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Duo wants faster timeline on A/C at campuses, sale of surplus land

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

The hottest issue in the race for seats on the Lyons Township High School District 204 Board of Education seems to be air conditioning.

Differing views of how quickly to fully air condition both campuses, and on other issues, revealed a clear divide among the candidates for the LTHS school board who met last week for a candidate forum in the performing arts center at the South Campus, moderated by former Riverside-Brookfield High School teacher and Riverside resident Jan Goldberg.

On one side were the two incumbents, Phil Palmer and Barbara Rosinsky, and first-time candidate Alison Kelly who has teamed up with them, arguing for a continuation of the cautious, measured approach the current board has taken on air conditioning and other issues.

The other two candidates, Ricardo Martinez and Kari Dillon, pushed for more aggressive approaches from more quickly installing air conditioning to establishing a 1-to-1 laptop program and perhaps selling land the district has owned for decades.

Currently both campuses at LTHS are partly air conditioned, with about 50 percent of North Campus classrooms See LT FORUM on page 17

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DOOR TO DOOR: Vote Yes volunteers (from left) Jenny Jicha, Kristine Kalfas, Christine Rodriguez, Johnathan Gorny and MaryLu Waas gather up fliers as they prepare to canvass for the Komarek School construction referendum in the area around 17th Avenue and 23rd Street in North Riverside on March 16.

As election nears, Komarek boosters work to sway voters

$22 million bond issue would remake North Riverside campus

By BOB UPHUES Editor

With just two weeks until local voters go to the polls on April 2, a committee of

parents advocating for the passage of a $22 million bond issue to overhaul Komarek School in North Riverside has been working overtime to convince neighbors the investment is worth the cost.

Dozens of volunteers have been going door to door to reach as many voters as possible – a group of about 10 Komarek See KOMAREK on page 11

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North Riverside Library beefs up offerings in Spanish

More books, programs introduced to serve growing Hispanic population

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The North Riverside Public Library is increasing efforts to attract Spanish-speaking residents to its doors, almost tripling the size of the library’s Spanish-language book collection within the past six months and creating programs to serve those patrons.

In coming years, the library will be budgeting funds to increase its collection even more to meet the needs of the community’s growing Hispanic population.

“We’re trying to reach out to community members who are not native English speakers,” said library Director Natalie Starosta.

“Our goal is to reach everybody in the community and make them feel welcome.”

Earlier this year, the library took possession of 350 new Spanish-language book titles thanks in part to a $5,000 “Back to Books” grant from the Illinois Secretary of State and the American Library Association, which offers grants each year to help librarians attend the FIL International Book Fair in GuadalaALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer jara, Mexico.

MUCHOS LIBROS: Adult Services Librarian Lizzy Boden (above) visited the FIL InternaLast November, the ALA provided a grant tional Book Fair in Guadalajara, Mexico, last fall, a trip that resulted in roughly tripling to North Riverside Public Library, and Lizzy the number of Spanish-language titles in North Riverside’s collection, which is housed on Boden, head of adult services, made the trip.

“It was like nothing I’d ever experienced,” the main floor of the library.

Boden said. “It was mind-boggling, absolutecollection was made on the main floor of the been small, but steady and the program is ly overwhelming.”

Working with a vendor called Latin Ameri- building during an overhaul of the space open to all, said Boden, not just native Spanish speakers. Already feedback is indicating can Book Source, a college-age translator last September.

The Spanish-language titles can be found that the library may want to consider an evehelped Boden navigate the book fair – the not too far away from the firening program. second largest in the world place/lounge area of the main “We’re working on it to make that hapbehind the annual fair in floor. According to Boden, the pen,” Boden said.

Frankfurt, Germany – and library board is planning on And, on Saturday, April 6 the library Boden also brought a list of setting aside funds in future will launch its new Conversation Café, a materials the library was budgets to increase the colleclanguage exchange program where native hoping to add. tion and perhaps fund future Spanish speakers and native English speak“We focused mostly on buying trips to the Guadala- ers can learn together. adult books, but we bought a jara book fair.

According to Boden, participants will take fairly good selection of chil“I’m really hoping to go on topics, alternating in Spanish and Engdren’s books as well,” Boden again,” Boden said. lish to hone their skills and get feedback. said.

NATALIE STAROSTA In addition to the new The library’s website now also has an The first shipment of Library director books, the Children’s Services “Español” link on its home page, which probooks ordered at the GuadaDepartment recently started a vides information about materials and prolajara book fair arrived in Bilingual Storytime program grams in Spanish.

January, with the rest comon Wednesday mornings for “The demographics keep changing,” said ing last month. The haul added dramatically to a collection that num- kids ages 2-5. Boden this month also initiat- Starosta, who estimated North Riverside’s ed a Spanish-language book club for adults, Hispanic population at about 40 percent. bered about 150 books previously.

Starosta, who took the reins of the library Club Lectura en Español, which meets “We want to be sure we’re embracing that in early 2018, said room for the new, growing monthly in the morning. Attendance has part of the community.”

“Our goal is to reach everybody in the community and make them feel welcome.”

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Two stores burglarized at North Riverside strip mall

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Someone used landscaping pavers to shatter the glass front doors of two businesses at the strip mall in the 8300 block of Cermak Road in North Riverside during the early morning hours of March 7, making off with cash from one of the businesses.

Police responded to the strip mall at about 8:15 a.m. after a passerby reported seeing the damaged doors at Tamale Hut Café, 8300 Cermak Road, and Sprint, 8350 Cermak Road.

Surveillance video from Sprint reportedly showed a man wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, black gloves and black “jogger” pants breaking the glass front door with a landscaping paver at about 3:10 a.m.

The man ran to the showroom counter but does not take anything, goes behind the counter and then comes out, picks up the paver and exits through the broken door.

The Sprint store’s owner told police nothing was missing from the business.

At Tamale Hut café, the cash register was found open with change left inside, but cash missing. Nothing else was missing from the restaurant proper, but cash kept in a bag in the restaurant office also was discovered to be missing.

White supremacist fliers Someone called Brookfield police on March 16 at about 6:35 p.m. to report that “Nazi fliers” had been placed on vehicles in the 4000 block of Vernon Avenue.

Police located one of the fliers with the title “No White Guilt” at the top of the page and including a list of online links to white supremacist websites. The responding officer observed several of the fliers in the area but was unable to locate anyone distributing them.

Caught dumping Brookfield police ticketed a 66-year-old Brookfield man for illegal littering/dumping after receiving a call that someone had deposited a large cabinet and drawers behind a residence in the 3200 block of Elm Avenue on March 15 at about 7:30 a.m.

According to police a similar incident had occurred the previous week. Police obtained surveillance video showing the offender carrying a large cabinet and drawers down the alley. Officers located the items farther down the alley.

When confronted by police, the offender reportedly admitted placing the items in the alley by the residence without the owner’s permission. Police told the man to retrieve the items and advised him how to have them disposed of properly.

Vandalism Brookfield police responded to Field 4 at Ehlert Park, Elm and Congress Park avenues, on the morning of March 12 after a public works employee called to report that the gate on the south side of the field had been knocked down. A strip of tar paper, probably from the roof of a dugout, was also on the ground, next to the gate.

Officers checked surveillance video from cameras at the park and observed that on March 12 at 3:46 p.m., the gate was intact and three males were observed to be on the baseball field.

At 3:47, the gate is down and the males are gone. Since the camera rotates, it did not catch the actual act of vandalism, police said.

Package stolen A resident of the 4500 block of Grove Avenue, Brookfield, called police on March 13 at about 3:35 p.m. to report that a package left for her by UPS that morning in the foyer of her building had been stolen.

The package reportedly contained a pair of Vince Camuto shoes valued at $280.

Someone at the door?

Brookfield police responded to the 4600 block of Maple Avenue on March 12 at about 1:35 a.m. after a resident called to report that it sounded like someone was trying to break into the apartment building through the rear door.

Officers could find no one at the scene and no obvious signs of forced entry. Inside a common hallway, however, police could hear movement coming from one of the units. They made contact with the occupant, a woman, who told them she had locked herself out of the building temporarily, but had since located her keys.

No gun, yet Brookfield police on March 11 turned away a 59-year-old Broadview man who had come to retrieve a firearm that had been confiscated from him earlier, because an order of protection against him had expired.

Police confirmed that the order of protection had, indeed, expired. However, police pointed out to the man that his Firearm Owner’s ID card had been revoked by the Illinois State Police.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, March 7-17.

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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Alleged bank robber arrested near downtown Riverside Man reportedly snared just minutes after First American Bank holdup

By BOB UPHUES Editor

A man suspected of robbing a downtown Riverside bank is in custody and police continue to search for a vehicle driven by a woman they say may have been involved. Two witnesses reported seeing a vehicle circling the area at around the time of the robbery, police said.

Riverside police have turned the suspect over to the FBI, who were expected to charge the male suspect on March 19 after the Landmark’s press time.

Riverside Police Chief Thomas Weitzel said the alleged bank robber is a 57-year-old man who was believed to have been living in Brookfield as of late last week, although his driver’s license listed an Elmhurst address.

According to Weitzel, the suspect was wanted on an active warrant for a drug-related offense at the time of his arrest and that the FBI has linked him to a recent

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

First American Bank, 15 Riverside Road, Riverside bank robbery in Berwyn.

Weitzel said someone called in a robbery at First American Bank, 15 Riverside Road, at 4:04 p.m. The caller described the offender as a man wearing a surgical mask and wearing orange gym shoes. He re-

portedly demanded cash and implied he was armed, though police have not recovered a weapon. The suspect reportedly entered and exited the bank through the Quincy Street door, near the drive-thru.

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was seen running east from the bank along the railroad tracks behind East Quincy Street. Officers from Brookfield, Berwyn, Lyons, Stickney, Forest View and North Riverside, including the latter village’s K-9 unit established a perimeter that extended to Cowley Road.

A woman who requested her name not be disclosed told the Landmark she was walking along the train platform south of the tracks near Jeff ’s Auto at about 4:05 p.m. when she saw a man wearing a blue surgical mask and black coat running through the parking lot and then over the tracks to the north.

The man threw the mask and his jacket in trash containers behind the Riverside Post Office, 45 E. Burlington St., and then continued running east behind the homes along East Burlington Street before she lost sight of him.

At 4:10 p.m., Weitzel said, officers located a man wearing orange gym shoes hiding in the backyard of an East Quincy Street home

about 200 yards west of Cowley Avenue. Police took the man into custody at gunpoint, Weitzel said.

“There’s no question that the reason he was apprehended so fast was the quick response,” said Weitzel. “I don’t think it could have happened without the quick response and mutual aid.”

Weitzel also noted that the bank is located just a matter of feet from the police station.

Police shut down the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad tracks for about a half hour while they searched the area for evidence.

Weitzel said police recovered clothing along the railroad rightof-way and a trail of cash that led from the bank to the tracks. In addition, according to Weitzel, police recovered a large amount of cash from a sock the alleged offender was wearing.

In addition to the evidence recovered near the scene, Weitzel said investigators have obtained surveillance video from the bank and other nearby businesses.

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BIG WEEK

March 20-27

Insects are good!

North Riverside Public Library’s Adult Services Department hosts “Garden Insects: The Good, the Bad and Why they Matter” on Saturday, March 23 at 1:30 p.m.

Gardens are home to community of insects, each with their own roles to play. Learn about northern Illinois’ wide variety of helpful garden insects. Refreshment’s provided by the North Riverside Garden Club.

To register, call 708-447-0869 or visit www. northriversidelibrary.org/events.

Renowned architect, planner talks Olmsted

The Frederick Law Olmsted Society hosts an afternoon with internationally recognized architect, urban designer and planner Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk on Sunday, March 24 at 1 p.m. in the Great Room of the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road.

Plater-Zyberk will present “Olmsted’s Offspring: From Riverside to Seaside,” addressing the influence of the father of landscape architecture ELIZABETH on contemporary urban PLATER-ZYBERK design, the process of new town planning and her own recent work for the historic railroad suburbs along Philadelphia’s Main Line.

The presentation is geared for a general audience but, given Plater-Zyberk’s prominence in the field, will interest professionals, as well.

Relive radio’s golden days

Riverside Township Radio Players will recreate two shows from the Golden Age of Radio on Friday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road.

The troupe will present the Lone Ranger episode “The Osage Bank Robbery” as well as the episode “April Fools’ Day” from the show “My Favorite Husband.”The show is free and open to the public.

For more information, visit www.riversidetownshipradioplayers.com.

And more Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, 9210 Broadway Ave., continues its High School Art Exhibit, featuring work in a variety of media by local student artists through March 30. Free. Gallery hours are Thursdays from 4 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents “Undiscoverable Country,” featuring the works of Kate McQuillen and Gina Hunt, and “Nomads,” featuring the work of Lynn Basia. “Undiscoverable Country” in the Freeark Gallery runs through March 30. “Nomads” runs through April 27 in the outdoor sculpture garden. Free. Gallery hours Tues.-Sat. from 1 to 5 p.m.

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The League of Women Voters of the LaGrange Area will host “The Lyons Township School Treasurer: Does It Make Cents?” on Thursday, March 21 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Barnsdale School, 920 Barnsdale Road in LaGrange Park.

Panelists, including Illinois House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, will present information followed by questions from the audience. The program is free and open to the public. tro to Microsoft Word on March 21 at 3 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room. Introductory class will focus on most common uses and applications for people with little or no experience using Word. Register by calling 708-442-6366 or visiting www.riversidelibrary.org.

Teenage girls and their moms are invited to Keeping Your Bond Strong: Mother/Daughter Bonding Workshop on March 23 at 1 p.m.

Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., presents a Medicare Seminar hosted by Bill Scanlon of Access Benefit Plan Consultants on March 20 at 6:30 p.m. and Keeping Your Bond Strong: Mother/ Daughter Bonding Workshop on March 23 at 1 p.m. Register to attend events at 708-485-6917, ext.

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St. Louise goes all out for Gershwin The St. Louise Players present the new Gershwin musical “Crazy for You,” over two weekends – March 22-24 and March 29-31 – in the Parish Center, 1125 Harrison Ave. in LaGrange Park.

The parish-based theater troupe’s show is a high-energy comedy filled with plot twists, mistaken identities, a love story and big dance numbers to beloved Gershwin songs, like “I Got Rhythm” and “Shall We Dance” that will resonate with audiences of all ages. Cast members range in age from third-graders to senior citizens.

Showtimes are 7 p.m. on March 22, 23, 29 and 20 and at 2 p.m. on March 24 and 31. Tickets are available in advance through www.slmparish.org or at the box office a half-hour prior to showtime. The cost is $13 for adults, $11 for senior citizens and $7 for kids 12-under, with a $2 discount on opening night. a.m. to noon in the Meeting Room. Play cards and socialize every Friday Adult Services hosts Spanish Language Book Club on March 22 at 10:30 a.m., discussing “Manual del Guerrero de la Luz” by Paulo Coelho and Meditation and Stretching on March 25 at 6:30 p.m.

Sign up for adult programs by calling 708-4470869 or visiting www.northriversidelibrary.org/ events.

For kids, there’s Lapsit Storytime (through age 5) on March 21 at 10:30 a.m.; DIY Craft Hour (grades 2+) on March 22 at 4 p.m.; Messy Mornings for Munchkins (ages 2-5) on March 26 at 10:30 a.m.; Bilingual Storytime (ages 2-5) on March 27 at 10:30 a.m.; and Drawing Robots (grades 5-12) on March 23 from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. and March 26 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The community is invited through March 22 to jog, walk or run inside on the indoor track at the Lyons Township High School South Campus fieldhouse, 4900 S. Willow Springs Road in Western Springs, from 6 to 7 a.m. on days when school is in session. Free.

Aging Care Connections hosts a free Memory Café program through September on the second Friday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Young at Heart Adult Day Services Center, 6504 Joliet Road in Countryside and the third Tuesday of each month at Salerno’s Pizzeria & Sports Bar, 9301 W. 63rd St. in Hodgkins. Call 708-354-1323 for more information.

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

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Lincoln School principal leaves with $33,700 severance Amount covers rest of year’s salary plus health insurance premiums

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Tara Kristoff is leaving Lyons School District 103 with a check for nearly $34,000 as part of her agreement to resign immediately as the principal of Lincoln School in Brookfield.

Kristoff, who was just hired last year and has been on paid leave since Feb 14, was accused of insubordination and resigned as principal at Lincoln on March 11. That evening the Lyons School District 103 Board of Education approved her resignation agreement by a 4 to 3 vote.

As part of the resignation agreement, which the Landmark obtained by filing an open records request, Kristoff, whose annual salary was $91,000, is receiving a severance payment of $33,778.

That amount is equal to her salary through April 30 and the cost of her health insurance through June 30, said Co-interim Superintendent Patrick Patt.

As part of the resignation agreement, Kristoff agreed not to sue the district and waived all claims against the school district.

Meanwhile, District 103 agrees not to press any claims against Kristoff.

The agreement states that a letter sent to Kristoff on Feb. 14, which formally accused her of insubordination and making derogatory statements about the co-interim superintendents, will remain in her personnel final, However, the letter will remain confidential and won’t be released to any third

parties except as required by law. she was resigning “for personal However, that letter had alreasons.” ready been obtained and pubKristoff, who came to the dislished by the Desplaines Valley trict in 2018 and had never been News newspaper. a principal before, apparently The agreement also states that had a difficult relationship with that District 103 will not chalteachers at Lincoln School. She lenge any claim Kristoff makes was placed on paid administrafor unemployment benefits and tive leave the day after she held a that the district will not chalstaff meeting with teachers and lenge any statements by Kristoff Patt. At that meeting, she reportTARA KRISTOFF that that she resigned in lieu of edly was supposed to address a termination and that she did not list of concerns raised by teachengage in misconduct that would disqualify ers but did not address all of them.

“It’s my understanding that there were her from receiving any unemployment bensome issues that the teachers went and efits.

The agreement also states that if the dis- complained about to the superintendent,” trict receives any employment reference said longtime school board member Joanne request for Kristoff, the district will only Schaeffer who, along with Michael Bennett provide a reference letter merely stating and Jorge Torres, voted against approving Kristoff served as the principal of Lincoln the resignation agreement.

“The superintendent had a list and told School from Aug. 6, 2018 through March 11, 2019 and that her last annual salary was her to take the list and at their next meeting address it. Evidently she only addressed $91,000.

The district is also prohibited from saying three, and I think he said there were 13 or 14 anything else about Kristoff ’s time in the [issues] and that was that.”

Schaeffer, whose great-granddaughter atdistrict.

In the agreement, both Kristoff and the tends Lincoln School, said she believed the district agreed not to make derogatory or whole situation could have been handled differently and that Kristoff should have disparaging comments about each other.

Kristoff did not return a telephone call been allowed to finish the year. from the Landmark asking if she wanted “I did not like the way the process was to comment about her resignation. In her done,” Schaeffer said. “Tara was a one-year brief three sentence letter of resignation, principal. If we were not happy with the obtained by the Landmark as part of its way it was or the teachers weren’t happy, the open records request, Kristoff stated that year is over in 10 weeks and we have spring

break in there. Just don’t give her another contract. It’s happened before. That’s my opinion.”

Schaeffer said she liked Kristoff as a person and wasn’t sure how good a principal she was.

“I’m not in the building every day,” Schaeffer said. “From what I saw, and from what my great-granddaughter tells me and some other folks, some people liked her and some people didn’t like her. But guess what, that’s normal.

It’s like that with bosses.”

Schaeffer agreed that it was unusual that she voted with Torres and Bennett and against her usual allies Sharon Anderson, Shannon Johnson, Tom Weiner and school board President Marge Hubacek.

“I did not vote as a bloc with anyone,” Schaeffer said. “Joanne voted all by herself.”

Hubacek said she voted to approve the resignation agreement because it was the best way to end a bad situation.

“When you’re insubordinate and give a problem to the superintendent like this, sometimes you just have to cut your losses and agree to part company,” Hubacek said. “I had no hesitation about it. No one ever likes to make decisions like that, but I think it had to be done, and we did it.”

Hubacek said the resignation was the best way to move forward.

“I voted to accept it, because I think it’s a good move for the staff and students at Lincoln School,” Hubacek said. “It wasn’t a good fit, so we came to an agreement to end her employment here. Now we’ll move forward.”

D103 candidate withdraws from school board race Former board president Bennett won’t appear on April 2 ballot

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Former Lyons-Brookfield District 103 school board president and school board member Michael Bennett has withdrawn as a candidate in the April 2 school board election. His name will not appear on the ballot.

Bennett, who was elected to the school board four years ago as part of a slate of candidates supported by Lyons Village President Christopher Getty, was not part of the slate of candidates this year that Getty appears to be supporting.

Bennett had waited until the last day to file his nominating petitions. He became a father for the first time in December and missed three of the six school board meetings in January when the board was interviewing superintendent candidates. He withdrew from the race on Jan. 24.

When the Getty faction took ber Jorge Torres and three control of the District 103 school newcomers: Vito, Campanile of board in 2015, Bennett was electBrookfield, Olivia Quintero of ed president of the board. He Stickney and Winifred Rodriserved as president of the board guez from Lyons. until 2017, when control of the Torres works as a building inschool board shifted to board spector for the village of Lyons members not aligned with Getty. and a relative of Quintero’s is Bennett also serves as the the Lyons village clerk. president of the Police and Fire The other slate, which calls Commission for the village of itself Putting Students First, MICHAEL BENNETT Lyons. consists of incumbents Joanne Schaeffer and Tom Weiner, forHis withdrawal leaves nine candidates in the race for four seats on the mer school board member Connie Esparza of Lyons, and Stickney resident Jacquie District 103 school board. Two slates of four candidates appear to be the leading Magsaysay.

The only non-aligned candidate appears to contenders in the race which will deterbe McCook resident Shakana Kirksey-Miller, mine control of the school board.

One slate, calling themselves Parents for who seems to be running a quiet campaign.

Unlike Torres, Bennett voted for the conStudent Excellence and apparently backed

by Getty, includes incumbent board mem- sent agenda at the meeting on Aug. 28, 2018,

which included the hiring of teacher Andres Rodriguez who, unknown to school board members and district officials at the time, was facing charges of attempted murder.

Criticism of Rodriguez’s hiring, who was placed on leave in October and subsequently fired, has been a main focus of the Parents for Student Excellence slate’s campaign.

Bennett was generally liked by other school board members even those not in his political camp.

“I wish he would have been able to evaluate the situations like a board member instead of being politically tied, because I like Mike,” Schaeffer said. “He’s a good guy, his wife is nice, and he’s got a darling little baby.”

Bennett declined to comment about his decision to withdraw from the school board race.

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Finances at the forefront at D208 candidate forum School district could face referendum in the next few years

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Last week five of the six candidates for the Riverside-Brookfield High School District 208 Board of Education gathered for a two-hour candidate forum sponsored by Indivisible West Suburban Action League.

The forum, held at the Riverside Township Hall second floor meeting room, drew an audience of approximately 50 people.

Candidate Bill Durkin missed the forum because he was sick, and incumbent Laura Hruska missed the first 85 minutes of the forum because she had a prior commitment with a youth group that she leads. The six candidates are contending for four seats on the board.

Finances were a big topic at the forum, with all the candidates agreeing that RBHS faces significant challenges with budget deficits being forecast for the future. All agreed that either a referendum or budget cuts will likely be necessary.

Incumbent John Keen, seeking his third term on the school board, was the most direct, saying that he would support going to the community with referendum in the next couple of years to see if the commu-

nity wants to preserve current programs passing a referendum even more difficult. or wants the school board to make cuts.

“Personally, I believe that the chances “I’d advocate even going to the taxpay- of a referendum passing have decreased ers in two years and asking them for a since the federal tax change,” Keen said. small increase in the eduKeen said he was uncomcation fund if you don’t fortable letting cash rewant us to make cuts, beserves fall below 40 percent cause obviously we can’t of the annual operating keep have deficit spending budget. He also broached of $300,000 or $400,000,” the topic on consolidating Keen said. “Let the taxpayRBHS with its feeder eleers tell us, yes or no.” mentary school districts.

Keen said that he would “One issue I’d like to inwant to time a referendum vestigate, I’m not neceswith paying off existing sarily advocating it, is conbonds to limit the impact solidating all our feeder on taxpayers. At the end of districts that come into RB,” JOHN KEEN 2022, $3 million in working he said. “There’s no doubt D208 candidate cash bonds are due to be that would save administrapaid off, and construction tive expenses.” bonds issued in 2006 will The other candidates at be paid off around 2026. the forum, Hruska, former “I think that we should board President Matt Sinde, do it sooner rather than later,” Keen said.

Thomas Jacobs and Deanna Zalas were Keen said that he is not optimistic that less specific but generally agreed with a referendum would pass, saying recent idea of timing a referendum so that it changes to federal tax laws limiting the would coincide with the retirement of the amount individuals can deduct on their debt. federal tax returns to $10,000 will make Keen said that the school board, espe-

“Personally, I believe that the chances of a referendum passing have decreased.”

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cially if a referendum fails as it did eight years ago, must tighten its belt. He said board members should have to take a specific vote on any action that results in deficit spending.

Hruska, who is seeking her third consecutive term on the school board and also served on the board from 2005 until 2009, said that some less popular courses might have to be cut to save money. She also said that school district consolidation should be looked into.

There was not much disagreement among the candidates. All agreed that RBHS was a very good school.

Jacobs said that RBHS generally does a good job with top students and students with special needs, but that more attention needs to be paid to average kids.

Sinde, who served for eight years on the board before he was defeated two years ago in a bid for a third term, called for an increase in vocational education geared toward kids who don’t want to go to college.

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Brookfield floats Congress Park station upgrade Village to seek grant funding for $720,000 concept plan

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Brookfield Village Manager Timothy Wiberg rolled out a concept plan for improving the area around the Congress Park train station at the village board’s March 11 committee of the whole meeting, calling it a “high-priority” area “in dire need of assistance.”

Wiberg engaged Hitchcock Design Group, which the village has used extensively in the past to design park improvements, to design improvements at the train station, which sits just north of the intersection of DuBois Boulevard and Burlington Avenue.

“Staff is making every effort possible to try to capitalize on grant applications, and in some cases there are certain projects that we are applying to several different programs in the hopes that one will be successful,” Wiberg told village board members.

The Congress Park train station improvements are one such project, and Wiberg said he submitted documents for funding consideration in the state of Illinois’ capital bill.

Funding requests were due in to the state in early March, Wiberg said.

The project might also be eligible for grant funding from Metra or the Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railroad. Federal grant funding might also be available through the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) program, which helps fund transportationrelated improvements or the federal Surface Transportation Program, which awards grants for improving collector streets, like Burlington Avenue.

“This is not set in stone,” said Trustee Nicole Gilhooley of the concept plan rolled out on March 11. “These plans show that we are prepared to move forward, that we have already done the pre-planning, and should money become available we’d be more apt to move

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MAKEOVER? Brookfield officials will seek grants to beautify the area around the Congress Park Train Station. Plans propose a brick paver drop-off/pickup plaza, covered bike racks, a new parking area and improvements to the tunnel. forward with it than a town that is just hoping to do something.”

The plan discussed March 11 focuses on the south side of the railroad right of way, which presently is an unsightly mélange of crumbling concrete, gravel and inadequate amenities for commuters.

A permeable brick paver plaza is envisioned where there’s an open gravel area now. That plaza would include two covered bike shelters that have already been approved and funded for installation in 2019.

A drop-off/turnaround area is in front of the plaza, while a new parking lot accommodating about 25 vehicles is created by removing a landscape island west of DuBois Boulevard.

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Additional parking may be able to be accommodated on Burlington Avenue east of the train station The plan also calls for replacing the crumbling concrete retaining wall on the south bank of the train embankment and improving the lighting inside the tunnel that runs beneath the tracks and provides access to the raised platforms on either side of the tracks.

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“It’s not a cheap project by any means, but we are hopeful that we will get grant funding,” said Wiberg, who added that village officials have meetings set up with Metra and BNSF. “The obvious hope is that one of those agencies, Metra or BNSF, would provide the matching funds to the village for any grant we receive.”

Improving the platforms or making them handicapped-accessible would add dramatically to the cost. Ramps on either side would be virtually impossible due to the presence of railroad spur lines outside of both the north and south platforms. Adding an elevator would be cost-prohibitive.

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Rev. Leon Wagner, 94, was St. Mary’s pastor for 17 years Led ‘strong and active parish’ and oversaw construction of present rectory

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The Rev. Leon R. Wagner, who served as pastor of St. Mary Parish in Riverside for 17 years before retiring from active ministry in 1992, died March 7, 2019 at the age of 94.

Father Wagner arrived at St. Mary in 1975 after serving as an associate at a number of parishes in the Chicago area, including St. John Brebeuf Parish in Niles, where he served in the mid-1960s while that parish was in the midst of constructing a new church.

Built in the years immediately following the Second Vatican Council, the design of St. John Brebeuf was unlike preVatican II churches. The church itself is round and constructed of natural stone, with light pouring through a semicircular ribbon of windows at the rear of the church.

Father Thomas May, the present pastor of St. Mary Church and former pastor of St. John Brebeuf, said Fr. Wagner wrote

him once, mentioning the ment, also be partially conpride he took in the Niles verted into parish offices. church.

Wiaduck recalled Fr. Wag“He was very proud of the ner as a strong parish leader fact he helped advise the arwho was a keen golfer and chitect of the church,” May also enjoyed boating on the said.

Illinois River, often inviting When Fr. Wagner came parishioners to join him. to St. Mary, according to “He was a builder for St. longtime parishioner Jack Mary’s,” said Wiaduck, “It Wiaduck, it appeared as if was a strong and active parthe new pastor would be ish while he was here.” overseeing another church Fr. Wagner was born on construction project. HowJuly 6, 1924, in Evanston. He ever, said Wiaduck, Cardinal attended St. Joseph School REV. LEON WAGNER John Cody nixed the new in Wilmette and Quigley church. Instead, Wagner oversaw the ma- Preparatory Seminary in Chicago. He jor interior renovation of the existing graduated with a master’s degree and a church, including repairing the stained licentiate of sacred theology from the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Munglass windows and remodeling areas of delein Seminary in Mundelein. the school.

After being ordained by Cardinal SamFather Wagner was also pastor at the time a new rectory was built to house him uel Stritch on May 7, 1949, Fr. Wagner and the parish’s associate priests. The served as an associate at several parishes split-level residence across Herrick Road in the Chicago Archdiocese, including St. from the church would, after his retire- Anthony Padua in Chicago, St. Joseph in

Waukegan, St, Matthias in Chicago, St. John Brebeuf, Divine Infant in Westchester and Queen of All Saints Basilica in Chicago.

He was assigned as pastor of St. Mary Parish in Riverside in 1975 and would stay there until his retirement in 1992 Following his retirement, Wiaduck said, Fr. Wagner retired to Johns Island, South Carolina, where he lived with his sister and continued to assist at a number of parishes. The January 2018 edition of the Seabrooker, a newspaper covering Seabrook Island, South Carolina, carried an advertisement announcing that Fr. Wagner was saying goodbye to the island and Holy Spirit Parish after 15 years of service and moving to the Bishop Timothy J. Lyne Residence for retired priests in Palos Park.

“He found renewed meaning for his vocation” in South Carolina, Wiaduck said.

Funeral services will be held in South Carolina at a later date, according to a press release from the Archdiocese of Chicago.

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KOMAREK

‘Positive momentum’ from page 1 School teachers joined them last week to personally make the referendum pitch to people whose children they teach or may have taught in the past.

“We’re trying to keep the positive momentum going and trying to get people to publicly support the effort,” said Melissa Obrock, co-chair of Citizens for District 94, the steering committee formed to advocate for the referendum.

In addition to the door-to-door campaigning, Citizens for District 94 has been persistent on social media, particularly through their own Facebook page and other North Riverside-centric pages.

The committee has distributed 200 yard signs and has ordered another 100, said Obrock, who added that the group won’t be doing any direct mail campaigning.

The committee has also facilitated guided building tours and financial information sessions for voters with the school district’s financial advisor.

“It feels like the community is excited about this,” Obrock said.

While there does not appear to be any orALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer ganized opposition to the referendum effort, SPREADING THE MESSAGE: Melissa Obrock, a co-chair of the Citizens for District 94 steering committee, makes her case to a potential there has been pushback on social media, voter about the $22 million Komarek School construction bond referendum that will be on the April 2 ballot. with some community members vowing to vote against the bond issue because of the property tax impact over the next two-plus That amount would increase over time to decades. $704 in the seventh year following the referReferendums in North Riverside have endum. While that might be a hard pill to faced mixed results in recent years, so it’s swallow, said Obrock, the funds are needed Convincing local taxpayers to vote for marek School for wanting to provide that difficult to gauge just how widespread the to deal with obsolete spaces and long-dea $22 million building bond, it turns out, for their students.” excitement is regarding the Komarek bond ferred maintenance.

District 94’s debt limit is $11.6 million, isn’t the only thing Komarek School Disissue question.

“The cost sounds scary, but trict 94 officials need to do in order to com- and the district currently carries debt In 2016, the North Rivwhen you look at the plan to of about $4.9 million, leaving a margin plete a major overhaul of the K-8 campus. erside Public Library Disincrease the cost year by year Because of state debt limit laws, District of about $6.7 million. trict’s bid to increase its and then refinance it, it’s not so The legislation would not only allow 94 also needs the Illinois General Assemlimiting rate failed by a 56 to bad,” Obrock said. “This probbly to pass legislation allowing it to issue District 94 to exceed its debt capacity, 44 percent margin. That reflem didn’t happen overnight. but that debt would not count against debt in excess of its legal capacity. erendum would have added It’s a community investment in State Sen. Kimberly Lightford (D-4th), its current debt margin. The legislation less than $100 to a North Rivthe future.” the Illinois Senate majority leader whose would require the bond issue to be paid erside homeowner’s tax bill, The overhaul to be funded by district includes North Riverside, is shep- off in 30 years. but the increase would have a successful referendum is amSeeking such legislation is not unusuherding legislation through committee been permanent. bitious. It calls for demolishing that would allow Komarek District 94 to al for school districts, especially when Local voters also turned the east building and replacing exceed its debt capacity for the $22 million contemplating large-scale construction down a 2011 referendum it with a new gymnasium and projects. Brookfield-LaGrange Park bond issue.

BRIAN GANAN question posed by Riverside51-space, off-street parking The Senate Education Committee passed School District 95 obtained such legislaD94 superintendent Brookfield High School that lot. the legislation, known as Senate Bill 2112, tion in 2017 in asking voters to approve would have resulted in a The west building would be on March 12 and has sent it along to the a $20 million bond issue to expand and permanent increase to the expanded, and the sky bridge renovate the district’s two schools. full Senate for a second reading. school district’s tax rate. connecting the two buildings The referendum succeeded and con“This measure gives Komarek School Passing the referendum will result in lo- would be replaced by a larger structure administration an opportunity to update struction started last summer. Work is cal property tax bills going up steadily in that would house a 3,000-square-foot liand revitalize their facilities,” Lightford expected to wrap up later this summer, the seven years following the initial 20-year brary and additional classrooms. said in a press release. “Our children de- in time for the start of the 2019-20 school bond issue. Some annual relief may result In all, Komarek School would gain 5,000 serve a learning environment that fosters year. after that, when school district officials plan square feet in the expansion and its megrowth and creativity, and I commend Ko—Bob Uphues to refinance the debt, and extend it another chanical systems would be brought up to 10 years. modern standards.

Asked what the school district’s plan Ganan said. “With the amount of work we District 94 has included information According to a referendum calculator on would be if the referendum failed, District have out there, there’s no way to come up the Komarek School District 94 website, the related to the planned improvements and owner of a home valued at $250,000, with no costs at www.komarekschool.org through 94 Superintendent Brian Ganan said it with that amount of money in the time we need to have it. The bottom line is we other exemptions, will see their property a link titled “Important Documents From likely would be another referendum.

“We would regroup and probably look at don’t have the money we need to fix what tax bills go up $348 in the first year follow- Conversations About Komarek’s Aging going for a different type of referendum,” we need to fix.”

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D94 seeks legislation to surpass debt capacity

“The bottom line is we don’t have the money we need to fix what we need to fix.”

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THE LANDMARK ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS B R O O K F I E L D

Conroy, Kaluzny, Rogers for Brookfield Village Board

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he past 12 to implement a months have vision. been a period The three of transition candidates for Brookfield running for village government. village trustee In that time, village who we believe hall has been pretty can best help well transformed in that implewith a new vilmentation are lage manager, fire Brian ConKATHRYN KALUZNY BRIAN CONROY chief, public works roy, Kathryn director, recreation Kaluzny and director (the entire department, Mark Rogers. really) and planner.

All three bring valuable Despite all of that change, vilexperience to the board, lage government appears to have either from prior governlanded on its feet, with experiment experience as school enced leadership and a renewed board members – in the cases focus on sound fiscal manageof Conroy and Rogers – or ment and the village’s future. as an appointed official, like Are there areas village govKaluzny, who was also a ernment can improve? Certainmember of the Brookfield MARK ROGERS ly, but there is no dire need for Comprehensive Plan steering a radical change of direction. committee and launched the What experience has taught us is that in grassroots Go Green Brookfield group that small towns like Brookfield, change hapcaught the attention of PEP Party officials pens incrementally. in the first place.

Especially with respect to economic It’s really not a mystery why PEP’s development, while residents express candidates, this also includes David frustration with what they see as a lack LeClere who we are not endorsing but of action or over the kinds of developrecognize for his past experience as a ment that actually occurs, such develtrustee and commission member, have opment is highly dependent on private won election to every post since 2005. property owners, entrepreneurs and They tend to be the people who go out developers who approach such risks of their way to make themselves part differently. of the village’s fabric – the volunteers, There’s no magic bullet, but there is commission members, to doers – who preparation and planning that can help are visible at events and in local orgaattract that kind of investment. By and nizations and do the hard, unglamorous large, Brookfield’s village government work of helping make Brookfield the place it is. has laid that groundwork. Now it’s time

Durkin, Jacobs, Keen and Zalas for D208 school board

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iversideBrookfield High School District 208 is on the brink of a new chapter in its history. With the hiring of a new principal and a seeming new commitment to servWILLIAM DURKIN ing a more diverse student population, there is room for new ways of thinking about education at the local high school.

It’s in that spirit that we are endorsing William Durkin, Thomas Jacobs, John JOHN KEEN Keen and Deanna Zalas for the four open school board seats up for election on April 2.

The four represent a variety of views regarding education and what’s important.

All but Keen would be new to the school board, but have strong views and a good understanding of what it involves to be a school board member.

What we like most about this group is that they would bring a fresh look at how education is delivered at RBHS. Over the past decade, there’s been a great deal of focus around finances and the campus infrastructure. That’s all appropriate – every school district faces decisions regarding its buildings, especially old ones like RBHS, and spending.

We’re especially happy to endorse Jacobs, who would bring a completely original and

thought-provoking approach – one that seeks to create educated citizens who will be faced with entering an adult world that is marked by political turmoil at home and abroad, climatic uncertainty and a country that THOMAS JACOBS demands leaders who can cope.

It’s a view of education that would demand quite a lot from administrators and teachers, but would instill in students a sense of committed citizenship if adopted.

DEANNA ZALAS We’re not sure the RBHS community is ready for such a challenge, but it’d interesting to find out.

We also admire Zalas’ focus on strategic planning for the future and commitment to have RBHS’ administration and faculty more closely match the student enrollment it serves.

Durkin would bring a new voice, a solid knowledge of finance and a wish to also shine a light on the need for RBHS to better serve students who are not on a path to college, to prepare them for an adult world they will be entering as teens.

Keen has been a committed, earnest school board member of eight years. He was among those who were tasked with weathering the effects of a national financial crisis and has been an important part of the improvements made in that time.

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THE LANDMARK ELECTION ENDORSEMENTS N O R T H R I V E R S I D E V I L L A G E T R U S T E E

Demopoulos, Czajka, DeLeonardis our choices in North Riverside

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hen it came down to choosing who we are endorsing for village trustee in the village of North Riverside, a couple of things were clear.

First, we are endorsing H. Bob Demopoulos for a third term on the village board because he continues to be an independent voice for good-government practices. Demopoulos has a firm handle on the issues facing the village and advocates (sometimes successfully) for commonsense practices like bidding out large service contracts.

He’s also realistic and can work with the VIP majority in crafting the village’s budget, coming to conclusions about raising fees for services and passing them along to residents who use those services and finding alternate streams of revenue that are critical to maintaining service levels.

We are also endorsing Deborah H. BOB DEMOPOULOS Czajka and Martin DeLeonardis, two of the three VIP Party candidates running. Czajka is a veteran of both the village board and, before that, the Komarek School board.

DeLeonardis will be a new voice on the board and appears to be prepared for the job, having served on the Komarek School board and on the village’s E911 board.

DEBORAH CZAJKA Truth be told, however, we’re unsure exactly how independent either will be and what new ideas they might bring to the table. VIP has made it a habit, of late, to really put a lid on encouraging anything resembling stepping over the party line.

The party’s penchant for submitting identical responses to the Landmark’s candidate questionnaires is frustrating – not just for us, but for voters. How are voters supposed to judge how people think without allowing candidates to formulate their own thoughts?

MARTIN DELEONARDIS It’s also troublesome that almost none of the candidates, save Marybelle Mandel who we are not endorsing but acknowledge as an independent voice, sees North Riverside’s approach to public transparency as something to improve.

We’re talking here specifically about providing taxpayers simple online access to information about village board meetings, village board committee meetings and advisory commission meetings – packets containing items many local governments routinely provide, like lists of bills paid, copies of ordinances and supporting documents, staff memos, and at the very least audio recordings of board meetings and committee meetings.

That right there ought to be priority No. 1 for future village boards.

Voters should reject politics in D103

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oters in Lyons-Brookfield School District 103 face another vote fraught with possible upheaval.

For the third straight election, a well-funded, organized effort to install candidates with direct ties to Lyons Village Hall threatens to destabilize a school board that CONNIE ESPARZA is already full of dysfunction, with sitting board members actively sabotaging its efforts by not participating in policy discussions, hirings and firings and simply voting against the most mundane subjects – like paying the district’s bills.

The reason for doing this, as the community found out late last year, is that it sometimes, by a stroke of luck, turns into a weapon to be used against poJOANNE SCHAEFFER litical opponents. The Parents for Student Excellence slate -- which now has a shadowy political PAC funded by an out-of-town operative mailing out incendiary materials referencing the hiring (and subsequent firing) of an accused criminal -- has made plenty of political hay out of that misstep.

They contend that the current board majority can’t be trusted with the safety

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of students – even though one of their own voted in favor of the hiring (he, coincidentally we’re sure, was left off the PSE slate and later dropped out of the race altogether).

But, let’s be clear, the Parents for Student Excellence has a two-year track record of crony hiring and fealty to their patrons in Lyons village JACQUELINE government. Be assured that the MAGSAYSAY students and parents and education come second to that crew.

Their candidates couldn’t be bothered to answer questions for the record about their priorities for the school district and didn’t participate in the Landmark’s endorsement process – again.

We endorse Connie Esparza, Jacqueline Magsaysay, Joanne Schaeffer and Tom TOM WEINER Weiner for seats on the District 103 Board of Education. This is an opportunity for voters to say loudly that they reject the political meddling of Lyons Village Hall in the affairs of the District 103.

With a new superintendent coming on board and important decisions to be made in hiring a pair of prinicpals in the coming months, the board needs a clear focus on education, not politics.

Jordan, McAteer and Pencak for District 95 board

rookfield-LaGrange Park Elementary School District 95 is fortunate not only to have a strong, experienced school board and administration but a strong group of candidates who have volunteered to stand up and participate in governing.

The school board will lose at least two incumbents from the board come April 2, with only one incumbent choosing to run for re-election this year. Whatever the JACQUELINE JORDAN MEAGHAN MCATEER BRIAN PENCAK result on Election Day, we feel District 95 their meetings and use social media to connect with will continue to be in good hands. residents who may not have children in the district.

That said, the trio of candidates we feel are the We also support Pencak and McAteer’s goal of rollstrongest are Jacqueline Jordan, Meaghan McAing out a more robust foreign language component teer and Brian Pencak, and we endorse them in this in District 95, particularly at the elementary school election. level, and expanding before- and after-school care for All three have track records as volunteers and families who need additional structured care for their actively follow and understand the issues the school children. board faces now and will face in the future. We like We wish all of District 95’s candidates the best on Jordan and McAteer’s commitment to improved comElection Day. Taxpayers are lucky to have such a munication with the wider community, particularly strong field from which to choose.

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Nurse, volunteer, world traveler

Homemaker

In addition, she was a member of the Riverside Woman’s Reading Club, served as a local election precinct judge for 12 years, was elected to the Philanthropic EducationMary Ann Braham (nee Moll), 98, a for- al Organization in 1976 and to the Daughmer Riverside resident, died peacefully on ters of the American Revolution in 2002.

March 12, 2019.

In 1991 when Ms. Braham’s husband reMs. Braham was born on September 3, tired from the University of Chicago, the 1920 in Dayton, Ohio to Verdin Atlee Mol Sr. couple moved to Cary, North Carolina. and Ethel Hammann Moll. She graduated There, her hobbies included reading, swimfrom Central High School in ming, and camping. Traveling 1938 in Xenia, Ohio and earned with her husband was also a favorher R.N. degree from the Miami ite activity. The couple traveled to South Africa, Israel, England, Valley School of Nursing in Australia, Kenya, Germany, Italy, Dayton in 1942.

India, Fiji, Canada and 49 of the 50 During World War II, she U.S. states. She was a member of worked at McClelland Hospital the Kirk of Kildaire Presbyterian in Xenia. In 1943, she married Church in Cary. her high school sweetheart, RosMs. Braham is survived by her coe Riley Braham Jr., and lived children, Ruth Ann Ashton, Nanbriefly with her husband in SoMARY ANN BRAHAM cy Billingslea, Jean Barwig and corro, New Mexico, before movRichard Braham; her sister-in-law, ing to Riverside.

Ms. Braham was a homemaker who en- Barbara Moll; eight grandchildren; and her joyed canning fruits and vegetables from 14 great-grandchildren. She was preceded her garden, baking desserts and bread and in death by her husband of 74 years, Roscoe.

Visitation and Service information for watching Chicago Cubs baseball games on March 21 is available from Brown-Wynne television.

She was an active member of the River- Funeral Home’s Sherrie Strickland at 919side Presbyterian Church, taught Sunday 467-8108 in Cary, North Carolina. The famschool, led a Campfire Girls troop for eight ily appreciates memorial donations to the years and volunteered for Meals-on-Wheels Ethel Moll Scholarship Endowment at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. for 12 years.

Dorothy M. Kakuska (nee Paver), 83, of Westmont and formerly of LaGrange Park, died on March 6, 2019.

Born on April 22, 1935, she was a homemaker.

Ms. Kakuska was the wife of the late William J. Kakuska Jr.; the mother of Kathleen (John) Budnick, Karen (Robert) DOROTHY KAKUSKA Mackert, Carol (Andrew) Baumgardt and Cheryl Kakuska; the grandmother of 12; and the great-grandmother of five.

Visitation is on Thursday, March 21 from 4 to 8 p.m. and on Friday, March 22 from 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., in Brookfield.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated March 22 at 10 a.m. at Holy Trinity Church, 111 S Cass Ave. in Westmont, with interment at Resurrection Cemetery in Justice.

Memorials are appreciated to the family.

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Laverne Wheatley, 75 Dietician supervisor Laverne Helen Wheatley (nee Bliss), 75, of Brookfield, died on March 11, 2019.

Born on Nov. 10, 1943 in LaSalle, Illinois, she was a dietician supervisor at a residential health facility.

Ms. Wheatley was the mother of Charlene; LAVERNE WHEATLEY the sister of Charles (Michelle) Bliss, James (Carol) Bliss, Patricia (late Dennis) Vinson, Genevieve (late Steve) Hanna, Richard Bliss, the late John Bliss and the late Mary Ann (late Joseph) Coute; and an aunt to many.

Services have been held. Interment was at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside.

Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, North Riverside, handled arrangements.

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We already have a girls club, and it is stronger than ever

was disappointed in Boy Scouts’ decision to add girls. BSA should recruit all boys who are not yet Boy Scouts.

Meanwhile, girls should join the organization that was formed and exists solely for them: the Girl Scouts.

March 12 was the 107th birthday of Girl Scouts. Instead of lauding the accomplishments of Gold Award GS (the highest award in Girl Scouting), cookie entrepreneurs, or GS alums (73 percent of current women U.S. Senators and 58 percent of women in the House), a recent Landmark article (“Not just a boys club,” News, March 13) suggested girls should join Boy Scouts because they cannot camp, in Girl Scouts. This is false. Girl Scouts prepares girls for a lifetime of leadership and we also camp!

In 1912, even before women could vote, Girls Scouts was formed to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place. The same is still true. In 1929, the GS Handbook described our name: “In the days when our pioneer ancestors left the settlements on the eastern borders of our continent and went far westward, the most resourceful and hardy and experienced of the number went ahead to find the best way for the others to follow … They were called the scouts of the expedition … and incidentally they had great fun doing it.” This is still true

today of the experiences (and fun) that can be had in GS. Riverside Troop 4590, led for 13 years by Cathy Louthen, Deb Gardiner and me provides such examples. We planted trees, cleaned local and London parks, caroled at the British and Scottish Homes, made cards for seniors, soldiers and veterans, cooked through Jen’s Care, made sandwiches at the Presbyterian Church, worked at the Ronald McDonald House, LaGrange Lutheran Church soup kitchen, and packed food at Feed the Starving Children.

We volunteered for Junior Women’s events, froze at Holiday strolls and worked hotterthan-hot cruise days and nights and painted Riverside kids’ faces.

We had incredible adventures from Chicago to Europe and Canada, visiting local Riverside venues (the police and fire stations, village offices; Riverside Bank to learn saving and international currency exchange); Brookfield Zoo (even adopting a dolphin); the Harlem Avenue portage; bakeries and nurseries; fabric stores to learn embroidery, sewing, and quilting to make blankets for the Linus Charity; the Berwyn Animal Hospital; Camp Saginaw Ravine; a fossil quarry; the Freedom Museum; behind the scenes tours at the Lyric, the Auditorium Theater and the

LT FORUM

Kelly, a 1984 graduate of LTHS, said she understands the desire for air conditioning but said that the board cannot do it all at once.

“I get it, it’s really hot,” Kelly said. “It’s hot for students, it’s hot for teachers, but I also understand the cost is up to about $20 million to $30 million to AC both campuses. I think we need to be very fiscally responsible.”

The distinction between the aggressive, change-oriented approach of Martinez and, perhaps to a little lesser extent, Dillon as opposed to the deliberate approach of Palmer, Rosinsky, and Kelly was also apparent in a discussion about whether LTHS should supply each student with a laptop computer as many schools now do.

Rosinsky didn’t think a so called 1-to-1 program was needed at LTHS. “If you walk the halls of the school you will see that everybody is carrying an iPhone, and we actually just boosted out Wi-Fi throughout the entire the school because of that,” Rosinsky said. “And quite frankly we have over 3,500 computers sitting around waiting for anybody one who needs one. Technology is not an issue for anybody at LT, should not be.”

Martinez and Kelly, who are running independently, disagreed.

“We’re one of the only schools in the area without 1-to-1 laptops and the current policy of bring your own device does not serve the underprivileged students in the community,” Martinez said. “Not all students have iPhones.”

Dillon also said that she supports a 1-to-1

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air conditioned and about 30 percent of South Campus air conditioned.

Martinez criticized the board for putting off the installation of any further air conditioning until at least the summer of 2020.

“We have $38 million in reserves,” said Martinez, 34, who works as an analytics and insights manager for a large liquor distributor.

“Air conditioning costs $13 million based on a study that was commissioned by the board in 2016. And so, based on those things I would like to get air conditioning moving faster instead of delaying.”

But even Martinez admitted that fully air conditioning both campuses would probably have to be done in stages.

Dillon also wanted to move faster on air conditioning.

“It’s a priority; it’s just a basic standard,” Dillon said. “It would be something that I would like to review and look at more closely.”

Rosinsky defended the board’s approach noting how expensive it is to install air conditioning.

“That requires a lot of money and we have it in our plans right now to some work at South Campus, and eventually we will have every almost classroom with air conditioning,” Rosinsky said. “And I apologize because I know how hot it gets. It is definitely on our radar and something we will start doing very soon.”

CSO; Garfield Park and Oak Park conservatories; Morton Arboretum; Spertus Jewish Museum; Oriental Institute; Chicago Surgical Society; Bridge and Water Tower Museums; the Water Reclamation tour in Stickney and a sewer tour in Paris. We visited the Chicago Cultural Center, Waldheim Cemetery, Paris, London and even whale watched in Vancouver.

We camped everywhere: Wild Rose, Starved Rock, Kettle Moraine and White Pines to name a few; we slept at the MSI, Adler, Shedd and the Field. We took day and night hikes, played volleyball, tennis, tether ball, mini golf, archery, skied, ice and roller skated, rock climbed, canoed, mountain biked, swam, rode horses and took dancercise lessons.

The founder of Girl Scouting once said that “the work of today is the history of tomorrow, and we are its makers.” All Troop 4590 obtained Bronze and Silver Awards and three obtained Gold; many of their college interviews focused on their GS experiences.

Troop 4590 alums are incredible women and have profoundly impacted Riverside and will continue to inspire and lead. Also, this is but one Girl Scout troop out of 122 national councils; over 50,000 girls are active Girl

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program.

“My daughter carries around an 18-pound backpack with little time to get to her classes,” Dillon said. “It’s just common sense for us to be looking into this initiative.”

Martinez also called on the board to sell the 70-acre parcel of vacant land it owns in Willow Springs at the southern tip of the district.

The school district purchased the land in 1958 and 1965 when it was thought that LTHS might need an additional building to accommodate enrollment growth.

“I would like to reinvest that asset by selling it and put that into the air conditioning,” Martinez said.

Dillon, a higher education marketing specialist from Indian Head Park, also called for the board to consider selling the Willow Springs property.

“Personally, I’m not sure it’s worth holding on to if we have opportunities to do some things for the school,” Dillon said.

Rosinsky called the land a nest egg for the district.

Martinez, who is married to a LTHS French teacher, said the board must communicate better with teachers and the community, saying LTHS came close to a teacher’s strike before finally agreeing on a new five-year teacher contract late last year.

“There’s not a lot of communication from the board and that’s something I would like to improve,” said Martinez, who gave out his phone number during the forum.

Martinez, while praising the board for thor-

Scouts in the Chicago council alone.

One hundred years of research establishes that girls are much better served in single-gender environments providing more opportunities for girls to build confidence and excel and such girls are more likely to explore and pursue STEM subjects. Boys are also harmed by adding girls to the mix of the pack: single gender environments better address boy’s learning needs and boost enthusiasm for learning. Simply inserting girls into programs developed for boys harms girls and the boys in the pack and girls do not need to be a subclass in Boy Scouts. Families can also join many GS events. Pack 24 should implore boys to join their ranks and support girls in signing up for the “club” that is developed for and led by them; its name is Girl Scouts.

While there are many demands on families for their time and treasure, registering a girl in Girl Scouts is a proven investment that will pay your girls back for the rest of their lives.

And you will have fun along the way!

(To read the full op-ed visit www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/3-14-2019/Wealready-have-a-girls-club,-and-it-is-strongerthan-ever) Karen Layng is a Riverside resident who serves on the Girl Scout National Board of Directors.

oughly analyzing issues and examining the approaches of other schools, called on the board to be more forward thinking.

In his closing remarks, Palmer defended the approach of the current board, and perhaps took a veiled shot at Martinez.

“Myself and this board bring no personal agendas to the board table,” said Palmer, who is seeking his third term on the LTHS school board. “We have one guiding principle when making decisions and that is what’s best for students.”

Kelly joked that she bleeds blue and gold, noting that that 22 members of her extended family, including five siblings, have graduated from LTHS. “I’ve seen LT from a lot of different angles with those different family members,” Kelly said. “I’ve seen the smartest of the kids, I’ve seen kids that are struggling to get to class.

I’ve seen the athletes, I seen actors, musicians, I’ve seen the politicians, I’ve seen kids in academic clubs. I really have seen all angles of LT and I’m hoping I can use that perspective to relate to a lot of the different students and their needs.”

Dillon said that she would bring energy to the board and noted her background as activist on issues. She also called for LTHS to increase its number of counselors beyond the state required minimum.

“I’ve got ideas, I’ve got enthusiasm and I’ve got energy,” Dillon said. “I have been actively listening to students, staff, and community for several months and I am ready to get to work.”

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LETTERS

Thanks to my Park Avenue angels I am so blessed, not only with a caring and attentive family but also a “family” of neighbors that are there for me, from snow shoveling, newspaper retrieval, phone checkups, sharing treats and welcome visits.

Thank you all for your thoughtfulness and caring.

Joanne Bazata Brookfield

New leadership needed at RBHS A school district isn’t judged by standardized assessment results or community perceptions. The true measure of success is achieving its stated mission. RB’s mission statement is: “Riverside-Brookfield High School is a partnership of parents, students, staff, Board of Education, elementary schools and community. This academic partnership will provide a comprehensive education in a safe, orderly, well-equipped environment.

All students will be prepared with the intellectual, aesthetic, vocational, physical, personal and social skills necessary to be responsible and effective members of a diverse and changing world.”

RB sued the village of Brookfield over a parking lot and tennis court.

Parents of special education students have hired attorneys to force the school to comply with federal law. Students protested against racial intolerance and the dismissal of a popular teacher. This publication previously reported a strained relationship between the staff and administration.

Communication and collaboration in the “partnership” is sorely lacking.

The mission stipulates that RB will “provide a comprehensive education,” in a “well-equipped environment.”

RB’s administration cuts corners to save money, with little regard for best educational practices. Students don’t

have textbooks to study at home; the district orders one classroom set, providing students with an online access code. I don’t think many students read the online version, and research shows that reading comprehension is lower on a screen than with a physical book. Textbooks are a critical teaching tool, yet RB’s staff must do without.

RB also fails to provide vocational skills, because the few courses listed in the curriculum guide often don’t run. Vocational classes are necessary to provide the instruction special education students are legally entitled to receive under the Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA).

Almost 90 percent of RB’s students with disabilities do not meet state standards in reading or math, and lack the skills to succeed in high school, let alone college. It’s crucial for these courses to be available at RB. RB’s technology classes are from the Y2K era, and of the six courses listed, four didn’t run this year and three were cancelled last year. The desktop publishing class uses Microsoft Word, which isn’t the standard page layout program used by publishing professionals.

The same is true of the Chromebooks and Google applications. RB is a day late and a dollar short with the 1-to-1 program. The Chromebook is just a larger version of the phones students already use. High schoolers preparing for college or a career need to learn and demonstrate mastery of the hardware and software used in those settings.

Technology is a continuously evolving field, with careers for students with and without college degrees.

RB has no hands-on computer repair course, and the programming classes are available only to Advanced Placement students. Limited instruction in current technology doesn’t prepare students for “a diverse and changing world.”

I understand that there are budget constraints, but this excuse is a little hard to swallow given the expenditures for the athletic facilities. This year, the board approved adding boys and girls lacrosse teams. Sports do not come before schooling.

District 208 maintains high fund balances, earning recognition from the state. The reserves have been accumulated by increasing student fees, which isn’t a long-term solution. Sav-

ing money and winning awards is meaningless if RB doesn’t serve all students. The mission is more important than money.

I have addressed my concerns with RB officials to no avail. RB needs new leadership with new ideas and the courage to engage the community.

Kristine Gauger

Brookfield

Anonymous letter prompts response To the person that sent me the unsigned letter this week, I would send this to you personally but I do not know who you are since you never signed your name. I re-read all the editorials in the Landmark newspaper, but nowhere could I find the column that said I am cheating Brookfield out of tax dollars.

Every property in Brookfield that I own or that Gods Will LLC owns or that the Northern Illinois Conference of the United Methodist church owns pays real estate taxes, including on the vacant land.

The gallery, owned by the NICUMC is paying the village of Brookfield sales tax. The previous building, Sparkle Cleaners, did not.

Now that we have a new village manager, I am sure permits will be issued more quickly so that the empty buildings will be completed. One is already completed and up for sale if you wish to buy it.

Regarding the last half of your letter, I showed the letter to my son, “the Rev” as you referred to him and to my employees, several of which have worked for me since the 70s. We all had a good belly laugh just before I turned the letter over to the Brookfield Police Department for possible finger printing.

I hope this letter better informs you of the facts.

Linda Sokol Francis

Brookfield Ed. note: To be clear, this letter is in response to an anonymous letter mailed directly to Linda Sokol Francis.

It was not a letter published anonymously in the Landmark. The newspaper does not publish anonymous letters.

Riverside Masons offer mental health aid training

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he statistics are staggering. There are on, an average, 123 suicides a day and from 1999 to 2016 approximately 630,000 people have died from drug overdoses. In addition, nearly 1 in 5 adults live with a mental illness of some

sort.

With that in mind, the Riverside Masonic Lodge, founded in 1901, will be sponsoring a Mental Health First Aid Training Course on Saturday, March 23 at the Masonic Hall, 40 Forest Ave. in Riverside. The members, whose tenets include friendship, morality, brotherly love and strive for community and human welfare, feel offering the course helps the group to succeed in their mission.

Started by the West Suburban Community Memorial Foundation and its partners, which includes the Rotary Club of LaGrange and the Lyons and Proviso Mental Health Commissions, over 900 people have been trained as first-aiders through a five-step action plan to equip people with the tools necessary to help people experiencing problems.

The course will participants be aware of the common signs of mental health issues, recognizing symptoms of substance abuse, how to interact with a person in crisis and, importantly, how to connect the person with the proper help.

While it’s common for people to receive training to assist others, whether it’s CPR training, recognizing allergic reactions or learning when to call 911, for the most part citizens are not equipped to assist in matters of mental health.

The March training course will be the second training session offered by the Riverside Lodge, the first being in 2018. The program was so well received that this year it will include training sessions in June and September.

The eight-hour course will begin at 8 a.m. on Saturday, March 23. There is no cost to participate, but reservations are recommended and can be made by calling Michael Krusinsky at 708-995-3727.

To learn more go to www.MentalHealthFirstAid.org and learn why the organization believes “sometimes first aid isn’t a bandage or CPR, sometimes it is you.”

Be part of the plan.

JOANNE KOSEY

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OBITUARIES

Richard Tuscher, 72, longtime Riverside Township official Mr. Tuscher would remain townRichard Tuscher, 72, a longship supervisor until 2017, when time former Riverside Townhe and three others first elected as ship trustee and supervisor, died township trustees in 1997 stepped March 19, 2019. aside to make way for a new genMr. Tuscher, who lived in the eration.

Hollywood section of Brook“I’ve been on the board a long field, was born Aug. 23, 1946 time and it’s time,” Mr. Tuscher and graduated from Riversidetold the Landmark in November Brookfield High School. He 2016 when the Riverside GOP anserved in the U.S. Marine Corps nounced its slate for the 2017 elecReserve in Miami for six years RICHARD TUSCHER tion. “Let’s just fade away into the beginning in the late 1960s and sunset.” returned to the area in 1975.

Mr. Tuscher was the husband of Glenda He was active first in Brookfield politics, serving for a time as the president of the Tuscher (nee Desamito) and the late Carol Brookfield Public Library Board of Trustees Tuscher (nee Gaa); the father of Loretta and as a member of the Brookfield Zoning (Geoff) Schneider, Charles (Judith) Fischer, Board of Appeals.

Michael (Paulette) Fischer and Christina It was in the late 1990s that Mr. Tuscher Tuscher; the grandfather of Emily (AJ) Frucbecame active with the Riverside Township ci, Katelyn, Alex, Brandon, Cayla, Dylan, SkyRegular Republican Organization, which lar, Mandy and Rafa; the brother of the late continues to dominate township politics. He Carol (Del ) Clough; and an uncle of many. was slated and won election as a township Visitation is on Friday, March 22 from 3 to trustee in 1997, a position he would hold un- 8 p.m. at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st til 2006, when he was appointed township Street in Brookfield. Entombment is private supervisor after Supervisor Patricia Pavlich at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, Hillside. stepped down.

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Politics vs. partisanship from page 8 said Sinde, noting that he didn’t get his bachelor’s degree until he was 31 years old.

Sinde also said that the school must make more of an effort to reach out to Hispanic students and their families. More than a third of RBHS students are now Hispanic.

Jacobs advocated looking into adding a non-voting student member to the school board. He also wants the school to emphasize critical thinking skills and citizen engagement.

“I believe we are not preparing our children enough for the kind of world we live in,” Jacobs said.

Last year, Hruska and Keen had concerns about events at RBHS during a Tolerance Week that they thought had ideological overtones.

Keen made clear at the forum that he thought students had the right to form clubs and promote activities that reflected their views, but he said that he wanted to limit outside influences at the school.

“I’m perfectly fine with the student clubs and anything that’s student initiated, but we all know that there’s outside organiza-

tions that push ideology and push things on schools,” Keen said. “Keep out all outside organizations that are pushing some kind of agenda.”

Jacobs agreed that schools should not promote a specific agenda but said there is a difference between politics and partisanship.

“We have to have the courage to say that politics is not the same thing as partisanship, and teaching about politics in school is by no means indoctrination and bringing in an agenda or anything like that,” Jacobs said.

Zalas, who works as the director of risk management for Cook County, said the board should initiate a strategic planning process.

“My background is in financial planning and strategic planning,” Zalas said. “I take financial responsibility seriously. I have the experience to deal with financial issues.”

Keen said that with RBHS facing financial challenges it is important to retain some board members who dealt with the difficult financial challenges, and cuts, in the aftermath of the defeat of the 2011 referendum.

“It’s nice that we have new blood coming in, but I also think it’s important, considering what happened to RB eight years ago and the financial problems we potentially will face, that basically someone with experience who knows what happened eight years ago is on the board,” Keen said.

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Former St. Barb’s pastor honored for social justice work

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rchdiocese of Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Robert G. Casey, who served as pastor of St. Barbara Parish in Brookfield from 2009 to 2016, received the 2019 Br. Denis Murphy Justice in Action Award from the Br. David Darst Center at the organization’s annual “A Night at the Races” event on March 2 at the De La Salle Institute in Chicago.

The award recognizes an individual, organization or foundation with a strong dedication to social justice and community service.

Casey’s commitBISHOP ment to Catholic ROBERT G. CASEY social teaching has taken many forms over the years as a parish priest and pastor.

While he was pastor of Our Lady of Tepeyac Parish, he co-founded Taller de Jose, a ministry that connects people to services.

Now in its 10th year, Taller de Jose serves more than 1,000 people annually in collaboration with 150 partner organizations, including the Darst Center.

Last fall, Casey was ordained auxiliary bishop and assigned to Vicariate III, which

includes Taller de Jose and the Darst Center. He is also a member of the steering committee for Renew My Church, the archdiocese effort to create more vibrant faith communities.

Casey’s former parish, St. Barbara, was part of Renew My Church’s first wave.

This year, it will consolidate with St. Louise de Marillac Church in LaGrange Park to form a new parish.

Riverside doc gets national call Riverside resident and Loyola medicine sports medicine physician Douglas Evans, M.D., served as the official team physician for America’s men’s hockey team at the 2019 Winter World University Games in Krasnoyarsk, Russia, from March 2-12.

The event marked the fifth time Dr. Evans has served as team physician DR. DOUGLAS EVANS for USA Hockey’s men’s team at the World University Games. More than 3,000 athletes competed in 11 sports at the global winter event for student athletes.

Hauser student wins filmmaking award

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Maia Nelson, a seventhgrader at L.J. Hauser Junior High School in Riverside, received an honorable mention award in the One Earth Young Filmmakers Contest.

Her 8-minute film, “Drowning in Plastic,” focuses on plastic straws but also talks about plastics in general by interviewing local environmental leaders. Pledging to

“skip the straw” is one of her suggested solutions for the plastic crisis, in addition to reusable shopping bags and water bottles.

Maia received an award certificate on March 2 at a ceremony at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. All honorable mention films will screen on April 27 at the River Forest Public Library.

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The Riverside-Brookfield High School Student Association hosted its fifth annual Custodian Appreciation Dinner earlier this month. Students decorated the doors by the custodian’s office with a banner and served the day shift lunch and the night shift (above) dinner from Paisan’s along with home-baked cookies and brownies in the Lehotsky Room. The Student Association also made small goody bags filled with mints and notes of appreciation for each custodian

Welcome aboard Hitzeman Funeral Home has announced that Taylor Sobol is the firm’s newly licensed funeral director. Sobol started with Hitzeman as a student in 2016, working part time while completing her studies and graduating magna cum laude at Worsham College of Mortuary Science.

A graduate of Lyons Township High School, Sobol has played an instrumenTAYLOR SOBOL tal part in launching Hitzeman Funeral Home’s grief support group and serves as the grief coordinator for the program.

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residents Duke D. Trybul and Stephanie N. Trybul were both awarded advanced degrees from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas, following the 2018 fall semester. Duke earned a master’s degree in instructional technology while Stephanie earned a master’s degree in health and human performance.

■ Rena Cerny, of Brookfield, was recently initiated into Phi Kappa Phi, an all-

discipline collegiate honor society. Cerny is pursuing a degree in business management at Elmhurst College.

■ Julia Keller, of Riverside, and Emma Pizana, of Brookfield, were named to the 2018 fall semester dean’s list at DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, for achieving at least a 3.5 grade-point average for the fall semester.

■ Danny Zontos, of Riverside, was named to the 2018 fall semester dean’s list at Lewis University in Romeoville. Zontos, who is studying aviation flight management, earned a semester GPA of at least 3.5.

■ Riverside resident Charlie Marcou was named to the 2018 fall semester dean’s list at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan, for maintaining a GPA of at least 3.5.

■ Brookfield resident Isabella Nardi was named to the 2018 fall semester honor roll at the University of Kansas.

■ Jessica Jimenez, of North Riverside, was named to the 2018 fall semester dean’s list at Washington University in St. Louis for earning a semester GPA of at least 3.6 as a student in the McKelvey School of Engineering.

■ Riverside residents Selene Anaya, Jack Faje and David Kodama were all named to the 2018 fall semester dean’s list at the University of Minnesota for attaining a GPA of at least 3.66 for the grading period.

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Hauser students win awards at science fair

A pair of sixth-graders from L.J. Hauser Junior High School in Riverside won awards at the annual Brookfield Zoo Science Fair on Feb. 21.

Charlie Sramek won first place in the Grade 6 category for his project “A Plant Like Substance” while Avi Ponnappan placed third in the Grade 6 category at for his project “Wash your Water.”

More than 180 students in grades five through eight from 11 school districts in the West Suburban Consortium for Academic Excellence (WSCAE) competed in

the event. They were judged on their project’s connection to the inquiry learning process (science) or their ability to solve a real-world problem (engineering). Additional judging criteria involved how projects connected to the real-world in the big picture and a student’s overall understanding of how science and engineering processes are achieved.

Local schools participating in the science fair included Komarek School, L.J. Hauser Junior High School and Park Junior High School.

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It’s a mind game for RBHS softball

After mental lapses in 2018, Bulldogs focused on intangibles this season

By MARTY FARMER

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(Above) RBHS junior Nadia Ranieri is the Bulldogs’ top pitcher and also a good hitter. (Right) RBHS senior Kailyn Ngo is the starting center fielder and a four-year varsity player.

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Sports Editor

he Riverside-Brookfield High School softball team will face some new opponents in the Metro Suburban Conference this spring. Newcomers Bishop McNamara, St. Francis, Rosary and Ridgewood join RBHS, Aurora Central Catholic, Immaculate Conception in a newly configured division.

“We have added some amazing softball programs to our conference,” RBHS coach Doug Schultz said. “Bishop Mac is returning a large amount of starters from an outstanding team last season, so we feel that they are the team to beat.”

Of course, the scouting report Schultz is most familiar with is RBHS. Although the Bulldogs lost Tori Blood, Nora Dachota, Amy Kulaga and Bailey Hastings to graduation in 2018, five starters returns from last season’s 17-12 squad.

Mental toughness will be a point of emphasis this spring.

“We need to improve our mental approach,” Schultz said. “We felt last year’s team came to a few games defeated. They didn’t believe they had a chance to win. We have seen failures like striking out or defensive errors in the field mentally cripple players.

“The goal for this team is to have the typical failures of a regular softball game serve as fuel to improve,” Schultz said. “This team needs to understand that we have the talent to beat any team we play. I’m not saying we should be undefeated this year, but we should have a positive mental approach every game.”

Seniors Lauren Lambros and Kailyn Ngo (both four-year varsity players), along with juniors Nadia Ranieri, Emily Noel and Abby Favela are the most experienced returners.

“Team chemistry is definitely one of our strengths on and off the field,” Favela said.

“We’re also very strong on defense. We have a lot of potential this season, but we need to stay focused as a team.”

Noel added: “Even though the season just started, we are already working towards out goals. I believe we can compete for a sectional championship and hopefully anything after that.”

Lambros, Ngo and Noel earned all-conference recognition last season.

Noel hit .454 with three home runs, 40 RBIs

RBHS Bulldogs Head coach: Doug Schultz Top players: Lauren Lambros (Sr.), 3B; Kailyn Ngo (Sr.), CF; Emily Noel (Jr.), C; Nadia Ranieri (Jr.) P; Abby Favela (Jr.), SS Newcomers: Ashley Lynch (Sr.), 1B/C; Olivia Blood (Jr.), 2B Outlook: The Bulldogs have enough talent to win consistently, but team chemistry and mental toughness are essential to navigate their challenging schedule. and a .753 slugging percentage, while Ngo batted .449 with 31 hits and a .500 on-base percentage. Lambros (.425, 34 hits, .531 OBP), Ranieri (.390, 2 HR, 23 RBIs, .442 OBP) and Favela (3 HR, 21 RBIs) also produced good numbers at the plate.

“I’m so excited for the season because we have a great group of girls,” Ngo said. “We have practically a whole new lineup with a stronger mentality. Last season didn’t end as we had hoped, but that makes us even hungrier this year.”

Senior Ashley Lynch, a transfer from Montini, is a nice addition to the roster, along with juniors Olivia Blood and Aliana Chiquito.

Sophomore Bella Garcia and freshman Hannah Organ will contribute as well.

“We all have a great connection with each other,” Blood said. “That will help us perform well on the field. It’s very crucial for everybody on the team to get in the right mindset.”

In addition to conference play, the Bulldogs will take on several top teams in the area including Oak Park and River Forest, Lyons Township, York, Fenwick and Morton. Potential sectional opponents like Sandburg, Hinsdale South, Hinsdale Central, Richards, Argo and Shepard are on the schedule as well.

“We have built another tough schedule which will provide challenges all season long,” Schultz said.

Entering sixth season as the Bulldogs’ coach, Schultz guided the team to a Class 4A regional championship in 2017. This spring, he’s hoping for a similar or even better result.

“We feel like we are ready to compete at a high level,” he said. “We have another fun bunch of players that have really gotten down to work and become better players.”

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LTHS softball ready for conference race

Lions are confident success is attainable in the regular season and playoffs

By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

Coming off a 15-14 season, the Lyons Township High School softball team hopes to move up in the standings of the West Suburban Conference Silver Division this year.

The Lions’ goal is ambitious considering York, Oak Park and River Forest and Downers Grove North reside in the Silver as well.

Last year, York made it the Class 4A state semifinals, beating two-time defending state champion OPRF along the way, and Downers Grove North won a regional championship.

LTHS finished 6-6 in the conference last season.

“We play a really competitive schedule, especially with our conference matchups,” said third-year coach Nikki Paluch. “We are really excited to play York, Downers Grove North and OPRF this season. It could be a tight race between all of us this season, but I could always be surprised with the other

teams in our conference.

“This season we hope to compete for a conference championship and extend our season deep into the state playoffs,” she added. “Our strengths are a passion for the game, the leadership we currently have on our team and the knowledge we’ve gained from last season.”

A mix of veterans and newcomers will lead the Lions this spring. Seniors Katelyn Malikowski and Josie Arriaga and junior Payton McQueeny are the top returners.

Malikowski, a three-year varsity starter who plays shortstop, had a .305 batting average, .418 on-base percentage and scored 21 runs in 2018.

“Kate leads by example. Her hard work pushes her teammates to be the best,” Paluch said. “Her quickness and in the infield and on the bases have contributed to her success.”

Arriaga and McQueeny are excellent defensive players in left field and behind the plate, respectively.

Courtesy Nikki Paluch

LTHS senior Katelyn Malikowski hit .305 with a .418 on-base percentage last season.

“Josie is a quick player with great instincts and a loud leader in our outfield,” Paluch said. “Payton caught the majority of our games last year. She is a wall behind the plate and always finds a way to take the positives out of any situation.”

Newcomers to watch include senior infielder/outfielder Meagan Torres, sophomore pitcher/centerfielder Ava Kostecki and freshman pitcher/first baseman Lily Hanafin.

LTHS Lions Head coach: Nikki Paluch Top players: Katelyn Malikowski (Sr.), SS; Josie Arriagaa (Sr.), LF; Payton McQueeny, (Jr.), C Newcomers: Meagan Torres (Sr.), IF/OF; Ava Kostecki (Soph.), P/CF; Lily Hanafin, (Fr.), P/1B Outlook: Despite competing in one of the best conferences in the state, expectations are high for the Lions.

New coach, same expectations for Nazareth Van Degraft takes over program that has been on a roll the past few seasons

By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

Nazareth Academy’s new softball coach, Chris Van Degraft, has inherited a good situation in terms of program status. Two years ago, the Roadrunners made history by taking fourth in the Class 3A state playoffs. The team won 27 games and advanced to a sectional final last season.

Even with their recent run of success, the Roadrunners have room for improvement.

“We finished .500 (7-7 record in 2018) in conference last season so we are looking to improve on that this season,” Van Degraft said. “We are also a very young team so we will

Nazareth Academy Roadrunners Head coach: Chris Van Degraft cole Top players: Jordan Barnes (Sr.), C; Nicole Salata (Jr.), OF Newcomers: Allyson Layne (Soph.), P/1B; Olivia Mardirosian (Soph.), P/1B; Emily Monahan (Soph.), 2B/SS Outlook: It will be interesting to see how quickly the players adapt to Van Degraft’s coaching style.

Winning remains the top priority for all.

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Senior catcher Jordan Barnes is an all-conference player who has committed to IUPUI for college softball. have to play in the moment and handle the pressure of tight games. Our girls will play to the very last out of each and

every game.

“We are a very good hitting team,” he added. “Our pitching is strong and our team plays defense well.”

A tough conference schedule, plus non-league games against Oak Park and River Forest, Downers Grove North, Fenwick, Trinity and Riverside-Brookfield, among others, will test Nazareth throughout the season.

“Our schedule is very competitive this season,” Van Degraft said. “I have packed it with games against many [Class] 4A schools, so we can be battle tested when when the playoffs start.”

Senior catcher Jordan Barnes leads a very young lineup.

She’s an all-conference player who will play college softball at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) next season.

“Jordan is a team leader, powerful hitter,” Van Degraft said. “She also has an excellent arm behind the plate.”

Junior outfielder Nicole Salata is a fast baserunner, plays good defense and can hit for power.

Sophomores Allyson Layne, Olivia Mardirosian, Toni Rodriguez, Emily Monahan, Jamie Suppa and Paige Barnes as well as freshmen Jazyman Casas and Melisa Hadzic are all expected to contribute this season.

Layne and Mardirosian both pitch and play first base.

Rodriguez and Monahan play third base and second base/ shortstop, respectively. Both are regarded as excellent defenders with quick hands and arm strength. Suppa and Paige Barnes will see playing time in the outfield.

to 0.3479% of the equalized assessed value of the taxable property therein for levy year 2019?”

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límite ampliada recientemente es de $6,484,057.88 y el monto aproximado de los impuestos ampliables si la propuesta es aprobada es de $8,246,030.13.

2) Para el año fiscal 2019, el monto aproximado del impuesto ampliable adicional sobre la propiedad con una residencia unifamiliar y un valor de mercado de $100,000 al momento del referendo se calcula en $22.22.

1) The approximate amount of taxes extendable at the most recently extended limiting rate is $3,802,248.48, and the approximate amount of taxes extendable if the proposition is approved is $4,782,248.48.

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2) For the 2019 levy year the approximate amount of the additional tax extendable against property containing a single family residence and having a fair market value at the time of the referendum of $100,000 is estimated to be $21.12 in Cook County, Illinois, and $23.76 in Will County, Illinois.

3) If the proposition is approved, the aggregate extension for 2019 will be determined by the limiting rate set forth in the proposition, rather than the otherwise applicable limiting rate calculated under the provisions of the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law (commonly known as the Property Tax Cap Law).

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“¿Considera que la tasa límite bajo la Ley de Limitación de Extensión del Impuesto a la Propiedad (Property Tax Extension Limitation Law) para Tinley Park Park District, Cook y Will Counties, Illinois, debe aumentarse en un monto adicional equivalente al 0.0713% por encima de la tasa límite para el año fiscal 2017 para funcionamiento del parque y equivaler al 0.3479% del valor tasado ajustado de la propiedad gravable allí para el año fiscal 2019?”

Number 36 Para los votantes del School District Number 36

3) Si la propuesta es aprobada, la ampliación global para 2019 será determinada por la tasa límite descrita en la propuesta, en lugar de la tasa límite de otro modo aplicable estimada bajo las disposiciones de la Ley de Limitación de la Ampliación del Impuesto a la Propiedad (conocida comúnmente como la Property Tax Cap Law).

LEGAL NOTICE

Yes / Si

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No / No

To the Voters of the River Grove Public Library District Para los votantes de River Grove Public Library District

“Shall the bonds of the River Grove Public Library District, Cook County, Illinois, in the amount of $9,000,000 be issued for the purpose of purchasing and renovating a new library building, constructing site improvements, furnishing necessary equipment and acquiring library materials and electronic data storage and retrieval facilities in connection therewith?”

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OFFICIAL NOTICE OF ELECTION, CONTESTS, REFERENDA/ QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY & POLLING PLACES

1) El monto aproximado de los impuestos ampliables a la tasa límite ampliada recientemente es de $3,802,248.48 y el monto aproximado de los impuestos ampliables si la propuesta es aprobada es de $4,782,248.48.

2) Para el año fiscal 2019, el monto aproximado del impuesto ampliable adicional sobre la propiedad con una residencia unifamiliar y un valor de mercado de $100,000 al momento del referendo se calcula en $21.12 en Cook County, Illinois, y $23.76 en Will County, Illinois.

“¿Considera que se deben emitir los bonos de River Grove Public Library District, Cook County, Illinois, por un monto de $9,000,000 con el objetivo de comprar y renovar un nuevo edificio para la biblioteca, construir mejoras en el sitio, proporcionar los equipos necesarios y adquirir materiales de biblioteca e instalaciones de almacenamiento y recuperación de datos vinculados con la biblioteca?”

3) Si la propuesta es aprobada, la ampliación global para 2019 será determinada por la tasa límite descrita en la propuesta, en lugar de la tasa límite de otro modo aplicable estimada bajo las disposiciones de la Ley de Limitación de la Ampliación del Impuesto a la Propiedad (conocida comúnmente como la Property Tax Cap Law).

AVISO OFICIAL DE ELECCIONES, CONTIENDAS No / No No / No ELECTORALES, REFERENDOS/CUESTIONES DE POLÍTICA PÚBLICA Y LUGARES DE VOTACIÓN Yes / Si

“Shall the Board of Education of Winnetka School District Number 36, Cook County, Illinois, improve the sites of, build and equip additions to and alter, repair and equip existing buildings, including, without limitation, constructing safety and security Village of Brookfield increasing accessibilityVillage Trustee improvements, under the Americans Village of Brookfield with Disabilities Act, replacing Library Trustee electrical, Village of Lyonsplumbing, mechanical and HVAC Village Trustee systems, complying with the Health/Life Village of Lyons Library Trustee Safety Code, renovating classrooms and Village of NorthCenters/Libraries Riverside Village Trustee Resource and adding multiVillage of Riverside Village Trustee purpose/lunchroom space and gym space, and of issue bonds of said School District to the Village Riverside Library Trustee amount of $90,600,000 for the purpose of Village of Riverside Library Trustee paying the costs thereof?”

North Riverside Public Library District Trustee “¿Considera que la Junta de Educación del North Riverside Public Library District Trustee Winnetka School District Number 36, Cook North Riverside Public Library District Trustee County, Illinois, debe mejorar las instalaciones, construir y equipar y modificar, Komarek School Districtampliaciones 94 Member of the Board of Education repararSchool y equipar los94 edificios existentes Member of the Board of Education Komarek District incluyendo, entre otras cosas, construir mejoras Riverside School District 96 Member of the Board of Education de seguridad, aumentar la accesibilidad para Riverside-Brookfield High District 208 con Member of the Board of Education cumplir con la Ley deSchool Estadounidenses Triton Community College District with 504 Disabilities Member Discapacidades (Americans Act),of the Board of Trustees reemplazar los39N, sistemas de plomería, Proviso Township Rangeeléctrico, 12E Township School Trustee mecánico y de HVAC, cumplir con el Health/Life Safety Code, renovar salones de clases y centros de recursos/bibliotecas y añadir espacio multiuso/de comedor y de gimnasio y emitir bonos de dicho distrito escolar por un monto de $90,600,000 con el objetivo de pagar los costos de estas obras?”

Karen A. Yarbrough, Cook County Clerk that the Consolidated Election will be held in Suburban Cook County on:

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 Martes 2 de Abril 2019

The Polls for said Consolidated Election will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Locations are subject to change as necessity requires.

En dicha Elección consolidada se podrá votar entre las 6 a.m. y las 7 p.m. Los lugares de votación están sujetos a cambios según la necesidad.

At the Consolidated Election the voters will vote on the following contests and referenda questions.

Referenda/Questions of Public Policy will be voted upon in those precincts of Cook County under the jurisdiction of the Cook County Clerk in which a Unit of Local Government has requested the County Clerk’s Office to place said referenda/questions of public policy on the ballot.

En la Elección consolidada, los votantes emitirán su voto en las siguientes contiendas electorales y preguntas de referendos. Los referendos/cuestiones de política pública serán votados en aquellos distritos electorales del Condado de Cook dentro de la jurisdicción del Secretario del Condado de Cook en los cuales una Unidad de gobierno local le haya solicitado a la Oficina del Secretario del Condado que incluya en la boleta dichos referendos/cuestiones de política pública.

TOWNSHIP OF RIVERSIDE

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Yes / Si No / No

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No / No

To the Voters of School District Number 94 Para los votantes del School District Number 94

“¿Considera que el Komarek School District Number 94, Cook County, Illinois, debe construir y equipar ampliaciones, modificar, reparar, equipar, demoler una parte y mejorar las instalaciones del edificio existente de Komarek School y emitir sus bonos por un monto de $22,000,000 con el objetivo de pagar los costos de estas obras?

Yes / Si No / No

OFFICIAL NOTICE OF POLLING PLACES The voting will be conducted at the following polling places for each of the aforesaid election precincts selected by the Cook County Clerk.

Las votaciones tomaran lugar en cada de los antedichos precintos de elección seleccionados por el Cook County Clerk.

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The Consolidated Election will be held in election precincts under the jurisdiction of the Election Division of the Cook County Clerk's Office.

La Elección consolidada se llevará a cabo en distritos electorales dentro de la jurisdicción de la División de Elecciones de la Oficina del Secretario del Condado de Cook.

Full 4-Year Term

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OFFICIAL NOTICE OF REFERENDA/QUESTIONS OF PUBLIC POLICY

Yes / Si

OFFICIAL NOTICE IS HERBY GIVEN, by

the sites of, renovate, alter, repair and equip and replace portions of the Hinsdale South High School Campus and Hinsdale Central High School Campus, including, but not limited to, installing school safety and emergency response systems and equipment; making facilities Americans with Disabilities Act accessible to persons with disabilities; repairing 60-year old infrastructure; and improving the electrical capacity and lighting in older classrooms, Full 4-Year Term and issue bonds Vote forof notsaid more than Three School District to the amount of $139,815,983 Fullpurpose 4-Year Term Votethereof?” for not more than Four or the of paying the costs

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NOTE: The letter (N) following the polling place address denotes that the polling place itself is not accessible to the handicapped although other parts of the facility may be accessible. An exemption has been granted by the State Board of Elections and signs are posted indicating if the whole building is accessible or if there is a special entrance.

NOTA: La letra (N) después de la dirección de un lugar de votación indica que el lugar de votación en sí mismo no es accesible para personas discapacitadas, aunque otras partes del edificio pueden ser accesibles. La Junta Electoral del Estado ha concedido una exención y hay carteles publicados que indican si todo el edificio es accesible o si hay una entrada especial.

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CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Part-time Customer Service Representative II. This position which performs a variety of responsible and difficult clerical work in support of the Development Customer Services Department; and to perform the more difficult and complex clerical duties including but not limited to parking permits, parking passes and vehicle stickers.

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International Consultant (Mercer Health & Benefits LLC–Chicago, IL): Provide client-ready results & communications for review by senior international consultants. Req’ts: Bach’s deg or foreign equiv in Global Mgmt, Mathe, Stats, Act’l Sci, or rel + 3 yrs of exp in job offd or rel. Must have 3 yrs of exp: planning & dsgng financial funding arrangement to employers with international operations; dvlpg test & total rewards strategy & governance model; conducting merger & acquisition multi-country due diligence & post-deal integration; global benefits benchmarking including health, accident, life, disability, perqs & allowances, leave practice & wellness prgms; researching & determining relevant benchmarking criteria & method; project mgmt within internal HR & relevant project process; reviewing & managing mobility prgms including insured mobility plans, relocation, tax equalization, & culture immersion; & reviewing site selection & country start up. Alt, the employer will accept a Master’s deg or foreign equiv in a stated field + 1 yr of exp in the above. Any suitable combo of edu, training, or exp is acceptable.MMC invites applicants to submit resumes online at http:// www.mmc.com/careers/mmc.php using Keyword # R_050271. EOE. Lead Software Test Engineer sought

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PART-TIME COMMUNITY SERVICE COORDINATOR The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Part-Time Community Service Coordinator in the Adjudication Department. This person monitors individuals who have been ordered to provide community service in the Village, coordinates with organizations that provide community service opportunities, etc. 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 no later than March 22, 2019.

SEASONAL FARMERS’ MARKET ASSISTANT The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Seasonal Farmers’ Market Assistant in the Health Department.

This position will provide administrative support to the Farmers’ Market Manager to allow growers and producers of food to sell directly to the public within established guidelines. This position requires work in inclement weather conditions; some heavy lifting of up to 50 pounds; walking or standing for sustained periods of time. 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.

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SUBURBAN RENTALS BASEMENT APARTMENT AVAILABLE APRIL 1 2BR, large living room, dining area, kitchen & bath. Incl: garage, all util., use of washer/dryer, ATT Uverse unltd internet. Steps from Blue Line, buses. Close to schools, playgrounds, swimming pool. NOTE: Non-smoker. Small dog or cat ok.

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SOUTH OAK PARK APT Well lit, spacious 3 bedroom apartment in south Oak Park. The space has re-finished hardwood floors and an updated kitchen. Third bedroom has an attached sun room.

Backyard is fenced in. Walking distance from CTA Blue line and Lincoln Elementary School. Rent including utilities, except electricity, and one garage parking spot is $1900/mo. Requires one month security deposit on signing lease.

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ITEMS FOR SALE CERTIFIED WIND SURFER Full Size, with cover and sail $125.00 WATER SKIS $25.00 708-488-8755 MUSIC Musical scores, piano trios, concertos, violin, cello and flute music. All 1/2 price or less.

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WANTED TO BUY WANTED MILITARY ITEMS: Helmets, medals, patches, uniforms, weapons, flags, photos, paperwork, Also toy soldiers-lead plastic-other misc. toys.

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CHILDREN’S DENTAL BRACES BOUTIQUE Our orthodontic practice is now open with a convenient location in downtown oak park. Call us at 708-613-5023 for a Complimentary consult for braces or Invisalign. We provide orthodontic services for kids and adults using the newest available technology. www.OakParkOrtho.com Lost & Found ads run free in Wednesday Classified. To place your ad, call 708-613-3342

NOVENAS NOVENA PRAYER TO THE BLESSED VIRGIN (NEVER KNOWN TO FAIL) OH, MOST BEAUTIFUL flower of Mt. Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor of heaven, Blessed Mother of the Son of God, Immaculate Virgin, assist me in my necessity. Oh, Star of the Sea, help me and show me, herein you are my mother. Oh, Holy Mary, Mother of God, Queen of Heaven and Earth. I humbly beseech you from the bottom of my heart to succor in my necessity (make request). There are none that can withstand your power. Oh, show me herein you are my mother. Oh, Mary, conceived without sin, pray for us who have recourse to thee (3 times). Holy Mary, I place this prayer in your hands (3 times). Say this prayer for three consecutive days and publish; your request will be granted. RB. NOVENA TO ST. JUDE O, Holy St. Jude, Apostle & Martyr, great in virtue & rich in miracle, near kinsman of Jesus Christ, faithful intercessor of all who invoke your special patronage in time of need. To you I have recourse from the depth of my heart & humbly beg to whom God had given such great power to come to my assistance. Help me in my present & urgent petition. In return, I promise to make your name known & cause you to be invoked. Say 3 Our Fathers, 3 Hail Mary’s & Glories for 9 consecutive days. Publication must be promised. St. Jude pray for us all who invoke your aid. Amen. This novena has never been known to fail. Thank you. rr

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Riverside Township Budget and Appropriation Ordinance and Public Hearing Notice is hereby given to the legal voters of Riverside Township that the Town Board has drafted a Tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the 2019–2020 fiscal year. Copies of said budget and ordinance are available for inspection during regular business hours, Monday through Wednesday, 9:00 a.m.to 3:00 p.m., Thursday to 5:00 p.m., Friday to 3:00 p.m., in the Township Office at 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, IL 60546. A hearing on the Budget and Ordinance will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at 5:45 p.m. in the Riverside Town Hall, 27 Riverside Road, Riverside, IL. Liane J. Blauw Clerk, Riverside Township March 18, 2019 Published in RB Landmark 3/20/2019

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Village of Oak Park Historic Preservation Commission on Thursday, April 11, 2019 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chambers located in the Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois on an application for a Certificate of Economic Hardship filed by Alan Rossell for the demolition of two residential buildings at 1014 and 1018 Pleasant Street, Oak Park, Illinois (P.I.N.s: 16-07-302-019-0000 and 16-07-302-018-0000), which are located in the Ridgeland-Oak Park Historic District.

All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard at the public hearing. The public hearing is being held in accordance with the ordinances of the Village of Oak Park and the regulations of the Historic Preservation Commission. The public hearing may be continued by the Historic Preservation Commission to another date without further notice other than a motion to be entered upon the minutes of the hearing fixing the time and place of the date. The Historic Preservation Commission will take evidence and testimony presented by the applicant and any other interested parties concerning the granting or denial of the Certificate of Economic Hardship.

For further information on this matter contact the Development Customer Services Department, Planning Division, Village of Oak Park, Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois during normal business hours in person, by telephone at (708) 358-5420 or by email historicpreservation@ oak-park.us.

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Sealed proposals will be received by the Oak Park Housing Authority at 21 South Boulevard, Oak Park, II, 60302 until 2:00 p.m. local time on Tuesday, April 9, 2019 at which time they will be opened and read. The sealed bids will be received for the following project: Remodeling of apartment Unit 2E Mills Park Tower 1025 Pleasant Place, Oak Park, Illinois, including selective demolition, gypsum board partitions, doors and frames, ceramic tile flooring, cabinets, counter tops, toilet fixtures, toilet accessories, light fixtures, painting and other work described in the Bid Documents.

Prospective bidders must obtain Bid Documents, which will be available at Heitzman Architects, 111 North Marion Street, Oak Park, IL 60301 telephone (708) 848-8844, or Imperial Reprographics and Supply, 823 South Oak Park A venue, Oak Park, IL 60304, telephone (708) 848-1030. Bidders are urged but not required to attend a pre-bid meeting at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 1025 Pleasant Place to familiarize themselves with the project. Bids must be in a sealed envelope and clearly marked with job being bid.

The Oak Park Housing Authority reserves the right to award the contract in its best interests, to reject any or all proposals, to waive informalities in bidding, and to hold the three lowest proposals for a period of sixty (60) days after bid due date.

This project is assisted with funds received from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and is subject to Federal Regulations including Fair Labor, Prevailing Wage and Equal Opportunity requirements. Bid Security in the amount of 5% of the bid is required. A Performance Bond will be required for the general contractor to whom the project is awarded if the contract sum exceeds $100,000.

James R. King Director of Elderly and Disabled Housing (708) 306-1792 Published in Wednesday Journal 3/20/2019

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: Y19000779 on March 8, 2019. Under the Assumed Business Name of LIFE IS AN OCCASION EVENTS with the business located at: PO BOX 220856, CHICAGO, IL 60622. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: MELISSA KIRK 1029 N KEYSTONE AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60651

1. Welcome 2. Call to Order 3. Pledge of Allegiance 4. Election of Moderator 5. Oath of Moderator 6. Approval of Minutes from the last Annual Town Meeting 7. New Business 8. Township Reports 9. Setting the date for the next Annual Town Meeting 10. Adjournment

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NOTICE OF ANNUAL TOWN MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the legal voters, residents of the Township of Oak Park, County of Cook, and State of Illinois, that the Annual Town Meeting of said Township, will take place on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at the Oak Park Township Senior Services Center, 130 S. Oak Park Ave., in the Township of Oak Park, at the hour of 6:30 p.m., for the transaction of the business of the Township; and a Moderator having been elected, will proceed to hear and consider reports of officers, and decide on such measures as may, in pursuance of law, come before the meeting, following this agenda: I. Call to Order II. Pledge of Allegiance III. Procedures for Meeting IV. Supervisor’s Annual Financial Statements V. Township Year In Review VI. Election of Moderator VII. Resolutions to Come Before the Electors VII. Adjournment All interested citizens, groups, senior citizens and organizations representing the interests of senior citizens are encouraged to attend.

Oak Park Township does not discriminate on the basis of handicapped status in the admission or access to, or employment in its programs or activities. Those needing special accommodations are asked to provide 48 hours notice.

Given under my hand in the Town of Oak Park, County of Cook, State of Illinois, this 13th day of March, 2019.

Gregory P. White Oak Park Township Clerk Published in Wednesday Journal 3/20/2019

PUBLIC NOTICE The Depot Exterior Paint Project Sealed written bids for the River Forest Park District’s The Depot Exterior Paint Project shall be received until 10:00 am local time, May 2, 2019, at the River Forest Park District offices, 401 Thatcher Avenue, River Forest, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Beginning March 22, 2019, bid information may be obtained from the River Forest Park District website at www.rfparks.com or at the River Forest Park District offices, 401 Thatcher Ave, River Forest, between 8:30 pm and 4:30 pm. This is a State of Illinois/Cook County prevailing wage project with a certified payroll to be turned into the Park District.

Any questions should be directed to Michael Sletten at 708-366-6660 or msletten@rfparks.com.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC Plaintiff, -v.CHICAGO TITLE LAND TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED THE 17TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1997 KNOWN AS TRUST NUMBER 1104974, MARY JANE SCHENN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Defendants 18 CH 02340 1140 WESLEY 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 22, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 23, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1140 WESLEY AVE., OAK PARK, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-18-416-0140000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $282,590.46.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 Please refer to file number 2120-14605.

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

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

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-14605 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 18 CH 02340 TJSC#: 39-470 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 17-038322 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3115030

AVENUE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-401-019.

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 or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-17-03859.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100

BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-17-03859 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 17 CH 004465 TJSC#: 39-491 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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file to verify all information.

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

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

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

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

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-04360.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-04360 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 18 CH 05417 TJSC#: 39-187 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, vs.

LAURA SALGADO; WILLIAM DURAN Defendants, 17 CH 15294 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 23, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 12-31-207-007-0000.

Commonly known as 506 JEROME DRIVE, NORTHLAKE, IL 60164.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC DBA MR. COOPER; Plaintiff, vs.

DANIEL RILEY; ACCUBANC MORTGAGE CORPORATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 10533 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-13-429-024-0000.

Commonly known as 1125 Marengo Avenue, Forest Park, IL 60130.

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. 18-037762 F2 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3115051 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION MTGLQ INVESTORS, L.P. Plaintiff, -v.ANGELA FOSTER–WOODS, BARTHOLOMEW WOODS, STATE OF ILLINOIS–DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE Defendants 17 CH 004465 817 BELOIT AVENUE FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 17, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 22, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 817 BELOIT

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK SOUTHWEST, N.A. F/K/A WACHOVIA MORTGAGE, FSB F/K/A WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB Plaintiff, -v.JOHN E. STROTH, VILLAGE OF OAK PARK, WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Defendants 18 CH 05417 520 N. OAK PARK AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 3, 2019, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on April 5, 2019, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 520 N. OAK PARK AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-06-419-006.

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

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

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

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

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

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