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North Riverside received another unsettling jolt last week when The Bon Ton Stores Inc., parent company of Carson Pirie Scott department stores, announced it was closing 42 of its stores, including seven in Illinois, as part of its “store rationalization program.” But, things got a little more ominous on Feb. 5, when The Bon Ton Stores announced it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and that the outcome “may include a sale of the company or certain of its assets as part of the plan of reorganization.” “We are currently engaged in discussions with potential investors and See CARSON’S on page 11

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MONEY IN THE BANK: Lyons Township High School graduate Jake Elliott kicked two fourth-quarter field goals, including a 46-yarder with 1:05 left in the game to help lift the Philadelphia Eagles to a 41-33 win over the New England Patriots and the franchise’s first-ever Super Bowl championship.

Eagles’ Elliott soaks in Super Bowl win LTHS grad transitions from high school tennis star to clutch NFL kicker By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

Move over former Philadelphia Eagles player Vince Papale (played by actor Mark

Wahlberg in the movie, “Invincible”), Jake Elliott’s journey to the NFL seems straight out of a Hollywood script as well. Elliott kicked three field goals and made two of three extra points in the Eagles’ 41-33

win over the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LII in Minneapolis. Elliott’s 11 points included a pair fourth-quarter field goals See ELLIOT on page 17

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2018 BASEBALL ASSESSMENTS FARM, MINOR, & MAJOR DIVISIONS

The purpose of Assessments is to assess each player’s skill level to ensure an equitable distribution of talent across all teams within a Division. Players will be assessed on their ability to run, throw, catch and bat. To be eligible for Little League All Stars, a player is required to attend one of the two Assessments at the RBHS Fieldhouse. Players must be registered for the 2018 season in order to participate in Assessments.

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2018 SOFTBALL ASSESSMENTS

FARM, MINOR, MAJOR, JUNIOR & SENIOR DIVISIONS The purpose of Assessments is to assess each player’s skill level to ensure an equitable distribution of talent across all teams within a Division. Players will be assessed on their ability to run, throw, catch and bat. To be eligible for Little League All Stars, a player is required to attend one of the two Assessments at the RBHS Fieldhouse. Players must be registered for the 2018 season in order to participate in Assessments.

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Riverside Brookfield High School Fieldhouse Saturday 2/3 • Farm Girls 5-6:30pm • Minor Girls 6:30-8pm • Major Girls 8-9pm Saturday 2/17 • Farm Girls 12-1:30pm • Minor Girls 1:30-3pm • Major Girls 3-4:30pm

Softball Divisions of Play Farm (Ages* 7-8)** Farm is a split seasons with 1/3 coach pitch, 1/3 coach and player pitch, and 1/3 player pitch. This Division provides the foundation for game fundamentals and skills. The Farm Division is focused on development versus being competitive.

Minor League (Ages* 9-10)** Minor League play is competitive play. Most players have completed at least one season in any of the lower leagues, but there is always time to instruct girls who have an interest and knowledge of the game. Minor League is player pitch only.

Major League (Ages* 11-12)** Major play is competitive play. Most players have completed seasons in any of the lower leagues, but there is always time to instruct girls who have an interest and knowledge of the game.

Majors Fastpitch Baseball: Age 10-12

Junior (Ages* 12-14) and Senior (Ages* 13-16)**

50/70, Juniors, & Seniors available: Age 11-16

Junior and Senior League is a bridge from Little League to Senior League and is an extension to provide a continuing activity within the framework of Little League.

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Brookfield therapist has theatrical approach to anxiety Using sketch comedy, improv to aid in socialization

By JACKIE GLOSNIAK Contributing Reporter

For some children, being a social butterfly on the playground and in other social settings is something they don’t have to think twice about. But for those with anxiety, ADHD or autism, immersion in interactive activities is an everyday struggle. So, when Shawn Amador — an outgoing youth therapist and social worker — began incorporating theatrical activities into her group sessions and classrooms and witnessed dramatic improvements with the children, she knew she was on to something. Over the last 18 years, the Brookfield resident has developed a program alongside her students in which she teaches social skills through sketch comedy and improv. A motto Amador has used as a theme for her program, dubbed Social Theatre, is “just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down,” the Mary Poppins song lyric suggesting that when humor is added to therapy, children will be more open to understanding social cues and become excited about learning new Shawn Amador social skills. about dealing with problems in social set“When we sit kids at a desk to learn social skills, they aren’t always practicing,” tings, including interactions with strangers, Amador said. “In Social Theatre, we are bullying and trying to fit in. Social Theatre takes place in group therapracticing socialization in real time.” What originally got Amador interested py settings, where children are led through in using improv as a means to teach social a collaborative writing process at the appropriate pace for them, with skits includskills developed from her background of learning clowning from attending music, ing social emotions concepts from other therapy programs and cognitive behavioral arts and drama camps as a child. “Being in junior high, everyone’s awk- therapy. Parent briefings follow her proward, right? So, I just found it really awe- grams, where Amador discusses the meansome that this was a great platform for me ing behind the activity and provides options personally to connect with other kids and for weekly family assignments. Amador said theater games are starting use humor,” Amador said. “Everything was accepted and we came up with some really to become more widely used in group psyfunny stuff, so I took that and I utilized it to chotherapy and that her sketch comedy prostart programs at my school [and then] we gram has really helped kids truly learn to be themselves. changed it into improv and sketch comedy.” “It really does help kids to know how to Both in the schools she teaches at near Midway Airport and in private practice in work together and how to build on each othLisle, Amador’s therapy includes teaching ers’ ideas because they have a hard time children how to improvise and write plays dealing with that,” she said.

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In some instances, the children Amador works with have also taken a strong liking to acting. Amador and her students have taken their performances to other suburbs schools, park districts and even performances during Brookfield Zoo’s Holiday Magic. And, due to the success of Amador’s social theater programs, she decided to gather her best lesson plans, observations and student-written programs and compile them into a book, “Teaching Social Skills through Sketch Comedy and Improv Games.” The book, which was just published in the last few weeks, is something Amador believes is a first in her line of work. “There’s a bunch of other programs that teach social skills through improvisational theater, which we do too, but we add sketch comedy and collaborative writing,” she said. “[With Social Theatre], we write our own plays together.” Amador’s book talks about the scriptwriting process and includes lessons from her program that can be incorporated and adapted by others. While the book took her six months to PROVIDED write, it includes collections of plays and lessons written up over the last two decades. “The participants in my programs really wanted their voices to be heard,” she said of using her students’ examples. Overall, Amador said the reception to her unique program has been positive from both parents and children. “I’ve had parents tell me their kids have come out of their shell and that they feel like they can be themselves, and a lot of the kids I’ve worked with have become more flexible in learning how to accept others’ ideas,” she said. Amador’s academic credentials include a bachelor’s in psychology from North Central College, a master’s in social work from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a master’s in educational leadership from Northeastern Illinois University. For more information about her program and to purchase her book, visit socialtheatreblog.wordpress.com.

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D96 mulls two sections per grade at Blythe Park Auditorium could be sacrificed to create more classroom space By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

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Officials in Riverside Elementary School District 96 will soon decide whether to add a second section of kindergarten at Blythe Park School next year, in a move that could mean the removal of the landmark school’s auditorium. If a second section of kindergarten is added at Blythe Park, those students would remain at Blythe Park throughout elementary school. This could be the first step to make Blythe Park a two-section school in all grades. Currently Blythe Park has only one section per grade. If a second section of kindergarten is added at Blythe Park next year, Central School would likely have only two sections of kindergarten, instead of its current three sections. “We’ve talked about this as an idea, not a clear recommendation,” said Superintendent Martha Ryan-Toye. Making a Blythe Park a complete two section school would probably require transforming the school’s auditorium into additional classroom space. Blythe Park currently has 10 classrooms and a multipurpose room, so additional classroom space is needed to accommodate two sections per grade. Blythe Park School was built in 1948 and opened its doors in 1949. It was designed by the noted architecture firm of Perkins and Will and is considered a masterpiece of midcentury school design. It was designated an official Riverside landmark by the village board in 1993. At the Jan. 17 school board meeting, RyanToye told the school board that she would like the board to decide this month whether or not they want to add a second section of kindergarten at Blythe Park next year. She wants the decision made prior to the March 8 kindergarten information and registration, so parents would have plenty of time to get their children ready for the school they would attend. School board President Jeff Miller seems to be the main advocate of turning Blythe Park a two-section school and starting the process by adding a second section of kindergarten at Blythe Park next year. “I am definitely in favor of looking seriously at that,” said Miller. Miller said having two sections of a grade at any school fosters collaboration among teachers and is good for kids. “Having two sections in a grade is an advantage,” Miller said. In a separate interview, Miller said that Blythe Park was built to house two sections

per grade, and that the original Perkins and Will plans confirm that. At the time there weren’t separate classrooms for art and music. “They had two half day kindergartens, and then they had two sections of [grades] one through five, and the school was designed to accommodate more than 300 kids, if you go back and you look at the actual documents,” Miller said. “Even though we wouldn’t put that many kids there today, it clearly could accommodate many more students than we currently send there.” Some other board members expressed skepticism of making a change next year. At its Feb. 7 meeting, the school board will receive a new Master Facilities Plan from its architect. The report will address facilities needs in the district and possible solutions. Last month, school board member Shari Klyber seemed opposed to adding a second section of kindergarten at Blythe Park next year. Klyber said she wanted to wait for the facilities review before making a decision. “I feel it’s premature,” Klyber said on Jan. 17. “I don’t think you can do it in time or even figure out a solution in time for March.” Board member David Barsotti also expressed reservations about moving a section of kindergarten from Central to Blythe Park next year. “While it would alleviate some problems this year it could open up more problems down the road,” Barsotti said. “I would feel that if we did this this, then we would have to do something at Blythe to make it a twosection school.” Currently the district’s preschool program is housed at Blythe Park. If it eventually becomes a two-section school in every grade, the preschool program would have to be moved somewhere, probably to Central School. The preschool program currently uses three classrooms. Miller said no decisions would have to be made immediately about creating additional classrooms at Blythe Park or moving the preschool program, even if a second kindergarten section is added at Blythe Park next year. Board members are interested in hearing from residents of the Blythe Park area about how they would feel about turning the school’s auditorium into additional classroom space. Blythe Park Principal Casimira Gorman said she would have no problem with adding another kindergarten section at Blythe Park. Currently, 199 students attend Blythe Park, 70 of whom are in the pre-kindergarten program. “I would welcome more students at Blythe Park,” Gorman said.

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RBHS soccer player in PSA decrying dating violence Senior goalie says subject ‘shouldn’t be glossed over’ By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

A Riverside-Brookfield High School senior is appearing in public service announcement on several social media platforms, decrying teen dating violence. Emily Graham late last month was one of hundreds of Chicago-area soccer players chosen to film public service announcements, which are appearing this month on Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram. The PSAs were filmed on Jan. 27 at the media day for the PepsiCo Showdown, a large high school soccer tournament in April. A nonprofit group called Buddy’s Helpers, which is associated with the PepsiCo Showdown, is sponsoring the PSAs. Community service activities are always part of the Pepsi Showdown. Graham attended the media event with a few other members of the RBHS girls soccer team. When the organizers of the event asked for players to volunteer to appear in

public service announcements about teen dating violence, Graham stepped up. It is a subject she cares deeply about. “There is a lot of stigma around dating violence in general, especially around teen dating violence, and I don’t think that schools or parents talk about it enough,” Graham said. “A lot of people would rather push it under the rug or avoid talking about it, because it makes others uncomfortable.” Graham’s participation in the PSA was first reported by the Chicago Tribune. The issue is somewhat personal for Graham, because her mother was the victim of an abusive teenage dating relationship. “My mom was in a violent relationship when she was in her teens, so we’ve talked about it before,” Graham said. Graham said dating violence is covered in the sophomore health class at RBHS, but she believes that the school should give it more attention in the curriculum. “It should be a staple in what we teach and what we learn every year,” Graham said. “It

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“I knew that I was going to play soccer in college, I just didn’t know where and when the opportunity to play at Purdue opened up I jumped on it,” Graham said. “I was super excited. I connected with their goalkeeping coach first and then their main coach later, and it was just a really crazy experience.”

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Women talk politics, involvement at forum Local elected officials, candidates discuss obstacles, demands they face

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On the same evening President Donald Trump delivered his first State of the Union address, nearly 100 people, mostly women, came to the Riverside Township Auditorium to listen to a panel of six women discuss their involvement in electoral politics. The panel included two residents of Riverside: Village Trustee Elizabeth Peters and Cook County judicial candidate Kathryn Maloney Vahey. The other panelists were Marie Newman, who is challenging Congressman Daniel Lipinski (D-Western Springs) in the March 20 Democratic primary; Cook County Recorder of Deeds Karen Yarbrough; Berwyn Alderman Jeanine Reardon; and Elyse Hoffenberg, a member of the LaGrange School District 105 Board of Education. The forum was hosted by Indivisible West Suburban Action League and co-sponsored by other local Indivisible groups. “We’re opting out of the State of the Union to see some real leaders here,” said Jennifer Fournier, a co-founder of Riverside-based West Suburban Action League. Many women have been energized by the election of Trump and are running for office in unprecedented numbers. Newman said she was shocked and disappointed by Trump’s victory, but after sulking for a day, she determined to take action and decided to run for Congress, a campaign that she said she has been working on for 19 to 20 hours a day. Nationally, women make up just under 20 percent of the members of Congress. Men predominate in local politics too. In Brookfield, Riverside, and North Riverside 16 out of the 21 village board seats are filled by men. On the seven local area school boards, there are 28 men and 21 women. The panelists at the forum discussed obstacles women face in running for office. Some of the obstacles are internal.

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TALKING INVOLVEMENT: Riverside resident and candidate for judge, Kathleen Maloney Vahey (left) said she was at first reluctant to “raise her hand” and run for office at a forum hosted by Indivisible West Suburban Action League last week in Riverside. Others joining the panel discussion included Berwyn Alderman Jeanine Reardon (center) and Riverside Trustee Elizabeth Peters (right), among others. Some panelists said that women tend to believe that they are not prepared enough or qualified enough to run for office and hold back when a man might forge ahead anyway. That is something women need to get over, said Yarbrough, by far the most experienced politician on the panel. She was first elected as a state representative in 2000. “I think we have to say yes when the opportunity presents itself,” said Yarbrough, noting that she lost her first race for public office and had to be encouraged to run again. Peters, who is the only woman on the Riverside Village Board, said that women often doubt themselves and think they are not

ready for an office or a race. “We want to do it right, we want to be nurturing,” Peters said. “And I really don’t want to be gender stereotypical here, but I think women often feel like they need to have all their ducks in a row before they try to solve a problem. “Confidence in doing what you need to do, knowing that you might not succeed, but doing it anyway, is something that I think really holds women back, more than you think.” Working women with young children often don’t run for office, because they simply feel that they don’t have the time to do so. Peters knows the challenge firsthand. She has a demanding job as an intellectual prop-

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erty lawyer at a large law firm and has two young children at home. She said that she is always aware of the demands on her time, and that time crunch affects the way she approaches her work as village trustee. At every village board meeting, she is aware that she has two little kids waiting for her at home. “I’m running home after every board meeting to put them to bed,” Peters said. “The demands on my life are different than the men who are on that board -- and it’s not a bad thing, it’s not a good thing -- it’s something that has to be recognized and it’s something that I take into account.” Vahey, who has been an assistant Cook County public defender for 19 years, has children in fifth and sixth grades. She said that she wouldn’t have run for judge now if they were younger. Even now, she said, it was hard to take the plunge and run for judge. “I think it’s a brave thing to raise your hand and say, ‘I’m going to run for office,’” Vahey said. “I have to say I was reluctant to do it at first, but this has been an amazing experience of getting up and doing.” Asking for campaign contributions, essential for most campaigns, is a tough thing for many women to do. “You have to ask everybody,” Yarbrough said. “You have to ask every single person. It was difficult, but sometimes the difficulty is on our end, because we don’t want to ask.” Newman said that women need to be forceful, a statement Reardon agreed with. “I will not sit down and shut up and be cute,” Reardon said. Yarbrough said she had to deal with a boys’ culture in Springfield and was once pinched on the behind by a state senator, but she confronted him about it and it never happened again. “I work with the boys, but I don’t take anything from the boys,” Yarbrough said. “I don’t let anyone call me honey or baby.”

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Riverside expands pool for façade fix funding

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But trustees wary of benefiting problem landlords at tenant, village expense By BOB UPHUES Editor

Hoping to attract more business and commercial property owners to take advantage of its façade improvement grant program, the Riverside Village Board in January voted to expand the pool of potential qualifiers. In 2018, the program is open to owners and tenants of commercial properties who have rear facades that face the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad tracks. Sonya Abt, the village’s community development director, said while her department has not received any official applications for rear façade improvements, she has heard informally that at least one East Burlington Street business has expressed interest in such an improvement. The 2013 comprehensive plan for Riverside’s central business district called for improving landscaping and encouraging art along the rail line. Providing funding for façade improvements is in line with those planning goals. In addition, the village board removed a prohibition against awarding the grants to business owners who are tenants in buildings

where there are active property maintenance and zoning violations. While opening the grant program to those businesses, however, village trustees said they wanted it to be clear that the intent wasn’t to give handouts to scofflaw property owners. “I’m 100 percent against us giving any money to do any improvements to any building that’s a code violation, unless it’s a sign,” said Trustee Joseph Ballerine during a discussion of amending the program parameters on Jan. 18. “But I’m not going to replace windows in a building, doors in a building, whatever.” Ballerine’s statement came in light of the village receiving an application from Prehop Cleaners at 9 Longcommon Road, which leases space in a building with a history of code violation issues. In 2015, the village sued the building’s management company in order to force installation of a new fire alarm system after the building went for more than a year without functioning fire alarms. The building houses a mix of commercial and residential tenants. Last summer, the storefront at 7 E. Burlington St. had to be closed for about a month af-

Those who own single-family homes and two-unit buildings will see their waste hauling bills go up slightly this year after the Brookfield Village Board voted Jan. 22 to pass along a 3-percent increase imposed by Groot Industries Inc. The rate increase, which is effective retroactively to Jan. 1, was determined by the village’s contract with the waste hauling company. Brookfield last raised waste hauling rates July 1, 2017, after subsidizing the increase during the first six months of that year. Last year’s hike was the first passed along to customers since 2013. “I believe at this time we have to pass on the increase,” said Kit Ketchmark, village president, during a board discussion of the rate hike earlier in January, in the face of a tight 2018 village operating budget. For single-family residences, the total cost for waste hauling/recycling, yard waste

pickup and disposal fees will go from $344.96 annually to $355.31, an increase of $10.35 over the course of the year. Two-unit building owners will see the total fee increase from $622.80 to $641.48, an annual increase of $18.68. The owners of multifamily residential buildings and commercial waste hauling is contracted privately. Groot Industries and Brookfield are operating under the terms of a five-year contract, which expires July 31, 2019. The waste hauling firm has served Brookfield for decades. The last time the village sought competitive proposals for waste hauling was in 2009, when it awarded Groot a five-year contract. That contract was extended for another five years by the village board in 2014, with 3-percent annual increases built in to the deal. — Bob Uphues

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ter a portion of the brick facade came crashing to the ground. Prehop Cleaners wants to remove two unsightly box signs (one each on the west and north facades) and install window awnings bearing the name of the business on them. The existing signs at Prehop Cleaners do not conform to the village’s sign code, which was revised, outlawing box signs, in 2015. The estimated total cost of the work and materials is $6,000, Abt said. The business can apply for the village to pay half of the cost. The maximum amount the village will cover for any one façade improvement project is $5,000. The Riverside Economic Development Commission is expected to make a recommendation on Prehop’s application at their meeting in March. Riverside earmarked $30,000 in its 2017 budget for the façade improvement program, but received just two takers last year – the owners of Riverside Foods and the owner of the building housing Quincy Street Distillery. Between the two businesses, Riverside contributed about $7,000 to those improvement projects.

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Mission: Engage residents to preserve Brookfield history Parallel efforts roll out as village enters 125th year By BOB UPHUES Editor

As the village of Brookfield marched toward its 125th birthday in 2018 – officially the date arrives in November – local resident Allen Goodcase decided that a little social media exposure wouldn’t do anything to hurt the cause. In late November, he launched a Facebook page on behalf of the Brookfield Historical Society and Museum and has since posted historic photos and other images he’s collected throughout the years. Right now, that Facebook page is the single most visible acknowledgement of the village’s landmark birthday – one he hopes will help spur a new generation of residents to rally around the village’s history and the museum that serves as a repository for much of it. “The goal is to turn it over to volunteers who can take it on and run with it,” said Goodcase, whose social media foray on behalf of the historical society has the blessing of its director, Kit Ketchmark. Ketchmark and Karen Miller are the historical society’s lone officers. Essentially, they are the society, which operates the historical museum house in the old Grossdale Station at 8820½ Brookfield Ave. Neither is active on social media, making Goodcase’s effort all the more welcome. “We don’t have the ability to do

it,” said Ketchmark. “We’re not on Facebook.” Goodcase said he was inspired to create the Facebook page after reading about the resurrection of the Brookfield Women’s Club, whose final five members were on the verge of disbanding until an article in the Landmark sparked a revival. The trouble was not very many people knew about the club. The reinvigorated Brookfield Women’s Club has more than 20 members and its new Facebook page has more than 200 followers. Goodcase hopes the historical society’s Facebook page might be just the thing to reintroduce the society to Brookfield residents. “I thought a Facebook page would put things out front,” Goodcase said. In the matter of a little more than two months, the page has attracted more than 200 followers, and some cross pollination from another Brookfield community page called “You Know You’re from Brookfield, IL When ...” has helped boost traffic. Goodcase, who sometimes spends hours digitally restoring damaged old pictures, sees the Facebook page as more than just a spot to post old photos and engage in nostalgia. He sees it as a vital vehicle for publicizing events, fundraising and soliciting new historical society members and volunteers. “All of this stuff is possible with a Facebook page,” Goodcase said.

COURTESY OF ALLEN GOODCASE

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COURTESY OF ALLEN GOODCASE

PITCHING IN: Debbie Valentino (top, left) and Lynn Daugherty, both of Brookfield, plow through binders of historic photos, researching the subject matter and writing labels before the pictures are scanned into a Brookfield Public Library database. Separately, a new Facebook page for the Brookfield Historical Society has been featuring other pictures, like one of Grand Boulevard (that’s Mylon Fisher in front of his drug store, above) in the 1950s and a Ford dealer on Ogden Avenue in 1960 (below, left). “I’m hoping it’ll kick start things.” Right now, all of the photos being posted on the Facebook page come from Goodcase’s personal collection, providing an online time capsule of a Brookfield that once had two competing downtown drug stores, where elm trees once lined the 3700 block of Grand Boulevard and a Ford dealer was selling new 1960 models on Ogden Avenue. It’s an effort that running parallel to a Brookfield Public Libraryled effort to digitize photos in the historical society’s collection. Since that effort started late in 2017, it has attracted more than 20 volunteers – about a dozen of

whom dedicate a day a week to it. Frank Murray, head of reference and electronic services for the library, said volunteers have been divided into researcher/labeler and digitizer teams. The researcher/labeler compiles information about a photo and labels it in a database by cross-referencing the photo using an item number. Meanwhile, digitizers scan photos in batches of 10 and upload them to a digital platform. The online archive isn’t live yet, said Murray, but almost 300 photos have already been entered into the system. He said he expects to have the digital archive go public by the end of February.

Meanwhile, village officials continue to build the 125th birthday of the village into its event planning for the summer. Ketchmark, who also serves as village president, said the July 4 parade and community celebration in Kiwanis Park will “be a much bigger deal” and the number and quality of summer outdoor concerts may also be expanded and improved, he said. “It all takes people to do it,” Ketchmark said. “Ideas by themselves don’t happen.” Anyone wishing to get involved, said Ketchmark, can email Village Manager Keith Sbiral at ksbiral@ brookfieldil.gov

The Landmark, February 7, 2018

BIG WEEK

Valentine’s social for seniors

All Brookfield senior citizens are invited to attend the Valentine’s Day Senior Social, co-hosted by the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce and the Brookfield Aging Well team, on Sunday, Feb. 11 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the lower-level recreation hall at the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. The event usually draws more than 100 senior citizens for an afternoon of fun, featuring custom refreshments, beverages and entertainment. For more information about the social and to register for the event, seniors can contact Brookfield’s Recreation Program Coordinator Mary Pezdek at 708-485-1527.

February 7-14

Collette Jurek as Ariel in “The Little Mermaid”

St. Louise makes a splash with ‘Little Mermaid’

The St. Louise Players, a community theater group based at the LaGrange Park parish, presents “The Little Mermaid” over the next two weekends in the Parish center, 1125 Harrison Ave. Enjoy some warm, tropical fun and beloved songs during this tale of a mermaid who dreams of being part of the human world. Showtimes are Feb. 9, 10, 16 and 17 at 7 p.m. and Feb. 11 and 18 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $13 for adults, $11 for seniors and $7 for kids 12 and under. They are available at the door, through any cast member or online at SLMParish.org.

It’s checkmate

Mardi Gras and Talent Show

Sts. Peter and Paul Lutheran Church, 250 Woodside Road in Riverside, hosts a Mardi Gras and Talent Night event to benefit its summer youth service projects on Saturday, Feb. 10. Food is served from 6 to 7:30 p.m., with the talent show at 8 p.m. Tickets are $10 for adults ($5 kids 10 and under) and includes dinner and dessert. Beverages available for purchase. Buy tickets in advance from Ramona Suffern (708-447-9084) or Fred Kuzel (708-447-5251). Anyone interested in sharing their talents can call Dale Hawes at 708-204-9358 or the church office at 708-442-5250.

And more The Knights of Columbus at St. Mary Parish host an evening with Colleen and John Willard on Feb. 8 at 7 p.m. in the parish center, 97 Herrick Road in Riverside. The couple will talk about Colleen’s inoperable brain tumor miraculously disappearing during after receiving communion at a Mass on a pilgrimage to Medjugorje in Bosnia-Hercegovina. North Riverside Parks and rec hosts a 2018 Rules of the Road course on Feb. 14 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at the Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. Free, but registration required. Call 708-442-5515 to reserve a seat. Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., hosts a Movie Matinee featuring “Fever Pitch” starring ■

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FREEze at Brookfield Zoo Brookfield Zoo hosts its annual FREEze Day – a free admission day featuring winter fun activities, including dogsledding demonstrations and more -- on Sunday, Feb. 11.

pate in Zoo Chats highlighting birds of prey, polar bears, Mexican gray wolves and snow leopards.

Jimmy Fallon and Drew Barrymore on Feb. 10 at 1 p.m.; an Interview Workshop on Feb. 12 at 6:30 p.m.; and a Film Discussion of the French film “Moka” on Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m. Register to attend at 708-485-6917 or online at www.brookfieldlibrary. info.

and avoid mistakes. Also Make a Valentine takes place through Feb. 11 in the Great Room. Drop by the craft table anytime. Supplies provided.

The St. Mary Golden Bishops Chess Club and Chess Scholars host their 6th annual chess tournament from grades K through 8 on Saturday, Feb. 10 at the parish center at St. Mary School, 97 Herrick Road, Riverside. Each participant plays five rounds and compete for trophies and medals in K-3 and 4-8 divisions. Chess sets and lunch included in $40 registration fee. Lunch and snacks for parents available for sale. To register visit payment.chesscholars.com/ signup and enter class code SMR2.10.18. Registration deadline is Feb. 8. Call 847-482-9999 or email info@ ChessScholars.com for more info.

Parking fees still apply. Visit www.CZS.org From 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. enjoy dogsledding for a full list of activities and times or call 708demonstrations on the West Mall, partici688-8000.

Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents “Flat Earth,” featuring the paintings of Chicago artist Andrew Falkowski through March 3 in the center’s Freeark Art Gallery, which is open Tuesday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free.

North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., hosts Messy Mornings for Munchkins (ages 2+), Feb. 13 at 10:30 a.m.; Lapsit Storytime (babies/toddlers with adult) on Feb. 8 at 10:30 a.m.; Pajama Storytime (all ages with adult) on Feb. 13 at 6:30 p.m.; Tales and Treats (ages 2-5, with adult) on Feb. 10 at 10:30 a.m.; and Lego Club MegaBuilders (1st grade+) on Feb. 9 at 3:45 p.m.

Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, hosts a Medicare Information Seminar on Feb. 10 at 10 a.m. in the Public Meeting Room. Learn about program changes, how to select a supplemental plan

The Brookfield Elks Lodge, 9022 31st St., hosts bingo every Monday night. Doors open at 5 p.m. and games start at 7 p.m. minimum cash payout of $2,275 a night, plus pull tabs, lightning,

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tic-tac and raffles. Lyons Township High School invites the public to use the indoor track at the South Campus fieldhouse, 4900 S. Willow Springs Road in Western Spring on school days from 6 to 7 a.m. through March. No admission charge. ■

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please send a photo and details by noon of the Wednesday before it needs to be published. We can’t publish everything, but we’ll do our best to feature the week’s highlights. Email calendar@wjinc.com.

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P O L I C E

R E P O R T S

Berwyn man creeps out girls with ‘Nazi’ talk A 59-year-old Berwyn man faces disorderly conduct charges after he allegedly offered to buy candy for three junior high school girls and then lectured them on race-mixing and Adolph Hitler during an encounter on East Burlington Street in Riverside on Jan. 30 at about 3:15 p.m. According to police the girls, all North Riverside residents between the ages of 12 and 14, walked into Aunt Diana’s Old Fashioned Fudge at 29 E. Burlington St., where the man struck up a conversation with them and offered to buy them candy. When the girls declined, the man switched topics, telling the girls, “Don’t date outside your race” and advising them to study history in order to learn that Hitler wasn’t an evil person. Understandably uncomfortable with the direction the conversation was headed, the girls walked out of the store. However, the man reportedly followed them outside, which prompted the girls to go back inside and seek refuge behind the sales counter. The man followed them back inside and continued his lesson on Nazism, despite pleas for him to leave the girls alone. In response the girls took out their cellphones and began to take photos of the man, who

became agitated and then left the store. After being notified of the incident by the girls’ parents, police arrested the man at his Berwyn home and charged him with three counts of disorderly conduct. A Riverside police officer recognized the man in the photos taken by the girls from a 2016 traffic stop. “The fact [the girls] took these photos and an officer recognized him within minutes played a vital role in the apprehension of this individual,” said Police Chief Thomas Weitzel in a press release. The man reportedly confirmed the girls’ account of what happened, but he told officers he didn’t see anything wrong with what he said. The man never made any physical contact with any of the girls, police said.

Report of gun sparks police response Police armed with rifles responded to the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, at about 7:25 p.m. on Jan. 31 following multiple 911 calls of several men, one reportedly armed with a gun, arguing outside Entrance 2, which is immediately south of Sears’ on the east side of the upper level. Police detained one man who witnesses

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stated might have been involved, but he was released after officers determined he wasn’t involved. Witnesses said the incident was sparked by a comment a man made about another man’s girlfriend at the Kids Foot Locker store inside the mall. All of those involved, including the victim reportedly had left the scene by the time police arrived.

Snakes in a basket An employee at the Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., called police to report that there was a patron in the building carrying a basket containing live snakes. An officer responded to the scene and talked with a 64-year-old woman who told him that she smelled natural gas inside her house, called Nicor and then evacuated with her two non-poisonous corn snakes. Police contacted the Brookfield Fire Department and drove the woman back to her home, where it was determined there was no gas leak. The smell, according to the police, was sewer gas.

Lost and found Brookfield police responded to the 4100 block of Maple Avenue after a 76-yearold woman called to report she’d located a rifle magazine loaded with ammunition on the ground in the alley. Police said the .22-caliber rifle magazine contained four rounds of ammunition. Detectives are hoping surveillance camera vid-

eo might shed some light on how the magazine ended up in the alley.

Overdose victim revived Brookfield police responded to the Brookfield Motel, 8809 Ogden Ave., on Feb. 1 at about 5:50 p.m. after a 29-year-old Plainfield woman called to report that a 36-year-old man was overdosing on heroin inside a room there. Police found the man on the floor, lying on his back, unresponsive and breathing intermittently. Both police and paramedics administered the opioid antidote Naloxone to revive the man, who was taken to LaGrange Hospital for treatment. According to the police report, officers recovered four zip-top bags containing a white powder believed to be heroin, a burnt metal spoon and multiple hypodermic syringes. The overdose victim reportedly left the hospital against medical advice, but police responded to the motel again, detained him on an active Cook County Sheriff ’s warrant and returned him to the hospital for further treatment. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Jan. 29-Feb. 4, 2018 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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The Landmark, February 7, 2018

Pastor will try again for art gallery/church combo Sokol resubmitting permit application for services at Compassion Factory

By BOB UPHUES

church-goers looking to park on Broadway Avenue “potentially would affect me,” since his store is open Sunday mornings. Sokol told planning commissioners that The pastor of a Methodist congregation that aims to hold worship services inside there’s very little traffic in the area on a new Eight Corners-area art gallery has Sunday mornings, a claim Atwood called a pulled an application seeking permission “gross understatement.” In response, Sokol said he’s completed to do so. However, he told the Landmark he a traffic survey to confirm his plans on resubmitting the perclaims, which will be included mit soon. in his resubmitted application The Brookfield Planning and for a special use permit. Zoning Commission on Jan. 25 The new application will also had planned on resuming a pubaddress an issue village planlic hearing on a proposed special ning staff raised regarding use permit to allow religious asparking, said Sokol. sembly inside The Compassion In its analysis of the special Factory, an art gallery owned use request back in December, and operated by the Rev. Karl SoVillage Planner Emily Egan kol and his wife, Ann. said The Compassion Factory However, the hearing was canproperty did not comply with celed after Sokol withdrew his KARL SOKOL the village’s parking code for application for a special use perPastor of Compassion churches. mit. In a recent phone interview, United Methodist Church Based on the capacity of the Sokol said he hoped to get a new main gallery/lecture area inside application on the Planning and The Compassion Factory, said Zoning Commission’s meeting Egan, 20 parking spaces needed agenda for Feb. 22. to be included in the plan. Sokol Sokol is the pastor of Compasindicated additional parking sion United Methodist Church, for the church would be providwhich owns the converted dry ed across Washington Avenue cleaning business at 9210 Broadway Ave. The art gallery supports the mis- on land owned by his mother, Linda Sokol sion of the congregation, which has been Francis. Staff noted in its analysis of Sokol’s inilooking for a permanent home since it was established as a “seed” congregation by the tial special use permit application that he hadn’t “provided any written evidence” that Methodist Church in 2011. Sokol said he pulled the application in he had permission to use the land from his order to address issues, such as traffic and mother, whose goal it has been for the betparking, brought up by other property own- ter part of a decade to see a new Methodist church built at Eight Corners. ers and village planning staff. Sokol said the new application will inJustin Atwood, who operates a guitar repair and design shop next door to the clude that written evidence of permission art gallery, said at the Dec. 28 hearing that from his mother to use the paved portion of Editor

“We’re anxious to worship in our space.”

BANKRUPTCY

20% of stores closing from page 1 our debtholders on a financial restructuring plan, and the actions we are taking are intended to give us additional time and financial flexibility to evaluate options for our business,” said Bill Tracy, president and CEO of The Bon Ton Stores in a press release issued Feb. 5. Among the stores closing are Carson’s stores at Riverside Plaza in downtown Chicago, Schaumburg, Aurora, Morton Grove, Danville and DeKalb in addition a Bergner’s store in Peoria. The stores named for closure were scheduled to begin liquidation sales on Feb. 1 and are expected to close their doors for good

within three months. “As part of the comprehensive turnaround plan we announced in November, we are taking the next steps in our efforts to move forward with a more productive store footprint,” said Tracy in a press release issued Jan. 31. The Bon Ton Stores previously announced the closures of five stores, none of them in Illinois, bringing the total number of stores closing in 2018 to 47. The company, which is headquartered in Milwaukee and York, Pennsylvania, operates 260 stores under the names Carson’s, Bon-Ton, Bergner’s, Boston Store, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s and Younkers. A little less than 20 percent of the company’s existing stores are slated to close. North Riverside Mayor Hubert Hermanek Jr. said the village’s Carson’s location was a revenue producer for the company and that it would surprise him if the store came up for closure unless the entire company was

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ANOTHER TRY: The Rev. Karl Sokol, pastor of Compassion United Methodist Church, which operates The Compassion Factory art gallery, will resubmit an application asking the village to allow religious assembly there. He’s including a traffic survey and additional information about available parking for congregation members. her property at the corner of Grand Boulevard and Washington Avenue for parking. “We’re anxious to worship in our space,” Sokol said. Even if Sokol convinces planning commissioners that there’s enough parking and that traffic resulting from religious assembly at The Compassion Factory isn’t a problem, he still faces the problem of convincing commissioners and, ultimately, the village

board that religious assembly is appropriate at the space. In December, planning commissioners appeared skeptical of the prospect, and the village board already turned aside a 2011 bid by Linda Sokol Francis to build a church/ community center at Eight Corners, which is identified in the village’s new comprehensive plan as a pedestrian-oriented commercial/residential district.

liquidating. “The productivity at that store is very good,” Hermanek said. The Bon Ton Stores spent about $1.3 million in 2015 to remodel the North Riverside store after a fire closed it for the 2014 holiday shopping season. The store was offline for more than three months. The announcements regarding the store closures and bankruptcy came in the wake of a Jan. 29 Securities and Exchange Commission filing that outlined the company’s two-year “turnaround” restructuring plan. The company analyzed its 100 worst performing stores and determined to close 42 and potentially sell three others. The filing also states that there are an “additional 20+ stores that should be considered for inclusion on a ‘watch list’ to actively monitor for signs of further deterioration.” Those “watch list” stores were not identified in the filing.

The filing also zeroes in on the company’s online sales, which are described as “significantly underpenetrated, representing about 12 percent of the company’s sales. The Bon Ton Stores wants to increase its e-commerce penetration to 20-percent, which the company estimates would bring in an additional $200 million dollars. Carson Pirie Scott has served as one of North Riverside Park Mall’s principal anchors since the shopping center was built in the mid-1970s. One of its other original anchors, Montgomery Ward, closed in 2001 and was replaced by Sears Sears has already reduced its footprint at North Riverside Park Mall, consolidating its operations on the top floor of the northern anchor spot in late 2017. The third anchor store, J.C Penney, closed almost 140 locations in 2017. The company reportedly plans on closing a smaller number of stores in 2018.

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PEOPLE

Nazareth Academy appoints new principal

azareth Academy in LaGrange Park announced on Jan. 29 that its new principal, effective July 1, will be Therese Uphues Hawkins, a 1979 graduate of the school who has worked there as a teacher and administrator from more than 20 years. Hawkins succeeds Deborah Tracy, who will become the institution’s president at the end of the 2017-18 school year. “It is a natural transition for Therese to move into the role of principal,” Tracy said in a press release. “As an alum of our school and collaborative leader, Therese is committed to the mission of Nazareth Academy, our students, famiTHERESE UPHUES lies and alumni.” Hawkins presently serves as NazHAWKINS areth’s director of curriculum and instruction. Other roles she’s held include director of student activities, assistant dean of students and chair of the history department, a subject she has taught since 2001. Hawkins, a Westchester resident and mother of three Nazareth Academy graduates, has a bachelor’s degree in history from Northern Illinois University and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Concordia University.

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Ellen Ambuehl in January was appointed executive director of the LaGrange Area Department of Special Education and will begin the job on July 1. Ambuehl current serves as assistant executive director of the agency, a special education cooperative serving 15 school districts in Cook and DuPage counties.

Totally on board Frederick Law Olmsted Society kicked off its 50th anniversary celebration on Jan. 19 with the Riverside organization’s annual meeting, during which its officers and directors were elected for 2018. The new officers are Cathy Maloney, president; Theresa Pelletier, vice president; Janice O’Flaherty, secretary; and Thomas Guardi, treasurer. Dan and Olivia Murphy were newly elected to the board of directors, along with Joanne Rogers. Returning board members include Kim and Rob Dixon, Sander Kaplan, Linda and Rick LaBelle and Sandie and Jim Petrzilka. ■ The Brookfield Chamber of Commerce has announced its officers and directors for 2018. Taking on the role of president is Steven Langworthy of Edward Jones & Company, while Brian Sharenow (FMG Events) was named first vice president and Clara D’Onofrio (Ms. Clara’s Mini Musicians) was named second vice president. Amy Weinert of First National Bank of Brookfield was named secretary. Directors include Betty LeClere, Phil Richard, Tim Gannon, Doug Fiala, Mary Vasquez, Will Knippenberg, Charles Hitzeman, Monika Fogarty and Maria Verduzco.

RBHS theater students attend all-state festival Eight students and two faculty members representing the Riverside-Brookfield High School theater program recently participated in the All-State Illinois Theater Fest, the oldest non-competitive high school theater festival in the

nation. The festival was held at Illinois State University in Normal. Students were able to attend classes, see plays and musicals staged by high schools in the state and share new ideas with other students.

Those attending included students Katherine Lynch, Noah Morris, Cameron Winkler, Taner Guzeldereli, Bella Perez, Delaney O’Brien and Chandler Sengstock and faculty sponsors Kim Baratta and Colleen Stahnke.

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On campus ■ Nicholas Beltran, of Riverside, graduated cum laude in December 2017 from Ithaca (New York) College with a Bachelor of Science degree in outdoor adventure leadership. ■ Graduating during the Dec. 16-17 commencement ceremonies at Northern Illinois University were more than 1,400 students, including North Riverside resident Jessica Walinski, who earned a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. ■ Andrew Malikowski, of Brookfield, received bachelor’s degrees in accounting and finance during the winter commencement ceremonies at the University of Iowa in December 2017. ■ Brookfield resident Katherine Andrulis has been named to the 2017 fall semester dean’s list at Wittenburg College in Springfield, Ohio for maintaining a semester

grade-point average of at least 3.5 on a 4-point scale. ■ University of Iowa has announced the following students made the 2017 fall semester dean’s list: Brookfield residents Alyse Malikowski and Aija Smajlovic, North Riverside resident Manuel Sida and Riverside residents Rachel Heuel and Anna Milleker. ■ Among those named to the 2017 fall semester dean’s list at the University of Dayton for attaining a minimum semester GPA of 3.5 were Brookfield residents Mayra Baeza, Gina Crisanti, Hunter Soumar and Collin Sventy and Riverside residents Bridget Carey, Molly Gates, Emily Michul and Stephanie Rodriguez. ■ Riverside residents Nicole LaBelle and Evan Jones have been named to the 2017 fall semester dean’s list at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, for ranking in the top 20 percent of undergraduates within their academic divisions. ■ Brookfield resident Evan St. Paul, North Riverside resident Camila Davila and Riverside residents Moira Dunn

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PEOPLE and DiAngelo Gonzalez were named to the 2017 fall semester dean’s list at Augustana College in Rock Island for attaining a semester GPA of at least 3.5. ■ Andres Garcia (nursing), of North Riverside, and Austin Sundstrom (history), of Riverside, were named to the 2017 fall semester dean’s list at Northern Illinois University. ■ Knox College in Galesburg has announced that Brookfield residents Katherine Alaks and Meaghan Dorsey have been named to the school’s 2017 fall term dean’s list. ■ Michael Gruber, of Riverside, was named to Trine University’s (Angola, Indiana) 2017 fall semester dean’s list. The design engineering technology major earned a semester GPA of at least 3.5. ■ Julia Boge, of Riverside, was named to the 2017 fall semester dean’s list at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia, for earning a semester GPA of at least 3.6. ■ Marquette University in Milwaukee announced last month that Riverside resident Gavin Kunish had been named to the 2017 fall semester dean’s list in the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences for achieving a GPA of at least 3.7 for the semester. ■ Bridget Halvey, of North Riverside, was named to the 2017 fall semester dean’s list at Carthage College in Kenosha for attaining a GPA of at least 3.5 for the semester. ■ The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater announced that Riverside resident Benjamin Bernasek was named to the 2017 fall semester dean’s list for attaining a semester GPA of at least 3.4. ■ Erin Engstrom, of Brookfield has been named to the 2017 fall semester dean’s list at Ripon (Wisconsin) College for achieving at semester GPA of at least 3.4. She is the daughter of James and Joan Engstrom. ■ Riverside resident Haven Clark has been named to the dean’s list for the 2017 fall semester at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, by attaining a GPA of at least 3.5 for the term. ■ Several local residents have been named to the first semester honor rolls at Nazareth Academy in LaGrange Park, including the following: A Honor Roll: Brookfield residents Gwenyth Acosta, Grace Acosta, Leilani Dodson, Jeremy Kolasa, David Sullivan and Archer Wagner and Riverside residents Isabella Brick, Matthew Ivansek, Carlie Merola and Elizabeth Pilarz. B Honor Roll: Brookfield residents Gunnar Hendrix and Braden Schneider and Riverside residents Michael Almeida, Dominic Mendoza and Justin Rokicki. ■ Brookfield resident Adam Strzelczyk was one of more than 25 members of the Lyons Township High School Business Professionals of America Club to place at the BPA regional competition in January. Strzelczyk, a junior, placed third in the banking and finance category and fourth in fundamental accounting.

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All hands on deck

s the village of Brookfield begins to cut the cake for its 125th birthday, it’s been heartening to know that there’s still a real interest in preserving the village’s past for future generations. As we’ve chronicled previously, the Brookfield Historical Society, which operates the Grossdale Station museum, has been shedding members as they die and leave the area. The folks that made the historical society what it once was provided priceless gifts to the village. In addition to saving the Grossdale Station itself – moving it across the tracks to its present location – that group of people produced the only official history of the village, a book that includes hundreds of photographs, many of which are likely irreplaceable. That those photos didn’t simply disappear in the 25 years since that book was published is something of a miracle. But they were kept safe and sound, and in an organized fashion, by one of the principal authors, Stella Abrams. The historical society obtained those photos upon Abrams’ death. After sitting in a box for two years, the Brookfield Public Library stepped up and started a campaign to digitize that collection. They’ve been able to attract more than 20 volunteers to research label and scan the photos for a database that could go live by the end of the month. That’s just the tip of the photo iceberg. There are boxes of photos from the collection of the late Chris Stach to be dealt with, and, of course, we can only guess what photos longtime Brookfield families may have squirreled away, unseen for decades. The library database, however, has opened an avenue for those precious images to be saved for posterity. In terms of helping reinvigorate the historical society itself, which by the looks of it is down to two dedicated volunteers, Brookfield resident Allen Goodcase took it upon himself to create a Facebook page for the society, posting historic photos to its timeline for the time being. In time, Goodcase hopes, the page can be used to promote events, raise money and recruit new members. The Grossdale Station – one of the first buildings constructed for S.E. Gross’ real estate venture back in 1889, predates the incorporation of the village. As you might imagine, it’s expensive to maintain and the displays are showing their age. It’s time for new life to be instilled in the museum, but as they say, it takes a village. And by that we don’t mean the government of the village of Brookfield. The society and museum are separate from the village and do not get funding from the village. It’s the residents of Brookfield who are going to be the ones to make sure the village’s history and its historic assets are preserved. A number of people have stepped up to help make sure that happens, but more hands on deck are needed.

JUST A TASTE

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Stacey Cortez pours a splash of Beaujolais into the glass of one of the more than 300 people who paid $30 to attend Reading between the Wines, a wine-tasting fundraiser for the Riverside Public Library on Feb. 3. The money will be go toward a $1.3 million effort to renovate the lower-level Youth Services area. For more photos from the event, visit online at www.RBLandmark.com.

KOSEY CORNER

For a sports junkie, the season never ends

K, I’ll admit it: I am a sports junkie, said she, following Super Bowl LII. My car radio dial is set at 670-AM (the Score) and I watch ESPN, Big Ten Network and other sports channels. When we purchased out large-screen TV, I proclaimed it was to watch sports, Husband Joe claimed it for the food and travel channels. Many a grab for the remote has caused some differences of opinion. I enjoy watching sports at home so I can register my feeling aloud without debates from anyone. It also provides the ability to concentrate on the event without any disturbances. Also, I can choose the choice of food and snacks. Not to be misunderstood, I do enjoy watching good sports events with friends, although viewing at establishments can be raucous, and we know what a quite demure person I can be, ahem. Now I myself do not, nor did I play, sports. Well, maybe there was the occasional try at archery and some tennis, but growing up there was not much in the way of sports for girls in these parts. In grade school we did not have physical education, though we had recess. So if you can consider hopscotch a sport, that would be me. Sports ability went to the next

generations, my children and grandchildren, and has provided me with much viewing pleasure. My sports viewing didn’t end with the Super Bowl. This week the Winter Olympics begin, which makes it a good time to talk to Don Farnham, former TV cameraman who worked many of the winter events. I enjoy college hoops and especially March Madness, which is a good time to contact former Riversider Jack Egan of the famed Loyola University basketball team and their exciting national championship in 1963. The Bulls and Blackhawks haven’t given me much to be excited about. However, even though it is snowing out, I know spring training I right around the corner. Once again I will cheer on the Cubs, who are no longer thought of as the lovable losers. I have had the pleasure of meeting some sports figures such as Ed O’Bradovich, and Steve “Mongo” Mc Michael, who let me try on his Super Bowl ring. It was very heavy but I managed. One afternoon after a DePaul softball game I enjoyed some libations at a Lincoln Park establishment with Doug Bruno, DePaul women’s basketball coach, sportswriter Bill Jauss and then Loyola coach Gene Sullivan; now that was fun. Yep, I’m a sports junkie and proud of it.

JOANNE KOSEY

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OBITUARIES

Merrill Becker Jr., 89 Realtor, Triton College trustee Col. Merrill M. Becker Jr., 89, died at his Riverside home on Jan. 27, 2018. A graduate of St. Ignatius High School, Northwestern University, The Command and General Staff College United States Army and the MERRILL BECKER JR. U.S. Army War College, he served as a soldier and Ranger in the U.S. Army and the U.S. Army National Guard for 40 years. He spent decades as the owner of Merrill Becker, Knoll and Associates Real Estate and as a Triton College trustee. He was also a former member of the Riverside Economic Development Commission. He was inspired by art, literature, teaching, business, his community and the lives of children, and he was always interested in the views and opinions of those who entered his life. As a teacher, mentor and friend, he had the unique ability of making people feel confident in themselves and happy about their lives. Col. Becker was the husband of Rose (nee Montifeltro) for 62 years; the father of Caroline (Brian) Joss; the grandfather of Catherine and Madeline; the uncle of many nieces and nephews; and a cousin of many. Visitation is on Friday, Feb. 9 from 8:30 to 10:15 a.m. at Ivins/Moravecek Funeral Home, 80 E. Burlington St. in Riverside, followed by a funeral Mass at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Church, 126 E. Herrick Road, Riverside. Inurnment is at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made in memoriam to Mercy Home for Boys and Girls at www.mercyhome.org.

John Rauba, 87 Korean War Veteran John Charles Rauba, 87, of North Riverside, died on Jan. 28, 2018. He served in the Korean War with the U.S. Army and was a greenhouse grower and gardener who had worked at Fairfax, Fairview and the Scottish Home nursing homes. Mr. Rauba was the husband of Barbara. Ivins/Moravecek Funeral Home, Riverside, handled arrangements.

Joan J. Runge, 86 Secretary, florist Joan J. Runge, 86, of North Riverside and formerly of LaGrange Park, died Feb. 4, 2018. Ms. Runge was born April 27, 1931 in Chicago and worked as a secretary and florist. She was the wife of the late Frank Pliml; the mother of Frank (Jeanne) Pliml, Mary

Ann (late Andy) Sudkamp, Jeanne (Ed) Busta, Nancy (Glen) Alaks and Danielle Pliml; the grandmother of Keith (Amy) Pliml, Scott (Tiffany) Pliml, Kyle Pliml, Eddie (Susie) Busta, Joe Busta, Kate Alaks and Galen Alaks; and the sister of the late Julie. Throughout the year, Joan would collect teddy bears. On Christmas Eve, she and her grandchildren would give the teddy bears to people at Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Please consider making a donation of a teddy bear in honor of her life at www.theodoreroosevelt. org. Cremation is private. Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, North Riverside, handled arrangements.

Judith Reingruber, 70 Brookfield homemaker Judith M. Reingruber, 70, of Brookfield, died on Feb. 4, 2018 at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood. Born on April 23 1947 in Chicago, she was a homemaker. Ms. Reingruber was the mother of JUDITH REINGRUBER Michael (Kristin) Reingruber and Beth Reingruber; the grandmother of Tyler; and the daughter of the late Dominic and Bertha. A funeral Mass will be celebrated Wednesday, Feb. 7 at 10 a.m. at St. Barbara Church, 4008 Prairie Ave. in Brookfield, followed by interment at St. Mary Cemetery. Memorial donations are appreciated to the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, Attn: Honor and Memorial Gifts, P.O. Box 1245, Albert Lea, Minnesota, 56007-9976. Johnson-Nosek Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

John W. Finch, 88 Display stand maker John William Finch, 88, of North Riverside, died Feb. 6, 2018. Mr. Finch was born Feb. 18, 1929 in Melrose Park and had lived in North Riverside since the 1970s. Prior to retirement, Mr. Finch was employed by the Advance Display Company, making display stands. He was the husband of Diane (nee Havel) and the father of John David Finch and Janet Diane (Mark) Scheel. Visitation is on Friday, Feb. 9 from 2 to 8 p.m. at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, 2447 Desplaines Ave., North Riverside. A funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, Feb. 10 at 10:30 a.m. at Mater Christi Church, 2431 10th Ave. in North Riverside. Interment follows at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside Memorial donations to the American Cancer Society, 225 N. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1200, Chicago, 60601 are appreciated.

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LTHS wrestling places third at own regional Five sectional qualifiers for Lions; Shaw is lone qualifier for RBHS By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

The Lyons Township High School wrestling team qualified five wrestlers for the IHSA Class 3A individual state tournament sectional competition on Feb. 9-10 and finished third in their own regional on Saturday Griffin Pohl (106-pound weight class), Jimmy Ruston (113), Reno Sarussi (145), Wes Beeler (170) and Jack Bergman (182) each earned third in his weight class. Pohl (19-22) defeated Morton’s Adrian Guzman 9-3, while Ruston (23-10) pinned Hinsdale Central’s Andrew Perez at 1:39. At 145, Sarussi (28-13) dominated Downers Grove North’s Gonzalo Alvarado en route to a major decision by a score of 16-2. Beeler (14-10) edged Teo Palublinskas of Downers Grove North 4-2. Bergman (18-14) notched a 7-0 decision over Argo’s Justin Hernandez. Riley Shaw (23-16), Riverside-

Brookfield High School’s lone sectional qualifier, pulled out a 6-5 decision against Drake Barone at in the 195-pound title bout. Demar Pierce (29-10) just missed sectionals with a fourth-place finish at 160. Montini (312 points) won the regional title, followed by Downers Grove South (171), LTHS (117.5) and Downers Grove North (111.5). Riverside-Brookfield came in ninth with a score of 35.

Friars send 6 to sectionals Fenwick fared well at its own Class 2A regional in the IHSA individual state tournament on Feb. 3. Under the guidance of first-year head coach Pete Kowalczuk, the Friars advanced six wrestlers to sectional competition and finished second with 136 points. Fenwick recorded eight pins in a total time of 18:51. Fenton won the regional team title with 189 points, followed by

LT’s Drake Barone wrestles against Argo on Saturday, Feb. 3, during a wrestling regional in the Vaughan Gym at Lyons Township High School in La Grange. (Right) RB’s Demar Pearce takes down a wrestler from Lyons Township. (Left) RB’s Vincent Galvan takes down a wrestler from Hinsdale South. the Friars, Glenbard South (118), St. Patrick (115.5), St. Francis (105.5) and Elmwood Park (77). Matt Zuber (132), Adam Aguilar (138) and Jacob Kaminski (195) each won their weight divisions for Fenwick. In the finals, Zuber (20-14) defeated Fenton’s Danny Ramirez 7-0, while Aguilar (24-10) also earned a shutout victory, 5-0 over Brandon Koskiewicz from Fenton. Kaminski (24-2), a Riverside resident and top contender to win a state title at 195, pinned Glenbard South’s Adam Haushahn at 1:36 in the championship bout. Coupled with Kaminki’s successful showing, Fenwick wrestled well in the heavier weight classes. Seniors Aidan Flaherty and Liam Mahon placed second at 182 and 285, respectively. Flaherty (23-10) lost by a major decision 10-1 against Dylan Butts from Fenton in the final. Mahon (18-8) lost by pin at 2:55 to Isaiah

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Brock, another Fenton wrestler. Fenwick freshman David Capron (5-2) earned third place at 152 with a hard-fought 12-8 decision over Fenton’s Miguel Gonzalez.

Friars’ Justin Rodriguez (120), Joe Daley (145), Charlie Sullivan (160) and Josh Simpson (170) just missed qualifying for sectionals by finishing fourth.

S P O R T S

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Programmed for success Reingruber and Till ensure Bulldogs’ stability, winning ways By MARTY FARMER

percent). On the girls side, head coach Dallas Till has guided the Bulldogs to consistent wrote this column on success in the Metro Suburthe afternoon of Super ban Conference. The girls Bowl Sunday. A handful team is 21-7 overall and 9-2 of hours later, Philadelin second place in conferphia Eagles quarterback ence this season. Nick Foles became a houseConsidering RBHS lost a hold name, outdueling Patripair of four-year starting ots’ legend Tom Brady, who guards in Samantha Bloom fell to 5-3 in The Big Game. and Lyndsey Hoyd, plus a And yet, thanks to Riversolid post player in Maggie side-Brookfield High School Shereck to graduation, Till junior point guard Zach Vaia, Sports Editor has done arguably his best I was in a Bulldogs basketcoaching job to date. Lookball state of mind, frankly, all ing ahead, the team returns weekend. For the second time in a week, Vaia made a game-winning 12 of 14 players next season. There is undeniable individual talent. shot in the closing seconds of a game. Freshman Brenna Loftus has the look After his bank shot from just inside of a future star and players like Maddie half court stunned host Immaculate Meehan and Sarah JnoBaptiste have Conception, 47-44 on Jan. 26, “V for been stat-sheet stuffers all season. HowVictory” nailed a fade-away jumper to shock Class 4A state contender Fenwick ever, the formula for success is rooted in teamwork and chemistry. 67-65 on Saturday. Till and his varsity assistants Mark The Bulldogs (15-9), who have won Ruge and Marty Sloan, plus the Bulldogs’ 14 of 18 games, secured the signature group of selfless players, deserve a tip win of the season via their customary of the cap for not only another winning balanced effort as four players scored in double figures. It’s obvious RBHS has season but how they go about it. “We’re proud of our program and the vastly improved since Christmas. way we run it,” said Till, who has a Actually both the RBHS boys and 156-56 record at RBHS. “We’ve had our girls basketball teams are no strangers share of success because the girls buy to success. Other than last year’s aberinto what we are teaching which is playrant 12-16 campaign on the boys side, ing together as a team.” the Bulldogs are virtual locks to win As for Reingruber and the surging 20-plus games apiece. boys squad, winning another conferAfter a long, successful stint as the ence title would be sweet. The Bulldogs boys sophomore coach and varsity have won 15 league titles in the last 16 assistant to Tom McCloskey, Mike years. Led by Vaia and a terrific group Reingruber has established immediate of teammates including three-year credibility as a first-year varsity head starter Ryan Cicenas, Jason Bageanis coach. and Andrew Veon, RBHS is well-posiThe guy is a winner. During his 16 tioned for a strong finish this season. years coaching the sophomore team, And the future looks even brighter, the Bulldogs went 303-86 overall (78 for both teams. percent) and 162-13 in conference (92.6

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Philadelphia Eagles kicker Jake Elliott set six records in the NFL this season.

ELLIOT

Dream season from page 1 (42, 46 yards) to help fend off the Patriots’ repeated rallies. “I am continually amazed with Jake’s poise under pressure,” said Lyons Township football coach Kurt Weinberg, who coached Elliott in high school. “I was nervous on that 46-yarder in the fourth quarter [of the Super Bowl], but he looked cool as a cucumber. “Just like the Super Bowl, some of my greatest recollections of Jake are his ability to handle big moments. He always stepped up and nailed a kick when we needed it.” Indeed, the NFL champion’s road to glory began at LTHS. More specifically, Elliott kicked a pair of 30-yard field goals as a freshman during a 2009 homecoming pep rally. That’s pretty impressive stuff, considering Elliott was neither on the football team at the time nor held much interest in playing the sport. Elliott, a good all-around athlete who played baseball, basketball and soccer, excelled in tennis during his prep days. He was regarded as one of the best young tennis players in the state. However, after a few years of close observation and consistent persuasiveness by Weinberg and assistant coach Jason Brauer, Elliott decided to join the football team in 2011. Weinberg and Brauer never forgot the kicking exhibition Elliott put on at the aforementioned pep rally. During his debut campaign as a junior with the Lions, Elliott kicked a 52-yard field goal with no time remaining to defeat conference rival Oak Park and River Forest 16-14. A week later, Elliott nailed a 47-yard

field goal in the closing seconds to beat York 29-27. He earned first-team All-State recognition from the Chicago Tribune. During his senior year, the Western Springs native made 15 of 21 field goals. After a prolific college career at Memphis during which he set several school records, Elliott entered the 2017 NFL draft. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals with the 153rd pick in the fifth round. Although he lost out to Randy Bullock for the kicker position on the Bengals, the Eagles signed him off the Bengals’ practice squad to replace their starter, Caleb Sturgis, who was placed on the injured reserve with a hip injury. One door closes, another opens. Similar to his immediate success at LTHS, Elliott came up huge for the Eagles early. In just his second NFL game, Elliott kicked a 61-yard field goal on the final play, lifting the Eagles to a 27-24 win over the New York Giants. Elliott’s epic kick was the longest in Eagles history and seventh longest in field goal in NFL history. “When Jake made that 61-yarder against the Giants, [Eagles quarterback] Carson Wentz offered him his game check,” Weinberg said. “Jake refused and it got donated to charity. That gesture shows Jake is such a great kid. He is humble and a man for others.” Since that clutch performance against the Giants, Elliott has continually produced for the Eagles when it’s mattered most. He made three field goals in the divisional round of the playoffs in a 15-10 victory over the Atlanta Falcons. Against the Minnesota Vikings with a trip to the Super Bowl at stake, Elliott made all of his kicks and scored eight points in a 38-7 rout in the NFC championship game. As a 5-foot-9, 170-pound rookie, Elliott has already notched six kicking records. He has set three new records for the Eagles, longest field goal (61 yards), longest

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field goal in the playoffs (53 yards) and most 50-yard field goals in a season (5). The aforementioned 61- and 53-yard kicks are also NFL records for longest regular season kick and playoff kick, respectively, by a rookie. And he owns the longest kick (46 yards) for a rookie in Super Bowl history. On the season, Elliott has made 26 of 31 field goals for an accuracy make of 83.9 percent as the Eagles finished 16-3. For all his exploits, Elliott’s classiest and most caring move recently occurred away from the gridiron. He decided to donate the

proceeds from the sale of t-shirts made by LTHS in support of his remarkable rookie season to the Kelli Joy O’Laughlin Memorial Foundation. O’Laughlin was a classmate of Elliott’s and they enjoyed playing tennis together. O’Laughlin was killed when she was 14 by an intruder in her family’s house in 2011. “Jake is a great person, very humble and kind,” Weinberg said. “Great things do happen to great people. The football program, school and community are so proud of him. What a great felling at LT.”

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FEBRUARY 22nd, 2018 AT 7:00 P.M.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission will conduct a public hearing on Thursday, February 22nd, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois to consider an application filed for variations of Chapter 62-Zoning of the Code of Ordinances, Village of Brookfield, Illinois. The proposed variations are regarding a property located at 9134 West 29th Street, Brookfield, Illinois 60513 (PINs 15-27-406-021-0000 and 15-27-406-022-0000). Legal Description: Lots 8 and 9 and the South half of the vacated alley lying North and adjoining Lots 8 and 9 all in Block 4 in Talman and Thiels Edgewood being a subdivision in the Northwest quarter of the Southeast quarter of Section 27, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the Third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois. The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/ or written comments. The application including the proposed variations may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Written comments may be provided prior to the public hearing to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Emily Egan, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513. Please reference PZC Case 18-02 variation. Individuals with disabilities requiring a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in any meeting should contact the Village of Brookfield (708) 485-7344 prior to the meeting. Wheelchair access is available through the front (South) entrance of Village Hall. By the Order of Chuck Grund, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman. Published in RB Landmark 2/7/2018

PUBLIC NOTICE AT&T Mobility, LLC is proposing to modify an existing wireless telecommunications installation on an existing building located at 714 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL. The modification will consist of removing/replacing antennas and equipment at a top height of 79 feet on the building. Any interested party wishing to submit comments regarding the potential effects the proposed facility may have on any historic property may do so by sending such comments to: Project 6118000304-MRG c/o EBI Consulting, 6876 Susquehanna Trail South, York, PA 17403, or via telephone at (339) 234-3535. Published in Wednesday Journal 2/7/2018

Notice is hereby given to General Contractors that the Village of River Forest will receive sealed bids for the Village Hall and Police Reception Desk Renovation located in River Forest, Illinois 60305-1798 (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;projectâ&#x20AC;?). The Project consists of a renovation of the Village Hall and Police Department reception area, including reception counters and finish work. Scope includes, but not limited to: partitions, frames, windows, doors, tile work for floors and walls, painting and wallcovering, millwork, coiling shutters, electrical, ceilings and lighting. Contract Documents may be obtained at BHFX Digital Imaging, 346 North Justine Street, Chicago, IL 60607; 312.782.2226 (phone); chicago@bhfx.net (e-mail); www. bhfxplanroom.com (web) beginning February 2, 2018. A pre-bid meeting will be held for all bidders at the River Forest Village Hall: 400 Park Avenue, River Forest, Illinois on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 10:00 AM, local time. Prospective prime bidders are requested to attend. Sealed lump sum bids from General Contractors must be submitted on or before 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, February 20, 2018. Owner will consider bids prepared in compliance with the Instructions to Bidders issued by Owner, and delivered to: River Forest Village Hall 400 Park Avenue River Forest, Illinois 60305-1798 Failure to submit a bid on or before said date and time will preclude the general contracting firm from being considered for this project. At such time, bids will be thereafter publicly opened and read aloud. All bids shall be valid for at least 60 days. General questions may be directed to Celeste Karier, FGM Architects at 630.574.8734, celestek@fgmarchitects.com. The Village of River Forest reserves the right to reject any bid, or portion thereof, or to waive minor deviations from the bid documents, if it deems it is in the public interest to do so. Important Project Dates February 8, 2018â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Pre-Bid Meeting at River Forest Village Hall, 10am February 20, 2018â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Bids Due at 2pm February 26, 2018â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Anticipated Authorization of Bids by Village Board February 28, 2018â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Notice of Intent issued March 11, 2018â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Start Construction May 18, 2018â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Substantial Completion May 29, 2018â&#x20AC;&#x201C;Final Completion Published in Wednesday Journal 2/7/2018

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: D18153418 on February 1, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of THE FROSHIONISTA with the business located at: 645 N. LOMBARD 2S, OAK PARK, IL 60302. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: KEESHA VINSON 645 N. LOMBARD 2S OAK PARK, IL 60302.

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: D18153401 on Januar 31, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of MKUZMA DESIGNS with the business located at: 3618 BLANCHAN AVENUE, BROOKFIELD, IL 60513. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: MELISSA KUZMA, 3618 BLANCHAN AVENUE BROOKFIELD, IL 60513.

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The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed bids at the Public Works Service Center, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 4:00 p.m. on Friday, February 16th, 2018 for the following

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Bid forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708358-5700 or by stopping by the office located at 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Information is also available from the Streets Superintendent, Scott Brinkman, sbrinkman@ oak-park.us or on the Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website http://www.oak-park. us/your-government/financedepartment. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. For more information call the Public Works Service Center at 708.358.5700.

Proposal forms may be obtained from the Public Works Customer Service Center by calling 708358-5700 or by stopping by the office located at 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois between the hours of 7:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Information is also available from the Streets Superintendent, Scott Brinkman, sbrinkman@ oak-park.us or on the Villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website http://www.oak-park. us/your-government/financedepartment. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those vendors deemed qualified. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of proposal opening. For more information call the Public Works Service Center at 708.358.5700.

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Advertisement for Bids â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Maywood Park District Recreation Center Renovations Bid Submission. The Maywood Park District, Cook County, Illinois, will receive lump sum sealed bids from general contractors for Maywood Park District Recreation Center Renovations, 809 Madison Street, Maywood IL 60153 Sealed bids will be received on or before, but not after, 10:30 a.m. on February 23, 2018. at the Maywood Park District Office located at 921 S. 9th Avenue, Maywood IL 60153. Bids received after that time will not be considered. Sealed envelopes or packages containing the Bid Forms shall be transmitted to the attention of the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Executive Directorâ&#x20AC;? and shall be marked or endorsed with the title of the Bid (â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sealed Bid for Maywood Park District Recreation Center Renovationsâ&#x20AC;?) and the Bidderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full legal name. The bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at the Maywood Park District Office at 10:30 a.m. on February 23, 2018. Bidding Documents. Contractors may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from any BHFX Digital Imaging location. Please contact BHFX at (630) 393.0777 to obtain a set of Bidding Documents, or visit their Plan Room online at www.bhfxplanroom.com. Bidders shall be responsible for the costs of reproduction of printed copies. Pre-bid meeting. A pre-bid meeting will be held at the project site on February 13, 2018 at 10:30 a.m. with a tour of the existing facility to follow. Prospective bidders are strongly recommended to meet the Owner and Architect at the May-

wood Park District Office for the pre-bid meeting. If the Contractor is not able to attend the pre-bid meeting, then they shall contact the Owner and/or the Construction Manager to make arrangements to visit the building. Contractors submitting a bid are required to certify on the Bid Form that they have visited the building to familiarize themselves with the existing conditions. Information to bidders. Each bid must be accompanied by a bid bond or a cashierâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s check in the amount of 10% of the total bid, made payable to Maywood Park District, as a guarantee that the successful bidder will promptly execute a satisfactory contract, will furnish a satisfactory performance bond and payment bond and proceed with the work. Upon failure to do so, the bidder shall forfeit the amount deposited as liquidated damages and no mistakes, errors, exclusions, or omissions on the part of the bidder shall excuse the bidder or entitle the bidder to a return of the aforementioned amount. No bid will be considered unless the bidder shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the Board of Commissioners that the bidder has the necessary facilities, abilities, experience, equipment, financial and physical resources available to fulfill the conditions of the Contract and execute the work, should the Contract be awarded to such bidder. This project is being financed, in part, with funds from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Park and Recreational Facil-

ity Construction Grant Programâ&#x20AC;? (PARC) grant program. Maywood Park District encourages minority business firms to submit bids on this project and to utilize minority businesses as subcontractors for supplies, equipment, services and construction. Not less than the prevailing wage shall be paid for labor on the work to be done as required by law. The PARC grant program requires that 50% of the labor hours on the project must be performed by residents of the State of Illinois. Substantial Completion of the Work is required by September 28, 2018. The Board of Commissioners reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any technicalities and irregularities in the bidding, and to hold the bid proposals for a period of sixty (60) days from the date of opening set forth above. Questions about the bid documents should be submitted, in writing, to Tedd Stromswold, Williams Architects (tastromswold@williams-architects.com). Responses to questions submitted by bidders during the bidding period shall be in the form of written addendum to all plan holders of record. By order of the Board of Commissioners of the Maywood Park District, Cook County, Illinois. Dated at Maywood, Illinois this January 29, 2018.

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In print • Online • Available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year RBLandmark.com | PublicNoticeIllinois.com 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 Silvia Torres, Petitioner and Jose Mario Gonzalez De La Torre Respondent, Case No. 2017D-008390. 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 February 27, 2018, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk. Published in Wednesday Journal 1/24, 1/31, 2/7/2018

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, NA; Plaintiff, vs. UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BARBARA J. BASSETT, AKA BARBARA BASSETT, DECEASED; CHARLES L. BASSETT; JULIE FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR BARBARA J. BASSETT AKA BARBARA BASSETT, DECEASED; Defendants, 16 CH 4712 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, March 2, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-18-419-006-0000. Commonly known as 1114 South Scoville Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60304. 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.

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Brookfield, Illinois that bid proposals will be received for the following project: 2018 STREET IMPROVEMENTS PROJECT VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD, ILLINOIS This project will include the replacement of concrete curb and gutter, sidewalks, driveway aprons, and drainage structures, replacement of certain sections of combined sewers, milling and resurfacing certain pavements, reconstructing certain pavements, landscaping disturbed areas, and performing other related work. The contractor shall be paid in cash for the work to be performed on this project. Sealed bids will be received up to the hour of 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 2018, in the office of the Village Manager in the Village Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois. All sealed bids received will be publicly opened and read at 11:00 A.M. on the same day, Wednesday, the 28th day of February, 2019, at the Village Hall. Bidding documents, consisting of the bid proposal, project specifications, and project plans are available at the office of Edwin Hancock Engineering Co., 9933 Roosevelt Road, Westchester, Illinois 60154, upon payment of a non-refundable charge of One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) per set of bidding documents. No bidding documents will be issued after 4:30 P.M. on Wednesday, the 21st day of February, 2018. All bid proposals offered must be accompanied by a bid bond, cashier’s check or certified check in an amount not be less than Five Percent (5%) of the total amount of the bid, as a guarantee that if the bid proposal is accepted, a contract will be entered into and the performance of the contract properly secured. Checks shall be

made payable to the Order of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of Brookfield. No bid proposal shall be considered unless accompanied by such bid bond or check. All bidders wishing to obtain bidding documents must be approved by the Village prior to obtaining bidding documents. All bidders must provide proof that they are prequalified with the Illinois Department of Transportation to perform at least 50% of the value of the work before being issued bidding documents. Any bidder in doubt as to the true meaning of any part of the bidding documents may request an interpretation thereof from the Village. The bidder requesting the interpretation shall be responsible for its prompt delivery. At the request of the bidder, or in the event that the Village deems the interpretation to be substantive, the interpretation will be made by written addendum duly issued by the Village. In the event that a written addendum is issued, either as a result of a request for interpretation or the result of a change in the bidding documents issued by the Village, a copy of such addendum will be mailed to all prospective bidders. The Village will not assume responsibility for receipt of such addendum. In all cases it will be the bidders’ responsibility to obtain all addenda issued. The Contractor and Subcontractor shall comply with all regulations issued pursuant to Prevailing Wage Act (820 ILCS 130), and other applicable Federal Laws and regulations pertaining to labor standards. The Village of Brookfield reserves the rights to determine the lowest, responsive, responsible bidder, to waive irregularities, and to reject any or all bid proposals. BY ORDER THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD, ILLINOIS

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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. 16-016885 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3074186

REVENUE SERVICE, STATE OF ILLINOIS-DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES vLC Defendants 17 CH 02177 1401 WEST WILLIAM STREET RIVER FOREST, IL 60305 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 30, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 6, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1401 WEST WILLIAM STREET, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305 Property Index No. 15-01-209-0120000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $942,568.81.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE FOR THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF THE BSSP TRUST 2007-EMX1, MORTGAGE-BACKED NOTES, SERIES 2007-EMX1 Plaintiff, -v.JOHN F. EDWARDS III, KIMBERLY A. EDWARDS, BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA-DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY-INTERNAL

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Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 601294948. 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. 601294948 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 17 CH 02177 TJSC#: 37-10882 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. I3070937

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 14-17-01730. 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. 14-17-01730 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 002798 TJSC#: 37-11074 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. I3073378

section (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale 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 Ms. Edyta Kania at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Di Monte & Lizak, 216 West Higgins Road, Park Ridge, Illinois 60068-5736. (847) 698-9600. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3073947

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.MARIA C. RIVERA Defendants 17 CH 002798 1024 S. RIDGELAND AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 7, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 9, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1024 S. RIDGELAND AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-308-0110000. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION ABC BANK F/K/A AUSTIN BANK OF CHICAGO; Plaintiff, vs. CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS SUCCESSOR FOR COSMOPOLITAN BANK AND TRUST, NOT PERSONALLY BUT AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED THE 11TH DAY OF MAY, 2000, KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 7444; VILLAGE OF RIVER FOREST; GEORGE CHIARELLI; DETAIL WERKS, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 11363 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Monday, February 26, 2018, at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-01-304-004-0000. Commonly known as 1123 Franklin Avenue, River Forest, IL 60305. The mortgaged real estate is a two story 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 sub-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-1 Plaintiff, -v.ELIZABETH L. PURNELL, KENNETH PURNELL JR. A/K/A KENNETH PURNELL, STATE OF ILLINOIS, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants 14 CH 000292 110 S. HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 2, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on February 22, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 110 S. HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-305-0030000. 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) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at

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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 14-13-22714. 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. 14-13-22714 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 000292 TJSC#: 38-554 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. I3074528

NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 16, 2016 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 16-06-119-019-0000. Commonly known as 1023 North Oak Park Avenue, Oak Park, IL 60302. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 981-7385. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3074690

cial taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file 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 14-12-21271. 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. 14-12-21271

Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 12 CH 030427 TJSC#: 38-1029 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. I3076270

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 17-5111. 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. 17-5111 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 17 CH 9096 TJSC#: 37-10721 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. I3070176

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING INC.; Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT F. HARRIS, AS PLENARY GUARDIAN OF THE ESTATE OF JACQUELIN VALENTIN AKA JACQUELINE VALENTIN; JIMMY VALENTIN; EQUABLE ASCENT FINANCIAL LLC; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 3767 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on November 30, 2017 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-28-212-060-0000. Commonly known as 3045 Elder Lane, Franklin Park, IL 60131. The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 981-7385. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3074030

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF MULTI-CLASS MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF CHASEFLEX TRUST, SERIES 2007-2 Plaintiff, vs. WILLIAM H. FARLEY, JR. AKA WILLIAM H. FARLEY, GALE FOSTER FARLEY AKA FARLEY G. FOSTER, CITIBANK, N.A, UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY, AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 09 CH 9575

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A. Plaintiff, -v.TERRENCE M. THULIS A/K/A TERRY M. THULIS A/K/A TERRY THULIS, THE 938 NORTH BOULEVARD CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA), N.A., CACH, LLC Defendants 12 CH 030427 938 NORTH BLVD. OAK PARK, IL 60301 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 12, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 8, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 938 NORTH BLVD., OAK PARK, IL 60301 Property Index No. 16-07-128-0321015. The real estate is improved with a residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or spe-

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC Plaintiff, vs. ROBERT L. ALONGI, AKA ROBERT A. ALONGI; CITIZENS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA RBS CITIZENS, N.A.; DEBORAH L. ALONGI Defendants, 17 CH 1603 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, March 2, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-22-307-001-0000. Commonly known as 9429 CRESCENT DRIVE, FRANKLIN PARK, IL 60131. 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. 17-001863 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3074197

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.ALVERTIS D. SUTTON, CARLA J. SUTTON AKA CARLA SUTTON, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A. AS SUCCESSOR TO HSBC BANK NEVADA, N.A. FKA HOUSEHOLD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SPRINGLEAF FINANCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS, INC. FKA AMERICAN GENERAL FINANCIAL SERVICES OF ILLINOIS, INC., UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 17 CH 06538 1111 32ND AVE BELLWOOD, IL 60104 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 28, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 6, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1111 32ND AVE, BELLWOOD, IL 60104 Property Index No. 15-16-216-0040000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $251,729.13. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four

(24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 612521568. 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. 612521568 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 17 CH 06538 TJSC#: 38-63 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. I3072944

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. 17-018262 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3074011

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 9491. 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. 9491 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 08 CH 42186 TJSC#: 37-11302 I3072963

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 17-082298. 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. 17-082298 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 17 CH 2184 TJSC#: 37-11155 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. I3073368

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY; Plaintiff, vs. KIMBERLY MORIELLO GERENA; ALEX GERENA; BAYVIEW LOAN SERVICING LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS, GENERALLY AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants 17 CH 4037 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on November 28, 2017 Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, March 1, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-03-122-083-0000. Commonly known as 1618 N. 18th 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 Mr. Anthony Porto at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Kluever & Platt, L.L.C., 150 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 981-7385. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3074025 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK NA; Plaintiff, vs. THERESA M. HRILJAC AKA THERESA HRILJAC; WESTCHESTER PLACE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; Defendants, 17 CH 7512 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, March 1, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-29-323-003. Commonly known as 2815 Brighton Court, Westchester, IL 60154. 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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC Plaintiff, -v.WILLIAM D PRUDDEN, GRISELDA PRUDDEN, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF WILLIAM D. PRUDDEN, IF ANY, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 08 CH 42186 1519 HULL AVENUE 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 December 4, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 6, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1519 HULL AVENUE, Westchester, IL 60154 Property Index No. 15-21-120-0410000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1).

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.17 CH 2184 550 ANDY DRIVE Melrose Park, IL 60160 SHEILA HARRIS, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PORTFOLIO RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC Defendants NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on December 8, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 9, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 550 ANDY DRIVE, Melrose Park, IL 60160 Property Index No. 15-02-107-0540000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $348,981.68. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition.

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In print • Online • Available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year RBLandmark.com | PublicNoticeIllinois.com REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff, vs. BETTY R. RUSSELL A/K/A ELIZABETH RUSSELL; COUNTY OF COOK; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; NICOR GAS COMPANY; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BETTY R. RUSSELL, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 10 CH 22207 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, February 26, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 1812 South 20th Avenue, Maywood, IL 60153. P.I.N. 15-15-304-027-0000. 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 Nikhil Mehta at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Marinosci Law Group, PC, 134 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. (312) 940-8580. 16-11515 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3073935 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, vs. JUAN F. JACOME; EVELYN JACOME; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 8542 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-02-115-024-0000.

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Commonly known as 321 Division Street, 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. 17-020314 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3073954

Plaintiff, vs. MAURICE D. MOORE; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; THE BANK OF NEW YORK AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE POLLING AND SERVICING AGREEMENT DATED AS OF FEBRUARY 28K, 1998 SERIES 1998-A; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MAURICE D. MOORE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 17 CH 9767 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, March 9, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-22-419-004-0000. Commonly known as 2913 South 10th 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 the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 WA17-0359. INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3075078

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. Where a sale of real estate is made to satisfy a lien prior to that of the United States, the United States shall have one year from the date of sale within which to redeem, except that with respect to a lien arising under the internal revenue laws the period shall be 120 days or the period allowable for redemption under State law, whichever is longer, and in any case in which, under the provisions of section 505 of the Housing Act of 1950, as amended (12 U.S.C. 1701k), and subsection (d) of section 3720 of title 38 of the United States Code, the right to redeem does not arise, there shall be no right of redemption. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/ 18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file 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 14-17-11627.

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. 14-17-11627 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2017 CH 11043 TJSC#: 37-10385 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. I3074900

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, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 4221719 Please refer to file number 2120-13189. 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. 2120-13189 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 17 CH 04675 TJSC#: 37-11079 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. I3071889

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION HOME POINT FINANCIAL CORPORATION Plaintiff, vs. DIANE T. KOBROW; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 17 CH 10049 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, February 28, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-29-302-033-0000. Commonly known as 153 Winters Drive, Melrose Park, Illinois 60164. 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 Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Anselmo Lindberg & Associates, LLC, 1771 West Diehl Road, Naperville, Illinois 60563-1890. (630) 453-6960. For Bidding instructions visit www.alolawgroup.com 24 hours prior to sale. F17070133 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3073961 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION OCWEN LOAN SERVICING LLC;

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.PATRICIA A. DEARMAN A/K/A PATRICIA DEARMAN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA– DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 2017 CH 11043 2421 S 22ND AVENUE BROADVIEW, 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 November 9, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 16, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 2421 S 22ND AVENUE, BROADVIEW, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-22-116-0410000.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Plaintiff, -v.BABATUNDE OWOLABI AKA B. OWOLABI AKA BABATUNDE O. OWOLABI Defendants 17 CH 04675 1500 EVERS AVENUE 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 December 12, 2017, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on March 13, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1500 EVERS AVENUE, WESTCHESTER, IL 60154 Property Index No. 15-20-122-0410000. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $366,288.66. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no

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