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Unregulated sweepstakes machines enter village

Unlike sanctioned video gambling, the devices don’t pay state or local taxes

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

dance class and full evening of practice.

She is currently preparing for the lead role of Clara in the Ballet Legere Nut-

As a final vote on whether to approve or prohibit video gambling in Forest Park approaches on Nov. 6, controversial sweepstakes machines that look and work almost exactly like video poker devices have made their way into town.

Unlike sanctioned video gambling, sweepstakes operators don’t pay state or local taxes on revenue collected from the devices and the state does not conduct background checks of sweepstakes machine firms or the businesses that install them.

Proponents argue sweepstakes machines do not constitute illegal gambling since users can play for free and can receive coupons for products as prizes, rather than cash. However, at one local gas station minimart where a sweepstakes machine is located, a hand-written sign states players must spend at least $5 to redeem their winnings.

At least one sweepstakes machine has been installed locally at Citgo, 7323 Randolph St. A Citgo employee, who declined to provide his name, said the Ficus-brand machine was installed about three weeks ago and that a few users have already won between $80 and $100 in cash playing the machine.

See HOWORTH on page 11

See SWEEPSTAKES on page 10

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Forest Park Public Library staff push their casket down Beloit during the 6th annual Casket Races on Saturday. See more photos and race results on page 5.

Local ballerina takes the lead in Nutcracker Hannah Howorth has been dancing since age 4

By LUCIA WHALEN Contributing Reporter

Like most eighth graders, Hannah Howorth wakes up, attends school, then

heads home at 3 p.m. But once the Forest Parker leaves school, her day has only just begun. After a long day of school, Howorth, 13, heads over to Legere Dance Center in River Forest for an intensive

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People We Trust Say Please Vote NO For Our Community’s Future “The revenue generated by video gaming will help us continue to provide Forest Park residents with the services they deserve… Forest Park Firefighters Local 2753 is asking for you to allow video gaming to continue when you vote [NO Vote] on November 6th, 2018.”

— Forest Park Firefighters Local 2753 “...absolutely no evidence that video gaming has brought an increase in crime… FOP Officers are endorsing video gaming because it brings in essential revenue to the Village... [We] encourage all citizens of Forest Park to vote NO in November.”

— Fraternal Order of Police - Forest Park Lodge # 24 “... Video gaming has had no negative impact on Forest Park in the last two years, but prohibition will have immediate negative impacts on day one... Support working families and support Forest Park by voting NO on prohibition of Video Gaming.”

— Forest Park Public Works Teamsters 705 “…The revenue to the Village from video gaming has helped prevent the potential loss of services to businesses and residents… the Chamber of Commerce & Development is in FAVOR of maintaining video gaming as it has been implemented in Forest Park.”

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— Forest Park Chamber of Commerce & Development Board of Directors

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Beware of the 88-key, silent keyboard

hen it comes to scary things in my life, technology is near the top. I recently had another terrifying encounter. It all started innocently enough during a conversation with my neighbor.

I told the neighbor how I was downsizing and had to abandon my beloved piano. My plan was to trade in a lightly-used guitar and amp to Kagan & Gaines and use store credit toward the purchase of a keyboard. My neighbor said I didn’t need to do that because he had an extra keyboard he would give me. It was an 88-key, top-of-the-line, electronic model.

I couldn’t believe my friend’s generosity and couldn’t wait to get it home. On Father’s Day, I plugged it in and hit the keys.

Nothing. We learned it needed a special power cord, so we bought one. We powered it up but the keys kept their silence.

I felt that familiar sense of exasperation, fighting with newfangled technology that refused to work.

I was lucky to have a 23-year-old technology expert on hand and put him in charge of the project. My son spent endless hours downloading software for the keyboard.

Then we needed a $50 thingamajig to store the software. I was re-living a familiar nightmare of setting up accounts, coming up with user names and inventing acceptable passwords, when all I wanted to do was play music.

My son was patient and meticulous in following the directions, while I freaked out.

We were still stalled, so we set up a session with one of the company’s technology support people. Her name was Eliza and I really appreciated her can-do spirit. Whenever my son answered one of her incomprehensible questions, Eliza would say, “Cool.”

Finally, we were thisclose to activating the silent keyboard. Then Eliza told us the bad news. Our computer needed two gigabytes of capacity to power the keyboard — we had only 1.86. I immediately longed for the simplicity of a keyboard you simply plugged in and played.

Kagan & Gaines had plenty of these for sale. Even their most basic model had more bells and whistles than I would ever need. I brought in the guitar and amp. I originally had visions of selling them for big bucks on eBay. I didn’t know

JOHN RICE

I felt that

familiar sense of exasperation, fighting with new-fangled technology that refused to work.

that storing them in a closet for 10 years wasn’t good for their health.

Manager Jesse Marquez examined the guitar and identified many problems that needed to be addressed. As for the amp, it had dust inside that may have done permanent damage. I could now see they weren’t young and lightly-used, they were old and decrepit.

Jesse went to confer with the owner, Joe Cali. He returned and said the guitar and amp had enough value to trade them for the basic keyboard model. I couldn’t wait to get it home. It had been three months since I played.

That night, I plugged in the keyboard and pushed the keys. They made piano-like noises. I was thrilled. The keyboard even had a better sound than my old piano. The headphones my neighbor gave me meant I could play late into the night without disturbing anybody.

The moral of the story is to never underestimate the kindness of neighbors and local businesses. It also gave me an idea for a scary Halloween costume.

An 88-key, electronic keyboard that silently sneaks up on its victims and slowly drives them crazy.

■ 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. Jrice1038@aol.com

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THORTON’S “RAINBOW” GAS AND FOOD SHOP Thornton’s Food Shop and Gas Station, open 24 hours a day, was rebranded with “quality fast food, and convenience of self-serve gas” in 1985. This photo taken circa 1985, features regular gasoline for 93 cents, or premium at 97 cents, 79 cent beverages called “super guzzler” and Marlboro cigarettes for $1.23 a pack.

Thornton’s added hot dogs, corn dogs, burritos, chili, soda, slushies and pastries to their store when they replaced E-Z Go in 1985. At night the store was said to “look like a rainbow,” according to the store manager, Henry Smith, at the time.

In 1993 this busy Thornton’s added a Taco Bell to its location. This experimental restaurant-gas station combination was one of only 19 Thornton mini marts at the time to add a franchised restaurant into its customer offerings. It was predicted in a 1993 Forest Park Review article that restaurant franchises opening in high volume mini marts would be a trend

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The Taco Bell turned out to be “too much hassle” for this location. The chain operated just under a year, before the

Tex-Mex chain was replaced with Hot Dog Extreme that served fresh hot dogs, sausages or sandwiches.

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HOBO files for bankruptcy Bargain Outlet may not make it to Christmas

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

Roughly a year after opening inside the Forest Park Plaza mall, Home Owners Bargain Outlet (HOBO) employees are now standing outside the store with signs advertising a discount on all merchandise.

The home improvement retailer’s website is down. Calls to the Forest Park store rang and rang.

The national home improvement retailer, along with the limited liability corporation it operated the local store under, filed for Chapter 11 in Chicago bankruptcy court on Oct. 25.

“We will vigorously seek another tenant to fill the space if HOBO proceeds with closing this location,” Melody Winston, director of real estate, operations and construction at Forest Park Plaza, said in a statement.

HOBO, along with the FP Retail Associates company it operated its Forest Park location under, filed for bankruptcy less than a week after issuing a notice to the village that said it was seeking a buyer. At the time, Kim Clay, spokeswoman for Forest Park Plaza, said she was “hopeful” that the mall and HOBO executives would be able to meet and work out a deal to continue operating through the holidays and ideally through the duration of its 10-year lease. Clay said she does not believe that meeting occurred and mall executives are “waiting and watching the news.”

“It’s unfortunate,” she said. “They were a great tenant and, as I said before, brought value to the community.”

Attorney Jonathan Friedland, HOBO’s bankruptcy attorney, did not respond to interview requests. He was quoted saying that store closing sales are expected to finish by the end of the year in the Chicago Tribune.

“Brick-and-mortar retail, of course, has been decimated in recent years and the story of retail generally is very much a part of HOBO’s story,” Friedland said in a release to the Tribune. “But other factors also contributed, including intense competition from new and rapidly expanding competitors, and slowing of discretionary spending, including do-it-yourself home projects.”

In a statement to the village on Oct. 17, HOBO officials said they anticipate closing the doors in Forest Park by Dec. 31 if the company doesn’t find a buyer. Forty-eight local employees would lose their jobs. The company expects to begin terminating employees by Dec. 20.

Village Administrator Tim Gillian said then that if HOBO does close, the village’s budget deficit will increase.

“That tax revenue we got from them was very helpful and we have a deficit. We’re not going to get that tax revenue [and] the deficit will grow,” Gillian said at the time.

He declined to comment on how much sales tax revenue HOBO contributed to the village, specifying only that it is a “large producer.” The village of Forest Park projected

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

BANKRUPT: Mall officials are hoping HOBO stays open at least through the holidays. a $1.9 million budget deficit in fiscal year 2019, which runs from May 1, 2018 to April 30, 2019. Revenue is budgeted at $19,673,215 and expenses are projected at $21,575,469, according to the village.

HOBO did not have an incentive agreement with the village.

The home improvement store opened at 7630 W. Roosevelt Road in September 2017.

At the time, HOBO Vice President Scott Werner told the Review the Forest Park store was one of its largest locations.

“We’re very excited,” Werner said then.

“You never know what you’ll find but you’ll always find it for less,” he added, repeating

one of the company’s slogans.

When HOBO first came to Forest Park, Werner called taking up the old Kmart space — which closed in December 2014 — a “win-win” since HOBO preferred to repurpose old retail locations. The village’s population density and demographics also made the Forest Park location attractive, he said, pointing to the large number of old homes in Forest Park and neighboring areas that might need restoration or repair work.

The Waukegan-based company operates four stores in Illinois and two in Wisconsin.

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Madison Street businesses offer no opinion on video gaming Most said they prefer to stay neutral or declined to comment

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

“The only way to keep the peace is to remain neutral on it,” said Marlene Tap, owner of Forest Park Emporium, 7345 Madison St., echoing the sentiment of most businesses on the issue of video gaming in Forest Park. The Review knocked on nearly 40 doors along Madison Street, Oct. 26, surveying local business owners on what they think about video gaming, how they believe the practice impacts their business and what they would like voters to know as the Nov. 6 deadline to vote on the practice in Forest Park approaches. Most declined to comment out of fear of alienating customers or nearby business owners.

But there were a few exceptions.

Sue Jafee, owner of Knit Nirvana, 7453 Madison St., said she believes video gambling threatens the chic, trendy and family-friendly vibe officials have worked so hard to cultivate along Madison Street.

“Video gaming will bring another element to the area and that concerns me. I don’t know if I would have put my business here if it had been legal. … I understand bars want more income but it’s not bringing the town that much more

money,” Jafee said.

She also thinks it was wrong for the Forest Park Village Council to approve video gaming in October 2016, ignoring the majority of residents who voted against legalizing the practice in a non-binding referendum.

Frederick Bryant, owner of Accents By Fred, 7519 Madison St., also weighed in, noting that in the two years video gaming has been legal in Forest Park, he doesn’t believe there’s been a negative impact on the town. Bryant said he supports video gaming in Forest Park as long as controls on the practice stay as is in the village.

“As long as they control it with the signs and don’t allow those gambling parlors, I’d like to see them keep it for the bar owners,” he said.

Chris Geoghan, owner of Moss Modern Flowers, 7405 Madison St., said she finds the practice unacceptable.

Geoghan said she was stunned when she learned that, nearby, the Junction Diner restaurant had successfully applied for a video gambling license although the restaurant has not installed any machines.

“It’s an unfortunate thing to hit our community,” Geoghan said. “I think it’s not acceptable. In my mind, I think it brings more alcohol-related incidents to the street and it’s

just one more addiction people don’t need.”

She believes the state should legalize and tax recreational marijuana to bring more revenue to the village.

Augie Aleksy, owner of Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore, 7419 Madison St., said he could understand the perspective of residents who hold a moral opposition to video gambling and bars that want to continue the practice to boost their bottom line. He also noted that bar owners have stuck to their word about not using signs to promote the practice.

“Gambling can be someone’s means of enjoyment but for others it can be a problem,” he said. “I’m just happy in a way that I’m not a citizen of Forest Park who has to make this decision because I’ve got friends on both sides.”

Paul McKenna, owner of Starship Restaurant & Catering, said he considered installing video gaming machines at 7618 Madison St., but ultimately realized he was in the food business, and the food business alone.

“The worry from the get-go was, we would become Pottersville and that hasn’t seemed to happen. I don’t think video gaming has blemished the town,” McKenna said. “It should be residents’ call. If they don’t want it, it shouldn’t be done.”

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Currie Motors “Re-Callers”

Alice in Wonderland

Hash House Harriers

Casket Races

Creativita

Currie Motors finished first in the 6th annual Casket Race on Oct. 27. Hash House Harriers came in second, and the Forest Park Public Library came in third. Dressed as Bob Ross, Creativita came in “Dead Last” while Riverdedge Hospital was recognized for “Creepiest Casket”. Runners from Alice in Wonderland were named “Frighteningly Funny”.

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Monday, November 5 – 1:15 An Afternoon of Opera An afternoon of opera favorites, musical theater and American Songbook selections presented by Baritone Jonathan Beyer and accompanist Amanda Crider.

Monday, November 19 – 1:15 Update on the Coming Water Crisis Dr. May Wu from Argonne National Laboratory will present an assessment of water use, availability and the implications to energy, agriculture and our life.

Monday, November 12 – 1:15 Chicago Artists Depict Urban Life David Sokol examines how Chicago artists saw the city, its buildings, and the life of the people from the late 1800s through the recent past, particularly the social realist artists of the 1920s through W.W. II.

Monday, November 26 – 1:15 Black Hawk’s View of Illinois History Drawing from Black Hawk’s autobiography and his knowledge of American Indian cosmology, Brian “Fox” Ellis portrays the reporter who transcribed and published Black Hawk’s life story.

COST: $15 requested donation for non-members for each program.

LUNCH: precedes Monday programs at 12:00, $25 for non non-members, RSVP required–all are welcome!

Evening Events and Other Activities Thursday, November 8 – 5:30-7:30 Happy Hour Mind Boggles: Health Care: Right or Privilege? Dr. David Ansell, Senior Vice President for Community Health Equity, Rush University Medical Center, Associate Provost for Community Affairs, Rush University, will discuss health care in America. Cash Bar and light snacks will be served. General admission: $15 at the door.

Monday, November 12 – 7:00 English Country Dances are taught and called. No partner needed, no experience necessary. $10 Adults/ $5 Students and Seniors.

Wednesday, November 14 – 7:30 Henry Fogel Presents Pablo Suaste, a young Mexican pianist who studies at the Chicago College of Performing Arts, and who won a 2017 competition, producing a CD on the Aeolian label. $30/students $10.

Sunday, November 18 – 3:00 Rose by Laurence Leamer—Set in 1969 at the Kennedy’s Hyannis Port compound the week after Teddy’s fateful accident at Chappaquiddick, Rose struggles with all the tragedies the Kennedys have overcome and finds new understanding of the choices she made. Freereaders.com

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Lobstein House

A dark tourist’s guide to Forest Park Forest Park is a dark tourist destination, a village of 14,000 where the dead outnumber the living 33 to 1. With Halloween on the horizon, and the recent success of Netflix’s Dark Tourist show, why not stay local and tour the many sites in Forest Park associated with suffering, haunting and, of course, death this season?

Forest Home Cemetery As the sun lowers on the western horizon, walk through Forest Home, if you dare, and feel the wandering spirit of Belle Gunness, whose headless body is thought to have been buried there.

Belle would advertise in a Lonely Hearts column in the newspaper that she was looking for a husband, and then kill the men who came as suitors. She is believed to have poisoned two of her infant children to get the insurance money.

Jewish Waldheim Cemetery Enter Jewish Waldheim and catch a glimpse of the “Flapper Ghost,” dressed in black from head to toe. Back in the 1930s she could be seen at the Melody Mill Ballroom where she would dance with many of the men who came there and then ask one of them for a ride home.

She would tell them she lived in the caretaker’s house, which used to be located in the cemetery. But when the man would drop her off, she wouldn’t enter the house but would run toward the tombstones and vanish from sight.

She could even be seen occasionally during the daytime.

The Melody Mill Ballroom was located where the North Riverside Police Department is now, and people passing by still report hearing the sound of the Glen Miller big band wafting in the evening air.

Showman’s Rest in Woodlawn If you still have your wits about you, drive over to Showman’s Rest in Woodlawn Cemetery, where more than 60 victims of a circus train crash in 1918 are buried. The cemetery is rumored to be haunted and the sound of phantom elephants can still be heard sometimes at night. If you don’t see a ghost, the explanation might be what the Review heard from one expert on apparitions: “Ghosts often go through long periods of dormancy where sightings seem to trail off or completely stop. This is actually quite normal for spirits as it does take a tremendous amount of energy to manifest in a physical form. Sometimes ghosts simply need time to recharge their own internal batteries.”

Jewish Waldheim Cemetery

Lobstein House Local lore has it that the Lobstein House on the 900 block of Elgin is haunted. John George Lobstein, a Chicago lumber mill magnate and cabinet maker built the Victorian home in the 1890s for his second wife, Adaline. The woman died in the house and many believe she continues to haunt it.

A 2006 Chicago Tribune article details psychics visiting the home, neighbors seeing “shadows” in the attic and anecdotes of weird noises coming from inside the house. Lobstein is buried at Forest Home Cemetery.

Charlie’s Restaurant After a devastating fire in March, the crew at Andrea’s Restaurant came together to rebuild the eatery and will reopen the space under the name of longtime owner Charlie Philippou.

The Forest Park Plaza mall across the street is located on the site of a former torpedo factory. At one point, the diner was named the Torpedo Tap and later, the Armory Lounge. It served as an unofficial headquarters in the 1950s and ’60s for Chicago Outfit mob boss Sam Giancana, who lived in neighboring Oak Park.

Centuries & Sleuths Bookstore Drop by Centuries & Sleuths and pick up The Feast of Blood by James M. Rymer or The Exorcist by William Blatty and read several chapters before the shadows lengthen.

Forest Park Public Library And if you still think you won’t have nightmares, go to the Forest Park Public Library and check out a scary DVD to watch right before bedtime: maybe one of the eight seasons of Walking Dead; a boxed set of the Twilight Zone; or a copy of Frankenstein.

McGaffer’s Saloon McGaffer’s Saloon is located on what was once a Jewish Cemetery company, Lehman & Gnaedinger. The company purchased the two lots in 1891 and constructed the tavern in 1914.

Craftsmen used to use the tavern’s basement to work on tombstones and craft cemetery benches. The mold for the benches is still there, along with some remnants of headstones and unused marble slabs.

The floor of the basement also displays some unusual features. Half of it remains unfinished, while the other half bears inscriptions from grave markers.

Tom Holmes and Nona Tepper

Forest Park Review, October 31, 2018

‘Anonymous businessman’ launches Kiwanis scholarship

Oct. 31 - Nov. 7

BIG WEEK

Chamber Wine Walk and Shop Visit more than 15 locations along Madison Street while tasting wine and locally-prepared small bites. Bottle of wine included. Tickets $40.

Buy your ticket online at exploreforestpark.com or in-person at Famous Liquors, 7714 Madison St., or the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce, 7331 Roosevelt Rd. Walk runs from 1 to 5 p.m. on Nov. 3 along Madison Street.

Trick or Treat Trick or treating will run from 3 to 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 31 in the village.

Music and the Brain Join officials from the Forest Park Public Library for a musical program aimed at enhancing memory and distressing. Program runs from 10 to 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 31 at 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Harlem Manner-Und Damenchor Concert and Dance Celebrate the 128th Harlem Manner-Und Damenchor Concert and Dance from 6 to 7 p.m. on Nov. 3 at the Howard Mohr Community Center, 7640 Jackson Blvd. $12 donation. Cash bar and food available after the

Hello, Dolly Join officials from the Howard Mohr Community Center for a trip to the Oriental Theater in Chicago for a production of Hello, Dolly, a musical comedy. Enjoy lunch at Elephant & Castle restaurant. Trip runs from 10:15 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Nov. 7. Cost $91 residents; $95 non-residents. Lunch is included. Reservations required. Call the community center at 708771-7737 to sign up.

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Class runs from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 1 at 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Teen and Tween Game Design Lab In honor of International Gaming Week, officials from the Forest Park Public Library will assist tweens and teens in designing their own games, from 4 to 5 p.m. on Nov. 7 at 7555 Jackson Blvd.

Mystery Trip Join officials from the Howard Mohr Community Center for a mystery trip from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 31. “A day that promises to be a treat for all on board,” is the only clue Community Center officials are revealing before the big day. Lunch is included. $75 residents; $79 non-resident. Reservations required. Call the Community Center at 708-771-7737 to sign up.

The Kiwanis Club of Forest Park launched the Andy Collis Scholarship on Oct. 23, after receiving an anonymous donation from a local businessman.

The $6,000 award will be open to any high school senior who lives in Forest Park. Scholarship applications will be available in mid-November and award winners will be announced in January 2019. Email kiwanisclubfp@ gmail.com for an application.

The award is intended to recognize students’ academic performance, as well as their community service work. It was named after the late Andy Collis, a longtime Ki Kiwanian, school bus driver, village treasurer and much more.

Collis died in July at age 86.

“When our friend Andy passed, we wanted to find a way to honor him that would live on for years. We could not think of a better way than to help the children of Forest Park, and this scholarship award will do just that,” said Chris Harris, chairman of Kiwanis and committee chair of the Andy Collis Scholarship, in a statement. “We cannot thank the donor enough for coming to us and offering his generosity to get this off the ground and help the families of Forest Park.”

The unnamed local businessman will provide at least $6,000 for the award annually. He will also work with Kiwanis to seek additional donations each year. Donations can be made to the Kiwanis Club of Forest Park Foundation and mailed to P.O. Box 514, Forest Park, IL 60130. Please note ‘Andy Collis Scholarship’ in donations. Kiwanis will act as the sole administrator of the scholarship.

Nona Tepper

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ComEd unveils $100K mural by artist, Proviso students ‘The Dance of the Lightning Bugs’ features insects flying beneath a silhouette of Chicago’s skyline

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

ComEd officials unveiled a 100-foot by 30foot mural by world-renowned artist Hector Duarte, who had some critical assistance from a group of Proviso High Schools District 209 students, during a brief ceremony on Oct. 22.

The luminous, larger than life mural, entitled “The Dance of the Lightning Bugs,” depicts insects flying in blades of grass that foreground the Chicago skyline, which looms as a silhouette in the background.

The mural was installed on the outside of a garage that sits directly in front of the Tech Center on the ComEd Tech Center Campus, 1319 Maybrook Drive in Maywood. ComEd funded the mural, which cost around $100,000 to complete.

“This mural is really a melding of our community, the environment and how they’re in harmony together,” Fidel Marquez, ComEd’s senior vice president of governmental and external affairs, said at Monday’s unveiling ceremony.

Terry Donnelly, ComEd’s president and COO, said that the utility firm challenged

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MURAL: Proviso students with a team of artists, including lead artist Hector Duarte, standing in front of “Dance of the Lightning Bugs.” students from Proviso East, Proviso West, and Proviso Math and Science Academy to create a work of art that “captures the spirit of exploration at our Smart City Lab, here at Tech Center.”

Donnelly said that workers at the Center, which is located in a gated campus just off of Maybrook Drive, are working “on what it takes to become the utility of the future.”

The company, Donnelly said, is exploring new green energy sources, more personalized customer service as part of this push to innovate.

“ComEd is always looking for new and creative ways to engage our communities and our future workforce through STEM education and work programs,” he said, “but I haven’t seen anything quite like this. This is

pretty innovative.”

The mural, which is made of synthetic paper, was a summer-long project spearheaded

by Duarte inside of a gymnasium at Proviso East.

ComEd hired Chicago Public Art Group, a nonprofit coalition of professional artists who work with communities to produce public art, to manage the project.

“We have to do this great work we do lighting up the city and surrounding communities and providing all these great services, but we have to do it without impacting nature,” said ComEd CEO Joe Dominguez. “And the harmony we seek to obtain is the harmony displayed in this wonderful mural.”

Nicole Howard, D209’s assistant superintendent for academics and family services, said that the mural is the result of multiple phases of revisions and changes that were driven, in large part, by students like Emmanuel Escuito, who worked on the mural from start to finish.

“I still can’t believe we did that,” Escuito.

“This was a surreal dream of mine, but I believed that this process would totally be in my future.”

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Task force holds meeting after six shot during Chicago funeral

By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter

The shooting of six people at a funeral service in the South Side neighborhood of Burnside on Oct. 22 was the focus of conversation at the second meeting of the Cook County Funeral and Cemetery Violence Taskforce meeting in Forest Park on Oct. 26.

Cook County Detective Sergeant Jason Moran, who serves on the task force, said the incident is still under investigation, and it will be a case study for the committee on preventing more violence at funerals on the South Side and western suburbs of Chicago.

Much of the task force’s work in the western suburbs has been centered on Oakridge-Glen Oak Cemetery at Roosevelt and Mannheim roads and increasing police presence at funeral homes in Chicago that sometimes send raucous funeral processions through the city and suburbs.

Moran said Chicago police had an officer assigned to the funeral at Bethlehem Star Missionary Baptist Church, 9231 S. Cottage Grove, but the officer there to keep the peace was called away on an emergency.

“That officer chose to respond to support and assist his fellow policeman and after that is when the shooting occurred,” Moran said.

Rev. Ira Acree, pastor of Greater St. John Bible Church in Austin, said he has begun hiring off-duty police officers to protect funeral services and processions that could become violent.

“Their presence makes a world of difference,” he said.

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FUNERAL VIOLENCE: Cook County Detective Sergeant Jason Moran (left), Cook County Sheriff ’s Office of Community Outreach Director and taskforce chairman Parris Williams (middle), and funeral home operator Spencer Leak, Jr. (right), discuss violence at Chicago funerals at the second meeting of the Cook County Funeral and Cemetery Violence Taskforce.

Boykin, who created the task force with Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart in March, said pastors and funeral-home directors often are unaware that the services they hold could become violent. Police should share information with them when they suspect funerals could become violent.

Chicago police could reference its gang member database and other resources to help track funerals involving gang members, he said.

“That alert [informing law enforce-

ment officials of a gang-related homicide] shouldn’t just go to the sheriff ’s police; it ought to also go to a local jurisdiction like Cicero or Oak Park — they need to have the information,” Boykin said. “The pastor of the church where the funeral is taking place needs to have the information, and the funeral home director needs to have the information.”

Task force members discussed creating a hotline for funeral and cemetery operators to maintain direct contact with law enforce-

ment officials when they suspect violence might take place.

Spencer Leak Jr., vice president of Leak & Sons Funeral Homes, said it can sometimes be difficult to determine whether the deceased was connected to gang activity because families frequently do not disclose that their son or daughter was involved with a gang.

“We handle a lot of the crime victim cases in Chicago,” he told the board.

He noted that his funeral home accepts payment through the state of Illinois’ Crime Victim Compensation Act, which reimburses families up to $7,500 for the burial of their loved one if they are the victim of a crime.

Leak encouraged the police to meet with families of a deceased person suspected of being involved in gang activity to better understand whether or not there could be retaliatory gang activity at the funeral.

When a funeral home begins talking with the family of the deceased, he said, “We are blind. It’s very hard for a funeral director to ask the questions to that family where it may be a little bit easier for the police officers to ask that family the question. When we are meeting with a family … and we begin to try and pry into what’s going on with their loved one’s life, all of them are going to say, ‘My baby was the best.’”

Investigating gang affiliations of deceased people is “not what we do,” said Leak, adding that when he does discover a person might have been involved in a retaliatory gang shooting, they might not be eligible for reimbursement in the Crime Victim Compensation Act. CONTACT: tim@oakpark.com

D91 board members announce April 2019 campaigns McGrady-Wood and Mitchell to run again, Ricordati declines

By NONA TEPPER Staff Reporter

As two District 91 Board of Education members seek re-election next April, another has announced she will not.

Shannon McGrady-Wood is aiming to stay on the D91 board, a seat she has held for two years. She joins Greg Mitchell, who has said he’s “tentatively” seeking to keep his seat, while Christina Ricordati will not run for re-election. McGrady-Wood needs 50 residents to sign nomination petitions to get on the April ballot, and said she’s already exceeded that threshold.

“I fight for what I believe in and things that matter to me,” McGrady-Wood said. “I do have my own two kids in the district and I want to see them succeed. I want to see them all succeed. I bring up things I care about; I’m not really a wall flower.” She has a firstgrader at Betsy Ross Elementary and a fifth-

grader at Field-Stevenson Intermediate.

McGrady-Wood said she wants to see continuation of the good work done at D91 the past few years, including the new schedule for Forest Park Middle School (FPMS), the new science curriculum, and working with the National Equity Project. Watching America to Me, the documentary series on Starz about race and education at nearby Oak Park and River Forest High School, has been eye-opening for her, she said, particularly since she grew up in northeast suburban Highland Park, an area she said was not very racially diverse.

“Being white, I have a lot of privileges that other people don’t, so being around the diversity of our community, I just want to make sure that everybody’s given their best chance,” she said.

She named the board members’ ability to respectfully debate topics with one another as its greatest strength, and said a “negative

community perception” was the district’s greatest challenge.

“Getting out the great things that we do, we lack in that,” she said.

Meanwhile, Christina Ricordati said she will not run for re-election, after a little more than three years in the post. When she moved to Forest Park about five years ago, she said her family did not have children; now she is the mother of two little boys. The Ricordatis have outgrown their house in Forest Park and are not sure if they’ll be able to find a house that suits their needs in the village.

“This is actually really sad for me. My family has some needs that are probably going to push us out of Forest Park. … It’s been a wonderful experience, and I am so fortunate to have gotten to serve this community in this way,” she said.

Ricordati named the board’s reboot of the Community Engagement Committee, new schedule for FPMS, and work with the Na-

tional Equity Project as board accomplishments she’s proud of during her tenure. She said the next board member needs to be passionate and thick-skinned since, “it’s really hard to please everybody because there’s almost always going to be somebody unhappy — sometimes because of a decision you make, other times because of rumors and misconceptions,” she said.

Ricordati hopes the board will continue challenging the district’s highest-level students, and said serving students’ diverse racial and socioeconomic needs as the greatest challenge the district faces.

“I fully intend to go out with a blaze; anybody who has ever been to a board meeting [knows] I am not one to sit there. I’m always talking, asking questions. It is very sad and it’s something that is one of the hardest things about selling our house. I’m just very proud to have had this opportunity,” she said.

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SWEEPSTAKES

Unregulated gaming from page 1 He referred all other questions about the device to Citgo, which did not respond to interview requests. Ficus likewise did not respond to interview requests. It is unclear how many sweepstakes machines are operating in Forest Park.

A one-sentence change to the Illinois Gaming Act legalized sweepstakes machines in 2013. The state does not regulate how many sweepstakes machines can appear in a single establishment, or the types of establishments they can be installed in.

The gambling state regulator, the Illinois Gaming Board, has long considered the machines illegal, arguing they pose an economic and social threat to licensed video gambling, are not regulated by the state and provide no tax revenue.

A WBEZ investigation also found that sweepstakes machines were being installed at establishments that had been denied video gaming licenses. Forest Park’s Citgo could not have been approved for a gaming license, per state and local laws.

“The [Illinois Gaming Board] believes any unregulated gambling puts the public at risk, undermines public confidence in legitimate gaming, and diverts needed revenue away from licensed locations as well as the state and local governments,” Illinois Gaming Board spokesman Gene O’Shea said in a statement. “It is important to recognize that no tax revenues whatsoever are raised from play on the electronic sweepstakes machines. Furthermore, these machines are direct competitors to the video gaming terminals which the state now regulates and taxes.”

Over the past five years, during the past two General As-

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TAKING A CHANCE: Citgo installed a sweepstakes machine about three weeks ago. semblies, the gambling state regulator has supported four bills in the House and Senate committees that found electronic sweepstakes machines illegal under the gambling article of the state criminal code.

Despite none of the bills passing the General Assembly, O’Shea said the Illinois Gaming Board has not changed its position on the sweepstakes machines, finding them still illegal and has no rules outlining operation of these machines.

O’Shea said that the Gaming Act makes it a felony for a business to have “any device that awards credits and contains a circuit, meter, or switch capable of removing and

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recording the removal of credits when the award of credits is dependent on chance.”

The Illinois Gaming Board seized sweepstakes machines from a business in Morris. But last year, a state appellate court ruled that the state regulator did not go through the proper process of doing so.

To play the Ficus machine at Citgo for free, users must ask an employee for a user account, login ID and password, according to fine print posted on top of the machine. Customers are limited to one free play daily. After that, users must pay to play, and can throw in a dollar and play immediately.

All profits are split by Citgo and the machine operator.

Winners -- and those who pay to play have an equal of a chance of winning as those who play for free, Ficus’ fine print states -- can receive their winnings in the form of cash, merchandise, a prepaid gift card or check sent to them by mail, whatever Citgo decides.

Ficus’ website offers a selection of gift cards that customers can purchase using cash or coupons redeemed from the machines.

Taped to the Ficus machine is a handwritten sign that says players must spend at least $5 to collect their winnings.

Ficus did not respond to interview requests about whether this was a company regulation, which would contradict the logic that sweepstakes machines are not gambling since winners can play for free, or the Forest Park Citgo station’s rule.

Village Administrator Tim Gillian said the sweepstakes machine at Citgo is the only one he’s heard about, that it is legal and that the village is exploring what options it has regarding the machine with its legal counsel.

In nearby Brookfield, village officials found out a sweepstakes machine was operating in a nearby business. Officials asked the business to remove the machine, and the business complied.

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Fight at Slainte

Scammers feign water leak Two men knocked on a Forest Park woman’s door at an unspecified address about 4 p.m. on Oct. 20, asking if she had water in her basement because her neighbors did.

The woman said she didn’t think so, but escorted them into her basement to check.

One of the men went downstairs with her, the other stayed upstairs. The woman became suspicious since the other man did not follow her, and returned upstairs to find the man in her bedroom. She asked both men to leave.

After they left, she noticed 26 rings were taken from her bedroom, along with a small box containing assorted jewelry items.

DUI, hit-and-run A Chicago woman was involved in a hit-and-run at the intersection of Harlem and I-290 about 3 a.m. on Oct. 27. Police responded to the crash and spotted a Nissan fleeing the scene, traveling north on Circle.

Officers curbed the vehicle on the 7300 block of Madison.

Police asked the driver for her license and insurance, and the Chicago woman was unable to provide both documents. She handed officers her ID. A name-check revealed the woman’s license was suspended. Officers smelled alcohol on her breath.

They asked the woman to step out of the

car and recite the alphabet, from G to Q. The woman was unable to complete the task, and admitted to drinking a Long Island Ice Tea and tequila. She submitted to a breathe test, and blew above the legal limit of 0.08.

She was cited for driving under the influence of alcohol, leaving the scene of an accident and driving with a suspended license.

Robber takes iPhone A Forest Park man was out walking when a man approached him at the intersection of Adams and Hannah about 7:05 p.m. on Oct. 24 and asked him the time. When the man took out his phone to tell the man the time, the man tried to grab the phone from his hands. The victim held onto the phone and put it back in his pocket.

The robber then reached for something in his jacket pocket, which the victim feared was a gun, and said, “give me the phone.”

The victim handed over his iPhone 7. The man ran to the 500 block of Thomas, entered a parked car and then drove south.

Dodge Durango flees police Police spotted a Dodge Durango at the intersection of Harlem and Roosevelt about 4:11 p.m. on Oct. 24. Officers checked the license plate and discovered its owner had

a felony warrant out for manufacture and delivery of methamphetamine.

They pulled the vehicle over at the BP parking lot, 7140 Roosevelt Road in Oak Park. As officers got out of their car, the driver sped off, heading north on Harlem at a high rate of speed. The vehicle turned east on Pleasant, made a three-point turn on Maple, and then proceeded west on Pleasant to Harlem and was struck by a car.

The driver and passenger got out of the car at Franklin and started running. Oak Park police later spotted a man matching the passenger’s description on the 200 block of Mason in Chicago. Forest Park police positively identified the 18-year-old Chicago man as the passenger. He was charged with aggravated flee/attempt to elude a police officer.

Pickup truck stolen A Honda Ridgeline truck was stolen from St. Bernardine’s parking lot about 5:28 p.m. on Oct. 27. The victim told police he was unloading gift baskets from his pickup truck at 800 Elgin for the Pancake Breakfast at St. Bernardine’s the next day. The Forest Park man said he went inside for about 10 minutes, returned to the parking lot and his truck was gone. He said the truck contained about 10 gift baskets.

HOWORTH Nutcracker from page 1 cracker at Dominican University, and doesn’t quite know how she balances school and ballet.

“I try to get a lot of my homework done at school, but if I can’t, then I find time to do it around dance. Otherwise I stay up until 11 to get it done,” she said.

Her mother Mary attributes Howorth’s ability to gracefully balance the rigors of both school and sport to her diligence and self-directedness. Those same qualities no doubt have helped prepare Howorth for the biggest role of her dancing career thus far.

Hannah started dancing with Legere nine years ago, though her first experience with dance took place at the River Forest Community Center, where she took classes at the age of 4. It was Mary’s idea to enroll Howorth in the community center classes, thinking she seemed to be a natural dancer.

“Anytime music came on, Hannah would start moving,” Mary said.

Howorth enjoyed the classes and her parents enrolled her at Legere in kindergarten.

Now that Howorth has reached a higher level, allowing her to take on more mature and challenging roles, her life is mostly focused around school and dance. Howorth enjoys the rigorous schedule along with the community she finds within the world of dance.

“When I dance, I love my friends,” she said. “They are always really supportive and they’re part of the reason I love

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BALLET LEGERE: Forest Park eighth grader takes the lead in this classic production. to dance.”

Mary agreed, explaining that the positive, noncompetitive climate makes Legere a healthy environment for children to learn to dance in.

“The directors and people who teach the classes are really encouraging, and it’s a very positive place,” Mary said. “They want each dancer to be the best that they can be, and that’s why Hannah has stuck with it so long.”

The positive environment does not translate to a lack of rigor, though, and Howorth admits to feeling very tired by

Police responded to a call about a fight at Slainte about 1 a.m. on Oct. 28. Officers detained two Forest Park men at 7505 Madison St., who seemed “agitated, “kept trying to go around police,” and did not answer officers’ questions, according to the report. Both seemed intoxicated and had bloody noses.

Both refused medical attention. They were cited for public fighting.

Burglars break in during dog walk A woman took her dog for a walk about 8 a.m. on Oct. 26. When she returned to her home on the 1000 block of Lathrop 45 minutes later, she discovered the house’s bedrooms ransacked. Burglars stole a Toshiba laptop and RCA tablet. On the back porch, they left a bag filled with an Xbox gaming system, two Xbox remote controls, an Amazon Alexa, two bottles of gin, jewelry, watches, and keys to the house and car. The victim told police she believed her back and front door were locked.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Oct. 22-29, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded.

Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

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the end of each day. Ballet is a sport that requires serious discipline.

“Her physical conditioning is as much as any serious athlete,” Mary said.

The fall is especially intense, now that she has undertaken the role of Clara, a character present in most scenes in the production. It is not uncommon for Howorth to average 10 to 12 hours of rehearsal time over the course of a weekend.

When not practicing for the Nutcracker, Howorth assists with lower level classes at Legere two days per week and takes her own classes four days a week, followed by rehearsals for the Nutcracker on Saturdays and Sundays, all adding up to a grand total of six days of dance per week.

The Ballet Legere Nutcracker is unique in that it features dancers from all over the Chicago area, all of whom are predominately high school age and younger. For this reason, Mary thinks it’s a perfect introduction for kids to the Nutcracker.

“It’s a great show for young kids without the expense of other productions,” she said. “You worry about taking your 5-year-old to one of the more professional shows, but this is very family friendly. It’s a great introduction to dance and theater.”

Legere offers classes for students age preschool to high school, meaning Howorth has just a few years left at the studio. While Howorth is still deciding on which high school to attend, one thing she knows for sure is that she will continue to dance, even through college.

“If I don’t pursue dance professionally, then I would still like to do it for fun,” she said.

Howorth will play her debut role as Clara in the 2018 production of the Ballet Legere Nutcracker, which will be held December 6-10 at Dominican University Lund Auditorium.

Tickets are available now on the Ballet Legere website.

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Diversity Commission unveils Newcity: Amy’s new logo Wine House

The Forest Park Diversity Commission has unveiled a new logo, designed locally

by Yearbook Studios.

“Any final design that represents somebody, we hope that it evokes some sort of feeling in someone,” said Jef Anderson, coowner of Yearbook. “Not just aesthetic — we want it to have more heft to them, and have a thoughtful appeal, and messaging behind what makes it unique.”

Anderson said the Diversity Commission came to Yearbook in August, seeking a new identity as they ramp up their footprint in the community. Yearbook employees conducted several studies, looking at gay pride flags that included a rainbow of colors, as well as those that included black and brown, as ways to acknowledge the African-American and Latinx communities. They decided to alter the Simpel typeface, so the I’s looked like people, the letters rounded, colors overlapped, and the font all lowercase. Anderson said the biggest challenge was making sure the typeface complemented the village logo.

“When you look at it, you’ll see overlapping colors that show a culture of transparency; it has a very friendly attitude, with all lower case letters being informal,” he said. “I think the biggest thing that we intended for people was to feel a strong sense of all-inclusiveness.”

This is not Yearbook’s first project in town: The local studio has designed the new Forest Park District 91 schools logo, insignia for the Roos Recreation Center, branding for the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce, and more. As a thank-you to the town, and to commemorate its seven-year anniversary, the design studio is holding a party from 7 to 9 p.m. on Nov. 8 at Yearbook, 408 Thomas. Attendance is free to all, and there will be food and live music. The design studio has also relaunched its website, yearbookstudios. com.

“Gratitude is our attitude over here, so we’re happy to be here and grateful for all the work we get,” he said.

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‘Best Harmonica Hangout’

Newcity Chicago magazine ventured outside the city’s borders for its annual “Best of Chicago” list this year and has named Amy’s Wine House the “Best Harmonica Hangout.”

Over the past five years, Amy’s has held a harmonica night on the third Wednesday of every month, as an ode to Chicago’s great blues, jazz and even classical harmonica players.

This appears to be the first time Amy’s has been featured in Newcity Chicago.

“The mood is generous, as any aspiring harmonica player will learn how to suck and blow and grasp the thrill of the trill along with drinking fine wine at prices even a bluesman can afford,” David Witter wrote of Amy’s.

Amy’s Wine House opened in 2016 at 7235 W. Roosevelt Rd. It features Spanish cuisine, fine wines and, of course, live music, including harmonicas.

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Roosevelt’s future

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learly it is a blow to Forest Park that, barring a Christmas retail miracle, the newly opened HOBO home improvement store will soon go dark. The small chain has declared bankruptcy, begun liquidation, informed its employees they’ll soon be out of work, and may or may not make it through the holidays.

The immediate toll, as Village Administrator Tim Gillian notes, is a direct loss of sales tax revenue to the village at a time when there is already a notable deficit.

Mid-term, though, the departure of HOBO, at best a midmarket retailer, raises questions about the viability of the entire Forest Park Plaza. The former Kmart had sat vacant since Dec. 2014. At the other end of the mall, Living Fresh Market, another small family-owned retailer, took the space left when Ultra Foods abruptly closed its stores.

Time will tell how viable the new food store will be in what is a highly competitive and increasingly disrupted food marketplace.

The Forest Park Plaza is a combination retail mall and the home base for the highly diversified Living Word Christian Church. The mega-church owns the mall and the two entities are closely interwoven.

Here are two challenges: Retail can hardly be more challenged than it is today in the age of Amazon. There will be less bricks-and-mortar year by year. And this mall, opened with great fanfare nearly 40 years ago, is actually a recycled torpedo factory. With its immense concrete walls this is a not a building easily repurposed.

Village government, with ambition and optimism, has restructured and expanded Tax Increment Finance districts along Roosevelt Road. It has invested, through the TIF, in a notable streetscape upgrade in the past two years. There remain other gaps on this critical tax-producing street. The old Jerry Gleason Chevy is one. The U.S. military-owned reserve station is another huge parcel along with the mail sorting facility. The future of those two giant parcels has to be uncertain.

Big worry but massive opportunity for Forest Park.

What comes next won’t come easy or by accident.

Sweepstakes? Really?

We are now under a week away from some sort of final resolution of the video gaming debate that has splintered and consumed our village for far too long. The voters will vote and whether the choice is to ban video gaming or allow it to continue, we fully expect all parties will abide by the outcome.

That’s why you have to sort of laugh — or keel over — at the Review story this week that a gas station on Randolph has recently installed what is called a “sweepstakes machine.” This is basically video gaming without any of the benefits that proponents might attribute to those government-regulated, tax-generating, video gaming machines we are all so focused on.

The Illinois Gaming Board believes sweepstakes machines are illegal. But so far they are losing that argument with the General Assembly. While purportedly free to play, the sole machine we’ve heard of in town has a hand-written sign that says players must spend at least $5 to redeem any winnings.

What a goofy world.

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OPINION

How would Jesus vote next Tuesday?

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astor Walter Mitty sat at his office desk at the Poplar Park Community Church earlier this morning staring out the window at the maple tree whose leaves were starting to turn yellow.

He’d often slip into this meditative kind of zone when he was frustrated, and this morning he was having a severe case of brain freeze. What happened was that early last week he felt that he had to write a sermon on how being a follower of Jesus should change the way you vote in the upcoming election.

His problem was that the more he listened to people talking about whom they were going to vote for and why the more unsure he became regarding what to say when he would climb into the pulpit.

For example, after church on Sunday he had driven up to Manitowoc to celebrate his nephew Brian’s birthday. It was a cozy family affair—Brian, Brian’s brother Matt, and Mitty’s sister-in-law Susan. As he was about to blow out sixteen candles Brian confessed, “It’s been three years since dad died, and I still miss him.”

In a way, everyone was relieved that Brian had acknowledged the elephant in the room. And all nodded their heads when Brian added, “But lately I find myself not choking up when I talk about him. Three years ago I wouldn’t have thought that could be possible.”

Brian’s acknowledgment seemed to open the door to other topics.

“Hey, Uncle Walt,” began Brian’s younger brother Matt. “My friend Koobmeej asked me to help with the Immigrant and Minority Farmers Conference coming up soon. It’s a lot of work, but what I really like is listening to Koob’s grandfather tell stories about when he was growing up in Vietnam during the war.”

Mitty turned to Susan and asked, “So they’re doing OK since the government settled them here as refugees?”

“Yes, for the most part,” answered his sister-in-law. “I think the latest census revealed that there are around 1,400 Hmong living in Manitowoc, and especially the third generation kids like Koob are fitting in. What tickles me is to see Koob wearing Packer gear. Growing up in the mountains in northern Vietnam his grandfather didn’t even know what football was, and here we have Vietnamese kids playing on our high school football team.”

Mitty took a chance and said, “When President Trump was in Wisconsin on Wednesday he didn’t say anything good about immigrants.”

Susan sighed and replied, “I know. I know. Walt, you’re very aware that I voted for Trump two years ago, even though I thought that he was a spoiled little boy who treats people like crap. I voted for him because he promised to put pro-life judges on the Supreme Court, and now that that has been accomplished, I’m done with him. I’m voting for Tony Evers for governor.

Walker thinks he’ll win by hanging on to Trump’s coat tails and I think he’ll be in for a big surprise on Nov. 6.”

On the three-hour drive home from Manitowoc, Mitty pondered how this red state family which he loved did not fit the stereotype of a redneck, white supremacist

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Trump voter.

On Monday, Mitty and Michael Rosenthal decided to get a cappuccino at the Retro and who should walk in but Fr. Bob Sullivan, who joined at the table by the window. Mitty had been telling Michael about his short visit to Manitowoc, so he brought the Franciscan up to speed with the story.

He then confessed that he was thinking about preaching the next Sunday on how Jesus would tell people to vote on Nov. 6. Michael laughed and said, “You think that would cut ice with this Jewish boy?!” but added, “I know what you mean, Walt.”

Fr. Bob said, “Yeah, I struggle with that, too.

First, I think you know that Catholic teaching declares that a fetus is a human life from the moment of conception. Cardinal Bernardine used to talk about the seamless garment. That is, if you are against war and capital punishment and are for a ban on killing wolves, then to be morally consistent you have to be pro-life.”

“I’m pretty sure,” said Michael, “that in my temple most of the women, especially the younger ones, would say they are pro-choice, but if you would take a poll, say in Skokie, I think you’d get a whole different response.”

“Here’s what I struggle with,” Fr. Sullivan said after a minute of thoughtful silence. “I think my church’s teaching on the sanctity of life is consistent with God’s intention for us. On top of that, I saw that a poll two years ago showed that six in 10 Americans, including 61 percent of women, say abortion is morally wrong and that one-third of pro-choice Americans agree.”

“My question,” he continued after another pause, “is what happens when the government tries to make a crime out of having an abortion. I do worry about back alley abortions and I think we learned something from the failure of Prohibition to rid society of the scourge of alcoholism.”

So, Mitty sat staring out the window at the maple tree this morning trying to figure out what he should say.

The gospels record nothing from Jesus on the subject of abortion, partly because 2,000 years ago it was not an issue. What’s more, his conversations lately had focused on abortion but there were issues like the environment, gun control, the budget deficit, foreign policy, taxes, tariffs, racism, the income gap, the achievement gap, immigration, health care, LGBTQ rights, the size and scope of government and sexual harassment.

And then there was local politics. Candidates were already lining up to challenge Mayor Ernie Romano in the spring election and the ads were already getting personal and nasty. Carl Reiniger, for one, made a post on Facebook that implied that Romano’s judgment was being limited by dementia, so one of Ernie’s supporters made a post that accused Reiniger’s wife of having an ongoing affair.

As of lunch time the maple tree hadn’t shared any wisdom with the pastor of Poplar Park Community Church. As he ate his toasted coconut flavored Greek yogurt, Mitty decided that anything Jesus might have to say about the election would have something to do with love, but how in the world he could apply that to next Tuesday he still had no idea.

One thing that he knew for sure, however, was that anything he would say would be said with a humility informed by the fact that he didn’t know all the answers.

HOLMES

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The village is waking up and tides are shifting I write today as the Chairman of Let Forest Park Vote on Video Gaming (LFPV), and I am very proud of what we have been able to accomplish, securing for all Forest Parkers the ability to exercise a binding vote on video gambling despite the wellfunded and often unprincipled efforts of the gambling lobby to prevent one.

When I moved to Forest Park, I did not expect to become involved in local issues. The first thing that caught my attention was when Mayor Calderone suggested the quickly tabled saggy pants ban. I was then appalled at how the VG debate played out, culminating with the council voting it in unanimously, against the stated will of the people. The Mayor, who campaigned against video gambling meekly abstained, citing his position as liquor commissioner, despite having never abstained on a liquor related vote in at least 13 years.

LFPV has been 100% focused on giving the average Forest Parker a voice, since our representatives have not been responsive to the will of their constituents. The gambling lobby set an incredibly high threshold to bring this to a vote thinking nobody would do it. Well we did, and we are exercising the outlet that is literally written directly in the law. The cards were stacked against us, but we did the work and got the signatures. We had to raise legal funds to fight for your right to be heard, challenging the arrogantly anti-democratic decisions rendered by an inherently biased Forest Park Electoral Board, as described by the Appellate Court verdict.

You’ve witnessed the too shameful attempts to intimidate LFPV group members; a sitting Council member saw fit to attack the wives of LFPV members, even though they have been entirely apolitical, well-respect-

ed in the community, and not involved in the pro-vote movement. To date, a public apology has not been issued, and the Council has not seen fit to censure Mr. Mannix in any way.

Now you are witnessing the attempt by out-of-town lobbyists to flood your mailbox with ugly and manipulative flyers - they spent around $60,000 in the space of two weeks in an attempt to sway the vote they did not want you to have. Only $1500 of that money comes from local establishments.

Perhaps in the past people have been accustomed to top-down control, but LFPV believes that our representatives are here to serve us. Not the gaming lobby or other monied interests. The village is waking up and tides are shifting.

I want to encourage everyone to exercise the vote that we fought so hard to obtain. I also urge you to take a look at everything that has been presented and make an educated vote. Consider the long-term impact on the community, the minimal return to the village, the risk of potential lawsuits the village will need to defend, the lack of a written ban against gaming parlors, the likelihood that ugly gambling signs cannot be prevented, and the nature of video gambling as a regressive tax.

Consider too the ugly tactics of intimidation employed by the bar owners and a council member to discourage people from speaking out, and to prevent you from having a vote in the first place.

In my opinion I don’t see how you can vote any way other than YES to prohibit video gaming in Forest Park.

Vote YES.

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Jordan Kuehn

Chairman of Let Forest Park Vote on Video Gaming

These are not just numbers This week, residents got the one-two punch of hearing that Home Owners Bargain Outlet is pulling out of Forest Park Plaza mall, and that the budget deficit could exceed $1.9 million next year.

These are not just numbers. The deficit has to be made up somewhere, and if we don’t stop losing revenue sources, the difference will be made up with increased property taxes.

With that in mind, now would be the worst possible time to prohibit video gaming in local establishments and cut off yet another revenue source.

The machines account for nearly $200,000 in revenue every year and that number is expected to increase. At a time when shopping malls and older retail outlets like Sears are failing across the country, our economy has to find ways to adapt.

Quality eating and drinking establishments that offer a wide range of entertainment to their customers are necessary for the economic health of Forest Park.

When asked about where they would make up the lost revenue from video gaming, opponents

Remember to stand with our small businesses As we close in the end of the debate about video gaming, it is very interesting to me how the various groups and stakeholders in Forest Park are coming down on the decision to prohibit.

On the “Vote No” side, the Forest Park Chamber of Commerce has urged a No vote because video gaming helps small businesses. The Fraternal Order of Police is endorsing a No vote because they know crime has not gone up because of gaming. Forest Park firefighters are saying vote No because the approximately $300,000 in revenues it has already generated to the Village. Public works employees are calling for a No vote because that revenue supports working families in Forest Park.

On the “Yes” side, the only endorsement is from an Oak Park-based newspaper that sounded more interested in arguing over an old court case and a future mayoral election than on what the impact it will have on taxpayers.

As voters weigh their options on the question of voting on prohibition of gaming, I hope they remember to stand with our small businesses, firefighters, police officers, public works employees and the future of Forest Park by voting NO on Prohibition of gaming.

Frank Rossi

Forest Park resident

have yet to offer anything more than some wishful thinking. Wishful thinking won’t save us from higher taxes and fees.

Don’t put our local businesses at a disadvantage and don’t cut off a needed revenue source at a time our Village literally cannot afford it. Vote NO on prohibition of video gaming.

Patrick McDonald

Forest Park resident Editor’s Note: Property taxes cover less than 20 percent of the village’s revenue, with the remaining funds coming from sales taxes, fees and grants.

The village levied the full amount it can for property taxes in 2016, 2017 and 2018, the calendar years video gaming has been legal in the village, said Tim Gillian, village administrator.

The village of Forest Park is limited in its ability to increase property taxes. It is subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, which limits property tax levy increases to 5 percent or the consumer price index, whichever is lower.

We have the facts and we’re voting yes I plan on voting yes to prohibit gambling in Forest Park.

I don’t really view this as some sort of moral crisis we’re having, nor do I think that the town will begin crumbling both literally and figuratively at its foundation if we keep gambling. I just don’t really like it.

There’s this assumption going around that if we don’t have gaming here, people will just go to other towns and we’ll lose out, that gambling is some kind of inevitability that we may as well give in to. I guess I can’t say for certain that assumption is wrong; There doesn’t seem to be a great amount of empirical research done on these questions.

What I can tell you is that the bright, gaudy, loud machines sitting in too many places on Madison Street (and the rest of the Western suburbs, for that matter) are one of the reasons why on a lot of nights out I’d rather go to Oak Park or the city. I don’t want to look at these things when I’m trying to eat dinner, or hanging out at a bar. Maybe I’m alone in that. But I doubt it, especially when you consider people outside our borders who don’t view these machines as some inescapable part of life. Perhaps worse is this “we have to do it because everyone else is doing it” thinking behind the no campaign, showing that gaming isn’t a solution to our town’s problems; It’s a crutch.

Instead of highlighting what makes our town unique, or coming up with good ideas to attract people, we’re chasing gambling dollars, throwing ourselves into an already watered down market. This town has some real charm and some real history with some unique opportunities to attract visitors. For whatever reason some people want us to be just another Western burb with a bunch of low rent casinos in it.

Whichever way this gambling vote goes, businesses would be smart to forgo the gaming machines and other gimmicks and focus on what makes us different than our neighbors.

If you really want Forest Park to grow, drop the crutch, and be creative.

Brian Duffy

Forest Park resident

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Signs don’t vote, people do When the Village Council voted in 2016 to allow video gaming in Forest Park they established many rules and regulations that would apply to any establishment that wished to obtain a license. They performed their due diligence in researching what other communities were allowing or prohibiting and one of these regulations pertained to signage.

Drive through Berwyn or North Riverside, two of our neighboring communities and you will see video gaming banners and neon signs at all the establishments that offer video gaming and I believe that they are an eyesore. They are popping up all over the place, especially at video gaming parlors or cafes which are not allowed to open up in our community.

The twelve establishments in Forest Park all agreed that they would not display outdoor signage and have stated that fact in their current campaign materials asking us to “Let Forest Park Grow, Vote No” in the upcoming election.

When the Review fact checked that statement the response was “True, BUT”. A wise person once told me that anything after “but” is BS. The owners all agreed to the no signage stipulation and they are not going to risk the loss of their licenses by reneging on the agreement.

The Forest Park Chamber of Commerce has publicly supported video gaming and I believe our community should support it as well. In all the time that video gaming has been allowed in Forest Park, have there been any problems that those who wish to prohibit it said would come of it?

With the revenue generated from the machines the establishments are able to make improvements to their businesses and it also provides an alternative revenue source for our village government. These machines are not for the hard core gambler and I would wager that there has been more money spent on the Mega Million drawings these past few weeks than on video gaming machines by people who are going to vote no or yes on the issue.

As Jill Wagner so eloquently stated in her article that appeared in the October 17th issue of the Forest Park Review, this issue is once again tearing our community apart.

There are signs all over town asking us to vote NO to keep video gaming or YES to prohibit it. She ended her article with these words “Forest Park is a nice town with nice people, amenities and usually kind and generous neighbors. Let’s hope it stays that way.” I couldn’t have said it better. Remember signs don’t vote, people do. Be sure to have your voice heard and I’m hoping that we support our businesses and vote NO.

Dave Novak Forest Park resident

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT REQUEST FOR THE RELEASEÂ OF FUNDS On November 8, 2018 the Village of Oak Park (Village) will request the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to release federal funds under Title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (PL 93383), as amended, for one activity pursuant to the Program Year (PY) 2018 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program, which is Oak Park Housing Authority housing rehabilitation at 324-26 Austin Blvd., Oak Park, Illinois at an approximate cost of $120,000.

An Environmental Review Record covering this activity has been made by the Village, which documents the environmental review. This Environmental Review Record (ERR) is on file at the below address and is available for public examination and copying upon request from November 1 to November 7, 2018, 5 p.m. The ERR is also available on the HUD Environmental Review Online System (HEROS) at: https://www. onecpd.info/environmental-review/ environmental-review-records The Village of Oak Park will undertake the activity described above with Block Grant funds from HUD, under PL 93-383. The Village of Oak Park and Cara Pavlicek, in her official capacity as Village Manager, and Tammie Grossman, in her official capacity as Development Customer Services Director, consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental reviews, decisionmaking, and action, and that these responsibilities have been satisfied.

The legal effect of the certification

is that upon its approval, the Village may use the Block Grant funds, and HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

HUD will accept an objection of its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if it is on one of the following bases: (a) that the certification was not in fact executed by one or both of the responsible entity’s Certifying Officers; (b) that the responsible entity has failed to make one of the two findings pursuant to Sec. 58.40 or to make the written determination required by Secs.

58.35, 58.47 or 58.53 for the project or activity, as applicable; or (c) that the recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by Sec. 58.75 before release of funds and approval of the environmental certification by HUD. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58) and may be addressed to HUD at 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604. Objections to the release of funds based on other than those stated above will not be considered by HUD. No objection received after 5 p.m., November 22, 2018 will be considered by HUD. Cara Pavlicek, Village Manager, and Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director (Certifying Officers) 123 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302

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LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed bids at the Public Works Service Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, November 9th, 2018 for the following BID 18-202 VILLAGE OF OAK PARK OAK PARK AVENUE VIADUCT LIGHTED SIGN REPAIR PROJECT REQUEST FOR PRICES Bid forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708358-5700 or by stopping by the office located at 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Information is also available from the Streets Superintendent, Scott Brinkman, sbrinkman@oak-park.us or on the Village’s website http://www. oak-park.us/your-government/ finance-department. 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 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. For more information call the Public Works Service Center at 708.358.5700.

THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Published in Wednesday Journal 10/31/2018

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

Registration Number: D18155605 on October 4, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of HAM PUBLISHING with the business located at: 620 W SURF ST APT 204, CHICAGO, IL 60657. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: ANDREW DILLINGHAM 620 W SURF ST APT 204 CHICAGO, IL 60657.

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/17, 10/24, 10/31/2018

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D18155716 on October 18, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of WOMANSPIRIT CIRCLE with the business located at: 137 N OAK PARK AVENUE SUITE 400, OAK PARK, IL 60301.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: ELENA VASSALLO CROSSMAN 622 FOREST AVE OAK PARK, IL 60302.

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2018

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Sealed bids will be received by the Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97 (the “Board�) for the following project: OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT 97 LINCOLN & LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS 1111 GROVE AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60304 715 HIGHLAND AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60304 & 2019 LIFE SAFETY WORK 1111 GROVE AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60304 715 HIGHLAND AVE. OAK PARK, IL 60304 LINCOLN & LONGFELLOW/ 2019 LIFE SAFETY BID GROUP 2 – Masonry, misc. metals, millwork, metal panels, roofing, glazing, doors & hardware, drywall & ACT, operable partitions, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection.

Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. prevailing time on Tuesday November 20, 2018 at the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 Administrative offices, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302, and will be publicly opened and read at 2:15 p.m. prevailing time on that date. Bids shall be submitted in an opaque sealed envelope clearly marked: Oak Park Elementary School District 97 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302 Attention: Bulley & Andrews Project: LINCOLN & LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ADDITIONS & RENOVATIONS & 2019 LIFE SAFETY WORK BID PACKAGE 2 Scope of work for Bid Package 2 generally includes, but is not limited to: Masonry, misc. metals, millwork, metal panels, roofing, glazing, doors & hardware, drywall & ACT, operable partitions, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and fire protection.

All bids must be submitted in accordance with the bidding instructions contained in the Bidding Documents for the project. Bid security in the form of a bid bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the base bid amount shall be submitted with the bid. Should a bid bond be submitted, the bond

shall be payable to the Board of Education, Oak Park Elementary School District 97, 260 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302. All documents and information required by the bidding instructions contained in the Bidding Documents for the project shall be submitted with the bid. Incomplete, late or non-conforming bids may not be accepted.

No bids shall be withdrawn, cancelled or modified after the time for opening of bids without the Board’s consent for a period of ninety (90) days after the scheduled time of bid opening.

The Bidding Documents for the project (which include the bidding instructions for the project and other related documents) will be available Monday November 5th, 2018 and may be purchased from Springer Blueprint Services – 1640 S. Western Ave. Chicago, IL 60643 – 773-238-6340. The Bidding Documents are available for viewing/ download online without cost or purchase at the Bulley & Andrews, LLC FTP Site, https://ftp.bulley. com, username: LincolnLongfellow, password: bulley1891.

The Board reserves the right to reject any or all bids or parts thereof, or waive any irregularities or informalities, and to make an award that in the Board’s sole opinion is in the best interest of the District.

The site will be available for visits by appointment to be coordinated with Bulley & Andrews, LLC. Interested parties may inspect the existing conditions. Schedule an appointment with Jason Hayhurst of Bulley & Andrews in advance if you wish to visit the sites.

All bidders must comply with applicable Illinois Law requiring the payment of prevailing wages by all Contractors working on public works. If during the time period of work, the prevailing wage rates change, the contractor shall be responsible for additional costs without any change to the contract amount. All bidders must comply with the Illinois Statutory requirements regarding labor, including Equal Employment Opportunity Laws.

For additional information on the project, contact Jason Hayhurst of Bulley & Andrews, LLC at jhayhurst@bulley.com or 773-6452110.

Dated: 10/30/2018 Jason Hayhurst Bulley & Andrews, LLC

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/31 & 11/7/2018

PUBLIC NOTICE FENWICK HIGH SCHOOL 505 Washington Blvd.

Oak Park, Il. 60302

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NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 1, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 13, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 917 S LOMBARD AVE, Oak Park, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-302-0350000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $329,711.25.

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

Tuesday November 13th At 6:30pm At Fenwick High School Published in Wednesday Journal 10/24, 10/31, 11/7/2018

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION LENDINGHOME FUNDING CORP Plaintiff, -v.ECHELON REALTY INVESTMENTS CORP, SERENA OCENAS A/K/A SERENA VICTOR, ZOE PENDERGAST, META HOLDINGS, LLC Defendants 18 CH 2552 917 S LOMBARD AVE Oak Park, IL 60304

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real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 180907.

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.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG &

ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 18-0907 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 18 CH 2552 TJSC#: 38-8028 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 261126.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. ROF III LEGAL TITLE TRUST 2015-1, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE Plaintiff, -v.AUDREY L DAVIS A/K/A AUDREY DAVIS, VINCENT J HOWARD, VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Defendants 18 CH 03081 34 LEMOYNE PARKWAY 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 August 29, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 30, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 34 LEMOYNE PARKWAY, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-105-0320000.

The real estate is improved with a single family home with a detached two car garage.

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

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 261126 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 18 CH 03081 TJSC#: 38-7231 I3101810 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (CWALT 2004-2CB) Plaintiff, -v.CHARLES J. NOVAK, KATHLEEN A. NOVAK A/K/A KATHLEEN ANN NOVAK, BEERMANN SWERDLOVE LLP, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A. S/B/M TO MIDWEST BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, GERALDINE M. REDMOND, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 09899 1537 SOUTH ELGIN AVENUE FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 22, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 27, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1537 SOUTH ELGIN AVENUE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-24-215-0340000.

The real estate is improved with a tan, vinyl siding, single family, with a two car detached garage.

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

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out recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 8255.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 8255 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 15 CH 09899 TJSC#: 38-5959 I3097472

of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 30, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 3, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 7250 DIXON ST UNIT B, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-12-420-0191012.

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-01296.

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. 14-18-01296 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 18 CH 01956 TJSC#: 38-7241 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/ B/A MR. COOPER Plaintiff, -v.LAURIE MAZUR A/K/A LAURIE PRITCHETT, THOMAS PRITCHETT, LOFTOMINIUMS OF FOREST PARK CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION Defendants 18 CH 01956 7250 DIXON ST UNIT B FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, -v.MARK HASKINS, RICK HASKINS, WILLIAM P. BUTCHER AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR EDWARD A. WIELGUS AND PRISCILLA B. BLACK A/K/A PATRICIA BRUCE A/K/A PATRICIA BLACK, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF EDWARD A. WIELGUS, IF ANY, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF PRISCILLA B. BLACK A/K/A PATRICIA BRUCE A/K/A PATRICIA BLACK, IF ANY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, STATE OF ILLINOIS, 230 CIRCLE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS-TENANTS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, BRIAN J MATSKO, THE INDEPENDENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED MORTGAGOR PRISCILLA BRUCE A/K/A PATRICIA BRUCE A/K/A PATRICIA BLACK, APPOINTED

BY THE PROBATE COURT, MARK R BRUCE, PATRICK A BRUCE Defendants 15 CH 02029 230 CIRCLE AVENUE UNIT 1 W FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 29, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 30, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 230 CIRCLE AVENUE UNIT 1 W, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-12-434-0471001.

The real estate is improved with a red brick, three story multi unit condominium with no garage.

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

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 262275.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 262275 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 15 CH 02029 TJSC#: 38-7240 I3101984

2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 27, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1530 N. 39TH AVENUE, STONE PARK, IL 60165 Property Index No. 15-04-301-041.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-14-19291.

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. 14-14-19291 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 09 CH 039917 TJSC#: 38-8267 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3102254

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, BUT SOLELY AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE OF LVS TITLE TRUST V Plaintiff, -v.GLACIER PROPERTY GROUP, LLC, DANE M. VUKASINOVIC, OAK PARK PROPERTY, JV, LLC, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants 18 CH 7301 514 N TAYLOR AVE 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 October 10, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 26, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 514 N TAYLOR AVE, Oak Park, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-325-0100000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $403,195.49.

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 170859.

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.

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 17-0859 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 18 CH 7301 TJSC#: 38-8321 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3102345

TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. AS TRUSTEE FOR CWABS REVOLVING HOME EQUITY HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST SERIES 2004-Q, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 15 CH 5987 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 27, 2018 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, December 4, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-35-202-002-0000.

Commonly known as 282 Maplewood Road, Riverside, IL 60546.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(312) 981-7385.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3102366

funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(312) 981-7385.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3102353

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-04977.

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. 14-18-04977 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 05980 TJSC#: 38-6870 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I3103043

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.JOSE IZQUIERDO, GABRIEL IZQUIERDO, ADRIANA IZQUIERDO, ANGELITA SILVA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 09 CH 039917 1530 N. 39TH AVENUE STONE PARK, IL 60165 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 30,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS SUCCESSOR TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE ABFS MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST 20031, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-1; Plaintiff, vs.

ALLEAZER SIMPSON; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 13512 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 24, 2018 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-07-413-011-0000.

Commonly known as 440 N Irving Avenue, Hillside, IL 60162.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601.

(312) 981-7385.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3102378 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS CWMBS, INC., CHL MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH TRUST 200429, MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-29 Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN D. MULHERN, MARLENE F. MULHERN, STANDARD BANK AND TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED APRIL 23, 2004 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 18265, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NEW PENN FINANCIAL LLC DBA SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING; Plaintiff, vs.

ALEJANDRO ESPINOSA; PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO NATIONAL CITY BANK; UNKNOWN OWNERS GENERALLY AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 10828 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on January 22, 2018 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, December 3, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-18-228-008-0000.

Commonly known as 17 Howard Ave., Hillside, IL 60162.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.JOSE SANCHEZ, CHRISTINA SANCHEZ, VERONICA M. SANCHEZ Defendants 2018 CH 05980 1318 S 11TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 16, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 13, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1318 S 11TH AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-215-0170000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act., which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on age, race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any such preferences, limitations or discrimination.

The Illinois Human Rights Act prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental or advertising of real estate based on factors in addition to those protected under federal law.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informedthat all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals.

To complain of discrimination, call HUD toll free at: 1-800-669-9777.

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