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March 9, 2022

D96 school board member slams abrupt masking decision PAGE 7

Nazareth Academy places 2nd at girls state basketball finals PAGE 15

Local church members help resettle Syrian refugees

RBHS trades fair opens eyes to other options

After a COVID hiatus, Riverside-based resettlement team expands outreach

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

“I just felt that there were plenty of opportunities and wanted to expose kids who may not be going to college for whatever reason, that there’s opportunities besides college,” said Durkin who was at the fair. “The trades are huge opportunities, They’re in such demand. The trades aren’t going away.”

Director of Student Services Beth Augustine said her department has made a

A group of area residents are helping a Syrian refugee family get settled in Chicago. The Riverside Area Refugee Resettlement Team is helping a family of six that arrived in Chicago last month after fleeing the civil war in their homeland and spending 10 years in a refugee camp in Jordan.

The Riverside Area Resettlement Team grew out of what had been, pre-pandemic, a joint effort between Riverside Presbyterian Church and Ascension Lutheran Church in Riverside. The two churches have teamed up in the past to help refugee families.

“Then COVID hit and we took a break,” said Lynda Nadkarni, a leader of the team and the minister for mission and outreach at the Riverside Presbyterian Church.

When the group started getting active again, they decided to expand their reach beyond the two churches and to recruit members from outside the two congregations. Now

See TRADES FAIR on page 12

See REFUGEES on page 7

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A representative from the Carpenters’ Union talks with students about apprenticeship programs the union offers during a trades fair at Riverside-Brookfield High School on March 3.

Event demonstrates good-paying alternatives to college degrees

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

You don’t have to go to college to get a good job and have a rewarding career. That was the message that hundreds of RiversideBrookfield High School students heard last week at a trades and career fair event held in the school’s fieldhouse.

Representatives from a host of trade union apprenticeship programs were at the fair

talking to students about their programs and the opportunities they provide. It’s the first such event in recent memory and possibly a first-ever occurrence at RBHS. This particular event had its origins in a desire by RBHS District 208 school board member Bill Durkin, who a few years ago urged school officials to build relationships with apprenticeship programs and present to students alternatives they might not be aware of.

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Riverside Public Safety Director Matthew Buckley waves from the cab of the village’s 2003 ambulance, which the fire department has used to transport COVID patients since 2020 and now is slated to be replaced.

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Riverside OK’s spending $300,400 for new ambulance

Will replace 19-year-old vehicle used to transport COVID patients

By BOB UPHUES Editor

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A new ambulance is on the way to Riverside – sometime in early to mid-2023 – after village trustees voted unanimously to spend about $300,400 in federal COVID-19 aid funds to pay for the vehicle.

Riverside will purchase a 2022 Horton ambulance equipped with a power cot and power patient loading system from Forest Coach Sales Inc. in Sterling. The vehicle will replace the 2003 ambulance, which the fire department has used as its “COVID ambulance” during the past two years.

“We removed a lot of equipment from the back of it and sealed up a lot of the areas to isolate the back patient compartment area, so we would be able to transport somebody appropriately to the hospital,” Matthew Buckley, public safety director, told trustees at the Feb. 17 meeting of the village board where the purchase was approved.

As a result, the 2003 ambulance got quite a bit of use during the past 24 months, Buckley said, resulting in more wear and tear and need for additional maintenance.

“By replacing the 2003 ambulance, we can have a reliable reserve ambulance for times when the front-line ambulance is out of service,” Buckley wrote in a memo to trustees for the Feb. 17 meeting of the village board where the purchase was approved.

Buckley said the fire department will “rotate” the new ambulance and the ambulance the village purchased in 2018 as the front-line vehicle to extend the service life of both.

“There are times when both of our ambulances are utilized for special events as well as incident responses,” Buckley wrote. “Having reliable ambulances will assist with providing exceptional EMS services.”

While adding the power cot and patient loading systems to the ambulance increased the cost of the vehicle by about $50,000, the devices are worth it for preventing paramedics from incurring on-the-job injuries.

“It seems like a lot of money for that piece of equipment, which it is, but if we have one back injury as a result of loading a patient into an ambulance, this system pays for itself as far as I’m concerned,” said Buckley, noting the 2018 ambulance is also equipped with the power loading system.

While the village board gave the green light to buy the ambulance, Riverside won’t take delivery of the vehicle for another 12 to 14 months, Buckley told trustees last month.

Buckley also urged the village board to act now to purchase the ambulance due to another expected price increase of 9 percent “in the next few months.” In 2018, a new ambulance cost the village about $280,000.

Funding for the ambulance is coming from the nearly $1.2 million Riverside received from the federal government as part of the American Rescue Plan Act signed by President Joe Biden last year.

Those funds are also expected to be used to purchase a new fire engine this year. The fire department is working up specifications for the new engine right now.

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Olmsted Overlook to mark landscape master’s 200th birthday Planned grove of native trees will be planted on bluff above Swan Pond

By BOB UPHUES

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ll across the United States this spring, cities and towns with connections to Frederick Law Olmsted will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the pioneering American landscape architect’s birth.

Events include walking tours, lectures, exhibits, even a carillon festival. But in Riverside, where Olmsted harnessed his landscape vision for the first time for an entire municipality, they’re going big.

They’re planting a forest.

OK, it’s more a small grove of trees that will planted sometime next month along the 100 block of Fairbank Road among the existing oak, hickory, hackberry and walnut trees atop the bluff looking east over Swan Pond Park and the Des Plaines River.

Called the Olmsted Maloney, a Frederick Law trees.

Overlook, it will be a On Feb. 17, village trustees voted to accept Olmsted Society board one-of-a-kind tribute to member and former chair- a plan for Olmsted Society volunteers to wathe man whose name is woman of the Riverside ter the trees for the first three years of the forever linked to RiverLandscape Advisory Com- overlook’s existence. Maloney estimated side through the winding, mission, said the overlook that represents about 200 hours of work planned natural landmay be formally designated during that time period. Watering likely scape he designed. within the map would be weekly, Maloney told “Given that 2022 is the of the Riverside the Landmark.

200th anniversary of OlArboretum. The The village will allow the volmsted’s birth and RiverFREDERICK LAW OLMSTED village was desunteers to use a fire hydrant side is his first planned ignated an arbonearby and provide a hose. The community, the overlook retum in 2015. cost for the water would be less seems a unique and fitting tribute to the “It’ll be good if it blends into than $50 annually, according evolution of landscape design in the United the scenery,” Maloney said. to Public Works Director Dan States,” said Yvonne Lucero, president of “Shawn Sinn designed it with Tabb. the Frederick Law Olmsted Society, during Olmsted principles for a look of Trees of the Olmsted Overlook comments at the Riverside Village Board’s not being contrived.” will be trimmed by the village meeting on Feb. 17.

The grove, said Maloney, was forester for the first 15 years evThe plan for the overlook, conceived by designed to simulate a “climax ery five years. landscape architect Shawn Sinn, who do- forest,” that is representing the Orders for the trees have alnated his time to the Frederick Law Olmst- last ecological stage of succesready been placed with local ed Society for the project, includes about 20 sion for such a woodland in this nurseries, Maloney said, and native tree species. They include a variety region. The succession would ought to be ready for pickup in YVONNE LUCERO of understory and canopy trees, with some have started with grasses and early April. The Olmsted SoOlmsted Society president like flowering dogwoods, redbud and sugar then “pioneer” plants, including ciety will put out a public call maple chosen for seasonal interest. the first short-lived trees until for volunteers to help plant the Other species include blue beech, pagoda reaching its ecological “climax” trees sometime in mid- to latedogwood, American beech, common witch with oak, maple and beech trees.

April in the hopes that the overlook would hazel and ironwood. There’s even a fruit “So, there’s a nod to that in this [planted be in place in time for Olmsted’s birthday tree on the list – the pawpaw – which will be grove] as well,” Maloney said. on April 26. planted in three spots, according to the plan.

Maloney first brought the Olmsted OverThe Riverside Historical Commission Over time, the grove should blend in with look proposal to the village board last June, will host a 200th birthday celebration event the surrounding greenspace, and while it’s where it met with some caution by village on Tuesday, April 26 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the unlikely there will be signage to educate trustees, particularly with respect to the Riverside Train Station, 90 Bloomingbank visitors about the Olmsted Overlook, Cathy time and cost for maintaining the young Road.

“The overlook seems a unique and fitting tribute to the evolution of landscape design in the United States.”

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BIG WEEK

Spotlight on Katharine Hepburn

Join film historian Bob Burton as he shares the fascinating history of one of Hollywood’s legendary performers during “Katherine Hepburn: In a Class All Her Own” on Monday, March 14 KATHARINE HEPBURN at 6 p.m. in Meeting Room 1 of the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave. Register to attend this in-person program by calling 708-485-6917 or visiting brookfield. evanced.info/signup online.

March 9-16 Saving the Blanding’s turtle

The Chicago Zoological Society kicks off its virtual spring lecture series on March 9 at 7 p.m. with “Blanding’s Turtle Conservation at Brookfield Zoo.” Join Andy Snider, curator of herpetology and aquatics for CZS, to learn about conservation efforts including breeding initiatives and care for young hatchlings to combat the loss of the endangered turtle population in local forest preserves. There will be a Q&A after the presentation.

Lectures are free, though a $10 donation is appreciated. Visit CZS.org/LectureSeries to register.

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Active Senior Expo

The fight for women’s suffrage Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, invites you to join the American Association of University Women and Lori Osborn, director of the Frances Willard House, for “Illinois Women: The Fight for the Vote” on March 15 at 7 p.m.

The program is being conducted in person and virtually. Register to attend by visiting online at riversidelibrary.libcal.com/calendar.

And more Nazareth Academy, 1209 Ogden Ave. in LaGrange Park, invites you to the school’s Spring Choir Concert on March 15 at 7 p.m. in the Alexine Chapel. The concert features performances of secular and sacred pieces. Free and open to the public.

Throughout March, the Riverside Department of Parks and Recreation is collecting pop-tabs outside its headquarters at 43 E. Quincy St. They will be donated to the Ronald McDonald House Charities. The box will be out front from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

AARP Tax Aid is back at Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, and the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave., to provide free tax assistance for those 60 and older. Volunteers will be at the Riverside Public Library on Wednesdays through April 6 and at the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library on Fridays through April 8. You must register for appointments in person at the respective libraries.

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Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents “Unseen Things Are Still Here”featuring the work of Alexandra Antoine, J.B. Daniel, Kate Ingold, Esau McGhee and Elsa Munoz in the Freeark Gallery and outdoor Sculpture Garden through April 9. “The Bigger the Fear and Despair …”a two-person show featuring the work of Mayumi Lake and Stacia Yeapanis is in the FlexSpace Gallery through March 19. Proof of vaccine required.

Hours are Thursday-Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.

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North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., and Age Options present the virtual program Crafternoons: Rock Painting Garden Markers on March 12 at 1:30 p.m.

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Teen Services invites kids in grades 6-12 to DIY Hot Cocoa or Bath Bombs in the Teen Spot on March 12 at 1:30 p.m.

Kids ages 4-up can participate in the programs Lapsit Storytime (Zoom only) on March 10 at 10:30 a.m.; After School Art Escape (in person or Zoom) on

‘All Gershwin’ concert

Active Senior Expo will be held on Wednesday, March 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Countryside, 6201 Joliet Road in Countryside.

The event features hundreds of products and services specifically for senior citizens, including health care, retirement communities, assisted living, financial and estate planning, insurance, home care, travel government programs and more. There will also be free health screenings, door prizes and live entertainment.

No registration required. Admission is $2 but free admission coupons are widely available and can be obtained by visiting activeseniorexpo.net. Free parking.

March 10 at 3:30 p.m.; ABCs and 123s (Zoom only) on March 14 at 10:30 a.m.; and Story Safari (Zoom only) on March 16 at 10:30 a.m.

Register for programs at northriversidelibrary.org/ events-new.

Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave., invites you to Chair Yoga via Zoom on March 10 at 11 a.m.; Yoga Storytime (ages 2-5) on March 11 at 1 p.m.; Maker Studio 101 (adults/teens) on March 12 at 3 p.m.; and Start & Grow Your Business with the Library on March 15 at 7 p.m.

Call 708-485-6917 or visit brookfield.evanced.info/ signup to register for programs.

Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, invites you to meditate during Mindfulness Together (in person or Zoom) on March 11 at noon; visit a Riverside Township Community Resource Center Open House on March 12 from 9:30 a.m. to noon; and attend a Medicare Information Seminar on March 12 at 10 a.m.

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Riverside resident and longtime School District 96 music teacher Patricia Goyette-Gill will be among those performing during an “All Gershwin” concert on Monday, March 14 at 1:15 p.m. at the Nineteenth Century Club, 178 Forest Ave. in Oak Park.

The concert, which can be attended both in person and virtually, is presented in partnership with the Lyric Opera of Chicago Chapters’ Executive Board and features an abridged “Rhapsody in Blue,” selections from Gershwin’s “The American Songbook” and more.

A $15 donation is requested of non-members.

Visit tinyurl.com/yc5wv7h2 for more info.

For kids there’s Friday Storytime for all ages in the Program Room on March 11 at 10 a.m.; Friday Flix for teens on March 11 at 3:30 p.m.; Weekend Crafts all day on March 12 and 13; Mini-Movers Storytime on March 14 at 9:30 a.m. 11 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; All Ages Storytime on March 15 at 9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.; and After School DIY for teens on March 16 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Visit riversidelibrary.libcal.com/calendar.

Through March 25, the Lyons Township High School South Campus Fieldhouse indoor track, 4900 S. Willow Springs Road in Western Springs, will be open to the public from 6 to 7 a.m. on days LTHS is in session. There is no admission charge or fee to use the track. Please bring an ID and be prepared to sign in.

The Brookfield Elks Lodge, 9022 31st St., hosts bingo the second Sunday of every month. Doors open at 1 p.m. and games start at 2 p.m. with cash payouts. The next date is March 13.

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VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD

Brookfield trustees have agreed on a plan to widen Grant Avenue by 7 feet between Grand Boulevard and Prairie Avenue to create dedicated parking lanes on either side of the street. The roadway will not be widened east of Prairie Avenue, but steps will be taken to improve sight lines to make the Prairie/Grant intersection safer.

Grant Ave. redo will widen roadway, add parking Officials look to improve sight lines at Prairie Ave. to enhance safety

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The village of Brookfield will widen Grant Avenue a total of seven feet – 3.5 feet on each side – between Sunnyside and Prairie avenues, allowing for parking on both sides of the street. This plan replaces a proposal for two 11-foot through lanes of traffic in order to keep vehicle speeds in check.

Trustees gave the go-ahead Feb. 28 to put the Grant Avenue widening/resurfacing project out to bid as part of the village’s 2022 street improvement program, which includes about one mile of residential side streets in the village.

Brookfield expects to put the road improvement project out to bid in mid-March with construction expected to begin in early May, according to Village Engineer Derek Treichel.

The Grant Avenue segment of the 2022 street improvement program is a bit more complicated that the resurfacing projects elsewhere in town because of its location

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on the edge of the village’s downtown and a desire by officials to try to plan for future development there.

Earlier this year, Village Manager Timothy Wiberg recommended that trustees approve widening Grant Avenue between Sunnyside and Forest avenues by 14 feet in order to provide 7-foot parking lanes on either side of the street and allow for two 11-foot wide through lanes for traffic.

Such a plan would have necessitated the removal of 17 trees, and although they would have been replaced, trustees were not thrilled with the loss of so many trees and felt the recommended improvement would be out of character with the essentially residential nature of Grant Avenue.

One neighborhood resident, Brian Oberhauser, who is also a former village trustee, implored elected officials to leave the street as it was, calling the proposal “a solution in search of a problem.”

He also was not in favor of the village allowing parking along the north side of Grant Avenue. Parking is prohibited right

now along the entire length of Grant Avenue’s north side between Sunnyside and Forest avenues.

But trustees ended up wanting to expand parking on Grant Avenue because they also wanted to improve safety at the intersection of Grant and Prairie avenues. Officials want to push parking on Prairie Avenue further from the intersection to improve sight lines for north-south traffic.

While there isn’t a history of many dangerous crashes there, it can be difficult for vehicles stopped at the intersection on Grant Avenue to get a good view of oncoming traffic on Prairie, which has no stop signs.

There were two crashes there between 2016 and 2020, and in July 2021 a motorcyclist traveling northbound on Prairie was seriously injured when he was struck by an SUV heading east on Grant Avenue.

“It reflects the number of accidents, but it doesn’t reflect near misses,” Treichel said. “We know there’s a bit of an issue … and it’s largely due to the density of the parking.”

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Treichel recommended pushing parking on Prairie Avenue a total of 60 feet away from the intersection, which would result in the loss overall of 10 parking spaces. The village will also perform a speed study to see if it might be worth asking the Illinois Department of Transportation to allow the village to reduce the speed limit on Prairie Avenue from 30 mph to 25 mph.

The loss of the parking spaces on Prairie Avenue convinced trustees of the necessity to allow parking on the north side of Grant Avenue west of Prairie Avenue. In order to create two protected 7-foot parking lanes, the street will be widened by 3.5 feet on each side.

That will leave a 15-foot shared through lane for traffic, which will require cars on Grant Avenue to slow down in order to pass one another and not turn the street into a de facto collector route.

Trustees also agreed to leave Grant Avenue as-is east of Prairie Avenue, with parking only on the south side and a 15-foot share through lane.

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Brookfield waiting on state to OK fountain grant Construction of new feature delayed until at least June

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Elected officials in Brookfield could decide to forego a $250,000 state grant to replace the fountain at the Veterans Memorial Circle if grant requirements related to its general contractor using minority owned businesses aren’t met.

Just prior to putting the fountain project out to bid last summer, village officials learned the state would release $250,000 that had been set aside for the work in the 2019 capital bill.

The funds, administered through the state’s Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO), come with requirements to hire a certain percentage of what the state calls “disadvantaged business enterprises” for project that receive state grant funding.

To date, the DCEO has not informed Brookfield of what that percentage will be for the fountain project, even though the village awarded a $598,000 contract to Integral Construction Inc., the low bidder, for the work.

According to Public Works Director Carl Muell, Integral Construction’s bid included 9.5 percent disadvantaged business enterprise participation, which is expected to fall short of the state’s requirement, guessed to be about 20 percent.

That does not mean the grant won’t be available, but it probably will mean Integral Construction will have to demonstrate to the state that they made a “good faith effort” to get proposals from those businesses.

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Brookfield trustees chose the design shown above for the fountain at Eight Corners, incorporating service branch emblems into the wall of the fountain basin, which also designates the spot as the Veterans Memorial Circle.

Because so much of the project’s expense comes from the cost of the fountain itself, there may be fewer companies capable of sourcing such materials. In any case, it’s likely to take some time for the state and Integral Construction to go through that process, and the clock on the project keeps ticking.

Officials initially had hoped to get the fountain installed last fall but pushed it into 2022. With the DCEO grant still up in the air, Muell told village trustees on Feb. 28 that he didn’t expect the state to sign off on Integral Construction’s effort

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to either beef up its minority-owned business percentage or its good faith effort to try until the end of May. That means the earliest construction could start was sometime in June, with expected completion in September.

However, there’s no guarantee the issues related to grant funding will be sorted out by the end of May, at which time village trustees may have a decision to make on waiting longer or scrapping the grant and moving ahead on their own.

“If we are no closer to the state making a decision at that time, we can assess other options,” Muell told trustees.

The village can use Eight Corners TIF District funds to pay expenses related to the fountain, since it is considered public infrastructure.

Until May, Muell recommended village officials wait to see whether the grant requirements can be satisfied. While trustees were on board with that recommendation, they were clearly frustrated by another delay.

“I think this is an example of how government doesn’t work,” said Trustee Kit Ketchmark, who criticized the state for failing to know exactly what the minority-owned business participation percentage needed to be for months saying it would release the grant funds.

“Like every other grant we’ve gotten, we know there’s strings attached to it,” Ketchmark said. “What’s crazy here is the length of time to give us an answer to what we need to do to comply.”

In the meantime, it’s unlikely the existing fountain will be working at all. The pump is no longer operational and the fountain itself sustained damage last fall when an alleged drunk driver crashed into it.

“The board might have a tough decision to make in the coming months,” Village President Michael Garvey said.

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Man charged after gun found in stolen SUV North Riverside police charged a 24-year-old Broadview man with misdemeanor criminal trespass to a motor vehicle and held him on a warrant for a federal weapons charge after alleging he possessed a stolen vehicle parked at the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, on Feb. 27 at 5 p.m.

An officer on patrol at the mall reported observing a white Lincoln MKZ with no front license plate and a temporary Wisconsin license plate on the rear of the vehicle. The temporary license plate didn’t register to any vehicle, but a check of the VIN number showed the vehicle was reported stolen in Downers Grove in August 2021.

Police also reported observing a black semiautomatic handgun in plain view on the floor in front of the driver’s seat. The gun was later described as a Canik 9 mm pistol loaded with 13 rounds plus another in the chamber. They also found an Illinois ID in the center console.

Police were able to locate the owner of that ID as he exited the mall near where the vehicle, which police towed, had been parked. When an officer attempted to stop the man, he reportedly ran through the parking lot to the north and then west before falling down.

Another North Riverside officer was able to physically take the man to the ground, and a

struggle reportedly ensued, ending when an officer used a Taser to subdue him. He reportedly had the key fob to the stolen Lincoln on his person.

The man was wanted on four warrants, police said, including a federal weapons offense for which he was wanted by the U.S. Marshal, who took him into custody on Feb. 28.

Felony charges for possession of a stolen motor vehicle and unlawful use of a weapon were pending further investigation, police said.

Weapons, drug charges Jehu Palma, 28, of Berwyn, faces felony charges for unlawful use of weapon and possession of cocaine after a North Riverside police officer stopped him while he was driving in the 8500 block of Cermak Road on March 5 at about 5:55 p.m. for having heavily tinted windows.

According to the police report, Palma was in possession of a white crystal-like substance, identified as cocaine, in a plastic bag in his pants pocket. Under the driver’s seat police reported recovering a Citadel 1911 .45-caliber pistol loaded with one round in the chamber.

Palma reportedly does not possess a firearm ID card or concealed-carry license.

Car strikes building Police say an 80-year-old Chicago man accidentally hit the accelerator of his 2020 Cadillac just before it crashed into the building at 345 E. Burlington St. in Riverside on March 4 at about 8 a.m.

The driver reportedly told police he was waiting for his dental appointment and thought the vehicle was in park when he accidentally hit the gas, causing the car to hit the building. No one was hurt.

Vehicles damaged by BB gun Brookfield police responded to a fenced private parking lot in the 9100 block of Ogden Avenue on March 1 at about noon after the property owner called to report that some cars parked there had been damaged by someone firing a BB-type gun at them.

According to the police report, there were a total of three vehicles that had been damaged, including a 2004 Chevy truck whose rear window and rear driver’s side window had BB holes in them, a 1986 Chevy pickup truck whose rear windshield was shattered and a 2014 Kia where police

found six chips in the front windshield.

The only way the vehicles could have been damaged by someone firing a BB gun at them was from the alley or rear of the property, police said.

Gas siphoned A resident of the 3200 block of Maple Avenue, Brookfield, called police on March 1 to report that someone appeared to have siphoned several gallons of gas from the tank of a vehicle parked on the rear driveway during the overnight hours.

The victim said the car’s tank had been filled the day before. However, in the morning the tank was almost empty.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Feb. 27-March 6, 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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D96 board member slams how mask policy was changed Klyber abstains from vote, saying weekend action ran counter to Open Meetings Act

By BOB SKOLNIK

in public at a meeting.

“The superintendent’s abrupt decision on Saturday morning to override the board’s polA Riverside District 96 school board mem- icy and act contrary to the communications to ber criticized colleagues and the administra- the families the night before was made withtion last week, saying the abrupt change to the out my feedback,” Klyber said.

Klyber said she received a call district’s mask mandate policy on from board President Dan Hunt Feb. 26 flew in the face of the Open on Feb. 24 saying there was a conMeetings Act. sensus on the board to change the Shari Klyber read a lengthy masking policy, and that he wantstatement criticizing the school ed to move the March 2 meeting to district’s actions at the March 2 Feb. 28 so the board could act more school board meeting before abquickly. staining from a vote to confirm Scheduling conflicts didn’t allow the decision announced four days the meeting to be moved, promptearlier in an email by Superintening Hunt and Ryan-Toye to decide dent Martha Ryan-Toye.

SHARI KLYBER not to wait for a board meeting to “The process that led to the change the mask policy. change in policy was, in my opinHunt said a change in the federal Centers ion, not appropriate or consistent with the goals of the Open Meetings Act to conduct the for Disease Control and Prevention masking recommendations and Gov. J.B. Pritzker people’s business openly,” Klyber said.

At the school board’s March 2 meeting the dropping his indoor masking requirement Board of Education voted 5 to 1, with Klyber made immediate action necessary. Most other abstaining, to confirm the mask-optional school districts had already moved to optional policy that was put in place on Feb. 28. Board masking effective Feb. 28 and Hunt did not member David Barsotti voted against the new think District 96 should be an outlier, especially when the district was facing pressure policy.

Klyber said the policy should have not have from parents.

Hunt also said that a resolution the school been changed until the board could discuss it Contributing Reporter

REFUGEE

Community-wide effort from page 1 the team has 188 members, most of whom have no connection to either Riverside Presbyterian or Ascension Lutheran Church.

“It’s just a big community-wide effort now,” Nadkarni said.

The team has raised $10,378 which they will use to pay rent and utilities for the Syrian family for a few months as they get their feet on the ground in a new country. The team furnished, complete with furniture and groceries, a two-bedroom apartment in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago for the AlHaffar family. Everything was in place before the family touched down at O’Hare International Airport on Feb. 24.

Seven members of the team will mentor the family and help them adjust to their new lives and surroundings.

“Our mentoring is about helping them get comfortable in the neighborhood they live in, understanding how to navigate, understanding mail,” Nadkarni said.

“They’ve been visited twice a week since they have arrived. They’re becoming comfortable exploring the neighborhood.”

The mentors for the AlHaffar family are Riverside residents are Doug Asbury, the

former pastor of Riverside United Methodist Church who now in retirement helps out at Riverside Presbyterian Church, along with Amy Hill, John Haugland, Ken Johnson, Christine Johnson (no relation to Ken Johnson), Brookfield resident Rafah Abuna (who also serves as a translator) and Nadkarni, who lives in LaGrange Park.

The mentors were trained by RefugeeOne, a Chicago-based organization which works with refugees from the U.S. State Department’s refugee admissions program.

“RefugeeOne does the legal side of being a refugee -- so the legal paperwork and the interfacing with the requirements of interfacing with the government -- and we do the cultural side,” Nadkarni said.

“They picked us for this family because we were able to marshal so many resources so quickly. They knew we could handle the long-term support for the family.”

The Syrian family includes Adnon AlHaffar, who owned a pizza restaurant in Damascus before fleeing Syria, his wife, Houda, and their four children: Hanaa, 13, Fatima, 12, Eman 7, and Mohammad, 3.

Asbury has worked as a mentor with refugee families before. He says it is rewarding work and he has become close friends with one family he helped decades ago.

“It just gives me something meaningful to do,” Asbury said.

board adopted last summer allowed the superintendent to change its COVID mitigation plan and for the school board to vote at its next meeting to ratify or reject the changes.

“I thought that we needed to react to it then, as soon as we could, to avoid distractions, to avoid confusion,” Hunt said. “It would not have been a good environment for learning had we not acted. And Martha had the right to act, with our approval, which we did and I believe we are being accountable to the public by talking about it now.”

Klyber objected to Hunt sounding out board members before the meeting asking how they would vote.

“I want to talk in public,” Klyber said.

“That’s what we should be doing.”

Klyber said she was never asked by Hunt or Ryan-Toye for her opinion on the ending the masking requirement.

Ryan-Toye reportedly sent a text message to Klyber on the morning of Feb. 26 before sending an email to families announcing the shift, but Klyber was teaching a class and unable to respond to the text message.

“I strongly believe that our goal should always be to strive for public discussion and public action,” Klyber said.

Hunt pointed out that Klyber had previously told him never to ask her outside of a board

meeting how she would vote on an issue. Hunt and board Vice President Lynda Murphy said they had individually talked to some other board members about the face mask issue, but only in one-on-one conversations so as to not violate the Open Meetings Act. “I didn’t have time to have conversations with everybody, but I was taking a pulse of everybody in that way,” Murphy said, addressing Klyber. “I’m sorry that you feel the process was flawed. I understand that this was not typical, but I think we are in a pandemic and decisions get made faster. We live in a digital age that doesn’t always align with an every two- or three-week board meeting.”

David Barsotti said he was voting against the switch to mask-optional, noting that both he and his wife work in healthcare.

“This virus is not over with,” Barsotti said.

“All I’m asking for is just a little bit more time.

I do understand the tides are turning but I think if we just had a little bit more time, we can get this better under control.”

But Hunt and other board members did not want to buck the broad trend of mask-optional policies that have been sweeping the state and nation.

“When we find ourselves out of step with that guidance there’s not much of a choice to be made, in my opinion,” Hunt said.

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Adnon Al-Haffar, who owned a pizza restaurant in Damascus before fleeing Syria, visits the lakefront with two of his four children in Chicago. The family now lives in the Rogers Park neighborhood in an apartment.

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Harlem Ave. apartment building sale tops $1.9 million

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The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Clerk from November 2021. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the clerk’s office.

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8920 Gerritsen Ave. 4617 Blanchan Ave. 4140 Maple Ave. 3912 Park Ave. 9020 30th St. 3119 Harrison Ave. 4121 DuBois Blvd.

3021 Vernon Ave. 3748 Blanchan Ave. 4239 Forest Ave. 3343 Madison Ave. 3446 Oak Ave. 3213 Elm Ave. 3434 Arden Ave. 3223 Vernon Ave. 3514 Madison Ave. 3836 Forest Ave. 4117 Vernon Ave. 3311 Park Ave. 3506 Cleveland Ave. 4224 Maple Ave. 3243 Arthur Ave. 3733 Grand Blvd.

3307 Madison Ave. 4159 Deyo Ave. 3146 Morton Ave. 3307 Oak Ave. 3336 Arthur Ave. 3540 Grand Blvd.

4110 Vernon Ave. 9401 Jackson Ave. 3001 Sunnyside Ave. 3331 Sunnyside Ave. 2931 Prairie Ave. 9125 Sahler Ave.

$500,000 $415,000 $255,000 $352,000 $230,000 $225,000 $252,500 $260,000 $180,500 $259,000 $325,000 $275,000 $290,000 $459,000 $230,000 $340,000 $245,000 $256,500 $255,000 $385,000 $310,000 $100,000 $350,000 $145,000 $327,000 $550,000 $279,500 $295,000 $235,000 $252,500 $247,000 $165,000 $218,000 $2,847.53 $540,000

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SELLER Kljaic, Jadranka TR Sass, Karen A TR Schebo, Dzintra L Toczylowski, Jeremy M TR Pilch, Robert Dacy, Steven Mason, John B TR The Chicago Trust Co Na Tr 10363 Straka, Sara A Brewer, James E Swon, Keith Henry Trust Barcal, Robert Heuer, Cynthia Anne TR Root, Elizabeth P Klein, Elyse Wudi, Bradley Duggan, Frederick Gallas, James Rodgers, Christopher P Kubiak, Lizette O’Donnell, Frank J Jr Chicago Title Land Trust Co TR 860978 Jesik, David D Desanti, Robert F Arreola, Diana Klymkowych, Sophia A Welgas, Timothy James Brosnan, Thomas C Riley, Portia Sheehan, Connor Marek, Jennifer L Doumel, Daniel M Judicial Sales Corp Vu, Kelvin Loc TR

BUYER M&M Resid LLC Quinones, Moises Rodriguez Espino, Genaro Sopic, Dennis Garcia, Elyza A Dutton, Kyle J Facas, Lori Kalitka, Vladislav Kothe, Michael A Enriquez, Ianlee Castillo Cortez, Luis A Mandell, Louis Mark Oremus, Shannon Kwok, Wai Weckerle, Hans Lim, William Stanton, Philip J Wallace, Allison Domabyl-Deiters, Shelby Vargas, Adam Rubio, Lorenzo TR Gonzalez, Guillermo Tap Land LLC Grandview Cap LLC Linares, Bianca M Lisack, Alex L DeNatale, Joseph Coll, Daniel Cibrook Ltd Pineda, Eloisa Pena Villasenor, Richard Scheuerman, John A Flowers, Richard Alan PHH Mtg Corp Barcos, Jesus Alberto Melendez

3408 Harlem Ave., Riverside ADDRESS

PRICE

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3506 Forest Ave. 9030 Brookfield Ave. 4513 Deyo Ave. 4004 Vernon Ave. 3538 Grand Blvd.

3823 Cleveland Ave.

$234,500 $325,000 $315,000 $335,000 $515,000 $290,000

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9015 23rd Pl. 2426 1st Ave. 2316 Park Ave. 2443 3rd Ave. 2542 2nd Ave. 2246 7th Ave. 2228 15th Ave.

$266,000 $320,000 $315,000 $330,000 $170,000 $300,000 $225,000

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97 Lincoln Ave. 336 E. Quincy St. 145 Bartram Rd. 178 Northgate Rd. 159 Lawton Rd. 169 Barrypoint Rd 563 Selborne Rd. 59 E. Quincy St. 3408 Harlem Ave. 474 Kent Rd. 616 Selborne Rd. 3839 Stanley Ave.

$190,000 $420,000 $605,000 $590,000 $360,000 . $360,000 $479,000 $309,000 $1,925,000 $605,000 $600,000 $335,000

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SELLER Sertler, Michaela Sparacino, Julius J Chicago Title Land Trust Co TR 4972 Hoover, Paul A Vasco, Joseph Jr Kane, Andrew

North Riverside

Peloso, Michael AGMG LLC Makovetskiy, Pavel Zak, James K Blaszinski, Stephen D Matthews, Mark A Bowman, Susan

Riverside

Linetzky, David W TR Fitzgerald, Matthew F Shaw, Charles T Iorfida, Meg Altera, Lloyd G TR Meier, Martin W Kos, Craig Campos, Elizabeth Lobosco, Maurizio Frese, Wlliam TR Zwuerzynskl, George A Jr Beltran, Julio

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Billingham, Carleton F Putts, Sarah Gerny, William Busking, Charles O

Avalos, Omar Torres, Jose T Baez, Bryanna Lee Blackboard Prop Inc Winfrey, Timothy Rocha, Cesar Cristobal, Esperanza

Riverside 113 LLC Fleming-Crawford, Colleen Kos, Elizabeth B McHugh, Colin M Kaminski, Carla J Kerkhof, Matthew Herbert, Brenden D Ziko, Daniel Normal Dev LLC Mantei, Bradeb Calik, Martin Alcala, Antonio

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Brookfield launches public works service request app Village seeks more efficient, improved response to local issues

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The village of Brookfield launched a new public works service request app on March 3, and within 24 hours residents had submitted nearly two dozen requests – for everything from removing dead animals and large debris from public property to complaints about alleys and cracked sidewalks to calls for graffiti removal.

Called SeeClickFix, the app allows residents to directly communicate issues from tree damage to abandoned vehicles to malfunctioning streetlights and traffic signals with the village and then track work orders and interact with village staff on a web portal where the issues are mapped.

“This new platform will make communication with our residents easier, more transparent and will make processing their service requests far more

efficient,” said Brookfield Assistant Village Manager George Issakoo in a press release.

The SeeClickFix app can be downloaded to Apple and Android devices.

Once downloaded, search the app for “Brookfield.”

The rollout of the app is part of this year’s implementation of the village’s IT strategic plan focusing on operational efficiencies and improved customer service through technology.

The village also just launched a new map gallery on its website using GIS data to help people find information about their properties, from zoning designations to school district boundaries and who their state and federal legislators are.

There’s also a map, just starting to be populated, showing both village-owned and privately owned commercial and industrial properties that are for sale as well as the locations of development opportunities.

A link to the map gallery can be found on the home page of Brookfield’s website at brookfieldil.gov. There is also a link to more information about SeeClickFix on the home page.

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Brookfield residents open a restaurant within a bar Cajun fare (with a Texas flair) lands on Madison Street in Forest Park

By MELISSA ESLMO Food Editor

Inspired by childhood adventures collecting and cooking crawdads, turtles and the occasional alligator, Rich Ortega developed a deep appreciation for shrimp boils, andouille spiked jambalaya and crawfish etouffee.

He grew up in Humble, Texas, approximately 100 miles from the Louisiana border and admits Cajun food traditions were alive and well in his hometown. Today, Ortega, a Brookfield chef with 17 years of industry experience, is bringing his brand of Cajun fare to Forest Park.

“Food doesn’t stop at an imaginary line,” said Ortega. “I grew up in Texas, but we cooked all the same foods they have in Louisiana. I wanted to give my restaurant a name that would feel familiar to people.”

Located inside of Angelo O’Leary’s, 7522 W. Madison St., NOLA Louisiana Kitchen opened at the end of February and brought with it a considerable following thanks to a Westchester steppingstone, a Brookfield pop-up dinner and a history of slinging shrimp boils to-go.

In early 2020, along with his fianceé and business partner, Kayla Hernandez, the single father was looking for a way to bring in some extra money. The duo began working out of a shared kitchen to cook and deliver traditional shrimp boils.

Ironically Ortega is allergic to shrimp, but that doesn’t mean he can’t cook it, and the straightforward Cajun dish made with shell-on shrimp, garlic butter, andouille sausage, potatoes, and corn on the cob, resonated with the Brookfield community. Soon the couple was serving shrimp boils by the hundreds.

Eager to build on their shrimp boil success, Ortega and Hernandez began contemplating restaurant ownership, but didn’t want to make that leap without a trial run.

They partnered up with Sebastian’s Ale and Whiskey House, 8900 Fairview Ave. in downtown Brookfield, to host a pop-up dinner on a Monday evening in March 2020. Ortega led the kitchen and Hernandez handled front-of-house operations.

“We wanted to bring in our servers, our cooks and our menu,” said Ortega, who worked at Sebastian’s at the time.

“We wanted to see how people felt about our simple menu and suddenly we were 300 deep on a Monday night.”

According to Ortega, who has lived in Brookfield for more than 20 years, the response to their one-night event was positive, but just days after their successful restaurant takeover

MELISSA ELSMO/Food Editor

Chef Rich Ortega credits Kayla Hernandez, his fianceé and business partner, with being the heart of their Forest Park restaurant inside Angelo O’Leary’s.

COVID-19 closed Illinois dining rooms. The couple put their restaurant dreams on hold and returned to offering their shrimp boil deliveries.

“Our shrimp boils became even more popular during the pandemic, because everyone was looking for delivery options,” said Ortega. “We had enough support that we felt ready to have our own space.”

On Sept. 1, 2021 NOLA Louisiana Kitchen opened inside

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Shrimp Boils are a menu mainstay at NOLA Louisiana Kitchen shown here with garlic butter, andouille, potato and corn.

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Po’boy sandwiches are on the menu at NOLA Louisiana Kitchen in Forest Park.

of Anna’s Place, 10261 W. Roosevelt Road in Westchester.

Business was quite good inside the diminutive gaming café, but with only four tables onsite they outgrew the space rapidly.

“Out of nowhere we were just slammed and we needed to be able to do more than 20 covers a night,” said Ortega.

Armed with more than 3,500 Facebook followers, Ortega relied on a pre-existing relationship with the owner of Angelo O’Leary’s to bring a menu of Cajun favorites to Forest Park.

O’Leary’s was looking to serve food and Ortega was attracted to the 60 covers he could do every night in the Madison Street bar. Since opening, NOLA Louisiana Kitchen has enjoyed steady business with the bulk of guests being first time customers.

Ortega is quick to point out seafood boils, while on the menu, appear to be less popular than they were in Westchester and Brookfield.

Forest Park customers have been drawn to rice and roux-based offerings as well as NOLA’s Pasta Orleans featuring pappardelle, blackened shrimp, crawfish tails and andouille sausage in Cajun alfredo sauce. Ortega’s “croissant-style” beignets are a fitting end to any meal at NOLA Louisiana Kitchen inside of Angelo O’Leary’s.

“It has been a lifelong goal to have a restaurant,” said Ortega. “We knew this was going to be good, but Kayla and I didn’t know it would be this good. We work well together, and this has been even more fun than we thought it would be.”

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he told me more about it I think it would be something I would look into more. It makes me keep an open mind, but I’m just going to figure it out as I go.”

Jordan told Servin and her friends, Gladys Gonzalez and Viviana Vega, that math is an important element of an operating engineer’s job.

“It made me realize that even if you’re good at math you don’t have to be a big engineer or go to college, you can be an operating engineer,” Gonzalez said.

And they learned that women can operate heavy equipment just as well as men.

“It’s not something that just men do,” Gonzalez said. “I think that women are also capable of doing it.”

It opened up a new world of possibilities to the three girls and other students.

“It kind of opens your mind to consider some of these fields,” Vega said.

David Adams of the bricklayers union said he got interest from a few students.

“I got a pretty positive reaction from a few students that expressed interest,” Adams said. “They said they like working with their hands; that is what my job is about.”

concerted effort to expose students to a wide range of possibilities of what they can do after graduating from high school and not just assume that all students will, or should, go to college.

“As a district it’s our responsibility to provide the options and then let students choose their path,” Augustine said.

The rising cost of college and the burden of taking on tens of thousands of dollars of debt to pay for college has caused some students to consider other options.

“Trades definitely come up more and more with many of our students,” said school counselor Mike Reingruber. “As a department we probably do a better job in the last 10 years of highlighting the trades.”

District 208 Superintendent Kevin Skinkis said there’s more on the way with respect to introducing students to the trades, including the development of an internship/apprenticeship program for upperclassmen.

“The high school started to work on this initiative 2018-19, but progress was delayed due to the pandemic,” Skinkis said in an email. “The goal is to continue to move forward with this initiative in the upcoming school years and develop multiple relationships with employers in various industries and the trades to provide career pathway opportunities for our students.”

Representatives from many ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer union apprenticeship programs, including the electri- Students talk with representatives from the Plumbers cians, operating engineers, Union Local 130 on March 3, during a trades and career plumbers, pipefitters, brick- fair at Riverside-Brookfield High School. layers, laborers and others were at the March 3 career fair talking to students.

The apprenticeship program for bricklayStudents were surprised to learn that ap- ers and associated trades such as marble finprentices earn more than $20 an hour during ishers, plasterers, tile layers and tile finishers their apprentice programs and that journey- runs for three years and, like most apprenticemen can sometimes make more than $100,000 ship programs, features a mix of classroom a year. and on-the-job training.

RBHS senior Krystal Servin was impressed Adams said apprentices start at $20 an hour when Marcus Jordan of Local 150 of the Inter- and get a 5-percent raise every six months. national Union of Operating Engineers union Journeymen bricklayers get paid nearly $48 told her that both he and his sister, who is in an hour. her 20s, made about $140,000 last year operat“I even get people who are in their mid-20s ing heavy equipment such as excavators and who have racked up college debt,” Adams cranes. said. “I can’t tell you how many college stu“I’m very surprised, especially at such at a dents wind up in my program just to pay their young age,” Servin said. “There’s people who debt off.” go to school for years and don’t even get paid Augustine said the dislocations of the panthat much.” demic have made more students really think Servin said she has been planning to go to about what kind of job they want to do. Some Triton College to study computer science but trades are fairly recession-resistant and the now wants to learn more about being an oper- work of the trades cannot be outsourced. ating engineer.

“People still wanted their toilets working, “It would be something to consider if col- they needed electrical [work],” Augustine lege doesn’t work out, because they get paid said. “The systems and the structures of cities really good money,” Servin said. “Now that still needed to run.”

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A season of success

his week we put a bow on our winter sports coverage, and what a ride the last fourplus months have been. The winter season started in the midst of the omicron spike, which wreaked havoc with rosters and schedules in December, and then ended with the kind of thrilling finale we had taken for granted just two scant years ago.

Locally, perhaps the top performances of the winter played out in swimming pools. Riverside-Brookfield High School’s Harrison Nolan, in his third appearance at a state finals, set a state record to walk away with gold in the 1-meter diving competition. Brookfield resident Mike Flynn, meanwhile, won a pair of state championships for Fenwick High School in the 200- and 500-yard freestyle.

Lyons Township High School didn’t have any state champs in the pool, but they turned in five all-state performances to place third overall in the team standings, their first top-three trophy since 2018.

On the hardwood, Nazareth Academy’s girls posted their best-ever season, finishing tops in their conference and second in the state. Meanwhile, the Lyons Township High School girls basketball team won its first conference since 2016, racked up a 28-4 record – which included a 16-game win streak -- and won a regional title.

The Lyons Township High School boys basketball team was stopped in the sectional finals, but the 26-6 Lions had their third straight 20-win season and placed second in their conference, which includes a team in the Class 4A Final Four this weekend.

Riverside-Brookfield High School’s boys rolled to a conference title, a regional title and a 23-6 record, rebounding from a COVID outbreak that put their season on ice for almost a month.

On the wrestling mat, Riverside resident Gabe Kaminski, competing for Nazareth Academy, placed second at 220 pounds in the IHSA state individual championships. While they didn’t take home any medals, the RBHS wrestling team advanced six to the state finals after advancing all 14 wrestlers to the sectional round and earning another berth in the team state tournament.

RBHS sophomore Eleanor Aphay, meanwhile, became the Bulldogs’ first-ever individual to qualify for the IHSA girls wrestling state finals.

LTHS’ boys bowling team made their first trip to a state finals since 2018 and school’s competitive dance team also advanced to the state championships.

Along the way there were countless individual triumphs, perhaps not the kind that get headlines, but ones savored by athletes, coaches and parents just the same.

Congrats to all on a season of successes. We’re looking forward to many more this spring, which begins right now.

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St. Mary first-graders win Penny War, help charity

penny saved is a penny that can go to a good cause. And the good cause this time is Miracles in Progress, a Westchester-based charity which assists those with brain injuries and cerebral palsy in accessing necessary treatment and resources.

Recently, Miracles in Progress was the recipient of $5,000 raised by the students of St. Mary School during their Catholic Schools Week fundraiser, Penny War. Each class was given a bucket to collect the money and choose a charity to donate to. Each penny was worth one point – and they could sabotage other classes by putting into the other class buckets a different coin, like nickel. A nickel in another class bucket meant minus-5 points and so on.

Money was counted daily with standings posted on a leaderboard. At the end of the weeklong Penny War, the class with the most points got to collect all the money and present it to their designated charity.

The winning class was Ashley Grengs’ first-graders who were also treated to a lunch from Jimmy John’s along with

some smiley face balloons.

It was Ms. Grengs who was familiar with Miracles in Progress and she presented the organization to the class as a potential recipient. The first-graders, with all the enthusiasm of first-graders, presented the check to Susan Watson, executive director, and Judy Saraceno-Watson of the organization.

According to the charity’s website, “The goal of MIP is to assist those who have a brain injury to acquire the resources necessary for treatment, both conventional and alternative, so that they can achieve their highest potential. These treatments include, but are not limited to, therapeutic, medical, educational, recreational, alternative medical resources and support services.”

To learn more about Miracles in Progress visit them at miraclesinprogress.org. You will also be able to see a video with more insight into the program.

As for the students at St. Mary’s, they learned helping others can be fun and that pennies saved can mount up to a lot more.

Good job, kids, now you can go back to filling your piggy banks and checking around for loose change and start saving again.

JOANNE KOSEY

LETTERS

As pandemic recedes, time to reflect In 1777, Gen. George Washington, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, ordered his troops to get inoculated with the smallpox vaccine. He was afraid that the epidemic would wipe out his troops before the British did.

He was also afraid that if sick troops went home to their families on leave, they would spread the disease faster. We were fighting for freedom, the freedom to create our own laws for the good of all.

With freedom, comes responsibility. Washington wanted his troops to be healthy and safe. Can you imagine if they cried and said, “No way, this is my body and you cannot tell me what to do”?

Since then, thousands of laws have been passed regulating behavior for the good of all. During World War II every household had ration stamps that told them how much fuel, gas and food they could buy. From 1940 to 1973, every 18-year-old boy had to register with the Armed Forces or face the consequences. We have mandatory car insurance, registration and licensing in Illinois. The list is endless.

Today, we had vaccine and mask mandates that many

people cried about. We have almost 1 million dead in the U.S.A. as I write this. How many lives could have been saved if everyone did his part?

If every American had received the vaccine on schedule, we could have shipped millions more doses worldwide and ended this pandemic much earlier. As the virus recedes and mandates are lifted, let us reflect on the needless loss of life and burnout of health care workers.

In my neighborhood, on a main street, two houses have yard signs with the slogan “Freedom Voter.” Intrigued by a new type of sign, I recently took a closer look. The small print listed the same tired anti-vax and anti-mask slogans.

The “freedom” to be selfish limited the lives of 1 million Americans and made many millions sicker than they needed to be. Freedom does mean the ability to choose one’s one course of action. But not at the expense of others. With freedom comes responsibility, maturity and selflessness.

Jan Goldberg Riverside

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Nazareth girls 2nd in Class 3A state hoops tourney Roadrunners close out program’s most successful season ever at 33-3

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

Starting senior point guard Caroline Workman of LaGrange hoped to be part of the first Nazareth Academy girls basketball state championship team on March 5. As the only senior among the Roadrunners’ usual six-player rotation, Workman sees that title coming soon.

“This is one of the most promising futures team in the entire state,” Workman said.

“They’re all so individually talented, but the best thing about them is they come together so well as a team. I’m so excited to see where they go in the future.”

The final goal of the Roadrunners’ most successful overall season was prevented by East Suburban Catholic Conference rival Carmel, which won the IHSA Class 3A state final 43-39 in Normal after Nazareth won both meetings during the regular season.

Trailing 31-27 after three quarters on March 5, Nazareth (33-3) closed to within one point three times in the fourth quarter but never regained the lead and only scored once on its final six possessions.

The Roadrunners set a single-season record for victories and equaled the fewest losses. They previously finished second in their first downstate trip in 2018 and were third in 2019.

“In the heat of the moment, we’re deeply disappointed but I’m so excited about what

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The Nazareth Academy girls basketball team members pose with their second-place trophy from the IHSA Class 3A state championships, where the Roadrunners fell to Carmel High School in the finals. these kids have accomplished. Just a magical season,” Nazareth coach Eddie Stritzel said. “We played hard tonight. I don’t know if we played wel,l but a lot of that probably had to do with Carmel. I’m just thrilled about where the program is and where it is headed.”

A three by Nazareth junior Gracie Carstensen closed the gap to 40-39 with 38 seconds left. After Carmel’s Ashley Schlabowske made one of two free throws with 28.1 seconds, the Roadrunners’ chance to tie or take the lead was prevented when the Corsairs’ Grace Sullivan stole the ball in the corner by the three-point arc. Schlabowske’s two free throws with 11.2 seconds sealed the victory.

“Obviously it motivates us even more. We know we can do better. We didn’t perform our best today,” Nazareth sophomore Amalia Dray said. “We know that in the future we’re going to give every game everything we have and we’re not going to fall short again.”

Carstensen led Nazareth with 11 points, followed by Dray (9 points, 6 rebounds), Workman (8 points) and sophomores Danielle Scully (6 points) and Olivia Austin of Western Springs (5 points). Sophomore Mary Bridget Wilson was the lone player off the bench.

Nazareth beat Carmel 57-41 during the regular season and 58-47 in the ESCC Tournament final – the Roadrunners’ first varsity

ESCC regular-season or tournament title ever.

This time, behind Bucknell-bound Sullivan (13 points, 13 rebounds) and all-state junior Jordan Wood (12 points), a Michigan State recruit, Carmel led 28-14 in rebounds and only committed 12 turnovers after at least 20 the first two meetings to gain its first title.

Nazareth turned up the defensive pressure and coerced four turnovers on Carmel’s first six fourth-quarter possessions to close to 3534 and 37-36 on free throws by Carstensen and Austin, respectively. Carmel had one turnover on its last eight possessions while making six of eight free throws.

“I thought if we could have got the lead, we really could have got to them. We maybe could have broke things open and we were always playing behind,” Stritzel said.

Carstensen and Dray received honorable mention on the Associated Press 3A All-State team and were joined by Scully on the AllESCC team. On March 4, Carstensen tied the Class 3A state finals single-game record of six threes in Nazareth’s 55-24 semifinal victory over Morton.

Workman, who attended Park Junior High, is the lone remaining member from the 2019 trophy team. She next will play basketball at the University of Chicago, where she plans a STEM-oriented major on a pre-med track.

In November, Austin was a member of Nazareth’s first girls volleyball state championship team in her first season on the team. This spring, she plans to join the girls soccer team.

“I have obviously a strong role [in volleyball] but I feel like basketball, especially with less players and more experience on my end, I felt more pressure to perform more,” Austin said. “We were all playing with our full hearts and I think we were playing for each other.”

RBHS boys hang tough but fall in sectional semis

Bulldogs within 2 with 2:41 to play, but Dolphins rise to the occasion

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

Senior J.P. Hanley and his Riverside-Brookfield boys basketball teammates became an even stronger unit this season after being forced apart.

The Bulldogs were 9-1 when a COVID-19 quarantine forced them to miss the York Tournament and minus any games between Dec. 17 and Jan. 7.

“We had a really rough stretch and then we

really pulled together as a team,” Hanley said.

“It was really what we did off the court that made us play well on the court.”

The Bulldogs’ solid effort March 1 nearly erased an 11-point third-quarter deficit before top-seeded Whitney Young prevailed 64-54 in the IHSA Class 4A Sectional semifinals at Proviso West.

Fourth-seeded RBHS (23-6) led for the last time at 50-48 with 4:47 remaining after another three-pointer by Hanley. The Bulldogs closed to 54-52 on senior Joevonn McCottry’s basket with 2:41 to play. The taller Dolphins then blocked three shots and made two steals on RBHS’ last six possessions.

The Dolphins (25-9) earned a downstate trip by beating Kenwood 75-62 on March 7.

“It just came down to they just made more

plays down the stretch,” RBHS coach Mike Reingruber said. “We had opportunities. They made plays and we didn’t.”

McCottry had 21 points on three three-pointers and added three steals. Seniors Joe Gilhooley (12 points, 6 rebounds) and Brady Vaia (9 points with 2 threes) and Hanley (8 points) also were big contributors.

RBHS regained the Metro Suburban Conference Blue Division title and captured a third straight regional.

“It was a good season overall,” McCottry said.

Sophomore Will Gonzalez started with the four seniors. Seniors Corey Baker and DaMahrion Murrell and junior Arius Alijosius were key contributors off the bench.

The quickness of Baker and Murrell

helped to neutralize Whitney Young’s distinct height advantage led by 6-foot-8 University of Miami recruit A.J. Casey and 6-8 Northern Illinois recruit Xavier Amos (14 points). Junior Marcus Pigram had seven of his 23 points in the fourth quarter.

“Putting ourselves in a position with Whitney Young, four minutes to go, tie game ... I can’t be more proud of our guys,” Reingruber said.

RBHS was behind 38-27 in the third quarter before back-to-back threes by McCottry and Hanley off a Gilhooley assist sparked a 10-0 run.

“I’ve been playing with these dudes since fourth grade. I know one thing. We’re going to fight until the final buzzer,” McCottry said.

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Johnson treys rally Lions, but can’t stop Whitney Young LTHS boys bow out of IHSA Class 4A state tourney in sectional finals

By BILL STONE Contributing Reporter

Senior guard Tavari Johnson made one lasting impression for Lyons Township High School boys basketball fans on March 4.

Whatever the defense, Johnson nailed all five of his three-point shots at the start of the third quarter as the Lions rallied against top-seeded Whitney Young in the IHSA Class 4A Proviso West Sectional final.

“I was just trying to get the ball to Tavari. I’ve never seen anything like that,” LTHS guard Aidan Sullivan said. “It felt like every time we came down the court, you might as well put three points up on the board because it was going in.”

The Lions closed to within three points, but they couldn’t sustain the momentum and lost 67-54.

Johnson, an Akron recruit, had 23 points and his five threes, followed by junior Nik Polonowski (7 points) and senior Will Carroll (5 points, 8 rebounds). Sullivan (6 rebounds), senior Billy Bach and junior Graham Smith (6 rebounds) each had four points.

“We’re glad that we made it this far,” Johnson said. “It’s something I’ll never forget, how good this team was.”

The third-seeded Lions (26-6) were 23-for-58 shooting (40 percent) with eight threes and no free throws on the Dolphins’ six total fouls.

Whitney Young had four players reach double figures, led by 6-foot-8 University of Miami recruit A.J. Casey (18 points, 10 rebounds, 4 blocks) and 6-8 Northern Illinois recruit Xavier

Amos (16 points).

LTHS had hoped for their first sectional title and downstate berth since 2001. Whitney Young (25-9) earned that berth March 7 by beating Kenwood 75-62.

“We were going to have to shoot it really well but we missed some good looks at the basket that would have helped, and Whitney Young’s really good and they made a lot of shots,” LTHS coach Tom Sloan said.

Johnson led the way for the Lions with his shooting and passing after LTHS trailed 32-20 at halftime.

With Johnson’s threes, a Bach basket and Polonowski three, the Lions made seven consecutive shots to close to 43-40. But LTHS then endured a 1-for-14 spell with nine missed threes, and Young opened a 59-42 margin with 4:26 remaining.

Clutch plays also carried the Lions to their 44-41 overtime IHSA sectional semifinal victory March 2 over No. 2 seed Curie (26-7).

Carroll hit the game-winning three with 14 seconds left in overtime after Johnson’s free throws with 1:20 left tied the game 41-41.

“It was awesome, probably the best basketball moment of my life, a lot of fun,” Carroll said afterwards. “I saw Nik [Polonowski] driving. I just slid over, I was in open space and he found me.

We shoot a bunch (of threes) in practice every day so super comfortable. Usually, I’m an inside guy.”

Carroll (team-high 12 points) scored after the Condors stole the ball with 24 seconds but in attacking had the ball stolen back by Sullivan with 21 seconds.

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Tavari Johnson (5) scored 23 points, including five straight three-pointers to open the third quarter, but it wasn’t enough to get past Whitney Young at the IHSA Class 4A Sectional final at Proviso West on March 4.

OBITUARIES

Evelyn Romolt, 92 Worked for Babson Bros.

Evelyn Romolt (nee Goldberg), died suddenly on Feb. 26, 2022 at the age of 92.

Ms. Romolt loved her family, her cats, the Coffee Girls, her neighbors and her years working in accounts payable at Babson Bros. She was interested in EVELYN ROMOLT everyone’s story and was a true people person.

She was an avid reader and was very interested in current events. She was a lifelong Democrat and proud of her Jewish heritage. Over the years Ms. Romolt was a Cub Scout den mother and volunteered at many of her children’s school events. She also volunteered at MacNeal Hospital and

the Brookfield Library.

The family would like to acknowledge Mike K. and the late John C. With their support, Ms. Romolt was able to remain in her beloved Hollywood home.

Ms. Romolt was the wife of the late Oscar, having been married for 64 years. She was the daughter of the late Esther and Harry; the sister of the late Clarence, Allen “Sonny” and Henrietta; and the sisterin-law of the late Ben, Abe, Clara and Veta.

Her greatest joy was being a mother to Ray (Shelly), Curtis (Christine) and the late Bennett. Her grandchildren Courtney, Lauren (Jake), Caitlin and Maddie, were a constant source of pride. She was thrilled when her great granddaughter, Mckenzie arrived.

Evelyn will be missed by so many. May her memory be a blessing. To honor her life, share a cup of coffee and some conversation with a friend.

Visitation and services will be held privately. Private interment at Menorah Gardens Cemetery, Broadview.

Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield,

handled arrangements.

Express condolences online at HitzemanFuneral.com. You can mail sympathy cards to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield, 60513, c/o the Evelyn Romolt family.

Nicole D. Sheputis, 52 Worked for Dept. of Veterans Affairs Nicole D. Sheputis (nee Durczak), 52, of Brookfield and formerly of Cicero, died March 3, 2022.

Ms. Sheputis was born April 2, 1969 and worked for the Department of Veterans Affairs in administration based NICOLE D. SHEPUTIS at Hines V.A. Hospital. She attended Trinity High School and graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago with a

Bachelor of Science degree in business administration.

She enjoyed spending weekends in New Buffalo, Michigan, boating and spending time with friends.

Ms. Sheputis was the wife of the late David Robert; the daughter of James Durczak and Carol (nee Peterson) Onesti; the niece of Diane (Patrick) Chambers, Marianne (Rocco Esposito) Bonavolante and Jack (Becky) Durczak; the cousin of Michelle (Ryan) Nottestad, Deborah (Frank) Nosek, Kimberly (Ron) Macchia and Jim (Megan) Durczak; a fond friend of many; and the devoted dog mom of Chloe.

A funeral service will be held Thursday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m. Visitation is on Wednesday, March 9 from 3 to 9 p.m. at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, 2447 Desplaines Ave., North Riverside. A chapel service will be held at the funeral home on Thursday, March 10 at 10:30 a.m. Interment is at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside.

Online condolences may be offered at KuratkoNosek.com.

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EXAMPLE OF DUTIES: Essential and other important duties and responsibilities may include, but are not limited to, the following: Essential duties and responsibilities 1. Ensure that best in class customer service is provided to both internal and external customers and also embrace, support, and promote the Village’s core values, beliefs and culture.

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The Riverside Department of Public Works is seeking energetic, responsible, and motivated applicants who enjoy working outdoors. This is a part-time, seasonal position lasting from approximately May through September. Applicants will be expected to work up to 40 hrs. per week or as scheduled by staff.

Primary tasks will include, but not limited to: cutting grass, maintaining athletic fields, general facilities maintenance, flushing hydrants, reading water meters, installing water meters, assisting full-time employees, and other duties as assigned.

Applicants must be 18 years old, possess a valid Illinois driver’s license and high school diploma or equivalent.

Applicants will be subject to a criminal background check, pre-employment physical and drug/alcohol screening.

Applications can be downloaded from the Village website at www.riverside. il.us or picked up at the Riverside Village Hall located at 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546. Completed applications should be submitted to the Riverside Village Hall or the Riverside Public Works Department, 3860 Columbus Blvd, Riverside, IL 60546. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled. Pay rate is $15/hr.

The Village of Riverside is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

PARKS DISTRICT OF OAK PARK JOB FAIR

The Park District of Oak Park is hosting a job fair to find job-seekers who would like to work with us!

Learn about all our opportunities part-time, seasonal, and full-time!

We are looking for employees in Summer Camps, Maintenance, Child Care, Horticulture, Supervisory, Operations, Aquatics, and Customer Service. When: Saturday March 12, 2022 1:00PM-3:00PM. Where: Ridgeland Common Recreation Complex, 415 Lake St. Apply online: //www.pdop.org/jobs

parents, and faculty/staff of a school.

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in development and implementation of MultiTiered Systems of Support (MtSS) social/ emotional interventions, and may provide some school-wide SEL programming and parent outreach.

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ACCOUNTANT CLERK

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Account Clerk II. This position which performs a variety of accounting clerical duties involving financial record keeping and/or transactions including accounts payable and receivable and to provide a variety of accounting support to the Development Customer Services Department. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Public Health Nurse in the Health Department. This position will provide professional public health nursing services including health education and promotion which includes disseminating information, making referrals, and counseling as well as managing caseloads, and performing a variety of tasks relative to assigned area of responsibility. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs.

Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. This position is open until filled with first review of apps 2/2/22.

PARKING ENFORCEMENT OFFICER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Parking Enforcement Officer in the Police Department Field Services Division. This position will perform a variety of duties and responsibilities involved in the enforcement of Village parking regulations; and to provide general information and assistance to the public. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www. oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

SEASONAL FARMERS’ MARKET MANAGER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Farmers’ Market Manager in the Health Department. This position manages the Oak Park Farmer’s Market including the vendors that sell directly to the public within established guidelines. This is a part-time seasonal position with work from January-mid November and work required on Saturday’s from May through October.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application. Open until filled.

COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Community Service Officer in the Police Department. This position will perform a variety of public service, customer service and law enforcement related duties and responsibilities that do not require the services of a sworn police officer; and to perform a variety of administrative duties. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oakpark.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

POLICE RECORDS CLERK

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Police Records Clerk in the Police Department. This position will perform a wide variety of specialized clerical duties in support of the Police Department including processing and maintaining documents, correspondence and coding reports; and to provide information and assistance to the public.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website at http:// www.oak-park.us/jobs.

SANITARIAN

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Sanitarian in the Health Department.

This position will perform a variety of duties including education and enforcement activities for the promotion and protection of the public health environment.

Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http:// www.oak- park.us/jobs.

PART-TIME FORESTRY INTERN

The Riverside Department of Public Works is seeking energetic, responsible, and motivated applicants who enjoy working outdoors. This is a part-time, Forestry intern position lasting from approximately May through September.

Applicants will be expected to work up to 40 hrs. per week or as scheduled by staff. Primary tasks will include monitoring of Village Trees for disease and insect issues, updating tree inventory records, maintaining woody and perennial plantings in parks and parkways, record keeping and administrational duties related to forestry operations, and assisting the Forester with various forestry related activities and ecological restoration.

Applicants must be 18 years old, possess a valid Illinois driver’s license and high school diploma or equivalent.

Course work and/or experience pertaining to urban forestry or a related field are desirable for the position. Applicants will be subject to a criminal background check, pre-employment physical and drug/alcohol screening.

Applications can be downloaded from the Village website at www.riverside. il.us or picked up at the Riverside Village Hall located at 27 Riverside Rd, Riverside, IL 60546. Completed applications should be submitted to the Riverside Village Hall or the Riverside Public Works Department, 3860 Columbus Blvd, Riverside, IL 60546. Applications will be accepted until all positions are filled. Pay rate is $15/hr.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y22008651 on February 15, 2022 Under the Assumed Business Name of RHJ STRATEGY & MARKETING CONSULTING with the business located at: 609 GROVE LANE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: RHONDA HUMPHREY-FINKLEA 609 GROVE LANE FOREST PARK, IL 60130, USA

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Notice is hereby given by the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of River Forest, Cook County, Illinois, that sealed bids will be accepted for:

Published in Wednesday Journal February 23, March 2, 9, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD Notice of Public Hearing Village of Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission March 24, 2022, at 7:00 PM NOTICE is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by the Planning and Zoning Commission of the Village of Brookfield on Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 7:00 PM in the Edward Barcal Hall located at 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, Illinois to consider a request by the Village of Brookfield, as petitioner, to amend the text of the Village of Brookfield Zoning Ordinance in Chapter 62 of the Municipal Code for required parking in the SA 1 and SA 4a zoning districts.

The public is invited to attend the public hearing and present oral and/or written comments. Please check the following webpage more information: https://brookfieldil.gov/ community-developmentdepartment/planning/brookfield-development-projects/ Written comments may be provided prior to 4:00 PM on the day of the meeting to: Village of Brookfield, Planning and Zoning Commission c/o Emily Egan, 8820 Brookfield Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 and at eegan@brookfieldil.gov. Oral or written public testimony may be given during the public hearing.

The application may be viewed at the Village of Brookfield Village Hall during normal business hours. Public hearings may be continued from time to time without further notice, except as otherwise required under the Illinois Open Meetings Act. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations in order to participate in any meeting may contact the Village of Brookfield at (708) 4857344 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 March 9, 2022

STATE OF ILLINOIS, CIRCUIT COURT COOK COUNTY. Request of Jessica Nero on behalf of Mason Lee Carter 2021CONC001688.

There will be a court date on my Request to change the name of the minor child from: Mason Lee Carter to the new name of: Mason De’Andre Robinson The court date will be held: On April 18, 2022 at 9:30am via Zoom Video Conference Meeting ID: 963 3970 2551 Password: 395850 Call in # 312.626.6799 Published in Wednesday Journal March 9, 16, 23, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: Y22008743 on March 4, 2022 Under the Assumed Business Name of THE CARIOSCIO GROUP with the business located at: 7915 OAK AVENUE, RIVER FOREST, IL 60305. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: MIKE CARIOSCIO 7915 OAK AVENUE RIVER FOREST, IL 60305, USA Published in Wednesday Journal March 9, 16, 23, 2022

PUBLIC NOTICE WAITING LIST OPENING Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program Housing Authority of the Village of Oak Park Public Notice is hereby given to persons interested in applying for the Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program (HCVP) in Oak Park that effective 8:30 a.m. on Monday, March 14, 2022 through 3:00 p.m.

Friday, March 25, 2022, pre-applications will be accepted electronically on the Oak Park Housing Authority (OPHA) website: www.oakparkha. org. During this time, pre-applications will be accepted 24 hours a day through March 25, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. The purpose of the pre- application is to obtain names of interested persons who may be eligible to receive an application for rental assistance through the Housing Authority of the Village of Oak Park’s Housing Choice Voucher (Section 8) Program.

The Housing Authority of the Village of Oak Park will close its HCVP waiting list at 3:00 p.m. on Friday, March 25, 2022. The OPHA expects to receive an ample number of pre-applications to service applicants for at least the next two (2) years. The OPHA will randomly select 150 eligible pre-applications to be placed on the HCVP waiting list.

The OPHA gives preference to very low-income households who are: • Legal residents of the Village of Oak Park; or • Currently employed 30 hours or more in the Village of Oak Park; or • Hired to work 30 hours or more per week in the Village of Oak Park.

To apply: Please go to the OPHA website: www.oakparkha.org to access, complete and submit the online pre-application.

If you are a person with disabilities or elderly and require reasonable accommodations in completing the online pre-application, please call: 708-386-1464, during normal business hours Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday, March 25, 2022, 8:30am to 3:00pm.

Published in Wednesday Journal March 9, 2022

Green Alley Improvements – Phase 1 The 2021 Green Alley Improvement project consists of the reconstruction of 14 alleys in the Village of River Forest. The project will be completed in three phases to minimize resident disruption. This project consists of the reconstruction of three of those alleys. The project includes the installation of pervious pavers and concrete alley pavement. A 6” perforated underdrain is proposed through the length of each alley, with a connection to the existing storm water system.

The bidding documents are available for download starting Friday, March 4, 2022 at: www.vrf.us/bids Bids must be submitted by Friday, March 25, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. at: Public Works Department, 2nd Floor Village of River Forest 400 Park Avenue River Forest, IL 60305 The bid proposals will be publicly opened and read at that time. Proposals will be considered not only on the basis of cost, but also on past performance, experience and ability to perform the work.

No bid shall be withdrawn after the opening of the Proposals without the consent of the President and Board of Trustees of the Village of River Forest for a period of thirty (30) days after the scheduled time of the bid opening.

The Village of River Forest reserves the right in receiving these bids to waive technicalities and reject any or all bids.

Published in Wednesday Journal March 9, 2022

LEGAL NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division.

In re the marriage of YANET FLORES, Petitioner and RENE ALONSO OCAMPO-BENITEZ, Respondent, Case No. 2022D001624.

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 April 8, 2022, 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 March 9, 16, 23, 2022

The Landmark, March 9, 2022

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.MARIA C. RIVERA Defendants 2019CH05114 1024 S RIDGELAND AVE 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 January 17, 2020, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 4, 2022, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker, 1st Floor Suite 35R, Chicago, IL, 60606, sell at a public sale to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1024 S RIDGELAND AVE, 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, including the Judicial Sale fee for the Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 630-794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-19-03763 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2019CH05114 TJSC#: 42-797 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Case # 2019CH05114 I3188285

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT - CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK NA AS TRUSTEE FOR WAMU MORTGAGE PASS THROUGH CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-PR1 TRUST; Plaintiff, vs.

MARY WOLFE; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FKA WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA; CITY OF CHICAGO, A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 19 CH 10876 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, April 12, 2022 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. 16-17-331-015-0000.

Commonly known as 1028 South Austin Boulevard, 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. 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. 21-009135 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION intercountyjudicialsales.com I3188797

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