the employee removing cash from the drawer and concealing it on his person. Security had specific financial information from one theft on Oct. 8, during which the employee allegedly stole about $180 from the register. According to police, the employee allegedly said he “tried to fight the ‘urge’ of taking the money but he could not help it.”

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A 38-year-old Chicago man faces a battery charge after he reportedly almost hit a 56-year-old man with his car outside the Starbucks at Madison and Elgin, and then got out of the car and punched the victim in the face when the victim yelled at him and flipped him the bird. The victim reportedly suffered a cut above his left eye, swelling above his left cheek, a chipped tooth and abrasions to his arms and right knee. The 6-foot-2, 265-pound alleged offender told police that the 5-foot-8, 140-pound victim threw coffee at him and struck him in the face first. The victim claimed the offender got out of

the car, knocked the coffee out of his hand and struck him.

Burglary ■■Police responded to the 600 block of Beloit Avenue on Oct. 10 after a resident called to report that his garage had been burglarized. The victim told police he left his overhead garage door open while he was doing work in his yard about 4 p.m. Within 15 minutes, he returned to his garage and noticed his black Cannondale Adventure 3XL bike with white lettering, a rear rack with black saddlebags and a left side mirror missing. The bike was valued at $600. ■■A resident of the 7500 block of Harrison Street called police on Oct. 14 to report that sometime in the past day someone removed his gray, black and purple Schwinn hybrid bicycle from his garage. The offender likely entered the garage through an unlocked side door. The bike was valued at about $350. ■■A 37-year-old man called Forest Park police on Oct. 15 about 9:40 p.m. to report that someone had stolen a Samsung Galaxy J7 cellphone from his car while he was picking up two pizzas from Papa John’s, 7744 Madison St. The victim told police he left his keys in the vehicle while he got out to get the food. When he came back outside, the car was moved about 10 feet backward and was stalled. The phone, which he’d also left inside the vehicle, was gone.

Vehicle theft A 24-year-old Forest Park woman called police on the morning of Oct. 15 to report that during the overnight hours someone stole her white 1995 Honda Civic CRX, which was parked on 14th Street near Harlem Avenue.

Not very nice

A 56-year-old man was cited for battery and banned from the property at Living Word Church, 7600 Roosevelt Road, after he allegedly deliberately struck a 45-year-old man in the back while in the vestibule of the church. The alleged offender reportedly ran into the victim intentionally while walking past him, causing the victim to lose his balance. According to police, the victim has made previous complaints against the offender, who reportedly has been making threatening remarks to the victim for more than a year. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Oct. 3-9, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

—Compiled by Bob Uphues

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Casket Races

Health fair Wednesday, Oct. 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Mohr Community Center:

The Annual Cindy Lyons Health Fair offers senior care experts, hospice information, and representatives from the treasurer’s office, village departments, Cook County Sheriff’s Department, as well as testing and exams for thyroid, cholesterol, diabetes, bone density, Lasik screening, and hearing, plus free flu shots from Rush Oak Park Hospital and more.

Saturday, Oct. 22 at 10 a.m., Madison Street and Beloit Avenue: “For a frightfully good time, get in the ‘spirit’ and join us for the 5th annual Casket Races. It’s fun to watch, but don’t miss out on the chance to win a tombstone trophy.” Sponsored by the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce. $30 to enter a team. Download entry forms, specifications and rules at forestparkchamberofcommerce.org.

Presidential debate Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 8 p.m., Forest Park Public Library: The Forest Park Library, in collaboration with the Forest Park Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, offers a viewing of the last presidential debate. Complimentary refreshments and laptops for voter registration provided.

Pumpkin party Saturday, Oct. 22 from noon to 3 p.m., McAdam Nursery & Garden Center: The seasonal bash offers discounts on landscaping elements with “a musical and Halloween-themed decorative backdrop.” 2001 Desplaines Ave. Call 708-771-4903 or visit mcadamlandscape.com.

Oct. 19-27

BIG WEEK Zombie Pub Crawl

Saturday, Oct. 22 from 8 p.m. till midnight, Healy’s Westside: “Grab your friends, get decked out in your favorite Zombie garb and join the creepiest pub crawl this side of the grave. Trolleys help Zombies move from bar to bar throughout Forest Park while you enjoy some blood-curdling drink specials.” Tickets can be purchased at forestparkchamberofcommerce.org or at your favorite watering hole for $10 per person. Registration/check in is at Healy’s Westside, 7321 Madison St. After-party at Doc Ryan’s, 7432 Madison St. at midnight. Mug and wristband required for after-party.

Chicago’s Sweet Candy History Thursday, Oct. 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Forest Park Public Library’s Austin Room:

For most of its history, Chicago produced about one-third of the nation’s candy. Author and historian Leslie Goddard traces that rich history of tasty treats and explores what made Chicago such an ideal location for candy makers. Samples of candies will be available to taste after the event.

Ghost stories Friday and Saturday, Oct. 21-22, Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore:

Local actor Ed Dzialo will speak on “The Lizzie Borden Case: An Enduring Mystery,” from 7 till 9 p.m., Friday. On Saturday, 2-4 p.m., local ghost hunter and author Adam Selzer will discuss and sign Just Kill Me, Mysterious Chicago: History at its Coolest, Ghosts of Chicago – The Windy City’s Most Famous Haunts, and Ghosts of Lincoln: Discovering his Paranormal Legacy. 7419 Madison St. For more, call 708-771-7243.

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May 2016, calls for seven volunteer community members to serve three-year terms. During its first few months of existence, the commission, tasked with spreading awareness of diversity and promoting understanding in the village, has operated with six members. It does not have legislative power, serving in an advisory role to Mayor Anthony Calderone and the village council. “She really had a great story to share,” Calderone said during the council meeting on Oct. 11. “I felt she would be a good addition.” Starks, who works as a budget analyst for the University of Illinois Chicago, heard about the commission from a friend and decided to join to “to be a voice for my community in the community.” The commission should represent all Forest Parkers, Starks said, and her addition helps bring “credibility” to the previously all-white commission. While the Waukegan native acknowledged Forest Park’s heterogeneity, she did say public institutions, including the police and fire departments and municipal government, do not fully reflect that diversity and could be more inclusive. Calderone said he previously reached out to about a half-dozen African American community members about volunteering

“As long as the mayor is willing to listen to us, as long as he’s willing to work with us. I think it’ll be great. ” DEBORAH STARKS Diversity Commission member but could not find anyone interested. The mayor’s office also sent letters to several local African American elected officials, including U.S. Representative Danny Davis and Illinois state Senator Kimberly Lightford, among others. Calderone stressed that diversity is more than just racial differences, mentioning ethnicity and sexual orientation, as examples. With a few other residents now expressing interest, the mayor also said he may recommend amending the ordinance to allow more community members to serve. For now, he is letting the current commission members get to know one another and develop some goals. “I want to give them some breathing room,” he said. Starks, who has not spoken with the rest of the commission, said she has no experience in public service but is optimistic about the prospect. “As long as the mayor is willing to listen to us, as long as he’s willing to work with us,” Starks said. “I think it’ll be great.”

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BOO! AT THE ZOO

Park district & Ferrara from page 1 stein holding a bag of Red Hots. At the facades, Ferrara employees will be handing out Ferrara “trick or treat” candy — 10,000 pounds of it over the four-day event — which the children can put in the free swag bags handed out to them during the bus ride to the zoo. There will be a costume contest, a parade and photo ops with a Lemonhead character. The bus will be at the gate at 2:30 p.m. to bring everyone back to Forest Park. The outing began with the daughter of Ferrara’s CEO, Todd Siwak, suggesting to her father that Ferrara and Boo! at the Zoo were a natural fit — Halloween, trick or treat, candy. The concept made sense to the leadership at Ferrara, which led to the company being the corporate sponsor for the program for RACHELL ENTLER the first time this Park District of Forest Park year. Conversa said that because one of Ferrara’s core values is to give back to the communities in which their plants are located, he called Rachell Entler at the park district to see how his company and The Park could work together to allow Forest Park residents to take advantage of Ferrara’s sponsorship of Boo! at the Zoo. The park district, he explained, knows how to arrange the logistics of this kind of event. “We want to be a good neighbor,” ConCon versa said, “and an integral part of our community and its growth. In order to fill this commitment, we have established a team to look for opportunities such as Boo! at the Zoo where we can take part in lolo cal affairs and help neighbors join in the fun.” Entler said, “When you total up the cost of what Ferrara is giving our community, they are being very generous.” To break it down, adult admission to Boo! at the Zoo is $17.85 and admission for chilchil dren is $12.50. That’s not counting paying for parking or the bus ride to the zoo, the cost of the swag bags and the animal encounter. While talking about his company’s corporate philosophy, Conversa said that almost 300 Ferrara emem ployees from the Forest Park and Bellwood plants or the corporate headquarters in Oak Brook will

“Ferrara was part of my childhood in Forest Park. I remember the smells. I remember the tour with the Girl Scouts.”

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Talking about Ferrara made Entler nos nostalgic. “Ferrara was part of my childhood in For Forest Park,” she said with a smile. “I remem remember the smells. I remember the tour with the Girl Scouts. Now when we go to the Philip Philippines to visit family, I can walk into a SevenEleven and see a box of Lemonheads on the shelf. People there always tell us to bring a bag of Ferrara candy along with us.” Ferrara also has a plant in Bellwood and is doing the same thing with residents of that village. All tickets in Bellwood have been given out as of last week Friday, and if all seats on the Forest Park buses are not taken Bellwood residents will be invited to come over to The Park and join in.

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The goulash was a hit at First United

t was a grand evening. Pastor Dean Kucera was the cook and his specialty is Hungarian Goulash. Pastor Dean did all the work and waited on the guests. He speaks several languages fluently because he was raised in that quaint cosmopolitan village of Downers Grove. Downers Grove? He gave us a brief lesson in his native Hungarian. Pay attention: kosonem szepen (some dots and accent marks are missing, sorry) but it means “thank you.” Members of several Forest Park churches enjoyed the dinner and Barbara Marousek said everyone is invited to attend church at First United, 11 o’clock on Sunday. Margaret Lambke

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reminds us that there is a pancake breakfast at Saint Bernardine’s on Oct. 30. Along with enjoying the pancakes and friendships, you will probably want to examine the clever crafts on display — and don’t forget the bake sale, always a big hit. It was a treat to see the Marinier family after so many years. The late Charlie Marinier was always a favorite of mine. He was a faithful member of First United along with his family. As you probably know, the Girl Scouts will be conducting a food drive on Saturday, Oct. 22. Put your donations outside your front door by 10 a.m. They will be picked between 10 and 2 p.m. There are seats available for all trips sponsored by the Community Center. All except Hamilton. Even the Mystery Trip has a few seats left. I don’t know how Karen Dylewski does it, but she’s right up there with the first leaders. Denise credits Mayor Calderone with much of the success of the center. His support is invaluable, she says. He loves his seniors. There are a few openings for the Mercury Theatre trip on Nov. 3, and the Dickens trip to Antioch on the 9th of November. There is still a lot of room for the New Year’s Eve Gala, always a great fun afternoon. Champagne, elegantly served dinner, music, entertainment, a great way to end 2016 and begin 2017. Bird lovers, remember the Wild Bird Seed Sale begins Nov. 5 through 15. That’s at The Feed Store, 5408 S. Harlem

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More diversity

The appointment last week of Deborah Starks to Forest Park’s new Diversity Commission moves this worthy effort forward in an essential way: Ms. Starks becomes the first African American on the commission. Her life experience and her impetus toward service in her hometown make Starks a positive addition as well as being, as she puts it in a Review story today, “a voice for my community in the community.” This sense of, and appreciation for, a community within the community is powerful and should be seen as positive. And that is whether we are talking about black residents of Forest Park or the community of old-timers who chart their Forest Park roots back a century. It’s all good. At the village council meeting last week where Starks was appointed to the seventh and last commission position, Mayor Anthony Calderone said he is now receiving additional inquiries from potential members. His impulse to allow the new commission to gel at seven members with the option of growing the membership down the road feels right to us.

Loving Forest Park

It must be a good time to be in the lawn sign business what with video gaming warnings, high school sports exhortations and local elections just a few months hence. And now into this mix comes a blooming of I Love Forest Park lawn signs. We’re all in favor because we love Forest Park, too. That’s why we’ve published the local newspaper for 30 years and why in 2017 we’ll celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Review. So it is great to see this effort and we’re happy to note in online comments that locals on both sides of the divisive video gaming battle are asking for signs for both lawns and business windows. That unnecessary gaming fight does cause divisions but shouldn’t rend a more fundamental appreciation for the village overall. A good lawn sign is simple and direct. A few words, maybe an image, in this case a large red heart. The signs declare a simple emotion and connection to the hometown. That’s great all by itself. But we assume it doesn’t preclude important discussions, legitimate disagreements, fair reporting, healthy arguments, rallying cries, sometimes snarky commenting and all the other elements of a lively public discourse. The challenge is to support that active dialogue while staying on a civil course. And thanks to former commissioner Mark Hosty for spearheading the lawn sign movement.

Fair pay at Proviso

It is revealing that one of the early efforts by the new administration at Proviso Township High Schools is to craft a pay structure for administrators that is fair and thoughtful. In explaining this effort at a board meeting last week, the top finance officer acknowledged that the perpetual comings and goings, replacement and recycling of administrators at both the central office and in the schools over the past decade has left the district with a pay structure that does not hold together. This effort supports both fairness and confirms the expectation that new hires will bring both talent and longevity to this wobbly district.

OPINION Election season is really just beginning

ell, how about that. We love Forest Park. As citizens of Forest Park, we aren’t always the best at following the golden rule: praise in public and criticize in private. Hard rule to remember on social media, but we can appreciate those who do. So when Mark Hosty posted that he had some signs that say I “heart” FP, I signed up for one. He wrote, “Let’s show our love of our community and reunite, together we are stronger,” which is refreshing, positive and public. Now I know some neighbors may not like all the signs in the yards, but get ready for it … it’s election season. Nationally there is a presidential race (Nov. 8). Locally, though, our election cycle starts now as petitioners gather signatures and fill out the required paperwork to be put on the ballot for the April election. If you’re new to town, this is usually the “nicer” election cycle, a little less drama and mudslinging for good citizens to choke down. Winston Churchill said, “It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government — except for all the others that have been tried.” So we will elect ordinary people to manage our commonwealth. Ordinary people who make decisions for our resources for the betterment CATHLEEN of our community. Democracy is MCDERMOTT thrilling. The Park District of Forest Park, with a five-member commissioner board, will have two seats up for election. Long-serving park board commissioners Roy Sansone and Cathleen McDermott were re-elected in 2011 for six-year terms. The ROY last park board commissioner seat SANSONE was uncontested, two years ago when Eric Entler was re-elected. It was in 2013 that John Doss was re-elected and underdog Matt Walsh, a fresh voice, was elected to serve on the park board. The park disMARY WIN ERIC trict oversees the land north CONNOR CONNOR of Harrison Street between Circle and Desplaines. The park district does not oversee the many RAFAEL KIM pocket parks ROSA around town, ROSTELLO

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which are managed by the village, which is a different electoral body. Elementary School District 91 (Betsy Ross, Garfield, Grant-White, Field Stevenson and Forest Park Middle School) has a total of seven board members who each serve a four-year term. The cycle splits the board into four or three seats that come up for election every two years. In 2017, four seats come up. The District 91 school board has had many appointments to fill vacancies as board members have stepped down in the past 10 years. Board President Mary Win Connor, who has been on the board since 2009, her husband Eric Connor, Rafael Rosa and Kim Rostello (appointed to fill Michael O’Connor’s vacancy) are the four members whose seats are coming due for voter input. The other board members, Blake Harvey, Christine Ricordati (appointed to fill Corrissa Smith’s vacancy) and newest member Kyra Tyler (appointed to fill Nora Bowker’s vacancy) are serving their terms and will be up for election in 2019. Then, there is the board for Proviso High School District 209, serving TERESA DAN Proviso East, MCKELVY ADAMS West and PMSA, also seven board members with fouryear terms. Much like D91, four of KEVIN BRIAN the seven MCDERMOTT CROSS seats will come up for voter input in April, but input for this race comes from all the towns in the Proviso School District (Berkley, Bellwood, Broadview, Hillside, Forest Park, Maywood, Melrose Park, part of Northlake, Stone Park, Westchester and a few corners of other towns). Board President Teresa McKelvy (Berkley), Dan Adams (Melrose Park), Brian Cross (Westchester), and Kevin McDermott (Westchester) are the four members who are currently serving and have seats up for election. The other three board members, Theresa Kelly (Maywood), Claudia Medina (Forest Park), and Ned Wagner (Forest Park) will be serving the second half of their terms, which will come up for election in 2019. There will not be a mayoral and commissioner election next year for Forest Park, which always adds to the conversations around town. It is, however, a mayoral election year for many of the Proviso Township partners, with whom we share our Proviso High Schools, which makes our neighbors to the west pretty excited. Finally, many voters in Forest Park were interested in having an opportunity to vote on Video Gaming at election time. Although the summer petition had over 2,200 signatures, it was determined that the video gaming petition was short 275 signatures to meet the magic threshold to be put on the ballot. So once again volunteers will be See ELECTIONS on page 12

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collecting signatures, in hopes of hitting the right target of registered Forest Park voters (both active and inactive) before the January 3rd filing deadline. I haven’t been asked by anyone to sign a petition, so I don’t know who might be running for election or re-election in April. It is always a good idea to attend a meeting, even as an audience member if you are running for office and talk to some of the board members you know and ask for advice from people who are serving. Petition deadlines are approaching, so pretty soon someone might ask to sign a petition to be put on the ballot. There are lots of resources available to candidates, including the Illinois Association of School Boards, Cook County Board of Elections, the village clerk, and election attorneys who can help in the process. Serving your friends and neighbors in an elected position with the goal of uniting rather than dividing makes us stronger.

We are lucky to share our hometown with so many generous people who give of their time and talents to build our town. We might be small in geography, but Forest Park has a giant place in our hearts. Do you “heart” FP?

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YOU’RE INVITED: To a reading of “The Ghost of Cleopatra” By local authors John Rice & Gail Tanzer John Rice is a Licensed Private Detective, Award-Winning journalist for the Forest park Review and Wednesday Journal and a former Professor of English at the Paris Business College. He is a long-time Forest Park resident and a member of the Historical Society of Forest Park.

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John will read a chapter from his book, and discuss the backstory, followed by a Q&A. “The Ghost of Cleopatra” is a work of historical fiction that tells the story of AfricanAmerican/Native American sculptor, Edmonia Lewis, whose masterpiece, The Death of Cleopatra, languished for over 70 years in Forest Park. It’s an epic story that spans centuries and continents and tells how the spirit of the Queen of the Nile inspired Lewis to create her likeness in marble. The story is told through the eyes of Lewis, her statue and Cleopatra herself.

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e are a community filled with care. In the following pages, you will learn about how certain organizations and the people who run them truly care about those they serve. At Day in Our Village we asked passers-by to write on a big piece of paper their answer to the question, “What do you love about your community?” (See above) We could have asked why do you care about your community and received many of the same answers. Care = Love. Read. Learn. Care. (Love.) Caring for the community,

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Deb Quantock McCarey is an Illinois Press Association (IPA) award-winning freelance writer who has worked with Wednesday Journal Inc. since 1995, writing features and special sections for all its publications. An avid urban gardener and growing naturalist, she is also a local “green” advocate and community volunteer. As a WJ gardening blogger, Deb is also the host of Deb’s Big Backyard, which runs on oakpark.com and airs on Oak Park public cable, Channel 6.

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Volunteering works at Wonder Works By DEB QUANTOCK McCAREY

oing totally buggy amidst the sounds of playful parents, with kids, ages 1 to 5, Patrick Milburn, a long-time Wonder Works Children’s Museum nature and science volunteer, is cupping a Giant Madagascar Hissing Cockroach in the palm of his hand, waiting patiently for his next one-on-one with a young museum patron. Milburn, a 25-year-old man living with a developmental disability says Bugs in Fall is his favorite science and nature program. Beyond this volunteer gig at the museum, Milburn works part-time for pay at FFC (Fitness Formula Clubs), folding towels and cleaning up and at the River Forest Community Center where he also helps keep the building clean. On Fridays, he rides his bike to the museum, and parks right out front, he says. “I do like helping Mr. Eric show the cockroach to the kids,” Milburn says. “I tell them to pet it with one finger on its back. I do not let them hold it in their hands, because if the cockroach falls on the ground, and if they do not know it is on the ground, they could accidently squish it.” So, from 10 a.m. to noon most Fridays, Milburn will be working with bugs, doing transportation education facilitated by a Hot Wheels track or model train set, or showing kids backyard rocks. Eric Gyllenhaal, a museum educator, says his protégé is always looking up at the clock at 11:30 a.m., saying “time flies when you are having fun.” Milburn regularly helps Gyllenhaal set up his themed exploration station, as well as break it down and clean it all up, but “we can always find something fun for Patrick to do”, says Gyllenhaal. These “bug men” put on this program four times a year, with learning activities that combine science or nature play with art. “Patrick can work the microscope and at the same time he can use his other hand to hold the Giant Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, and that really helps me out,” says Gyllenhaal. David Hoambrecker, director of operations at Wonder Works, says the museum has a

Wonder Works Children’s Museum Address: 6645 W. North Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302 General office number: 708.383.4815 Website: www.wonder-works.org Leadership contact name & title: Rachel Rettberg, CEO Statement of purpose: Wonder Works Children’s Museum’s mission is to inspire and instill confidence, curiosity and creativity in young children by delivering them a hands-on play experiences that will ultimately prepare them for life, including school and beyond. How long have you been in existence? In our current space, 13 years. Ways volunteers can help: Volunteers are an integral part of the museum with opportunities to help with general museum maintenance on exhibits, to guided activities, program development, fundraising support, and marketing. To volunteer, call: 708.383.4815 Useful donations other than money: http://smile.amazon.com/registry/ wishlist/1KQQ7U2F0W9RE

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Patrick Milburn assists with the Science and Nature programming at Wonder Works Children’s Museum. Here he is holding a Giant Hissing Madagascar Cockroach. long history of partnering with organizations that serve special needs populations. “It is not so much that we search out working with this population. It is that we are completely open to it,” Hoambrecker said.

“And that’s why we have such a good, long term relationship with those organizations, plus have such great volunteers like Patrick,” Meanwhile, the mealworm is trying to slide out of its dish again… and without

missing a beat, Patrick rescues the worm, saving its day. Another time a cockroach tried to crawl up under his shirt sleeve, which did not bother him, he admits. “At the end of the day, Patrick will often ask me if he can take a cockroach home,” Gyllenhaal says. “We always tell people that these are Rain Forest Cockroaches, so they don’t live in our houses. And they are not going to live long outside of their container. But, I always tell Patrick, that is not really true. They could hold up in his basement pretty well, and I say, I do not know if your mom will like that.”

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Bringing her Austin neighborhood back By DEB QUANTOCK McCAREY

ith a big personality, even broader smile and that Southern charm, Dollie Sherman is the 59-year-old outreach coordinator for Austin Coming Together (A.C.T.). With the assist of other residents, she is helping to bring back the Austin community she loves. Often accompanied by groups of young people, “Ms. Dollie,” who has operated a home-based daycare business in Austin for 25 years now, walks and talks the streets of Austin to help re-build bridges that have been broken by the ongoing issues of living in poverty, she says. “I moved here from Mississippi 38 years ago, got married and raised my family in the Austin community, so I can see how much we have changed. It’s the negativity, the crime, the drugs, the violence,” says Sherman. It was three years ago when she decided to take her stand. Since then, on-the-job for A.C.T., Sherman is the face of and force behind A.C.T.’s new Safe Neighborhood programming, where the 2025 collective impact goal is that all generations will be participating in repairing harm in the Austin community. Sherman works tirelessly to organize groups of neighborhood residents, who as participants of a Restorative Justice peace circle, are empowered to resolve neighborhood issues without police intervention. “Thriving in peace, joy, love and happiness, that is what we all want to do to take back Austin,” she says. “I see all the negativity, but I do see beyond it. I think there has been a breakdown in communication and compassion for others in the community. But, that is why I bring together block leaders, seniors, and youth and say hey, let’s talk.”

Giving peace a chance In 2016 A.C.T. launched its Safe Neighborhoods’ Restorative Justice initiative,

Austin Coming Together Address: 5049 W. Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, 60644 General office number: 773-417-8618 Website: www.austincomingtogether.org Leadership contact name & title: Darnell Shields, Executive Director Statement of purpose: Austin Coming Together coordinates its 70+ member organizations in order to impact the quality of early learning, neighborhood safety, access to living wage careers, and the the housing market in the Austin community. How long have you been in existence? 6 years Ways volunteers can help: Event assistance To volunteer, call: 773.417.8612 Useful donations other than money: Office supplies, beverages, auction/raffle items, professional services

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Austin Coming Together’s Dollie Sherman is a community organizer in the Austin community bent on making life here better. Lyriq, below, after painting rocks to proactively deal with high rates of interpersonal, institutional, and structural violence, said Darnell Shields A.C.T’s director of operations. Sherman is one of the A.C.T. staff members who hosts the conversations of elders, block leaders and youth who have issues with each other to come together to hash out their personal issues in a safe space, with the guidance of a trained facilitator.

Shields says the idea behind a restorative justice peace circle is to give everyone at the table a voice “to the point where the leaders help the individuals who have been involved in the situation to make amends, and so forth,” adding that A.C.T. will be offering more peace circle facilitator trainings, to scale up and afford more residents an opportunity to attend one. Other groups in the

schools, including organizations such as BUILD, have been in the trenches doing this work, as well. Whenever and wherever she can, community organizer Dollie Sherman is also bent on beautifying what she calls “a bunch of community eyesores,” starting with two dilapidated vacant lots located on her 600 block of Lorel. “This lot is going to be a Block Club Garden. I am going to have benches out here for anyone to come and sit, and a table that will be cemented in here with an umbrella. There will be shrubs and raised beds,” she said. “We are going to grow vegetables and flowers [because] this is not a hood. It is a neighborhood, and when you put the word neighbor in front of hood, it builds the whole meaning of the word up.”

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frequently,” he says. “I like to have other people around me who are also suffering or ince 2011, 77-year-old Oak Parker, groaning…or smiling or laughing, whatGlen Benoy, has been diagnosed with ever. The group thing, I can do that.” two different forms of cancer, which Joining the ‘cancer club’ after treatment transitioned him into Born on a dairy farm in McHenry Couna state of remission twice. ty, Benoy says he spent 23 years living and He credits his returning strength and working for companies in Europe -- first overall physicality to the Greece, then in Germany programming of the West -- on-the-job for his comCook YMCA, and specifipanies worldwide. cally its new evidence-based In 1998, Benoy returned “Livestrong at the YMCA” stateside and settled into program, which debuted in Oak Park and retired. February 2016. His first diagnosis, Now, as one of its inauprostate cancer, came in gural “graduates,” Benoy 2011, and after a regimen said he and the eight other of radiation, he entered a cancer survivors benefitstate of remission. Glen Benoy ted from the free 12-week On St. Patrick’s Day program, which met twice 2015, is when Benoy first a week for 90 minutes. found a tumor on the inIn it, he and his buddy Joe, another man dex finger of his right hand, and later anothwho had undergone radiation treatment for er one in his armpit. “The original Merkel prostate cancer, toughed out the traditional Cell tumor [an especially aggressive and exercise methods in an effort to ease back rare form of skin cancer] was not diagnosed into a fitness routine, while maintaining a until I had it for eight to10 months,” he said. healthy weight in a social setting. “The doctors did not think it was cancer, and “Before cancer, I was never athletic, and I ignored it for months at a time.” I didn’t use to exercise, but since, I have Eventually, the diagnosis led him to the participated in the Y’s programming rather research lab at the Seattle Cancer Care Alli-

“I like to have other people around me who are also suffering or groaning…or smiling or laughing, whatever. The group thing, I can do that.”

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Glen Benoy of Oak Park is a cancer survivor who uses the West Cook YMCA fitness program to stay fit, ance, where a cadre of Merkel Cell Carcinoma specialists and cancer researchers were helping patients manage the disease. Now he is happy to report that he is in a state of remission, clear of cancer again. Many months later, Laura Olszewski, director of the living healthy program at West Cook YMCA is taken with how fit her “guinea pig,” as Benoy calls himself, looks and feels. “Our YMCA Diabetes program, Livestrong at the YMCA and Enhanced Fitness are all evidenced-based programs where people go through testing pre-and post class, and sometimes during the class we want to help people reduce their risk

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of developing a chronic disease, or with exercise, help them manage one.” Since then, three days a week starting at 7 a.m. Benoy has been at the Y shaking his booty to a bevy of disco tunes, getting fitter, thanks to instructor Felicity Woodson and her Enhanced Fitness exercise class for seniors with chronic conditions. “I am slower than I was before, but, I now know that exercise can be fun. It has for sure increased my walking endurance, and people say I look pretty darn healthy. Has it increased my strength? I don’t know, at home, I do not lift that many things, really. Well, maybe a six pack of beer now and then,” he laughs.

and fostering a sense of social responsibility, the Y ensures that every individual has access to the essentials needed to learn, grown, and thrive.

How long have you been in existence? 1903 (113 years) Ways volunteers can help: The West Cook YMCA invites members of the community to join the Y to give their time, talents, and treasure to the Y and to the Community. We believe that if we work together we can make a difference and bring hope and happiness to others. The West Cook YMCA has opened new volunteer opportunities on-site to increase the effort

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Drumming out loud in complicated lives By DEB QUANTOCK McCAREY

ith the pull of a pied piper, at the Forest Preserve of Cook County’s “Forest Jam” event in early September, one of Steckman Studio of Music’s Out Loud After School drumming instructors, Andrew Elbert, was circling up a half dozen or so aspiring musicians for his annual “drum petting zoo” experience. With their legs hugging an African djembe drum, and taking their rhythmic cues from Elbert, the 4, 5 and 6-year-olds caught on quickly. “Mmmm, mmmm…tastes like chicken” (the beat), and “Get a haircut and tie your shoes” (the break), is how Elbert motivated 12 open palms to energetically slap the rope-tuned skin covered goblet-shaped drum, a djembe, an instrument Elbert told them was from West Africa. This Out Loud facilitated drum circle was a taste of the 8-week long mentoring program that with African drumming, touches the musical souls of about 30 elementary and middle school age kids who are either referred to it by Oak Park Township Youth Services, or a school counselor. “Probably the number one thing about African drumming and children of all abilities doing it is the instrument’s immediate accessibility, especially the djembe, which is the kind of hand drum I teach,” says Elbert, a Chicago-based musician and composer, who is a contracting artist with Steckman Studio. Right away kids have the ability to bang away, creating sound, and expelling pent up energy, says Elbert, who on behalf of Steckman Studio also conducts African drum classes for cognitively challenged adults, and after-school for the children residing at Hephzibah House, a foster home in Oak Park. “Drumming is very therapeutic in that way, so if they have a bit of anxiety, or anger built up, or have something going on that was bothering them earlier in the day, oftentimes drumming is an excellent way to not forget about your troubles, but leave them alone for a while. It is hard not to feel good when you are done,” Elbert says. Over the run of the Out Loud After School

Steckman Studio of Music Address: 829 South Oak Park Ave. #2 Oak Park, IL 60304 General office number: 708-524-1954 Website: www.steckman-studio.org Leadership contact name & title: Dr. Harry M. Steckman, Artistic Director Statement of purpose: Music Education for all to develop literacy skills and promote selfconfidence and self-esteem How long have you been in existence? Nearly 40 years Ways volunteers can help: Volunteer needed for board and business leaders to lead fundraising efforts to reach more students. To volunteer, call: 708-524-1954 Useful donations other than money: Sponsor a scholarship student both academically and musically.

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Andrew Elbert, 33, an instructor with Steckman Studio of Music’s Out Loud After School mentoring program facilitates a drumming circle with young kids at an outdoor event in River Forest. drum ensembles, Harry Steckman, the nonprofit’s founder, says its young performers have played around town, including at Riveredge Hospital in Forest Park, and on the stage

at Scoville Park during “A Day in our Village.” Last year, African drum instructor Kevin Swanson did a series of 8-week-long Out Loud After School sessions at three District 97

schools. “Every study that has been done about learning music talks about how it helps you understand emotions, plus making music makes you smarter,” Swanson smiles. “Girls, boys, it doesn’t matter. Of course not. At one school I had almost all girls. They either love it, or hate it. That’s middle school.” As Steckman Studio of Music celebrates 40 years of offering piano, guitar, violin and drum instruction in Oak Park, Steckman says this reach out is to school age children who do not fit in anywhere else. Contracted artists, such as Elbert and Swanson, are fostering self esteem, and leadership skills while developing discipline through the development of learning an instrument during this mentoring program. “Most of the kids we serve are either experiencing social problems, parental problems, or economic problems. The hope is we can help get them get back on track,” Steckman said.

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October 19, 2016

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Steady as she goes By DEB QUANTOCK McCAREY

hen India Meadows, now 25, began reassembling her life, interrupted as a teenager, it was two years ago as a single working mom residing with her then-four-year-old at New Moms’ Transformation Center. The multi-use campus in Austin encompasses 40 individual apartments created for homeless young women, ages 18 to 24, and their children. The young families can reside there until age 25. For Meadows, living among peers in a structured environment is helping her regain stability. Previously her life was like a jumble puzzle, easy to look at, but hard to figure out. “When I got pregnant in high school, my mom said, well, you are pregnant. I told you there will be no babies coming into my house. And so she basically, suddenly just put me out,” says Meadows. Meadows says she has no one to blame but herself for her circumstances, and “the company I was keeping kept putting me in a position to lose, and I lost. And now I am moving forward. That’s it.” “After me being a homeless person, suddenly I came from a place where sometimes I

“After me being a homeless person, suddenly I came from a place where sometimes I did not even know if on that day I would even eat. I came from a place where I had to worry about where I was going to go the next day. So, to be honest, New Moms has given me an ability to be stable for at least two years, and that is a real blessing.” India Meadows

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Single working mom India Meadows, 25, left, counts on Melanie Garrett, director of programming and Meadows’ family support specialist at New Moms’ Transformation Center, right, to provide the case management services she needs to get back on her feet. and outings, as well as its 12-week workforce development programming. “Actually, India’s story is not that dissimilar from the other moms who live here,” Garrett said. “Many of them come from an unstable housing circumstance, either living in shelters or with family members. We know that two years is short, but hopefully it is an opportunity to refocus on yourself and your young family, because while staying here, you do have stability, and that can make a difference in a young woman’s future life.”

Helping new moms in Oak Park and beyond On Sept. 1, Laura Zumdahl, president and CEO at New Moms, says its acquisition of Parenthesis Parent Child Center in Oak Park was official. “We were established in 1983. Parenthesis has been providing parental support and education in the Oak Park area for the past 36 years, and now as a program of New Moms, what they do will remain the same, and continue to operate as is in Oak Park.” Down the road, Zumdahl’s aim is to expand a few of their long time programs into the Oak Park area, particularly their workforce development and residential housing initiatives. Meanwhile, with her life now being more stable, Meadows future is back in focus. “I can honestly say that my daughter has probably been around things she shouldn’t have. But, I was trying to do what was right for her,” Meadows says. “I have this little person looking up to me, so I just can’t give up. I have to show her that she can do anything she wants to do. I try and set that example for her, and keep going.”

New Moms Address: 5317 W. Chicago Ave., Chicago, IL 60651 / Oak Park Programs (Parenthesis’ Programs): 405 S. Euclid, Oak Park, IL 60302 General office number:773.252.3253 Website: www.newmoms.org Leadership contact name & title: Laura Zumdahl, President & CEO Statement of purpose: New Moms provides comprehensive services to surround young moms and their children with all they need to transform their lives. In Chicago we offer transitional housing for young moms and children experiencing homelessness, as well as early childhood services and job training. In Oak Park and the surrounding suburbs we offer home visiting and parent education and support for families. How long have you been in existence? New Moms was founded in 1983 (33 years) Ways volunteers can help: Volunteers assist with a variety of roles including child care, special events, fundraising, etc. To volunteer, call: Emily Mikhail at 772.252.3253 x135 Useful donations other than money: New kid’s toys and clothing; personal care items for young moms; diapers and formula

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Community of Caring | PACTT

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Work in progress

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ive days a week, Nicole “Nikki” Tyson, 43, punches in to start her preopening shift at Rock Bottom Brewery in Chicago. At 10 a.m., Tyson, an adult who is living with autism, is focused on making the restaurant customer-ready. First, she starts the coffee brewing, then fills big restaurant tubs with ice. Next, she replenishes the salt and pepper shakers and pitches in to remove the chairs from the tables. “No one can do Nikki’s job better than Nikki does it, because setting up the servers’ wait stations plays right into her skills and strengths,” says David C. Thomas, the Vocational Director at PACTT (Parents Allied with Children and Teachers for Tomorrow) Learning Center. Twelve-plus years ago it was his programming that prepared Tyson to earn a steady paycheck doing a job in the community. For a person living with autism, working at Rock Bottom Brewery is a perfect fit. “Nikki likes order, and at Rock Bottom Brewery she gets everything perfect, the way it is supposed to be, with deep concentration and purpose,” says Terry Herbstritt, the nonprofit’s director of development and communication. Annually, he says PACTT Learning Center serves about 50 families through its various programming for children and adults living with autism. “At PACTT we saw Nikki’s condition of autism not as a problem, but a possibility for growth and for her to do the best that she could in her situation,” Thomas says. “Now, all she needs is a ride to work. Her job coach basically just stands nearby to keep her safe, because Nicole can do her job.” Living with autism For Lois and Spencer Tyson of Oak Park, the road in raising a child with autism has been long, bumpy and full of surprises, especially when they began realizing that their daughter does understand a lot more than she can express. “Nikki can communicate, but we can’t hold a conversation with her, so I suppose that Nikki would be on the lower functioning end of the autism scale, but in many ways, we are sometimes amazed at how clever and absolutely skilled Nikki is,” Lois said. “We try to understand how frustrating, how frightening it must be when you have this in you, but for some reason you cannot communicate a feeling.” Seeking out special trainings, as well as seminars on how to raise an autistic child, learning to mindfully insert themselves into the center of national and local parent support groups, has enabled Lois and Spencer Tyson to grow in their parenting skills, and

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PACTT vocational program participant Nicole “Nikki” Tyson of Oak Park preparing the wait stations for her part-time job at Rock Bottom Brewery in Chicago.

“At PACTT we saw Nikki’s condition of autism not as a problem, but a possibility for growth and for her to do the best that she could in her situation. Now, all she needs is a ride to work. Her job coach basically just stands nearby to keep her safe, because Nicole can do her job.” David C. Thomas their youngest daughter to thrive. “PACCT found this job for Nikki, and they are always looking for volunteer or job situations where they can integrate the strengths of our kids into the community,” says Lois. Meanwhile, when Spencer takes walks with Nikki, he says the conversation is still mostly one way…until he makes a game of it, and they start counting geese at Columbus Park lagoon in Austin. “If it is a large group, I can get her to say ‘lots of geese.’ If it is a small group, she will count them, saying 1, 2, 3, 4, 5” he says. “As parents, we are always baffled by what goes on with Nikki. But, we can come here for sup-

PACTT Learning Center Address: 712 Belleforte Oak Park, IL 60302 General office number: 773-338-9102 Website: www.pactt.org Leadership contact name & title: Terry Herbstritt – Development Director Statement of purpose: Our mission is to assist individuals with severe autism in becoming as independent as possible with the ability to integrate effectively into their homes and community.

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Community of Caring | By the Hand

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Taking kids by the hand

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hen Sherrie Nelson, 26, revs up her 25 second graders in her By The Hand Club (BTHC) after school program classroom, it’s with the enthusiasm of a high school cheerleader working the crowd, prior to the start of the big game. “Whose house is this,” she shouts. “This is God’s house,” shout back the kids who are only a snapshot of the goal-oriented programming that started in 2001with 16 children from Cabrini-Green, and now encompasses 1,180 kids, first grade through college, from the neighborhoods of Cabrini-Green, Altgeld-Murray, Austin and Englewood. For Nelson, being the BTHC 2nd grade team leader is a good fit. In 2003, at age 13, she resembled them, a quiet child ready to jump in and emotionally and academically thrive in a safe space, tucked away from the streets after school. “Me and my family moved to Cabrini in 1999, so I was 9 and my Mom kept us in the house all the time because of the things that were going on in the neighborhood,” says Nelson, who credits this programming for dramatically improving her reading and writing skills. Initially, it was through BTHC’s Sidewalk Sunday School outreach programming that Nelson joined in the city wide faith-based initiative that was founded by Donnita Travis, its executive director. “Here, on these two corners in the Austin community, in two buildings [415 and 416 Laramie] we are serving about 500 kids from five (Chicago public) schools,” Travis says. To participate in BTHC, she says the kids have to be “enrolled in one of those five schools, and we rely on principals from those neighborhood schools to identify and refer kids who are in critical need of intervention,” says Travis. “We are working closely with schools, principals and parents to make sure that students who are most likely to drop out of school, don’t.” Instead, the aim is for BTHC kids to graduate from high school, then go on to college and start a career.

Like Nelson, Toi Dickson, whose four sons, age 15, 12, 9 and 8, are in the BTHC program, has a back story that begins at Cabrini Green’s Building No. 714, “The Whites,” and gets worse when the single parent household was residing in its row houses. In an effort to protect her children, Dickson says she and her siblings were never allowed to leave the home, or their mother’s side. In 1997, Dickson’s mother relocated them to Austin, where she enrolled her daughter in the community’s arts enrichment program-

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By The Hand Address: 415 North Laramie, Chicago, IL 60644 Phone: 312.305.2622 Website: www.bythehand.org Leadership contact name: Donnita Travis, Executive Director Statement of purpose: By The Hand is a Chicago-based, after-school program that emphasizes academic excellence while nurturing the whole child—mind, body and soul. How long have you been in existence? Since 2001, 15 years. Ways volunteers can help: Tutoring, serving meals, teaching enrichments, serving at special events and participating in service projects To volunteer, call: Latoya Pinson, 312.636.2709 Useful donations other than money: Back packs, school supplies, coats, hats, gloves, scarves, socks, Christmas gifts

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By the Hand Club’s 2nd Grade Team Leader, Sherrie Nelson prepares her class for their faith-based, after school experience at the nonprofit’s site at 416 Laramie in Chicago. After school, kids in the By the Hand Club’s regularly work in the program’s computer lab to improve their test scores in reading and writing.

ming, especially vocal training. “Now, singing is how I find peace,” says Dickson, the BTHC choir director and a sixth grade team leader. When Dickson herself became a mother, she instinctively began channeling that over-protective approach, and her boys did

not like it. In 2013, when Travis brought BTHC to Austin, Dickson made sure her boys were recommended for the child and parent-centered afterschool programming. “You can’t stop the shooting. You can’t stop the rape. The murder. And, the peer pressure is real. You can’t stop any of that. But, you can figure out how to send your children to the By The Hand Club,” says Dickson. “Coming here after school has given my sons an outlet where they can run and play in a place where they feel safe to just live and be free.”

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Community of Caring | Opportunity Knocks

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Knocking out pickles is OK

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n Tuesdays, artisan pickle assembly line workers Sonya Taylor, 25, and Patrick O’Rourke, 27, on average piece together and seal up about 48 jars of Knock Out Pickles, and on a really productive shift, even more. Under the supervision of Joe Hart, culinary director at Opportunity Knocks (O.K), neither of these young adults living with a developmental disability mind the repetitiveness of their part-time job…or in Taylor’s case, being up-to-her-elbows in these farm-to-jar cucumbers -- washing, slicing and spicing them, for starters. “Sonya and Patrick are strictly here to work,” says Hart at the end of a recent shift. “And, they work the whole time. It is hard to stay focused and stay on their feet for 3 hours. But Sonya and Patrick tough it out.” Hart says that Taylor is in charge of washing all the cucumbers, slicing them and inserting them into the jars, whereas Patrick is responsible for setting up all the jars to be filled with all the pickling ingredients. Taylor also measures the peppercorns and dill seed, as all three varieties contain peppercorns, dill seed and garlic. But the type of vinegar and extra dash of red pepper flakes are based on the variety of the refrigerator pickles being produced. Phil Carmody, O.K.’s president and chief administrator, says it was Hart who came up with the “big idea” for this in-house social enterprise. He test-kitchened the recipes at home, then piloted the vocational aspects of marketing, production, sales and distribution of the artisan pickle brands with the “War-

riors” enrolled in O.K.’s “Life Shop” and “After Opps” programming. Currently, buckets of Knock Out Pickles are being sold in bulk to Kinderhook Tap and Old School Tavern and Grill, and off the shelf at Sugar Beet Co-op, Carnivore and Alpine Sub Shop. “The purpose of any enterprise at Opportunity Knocks is to create jobs and revenue that will help support all of our other programs,” Carmody said on a midSeptember tour of the group’s new urban farm. “And now Knock Out Pickles is turning a profit for us.” Last spring, farm director Joe O’Meara was hired to till and cultivate a 1/4 acre of “farm land,” with the help of the O.K. Warriors. ReUse Depot in Maywood donated their side yard to house the farm, and the repurposed materials to build the garden boxes, O’Meara said. “We do have several accessible raised beds and wider walkways to accommodate wheelchairs, so not all of the yard is used for farming,” he said, adding they also grow other cool and warm season veggies, as well as most of the pickling ingredients. In peak season this summer, O’Meara said he saw yields of 75 to 80 pounds a week, with the cucumbers being harvested by the program participants of Opportunity Knocks because “the Warriors have been part of every step of this process,” he said. Still, says Hart, the smell of pickle production can be sour, but it is the sweet smell of success for him, the nonprofit itself, and his two hard-working employees. “I was very excited when I got the job. I get a pay check every other week, and I like to go out to dinner with my friends,” Sonja says. “But I don’t eat pickles when I go out to eat. I don’t like them much.”

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Sonya Taylor, 25, holds a part-time job jarring three varieties of Knock Out Pickles at Opportunity Knocks.

Opportunity Knocks Address: 8020 Madison St., River Forest, IL 60305 Phone: 708.771.6159 x 204 Website: opportunityknocksnow.org Leadership contact name: Phil Carmody, President Statement of purpose: Opportunity Knocks is dedicated to providing services and resources for teens and young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities so that they may pursue their recreational, educational and vocational interests.

Weichert Realtors Nickel Group is a proud supporter of Opportunity Knocks and the incredible work that they do. 708.848.5550 www.WeichertNickelGroup.com 101 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60301

How long have you been in existence? Programs in operation since 2010 Ways volunteers can help: We are constantly looking for volunteers to support our programs, as well as our events. Please visit the Get Involved page on our website to learn more. To volunteer, call or email: Sam Kehoe, Volunteer Coordinator; phone: 708.341.5537; email: sam@opportunityknocksnow.org Useful donations other than money: Time and talent.

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Community of Caring | Sarah’s Inn

October 19, 2016

Facing domestic violence head on

by DEB QUANTOCK MCCAREY

esly Ramirez, 41, is a proud Latina working mom with permanent resident status, thanks to Sarah’s Inn and her introduction to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Under VAWA, special provisions have been enacted for battered immigrants that allow them to gain legal status in the US without having to rely on an abusive spouse to petition for them. As a living snapshot of a troubling statistic: Prior to and during her marriage, Ramirez says she was isolated, verbally abused and battered: Slapped, hit, punched and in the face, spat on. “One in four women will experience domestic violence at some point in their lifetime,” says Carol Gall, executive director of Sarah’s Inn, adding that one in five teen girls will experience teen dating violence. “That is a shocking number to hear and register. That is why our prevention work is so important and vital,” says Gall. In light of Sarah’s Inn’s 35th anniversary, and October being National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we recently sat with Ramirez to learn, through advocate Caitlin Ramsey, who has been her Spanish-to-English translator since 2013, her survivor story. “I met the father of my children, who is 8 years older than me, and after going out for a while, we decided to live together. That’s when I got pregnant with my first son (now 21). I thought it was strange that he never wanted to bring me around his family.” She soon learned why: He was simultaneously secretly married to another woman, who bore him a child as well. He separated Carol Gall from that woman when Ramieriz’s son was two-years-old. “After that, he decided to take me around his family. One time at his sister’s, I found a memento of the other wedding. A lot of problems started around that. To defend himself, he would say, ‘I chose you, so you always have to be grateful for that.’ This is when he started to hit me.” Even so, in 2002, Lesly became pregnant with her second son (now 13), and that year, at age 27, she married her abuser. At the time, they moved into his sister’s basement. “When his sister would see me with the marks, she would just laugh, because she was going through domestic violence with her own husband, and apparently it brought her pleasure to know that her own brother was doing the same thing to me. [After he made me get an abortion] he started repenting for his behavior a lot, [saying] ‘everything was going to change.’ But nothing changed.” Her kids were exposed to and traumatized by the domestic violence in their home. “My children’s father would go into the only bathroom, and stay in there with the door closed for an hour when the children had to go to the bathroom. Once, by the time he opened the door, my second son had gone pee outside of the door from waiting. [After standing up for her son] his father punched me in the face, and I fell through the accordion door, into the bathroom stall and hit my head. My oldest son saw all this and called the police.” Lesly requested that the police make her spouse exit the house. He did, but was back the next morning, as if nothing had happened, drinking heavily day and night…and secretly

“One in four women will experience domestic violence at some point in their lifetime. That is why our prevention work is so important and vital.”

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Lesly Ramirez, shown here with 2 of her 3 children, is rebuilding their broken lives thanks to the counseling and services of Sarah’s Inn in Oak Park. selling drugs and philandering. At that time, she became pregnant with her third child, a girl (now 8). When her husband was caught, then incarcerated he found a loophole to secretly stalk his wife while he was in a low security prison with bus privileges for felons to job interviews, in preparation for starting a new life. This unlawful act provoked Lesly to pursue a court order of protection, with the assist of an advocate from Sarah’s Inn. Soon a sea of services began rushing in, enabling all of them to attend group and individual counseling, while Lesly worked with an advocate to get on Public Aid and find pathways to completing her GED. She matriculated through the highest level of English as a second language coursework,

and is now finding resources to earn a college degree. “[Before], if he hit me, I had asked for it. If he spit in my face, it was because I deserved it, because I had provoked him. During a family therapy session my oldest son turned to me and said, ‘Why did you stay with him when he hurt you so badly. Why, oh, why did you stay with him so long?’ And I told him, I did it for you to have something I never had, to have both of your parents together. And then, my oldest son told me ‘who told you that we wanted to have him around?’ Now, he is gone, yes, and with my advocate at Sarah’s Inn, we looked for an attorney who would help me for free, and to finally divorce myself from him. Officially. Now, me and my children have a healthy and peaceful life. We may not be rich,

Sarah’s Inn Address: P.O. Box 1159, Oak Park, IL 60304 *For safety of our clients and staff we do not publicize our physical address Phone: 24-Hour Crisis Line: (708) 386-4225 Website: sarahsinn.org Leadership contact name: Carol Gall, Executive Director Statement of purpose: Since 1981, Sarah’s Inn has worked to improve the lives of those impacted by domestic violence and to break the cycle of violence for future generations. As a comprehensive domestic violence agency, Sarah’s Inn approaches domestic violence as a societal issue that demands a holistic response. We are committed to programming

that responds appropriately to the needs of those families already impacted by violence, as well as working proactively to prevent violence for future generations.

How long have you been in existence? Celebrating 35 Years Ways volunteers can help: Volunteers are an essential part of daily operations at Sarah's Inn and make important contributions toward ending domestic violence in the communities we serve. Opportunities include becoming a Crisis Line Volunteer Advocate, a Community Outreach & Education Volunteer, doing a volunteer group project, hosting a drive, and many more! To volunteer, call: Imelda Guerra, Volunteer & Events Coordinator, (708) 386-3305 x.1005

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uring a recent Diverse Learner Tour at the Oak Park Conservatory, Jamie Childs of Oak Park eagerly scratched and sniffed the green skin of a softball size fruit growing on its Ponderosa Lemon Tree. As the hanging show-and-tell fruit passed hand-to-hand through the small group of developmentally disabled adults from UCP Seguin Services “Choice” program, Andrea Green, a volunteer tour guide for the Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory, shared more about it. After they all went nose-to-fruit, Green told the conservatory visitors that the scent resembles that of the mosquito repellent, citronella: sweet, but not over-powering and pleasant. To create interactive sensory experiences for groups such as this one, Green teamed with consultant Julyne Seger to invent and debut the free educational experience last spring. Since then, the tour’s popularity has been growing, she says. “This is not horticultural therapy. But, our Diverse Learner Tour is geared to people who have learning disabilities or social limitations or other limitations that make it difficult for

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Jamie Childs, a participant of UCP Seguin Services’ “Choice” programming in Oak Park checks out a Ponderosa lemon during a recent FOPCON (Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory) Diverse Learner Tour at the Oak Park Conservatory. have the Cacao Tree. Cactus have thorns and grow in the desert. Yes, please, I would like to come back again.” Green says the aim of the inclusive tour programming is to “cover the same horticultural material topics that the tours do that are geared for children and adults.” Because the content is simplified, and the tour itself is sensory-driven it opens up a new world of learning for folks who learn differently. An advantage for Laura Lopez, a life skills program leader at UCP Seguin, is that her day program participants are walking distance from the Oak Park Conservatory and they regularly take advantage of that, visiting on their own, or in groups for an or-

ganized tour. Today she says were two aides and seven of her “special” consumers. “Maybe they will see something on this tour that they can plant at their own homes, or our Levinson Center,” says Jim Haptonstahl, Seguin’s executive vice president. “But, in general, it gives them a chance to get out where they belong. Integrated into the community.” For Childs, the love of learning about plants is growing. “The black-eyed Susans and the coneflowers in the Discovery Garden, yeah, my mom has those,” she said. “The cactus is my favorite plant, because I have an aunt in Phoenix and the lemons, when I scratched the skin, well they smelled really, really good.”

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Community of Caring | Oak Park Township Senior Services

October 19, 2016

Happy in their own home

t age 79, Leroy Pugh jokes that his life is good, but could be better if “he had a job, and wasn’t a client of rheumatoid arthritis.” Up to his mid 70’s, Pugh says he had his mobility, was able to get around and manage the affairs of himself and his wife, a 69-year-old who is now relegated to using a walker to get around. “Before, I cooked. I ironed. I scrubbed the floors. I drove, and could run down the stairs, even backwards…as opposed to almost having to crawl up and down the flight of stairs now,” he says. This personal state of hardship is what he shared with Rachel Bazan, an Oak Park Township Senior Services case manager. “My stability is not as good as I would like it to be but I would say that the range of services I receive from Senior Services have been very instrumental in bringing me and my wonderful wife, with whom I have spent 40 wonderful years, to where we are now,” he said. “And, oh wow… I would tell anyone and everyone that there is a service for seniors that is open to helping anyone who has a need.”

The end of this beginning It was when the Oak Park seniors had overlapping hospital stays that the hospital social worker referred them to township Senior Services. “The Pughs needed a meal brought in to them until they recovered, and that is how we first got involved,” Bazan said. Since then, they have continued to qualify to receive the daily delivery of a hot lunch and the added service of in-home assistance with the Chore Program. Thanks to Bazan, around their necks they wear an Emergency Response lanyard, which Pugh says he has used twice so far. “Every morning, the Pughs receive their Homemaker Services,” Bazan says. “It is a statewide program offered through the Department of Aging. Homemaker Services and Emergency Response are both income and asset based services, so it is for seniors who are low income and do not have many assets.” Shawn Lewis, adult protective services and case management supervisor at the township’s Senior Services, says starting at age 60, people who reside in Oak Park and River Forest seeking out their help can receive those services, a bevy

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Case manager Rachel Bazan, a care coordinator with Oak Park Township’s Senior Services, shares a laugh with her client, Oak Parker Leroy Pugh, a 79-year-old senior who is happily living at home with rheumatoid arthritis, thanks to a range of services he is receiving now. of others, and even one-on-one case management help to navigate Medicare, prescription drug plans and other details of independent living. “So that is really our goal, to work on a clients behalf to keep them autonomous in this community as long as possible,” Lewis says. Some services are available to everyone for free, whereas other programs have qualifying income or asset guidelines, Lewis points out. “We do provide a lot more services,” Bazan says. “For example, we have congregate dine-in that provides independence and promotes socialization among seniors and a curb-to-curb transportation program, as well.” For Pugh, it is also about the TLC he gets now and again from Senior

“Oh wow...I would tell anyone and everyone that there is a service for seniors that is open to helping anyone who has a need.” Leroy Pugh Services, out of the blue. “What we appreciate even more than the services, is the occasional call we receive to find out how we are doing,” Pugh says. “It makes me feel human, like I belong and am somebody special. And that means a lot to me, too.”

Oak Park Township Senior Services Address: 130 S. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302 Phone: 708-383-8060 Website: oakparktownship.org Leadership contact name: Desiree Scully-Simpkins, Director of Senior Services Statement of purpose: The mission of Oak Park Township Senior Services is to enhance the quality of life for seniors in our community by providing a broad array of supportive services that promote the values of independence, self-esteem and dignity. Our services are offered to any senior (60 and over) that resides in Oak Park or River Forest.

How long have you been in existence? Oak Park Township has been in existence since 1902. The development of Oak Park Township Senior Services was established in 1971.

Ways volunteers can help: Delivery of home delivered meals for homebound seniors that reside in Oak Park and River Forest. Volunteers for the Illinois Volunteer Money Management program. To assist seniors manage their money with the goal of aging in place. To volunteer, call: Home Delivered Meal Program-Celeste Duignan, Nutrition Program Manager Illinois Volunteer Money Management Program-Steven Smith, Money Management Coordinator, (708) 383-8060 Useful donations other than money: Oak Park Township has a medical equipment loan program. Donations of medical equipment such as wheel chairs, walkers and canes that can be loaned out to those in need in the community. Please contact our main Oak Park Township Office: (708) 383-8005

Community of Caring | Way Back Inn

October 19, 2016

By DEB QUANTOCK McCAREY

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Finding his way back in

obert W. Burgan of Des Plaines is 25 years old, a musician, a poet… and a young man in recovery for opioid addiction at The Way Back Inn. The agency’s sites, The Way Back Inn for men and Grateful House for women, have recovery programs for adults who are suffering from alcohol, drug and gambling dependence in Oak Park, Maywood, Forest Park, Melrose Park and Chicago. Burgan’s dependence on prescription painkillers began after he incurred a wrestling injury in high school. “My problem with substance abuse is typically opioids, painkillers and pharmaceuticals,” said Burgan, just prior to taking the stage at an open mic organized by the local social service consortium, A.R.T. (Addiction Recovery Team) during National Recovery Month in September. “It really got out of control when I started doing an opiate called Kratom.” “Every morning I would wake up with a whole list of problems. The first one was that I needed to get this substance to feel better,” said Burgan, who is also living with depression. “Once I got the substance, I would think, OK, I solved my first problem, I will deal with the rest of them tomorrow.” “Back then I made a pact with myself: No matter what, you are not going to withdrawal,” he said. “The drug turned me into a monster because I did whatever I had to do to get money to buy drugs.” Burgan’s long relationship with drug addiction got worse when over a six month period the drugs took over and he hit rock bottom, not only losing his job, but the trust and support of his family and friends. “I stole from people. I lied to people. My mind was messed up, and I needed to change,” he said. “It was only related to the addiction. The only reason for the thievery was the addiction. But I was always sabotaging myself.” After admitting himself into a hospital detox program, upon completion he was homeless…until he found The Way Back Inn to begin rebuilding his broken life in its residential recovery program. In 2016, Anita Pindiur, executive director of The Way Back Inn, says her agency has been in the trenches of the opioid epidemic, as about 50 to 60 percent of the 100 or so people they annually serve in their residential and outpatient programming are between the ages of 18 and 25 years old. “It’s really, really sad,” she said. “This starts really young, and by the time we see these individuals, they have already been abusing the substance for four or five years, sometimes starting as young as 15, and in those high school years, what we are seeing in our population is that they are not dabbling in marijuana, or stealing liquor from mom and dad’s liquor cabinet. They are moving directly into opioid and heroin addiction.”

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Spoken Word artist, Robert W. Burgan, 25, represented The Way Back Inn at an A.R.T. (Addiction Recovery Team) sponsored Open Mic event at the Oak Park Public Library in mid-September. On September 18, Burgan was 84 days clean…and counting on having a full recovery. “Opioids do not kill pain. They kill your personal life, and the person you are,” he said. “Now, making music is my positive approach to healing my pain, not masking it, or self medicating it, but healing it.” Writers note: The Way Back Inn is looking for beta testers to try out a new iPhone Recovery App. To help, link to wbi.today.

“The drug turned me into a monster because I did whatever I had to do to get money to buy drugs … I stole from people. I lied to people. The only reason for the thievery was the addiction. But I was sabotaging myself.” Robert Burgan

Address: 412 Wesley Oak Park, IL 60302 (cooperate address 104 Oak st. Maywood, IL 60153) Phone: 708-345-8422 ext 1 for general questions Website: waybackinn.org Leadership contact name: Anita Pindiur Executive Director for general questions or intake Phil Schneeberger Outreach and Admissions Statement of purpose: The mission of the Way Back Inn is to rebuild lives damaged by addiction in a personalized healing environment. How long have you been in existence? The Oak Park location since 1958 known as the Grateful House, the Way Back Inn since 1973, the two merged in 2002 Ways volunteers can help: special events such as our picnics and annual dinners we need help in mailing invitations, getting donations, and running the events. We need volunteers to provide special activities or skills to the clients such as interviewing skills, cooking classes, or engagement in the community. To volunteer, call: 708345-8422 ext 29 ask for Christine Laughlin Useful donations other than money: Clients are always in need of shoes, work clothing, and jackets in the winter. During our main fundraising event we have a silent auction, any times that can be auctioned off are appreciated.

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ear owners and managers of Doc Ryan’s, Suburban Unity Alliance recognizes that as a privately owned business, you have the right to choose how your establishment is run, from the drinks served, to music played, to how you want your patrons to dress. We appreciate small businesses and recognize the role a local bar plays economically and socially. We are not writing this letter to vilify or to force change. We write in the hope that it will create further dialogue and understanding. Suburban Unity Alliance was created in an effort to raise equity awareness and to provide opportunities for local communities to gain better understandings of existing discriminatory issues. Two of our initiatives are equity advocacy and community engagement. SUA utilizes these programs to engage community stakeholders in an effort to increase self-awareness and empathy, leading us to opportunities for reassessment and growth. These two initiatives are the reason you are being contacted. The first encounter between SUA and Doc Ryan’s resulted from a music request, to which your establishment’s response was perceived to be discriminatory. SUA was able to sit down and conduct a mediation session between Doc Ryan’s representatives and the concerned patrons. We thank you for engaging in mediation, and though all issues were not resolved, we believe all parties reached a better un-

derstanding about the incident. We are presently writing you based on the report of a more recent incident regarding your bar’s dress code. An African American male patron reported to SUA that, while in your establishment, he was asked by a manager to pull up his pants because he was “sagging.” While no other member of SUA was present to witness this encounter, based upon this patron’s statement, we believe another mediation session would be beneficial. The patron felt singled out and embarrassed, that he was not “sagging,” and even had a button-up shirt and jacket covering his pants. Though he did explain to the manager that he felt wronged, he did not deem his words or actions to be hostile. Nonetheless, the Forest Park Police Department was contacted and the patron was escorted from the establishment. Following this report, SUA’s director reached out to your establishment via phone and Facebook messaging directly to the owner in an effort to set up mediation, in hopes of resolving this issue. There has been no response from any representative of Doc Ryan’s regarding this incident. After the incident, which occurred on Friday, Sept. 1, from interactions this patron had with representatives of your establishment, he felt marginalized. Because SUA has not heard from anyone representing Doc’s, we felt compelled to write this letter in hopes of sparking conversation. While SUA has no issues with dress codes, it is recognized

that dress codes can be ambiguous and inconsistently applied. Biases, often implicit, come into play. A violation of a “sagging” policy may be in the eye of the beholder. This is where a community can come to perceive a dress code or other policy to be discriminatory, while others consider it warranted. Hence, the importance of creating dialogue to reach understanding and growth for both customer and establishment. SUA believes this dialogue will be beneficial for our entire community, and we would love if your business and others would engage in an SUA-led forum with community members to discuss business practices and perceptions. Please feel free to contact SUA’s director, Anthony@suburbanunity.org. We look forward to hearing from you.

Anthony Clark Director of Suburban Unity Alliance

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Heel pain or plantar fascitis is caused when the foot flattens out with weight bearing. Sometimes a heel spur forms where the plantar fascia attaches to the heel bone. A heel spur can be diagnosed with an in office x-ray. There are many ways to treat heel pain without doing surgery. Rest, ice, antiinflammatory medication, supportive shoes and stretches help in most cases. Custom made orthotic devices or cortisone injections may also be needed. Call Dr. Lambert, you don't have to live with foot pain. Aetna, AARP, Blue Cross PPO, United Healthcare, Healtspring, Humana, PHCS, Medicare Assignment & most other insurances accepted • CIGNA PPO

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Look for these Forest Park Chamber Members who supported today’s Forest Park Answer Book. Your Guide to Everything Forest Park. Please support your local businesses, organizations and institutions. Accents By Fred

Famous Liquors

Mohr Oil Company

Altenheim in the Park

Fantastic Sam’s

Montessori Language Academy

Berger, Newmark & Fenchel, RC

Farmington Foods

Nobs Towing

Big Boss

Fatduck Tavern & Grill

O’Sullivan’s Public House

Bliss Fashion Lounge

Forest Park National Bank & Trust Co.

Blue Cab

Forest Park Park District & Aquatic Center

Burke Beverage

Forest Park Public Schools, District 91

Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore

Forest Park Review

Chicago Suburban Lumber

Grand Appliance & TV

Circle Lanes

Harlem Maenner-und Damenchor

Core Strength Personal Training

Men’s & Women’s Chorus

Craig Shoes

Jayne Boutique

Creativita

Kagan and Gaines Music Co., Inc.

Dr. Lori Lipkin, DPM

Liberty Bank

Thiesse Plumbing

Edward Jones Investments - Joel Foster

Louie’s Grill

Triton College

Elite Tire & Auto

Madison Street Shoes

Village of Forest Park

Everett Wealth Solutions

McAdam Landscape Professionals

Woodlawn Funeral Home & Memorial Park

ReMax in the Village - Dorothy Gillian Riveredge Hospital Roy Strom Refuse Removal Service Scratch Deli + Café Shanahan’s Spotless Car Wash State Farm Insurance - Lenore Koca The Brown Cow Ice Cream Parlor

To join the Chamber, call Laurie at (708) 366-2543

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ORGANIZATION DIRECTORY

Religion Guide Check First.

President Steve Knysch

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

400 N. Fifth Avenue (1 block north of Lake St.) Come join us for Sunday Morning Worship at 11 am Pastor Elliot Wimbush will be preaching the message. Refreshments and fellowship follow the service. 708-344-6150 firstchurchofmaywood.org When you're looking for a place to worship the Lord, Check First.

For more info contact: Steve Knysch at 708-473-6154 or Steven.Knysch@gmail.com

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

William S. Winston Pastor (708) 697-5000 Sunday Service 7AM, 9AM & 11:15AM

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West Suburban Temple Har Zion

1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our new Rabbi, Adir Glick Pray, learn, and celebrate with our caring, progressive, egalitarian community. Interfaith families are welcome. Accredited Early Childhood Program Religious School for K thru 12 Daily Morning Minyan Weekly Shabbat Services Friday 6:30pm & Saturday 10:00am Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org

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

188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Masses: 8:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m. Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m. Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m. Parish Office: 708-848-4417 School Phone: 708-386-5131

Methodist

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

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

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

Roman Catholic

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

First Congregational Church of Maywood

Kiwanis Club

Lutheran-Missouri Synod

Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church N. Ridgeland & Greenfield, Oak Park Holy Communion with nursery care and Children’s Chapel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. Thomas Mass Third Sunday at 5:00 p.m. www.unitedlutheranchurch.org 708/386-1576 Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor Phyllis N. Kersten Interim Associate Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. Sunday School/Adult Ed. 9:45 a.m. Childcare Available

Grace Lutheran School

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

Christ Lutheran Church

607 Harvard Street (at East Av.) Oak Park, Illinois Rev. Robert M. Niehus, Pastor Sunday Bible Class: 9:15 am Sunday School: 9:10 Sunday Worship Services: 8:00 and 10:30 am Church Office: 708/386-3306 www.christlutheranoakpark.org

Presbyterian

Fair Oaks

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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

St. Edmund Catholic Church

Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 105TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Friday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca Traditional Catholic

Child care available 9-11am

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

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

808 S. East Ave. 708/848-2703 www.ascensionoakpark.com Worship: Saturday Mass 5:00 pm Sunday Masses 7:30, 9:00, 11 am, 5:00 pm Sacrament of Reconciliation 4 pm Saturday Taize Prayer 7:30 pm First Fridays Feb.– Dec. & Jan. 1 Holy Hour 6:00 pm Third Thursdays

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass

Our Lady Immaculate Church 410 Washington Blvd Oak Park. 708-524-2408 Mass Times: Sat. 8:00am Sun. 7:30 & 10:00am Operated by Society of St. Pius X. Confessions 1 hr. before each mass

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

Unity

UNITY CHURCH OF OAK PARK 405 North Euclid Ave.

The light of God surrounds you. Sunday Services 9 am & 11 am Youth Education 11 am 708-848-0960 — unityoakpark.org

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

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Upcoming Religious Holidays Oct. 17-23 Sukkot Jewish 18 St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist Christian 20 Birth of the Báb Baha’i Installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth Sikh 24 Shemini Atzeret Jewish 25 Simchat Torah Jewish 28 Milvian Bridge Day Christian 30 Diwali Deepavali Hindu/Sikh/Jain 31 All Hallows Eve Christian Reformation Day Protestant Christian

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5 BEDROOM HOME NEAR REHM Beautifully remodeled 5 bed/ 2 full bath home in south Oak Park is just two blocks from Rehm Park. Remodeled kitchen has granite counter tops and all new stainless steel appliances with both a large attached breakfast area and a family room. Additionally, the kitchen opens to a separate dining room at the other end, leading to spacious front room. New HVAC & Roof. Call 708-261-3028.

FOREST PARK 1 BEDROOM 3 RM 1 BR 2nd Floor Apt. Rent includes heating & cooking gas, parking space. Recently rehabbed. No more than 2 people. Good credit & job history. Avail. OCT 1. Rent $950/mo. For Info Call William 773-491-8660.

OAK PARK COACH HOUSE Oak Park 1bdrm Coach House: all wood floors, 15 windows, new kitchen & bath, in-unit laundry, heated garage + extra space, 10 min walk to CTA Green Line, dog/catâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;negotiable. Available 10/1/16. $1,600/ mo + gas/electric; 1 mnth deposit. PRIVATE-QUAINT-SAFE. Contact Ken at: cozetteken@yahoo.com; 630 660-5293

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137 DesPlaines Forest Park Four Plus Bedrooms, 3 1/2 Baths $665,000 with Side Lot

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OAK PARK XTRA LARGE 2 BR Decorative fireplace, hardwood floors, walk-in closet, granite in kitchen plus dishhwasher. Back porch. Parking available, garage space extra. Pets OK. Heat & water incl. Near I290 and Blue Line. $1395/mo. plus security. Avail. immediately. Call 708-359-1440. OAK PARK FOREST PARK Studio, 1, and 2 BDRM. Heated. Dining room. Parking available. Walk to El. $625-$1250.

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Augusta & Kildare: PERFECT FOR SENIORS A gorgeous studio apt. features include kitchen, dining room, large living room, walk-in closet, hardwood floors, incl. heat, appliances, and laundry room, in a beautifully landscaped & well maintained building, quiet, safe & secure, rent 585.00. For more information call 773-838-8471.

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FURNITURE LIKE NEW! From a smoke free home: Leather Couchâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$200 obo; 2pc light oak wood entertainment center w/ glass doorsâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;$300 obo; 2 glass end tables (match ent. cntr)â&#x20AC;&#x201C; $70 obo for both plus matching cocktail table base for FREE. Call 708-340-4972.

ITEMS FOR SALE AIR CONDITIONER W/ REMOTE! I have a Frigidaire air conditioner. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s perfect for bedroom. It also has a remote control which I loved operating without getting up! However, now it comes on but the blower is not blowing out the air. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re handy and can fix or want for parts... Make an offer.. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s YOURS! 773-516-9237

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LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. In re the marriage of Yeimi Ordonez, Petitioner and Brian Reyes, Respondent, Case No. 2016D-000175. The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending. Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before November 15, 2016, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk. Published in Wednesday Journal 10/12, 10/19, 10/26/2016

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the General Election to be held on Tuesday, the 8th day of November, 2016, the following proposition will be submitted to the voters of the Village of Brookfield, Cook County, Illinois:

POR EL PRESENTE SE DA AVISO que durante las elecciones generales a realizarse el martes 8 de noviembre de 2016, se les presentará la siguiente propuesta a los votantes del pueblo de Brookfield, condado de Cook, Illinois:

Shall the Village of Brookfield, Cook County, Illinois, erect a new public library building, furnish necessary equipment therefor and issue its bonds to the amount of not to exceed $10,300,000 for the purpose of paying the costs thereof?

¿Acepta usted que el pueblo de Brookfield, condado de Cook, Illinois, erija un nuevo edificio de biblioteca pública, suministre equipos necesarios para la misma y emita sus bonos por un valor que no exceda los $10,300,000 con el propósito de pagar los costos de dicho proyecto?

The bonds will bear interest at the rate of not to exceed 9.00% per annum. The polls at the election will be open at 6:00 o’clock A.M. and will continue to be open until 7:00 o’clock P.M. of that day.

A los bonos se les cargará un interés a una tasa que no exceda el 9.00 % al año. La votación en estas elecciones comenzará a las 6:00 a.m. y continuará hasta las 7:00 p.m. de ese día.

Dated this 19th day of October, 2016. David D. Orr County Clerk, The County of Cook, Illinois

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR STREET AND/OR ALLEY RIGHT-OF-WAY VACATION VILLAGE OF OAK PARK PLAN COMMISSION ADJACENT SUBJECT PROPERTY ADDRESSES: 201-211 Harrison Street (East side of alley) and 213-215 Harrison Street (West side of alley), Oak Park, Illinois, Cook County. HEARING DATE: November 3, 2016 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits. LOCATION OF HEARING: Council Chambers, Room 201, Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302 OWNER (S) OF RECORD: Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302 APPLICANT: Harrison Street Ventures, LLC; 200 Harrison Street, Oak Park, IL 60304 LEGAL DESCRIPTION: That part of a 16 foot wide public alley described as follows: A 16 Foot Wide North-South Public Alley Lying Entirely In Block 1 Of Harrison Street Subdivision Of The North ½ Of The Northwest ¼ Of The Southwest ¼ Of Section 17, Township 39 North, Range 13 East Of The Third Principal Meridian, More Particularly Described As Follows: Beginning At The Northwest Corner Of Lot 1, Also Being On The South Right Of Way Of Harrison Street, Thence South Along The West Line Of Said Lot 1 For A Distance Of 33.62 Feet To The Northwest Corner Of Lot 2; Thence Continuing South Along The West Line Of Lot 2 For A Distance Of 13.38 Feet; Thence West To A Point On The East Line Of Lot 46 47.00 Feet South Of The Northeast Corner Of Said Lot 46; Thence North Along The East Line Of Said Lot 46 For A Distance Of 47.00 Feet The Northeast Corner Of Lot 46, Said Corner Also Being On The South Right Of Way Of Harrison Street, Thence West Along The Said South Right Of Way Line For A Distance Of 16.00 Feet To The Northwest Corner Of Lot 1 And The Place Of Beginning, In Cook County, Illinois. REQUEST: The Applicant seeks the vacation of a portion of an abutting commercial alley located between the addresses referenced above, which are both owned by Harrison Street Ventures, LLC, accessing Harrison Street. The portion of the village right-of-way to be vacated is approximately 16 feet in width (east to west) and 47 feet long (north to south). The principal purpose of the public hearing is for the Plan Commission to hear evidence and testimony about whether the public interest would be served by vacating the proposed portion of the aforesaid alley. Your attendance and comments on the development plans at the public hearing are welcome. Copies of the application and each of the applicable documents are on file and are available for inspection at the Village Hall, Development Customer Services, 123 Madison Street, during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Persons with disabilities planning to attend and needing special accommodations should contact the Village Clerk’s Office at 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, or call (708) 358-5670. ALL INTERESTED PARTIES ARE INVITED TO BE HEARD. David Mann, Chair OAK PARK PLAN COMMISSION, Sitting as a Zoning Commission Oak Park, Illinois 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 10/19/2016

LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed bids at the Village of Oak Park Police Department, 123 Madison, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 5:00 p.m. on Friday, November 11, 2016 for the following: BID 16-116 For Crisis Intervention & Police Social Work Services Proposal forms may be obtained from the Village of Oak Park Police Department front desk located at 123 Madison, Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 5:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. For more information call the Police Department Erica Ramsay, Commander at 708.386.3800. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Published in Wednesday Journal 10/19/2016

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. FILE NO. D16148317 on October 3, 2016. Under the Assumed Business Name of JONERSON FINACIAL SERVICES with the business located at: P.O. BOX 34706, CHICAGO, IL 60634. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: TERESA B JONES, 2919 N MULLIGAN AVE, CHICAGO, IL 60634. Published in Wednesday Journal 10/5, 10/12, 10/19/2016

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, November 9, 2016 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 26-16-Z: 400 N. Kenilworth Avenue, Kevin and Dianne Risch Kevin and Dianne Risch, Applicants, filed an application with the Zoning Board of Appeals for the Village of Oak Park, seeking a construction necessitated variation from Section 4.6 3 (A) of the Zoning Ordinance of the Village of Oak Park, which section establishes a minimum height of 20 feet for a detached accessory building or structure, to permit the maintenance of a newly constructed garage at 400 N. Kenilworth Avenue at its current height of 21 feet. Those property owners within 500 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties”) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk not later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing. All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Officer at 708.358.5449. DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 19th Day of October, 2016 Published in Wednesday Journal 10/19/2016

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF SILENT AUCTION Oak Park School District 97 970 W. Madison Street Oak Park, Illinois

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLNOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, PROBATE DIVISION Estate of SANTA B. DIMARCO, Deceased No. 2016 P4662 That the Petition For Probate of Will and for Letters Testamentary In the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois was granted on July 27, 2016 for the Estate of Santa B. DiMarco, Deceased and that Joseph R. Ender was appointed as the Executor and letters of office have issued and states under the penalties of perjury that:

STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF DUPAGE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE EIGHTEENTH JUDICAL CIRCUIT IN RE THE ESTATE OF ELIZABETH M. FENCL Deceased Case Number 2015-000141 PETITION FOR LETTERS OF INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION That the Petition for Letters of Independent Adminstration in the Circuit Court of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit was filed on April 7, 2015 for the Estate of Elizabeth M. Fencl and that the undersigned, on oath states:

1. Santa B. Dimarco, whose place of residence at the time of death was 1209 Austin Blvd, Cicero, Cook, Illinois died April 24 2016, at Cicero, Illinois leaving a will dated October 1, 2004. 2. The approximate value of the estate in this state is: Personal $400,000, Real: $100,000, Annual Income from Real Estate $0. 3. The names and post office addresses pf the testator’s heirs and legatees are set forth on Exhibit A made a part of this petition. 4. The testator nominated as executor of the following, qualified and willing to act: Joseph R. Ender 4010 S. California Ave, Chicago, IL 60632. 5. The name and post office address of the personal fiduciary designated to act during independent administration for each heir or legatee who is a minor or disabled person are shown on Exhibit A, a part of this petition. 6. This ad also requests that any unknown heirs make themselves known to the attorney herein. 7. This ad will serve as a notice to creditors that they have 6 months from the date of filing of this petition to submit their claims.

1. The decedent, whose place of residence at the time of death was 5904 WESTERN AVE, WILLOWBROOK, IL 60527 died on 12/2/ 2014 atÿDOWNERS GROVE, leaving no Will. 2. The approximate value of the estate in this state is: Personal $500 Real $210,000 Annual Income From Real Estate $0 3. The names and addresses of decedent’s heirs are: Meribeth Fencl, Robert C Fencl Jennifer M Richardson, Francis M. Fencl, Wendy Fencl 4. The decedent nominated the following to act in the office indicated above: WENDY FENCL 6107 WESTERN AVE, WILLOWBROOK IL 60052 5.Petitioner is a DAUGHTER of decedent and is legally qualified to act or nominate a resident of Illinois to act). Petitioner asks that letters administration be issued. 6.*If so indicated above, the Petitioner requests independent adminstration. The name and address of the personal fiduciary designated to act during independent administration for each heir, who is a minor or disabled person, are shown on Exhibit A attached and made part of this petition. 7. This ad also requests that any unknown heirs make themselves known to the attorney herein. 8. This ad will serve as a notice to creditors that they have 6 months from the date of filing of this petition to submit their claims

Petitioner asks that the will be admitted to probate and that letters testamentary issue. Atty Name: Matt Leuck Attorney for Petitioner 84 E. Burlington, 2W Riverside, IL 60546 708-447-3166 Atty No. 11017 Published in Landmark 10/5, 10/12, 10/19/2016

Oak Park Elementary School District 97 will be conducting a Silent Auction of used office furniture: Desks, office chairs, bookcases, file cabinets and miscellaneous office furniture. The successful bidder is responsible for removal of their items by Friday, October 28, 2016. For additional information contact Dr. Alicia Evans (708)524-3000.

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 filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D16148295 on September 30, 2016. Under the Assumed Business Name of BARBARA JEAN COUTURE with the business located at: 129 MARSHALL AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104. The true and full real name(s)and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: BARBARA DAVIS 129 MARSHALL AVE BELLLWOOD, IL 60104

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Petitioner: WENDY FENCL 6107 WESTERN AVE WILLOWBROOK, IL 60052 MATT J LEUCK DuPage Attorney Number 48518 Attorney for: PETITIONER WENDY FENCL 84 E BURLINGTON RD RIVERSIDE IL 60546 708-447-3166 If a consul or consular agent is to be notified, name country: _______________ Published in Landmark 10/5, 10/12, 10/19/2016

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION STEARNS LENDING, LLC Plaintiff, vs. MARITZA MARTINEZ DUARTE; AVENUE SQUARE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 3949 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, November 9, 2016 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-117-010-1007. Commonly known as 805 Erie Street, Unit 1, Oak Park, Illinois 60302. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call The Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg Oliver LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.falillinois.com 24 hours prior to sale. F15010079 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I704982 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE F/K/ A NORWEST BANK MINNESOTA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET SECURITIES CORPORATION MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 2007-OSI Plaintiff, -v.MARIAN ARCHIE, 222 BOULEVARD MANOR CONDOMINIUMS Defendants 14 CH 011908 222 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. UNIT #104 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 January 28, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 23, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following

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described real estate: Commonly known as 222 W. WASHINGTON BLVD. UNIT #104, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 1608-314-043-1004; 16-08-314-0431027. The real estate is improved with a condo/townhouse. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assess-

ments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 1413-12641. 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. 14-13-12641 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 011908 TJSC#: 36-11964 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that

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shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. For information call Mr. Frederic Deraiche at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 236-0077. File Number SPSF.2282A INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NA, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007HY6 TRUST Plaintiff, vs. PAUL WICKLOW, MELISSA A. WICKLOW, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 9733 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on August 18, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-07-206-004-0000. Commonly known as 308 N. Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302. 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

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