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Committee explores library building upgrade Options considered for 25-year-old facility

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Officials of the Forest Park Public Library are trying to balance short-term needs and long-term dreams as they try to decide how to move forward.

A Special Building Project Committee, consisting of four library board members and the library’s management team, was formed earlier this year to evaluate building needs.

“The immediate conversation is how to best use the reserve funds we have to address the immediate needs without negatively impacting whatever plans we might have down the road,” said library Director Pilar Shaker. “We don’t want to overspend now if we feel like we’re going to make significant structural changes to the building.”

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Teams race each other on Saturday, Oct. 28, during the 6th annual Forest Park Chamber of Commerce Casket Races on Beloit Avenue, south of Madison Street in Forest Park. See more photos on page 8.

Man charged with Oct. 21 shooting on Madison St. Attorney claims suspect fired in self-defense

By BOB UPHUES Senior Editor

The attorney for a Bridgeview man charged with attempted murder in connection with a shooting in a Madi-

son Street parking lot on Oct. 21 told a Cook County Circuit Court judge that his client was acting in self-defense when he pulled the trigger.

Francisco Munoz, 22, reportedly fired between five and 10 rounds at a 23-year-old Chicago man, hitting him four times,

in the Constitution Court parking lot in the 7400 block of Madison Street about 2:15 a.m. on Oct. 21.

According to the prosecutor, the bullets struck the victim in the hip, arm, hand and buttocks from a distance of about 20 feet. He remains hospitalized but in serious condition, according to police.

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Celebrating 100 Years

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Celebrating 100 Years

Life imitates ‘Ezra & Mike’

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’m happy to report that the screening of Ezra & Mike at the Lake Theatre on Oct. 7 went well. There was a good turnout of 45-50 people.

They came from different parts of the Chicago area, as well as Forest Park. The concession counter was open and the candy and popcorn greatly enhanced their viewing pleasure.

After the movie, something special happened. Life imitated art.

But first, it was a thrill to see the film on the big screen with professional sound quality. The audience was attentive and applauded our effort. When the lights came up, I joined the co-star, Mike Chiappetta, in a lively Q&A. We singled out my partner, Deborah Harper and gave shout-outs to others who helped with the film. We also thanked the Lake Theatre for showing it.

Then Mike and I did our thing. Audiences love Mike for his big heart and colorful delivery. A woman in the audience tried to praise Mike for reaching across racial lines and helping a black family he didn’t know. Humble as always, Mike replied, “Thank you, but you know there’s a lot of guys like me, black guys,

white guys. It’s just that no one has the opportunity. I had the opportunity because I was right there and I knew how to do it.”

She countered by claiming that we all have the opportunity to help others but don’t always step up.

After we left the theater, we took Mike and his family to a nearby restaurant for lunch.

Mike excused himself to walk to his bank to take out some cash.

When he returned, he didn’t tell us he had lost his wallet at the bank. If it had been me, I would have been freaking out. I would have made it the main topic of discussion. Instead, we simply enjoyed our lunch and getting to know Mike’s daughter and grandkids.

After lunch, Mike said he was walking back to his bank but didn’t say why. He searched for his wallet but couldn’t find it.

Then he received a phone call from a black Maywood resident named Bennie Washington. Bennie told Mike he had found his wallet at the bank and wanted to return it to him. They agreed to meet up at the Dunkin’ Donuts, at 17th & Roosevelt.

I later spoke to Bennie about finding

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Mike’s wallet. He said he was with his father-in-law when they pulled into the bank parking lot. He spotted the wallet and saw it didn’t contain any cash. “I thought it might be from a person who was robbed and someone had ditched the wallet.” He found Mike’s phone number and called him.

“He was so happy he didn’t have to replace his IDs and a lot of other documents.

He told me I had ‘saved his life.’”

Mike drove to the Dunkin’ Donuts. “He had his grandkids in the backseat,” Bennie recalled. Mike rewarded Bennie with a $20 dollar bill. “I used it for donuts and coffee,” Bennie said. “I hope someone else would do the same for me.”

We live in such divisive times, with so much racial tension. It’s not unlike the ’70s, when Ezra & Mike took place. So it was inspiring to hear the story of Mike’s wallet.

Perhaps we can shoot a sequel titled, “Bennie & Mike.”

■ John Rice is a columnist/private detective, who has seen his business and family thrive in Forest Park. He thoroughly enjoys life in the village and still gets a thrill smelling Red Hots, watching softball and strolling through cemeteries.

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Forest Park Review Contributing Reporters Tom Holmes, John Rice, Bob Skolnik, Jackie Glosniak, Robert J. Lifka Columnists Alan Brouilette, Jill Wagner, Tom Holmes, John Rice, Jackie Schulz Senior Editor Bob Uphues IT Manager/Web Developer M Mike Risher Director Social Media Strategy & Communications Jackie McGoey

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District expected to hire vendor for project by Nov. 7

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By MICHAEL ROMAIN Staff Reporter

Proviso Township High School District 209 officials are preparing to redesign the websites used by the district, Proviso East, Proviso West and Proviso Math and Science Academy at an estimated cost ranging between $70,000 and $120,000.

“Our website is very old and in many ways not functional for the work we want to do,” said District 209 Superintendent Jesse Rodriguez during the school board’s meeting in October.

According to Tracy Avant-Bey, the district’s director of information technology, the websites for the three high schools launched in 2007 while the district’s website launched in 2011.

“Typically with technology you go through a refresh cycle of four to five years,” she said. “That’s what we’re looking to do with the websites now.”

District officials said that they want to modernize the visual layout of the sites, make them more mobile-friendly, and upgrade them so that staff members are able to update content on the site for their respective departments and schools within a central management system.

Officials divided the capabilities they expect to get from the redesign into two categories — tier one and tier two, with the former

representing capabilities that the district requires of the new sites and the latter representing capabilities that the district desires and that are more contingent on pricing.

The new sites, officials said, would allow parents and students the ability to submit applications for PMSA, register for school, pay student fees and upload documents like physicals and consent forms, among other tier one functions that the current sites aren’t able to support.

The new sites would also be required to feature links connecting to the district’s social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter.

Part of the website redesign process will include the redesign of the logos used by the district, Proviso West and PMSA so that they look better on cell phone screens and other digital media, as well as printed items like signs, apparel and letterhead.

“In our discussion with the web development team, we discovered we have several different logos for West, several different Panthers,” Avant-Bey said. “For PMSA, in some cases a cobra is being used instead of a python.”

Some tier two capabilities that the district highly desires include personal websites for all classroom teachers in the district, with each school’s website linking to those pages, and the ability of each website to translate into Spanish without using Google Translate or other translation software.

The district currently pays a small fee for Google’s translation services, which aren’t very accurate, said Avant-Bey. She added that the district would ask vendors to price out a more accurate translation service.

In a request for proposals document, the district listed several education-related websites that they’re considering examples to model.

They include the website of Morton School District 201, Leyden School District 212, Northern Illinois University and DePaul University.

District officials said that the costs for the website redesign are included in the 201718 budget. Officials have sent out requests for proposals and the top two or three candidates will be invited to present on Oct. 30 before the website development committee.

The school board is expected to award a contract to the successful vendor at a regular meeting on Nov. 7.

Avant-Bey said that the district is seeking outside vendors with skills in graphic design and other areas “so that they can build the front-end to make it visually acceptable and organized while web developers and programmers can work on the back-end so we can have the functionality we’re looking for.”

She said that the new sites will be launched in phases, with a series of test phases preceding the actual launch. District officials expect the new sites to be fully functional by May 2018.

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Celebrating 100 Years

Urban Pioneers refashion the old-fashioned Group repurposes building material, recipes and social gatherings

By TOM HOLMES

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new business opened on Madison Street last April that offers a remarkable range of different services — what co-owner Sheila Kunkel called a “hodgepodge.”

At first glance, it’s hard to figure out what ties their business model together.

What does creating furniture made with repurposed building materials have to do with teaching people how to make Italian salumi or hosting a corporate team-building event?

Sheila and her husband Tom, the owners of Urban Pioneer Group (UPG) located at 7503 Madison St. in Forest Park, explained that the unifying theme is repurposing and reclaiming — old building materials, oldworld recipes and old-fashioned social gatherings.

Urban Pioneer Group Builders, the first part of their business, turns reclaimed building materials into furniture — “custom tables, unique flooring, accent walls, rustic shelving, industrial carts ... you name it” (according to their website).

For instance, UPG is currently working with Trinity Lutheran Church in the Galewood neighborhood of Chicago, which is getting rid of its pipe organ. Tom made

overhead lighting fixtures with LED lights tic and organic materials.” for their business space out of some of the The second half of the business model is larger wooden organ pipes, and they pan- the Urban Pioneer Group Society. In a sense, eled the east wall of their business space what Tom and Sheila do is take traditional with lumber retrieved from social gatherings and rean old boxcar. stage them in new, creative “We revamped our busiways. As the UPG website ness space,” Sheila exstates, “Under the UPG’s Soplained, “by making it look ciety, we create experiences, rustic and at the same new.” engage people, and enhance When Tom can’t use relives thru food, gatherings & claimed materials he gets learning new trades.” for furniture or redesigning For example, salumi: Tom the interior of a home or uses an old-world Italian business, he brokers it to a recipe to cure coppa, the buyer who can use it. whole neck muscle of the UPG also has a Family pig. Unlike the making of Tree program: When a tree salami in which the meat is in your yard needs to be ground and preservatives SHEILA KUNKEL taken down, Tom will saw it are added, in the making of up into lumber, kiln-dry the salumi Tom doesn’t grind wood, and make furniture the meat and adds only salt with it for your home, so to preserve it. What’s more, that the tree will still remain he doesn’t sell the meat to with the family. customers like a butcher Leigh Ann Hughes, who lives in Oak Park, shop would but teaches people in the UPG said, “As part of the rehab of my 1920s brick space how to use old-world techniques to colonial, Tom used old-growth black walnut make the traditional Italian appetizer themto create both the top to my kitchen island selves. and a beautiful 4 x 7-foot dining room table.

People can go to a bar and order a drink, I absolutely love them both. It’s like having Sheila said, or they can come to one of their an elegant piece of artwork made from rus- mixology classes and learn to make the drink themselves. Tom added that consuming the drink they made is an important part of the workshop, but the more important piece is educational, learning to do it for themselves.

“People want to do and experience things,” Sheila explained. “That’s the unique opportunity we offer people. They don’t want to just go to a bar and have a drink. They want to get instructions and tips from professionworkers who are represented by AFSCME. als on how to do it at home.

“They do not handle 911 calls but are “We are catering to folks from Oak Park, still required to be in the station,” he said.

River Forest, and Forest Park who have “The new agreement creates the position plenty of disposable income and who are in AFSCME and assigns duties, pay and also yearning for something that helps them hours as well as all of the other things in connect with the past. We are bringing trathe contract.” dition back in a unique, fun way.”

The memorandum of understanding A good example is the Urban Pioneer Soalso addresses cross training of records ciety Hog & Cattle Club, which the website clerks and evidence custodians for prisdescribes as “four classes per year. Each oner checks and parking enforcement of ofquarter you will be able to attend a group ficers for certain dispatch calls. celebration that will be unique. Every exPolice Chief Tom Aftanas said the perience will challenge you to connect with changes affect four employees, one of different traditions of the past, from sauwhom was previously a dispatcher who sage-making to smoking organically raised chose not to continue with WSCDC. The hogs. Four events and membership costs other three are new hires. $200 and each event individually costs $65.”

Gov. Bruce Rauner signed the consoliThe Ranch 2 Table Club connects organic dated dispatch law on June 29, 2015, after farmers who produce pork, beef and lamb it was passed by the Illinois General Asdirectly to club members. The Urban Wine sembly earlier that year. The law requires Club does the same kind of thing with local municipalities throughout the state with wine experts. populations of less than 25,000 to consoli“We will be offering a variety of classes,” date their dispatch operations by midaccording to the website, “from kids art, 2017. adult art, crafts to wood working. We will

“People want to

do and experience things. That’s the unique opportunity we offer people.”

New union to represent records clerks in police dept.

By ROBERT J. LIFKA Contributing Reporter

New records clerks in the Forest Park Police Department will be represented by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3026 after the village council approved a memorandum of understanding with the union Monday.

The new clerk position was created as part of the process of the village joining the West Suburban Consolidated Dispatch Center (WSCDC) in early May to meet a state mandate. At that time, the village’s 911 center was closed, police dispatchers employed by the village were hired by WSCDC, and the police dispatcher position was eliminated.

Village Administrator Tim Gillian explained that the dispatchers were represented by the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council but village officials felt the clerical duties of the new position are more in line with other village clerical

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RENEWAL: The Urban Pioneer Group space at 7503 Madison St. also offer special events specializing in food & drink designed to feed the soul & our bellies.”

What’s old is the practice of joining clubs.

What’s new is that the club meets only four times a year as opposed to the once-a-week or once-a-month commitments, which were the norm for bowling leagues, church choirs and fraternal organizations like the Masons.

“Society has changed,” Tom said. “Technology can make people unable to see beyond the moment, forward or backward. It’s a reality that’s not going away, so how do we take that and hold an event at which they can experience something other than technology? Lots of rituals like Thanksgiving or Sunday dinner in which we did things with family and friends are evaporating because we are chasing things that pull us away from our heritage.”

“I think we are renewing old-world techniques as technology is taking over the world,” Sheila added, “by getting people back to doing things together.”

The Kunkels know technology from the inside. They both came from corporate IT jobs and still make about half of their income from their IT firm, called Noramurphy, which helps corporations reduce their liability from data by providing onsite data destruction services.

UPG also repurposes the traditional by renting out their rustic new space and roof rooftop for a wide variety of events that bring people together. “We’ve had a wedding reception for 80 people, engagement parties, baby showers, corporate and team-building events,” Sheila said, “and we’ve booked several office parties for the holidays.”

Because UPG is not a retailer, the door to their business space is not always open for walk-ins. To make an appointment, call Tom Kunkel at 847-833-6564 or email him at tkunkel@noramurphy.com.

Celebrating 100 Years

Forest Parker brings yoga to Cook County Jail

Mind-body practice benefits inmates, says Grott

By JOHN RICE

the factors that influence wellness. Besides physical exercises, she teaches them mindfulness and meditation.

Grott conducts classes at four locations, “Yoga isn’t just when you’re on the mat,” said including Pineapple Studio in Forest Park.

Marissa Grott. “It’s a whole way of living.”

She has called Forest Park The Forest Park yoga inhome for six years now. structor is currently shar“It’s affordable and accesing this way of life with sible to trains,” she said. inmates at Cook County “I feel fellowship with the Jail. She volunteers to community.” And the vilteach weekly classes to lage has the demographic women who are incarcerand economic diversity ated at the facility. she was seeking.

“The response of the deShe volunteered at the St. tainees is amazing,” Grott John Lutheran food pantry said, noting that yoga proand is doing fundraising vides much-needed physifor Empowering Gardens. cal and spiritual exercises She is writing grants for to help them cope with inthe nonprofit, as she previcarceration. ously did for Sarah’s Inn. Inclusion and helping ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer In April 2017, she learned the less fortunate has of an organization called been part of Grott’s DNA MAT MAVEN: Yoga instructor Prison Yoga Chicago (PYC) since she was growing up Marissa Grott holds a yoga pose and offered her services in Elmwood Park. as a certified yoga teacher.

“My grandfather taught at The Ahimsa Yoga Studio on They connected her with at a school in Cabrini- South Boulevard in Oak Park. the Cook County DepartGreen and brought students home for dinner,” she recalled. Her ment of Corrections.

“I underwent a background check and finparents were also advocates for social activism and justice. Grott carried this spirit to gerprinting and started shadowing another Hope College, in Holland, Michigan, where teacher.”

She began conducting classes in May at the it was not always well-received.

“I received a brilliant education there, but Residential Treatment Unit (RTU) where she it was super-conservative,” Grott recalled. teaches yoga to 5-10 women per week. They “I started a gay/straight forum on campus. range in age from 19-77. During the 60-minIt attracted liberal and gay students but also ute sessions, Grott asks them what hurts. She some haters. Luckily, some amazing profes- gets lots of feedback about their needs.

“They benefit from yoga on a different levsors supported me.”

While earning degrees in psychology and el,” Grott said. “It’s a time for self-care and gender studies, Grott studied abroad in In- compassion for oneself. We do breath-work dia. There she took yoga classes and under- to release tension and lower anxiety.”

She hasn’t felt any anxiety about teaching went the training to become a teacher.

At DePaul University, she earned a degree at the jail.

“I never feel uncomfortable or unsafe,” she in Leadership and Policy Studies. She later traveled to Hungary to teach English and said. A female correctional officer mans a desk came back to this area to work at Brookdale, inside her class. “Some dim the lights and turn a senior living facility in Oak Park (formerly off the TV. They show respect for my classes.”

Each week, Grott has to pass through Holly Court Terrace). There she met Richard Biggins and was impressed by how he picked checkpoints and metal detectors. She carup a wheelchair-bound friend every Friday ries Clorox wipes to clean the mats and foam night for seven years and took him to Goldy- blocks older inmates can use for support. burgers. As a result she has become a staunch She also distributes handouts to explain supporter of the nonprofit Biggins co-founded yoga and inform inmates of yoga classes outside the jail walls. in Forest Park, Empowering Gardens.

“I see detainees come and go,” she said.

Grott started her own business, Marissa “Some come every week. I know what some Jayne Yoga, in 2012.

“I wanted yoga to be accessible to everyone, are incarcerated for. They have low-, meregardless of age or ability,” said Grott, who dium- and high-security levels in the RTU.” Grott plans to continue her classes at the worked with special needs students and trauma victims. “I studied anatomy, so I could jail.

“It’s the most incredible experience I’ve explain what was happening to the student’s body during class.” She believes many people ever had. They express their gratitude by crying sometimes.” live in “body denial” and lack awareness of Contributing Reporter

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Proviso East student performs poem before ‘Hamilton’ Soto was the only student selected to perform before a sold-out audience

By MICHAEL ROMAIN

in orchestrating this event,” she said. “Even Dr. Patrick Hardy, the school principal, accompanied us. His charm made it a very comfortable environment for everyone to be themselves.”

Soto said that the Hamilton cast members were “very helpful, friendly and approachable.”

“I had the opportunity to speak with the cast, including the actress who played Eliza Hamilton,” she said. “She helped me to relax just as my turn was coming up, and gave me some advice on how to perform. This was an experience that I will cherish forever.”

Staff Reporter

Anahi Soto, a 16-year-old junior at Proviso East High School, was recently selected to perform onstage at the CIBC Theatre in Chicago, moments before it was overtaken by the cast of the popular musical Hamilton.

Soho won a Proviso High Schools District 209-wide competition in order to earn the honor ANAHI SOTO and was the only student the night of the performance who was selected to read her work before a sold-out performance of the popular play.

Soto’s poem was rather fitting, considering the context (Hamilton is a Tony Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning play that is performed by a largely minority cast in song and rap, and is about American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton).

“I performed a poem that I wrote that spoke about the beginning to the Bill of Rights, and what it means to have such

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freedoms,” Soto said. “I am very thankful to have been given the opportunity to represent my school, Proviso East, and the Maywood community in front of a full house and inside such a prestigious theater.”

Soto credited some Proviso East faculty and administration members for organizing the event.

“My APUSH teacher Mr. Kayser, and librarian, Ms. Shabana, did an amazing job

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November 6 – 1:15 Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: A Brief History of the American Quilt Quilt historian Mary Fons, board member of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum, presents a colorful history of the American quilt from colonists to moderns.

November 9 – 7:30 Poetry Readings, Music and Song Barbara Ballinger, retired Oak Park Head Librarian hosts I Am Woman, the theme for this year’s poetry reader’s group, with singer Michael Espinosa and pianist Pauline Coffman Doors open at 6:45. Beer, wine and snacks available.

November 16 – 7:30 Henry Fogel Presents – Evenings of Great Music and Conversation Duo Diorama – MingHuan Xu, (Artist Faculty in Violin, Roosevelt University,) Dr. Winston Choi, piano (Associate Professor of Piano, Roosevelt University) Tickets: $35, $20 students

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November 19 – 3:00 Free Readers of Oak Park presents Betrayal. Freereaders.com

November 20 – 1:15 Lost Mansions of the Gold Coast The Gold Coast was once filled with the most elegant and beautifully designed single family homes and townhouses in Chicago. Henry Zimoch, award-winning architect, Senior Principal and Director of Historic Preservation with HPZS takes us to notable and lesser known treasures along the lakefront.

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Celebrating 100 Years

Mystery Authors Book Fair Centuries and Sleuths Bookstore, 7419 Madison St., will host the Mystery Writers of America Authors’ Book Fair on Sunday Nov. 5 from noon to 5 p.m.

More than a dozen authors will be on hand to meet and greet readers during two-hour time slots. From noon to 2 p.m., the authors will be Lynn Cahoon, Bryon Quertermous, D.M. Pirrone, Tim Chapman, Dan Burns, Raymond Benson and Lori Rader-Day; from 2 to 4 p.m., Libby Fisher Hellmann, Cheryl Honigford, Mary Carter, Lew Stonehouse and Raymond Benson; and from 4 to 5 p.m., Libby Fischer Hellmann and Lew Stonehouse.

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Riveredge Resources Riveredge Hospital, 8311 Roosevelt Road in Forest Park, will host a pair of events on Friday, Nov. 3.

From 9 to 11 a.m., the hospital and the Community Mental Health Board of Oak Park Township present Rise N’ Learn, a free event which will focus on creating trauma-informed and culturally competent child-serving systems.

Afterward, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. stick around for Riveredge’s 11th Annual Resource Fair on Friday, Nov. 3 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Discover resources available in the community and network with local mental health professionals. Light refreshments will be provided.

Visit www.riveredgehospital.com to register for the events.

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Wine tasting Urban Pioneer Group, 7503 Madison St. hosts a wine tasting event with sommelier Michael Bottigliero, of Windy City Wine Guy Consulting, on Thursday, Nov. 2 from 7 to 10 p.m.

The event includes tasting of five wine varieties along with food pairings. Tickets are $50 per person and can be purchased by clicking the link at theurbanpioneergroup.com.

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BIG WEEK Wine Walk The Forest Park Chamber of Commerce invites you to explore all the Madison Street has to offer while sipping wine and eating specially prepared small bites at the Fall Wine Walk and Shop event on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 1 to 5 p.m. Tickets are $40. Sign up at Famous Liquors, 7714 Madison St., or the Chamber office, 7331 Roosevelt Road or online at exploreforestpark. com/event/fall-wine-walk-shop. On the day of the event show up at registration at Forest Park National Bank, 7348 Madison St. between noon and 3 p.m. to get your wine glass, wine walk itinerary, bonus bottle card and goody bag.

Library serves up programs for all ages Forest Park Public Library, 7555 Jackson Blvd., invites the community to a special presentation on the “Women of World War II” in the Austin Room on Thursday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.

Learn about all of the ways women helped win the war, from working in war plants to serving in the American Red Cross “Clubmobile” program, essentially a mobile club, featuring doughnuts, coffee, and good old American girl-next-door friendliness, all served up at the front lines in Europe, Southeast Asia, India, and Australia - wherever the troops were to be found.

Then on Saturday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. head on over for a Dia de la Muertos After Hours Celebration.

All ages can enjoy music from Cielito Lindo, food, hands on art, face painting, a photo booth and more. Participants will also create a community ofrenda with help from the folks at La Casa De Frida.

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Fleet & treats The annual Casket Races took place last Saturday ... on a blustery, occasionally rainy 43 degree morning. Congratulations to Currie Motors, who had the fastest time and took first place in the race, and to Riveredge Hospital for the welldeserved honor of “most creative.”

Kudos to all the runners, caskets and participants. Kudos also to team Forest Park Review (100 years old and still kicking!) and our four “flash” runners, Joe, Mike, Tim and Paul (below). And to Jackie McGoey who took the Facebook Live video of the race (available for viewing).

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Bliss Fashion Lounge owner Carmen Rivera, left, hands out candy to children and adults on Madison Street.

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LIBRARY

Upgrades needed from page 1 With about $2 million in reserves the committee is considering short-term needs like a new roof and new carpeting while also thinking longer term about possibly adding a second floor to the existing library or even building a new facility. Shaker estimated that a new roof might cost $80,000 to $100,000, while new carpeting might cost around $60,000 due to the cost of moving books.

The problem committee members face is that the library, built in 1995 at the corner of Jackson Boulevard and Desplaines Avenue, is severely lacking in parking. There are only three parking spaces for the library in the small, cramped parking lot across Desplaines Avenue from the library.

“We have a conundrum with this building,” said PILAR SHAKER committee Library Director Chair Emily Victorson, a member of the library board.

“It never really should have been built because we have no parking. I would be very concerned about spending a lot of money on this building because of the parking situation.”

Adding a second story to the existing library or building a new library would require money that could only be obtained by voters approving a tax increase through a referendum. Library officials are wondering if it would make sense to invest in a new roof if adding a second story to the existing building is an option in the near future.

Although no referendum is imminent, last week the committee heard from John Chrastka, executive director of EveryLibrary, an organization that helps libraries build voter support to pass referendums.

Chrastka told the committee it is vital to reach out beyond so called “library people” to pass a referendum.

Shaker said the library has no plans to seek a referendum in the near future but said she wanted committee members to hear from Chrastka to understand the amount of preparation that would be necessary before a referendum could be seriously considered.

“We haven’t even gotten into that conversation,” said Shaker about a referendum. “I think really the question is, before we even start talking about that, is whether the taxpayers in this community would be interested in even considering things. It’s important

“We need to make sure the staff has a comfortable work environment, and I’d also really love to address the public bathrooms.”

File photo

CAPITAL IDEAS: The library is exploring a range of options for the 25-year-old facility. for the board to understand what all these processes mean even if we aren’t planning on doing them anytime soon. It also gives us a better sense of what our timeline is.”

Chrastka mentioned the technique of holding an ideas festival as a way for the library to reach out and build connections while soliciting community input. A survey could also be conducted to find out what the community wants out of the library and what the community would be willing to

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support.

“We’re still very much in the brainstorming stage,” Victorson said. “We’re trying to figure out a way forward. We need to figure out what to do next.”

While they were brainstorming, the idea of perhaps working with village government came up, specifically whether village officials might be interested in replacing the current village hall and perhaps a new “government center” could be built which

Munoz, the victim and their friends were kicked out of Doc Ryan’s, 7432 Madison St., following an altercation inside the bar.

A verbal altercation inside the bar turned physical, said the prosecutor, when from page 1 Munoz struck the victim. Police responded to the scene and talked to those involved The victim’s mother, who along with before leaving to respond to an unrelated the victim’s brother attended Munoz’s shots-fired call on Washington Street, leavbond hearing at the Maybrook ing the feuding parties in the courthouse on Oct. 27, told the parking lot.

Review that her son had been The prosecutor alleged that shot from behind. According Munoz confronted the victim af afto his mother, the victim has ter police left, throwing up gang already undergone three sursigns before removing a handgeries and was scheduled for gun from his waistband and a fourth. pointing it at the victim before Munoz’s lawyer, Todd Mcfiring.

Cutcheon told Judge Paula McCutcheon disputed those Daleo that the victim had first facts, saying his client did not pointed a gun at his client. throw up gang signs. Rather, FRANCISCO MUNOZ “My client was defending McCutcheon said that while pohimself against deadly force,” lice were interviewing both parsaid McCutcheon, who asked that Munoz ties in the parking lot, the victim’s friends be released on personal recognizance. threatened to shoot his client. Shortly af afWhile the prosecution asked for a high ter, a vehicle drove at his client, almost hitbond amount in addition to special condi- ting him. tions, Daleo set Munoz’s bond at $75,000 The victim got out of that car, McCutchplus electronic monitoring. eon said, and pointed a gun at his client, “My son never had a gun,” said the vic- who then retrieved his own handgun from tim’s mother. “He wasn’t a troublemaker. I his vehicle and fired at the victim in selfnever expected this.” defense.

Munoz had a valid concealed-carry liThe prosecutor also told Daleo that pocense, according to the prosecutor. Munoz, lice recovered Munoz’s handgun later that said the prosecutor, presented the ID card day. A resident that morning reportedly to police, who responded to the area after overheard two men moving a trash can in

Attempted murder

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would include a new library.

But the village is facing financial issues and there has not been much collaboration between village government and the library board in the past even though the mayor appoints the members of the library board.

Forest Park Village Administrator Tim Gillian said the current village hall dates from 1975, is extremely cramped and needs a lot of work, as does the fire station and the nearby Mohr Community Center.

Gillian said if the space and funds materialized, the village would be interested in a government center.

“If the pot of money showed up, then of course we’d be really interested in creating a government complex,” Gillian said. “But the site we’re on right now wouldn’t have enough space to be reconfigured I don’t believe.”

Gillian also noted, “You couldn’t do it without some sort of grant.”

In the short term, other than a possible new roof and new carpeting, Shaker would like to upgrade staff work spaces and the public bathrooms in the existing building.

“The staff facilities are in pretty poor condition,” Shaker said. “We need to make sure the staff has a comfortable work environment, and I’d also really love to address the public bathrooms. Those are the two that I think we all feel confident talking about.

Our next meeting of the committee is to sort out what things we think we could do that would have a big impact for the staff and patrons.” the alley, with one of them saying, “Dump it. We’ll come back later.”

When someone came back later that day to recover the gun, police had already retrieved it. However, a witness took a photo of a van driven to the location, and police traced the license plates to Munoz’s mother.

Police set up surveillance on the van and took Munoz into custody on Oct. 26 on the campus of Morton College in Cicero.

Munoz will appear in court for a preliminary hearing on Nov. 2 at Maybrook.

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Woman’s car hijacked in Hannah Ave. parking lot A 64-year-old woman called police on Oct. 27 about 9:55 p.m. to report that two men, one of them possibly armed, stole her 2017 Ford Focus in village Parking Lot #4 in the 400 block of Hannah Avenue. The vehicle was last seen headed eastbound on Madison Street, but police could not locate it.

According to the police report, two people dressed in black approached the victim from behind. One of them pointed an unknown object in the victim’s face and took her car keys before entering the car and leaving northbound on Hannah before turning east on Madison Street.

Condo building damaged Police continue to investigate just who was responsible for damaging two fire extinguisher cases and an elevator phone and dumping food and coffee grounds inside a condo building in the 100 block of Marengo Avenue during the early morning hours of Oct. 25.

The condo board president called police about 6:15 a.m. to report the damage. A fire extinguisher in the hallway outside the elevator on the main floor and the fire extinguisher case in the laundry room were smashed, leaving broken glass and the fire extinguishers on the floor.

Some sort of cheesy tomato dip had been dumped on the floor of the elevator and coffee grounds were strewn about the entire third floor. In addition, a secure garage door leading to the rear parking lot was left wide open.

Car stolen from garage Police responded to the 600 block of Elgin Avenue on the morning of Oct. 26 after a resident called to report that overnight someone had stolen a white 2007 Toyota Camry from the garage.

According to the police report, another vehicle, likely unlocked, was parked on a parking pad outside the garage. That vehicle had been ransacked and a spare key to the Camry was taken from a cup holder.

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A resident of the 500 block of Desplaines Avenue called police on Oct. 28 to report that between the hours of 5:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., someone had broken into her apartment stole several items, including an Apple MacBook computer, music equipment, a 70-inch flat-panel TV, artwork, jewelry, an Apple iPad, an Xbox game system, a PlayStation 4 game system, beer glasses, skull figurines, clothing, makeup and a lock box.

Police observed that the bottom and left side of a window screen appeared to have been cut or ripped, but otherwise there were no signs of forced entry. The burglary is still under investigation.

Fired worker’s threats prompt call to cops A 23-year-old Maywood man was charged with disorderly conduct after making threats after being terminated as an employee at a Roosevelt Road business on Oct. 26 at 8:40 a.m.

After being fired, the man reportedly said he was going to “blow up this mother------place,” prompting a call to police. The man also allegedly sent threatening text messages to another employee. Police advised the man to stop texting staff members.

Just need to fix my gun Forest Park police responded to Walmart, 1300 Desplaines Ave., on Oct. 29 about 5:25 p.m. after a security employee at the store called to report a man brandishing what looked like a silver handgun in one of the store aisles.

When police arrived, the security employee directed them to the aisle where the man was standing. Observing him to be holding the gun, the officers ordered him to the ground and took him into custody without incident.

Police subsequently learned that the weapon was a BB gun. The 21-year-old Broadview man who possessed the weapon told police he was looking for a screwdriver to fix the gun, which was why he had it in his hand.

Store officials signed a local ordinance complaint against the man for disorderly conduct. He’ll appear before a village adjudicator on Dec. 6.

‘Really drunk’ A 34-year-old Forest Park man called police on Oct. 28 to report that someone stole his cellphone, two laptop computers, a backpack and a TV from his apartment.

The victim told police he’d been out drinking the night before and had gotten “really drunk.” When he woke up about 1:30 p.m., he noticed the items missing.

Police observed no signs of forced entry.

The victim told police be believed he may have invited someone home with him to finish up the night of drinking but was so drunk he was unable to describe that person.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Forest Park Police Department, Oct. 23-29, 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.

Compiled by Bob Uphues

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Religion Guide Methodist

Check First.

First United Methodist Church of Oak Park

First Congregational Church of Maywood

400 N. Fifth Avenue (1 block north of Lake St.) Come join us for Sunday Morning Worship at 11 am Pastor Elliot Wimbush will be preaching the message.

Refreshments and fellowship follow the service.

708-344-6150 firstchurchofmaywood.org When you're looking for a place to worship the Lord, Check First.

You’re Invited to A Church for All Nations A Church Without Walls SERVICE LOCATION Forest Park Plaza 7600 W. Roosevelt Road Forest Park, IL 60130

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

LIVE Webcast - 11:15AM Service Believer’s Walk of Faith Broadcast Schedule (Times in Central Standard Time) Television DAYSTAR (M-F)

3:30-4:00pm

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6:30-7:00am

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WCIU-TV (Sun.)

10:30-11:00am

Chicago, IL.

Word Network

10:30-11:00am

Nationwide

(M-F)

www.livingwd.org www.billwinston.org

“Here is where you belong!”

Engage Christian Church Engaging God, His Family, and His Mission 1000 S. Elgin Ave. Forest Park, IL (In First United Church) To stay connected visit our website and join us on social media www.engagecc.org Facebook: @EngageCC Twitter: @engagecchurch Instagram: @engccchurch

West Suburban Temple Har Zion

1040 N. Harlem Avenue River Forest Meet our Rabbi, Adir Glick Pray, learn, and celebrate with our caring, progressive, egalitarian community.

Interfaith families are welcome.

Accredited Early Childhood Program Religious School for K thru 12 Daily Morning Minyan Weekly Shabbat Services Friday 6:30pm & Saturday 10:00am Affiliated with United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism 708.366.9000 www.wsthz.org

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

Fair Oaks

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Lutheran—ELCA

United Lutheran Church

409 Greenfield Street (at Ridgeland Avenue) Oak Park Holy Communion with nursery care and children’s chapel each Sunday at 9:30 a.m. www.unitedlutheranchurch.org

708/386-1576

Lutheran-Independent

Grace Lutheran Church

7300 W. Division, River Forest David R. Lyle, Senior Pastor David W. Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Lauren Dow Wegner, Assoc. Pastor Sunday Worship, 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

Sunday School/Adult Ed. 9:45 a.m.

Childcare Available

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

Child care available 9-11am

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

Roman Catholic

Ascension Catholic Church

Grace Lutheran School

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

Christ Lutheran Church

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

St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

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

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

Rev. James Hurlbert, Pastor

Roman Catholic

St. Edmund Catholic Church

188 South Oak Park Ave. Saturday Mass: 5:30 p.m.

Sunday Masses: 9:00 & 11:00 a.m., 5:30 p.m.

Weekday Mass: 8:30 a.m. M–F Holy Day Masses: As Announced Reconciliation: Saturday 4:15 p.m.

Parish Office: 708-848-4417 School Phone: 708-386-5131

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Roman Catholic

St. Bernardine Catholic Church Harrison & Elgin, Forest Park

CELEBRATING OUR 107TH YEAR! Sat. Masses: 8:30am & 5:00pm SUNDAY MASSES: 8:00am & 10:30am 10:30 Mass-Daycare for all ages CCD Sun. 9am-10:15am Reconciliation: Sat. 9am & 4pm Weekday Masses: Monday–Friday 6:30am Church Office: 708-366-0839 CCD: 708-366-3553 www.stbern.com Pastor: Fr. Stanislaw Kuca

St. Giles Family Mass Community

We welcome all to attend Sunday Mass at 10 a.m. on the St. Giles Parish campus on the second floor of the school gym, the southernmost building in the school complex at 1034 North Linden Avenue.

Established in 1970, we are a laybased community within St. Giles Roman Catholic Parish.

Our Mass is family-friendly.

We encourage liturgically active toddlers. Children from 3 to 13 and young adults play meaningful parts in each Sunday liturgy.

Together with the parish, we offer Catechesis of the Good Shepherd, a Montessori-based religious education program for children in grades K-8.

For more information, go to http://www.stgilesparish.org/ family-mass-community or call Bob Wielgos at 708-288-2196.

Traditional Catholic

Kiwanis Club President Chris Harris

Meets every 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 6:45 pm For more info contact: Chris Harris at 708-689-3180 or kiwanisclubfp@gmail.com

FAMILY IS WHY YOU DO IT ALL. WE LIVE WHERE YOU LIVE.

The Traditional Catholic Latin Mass

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

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OAK PARK-RIVER FOREST

Community Foundation Your GivinG Can Have BiG impaCt Since 2002, the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation has distributed over $26,000,000 to local, regional and national nonprofit organizations.

Here are ways for you to get involved and be part of this impact.

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The Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation has partially underwritten the Season of Giving in support of nonprofit organizations serving Oak Park and River Forest.

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Power of Collective Giving

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ne raindrop, autumn leaf, snowflake may be beautiful, solitary, or unique. When many of each assemble together in one spot, we can witness full rain barrels ready for use when it stops raining, a leaf pile ready for jumping and laughter, and a big, bold snowman created by a neighborhood of children. All are examples of the power of a collective.

When each of us contributes our time or treasure to the mission of a nonprofit organization that is good. When ALL of us contribute, that is power. Giving collectively makes significant change.

As you read each of the following stories, think about the mission of each organization. Hear the story of impact. Each story may focus on one individual or small group, but represents many who benefit in the same way.

The impact cannot be made by one donor or volunteer alone. It takes all of us – collectively – to bring power and action to the mission of the organizations.

Participate in the Season of Giving and be part of the power of collective giving.

Inside This year we focus on three compelling issues.

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SUICIDE/MENTAL HEALTH Coe family, page 4 Chief Anthony Ambrose, page 5 North Riverside survivor, page 6 Thrive & NAMI, page 7

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FOOD INSECURITY Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry, page 8 The Surplus Project, page 9 Little Food Pantry, page 10 PCC Wellness, page 11 ■

Kristin Carlson Vogen President & CEO Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation

RECIDIVISM Hiring Programs, page 12 West Side Health Authority, page 13 Prevail Employment Readiness program, page 14

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Editor Lacey Sikora Photographer Alexa Rogals Editorial Design Manager Claire Innes Editorial Designers Javier Govea, Jacquinete Baldwin IT and Digital Developer Mike Risher Advertising Production Manager Philip Soell Advertising Design Manager Andrew Mead Advertising Designers Mark Moroney, Debbie Becker Advertising Director Dawn Ferencak Display Advertising Sales Marc Stopeck, Joe Chomiczewski Media Coordinator Kristen Benford Media Assistant Megan Dickel Inside Sales Representative Mary Ellen Nelligan Circulation Manager Jill Wagner Distribution Coordinator Caleb Thusat Chairman Emeritus Robert K. Downs Editor and Publisher Dan Haley Associate Publisher Dawn Ferencak Business Manager Joyce Minich ON THE COVER: Lucy Flores, Community Outreach Health Education Manager, talks about the different vegetables available on Sept. 28, at the PCC Wellness Austin Farm in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. | Photo by Alexa Rogals

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‘Modeling forward movement’ for oneself and a family

LOSS begins holding support meetings in River Forest

River Forest’s Coe family two years out from son’s death

By Lacey Sikora

Kristen notes that it was incredibly beneficial to have friends and family alongside them who did not try to repair the unrepairable. Calling or Marc and Kristen Coe of River Forest, the outpouring of love and kindness humbling, the suicide of their son Hunter in 2015 she says “It takes a unique soul to be able to sit was an entry into a club they had never with someone else’s sadness and not be comanticipated joining. At 24, Hunter had pelled to try to fix it.” graduated from college, was engaged to be For Kristen, it also helped to attend Loving married and happily employed. Kristen recalls, Outreach to Survivors of Suicide “This was not on our radar screen (LOSS) meetings. Now holding for him. Not to be trite, but he had monthly support groups in River the world before him. It was quite Forest, the group offers meetings unexpected.” for adults and teens as well as Other family members had individual counseling for those struggled with depression, so Kristouched by suicide. Kristen says ten says they had a fluency with one of the keys to support is recthe language of mental illness, but ognizing that everyone’s journey compares their fluency to learning with suicide is different.

French in the classroom and then “Individuals who have lost a actually being in France and having loved one to suicide need to be Kristen Coe to order a meal. “Death by suicide patient with themselves and allow is so jarring on so many levels. Fluhealing methods to take whatever ency doesn’t mitigate how jarring form they need to take.” that experience is for survivors of the loss.”

For Marc and Kristen, one of the ways to Over the past two years, the Coes have sought work through their grief was to honor Hunter’s out a variety of methods of dealing with their memory, and they reached out to the Oak Park grief. Coe credits therapy for the family, which River Forest Community Foundation for guidincludes Hunter’s three siblings, and long walks ance. Remembering what she calls Hunter’s with her husband, as well as the presence of huge personality, and his ability to engage family and friends, with helping them on their others with his quick wit and kind heart, they journey. sought a productive way to stake a place for his legacy.

On what would have been Hunter’s 25th birthday, they founded Be the Boat (www. betheboat.org.) Inspired by a prayer of St. John of the Cross read at Hunter’s memorial service in their family room, Be the Boat not only ties in the idea of suffering and love, but the family’s love of boating.

With a handmade canoe hanging from the family room ceiling and a kayak crafted

by Hunter on display in the house, boating has a special significance to the Coe family. Hunter taught swim lessons and was a

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life guard, and the Coes decided that providing swim lessons to at-risk children would be a fitting legacy for Hunter’s memory.

Kristen says of the effort, “I don’t expect this will be seed money for an Olympic swimmer, but the idea that a light bulb could go off and this confidence could be parlayed into other experiences – we’re trying to seed positive life experiences for others, which is a lovely legacy for Hunter.”

Kristen says that their family will always be irrevocably changed by what happened, but recognizes how important it is for her and Marc to help her children continue to live. “It’s important to Hunter’s siblings and to Marc and me to model forward movement and find joy where possible. We are absorbing our love for Hunter and his death into a narrative that allows our children to find joy and move ahead. They have long lives ahead of them.”

Today, she hopes that sharing their story will help those facing grief as well as young adults facing challenges. She keeps in her heart the lovable young boy who set off a fire alarm at Logan Airport as a toddler and kept her on her toes the rest of his life. She says that shortly before his death, he ripped a page out of a magazine with the quote, “If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.” She says, “It’s a great takeaway. He loved passionately. We still have maraschino cherries and truffle oil in our kitchen because he loved them.”

LOSS, Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide, has recently begun holding meetings in River Forest. There is a monthly support group for adults who have lost a loved one to suicide. There is also a new support group focused just on teens who have faced such a loss.

The adult meeting is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on the third Monday of the month and is held at the River Forest Community Center, 8020 Madison St., River Forest. The teen group meets on the third Thursday of the month from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and is also held at the River Forest Community Center.

Rev. Charles Rubey, a Catholic priest who founded LOSS 40 years ago, will offer a Mass of Remembrance for those who have lost a loved one to suicide. That will be on Saturday, Nov. 11 at 5 p.m. at Ascension Church in Oak Park.

LOSS is a program long sponsored by Catholic Charities.

These events are free and non-denominational. There is no religious component discussed and all are welcome.

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Community of Caring | Suicide/Mental Health

Oak Park’s police chief talks about son’s suicide A leader in mental health training for police, Ambrose stunned by death

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By Lacey Sikora

ony Ambrose, Oak Park’s police chief, was no stranger to mental health crises when tragedy struck his own family. Thirteen years ago, when he was a commander on the force, he was one of the first two police officers in the state to attend a Crisis Intervention Training class. He brought what he learned in the week-long training course back to the force, where it became an important tool in helping officers deal with families in crisis due to mental illness or suicide.

When his teenage son died by suicide while in high school, Ambrose says he never saw it coming. “I’ve been involved with mental illness education years before my son, and people always say to look for signs. I’ve attended numerous classes, and I never saw it coming.”

Noting his son’s ready smile for everyone he met, and the hours they spent together every week driving to and from school and hockey practices, Ambrose says, “You always go through the stages of what did I miss? What were the signs? I couldn’t think of any.”

and has grown more comfortable sharing After the loss of his son, Ambrose his son’s story. He’s spoken at MacNeal turned to counseling and regular church Hospital and the Nineteenth Century attendance to try to find some comfort.

Club about his experience He also says that as tough and about the need to seek as it is to admit it, he came out professional help. He to the realization that anythinks that people can find body who commits suicide comfort in talking to somehas some form of mental one who understands what illness. they are going through, When Kimberly Knake, but many also need to be executive director of Metro reminded that it’s alright to Suburban NAMI (National reach out.

Alliance of Mental Illness), “People have to underasked Ambrose to speak stand, this is very trauabout his personal experimatic. You need people to ence, he wasn’t sure if the talk to. Somebody who is timing was right. “I always trained and can offer you a thought that I wouldn’t talk different outlet can make a about it until I retired. I Tony Ambrose difference.” decided that I would do it.

Ambrose remembers Your life changes forever his son Anthony lovingly, when this happens, but to calling him a polite young me, there’s no other option man who never caused any problems. “He but to help make sure that other people touched a lot of lives, and I truly believe don’t get put in the same position I’m in.” he did his job here. I feel his mission was Today, Ambrose serves on the board of to touch a lot of people. He accomplished Oak Park-based West Suburban NAMI that, and he’s gone.” and Oak Park’s Thrive Counseling Center

“People have to understand, this is very traumatic. You need people to talk to. Somebody who is trained and can offer you a different outlet can make a difference.”

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What’s ahead when a parent dies by suicide?

Finding targeted support is key says one daughter

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By Lacey Sikora

or Mary Stimming of North Riverside, her mother’s suicide at age 57 in 1990 came as a surprise in spite of her mother’s diagnosis as bi-polar with psychotic features. Her mother, who worked as a nurse, had been diagnosed just a few years earlier with mental illness.

Stimming recalls her mother “had a very graceful way of carrying herself. She was endlessly patient, nurturing, caring and unflappable. The irony was, that among friends and family, she gave such a sense that everything would be alright.”

Stimming was 26 at the time and had three younger siblings when her mother died by suicide. She and her sister Maureen later co-authored a book, Before Their Time, Adult Children’s Experience of Parental Suicide. Stimming has been active in the group Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide (LOSS) and also serves on the board of West Suburban NAMI. Stimming got involved with LOSS immediately after the death of her mother.

She recalls that she was a Sunday school

amid the agony.” teacher at her church Stimming found the in Hyde Park, and her group instrumental in mother died on a Sunday. her recovery. One of the When she went to the founders, Therese Gump church to unlock the door coined the motto, “joy for classes and try to find will return.” Stimming someone to fill in for her, says she found that to be her pastor put in her true, “but the sense of touch with Rev. Charles guilt and responsibility Rubey, one of the foundis really hard to shake. ers of LOSS. Talking to others really LOSS was founded in helps to normalize it, 1979 by Rubey and three and you get over your couples who lost children sense of impotence.” to suicide. These couples Today, Stimming is found that general a staunch advocate bereavement groups did for those dealing with not address what they Anne Shields Stimming mental illness and for were going through. removing the stigma Stimming found comfort associated with mental illness. She says in being in support groups with others who that mental illness runs in her family. “We had lost a family member to suicide. have a family vulnerability. It is like heart “Seeing people further in the process, disease. You need to take care of yourself made me ask, ‘Could I be there someday?’ if you have it in your family. Your odds of They had that lightness, that joy that was suicide go dramatically up if you have a gone for me. Not short-changing what you parent who committed suicide. You need went through, but realizing there’s grace

family and friends who can say to you that you need to seek professional help.”

Noting that today’s health care environment makes finding mental health care challenging, Stimming says that NAMI is instrumental at the national and state level with working with connecting people to help.

Statistics show that suicide rates are rising among the middle-aged, and Stimming cites easy access to guns as part of the problem. “Fifty percent of suicides in America are by gun. In Britain, the majority of suicides used to be by gas from an oven until they changed the toxicity of gas used in homes. The suicide rate plummeted. Suicide is an impulsive act. The best description I’ve heard is that it’s like a glass that is so full of water that it’s convex, and you add one more drop of water, and it just spills over.”

Today, she says that everyone knows someone living with mental illness, and she hopes that people will be able to realize that recovery is possible. “Hope is real. All kinds of people are living with mental illness. We need to get rid of the stigma.”

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Oak Park police lead way as mental health allies Innovative ID program underway at Brooks Middle School

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By Lacey Sikora

he statistics are sobering. According to Kimberly Knake, West Suburban NAMI’s executive director, one quarter of the population will have a mental health condition in their lifetime and one in 10 young people aged 13 to 24 will start to experience symptoms of mental illness, but they will only receive a diagnosis six to eight years after the onset of symptoms.

Of those diagnosed, only 50 percent receive treatment. As the first responders in the community, police officers are often the first touch points for people with mental illness.

Knake cites Crisis Intervention Team or CIT as one of the important training tools for police officers in Illinois. The collaboration between law enforcement and mental health professionals focuses on treatment versus arrest and incarceration. The 40-hour training class prepares police officers to become crisis intervention officers.

Knake stresses that NAMI’s programs are free for police departments and residents and says that mental health training not only keeps officers safe but is a public health issue.

NAMI works with the Oak Park, Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments on CIT training and also offers

two other tiers of year. A lot of the time, we mental health training. encounter someone and Mental Health First Aid have two choices: arrest is an eight-hour prothe person or let them go. gram for first respondNeither is a good choice ers and lay people, and for someone with mental NAMI can also come in illness. We can call Thrive, to police departments and they can help that to provide three-hour person.”

Tony Ambrose training programs on Ambrose says he mana variety of mental dates that all officers treat health topics, such as people with dignity and working with families in crisis or involunrespect. “I don’t tell them to treat people how tary commitment forms. you want to be treated. I tell them: treat them Knake says that Oak Park has one of the how you want your parents to be treated.” highest concentrations of CIT-trained offices As a result of the department’s emphasis in the western suburbs, if not the state. on mental health awareness, officers are “Oak Park has always been a champion of finding new ways to reach out to the commuthe training. Chief (Anthony) Ambrose, and nity. School Resource Officer Kevin Collins before him Chief (Rick) Tanskley, they take works in Oak Park’s Brooks Middle School mental health very seriously.” and has collaborated with the special educaAmbrose says that NAMI has been instrution teachers in the junior high school. mental in providing training to his officers, He says, “We thought it was a good idea and says that 40 officers on the 100-plus for the students to talk to an officer, and let roster are currently state certified and that them know a police officer can help them if his goal is to have every officer trained and they’re ever in trouble. They learned they certified. He says that Thrive Counseling can always go to an officer for help. We’ve brought in numerous officers and even Center in Oak Park is also an important showed them police cars, so they know it’s piece of the puzzle. Ambrose serves on the safe to approach us.” boards of both organizations.

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“I don’t tell them to treat people how you want to be treated. I tell them: treat them how you want your parents to be treated.”

allergy might wear a medic alert bracelet, Collins came up with the idea of a green silicone bracelet for students with mental health issues. “We wanted a way to get kids in crisis reunited quickly with their families, but we didn’t want to stigmatize the kids.

Everyone from teachers to families to police officers can wear the green bracelets, but if you’re a participant in the program with a mental illness, there is a little metal plate in your bracelet with an ID number in it. Only the watch commander can access the name and contact information associated with each ID.” Collins says within each ID there is a place for emergency contact information as well as likes and dislikes that could help officers de-escalate a specific situation. Funded with grants from the Community Health Board of Oak Park Township, Collins says the bracelets are also helpful for older adults with Alzheimer’s or dementia.

The program began in March of this year and is already spreading to other communities and states. For Collins, the benefits are two-fold, “There is the safety component of helping people in the community get the help they need if there’s ever an issue, and they also help with mental health awareness, not only for the police department but for the community as well.”

Resources American Association of Suicidology Website: www.suicidology.org Phone: (202) 237-2280 American Foundation for the Prevention of Suicide Website: www.afsp.org Phone: (212) 363-3500 L.O.S.S. (Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide) Website: www.catholiccharities.net/loss Phone: (312) 655-7283 NAMI Metro Suburban Website: www.namimetsub.org Phone: (708) 524-2582 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill Website: www.nami.org Phone: (703) 524-7600 SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education) Website: www.save.org Phone: (952) 946-7998 Suicide Prevention Resource Center Website: www.sprc.org Phone: (877) 438-7772 Bibliography/Reading: www.suicidology.org/resources/recommended-reading Riveredge Hospital Website: www.riveredgehospital.com Phone: (708) 771-7000 Thrive Counseling Center Website: www.thrivecc.org Phone: (708) 383-7500 The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline Phone: 1-800-273-TALK (8255) Provides access to trained telephone counselors, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

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Community of Caring | Food Security

Close to home, food insecurity a true problem

Nearly 15 percent of Oak Parkers need food support

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By Lacey Sikora

t’s easy to think of hunger as an issue that doesn’t affect the relatively affluent communities in the near west suburbs, but Michele Zurakowski, executive director of the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry, says hunger is an issue right here in our neighborhoods.

“It really does exist here in much larger proportions than people know. The most current reported data, which is for 2016, shows that in Oak Park, over 7,000 individuals are considered food insecure. That’s a 14 percent rate. Even in River Forest, that rate is 5 percent. Hunger is one of those

things that you just don’t recognize just by looking at someone.”

While there is state-sponsored support in the form of programs like SNAP, Zurakowski says it doesn’t reach everybody in need. “For instance, SNAP benefits are available to most people except able-bodied adults without dependents. If you are in that category, you can only get SNAP if you work 20 hours a week. It can be hard in this environment for everyone to get those hours.”

At the food pantry, the most visible program is the pantry itself. People can “shop” the pantry once a month and receive between 60 and 70 pounds of food, which averages 54 meals.

For Shirley McNutt, an Oak Park resident, the pantry helps fill a gap.

“I sometimes fall short with groceries, and I use the pantry to make ends meet. They have a variety of fresh vegetables, fruits, milk and eggs. I like that it also assists with classes. I went to a nutrition class at Pete’s Fresh Market with a dietician. She showed me the authenticity of food -- how you have to read the labels to know what’s in the food.”

Zurakowski says that education is another part of the mission of the pantry that

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Dietitian Bri Kellogg (above) hands out turkey pumpkin chili and talks with attendees on Oct. 11, during a nutrition education program at the Oak Park and River Forest Food Pantry at First United Church on Lake Street in Oak Park. (Left)Volunteer Claudia Stepkowski, of Franklin Park, makes turkey pumpkin chili. for children who qualify for people might not know about. free lunches during the school “We have a Nutrition Educayear. The pantry also partners tion program run by dietitians with Oak Park and River Forest and volunteers to teach clients Townships to provide groceries basic nutrition through discusto Meals on Wheels participants, sions and cooking demos. Our who only receive five meals per Cooking Matters class is about week from Meals on Wheels and in-depth budgeting and analysis often need more assistance. of food. We just got a grant from McNutt says she doesn’t Walmart to support these two Michele Zurakowski always need to go to the food programs.” pantry, but there are many The food pantry also helps to months when it is necessary. fill in gaps for at-risk popula“I feel grateful to have the food tions. During the summer, the pantry. Plenty of people in Oak Park use pantry collaborates with Oak Park and River Forest High School and the Oak Park the service. I might not see them, and they Education Foundation to provide lunches might not see me, but we all benefit.”

“Hunger is one of those things that you just don’t recognize just by looking at someone.”

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Salvaging food and, better yet, making connections Surplus Project, a Big Idea that keeps growing

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By Lacey Sikora

“It felt like a good fit. First, it’s a charitable project. It is good for our adolescents and young adults to have a community project to be a part of. Also, it teaches empathy and greater values.”

Frank says that in November 2016, Riveredge began working exclusively with providing meals to Oak Park’s Mills Park Tower, a senior apartment high rise, and recently added Austin-based New Moms to the mix. His group works with the cafeteria staff to package and transport the food, but

n 2016, the Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry won the inaugural Big Idea contest, an innovation of the Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation. The food pantry’s transformative idea was the Surplus Project, which aimed to connect local institutions with excess prepared food at the end of each day with local charities in need of meals. The $50,000 grant was used to expand the program which repackages food from local businesses and schools and redistributes it to non-profits.

Lauren Draftz, the nutrition program assistant, says the program is designed to tackle food insecurity and food waste simultaneously. Currently, the program has five donors: Riveredge Hospital, Rush Oak Park Hospital, Dominican University, Oak Park and River Forest High School and Loretto Hospital. Non-profit recipients include Mills Park Tower, New Moms, West Cook YMCA and Youth Outreach Services, an after-school program in Austin.

The Surplus Project began in 2015, and provided FILE 2015 about 2,000 meals its first year. Draftz says in the last John McKillop E.R manager helps in the efforts with The fiscal year, the program Surplus Project at Rush Oak Park Hospital. Nurses and rescued 12,700 meals and other employees at Rush Oak Park Hospital helped package diverted 14,000 pounds extra food that is left over from the cafeteria of the hospital of waste from landfills.

All meals are repackaged in 2015. They partnered up with Oak Park River Forest following the health and Food Pantry in order to give the food out to those in need. safety guidelines set by the Oak Park health department. the relationship has grown beyond just the For a small fee of $60 per month, per site, food. donor institutions can re-package food in “The community interaction has been new containers with labelled ingredients. great. Our guys are starting a game night Draftz says the only cost is packaging and with the residents of Mills Tower.” that the Food Pantry supplies each of their Frank says that his residential group donors with the containers for the first year. include young men ages 16 to 21 and that Donors report positively about the effects all come from backgrounds of trauma and of the program on their own bottom lines, abuse and have made mistakes themselves. she says. “They tell us they’ve become “We are a temporary home for these men aware of the sheer amount of waste, and for one to one-and-a-half years. Some of they can tailor what they order based on them are on parole or wards of the state. It’s what they’ve learned.” really empowering because these are kids For Riveredge partnering with the Surwho are often the recipients of charity, but plus Project has had positive results. Ben to get to be the givers and not the takers is Frank, residential services director, says, really good for them.”

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From abundance, Little Food Pantries feed neighbors Brookfield and Riverside lead way in micro food initiative

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By Lacey Sikora

nspired by the Little Free Library movement which saw small libraries popping up on lawns throughout the suburbs, local charitable organizations are now creating Little Food Pantries that operate under a similar premise: if you have extra, leave it behind; if you are in need, take something for free.

On the 3400 block of Grand Boulevard, the Brookfield-Riverside Rotary Club opened a little food pantry in April. Rev. Karl Sokol of Compassionate UMC, who is also a Rotary member, tends the pantry. He says the project came out of a desire to look at needs in the community differently.

“Instead of talking about food insecurity, why don’t we focus on food abundance? We can make better use of our little plots of yard to grow fresh fruits and vegetables. We can target food scarcity by giving extras to our friends and neighbors.”

Sokol’s high school friend, Oak Brook resident Bill Steinhauer, donated his services to build a sturdy wooden cabinet on top of a four-by-four post. He then coated it with

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Canned foods and non perishable items are seen on Oct. 9, at the Little Free Food Pantry in Brookfield. marine varnish to protect it from the elelicable and very low maintenance. ments and added a sliding bolt closure.

Another little food pantry popped up in At first, Sokol wasn’t sure what the August at Riverside Presbyterian Church at response to the pantry would be. “We 116 Barrypoint Road. Located in a well-lit started with a little trepidation. Someone area outside of the office of the church, the might use it or abuse it, but it’s been a pantry offers free food and personal care nice, steady flow of users.” items 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The little pantry is used for canned Tara Gregus, a church member, brought goods and non-perishable items, and the idea to the Mission Committee, and the Sokol says fresh fruits and vegetables are group embraced it as part of their larger often left underneath the pantry itself. mission to address issues of hunger. The Karl Sokol Located next to the community garden, group regularly gathers supplies for area which has about 40 members, Sokol says shelters and food pantries throughout that the pantry has benefitted from robust the Chicago area and provides and serves community support. meals at the Boulevard in Chicago.

People donate and take canned pet food as well as human Those interested in donating can bring items to the food, he says. On the Brookfield Connections Facebook church office or simply put smaller items in the pantry page, he sees people post about buying something for the itself. Suggested items include travel size shampoo, body pantry, so he knows there is community interest in keeping wash, soap, individually wrapped toilet tissue, feminine the pantry supplied. hygiene products, baby food, granola bars, and canned What he likes best about the project is that it’s easily repfoods with pop lids.

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An urban vegetable garden flowers in Austin PCC teams with Botanic Garden, community to grow fresh produce

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By Lacey Sikora

n Austin, a garden and a farm stand are providing more than just fruits and vegetables to a community in need.

Across the street from the PCC Austin Family Health Center, the PCC Austin Farm Stand partners with the Chicago Botanic Garden’s Windy City Harvest program, and maintains an urban garden which grows produce for the farm stand.

Lucy Flores is the community outreach manager at PCC Austin Family Health Center. She says the programs were much needed in the neighborhood. “According to the USDA, the Austin community is a food dessert with a scarcity of access to fresh fruits and vegetables.”

Several years ago, PCC Austin thought about the best way to utilize an adjacent empty city lot and joined forces with the Chicago Botanic Garden to found a growing space. For Flores, it was an appropriate tie in to PCC’s mission of wellness.

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Lucy Flores, Community Outreach Health Education Manager, walks between beds of vegetables on Sept. 28, at the PCC Wellness Austin Farm in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

“It’s hard to get to the store to get fresh veg“We wanted to extend our message beyond etables. I love to go and buy corn, green beans, the four walls of our clinic. PCC Wellness is green tomatoes, okra and squash. I wash and a federally qualified health center and our freeze it too because in the winter I won’t have mission is to provide quality medical and those fresh vegetables.” behavioral health service to low-income, She says that one attraction is the quality of under-resourced and under-served communithe produce she finds. “To me, there’s a differties. We have on-site WIC services for new ence. You can really smell the vegetables and moms and infants, and in-house dental care fruit. A peach smells like a peach should smell. also. Nutrition is a part of all of this.”

It looks better than what is at the store and cost The farm stand is located at 330 N. Lotus better too.”

Ave. and in 2017 was open Tuesdays between Young also says that the sense of comJune 6 and Oct. 31 from 12 to 5 p.m. and one munity keeps her coming back. “At the farm Saturday a month from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. stand, I strike up a conversation and meet On top of providing access to affordable, people. We talk about recipes and what we local and organically-grown produce, the Lucy Flores cook. Sometimes I try something that is new farm stand also serves as a model of urban to me, like kale or Swiss chard. I talk to just agriculture and engages the comabout everybody there. Every time I go, I munity in volunteer farming and educational workshops. learn something different. There are all kinds of different Flores notes that many customers of the farm people there.” stand are PCC patients and residents of the neighborhood. She also says that this year, they are seeing a lot more seniors shopping at the farm stand.

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Address: 330 N. Lotus Avenue, Chicago, IL 60644 Dorothy Young is a patient and neighbor of the Phone: Lucy Flores at (773) 413-1240 clinic who started shopping there this summer Email: LFlores@pccwellness.org and says that once she saw what they offered, she made sure to go every Tuesday.

“From a community standpoint, research shows that the presence of positive activity deters negative activity, so there are a lot of benefits to having the farm stand here.”

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Breaking the barrier to first jobs for ex-felons Matching willing employers with prepared employees

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By Lacey Sikora

hen Deno Andrews first opened Felony Franks in Chicago, he already knew that ex-offenders could make great employees.

Growing up, he saw how hard former prisoners worked in his family’s restaurant supply company. After Felony Frank’s moved to Oak Park in 2016, Andrews remained committed to his idea of employing ex-offenders at his restaurant, but the Oak Park native envisioned something bigger.

In February 2017, he won a $50,000 grant through the Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation’s Big Idea contest. He has put that money to work through his website: www.therescuefoundation.org.

Calling the website the first phase of his business plan, Andrews is creating a site that matches job candidates with potential employers.

For Andrews the challenge for ex-offenders begins at the start of their job search.

“Even employers who say they don’t have a box on the application about prior felonies are wasting applicants’ time if they still do background checks.”

For someone recently out of prison, he says, money and time are in short supply, and both are needed to travel on public transportation to entry-level jobs. If businesses accept applications from anyone but later require background checks, most ex-offenders don’t make it to a second interview.

Andrews’ website removes that uncer-

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Tana Edmonson rings up a customer on Oct. 4, at Felony Franks on North Avenue in Oak Park. (Below) Crew member Marquis Burnett, cuts fresh potatoes at Felony Franks. tainty from the calculation. “Our candidates know that any interview we send them on, the business has agreed to hire ex-offenders.”

Tana Edmonson, a Felony Franks employee, connected with the restaurant at a job resource center at Triton College. She says, “I had gotten hired in different jobs,

Through a questionnaire for both emFelony Franks and is expanding to commuployer and potential employee, the Rescue nity centers on the West Side. He will also Foundation aims to surface any potential offer training to employers. “I’ll go in and issues prior to matching a candidate with a lecture about the challenges for a business potential job. Part of the process is vetting that they might not have considered.” the ex-offender’s crime to determine if the For example, most businesses pay embusiness is an appropriate fit. Another big ployees every two weeks. That new hire issue? Timing. might not have enough money “One of the biggest for a bus card to get to work barriers for getting before the first pay check a job is availability,” comes in. Just offering a bus says Andrews. “So card can make a new hire many of our candimore reliable. dates are single parAt the end of the day, ents and might have Andrews thinks his projrestrictions on days ect has far more long-term or shifts that they can implications than just helping work.” ex-offenders get their first The website also coventry level job. “We’re teachDeno Andrews ers an individual’s pering networking. One half of sonal situation with a our employees have pivoted list of questions that to better jobs because they Andrews says help learned how to network here. employers get a bigger picture of It’s about radical transformations. We’re the situation. From home security improving the lives of the ex-offenders with to financial security to child care and meaningful, good work. The secondary addictions, the questionnaire is aimed at benefit is their offspring. They have a role assessing whether an applicant is ready for model at home and learn a work ethic. We the job market and what type of job might could interrupt the cycle of incarceration. be the best fit.

That’s my motivation: the ripple effect.”

On the employer side, Andrews reaches Other area businesses that employ exout and spend two hours a day, four days a offenders include Robinson’s Ribs in Oak week talking with local businesses about Park, Uncle Remus Chicken, and Ben’s Ribs hiring ex-offenders. He offers classes at in Austin.

“It’s about radical transformations.

We’re improving the lives of the ex-offenders with meaningful, good work.”

but when they found out I was a felon, they wouldn’t hire me.”

Since she began at Felony Franks three years ago, she has a rented an apartment and is able to visit her family in Indiana on a regular basis. Andrews hopes that the website will more easily connect candidates like Edmonson with businesses looking to hire.

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‘The outer and the inner man and woman’ WHA re-entry program takes holistic approach

By Lacey Sikora

ing in many cases. We offer on-site anger management counseling, mental health care, he Westside Health Authority was domestic violence therapy and help with founded in 1988 and one of its substance abuse.” original divisions was the Workforce WHA also offers cognitive behavioral therRe-entry program. Through six locaapy. Ehmen says this is important because tions, WHA provides on-site services while programs eventually end, movements for ex-offenders looking for work. Roger do not. He cites the need for a short term Ehmen, WHA’s director for and long term approach, this program, says that the providing an example of a program is in-depth and participant who might curemphasizes, “We address rently be labelled as a gang the outer and inner man banger but wants to make and woman.” that long term transition to The external issues might a family man. start with the most basic of According to Ehmen, needs. Many ex-offenders WHA’s approach is working. need food, identification, “Our recidivism rate has clothing, or help with enrollbeen under 10 percent for ing in food stamp programs four years. For Cook County or the Affordable Care Act. Jail, that recidivism rate Roger Ehmen For most, finding a job is a is 62.7 percent. Because we goal that requires not only address the inner and the those basics, but job training outer, our rate is lower.” and placement. External As the federally-funded, official re-entry care might also include dental and eye care. center for the City of Chicago, WHA’s WorkJust as important Ehmen stresses is the force Re-entry program is able to provide internal work. “They also need counsela wide-range of services to participants.

Knowing that no agency can provide all needed services, it partners with 65 other agencies on the West Side.

Even prior to offenders being released, WHA works with correctional centers, going into the centers three times a month for pre-release orientations to help offenders begin to recognize what their needs will be once

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“We offer on-site anger management counseling, mental health care, domestic violence therapy and help with substance abuse.”

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Charles Page, of Chicago, takes a test on Oct. 12, at the West Side Health Authority on Division Street in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood. (Below) Case Manger Tonya Grisby, left, goes over paperwork with Sterlin Payne. they are released. After prison, ex-offenders face a variety of barriers from lack of a high school diploma to inability to pay for public transportation.

WHA partners with Malcolm X College to conduct on-site, no-cost GED classes.

Because transportation costs are a major barrier to ex-offenders seeking help, WHA offers a case-management on wheels, with an outreach coordinator travelling to transitional houses. On Dec. 1, the program will open a transitional residence of its own. For those convicted of low-level crimes, the home will offer 90 days of transition and access to all of WHA’s services. WHA works with over 200

employers on job placement, often offering on-site interviews.

Through other programming, such as WHA’s housing program, ex-offenders are considered part of the solution. WHA works with banks on foreclosed homes, hiring ex-offenders to rehab the homes, a program that has widespread benefits according to Ehmen.

“We’re taking blighted properties, making them over, giving felons construction skills and helping someone who couldn’t normally afford a home. It’s increasing homeownership in our community, and as a result, more employers are returning to our community.”

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Job search has special challenges for ex-felons, homeless Housing Forward taps expert volunteers to help

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A big topic is resumes. Volunteers can help edit resumes if participants already have t Housing Forward, the Prevail proone in place, or they can help clients create a gram offers employment readiness resume. Tucker notes that for many clients, programs for ex-offendthis step involves giving them ers, those touched by the skills to create their own rehomelessness and others sumes, from computer knowledge who need help entering the to how to write up experiences. workforce. Romiesha Tucker, Volunteers help clients conduct Prevail’s program manager, says job searches and also prepare for one of the first steps is pairing them for interviews via mock participants with skills-based interviews and working on phone volunteers. interview skills. While Housing “We have former recruiters, Forward does not provide job teachers, human resource people, placement, Tucker says they take and former hiring managers. If steps to help clients make good ROMIESHA TUCKER a participant is on probation or contacts.

Prevail’s program manager has any convictions, we have a “We establish relationships lawyer they can work with. The with employers who are willing first meeting is just a getting to know you to work with our clientele, whether they are meeting, getting to know your story. At the older applicants, homeless or ex-offenders. second meeting we go over goals, and then We might work with Felony Franks or we go from there.”

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“We establish relationships with employers who are willing to work with our clientele, whether they are older applicants, homeless or ex-offenders.

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Christy is great because she understands the background of drug abusers. She started her own business and hires year-round workers. This is great because our clients don’t need temporary jobs. They need sustainability going forward, a way to pay the rent.”

In addition to the skills-based volunteer hours which are held Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, Housing Forward offers a computer lab and the aid of an AmeriCorps volunteer who can help walk-ins with jobrelated computer work. Tucker emphasizes, “It’s a job to find a job. We encourage a person to submit at least 10 applications a day.”

For a more intense program, Housing Forward offers its Career Passport Program, which runs four days a week, five hours a day for five weeks. Aimed at clients who have been in one of Housing Forward’s shelters, it is an intensive way to address barriers that homeless people have in finding employment.

Through all of its employment readiness programs, Housing Forward integrates with other programming in the office because the clients who seek help finding a job often need assistance in other areas. The Emergency Assistance Program helps clients who need help with getting an ID, face eviction

or need bill payment plans. The Homeless Prevention Hotline also overlaps with job readiness because employment is a key to sustainability. Housing Forward also works to provide referrals to NAMI (National Alliance of Mental Illness) or rehabilitation services for clients who have mental or physical health issues that need to be resolved.

Resources Workforce Re-Entry Westside Health Authority Website: www.healthauthority.org/initiatives/ employment-services/ Address: 5417 W Division St, Chicago, IL 60651 Phone: (773) 378-1878 The Rescue Foundation Website: www.therescuefoundation.org Housing Forward Employment Readiness Program Website: www.housingforward.org Phone: (708) 338-1724 (888) 338-1744 (toll free)

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eason of Giving is a campaign organized by Wednesday Journal and the Oak Park River Forest Community Foundation to encourage local charitable giving during the holiday season. It has long

been recognized that when we shop local, our money recirculates through the local economy reaping dividends for the entire community. The same is true for charitable giving. When you donate to local nonprofits, your money goes to work in your own

neighborhood. Your donations feed local families, offer safety and learning to local children, and enrich the beauty and art that surrounds us all. Over the coming weeks, we hope that you will take a moment to look over the listings in this Giving Guide. Find

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Animal Care League

Animal Care League offers a safe haven for pets in need. Founded in 1973, Animal Care League takes a proactive approach to animal care and adoption as well as preventative measures to help reduce the number of homeless animals in our communities. With over 1000 pets coming to our doors each year, Animal Care League counts on supporters to ensure that we can provide what is needed from routine vaccinations to life saving surgery.

Make a difference in the life of a homeless animal by visiting www.animalcareleague. org where you can sign up to volunteer, make a donation, view our adoptable pets, and learn about upcoming events.

Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation We connect donors to impact. Your gift to the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundation can benefit one or many organizations locally, regionally or nationally. We accept all sizes of gifts -- gifts of cash, appreciated stock, real estate and through bequests.

We work with you to match your philanthropic interests with needs.

We manage scholarships for students and provide enrichment grants for young people.

We provide grants to local nonprofit organizations, present Impact Excellence seminars for them and manage many of their funds. We connect our community for collective impact.

For more about what we do, please visit us at: www.oprfcf.org, on Facebook and Twitter: @oprfcf.

708-848-1560 1049 Lake Street, Suite 204 Oak Park, IL 60301 Donate online at: https://goo.gl/MeQaon

The Collaboration for Early Childhood

The Collaboration for Early Childhood is your resource for early childhood information in Oak Park and River Forest. We provide the connections vital to every child’s opportunity for success in learning and in life. We work with more than 60 organizations so that parents and their children receive critical information and support services, children are screened for developmental delays, teachers in child care centers, preschools and family child care homes provide high quality programs and our most vulnerable children and their families experience a strong web of support.

For more information, or to make a donation, please visit us at collab4kids.org or follow us on Facebook.

Concordia University Chicago Founded in 1864, Concordia University Chicago is a comprehensive liberal arts-based Christian university in the Lutheran tradition. Through its College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, College of Education, and College of Graduate and Innovative Programs, Concordia-Chicago offers more than 100 areas of study in small classes taught by professors who are passionate about teaching and student success. Concordia-Chicago equips men and women to serve and lead with integrity, creativity, competence and compassion in a diverse, interconnected and increasingly urbanized church and world.

More than 5,000 full-time undergraduate and graduate students are enrolled at Concordia-Chicago, located in River Forest.

Oak Park Festival Theatre Since 1975 Oak Park Festival Theatre, the Midwest’s oldest professional outdoor classical theatre, has brought the magic of dramatic masterpieces to generations of our neigh-

bors. Whether performing under the stars in beautiful Austin Gardens as we do each summer or at any of the many local venues where we partner with local philanthropic agencies (such as Housing Forward, Oak Park Housing Authority or Nineteenth Century Charitable Association), Festival Theatre breaths fresh air into timeless texts for Oak Park and beyond.

With ticket prices kept friendly for every budget and free admission for all under 13, we rely on the generosity of our audiences to continue our dynamic community dialogue.

Donations can be made on-line at oakparkfestival.com or mailed to us: Oak Park Festival Theatre, P.O. Box 4114, Oak Park, IL 60303.

Hephzibah

Hephzibah Children’s Association was founded in 1897. We serve more than 1,000 children and families each year through innovative, community-based programs.

Hephzibah provides a Group Home for children who have been taken from their families due to profound abuse or neglect.

Our skilled staff recruits and trains foster parents, and offers ongoing support to help all family members navigate challenges.

Our after-school Day Care operates on a sliding scale to serve working parents in Oak Park, with programs based at each elementary school.

To make a real difference in the lives of children and families, please donate today at hephzibahhome.org.

Housing Forward The mission of Housing Forward is to transition people from housing crisis to housing stability. By emphasizing prevention, supportive services, employment readiness and supportive housing, we are able to offer a comprehensive, long-term solution that moves clients into housing quickly and keeps them there.

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This housing-first approach to homelessness is more efficient, more fiscally responsible and less traumatic to clients who are typically facing extraordinary hardship. It is also beneficial to the communities being served who do not have to bear the costs of homelessness in the form of expanded social services, health care and public safety costs.

We offer an attractive return on your investment — measured in terms of human lives and futures.

To donate, please visit housingforward. org/give, or contact Janet Gow, Director of Development & Communications, at 708.338.1724 ext. 262.

L’Arche Chicago L’Arche Chicago is a community where people with intellectual disabilities live together with direct support professionals, in homes, as family. We strive to merge quality care and mutual relationships, building a community where everyone has a genuine place of belonging.

L’Arche seeks to be a sign of hope, revealing the truth that all people, including those with intellectual disabilities, have gifts to share.

Your contributions enable each core member (person with intellectual disability) to live an independent, full life in our vibrant homes of love and compassion in the OPRF area.

To donate or get involved, visit LArcheChicago.org/OPRF

Nineteenth Century Charitable Association The Nineteenth Century Club was established in 1891 and the spirit of the founders continues today in the work of the Nineteenth Century Charitable Association through community outreach grants, scholarships, and public programming in five areas: music, art, literature, science, and social sciences. The NCCA is the owner of 178 Forest Avenue, commonly referred to as the Nineteenth Century Club. Our charitable and cultural activities

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This Community Giving Guide of local nonprofits will run weekly through December.

If you would like information on how to list your organization, email Marc Stopeck at marc@oakpark.com. are supported by our members, volunteers, donors, and by the events held at the Club.

Programs are open to all and we welcome men and women of all ages to join.

If you would like information about volunteering, joining or donating, please call us at 708-386-2729 email to info@nineteenthcentury.org.

The Oak Park Education Foundation (OPEF) Strong schools are at the heart of a strong community.

Established in 1989, OPEF is a privately funded, nonprofit organization that brings artists, architects, scientists, and technology experts into K-8th grade classrooms at every District 97 school. Our professional partners share their passion for learning while conducting free, hands-on residencies with more than 4,200 students annually. OPEF also runs BASE Camp, exceptional summer enrichment.

Learn more, volunteer or donate at opef.org.

260 Madison St., Oak Park, IL 60302 Contact: Tracy Dell’Angela Barber, Executive Director tdellangelabarber@opef.org. 708-524-3023

Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society/ IWS Children’s Clinic Heartfelt Healthcare is a home for the holidays.

Everyone wants to be home for the holidays. Family, friends, food and laughter. Comforting, familiar and happy.

The warm, welcoming embrace of the Oak Park River Forest Infant Welfare Society’s Children’s Clinic is a home of a different kind.

We care for children from families that could not find help anywhere else. Children who are living in poverty and have faced difficult circumstances.

We provide medical, dental and behavioral services right here from our cozy building on Lake Street. We even help with nutrition, pet therapy, health education and literacy support. We call it Heartfelt Healthcare.

Please give generously this Holiday – from your home to theirs. Please call (708)4068661 or visit www.oprfiws.org.

Oak Park Public Library Support literacy, learning, and community connection When you give locally, you can choose to share a gift that nurtures ideas and spreads knowledge in and around Oak Park. You can support the freedom to read, to learn, and to grow. Loyalty to your local public library helps a 113-year-old institution, dedicated to literacy and community connection,

continue to be free and accessible to all.

To learn more about how you can make a difference and keep Oak Park’s center of information, local history, and civic engagement strong, contact Executive Director David J. Seleb (d.seleb@ oppl.org, 708.697.6911) or Deputy Director Jim Madigan (jmadigan@oppl. org,708.697.6909).

Oak Park Regional Housing Center The Housing Center promotes and sustains the racial integration of Oak Park.

We help over 3,500 households and 250 landlords annually. The Housing Center provides the foundation for equity and inclusion in Oak Park. Your gift helps keep Oak Park’s promise of diversity that we all cherish.

To donate visit: oprhc.org/donate or make checks payable to OPRHC, 1041 South Boulevard, Oak Park, IL 60302

Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry $1 = 3 meals, is an equation only you can make possible.

With your help, Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry has been reducing local hunger for nearly 40 years. Your support means we are able to meet the needs of nearly 16,000 families struggling with hunger each year. It means we can provide over 50 pounds of nutritious food plus access to vital programs and services to help people stretch limited food budgets in healthy ways.

It means that even a little goes a long way: every $1 donated can feed a neighbor for an entire day.

To make a donation, visit oprffoodpantry. org or send checks payable to OPRF Food Pantry to Oak Park River Forest Food Pantry, 848 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301.

PACTT Learning Center At PACTT Learning Center, we believe that the road to a higher quality of life is paved with a quality of opportunity. Providing our participants with access to employment and recreation in the community is critical to ensuring the success of the people we serve. Through person-centered programs that emphasize access, choice and the dignity of risk, PACTT provides a safe environment for participants to experience a personal freedom grounded in human rights. PACTT programs include a therapeutic day school, residential services for children & adults, a transition program for older teens and vocational training/job placement for adults.

To learn more about PACTT or make a donation, go to www.pactt.org or call 773338-9102 ext. 2424

Pillars

Bono Network the Oak Park-River Forest Community Foundatio Coordinated byPro

Pillars is the largest nonprofit provider of mental health and social services in the western and southwestern suburbs. The agency serves 10,000 people each year through direct client services, including Mental Health, Addictions, Domestic & Sexual Violence, Child & Family Services, and Community Housing. Untreated mental illness and addiction can lead to hospitalization, encounters with law enforcement, violence, and even early death. Pillars’ programs empower people to break out of those cycles and lead healthy, productive, independent lives—which ultimately saves the community money. Stand together as Pillars, with us.

Donate online or pledge a monthly gift today at www.pillarscommunity.org/donate.

Access to justice should not depend upon one’s income. During this time of need, there are not enough lawyers to help people with human rights needs. These include safety from an abuser, adequate housing, and the ability to get a job.

Pro Bono Network, a locally-grown and new kind of organization, has brought over 200 attorneys to pro bono work by making legal representation practical. As a result over 1000 clients have received legal aid services which often encompass human rights.

Learn more at pro-bono-network.org.

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Ping!

PING! provides the opportunity to experience the many benefits of a music education to students in need in our community. Each year PING! loans musical instruments to students in need in Oak Park River Forest school districts 90, 97, and 200 so that they can participate in the band and orchestra programs at school. PING! also provides music enrichment through workshops for 4th and 5th graders; mentoring, scholarships for summer music camp, and field trips for middle schoolers; and private music lessons for high school students. PING! is a volunteer-run organization that depends on the community for donated instruments, volunteer help, and financial contributions to maintain our instrument inventory and programs.

For more information or to make a donation, go to pingoprf.org. If you have an instrument to donate, send us an email at pingoprf@ gmail.com.

Pleasant Home Pleasant Home Foundation, a non-profit organization, restores and preserves our National Historic Landmark house museum while offering a wide variety of educational opportunities, cultural programming and free community events.

Financial support is crucial to sustain Pleasant Home as an important resource for tourism and as a center for the community.

217 Home Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302 pleasanthome.org, hruehlemay@pleasanthome.org, 708-383-2654

The River Forest Library Foundation “A library outranks any other one thing a community can do to benefit its people,” said Andrew Carnegie. That’s why he funded thousands of public libraries a century ago to help people help themselves through self-directed learning. Today, the River Forest Public Library (RFPL) carries on that core mission by providing not just books and periodicals but also a wide array of digital resources (onsite and remotely), interactive programs, and other transformative learning opportunities.

Honor a family member, a cherished teacher or mentor, a dear friend, or your own love of lifelong learning by giving to the RFPL Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization, at 735 Lathrop Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305 or rfplfoundation.org/donate. Your gift will inspire others and transform the lives of so many in our community.

Sarah’s Inn

Since 1981, Sarah’s Inn has worked to improve the lives of those impacted by domestic violence and to break the cycle of violence for future generations. Our Intervention Program provides bi-lingual services for families affected by domestic violence in order to safely navigate crisis, effectively process trauma and ensure self-sufficiency. Our Training and Education Program creates a network of skilled bystanders to appropriately intervene as first responders and community advocates.

Our Together Strong Project was created to prevent relationship violence by teaching youth about the impact of their choices, giving them the tools to lead healthy lives, and empowering them to make a difference in their community.

To donate, visit donatenow.networkforgood. org/sarahsinn, or make a tax-deductible donation through postal mail by sending a check to: Sarah’s Inn, PO Box 1159, Oak Park, IL 60304

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Hope, resilience and recovery form the heart of our programs and services. Last year we provided critical services to approximately 2,000 friends, neighbors and family members including…

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Each year The Symphony of Oak Park & River Forest receives support from loyal patrons and generous friends. Ticket sales provide less than half the funds needed for the Symphony’s performances. Your gift keeps this award-winning orchestra going strong, allowing us to keep our ticket prices low and provide free tickets to students through college to our concerts held at Dominican University.

This year we celebrate our 85th Anniversary and your help is needed to ensure our future.

We will reward donations of $100 (or more!) with a complementary ticket to our February 12 BEETHOVEN’s 9th concert or a free CD of our April Symphony Center concert.

Make your end-of-year tax-deductible donation at symphonyoprf.com, or: P.O. Box 3564, Oak Park, IL 60303-3564.

Thrive Counseling Center Thrive Counseling Center (formerly Family Services of Oak Park) has provided community mental health services for 118 years. Located in the heart of Oak Park, our mission is to build healthy minds, families and communities by empowering people to attain mental and emotional well-being.

• counseling for youth and adults • psychiatric care and medication management • 24/7 crisis intervention • in-home counseling for older adults • case management and supportive housing • psycho-social recovery day program • stress reduction courses

To learn more or donate, please visit thrivecc.org. or call 708-383-7500, ext. 316.

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UCP Seguin of Greater Chicago UCP Seguin believes that all people, regardless of ability, deserve to achieve their potential, advance their independence and act as full members of the community. So we stop at nothing to provide life skills training, assistive technology, meaningful employment and a place to call home for people with disabilities, as well as specialized foster care for children. Our goal: life without limits for people with disabilities.

Make a difference in the lives of people with disabilities. Donate online at ucpseguin. org send gifts to UCP Seguin, 332 Harrison Street, Oak Park IL 60304

West Cook YMCA It’s our passion at the West Cook YMCA that financial need should never stand in the way of anyone who wants to achieve vitality and improve their well-being. YMCA scholarships cover everything from memberships and class fees to after-school programs and summer day camps for children. Community support makes it possible for us to provide more than $120,000 in scholarships to local residents for Y programs and memberships each year. Your holiday donation will help even more neighbors receive the gift of healthy living.

To donate, visit WestCookYMCA.org/donate or send your check to West Cook YMCA, 255 S. Marion St., Oak Park, IL 60302,

708-383-5200

Wonder Works Children’s Museum Creative and imaginative play are vital to a healthy child and Wonder Works Children’s Museum provides countless opportunities for both, giving children a safe space to explore. Wonder Works is committed to providing an environment where early learning flourishes through thoughtfully designed “experience zones” and educational programming.

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Youth Outreach Services (YOS) Aa non-profit organization that helps atrisk youth in the Chicago area reach their potential. For almost 60 years, we’ve focused on caring for teens that face challenges at home, in school and in the community. YOS believes all youth are capable of excellence. Our job is to provide the support they need to meet challenges head on, discover their strengths and make healthy choices. We provide comprehensive services from our four service areas depending on each client’s needs: Counseling, Prevention, Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice with programs in schools, client’s homes and our offices.

To make a donation, volunteer, or get more information, go to yos.org or call 773-7777112x7270

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For 21 years Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest has supported the nonprofit community and the causes they serve, whether it’s social services, the arts or education. Community Bank has a strong connection to each organization, which is a mutual passion for serving the community.

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3rd Annual Women in Leadership Conference Riveredge Hospital and Wednesday Journal partnered on the 3rd Annual Women in Leadership Conference on October 25, 2017. Cofounded by Carey Carlock, CEO of Riveredge Hospital and Dawn Ferencak, Associate Publisher of Wednesday Journal Publications, the event was held at Riveredge Hospital with a theme of Innovate, Integrate, Motivate! Keynote speakers were Sandy Marsico, founder and CEO of Sandstorm, a digital marketing agency, and Molly Rudberg, owner of Molly Rudberg, LLC, a life coaching firm for high performing business owners and leaders, and co-author of “From the Yoga Mat to the Corner Office - A Mindful Approach to Business

Senator Don Harmon, Loretto Hospital, Walgreens, Forest Agency,

Success”.

MXOtech, Mathnasium, Community Bank of Oak Park River Forest, COSTCO of North Riverside, Children’s Dentistry, CYCLEBAR, HIT IT!

A panel discussion, moderated by Doris Davenport, the host of

Fitness®, and The Barre Code®.

The Doris Davenport Show “All Local All the Time”, included Carey Carlock, Dr. Carol Y. Collum, entrepreneur, community educator,

Committee members included Jacquinete Baldwin, Kristen Benford,

author, mentor, and business consultant, Eileen Hattan Lynch, District

Karen Burmeister, Carey E. Carlock, Megan Dickel, Dawn Ferencak,

Director and Chief of Staff to Illinois State Senator Don Harmon,

Eileen Hattan Lynch, Allison Ray, and Tandra Rutledge. For more

and Joanna Sobran, President and CEO of MXOtech, a technology

information about the annual Women in Leadership Conference,

company serving as an outsourced IT department for small to mid-

contact Megan Dickel at megan@oakpark.com.

size businesses.

Visit oakpark.com/wilc2017 to view more photos from the event.

Generous sponsors included Watson Chiropractic, Currie Motors,

Photos courtesy of Sebastián Hidalgo

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Celebrating 100 Years

OPINION O U R

V I E W

Library looks ahead Forest Park is home to a feisty and welcoming public library that understands well its mission of serving a wonderfully diverse town that makes a lot of demands on its small facility and nimble staff.

Now, as the “new” library ages toward its 25th anniversary, its board and administrators are in a conundrum.

Normal wear and tear demands that some basic building systems — the roof, carpeting, bathrooms — need replacement or upgrading. These aren’t cheap fixes. A new roof could hit $100,000.

While the library has been frugal and built up a $2 million reserve for such capital expenses, the looming reinvestments beg this basic question: How much money should be spent repairing a library that was too small from the day it opened in 1995? Where vital meeting spaces are cramped and overbooked. Where space for staff to do its work is extremely limited.

Do you put a roof on the current building or do you figure out the cost of adding a story to the existing building?

Do you remake public bathrooms or do you explore the cost of a whole new building that might have a parking lot larger than three spaces?

Expanding or rebuilding will obviously cost more than the $2 million set aside currently. A major expansion will need a thoroughgoing plan and then a persuasive sales job to pass a tax referendum. Count us as among those who would need to be persuaded.

Library board members and administrators, a subset of which constitutes a “Special Building Project Committee,” is just at the brainstorming phase of this interesting discussion. They promise to move thoughtfully and to seek wide input from the entire community.

That’s smart and what we’d expect from a local institution that regularly displays a very good feel for this community.

The message of spoiled milk You can scald the oatmeal. You can burn the fries to a crisp. And you can call it a one-off, bad day in the kitchen at the high school. But when, again, you offer our kids cartons of milk that are actively spoiled, then you have a bigger problem.

That’s the situation in which Aramark Services, the unpopular food provider at Proviso East, has again put itself.

In July, the school board hired Aramark for another year only because it felt backed into a corner. And the board heard loud and clear from a principal, Patrick Hardy, who felt the company’s lousy food and service were a personal affront to his students.

What is obviously a probation school year for Aramark did focus this giant company’s mind enough that they weren’t serving spoiled milk yet again. And the reasons for the foul-up were far from assuring. A broken cooling system on a delivery truck was not immediately reported to Aramark. And then its own staff did not follow protocol and measure the milk’s temperature on delivery.

Time for the administration to launch the search for a new vendor for the next school year. Hard to convince our students that we are watching out for them, raising expectations on them, when we can’t even serve up lump-free milk.

Searching for people to look up to

‘W

ell if isn’t Poplar Park’s two biggest bleeding heart dogooders!”

Michael Rosenthal winked at his neighbor, Pastor Walter Mitty, as he slid into the corner booth at the Main Café this past Monday morning and said to the ever-grumpy waitress, who had been pouring coffee in their cups since Reagan was president, “And a good Monday morning to you, Alice.”

Alice put her hands on her hips and replied, “So I suppose you want fair trade coffee and vegan pancakes?” She paused for effect and added, “Well tough. We don’t have either one on the menu which you would see if you took the time to read it.”

Mitty and Michael pretended to be hurt and offended for a moment and then in unison said, “The usual, Alice.”

Michael started the conversation. “Walt, have you been following the story about the cremation of King Bhumibol?”

“You mean in Thailand?”

“Right. Walt, have you noticed how much the Thais love him? I mean, the guy has been dead for a whole year, and it seems like the whole country, and I mean the whole country, really loved him. For 70 years, Walt. Can you believe that? Seventy years he was on the throne.”

“I admit I haven’t paid much attention,” said Mitty, “but now that you mention it, Mongkut over at the Thai restaurant has always had the King’s picture hung on the wall and all year he’s had black cloth draping it.”

“I’ve been watching this funeral unfold,” Michael continued, “and what bothered me is that we don’t have anyone in Poplar Park, or the whole country, who comes even close to being loved by everyone.”

Pastor Mitty thought for a minute and said, “What you said is certainly true about Poplar Park. Enough people like Mayor Romano to get him elected, but I don’t know anyone who would mourn his passing for more than a week let alone a whole year.”

“Governor Rauner?” asked Michael.

“I see what you mean,” Mitty replied, “and if our president died, maybe 25% of the country would mourn his passing but at least as many would throw a party.”

“And another thing about Thailand,” said Michael.

“Their politics are as crazy as ours, but when the office holders there line their pockets too much or grossly abuse their power, you know what happens? The army steps in and takes over and, according to Mongkut, they do a better job of running the country than the politicians do.”

“Solved the world’s problems yet?” Alice asked as she served two plates of toast, a plate with a waffle and another with a breakfast burrito, all of which she had been carrying on her left arm while carrying a pot of coffee in her right hand.

“We’ll have it for you by the end of breakfast,” Mitty replied, thanking Alice for her service. He took a sip of warmed-up coffee and said, “Michael, do you remember how, 40 years ago, a lot of us college students thought of the military as the source of all evil?”

Michael nodded and said, “But now, from what I hear on the news, it’s the generals in the White House who are creating some order in the midst of the chaos there.”

He paused, gathering his thoughts, took a deep breath and added, “So it got me thinking. Is there something about military culture which produces mature leaders in ways that elected officials can’t achieve because they always have to pander to the voters who got them where they are?”

“So,” Mitty said after taking a long drink of coffee, “which is more dangerous? Unconditional obedience to superiors who are sometimes misguided, misinformed or downright psychotic? Remember weapons of mass destruction? Or pandering to an electorate that is misguided, misinformed and projecting their anger on people who think differently than they do?”

Alice arrived just then to refill their cups for the last time. “Well, I’m waiting.”

“Waiting? Waiting for what, Alice?” asked Pastor Walt.

“You told me to wait till the end of breakfast to hear how you are going to solve the world’s problems. Your plates are empty, so I’m waiting.”

Michael winked at his neighbor again and said, “We decided that you’re the best waitress in Poplar Park.”

For the first time in memory, Alice couldn’t think of anything to say.

TOM

HOLMES

O B I T U A R I E S

Alice Kyzivat, 92

Doris Dobbeck, 93

Forest Park resident

Forest Park resident

Alice U. Kyzivat (nee Unger), 92, of Forest Park, formerly of Brookfield, died on Oct. 28, 2017. Born on Jan. 16, 1925, she worked as an office clerk in the manufacturing industry. Alice was the wife of the late Stanley C. Kyzivat; sister of Jerry Unger and Carol Unger; aunt of many nieces and nephews; and the friend of Susan (Mark) Marotta.

Visitation and service will be held on Nov. 1 at Hitzeman Funeral Home in Brookfield, 708-485-2000.

Doris Dobbeck (nee Herzfeldt), 93, a longtime resident of Forest Park, died peacefully on Oct. 27, 2017. She was a longtime member of St John Lutheran Church. Doris was the wife of the late Robert Dobbeck; the mother of William (Laurie) Dobbeck and Susan (Robert) Bulthuis; the grandmother of Kate Dobbeck, Will (Joanna) Dobbeck, David Bulthuis and Erin Bulthuis; and the sister Continued on page 15

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O B I T U A R I E S

Dick Brennan, 87, created safe havens Richard “Dick” Brennan was the second of four children born to Irish immigrants, Edmund and Agnes Brennan.

Shortly after his birth, on Sept. 2, 1930, Edmund attempted to organize transit workers in Chicago. For his efforts, he and his family were deported to England.

So Dick Brennan grew up in London during the blitz. He spent many nights in bomb shelters, as his family struggled for survival. Growing up in wartime England made Brennan a frugal person throughout his life, though he was generous with family and friends. After he graduated high school from St. James in London in 1947, his family returned to Chicago.

Brennan was always good with numbers and worked as a bookkeeper while taking business courses at DePaul University. For the 21-year-old, 1951 proved to be a watershed year. He met the love of his life, Honor Petrie, of Forest Park, at a South Side dance. He was also drafted into the U.S. Army and served an 18-month tour of duty as a leadership instructor at Camp Gordon, Georgia.

Continued from page 14 of Lorraine Turpin, Audrey Sittner and Carol Mueller.

In lieu of flowers, the family appreciates memorial donations to St John Lutheran Church, 305 Circle Ave., Forest Park 60130. For service information, call 708-442-8500 or visit woodlawnchicago.com.

Following his honorable discharge, Brennan drove a Pepsi truck while earning a degree in International Relations at the University of Chicago. After Dick and Honor wed, their first apartment was at Elgin & Jackson in Forest Park. It featured a Murphy bed that folded into the wall.

They later moved to a tiny one-bedroom on the South Side, where four of their six boys were born.

In 1959, the family bought their first house, a Victorian at Erie & Humphrey in Oak Park. They paid $20,000 for the spacious home, which featured a wraparound porch. In 1960, Brennan became the credit manager at Mercy Hospital. Five years later, he took the same position at Grant Hospital.

By 1964, there were six boys and a daughter, Cathy, living in the house. The family took annual camping trips, starting with a trip to the Montreal Expo in 1967. Their adventures included enduring gale force winds at Cape Hatteras. The parents planted a kid at each corner to keep their tent upright.

Back home, Dick rose early to drive his sons to hockey practice. Rich, Danny and Sean excelled, while Tim, Chris and Pat pursued other sports. He also drove Cathy to Irish dance practice; she danced competitively until she was 19.

Dick and Honor celebrated their Irish roots by singing with the Heritage Singers at the Irish American Heritage Center.

In October 1976, the family moved to River Forest. Brennan had been promoted to administrative assistant at Grant Hospital, on his way to becoming president. Though he never struggled with alcoholism, he had great compassion for people with drinking problems. He pioneered a successful

program for alcoholics, which included in-patient, out-patient and follow-up care. Brennan also befriended future Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White and directed Grant Hospital to treat indigent patients from Cabrini-Green.

Away from work, Brennan focused on family and friends.

He especially loved cooking for family feasts and was forever asking guests, “Are you staying for dinner?” He was known for treating everyone with respect and prided himself on knowing people’s names. At a wedding rehearsal dinner, he graciously spoke with everyone there, though he was meeting most for the first time.

After he retired from Grant Hospital in 1991, Dick and Honor took trips to Europe and Asia. At home, he busied himself with his garden and making home repairs. He remained in good health until 2013 and died on Oct. 14, 2017.

After the funeral Mass, his family celebrated his life at Jimmy’s Place on Madison Street in Forest Park, where they passed around the microphone, telling story after story about the incomparable Dick Brennan.

John Rice

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GENERAL LABORER/ SHOP HELP Forest Park sharpening company seeks General Laborer/Shop Help.

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INCOME TAX PREPARER Income tax preparer for small accounting firm during tax season (Feb 15 to Apr 15). Experience preferred.

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OFFICE ASST Forest Park sharpening company seeks Full Time Office Assistant to support Office Manager in variety of day to day tasks. Must have good communications skills, knowledge of computer and QuickBooks software. Bilingual a plus. Duties incl: Answer phones; Customer Svc; Daily Invoicing; A/P & A/R; Handle mail; Order Supplies. Send resume to berniessaw@aol.com

HELP WANTED PERSONAL TRAINER! Seeking Certified Personal Trainer to work part-time at private studio in Oak Park. Looking for someone who will fit in with our gym culture.

We meet our clients where they are, give them individualized attention, but also a lot of autonomy. Part-time position with room to grow for right candidate. Learn from and work with industry leader! Job includes managing the floor, keep the gym running smoothly. Please send your resume along with a cover letter to jamiemariemadison@gmail.com.

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Adjudicator Services THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK IS SEEKING A CONTRACTUAL ADJUDICATOR (Administrative Law Judge) Hourly Rate: $76.52 It is anticipated there will be approximately 2 - 4 days of hearings per month and approximately 6.5 hours per day.

Working for the Village under an Agreement for Contractual Services, the Adjudicator: • Serves as a hearing officer for the Adjudication Department • Hears testimony and accepts evidence that is relevant to the existence of code violations.

• Administers oaths and affirmations to witnesses • Issues a determination of liability or non-liability for a Village of Oak Park code violation based on evidence presented at the hearing and the record.

• Imposes penalties and fines consistent with applicable Code provisions upon finding a defendant liable for a violation.

• Adheres to policies, procedures and legislation set forth in the Village Code.

• Regulates the course of the hearing in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated or adopted by the Adjudication Department.

• Issues subpoenas when appropriate.

• Obeys and enforces all policies, laws, rules, and regulations in a fair and impartial manner.

The Village provides the Adjudicator: • With copies of, or full access to, all pertinent Village and department policies, rules and regulations.

• Reasonable access to all pertinent documents and records for use in rendering decisions.

• Appropriate facilities to conduct hearings including security, and administrative support to facilitate the efficient conduct of such hearings.

• Training to serve as an administrative adjudicator for the Village.

Application and Selection Method Qualified applicants are invited to submit a cover letter, detailed resume, verification of law degree, a copy of license to practice law in the State of Illinois for not less than three years, proof of any prior formal training to serve as an administrative adjudicator, and the contact information of three professional, work-related references, not later than 5:00pm on November 10, 2017 to: Robert H. Anderson, Director of Adjudication, Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, IL 60302;randerson@oak-park.us or by fax 708-358-5120. Applicants can visit the Village website athttp://www. oak-park.us/your-government/budget-purchasing/requests-proposals to obtain additional information. Selected applicants will participate in a structured interview. Applicants selected for appointment must pass a precontractual criminal background investigation (which may include fingerprinting) and reference checks.

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OAK PARK 2BED, BEAUTY 1161 S OAK PARK AVE This bright, airy apart is located in a well maintained four unit building in Oak Park. Located first floor walk up, it has: hardwood floors, ceiling fans brand new cabinets, dishwasher, microwave, c/a, new GFA—high efficiency, newer windows, gr8 closet space, huge storage space in basement, gr8 neighbors. Laundry on site. 2 space tandem parking $75.

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MAYWOOD APARTMENT FOR RENT Two bedroom apartment near schools, churches, parks and public transportation. Available November 1 2017, $900 p/month. Tenant pays own utilities. $900.00 security deposit, credit check required.

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BERWYN 32ND & OAK PARK AVE 5 ROOMS 2BR APT

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BROOKFIELD 2 BR HOUSE 2BR house in excellent condition in Hollywood area of Brookfield. Great school systems. Walk to shopping & train. Avail. immed. No pets. Credit Report req’d. $1800.

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OAK PARK BEAUTIFUL 3BR APT Well lit apartment, with hardwood floors. 3 bedrooms with ad on for office and one bath. Located on the second floor, it is walking distance from Lincoln School, CTA blue line, and bus stop. 10 mi to downtown Chicago via 290. Fenced in yard and garage parking incl. Safe, quiet, family- friendly neighborhood.

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CITY RENTALS CHICAGO 2BR 2BR apt., 1st floor. Hardwood floors, stove, refrigerator. Walk-in foyer, formal LR & DR, pantry in kitchen, enclosed back porch. Permitted parking zone. Btwn Washington & Lake. Close to Green Line, Blue Line, Pace. $1050/mo. heat incl. No smoking. Call 773.626.4762 early am & until 9pm or 708.606.9207.

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PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of Jose Calle, Petitioner and Martina Calle, Respondent, Case No. 2017D-008695.

The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, the above named Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief; and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before November 17, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to â&#x20AC;&#x153;An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,â&#x20AC;? as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D17152474 on October 19, 2017.

Under the Assumed Business Name of THE OAK PARK HANDYMAN SERVICES with the business located at: 1015 S. KENILWORTH AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304.

The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: AARON JOHNSON 1015 S. KENILWORTH AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304.

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LAW OFFICE OF LINDA EPSTEIN Attorney for Petitioner 722 W. Diversey Parkway Ste. 101B Chicago, IL 60614 STATE OF ILLINOIS, COUNTY OF COOK, ssCircuit Court of Cook County, County Department Domestic Relations Division In re the Marriage of Cheryl Simmons, Petitioner, and Davariol Taylor, Respondent.

No. 17 D 008178 The requisite affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, FAYYAZ MUHAMMAD MALIK, Respondent, that a Petition has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, by the Petitioner, for Dissolution of Marriage and for other relief: and that said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before December 1, 2017, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a Judgment for Dissolution of Marriage Entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

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PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT OF BIDDING Request of bids for the roofing improvements at Pleasant Home Mansion.

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice of Public Hearing Park District of Oak Park November 2, 2017, 7:30 p.m.

Owner: Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St, Oak Park, IL 60302 The Park District of Oak Park will accept sealed bids for the Pleasant Home Roofing at 217 S. Home Ave. in Oak Park. The project consists of the removal of existing roofing, installation of clay tile roofing, flat seam metal roofing, single ply roofing, , structural repairs, built-in gutter replacement, fiberglass ornament, downspouts, storm-sewer repair, plaster patching, painting, and electrical heat tracing of gutters and downspouts. The Park District of Oak Park will receive individual sealed Bids until 2:00 p.m. (Central time) on Thursday, November 30th, 2017, at 218 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois. The bidding documents and requirements will be available on the Park District’s website as of 2:00 pm Wednesday, November 1st, 2017. A non-mandatory pre-bid walk-thru is scheduled for Tuesday, November 7th at 9:00 a.m. (Central time) at 217 South Home Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302. Bid bonds will be required by bidding contractors. Copies of the bidding specifications are available via the Park District of Oak Park website at: http://www.pdop.org/bids-and-rfps/ For additional information, contact Chris Lindgren at chris.lindgren@pdop.org or (708) 725 2050. Only the bids prepared in compliance with the bidding documents will be considered. This project must adhere to the Prevailing Wage Act of 2017. The Park District of Oak Park encourages minority and women owned business firms to submit bids for this project.

Park District of Oak Park By: Sandy Lentz, Secretary Park District of Oak Park 218 Madison St. Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 11/1/2017

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2017 Tax Levy Notice is hereby given that the Board of Commissioners of the Park District of Oak Park will conduct a public hearing concerning the adoption of the Park District’s 2017 Property Tax Levy on November 2, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hedges Administration Center, 218 Madison St, Oak Park, IL, during the Board of Commissioners’ committee of the whole meeting.

By: Commissioner Sandy Lentz Secretary, Board of Commissioners Park District of Oak Park Published in Wednesday Journal 11/1/2017

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: D17152368 on October 10, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of TWO GIRLS AND A BUCKET with the business located at: 1190 S KENILWORTH, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: CASHMERE WIGGINS 1190 S KENILWORTH OAK PARK, IL 60304 Published in Wednesday Journal 10/18, 10/25, 11/1/2017

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: D17152450 on October 18, 2017. Under the Assumed Business Name of MARENGO PUBLISHING with the business located at: 1332 MARENGO AVE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: DAVID HUDSON 1332 MARENGO AVE FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Published in Forest Park Review 10/25, 11/1, 11/8/2017

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LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON THE FISCAL YEAR 2018 TENTATIVE ANNUAL BUDGET OF THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS A public hearing of the President and Board of Trustees (“Board”) of the Village of Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, will take place on Monday, November 20, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, regarding the Village of Oak Park tentative annual budget for the fiscal year beginning January 1, 2018 and ending December 31, 2018, at which time interested persons will be heard. The tentative annual budget is available for public inspection prior to the public hearing at the Office of the Village Clerk, Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, during regular business hours from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The hearing may be continued by the Board to another date at the public hearing by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof. The tentative annual budget may be revised and adopted by the Board without further notice or hearing.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR

BY MERGER OF U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ND Plaintiff, -v.JOSE MONTANO, BEATRIZ MONTANO, TARGET NATIONAL BANK F/K/A RETAILERS NATIONAL BANK, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR WILLMINGTON FINANCE, INC. Defendants 13 CH 007064 1643 N. 44TH 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 May 18, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 14, 2017, 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 1643 N. 44TH AVENUE, STONE PARK, IL 60165 Property Index No. 15-05-205-0080000.

The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence.

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

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fer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file 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 14-13-10882.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-13-10882 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 13 CH 007064 TJSC#: 37-9205 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 HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR WELLS FARGO HOME EQUITY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES 2005-3 TRUST, HOME EQUITY ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-3 Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, JORIE WRIGHT, LOYCE WRIGHT, JR, ROBIN S. WRIGHT, WILLIAM BUTCHER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DECEASED MORTGAGOR, BERNADETTE WRIGHT A/K/A BERNADETTE A. WRIGHT, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BERNADETTE WRIGHT A/K/A BERNADETTE A. WRIGHT, IF ANY Defendants 15 CH 4983 930 MARIK DRIVE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 29, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 30, 2017, 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 930 MARIK DRIVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-16-109-0980000.

The real estate is improved with a single family home, 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The

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

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

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 10431.

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) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 10431 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 15 CH 4983 TJSC#: 37-7970 I3061921

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: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 251305.

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) 416-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 251305 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 15 CH 16290 TJSC#: 37-8561 I3063274

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANK Plaintiff, -v.LATRICE J BARNETT, COUNTY OF COOK Defendants 15 CH 16290 321 28TH AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 1, 2017, 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 321 28TH AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-215-0180000, 15-09-215-019-0000.

The real estate is improved with a yellow, aluminum siding, single family, 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.-

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JAMES JAFFE, BMO HARRIS BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A HARRIS N.A. Defendants 17 CH 4899 2414 N. WEST ST. River Grove, IL 60171 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 30, 2017, 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 2414 N. WEST ST., River Grove, IL 60171 Property Index No. 12-27-424-0440000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $212,394.71.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, 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 17-4830.

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. 17-4830 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 17 CH 4899 TJSC#: 37-8045 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The 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 16-4031.

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. 16-4031 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 16 CH 13653 TJSC#: 37-8063 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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2933 ELDER LANE FRANKLIN PARK, IL 60131 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 30, 2017, 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 2933 ELDER LANE, FRANKLIN PARK, IL 60131 Property Index No. 12-28-220-049.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The

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

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

For information, examine the court file 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 14-16-08637.

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. 14-16-08637 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 010295 TJSC#: 37-8149 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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MICHAEL S. HOPKINS, DENISE A. HOPKINS, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants 16 CH 14817 2309 S. 12TH AVE Broadview, IL 60155 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 23, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 27, 2017, 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 2309 S. 12TH AVE, Broadview, IL 60155 Property Index No. 15-22-213-0030000 Vol. 171.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $208,358.00.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

by The Condominium Property Act,

765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

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

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

For information, 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 16-4184.

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. 16-4184 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 16 CH 14817 TJSC#: 37-8042 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 FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW AND LEGATEES OF RAYMOND F. MUELLER, ZACHARY MUELLER, AS HEIR OF RAYMOND F. MUELLER, CHRISTIAN MUELLER, AS HEIR OF RAYMOND F. MUELLER, WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF RAYMOND F. MUELLER, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 16 CH 13653 1553 NORFOLK AVE. Westchester, IL 60154 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 30, 2017, 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 1553 NORFOLK AVE., Westchester, IL 60154 Property Index No. 15-21-214-0370000 Vol. 170.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $228,083.95.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL, LLC Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT E. WARREN Defendants 16 CH 010295

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC Plaintiff,

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-v.ANGEL AVITIA A/K/A ANGEL AVITIA SR., MARIA AVITIA, STATE OF ILLINOIS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC Defendants 17 CH 5859 2049 NORTH 19TH AVENUE Melrose Park, IL 60160 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 2, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 28, 2017, 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 2049 NORTH 19TH AVENUE, Melrose Park, IL 60160 Property Index No. 12-34-302-0580000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $138,042.62.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The

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

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

For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm. Please refer to file number 17-082919.

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.

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 17-082919 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 17 CH 5859 TJSC#: 37-7129 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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hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file 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 14-17-05344.

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. 14-17-05344 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 006142 TJSC#: 37-6926 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 FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (‘’FANNIE MAE’’), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, -v.MEGAN MEGALL, JEFFREY MEGALL, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Defendants 16 CH 14802 1872 KENSINGTON AVE Westchester, IL 60154 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 22, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 27, 2017, 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 1872 KENSINGTON AVE, Westchester, IL 60154 Property Index No. 15-20-409-045 Vol. No. 169.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $257,709.78.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, 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 16-4201.

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. 16-4201 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 16 CH 14802 TJSC#: 37-7892 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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acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5pm.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 416-5500. Please refer to file number 252314.

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) 416-5500

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.KRYSTAL LANDFAIR, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Defendants 17 CH 006142 2025 HIGH ST BERKELEY, IL 60163 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 21, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 1, 2017, 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 2025 HIGH ST, BERKELEY, IL 60163 Property Index No. 15-18-100-0030000.

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)

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.YOLANDA TRETO-GUTIERREZ A/ K/A YOLANDA TRETO GUTIERREZ, MARTIN M GUTIERREZ A/K/ A MARTIN GUTIERREZ, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Defendants 16 CH 00525 314 NORTH 6TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 11, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 22, 2017, 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 314 NORTH 6TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-11-118-0220000, 15-11-118-023-0000.

The real estate is improved with a tan, vinyl siding, multi unit, two garage; one appears to be a three car attached & other a four car detached.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 252314 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 16 CH 00525 TJSC#: 37-9098 I3064829 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR ASSET BACKED SECURITIES CORPORATION HOME EQUITY LOAN TRUST 2001-HE2 ASSET BACKED PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2001HE2 Plaintiff, -v.EUGENE WARD JR., DEBRA C. WARD Defendants 15 CH 015756 3615 MADISON STREET BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 30, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 15, 2017, 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 3615 MADISON STREET, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-09-321-1070000.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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 14-15-16488.

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. 14-15-16488 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 15 CH 015756 TJSC#: 37-9271 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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Sale shall be under the following terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier’s or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Plaintiff’s Attorney, Amy E. McCracken, Duane Morris, LLP, 190 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603, telephone: (312) 499-6700.

This is an attempt to collect a debt pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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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 14-16-06357.

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. 14-16-06357 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 16 CH 007574 TJSC#: 37-9099 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file 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 14-17-03252.

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. 14-17-03252 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 004003 TJSC#: 37-8308

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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N E I G H B O R H O O D PRESERVATION AGENCY; FRANKLIN CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION; Defendants, 17 CH 6468 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, December 7, 2017 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. 15-15-321-023-0000.

Commonly known as 2014 South 19th Avenue, Broadview, IL 60155.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

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

17-015359 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3065965

Commonly known as 1534 MORRIS AVENUE, BERKELEY, IL 60163 Property Index No. 15-08-112-0500000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $119,102.40.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street,

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee for the registered holders of LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2007-C2, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2007-C2, acting by and through LNR Partners, LLC, its special servicer, Plaintiff, v.

WAL MP, LLC, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

2017-CH-8325 Property address: 1445 West North Avenue, Melrose Park, Illinois 60160 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Sheriff’s No. 170223 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment Order of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above-captioned cause on September 25, 2017, Thomas J. Dart, the Sheriff of Cook County will, on Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at the hour of 1:00 p.m. in Room LL06 in the lower level of the Richard J. Daley Center, 50 W. Washington St., Chicago, Illinois 60602, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Permanent Index Number: 12-34404-014-0000 Commonly known as: 1445 West North Avenue, Melrose Park, Illinois 60160.

The mortgaged real estate is a leasehold in a commercial building.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.KEVIN COLLINS, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, PATRICE COLLINS, FILDALAS COLLINS A/K/A FILDELLAS COLLINS, GREGORY COLLINS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF FILDAS COLLINS, WILLIAM P. BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR FILDAS COLLINS (DECEASED) Defendants 16 CH 007574 630 S. 12TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 7, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 9, 2017, 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 630 S. 12TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NEW PENN FINANCIAL LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING Plaintiff, -v.ROSA MORGADO A/K/A ROSA MARIA MORGADO, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 004003 921 25TH AVENUE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 31, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 4, 2017, 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 921 25TH AVENUE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-15-105-0020000.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR C-BASS TRUST 2006-CB9, C-BASS MORTGAGE LOAN A S S E T- B A C K E D CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-CB9; Plaintiff, vs.

MAE FOWLER A/K/A MAE H. FOWLER; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; JEFF FOWLER; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MAE FOWLER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JEFF FOWLER, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 16 CH 11048 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Friday, December 8, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-10-228-025-0000; 15-10228-026-0000.

Commonly known as 112 South 16th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 WA16-0535.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION I3066112 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY NA FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY NA AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO, AS TRUSTEE FOR GE CAPITAL MORTGAGE SERVICES, INC. HOME EQUITY LOAN PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 1999-HE1; Plaintiff, vs.

MAE COLLINS; ROSS T. COLLINS; WEST SUBURBAN

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION AMERICAN ADVISORS GROUP Plaintiff, -v.UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF EMMA J. HORNE AKA EMMA HORNE, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF EMMA J. HORNE AKA EMMA HORNE, DECEASED, UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS AND LIENHOLDERS AGAINST THE UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF EMMA J. HORNE AKA EMMA HORNE, DECEASED, DUANE HORNE, CITIBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, MANOR CARE OF HINSDALE IL, LLC, STATE OF ILLINOIS-DEPARTMENT OF HEALTHCARE AND FAMILY SERVICES, WILLIAM BUTCHER, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF EMMA J. HORNE AKA EMMA HORNE, DECEASED Defendants 17 CH 03151 1534 MORRIS AVENUE BERKELEY, IL 60163 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 13, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 14, 2017, 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:

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DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-13356.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

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

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-13356 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 17 CH 03151 TJSC#: 37-8434 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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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 14-17-03677.

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. 14-17-03677 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 004726 TJSC#: 37-8463 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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Defendants 17 CH 5564 15 KING ARTHUR COURT, UNIT 2 Northlake, IL 60164 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 11, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 12, 2017, 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 15 KING ARTHUR COURT, UNIT 2, Northlake, IL 60164Property Index No. 12-30-402-052-1002.

The real estate is improved with a condominium.

The judgment amount was $116,589.40.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301,

Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm. Please refer to file number 17-082934.

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.

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 17-082934 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 17 CH 5564 TJSC#: 37-8509 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The 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 14-17-04584.

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. 14-17-04584 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 006445 TJSC#: 37-8499 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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tion to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-03-128-011-0000.

Commonly known as 1521 N. 21st Avenue, Melrose Park, IL 60160.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 15-033522 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3065809

Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file 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 14-17-02585.

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. 14-17-02585 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 002969 TJSC#: 37-8620 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 DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY AS TRUSTEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2006-5 NOVASTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-5 Plaintiff, -v.LOVIE WALTON, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 17 CH 004726 1317 S. 8TH AVENUE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 7, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 11, 2017, 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 1317 S. 8TH AVENUE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-14-125-0080000.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.ORAPIN CHELMOWSKI, KING ARTHUR CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION A/K/A KING ARTHUR CONDOMINIUM II NORTHLAKE, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.ENRIQUE HERRERA, ELIZABETH HERRERA, VILLAGE OF FRANKLIN PARK, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. Defendants 17 CH 006445 3537 N. ERNST STREET FRANKLIN PARK, IL 60131 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 11, 2017, 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 3537 N. ERNST STREET, FRANKLIN PARK, IL 60131 Property Index No. 12-21-326-0040000.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, N.D.; Plaintiff, vs.

RODOLFO RODRIGUEZ; MARIA G. VASQUEZ AND UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 12 CH 24070 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, December 4, 2017 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auc-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.RICHARD A. GALLARDO, MICHELE A. GALLARDO, CITY OF NORTHLAKE, ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA– DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, UNIFUND CCR PARTNERS, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES, LLC Defendants 17 CH 002969 112 S. CARYL AVENUE NORTHLAKE, IL 60164 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 13, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 15, 2017, 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 112 S. CARYL AVENUE, NORTHLAKE, IL 60164 Property Index No. 15-05-112-0150000.

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. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

1510 MARENGO AVENUE This classic brick bungalow is a great home for any family or a someone looking to downsize! It is a four bedroom with two full bathrooms. The first floor offers a large open living room, formal dining room and two bedrooms all with refinished oak flooring. Off of the kitchen is a great room perfect for any get together, and a refinished full bath. The basement is newly finished with two bedrooms a full bathroom and a family room. Enjoy the comfort of knowing the property has all new flood control systems in place. Located on a great family block this is a must see! ........................................................................ $279,000

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Kitchens and baths updated in early 2000s. Each apt pays own heat and electric, 2nd. fl has C/A. Both apts. are leased with 1st fl expiring 06/30/2017, 2nd fl. expiring 09/30/2017. Each apartment has two bedrooms. Property includes a two car garage ................. $235,000

D L O S VINTAGE TOWNHOUSE with master bedroom, his & her closets. Oak hardwood floors, full unfinished basement. Newer gas forced air heating with central A/C. Fenced yard with one car garage. .................................................................... $176,600

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THIS IS A GREAT INVESTMENT opportunity. A three bedroom house, two on the main floor with one in the basement, the repairs are almost all cosmetic.

Great bones with hardwood flooring throughout the first floor. A living room and dining room combo.

Large eat in kitchen with existing granite countertops! A finished basement with a full second bathroom makes for double the living space! Garage plus two parking spaces. Close to school and public transportation.......................................................................$179,000.00

THIS CLASSIC BRICK 2 FLAT was once a perfect example of Oak Park beauty. After decades of living and a frozen pipe last year, this classic is in need of some serious love. ...................$475,000

WE CURRENTLY HAVE TWO BUYERS IN SEARCH OF A THREE BEDROOM MINIMUM, AND AT LEAST A ONE AND A HALF BATH HOME. PLEASE CALL (708) 366-8989 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN SELLING.

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