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June 2, 2021

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Riverside welcomes first-ever assistant village manager PAGE 3 Brookfield Library will begin move to new facility June 14 PAGE 6

North Riverside to roll back last call at some bars

ROLLING OUT OF RBHS Riverside-Brookfield High School senior Ethan Tkalec leads a line of fellow graduates to their places at the outdoor commencement ceremony held at the school’s football stadium in Brookfield on May 29. For more photos and full list of graduates, turn to page 12 or online at RBLandmark.com.

Latest closing times to be 1 a.m. on weekdays, 2 a.m. on weekends

By BOB UPHUES Editor

North Riverside elected officials are poised to make last call earlier at the village’s three taverns – at least for the rest of 2021 -- citing increased police responses to those establishments between 1 and 3 a.m.

The three taverns in question – The Sweet Spot, BarTini Lounge and Big Corner Tavern – all have the village’s Class A-1 Extended liquor license, which allows them to be open seven days a week until 3 a.m.

Trustees agreed at a meeting of the village board’s administrative committee on May 24 that they’ll seek to make closing time at the taverns 1 a.m. Sunday through Thursday and 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights.

The shift to a 1 a.m. closing time on weekdays will align tavern last calls with restaurants and package stores, which require liquor sales to end at 1 a.m.

“I’m very sensitive to our small businesses … but at the same token we are having more and more incidents, and given our [police] midnight shift and the staffing levels of the village, I think it definitely warrants us taking a look at the hours of operation,” Village Administrator Sue Scarpiniti told trustees on May 24. “It is putting significant pressure on the midnight shift after hours.”

While the discussion May 24 centered on the three taverns, Scarpiniti subsequently confirmed that the change will also affect two restaurants that hold Class See LIQUOR LICENSE on page 17

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Riverside welcomes assistant village manager this month New position is part of village hall staff restructuring

By BOB UPHUES

from Northern Illinois University.

Monroe’s experience in planning was especially attractive for Frances, since her reWhile the first phase of Riverside village structuring plan for Riverside Village Hall government’s restructuring – the transition included the new assistant manager superfrom separate police and fire departments vising the Community Development Departto a combined Department of Public Safety ment.

As planner and grants/green and Emergency Management – is initiatives coordinator for the complete, the second piece of the village of Hoffman Estates, Monadministrative reshuffle will fall roe was the staff liaison to the into place later this month. village’s Plan Commission and On June 17, Ashley Monroe Zoning Board of Appeals. She will step into the newly created also reviewed various zoning role of assistant village manager variance and planning requests after being selected for the poand performed commercial propsition after a search by Village erty inspections.

Manager Jessica Frances.

“Given her background, es“She’ll be taking on multiple ASHLEY MONROE pecially her experience in planroles in the organization,” said ning, we were very excited when Frances. “She’s had a lot of great experience and will be able to hit the ground she came in [to be interviewed],” Frances running with projects we have going on with said.

Monroe, whose extended family lives in our restructuring.”

Monroe comes to Riverside from Iowa the Chicago suburbs, said her family was City, Iowa, where she has served as assistant looking to move back to the area to be closer city manager since 2016. Prior to that, Mon- to family. The Riverside opening gives her an opportunity to continue to use skills roe worked for nine years for the village of Hoffman Estates, starting as a planner and she’s developed as a municipal administralater moving into the role of assistant to the tor through the years but also a new opportunity to serve in a supervisory capacity. village manager in 2014.

“It’s exciting to come in and have the opShe has both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in public administration portunity to build a team from the beginning Editor

point, to identify the skills and strengths of people and put them in roles that are good for them and the organization,” Monroe said in a phone interview last week.

The Community Development Department in Riverside has been in a state of transition since the beginning of 2021. The department has had no full-time staff since the end of February, with the village using third-party vendors on a part-time basis for planning and inspection services.

Frances told the Landmark that she is still evaluating candidates for another new position, village planner. Finding a new fulltime building inspector has proven a much tougher nut to crack, she said, because of competition with the private sector.

“In the next three weeks, I’ll hopefully have a good update in terms of the planner and building inspector,” Frances said.

Monroe said getting the Community Development Department team sorted out would be job No. 1 when she arrives later this month.

“Because of the reorganization and staffing changes, I’ll really be stepping into focusing on the planning and development area and make sure we have all the pieces in motion and all the players we need,” Monroe said.

According to Frances, the new assistant village manager will be paid $96,500.

Brookfield looking to fill rec supervisor vacancy Sixteen months after being hired as Brookfield’s first-ever recreation supervisor, the No. 2 position in the village’s Parks and Recreation Department, Ben White is headed back to the place where he cut his teeth as a recreation programmer.

The 27-year-old White has been lured back to the Leyden Township Recreation Department to serve as its assistant director. Before coming to Brookfield in February 2020, White had worked for Leyden Township Parks and Rec for nine years, starting as a summer seasonal staffer and working his way up to recreation supervisor, overseeing part-time staff, day camps and developing an afterschool program.

It was specifically that experience that made White a good fit for Brookfield, where Recreation Director Stevie Ferrari wanted to offer something similar. Ferrari knew what White

brought to the table, because she was his boss at Leyden Township before she was hired as Brookfield’s recreation director in July 2018.

“He’s been wonderful,” Ferrari said of White’s performance during his year-plus in Brookfield.

In Brookfield, White was instrumental in the development of the STARS (Students Together in an Active Recreation Setting), a new before- and afterschool program for kids in kindergarten through fifth grade. In addition to supervising STARS, White oversaw youth athletics programming.

With White’s departure, Ferrari will temporarily be the department’s only full-time employee.

White’s last day on the job in Brookfield was May 28. Ferrari has posted the job opening on the village of Brookfield’s website at brookfieldil. gov.

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BIG WEEK

Weekly sidewalk chalk art contest

June 2-9

Brookfield Public Library invites kids to grab some chalk and create a masterpiece during their Sidewalk Sundays contest every week through June.

Snap a picture of your sidewalk chalk art and email it to youthservices@brookfieldlibrary.info to enter the contest. Winners will be announced on Mondays and will receive gift cards to local businesses.

For more information, call 708-485-6917 or email cbeyer@brookfieldlibrary.info.

Visit the Museum of Bad Art

Riverside and North Riverside libraries invite you to visit the Museum of Bad Art (MOBA) this summer during a four-part Zoom series that’s part guided tour, part discussion of the place of art in our world.

The series kicks off Wednesday, June 9 at 7 p.m. with “MOBA 101: An Introduction to the Museum of Bad Art,” the world’s leading cultural institution dedicated to art in which something has gone wrong.

MOBA presents pieces from the museum’s collection – amassed since 1993 from thrift stores, yard sales and the trash heap -- with insightful, pithy, often humorous commentary.

To register for the program, visit libraryaware. com/2B5AMS.

If statues could talk

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Brookfield Public Library invites you to join Beth Sair, a tour guide and volunteer at the Chicago Architecture Center as she returns to share more stories of Chicago’s public art collection during the Zoom program “Talking Statues of Chicago, Part II” on Monday, June 7 at 7 p.m.

Each statue tells a compelling story, written by Chicagoans, voiced

by Chicago actors, and co-produced by Chicago theaters.

Register by calling 708-485-6917, ext. 130 or by visiting brookfield. evanced.info/signup.

Farmers markets return If it’s June, it’s farmers market season in both Riverside and Brookfield. Both markets return this week and will continue into October, offering a variety of farm fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, cheese and meat as well as prepared foods, honey, baked goods and specialty items.

The Riverside Farmers Market runs every Wednesday, beginning June 2, from 2:30 to 7 p.m. at Centennial Park, 10 Pine Ave., in downtown Riverside. The layout will remain the same as 2020, with an entrance and exit and one-way traffic along with social distancing.

Face coverings are required for those who are not vaccinated and no pets are allowed.

The Brookfield Farmers Market will run every Saturday, beginning June 5, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Face coverings are required and please practice social distancing. Enter and exit at Brookfield Ave via northeast corner of the market (subject to change as needed).

The number of patrons allowed within the sales area may be limited to ensure safe social distancing is maintained and pedestrian flow will be restricted to one-way travel. No pets allowed.

Park in front of or behind village hall or along Brookfield Ave.

And more The Frederick Law Olmsted Society and village of Riverside will host their next Landscape Workday on Saturday, June 5 from 9 a.m. to noon at Indian Gardens (exact spot TBD). RSVP required at least 24 hours in advance by emailing to workdays@olmstedsociety.org or calling 708-447-0226. Wear a face covering and bring work gloves and a water bottle.

All other supplies and snacks provided. Look for the public works dump truck.

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Registration is now open for the Riverside Friends of the Fourth 5K, which will take place on ■

June 26. For 2021, the race replaces the Independence Day 5K and will start and end at Riverside’s historic water tower. Those registering after June 1 will get T-shirts after race day. Registration deadline is June 23. You can register online at tinyurl. com/4y85mcxd.

The Lyons Township High School Theatre Board may have put its traditional musical on hold this year, but they have put together a digital retrospective of LTHS musicals from the last 70 years in “Showstoppers,” which can be viewed on YouTube by visiting tinyurl.com/46hvubzc.

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TWS presents Shakespeare – outdoors The Theatre of Western Springs Adult Theatre presents its first in-person show in more than a year with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by William Shakespeare, which opens June 3 and runs through the month, Thursday-Sunday.

Performances will take place on a new outdoor stage on the grounds of the theater, 4384 Hampton Ave. in Western Springs, with socially distanced seating. Tickets are $15 and are available at theatrewesternsprings.com or by calling the box office at 708-246-3380. ents “Restraint and Limitation” featuring the abstract work of artists Sarah Arrigada, Anna Buckner, Sharon Butler, Magalie Guerin, Elizabeth Powell, Elise Rugolo and Simon Tatum through June 26. Gallery hours are Thursday through Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Email to info@ riversideartscenter.com to schedule an appointment.

North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., offers a number of virtual programs through Facebook Live (facebook.com/NRPL2400), conference calls and the teleconferencing app Zoom.

For adults, there’s Green Cleaning and Composting via Zoom on June 3 at 6 p.m.; Stretching and Meditation on June 7 at 6:30 p.m. via ■

conference call (800-747-5150, code 1453322); and Book Club Telephone Talk discussing “Sula” by Toni Morrison on June 8 at 6:45 p.m. via conference call (800-747-5150, code 1453322). Register at northriversidelibrary.org/events-new for info and Zoom access.

Brookfield Public Library offers virtual classes and programs for patrons of all ages throughout the week. Most youth activities will be presented live on the library’s Facebook page at facebook.com/ BrookfieldPublicLibrary.

Call 708-485-6917, ext. 130 or visit brookfield. evanced.info/signup to register for Zoom programs.

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P O L I C E

R E P O R T S

Car taken for test drive, never returned

A 44-year-old Chicago woman reported a vehicle stolen after someone who was looking to buy the car took it out for a test drive but never returned on the evening of May 26.

The victim told police she’d bought the red 2000 Hyundai Tiburon coupe for her son a few days earlier, but that they decided to sell it because he son didn’t know how to drive a car with a stick shift.

She placed the car for sale on the website Offer Up and an interested party contacted her. They met behind a business in the 9400 block of 47th Street where the vehicle was parked.

The purported buyer, who was dropped off by a rideshare, was described as a white male, about 6 feet tall with long blonde hair, a slim build and a tattoo on his left calf. He was accompanied by a white woman in her 20s, with red hair and wearing a tie-dye shirt and a baseball cap. Both wore face coverings.

After inspecting the car, the man asked if he could test drive it. The seller gave him the keys and the two drove off and didn’t return.

The seller tried contacting the man via Offer Up without success.

Police were able to track down the purported buyer’s Offer Up page, where they said it appeared he was selling stolen items. The investigation continues.

Man injured in apparent home invasion A 34-year-old man suffered facial injuries during a May 25 incident at an apartment in the 9100 block of Cermak Road in North Riverside that resulted in two people being charged with criminal damage to property but which sounded like an apparent home invasion.

Police responded to the second floor apartment where a large fight had been called in.

They found the victim bleeding from a cut above his eyebrow and they stopped a vehicle seen fleeing the scene.

The victim told police the five teenagers inside the vehicle were involved in the incident and that they were trying to get to a 16-year-old boy inside the apartment. Three of the alleged offenders banged on the door and windows of the apartment while two others climbed on the roof of an adjacent building and ripped the screen out of a bedroom window to get in.

The victim said he did not wish to pursue criminal charges, but the building’s owner said she would sign complaints for criminal damage against two of the offenders.

DUI ■ Brookfield

police charged a 43-year-old Willowbrook man with drunken driving af-

ter he reportedly crashed his white Chrysler 300 into three parked cars in the 4000 block of Sunnyside Avenue, less than a block away from a bar he had just left on May 30 at about 1:30 a.m.

The man sustained minor injuries in the crash, and he was taken to the hospital by paramedics where he was treated and released back into police custody at about 3:20 a.m. In addition to driving under the influence of alcohol, the driver was cited for two traffic offenses.

■ A 51-year-old Burbank man faces drunken driving charges after he was arrested in Brookfield on May 28 just before 7 a.m. while driving on Grand Boulevard.

A police officer reported seeing the man’s 2021 Toyota Rav 4 cross the center line and weave back and forth into the parking lane while southbound from the 3200 block of Grand Boulevard. The officer stopped the vehicle in the 3900 block of Prairie Avenue and reported that the driver appeared to be intoxicated. They also reported finding a bottle of vodka in a bag on the front passenger seat.

Police reported that a breath test administered about a half hour later at the police station revealed the driver’s blood-alcohol content to be .284, which is more than three times the legal limit of .08.

Brookfield police charged a 45-year-old Chicago woman with drunken driving after she reportedly drove her black Chevy Trax into two vehicles parked in the main lot of Ehlert Park, where a youth softball game was taking place, on May 27 at about 8:10 p.m.

Police said the woman appeared to be extremely intoxicated and that a witness had stopped the woman from driving away, getting her to hand him the keys to the vehicle.

They also reported finding two vodka bottles, one empty and one half empty, inside the vehicle.

According to police, the woman said she went to the field to pick up a child who was playing a game there. However, the child actually was playing at a field in another nearby town.

The woman reportedly refused all sobriety tests. In addition to DUI, she was cited or illegal transportation of open alcohol and other traffic offenses.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, May 24-30 and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

— Compiled by Bob Uphues

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Brookfield Library begins move to new facility June 14 No date yet for grand opening, process will take 4-6 weeks

By BOB UPHUES Editor

If you want to have one more stroll around the Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., you don’t have much longer to do so.

The old library will close its doors to the public for good at the end of business on June 12 in anticipation of the move across the street into the new Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave. The move is not a one-day operation, however, and the library is expected to be closed for the next four to six weeks as the collection is put in place and systems are made operational in the new building.

From June 14-19, according to a press release, the library’s phones and computers will be completely offline. Beginning June 21, library staff will be available for remote reference help by phone at 708-485-6917, by email at reference@brookfieldlibrary.info or online chat at brookfieldlibrary.info.

The library’s online resources and digital collections remain available throughout the library building’s closure and classes and events, both in-person and virtual, will continue as scheduled.

In anticipation of the old library closing, patrons may wish to stock up on items by

June 12 and also return materials or pick up items on hold. If you can’t make it to the library to return items by June 12, you can keep them until the new library opens its doors.

All due dates are being automatically extended through Aug. 2 and overdue fines will be waived.

Those patrons who need to satisfy their in-person library fixes can do so at the LaGrange Park Public Library, 555 N. LaGrange Road, which has partnered with Brookfield to provide in-person services to Brookfield residents.

Brookfield library card holders can pick up holds, access the internet, print documents and take advantage of other services offered by LaGrange Park Public Library.

Brookfield patrons can also pick up materials ordered through the SWAN system at LaGrange Park.

For more information on LaGrange Park Library services, visit online at lplibrary. org.

Anyone wishing to receive construction updates or keep abreast of when the Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library will open its doors, sign up for the weekly construction newsletter at brookfieldlibrary.info/ newfacility.

BOB UPHUES/Editor

Linda Sokol Francis Brookfield Library, 3541 Park Ave.

Lyons Township school leaders urge TTO not to appeal ruling Taxpayers on the hook for millions in attorney fees since 2013

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Two local elementary school superintendents and the director of the LaGrange Area Special Education District called upon the Lyons Township School Treasurer’s Office, commonly known as the TTO, not to appeal the verdict in its nearly eight-year lawsuit against Lyons Township High School District 204.

On May 21, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Jerry Esrig issued his decision after a lengthy bench trial and handed the TTO a major defeat.

Esrig ruled against the TTO in its major claim that LTHS owed the TTO millions of dollars in unpaid fees, and accrued interest, that LTHS withheld from 2000 to 2012.

The judge did order District 204 to pay $764,789.33 in TTO attorneys’ fees which the high school had withheld since 2013. The high school did so out of principle, arguing they were paying their own attorneys as de-

fendants in the case and should not have had to pay the TTO to prosecute a case against them.

The TTO reportedly has spent approximately $4.1 million in legal fees since the case was filed in 2013. The TTO had sought more than $6 million in damages.

LTHS officials were very happy with the judge’s decision and say that they are ready for the case to end.

“What LT wants is to accept this decision and move ahead,” said LTHS District 204 Superintendent Tim Kilrea.

That’s what most other school superintendents seem to want also. At a special meeting of the TTO Board of Trustees on May 26, LaGrange-Brookfield School District 102 Superintendent Kyle Schumacher, Western Springs District 101 Superintendent Brian Barnhart, and LADSE Executive Director Ellie Ambuehl made public comments by email calling on the TTO to commit to not filing an appeal.

Since the TTO is not a taxing authority and has no money of its own, all of its funds come from the school districts within Lyons Township. The elementary school superintendents are tired of seeing their funds, and those of their taxpayers, being used on lawyers in the nearly eight-year

long case.

“This lawsuit has stretched on too long at the expense of all of our communities,” Schumacher wrote. “Appealing this decision will have a negative impact on the ability to educate our students moving forward. Taxpayers in the community are responsible for paying both sides of this lawsuit. We are asking that this stop so that we can focus our resources on the children in our district.”

Schumacher estimated that District 102’s share of the TTO’s legal bills to be between $400,000 and $500,000.

“This is a significant amount that could be used to hire teachers and support staff for our children,” Schumacher said. “Let’s focus our resources on our children and learning.”

Before going into closed session, TTO board President Michael Thiessen made some general comments about the judge’s ruling.

“There’s a lot to unpack here,” Thiessen said. “We’re glad that the judge made a decision and we need to kind of understand the impact that has on us and the other member school districts.”

Thiessen also said the TTO has a structural deficit. In an email sent to the TTO

and other school districts on Tuesday, Kilrea called upon the TTO to hire an independent auditor acceptable to LTHS and a majority of the school districts in Lyons Township to account for all unallocated investment income and verify the TTO’s claimed structural deficit.

Under legislation passed in the Illinois General Assembly a couple of years ago, District 204 will be free to leave the TTO, which invests the funds of school districts throughout Lyons Township and performs basic business functions such as issuing checks for school districts.

District 204 officials have long wanted to leave the TTO and say that they can easily handle the functions the TTO performs on their own. Since LTHS is by far the largest school district within the TTO’s boundaries, the office does not want to lose the high school as a client.

This desire by District 204 to leave the TTO is the background of the lawsuit. The judge agreed that the TTO and the high school came to an arrangement in 2000 to credit District 204 for some fees it would have otherwise owed to the TTO, because the high school was handling some of the basic business functions that the TTO performed for other districts.

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Forest Preserves settle PETA lawsuit over zoo records County will turn over documents regarding stingray deaths, pay attorney fees

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The Forest Preserve District of Cook County has settled a lawsuit filed by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), which sought to obtain Chicago Zoological Society records related to the deaths of 54 stingrays at a special exhibit at Brookfield Zoo in 2015.

While the Forest Preserve District does not admit any wrongdoing by settling the suit, the agreement signed by both parties last month is favorable to PETA, which will receive largely what it had asked for in a 2016 Freedom of Information request it had made

seeking documents related to Brookfield Zoo’s Stingray Bay exhibit.

In addition, the settlement agreement calls for the Cook County Forest Preserve District to pay PETA $9,000 for legal fees incurred by the nonprofit to pursue the lawsuit. The Chicago Zoological Society, meanwhile, must certify that it no longer has a business relationship with SeaWorld Entertainment, which provided the stingrays for the exhibit, and has no plans to engage the company in the future.

“SeaWorld’s days of stocking Brookfield Zoo’s touch tanks with sensitive stingrays are over,” says PETA Foundation Deputy

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Kids line the pool to touch stingrays gliding past at the Stingray Bay exhibit at Brookfield Zoo in 2008.

General Counsel Jared Goodman in an email to the Landmark. “This settlement finally allows the public to look at the zoo’s relationship with this controversial company and the mass deaths of animals on loan from it.”

Brookfield Zoo closed Stingray Bay in 2015 abruptly after 54 stingrays died when the exhibit’s life-support system malfunctioned, causing oxygen levels in the water to drop.

Following that incident – 16 stingrays had died during a separate malfunction that increased water temperatures in 2007 – PETA sought Chicago Zoological Society documents through the Cook County Forest Preserve District related to the 2015 incident as well as a copy of the zoo’s animal loan agreement with SeaWorld Entertainment.

The Forest Preserve District owns the land where Brookfield Zoo is located. The Chicago Zoological Society is a nonprofit entity that operates Brookfield Zoo. PETA’s open records request for Chicago Zoological Society documents was rebuffed by the Forest Preserve District, which argued the documents were exempt because the society is not a public body.

In 2018, PETA filed suit against the Forest Preserve District in Cook County Circuit Court seeking a court order to provide the documents it sought and, last September, Judge Anna M. Loftus denied the Forest Preserve District’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

The Cook County Forest Preserve District agreed as part of the settlement to provide PETA with the documents it sought in its FOIA within five business days of the fullyexecuted agreement, which was May 25.

“We just want to see exactly what happened,” Goodman said last September after

Brookfield racks up $12,400 legal bill pursuing parking fine The village of Brookfield ended a months’ long effort to collect on a $50 parking ticket issued last July when village trustees approved a 12-page formal settlement agreement with Brookfield resident Michael Camerano on May 24 as part of the village board’s omnibus agenda at that night’s meeting.

In the agreement, the village vacated the judgment of its municipal adjudicator, who affirmed the $50 fine in two administrative hearings last September and in February.

By settling the disputed ticket, the village will also stop adding to legal bills that had ballooned to $12,410 as it pursued the parking fine – one Camerano apparently was determined to fight.

A month after the village’s adjudicator upheld the fine last September, Camerano filed a complaint for administrative review in the Municipal Division of Cook County Circuit Court.

Over the next four months, he would amend his complaint three times as the village sought to have the review dismissed.

Brookfield Village Manager Timothy Wiberg, who declined to discuss on the record exactly how the village was able to rack up such a large legal bill in pursuit of a parking ticket, said he pulled the plug when he learned what it was costing in legal fees.

“In all these types of cases the village has to make an educated decision on when it’s in the public interest to fight these types of

cases and when not to,” Wiberg said. “In this case, the public benefit was outweighed by the expense.”

The 42-year-old Camerano, who represented himself in the circuit court case, did not respond to an email seeking more information from the Landmark. The ticket was written for a violating the village’s parking restrictions on street-sweeping days.

Initially, it appears that Camerano contested the adjudicator’s September 2020 judgment in part because adjudicator John Foti left out a letter of the vehicle’s license plate in his written order. Foti reaffirmed his judgment in a corrected order dated Feb. 12, 2021.

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the judge denied the Forest Preserve District’s motion to dismiss. “It’s information of intense public interest and we need to ensure the public is able to see what happened or whether Brookfield Zoo should be allowed to maintain animals like this at all in the future.”

The Cook County Forest Preserve District, through a spokesperson, declined to comment on the settlement agreement.

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Rain, cold can’t dampen RBHS’ pandemic prom Two-thirds of the senior class attended formal affair in Oak Brook

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Prom is something most high school students, especially seniors, look forward to and even dream about. That dream was shattered in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and some schools, including Lyons Township High School, again cancelled their proms this year.

But Riverside Brookfield High School seniors got to experience a quintessential high school rite of passage on May 27, when the school held a prom just for the senior class at the Hyatt Lodge in Oak Brook.

Like most things during this lingering pandemic, it didn’t go exactly as planned.

The event was supposed to be held outdoors on a lit bridge overlooking a pond.

But rain and temperatures in low 50s – following a solid week of perfect summer weather -- forced the prom indoors.

“Obviously it wasn’t exactly the same, but it was still pretty good,” said senior Olivia Janunas. “Because of the weather, I didn’t mind very much.”

Most of the 260 seniors who attended the prom, 67 percent of the senior class, agreed. They let loose, jumped around, danced and, perhaps, most importantly, spent quality time with friends after spending a good part of the last year-plus hunkered down in their homes. For most, it was their one and only high school prom since last year’s was cancelled because of the pandemic.

“It’s been a long 15 months,” said RBHS Superintendent Kevin Skinkis, who attended his Nazareth High School senior prom at Hyatt Lodge in 1994. “It’s great to see these kids get back to some normalcy.”

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

FINAL FLING: Riverside-Brookfield High School seniors were able to spend some quality time together one last time during the school’s prom -- forced indoors at the Hyatt Lodge in Oak Brook due to cold, rainy weather -- on May 27.

While many high schools canceled their proms for the second straight year RBHS administrators, after getting feedback from

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

students, were determined to make a prom happen if at all possible.

Attendees appreciated the effort, and the result.

“I’m really glad that they put something together, and I think we all appreciate that they scheduled something for us,” said Brenna Loftus, a member of the Prom Court. “Everything is starting to feel more normal.”

Jack Szymczak agreed.

“We’ve been stripped of a lot of stuff the last year and a half, and having a prom and seeing that the school is willing to put effort and money towards us having a somewhat normal experience, I think it’s good for all parties,” Szymczak said.

Although original plans stated that face masks were required when students arrived, they were told they could take off their masks if they wanted to and probably more than half did.

“Vaccinated students had the option based on updated guidance from [state health officials] on May 13 and the Hyatt on May 19,” said Dave Mannon the assistant principal for student affairs.

There was certainly no social distancing happening on the dance floor throughout the

night. DJs started the night playing primarily hip hop, rap and contemporary pop. Not everyone liked that.

“I wish people would dance more and I wish they would have played more Spanish music,” said Arlette Latorre.

During the last hour the DJs played switched to classic pop and disco classics, including “Dancing Queen” by Abba, and Gloria Gaynor’s “I Will Survive.”

Prom goers were mostly just happy to see friends and classmates, some of whom they had not seen all year.

“I have not seen probably 70 percent of the people here all year,” said Jack Pitts, a member of the Prom Court.

You could forgive the seniors for thinking somehow they were a jinxed class. On top of COVID and pandemic lockdowns, when it looked like fair weather was certain, rain and cold drove their prom indoors and postponed their Friday night graduation until Saturday – dragging out a rough school year another day.

“It’s just the way the year has been, but it’s only going to get better with the summer coming,” Pitts said. “Everything will get better, eventually.”

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D103 board extends superintendent’s contract Rivera gets 6.5% pay hike, new deal goes through June 2023

By BOB SKOLNIK

ra’s contract extension. cation late last year.

Rivera also received a raise of 6.5 perCurriculum and Instruction Director cent to bring his annual salary next year Darek Naglak, Director of Student Services Kim West, and Director of ELL Rubi OrThe newly constituted Lyons District 103 up to $165,000.

Rivera was paid $155,000 in the first two tiz will all be paid $117,875 next year. Busischool board, now made up entirely of memness Director Shelia Johnson bers elected with the backing of Lyons Vil- years of his contract. Rivera will be paid $124,425 next lage President Christopher Getty, perhaps took a pay freeze last year due to the financial year. Director of Human Regave an indication of things to pressures caused sources Stephanie Koenig, come by racing through a 10by the pandemic. who was hired last year, is item agenda in just 27 minutes at The board also getting an 8-percent raise to its May 25 meeting last week. approved one-year bring her salary to $78,000.

The most significant action the contracts for other The school board also school board took was giving Suadministrators. perintendent Kristopher Rivera unanimously approved a Lincoln School a one-year contract extension. schedule for school board Principal Theresa Rivera who received a three-year meetings for the 2021-22 fisKRISTOPHER RIVERA Silva will be paid contract when he was hired in cal year that keeps the meetD103 superintendent $99,425 next year.

2019, now has a deal that expires ings on Tuesday evenings The board also votJune 30, 2023. but, beginning with the July KRISTOPHER RIVERA ed unanimously to “I feel very good about that,” 27 meeting, moves up the Rivera said after the meeting. give Silva a $6,500 start time an hour to 6 p.m.

“I’m appreciative. We’ve got so many things stipend for the present school Since March 2020, the Disgoing in a positive direction. Ultimately, it’s year because Lincoln School trict 103 school board has the learning of the students that is our goal, has been without an assistant limited attendance at its and we’ve built enough structures now that principal since November, when Beatriz in-person meetings to just 10 people, inif COVID will mosey on out of the way that Lappay was made the district’s director of cluding board members and staff, but that we will be able to really show some improve- early childhood education. could change next month if Gov. J.B. Pritzment because we’ve built the foundation.”

Lappay will be paid $95,000 next year, the ker lifts all pandemic-related emergency School board President Jorge Torres de- same salary she was given when she was orders and proclamations as he is expected clined to comment when asked about Rive- named the director of early childhood edu- to do in June.

Lyons, D103 partner on summer camp

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“Ultimately, it’s the learning of the students that is our goal.”

The school board also unanimously approved an intergovernmental agreement with the village of Lyons to jointly operate a summer camp at George Washington Middle School.

District 103 and the village will split costs and revenues from the camp. The school district will provide and pay for two teacher coordinators, two STEM teachers, a nurse, food service workers and the services of Kim West, the district’s director of student services. The village will provide and pay for 10 camp counselors and the services of the village’s director of parks and recreation.

The agreement states the school district will bear the costs of hosting the summer programming, including the costs of materials, equipment, food and all costs associated with school district staff working at the summer camp.

In addition to paying the camp counselors, the village will bear the costs of advertising and camp registration. Gross revenues will be split evenly between the school district and the village.

The school district will also host four weeks of summer school in July.

New director for WC3, new contract for dispatchers Head of Grundy County 911 center chosen to lead consolidated dispatch center

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Following a five month search for a new executive director, the executive board of West Central Consolidated Communications (WC3) has found a new leader for the central emergency dispatch agency serving Brookfield, Riverside, North Riverside and McCook.

Brookfield Village Manager Timothy Wiberg, the chairman of the executive board, announced on May 28 that Buddy J. Hicks, who is director of the 911 Center of Grundy County, had accepted and signed an offer letter.

Hicks previously served as communication supervisor for the McHenry County Sheriff, as a dispatcher for the city of Zion and as communications supervisor for the Waukegan Police Department, according to Wiberg.

He will be paid $120,000.

The candidate search for a new executive director for WC3 was handled by the firm GovHR. The WC3 executive board -- the village managers of Brookfield, Riverside and North Riverside – along with those villages’ police and fire chiefs interviewed five candidates. On May 25, Hicks and another finalist were interviewed again by the executive board.

WC3 has been without a full-time director since Dec. 1, 2020 when former executive director Jason Rodgers was placed on paid leave. WC3 officials declined to state why they sought to cut ties with Rodgers, who formally left WC3’s employ March 31.

After placing Rodgers on administrative leave, the executive board hired retired Brookfield Police Chief James Episcopo as interim executive director on a part-time basis.

Dispatchers finally have a contract In other WC3 news, the agency’s 11 fulltime and four part-time dispatchers have inked their first employment contract after working without one since WC3 went live in May 2018.

On May 12, the WC3 executive board ratified the deal that had been signed earlier by the local bargaining unit’s leadership and their representative from the Illinois Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council.

“I think they had already done a lot of the work, we were just finishing on wages and retro pay,” said Episcopo. “For me, it was more about facilitating the meetings and making it happen.”

At the time Episcopo was appointed to the interim job, the unresolved union contract was a glaring issue. Many of WC3’s employees had come from the participating villages’ dispatch centers, which were

dissolved when WC3 went into operation in 2018. They were paid at different rates and until the union contract was worked out had not received a pay raise for more than three years.

The new contract ensures all WC3 employees are paid at the same rate and receive base pay and step raises on a set schedule.

The wage table in the contract indicates that employees received three pay and step raises each year, beginning Jan. 1, 2019.

The contract calls for base pay raises each year of 2.5 percent, plus step raises, which increase pay at a higher rate.

According to the wage table, for example, a dispatcher paid at the entry-level rate of $21.63 per hour in 2018 was in line to have their pay raised to 24.50 in 2019, to $25.99 in 2020, to $27.57 in 2021 and to $29.25 in 2022.

Over the term of the contract, which expires Dec. 31, 2022, that employee will have seen a pay increase of 35.2 percent.

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Marchers rally to mark anniversary George Floyd’s death Despite small turnout, organizer says pressing for change ‘can’t just go for one summer’

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Approximately 20 people, most of them young, gathered May 25 for a march through Brookfield and Riverside to mark the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, a Black man killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.

The small turnout was a marked contrast to several marches last June in Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield when hundreds turned out to protest police brutality against people of color, part of a national wave of outrage that followed the death of Floyd and others at the hands of police.

But Nathan Palmer, a North Riverside resident who recently graduated from Western Illinois University and one of the main organizers of the march, said he wasn’t concerned about the turnout.

“I don’t think there is any reason to be disappointed,” Palmer said. “If people want to come out, those are the people I want to come out, regardless of how many people it is.”

The marchers gathered at Brookfield Village Hall and then marched 1.5 miles to Guthrie Park in downtown Riverside, staying on sidewalks the entire way. They repeated various chants such as “Hey, hey ho, ho, racist cops have got to go” and “this is what democracy looks like.”

Before the march started, Riverside-Brookfield High School freshman Raven McKelvin addressed the group.

“We all have to make a change together,” McKelvin said.

“What we can do as a community is when you see things that don’t look right, tell people.”

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KICKER: North Riverside resident Nathan Palmer leads marchers down Forest Avenue in Riverside on their way to Guthrie Park during a march on May 25 commemorating the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death.

Some marchers held signs advocating defunding police.

Palmer said the purpose of the march was to highlight oppressed peoples and to call for action to halt all oppression.

“Like Angela Davis said, freedom is a constant struggle,” said Palmer, referencing the controversial far-left political activist and scholar. “So, we can’t go for just one summer and be done, it has to be consistent. Just because Chauvin’s been convicted doesn’t mean the system actually been changed or

anything has been made different.”

Palmer said he hoped the march would educate people who saw or listened to the marchers.

“We hope that people in the neighborhood can open their minds to different ways of thinking that they may not have been introduced to in school or that maybe they were introduced to but maybe never got a deeper learning or teaching in,” Palmer said.

Some of the marchers, including Palmer, are active in the group History Never Taught a group started by local young people last year to highlight aspects of American history often bypassed in schools and conventional teaching.

In his remarks to the group at Guthrie Park following the march, Palmer urged participants to ally with oppressed people and criticized capitalism as an inherently oppressive system.

He said Floyd’s killing was a reflection of a capitalist system that preys on Black people. Palmer urged people not to buy food from large corporations like Amazon but to patronize local businesses or growers.

“We are looking to be self-reliant and not rely on any capitalist for food,” Palmer said.

Palmer also said that privileged people should not judge the tactics that oppressed people use, including looting.

“We do not get to criticize when an oppressed group rises up against oppression,” Palmer said.

The march and rally concluded when North Riverside resident, Audrey Santora, a student at Washington University, read off a list of people who have been recently been killed by police.

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CLASS OF 2021

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Harry Allan Adami Lily Weaver Adlesick Luis Mariano Aguilar Gloria E. Alcaraz Samantha Alejandre Zaina Mariam Ali Lynette Alvarado Tyrus Enrique Alvarez Aaron Thomas Anderson Gabriella Ruth Angshed Sofia I. Arcos Kimberly Michelle Arroyo

B Adam Paul Backus Gia Marie Banahan Lora Alberta Banenas Raymond D. Bannon-Gaston Alexander Jerome Barrido Talia Isabella Barrueta Redmond Mason Bauer Allison Renee Beatty Andres Beltran James Ellis Berger Savannah Rose Bishop Michael Justin Bloodgood Emily Marie Bloom Sophia Marie Bojovic Ethan Michael Bork Lilliana Isabel Bozzelli Noah Hennessey Breit Thomas J. Briolat Lena Hua Yi Brockway Jalen I. Brown Sophie Claire Bruno Tess Lenore Bruno Jacob Wyatt Buczkowski Charles John Buh Samantha Susan Buoscio

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Ani Caballero Jillian Kay B. Cadungog Zachary Ryan Cameron Ana Camila Campos Elizabeth Campos John Anthony Cano Isabella Gianna Capizzi Aimee Marie Carlson Jason Carmona Grecia Fernanda Castel Amadis Mia Castro Claudia Cecilia Castro Emmett Logan Catania Skylar Marie Cerny Jessica Marie Cervanka Nathan A. Charles Jasmine Chavez Annalisa Marie Cinkay

Giulia Ann Cipriani Michael I. Ciszewski Alex Tyler Clarkson Imunique Kenyae Coleman Austin M. Collins Julian A. Colón Daniel B. Connelly Owen Patrick Connelly Michael Conroy Connor Christopher Coolman Martin Cortes Jaiden Robert Costello Katie Lynne Culloden

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Jane Elizabeth Durkin Michael Duzek Julian Dvorak Tirza Rose Elliott Dylan James Epps Benito Elias Esparza IV

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Alec J. Gavrilov Emily V. Gentile Madalynn Georgopoulos Panagiotis Giannetos Alexandra Marie Giard Mia Grace Giurini Catherine Lucille Glawe Cameron Joseph Gmitro Quintin P. Godlewski Amaya E. Gonzalez Christian Joseph Gonzalez Daniel Cain Gonzalez Vashanti Green Colin F. Griffin Sean D. Guirola Isabella Maria Gutierrez

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Jose Armando Macias Alexander C. Maggos Matthew J. Magno Benjamin R. Malone Angel Mancilla James Mangan Joshua Mauricio Manjarrez Renee A. Marconi Owen Michael Marrs Julian Martinez Victor Manuel Maruska Benjamin James Matas-Smith Molly Nicolle Maylath Zoe Zoltoski Mazurkiewicz Marisa Lynn McCabe Molly Carmen McCormack Samantha Rose McDonald Jordan Jay McDonough Joseph McKelvin Raven June McNally Jordan Angel Medrano Briana Jaylene Melgoza Jasmine Melgoza Sebastian Michael Mendoza Yahir Mendoza Mya L. Merced Ethan A. Miller Tyler Joseph Miller Daimya Mary Mims Nikola Misic Isabella Diane Mocnik Marcela Modrusic Mackenzie V. Monahan Tyler W. Monahan Giovanni Lee Montero Terrence William Moody Gabriel Remi Moreno Abigail M. Morrissey Olivia Grace Moyer Benjamin J. Mulaomerovic Andrew Mulligan Kylah Amaree’ Murry

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K Nicolas Anthony Kaliterna Peter James Kallas Michaela I. Keating Keanna Marleen Keen Javontay Bernell Kelly Tyler A. Kelstrom Ryan Joseph Kenny Bruno Phillip Kieszkowski Caylee Amber Kirk Samantha Marie Knezevic Kati Lynn Kolar Madeline Elizabeth Kolb Frida Kraus Gabriel A. Krupka Emilia Julia Kunickas Nikola Kusic Katarina Kutlesa

L Ryan A. Lach Brett Laera Ethan Wakefield Larson Arlette Amor Latorre Karina Louveth Leanos Lily A. Leimberer Elizabeth R. Leon Alexis D. Leone Grace Angelina Lewis Isabella Josefa Linarez Samuel Alan Linhart Brenna Loftus Alyssa Faith Lozada Andrew K. Lukwinski Anh Quynh Luong Stella Dora Lutes

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O Claire Marie O’Brien Aiden M. O’Hare Patrick Scott O’Kane

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WEST

Not always glamorous from page 1 spent like four or five hours just standing in the Oval Office watching people physically carrying furniture out, putting in new rugs and hanging art.”

The moment was all the more surreal, considering that just six years earlier West was working in Riverside, Brookfield and North Riverside as staff photographer for the Landmark and other newspapers owned by its parent company at the time, Wednesday Journal Inc. — a job he held from late 2014 to mid-2015.

“The job I had at the Journal was truly one of my favorite jobs, probably second to this one,” West said. “I really liked the community and the way people get excited when we’d show up and say we’re from the Journal.”

After his stint here, West was lured to New York for more editing and photography experience. He landed jobs in photo editing at the Daily Mail and Refinery29 before a moment of serendipity changed his career.

In 2016, he came across a job opening on the website of Hillary for America. He applied

for the position of photo editor, not thinking he’d get it, considering he had no connections to the campaign.

“I assumed I’d never hear anything,” he said. “I was planning to move from New York to Washington, D.C., to see what I could find down here and as I was packing up, I got a call from the campaign asking me to come in.”

West worked as one of roughly five staff photographers on Clinton’s campaign until it ended. What did he think of his principal subject?

“I met Hillary Clinton a couple of times, but I spent more time with other principals, since she had her own chief photographer,” West said. “So I wasn’t super close to her personally, but any time I interacted with her, she was super close and warm. She’s a very caring person. When people would get off the plane, she’d get off and check on things, asking if everyone had their bags and if they needed anything.”

After the Clinton campaign, West moved to California and worked roughly two years as a multimedia specialist with the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, the philanthropy established

by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife.

Once campaign season picked back up in 2018, he moved back to D.C. and started doing

The Landmark, June 2, 2021 freelance photography for the presidential campaigns of New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

“All of the candidates I’ve worked with are great,” West said. “I haven’t met anybody who is a jerk or anything, but [Booker] is one of the most personable and most engaging people. When we launched the campaign, I met him at 6 a.m. and hung out in his kitchen for most of the day. He was doing media calls. One moment, he gets off the phone after talking to his senior advisers and I’m kind of huddled in the corner of the room trying to not to make noise and he turns to me and says, ‘Hey Chandler, how do you think I did on that call?’ He goes out of his way to make sure everybody feels part of

the process and engaged.”

West connected with the Joe Biden campaign just as the former vice president was gaining momentum after his surprising landslide win in the South Carolina primary. West had cultivated a relationship with Biden photographer Adam Schultz while working on the Clinton campaign. Schultz is now Biden’s chief White House photographer.

“By the time I joined his campaign, Biden was basically the presumptive nominee and the campaign was kicking into high gear and hiring more staff,” West said. “That’s when I got a call from Adam asking to help him keep up with everything.”

West said that’s been his job ever since.

The days are long: “Twelve hours is probably a good day; sometimes they’re more like 15- or 16-hour days,” West said. And the work is not always glamorous.

West helps manage a small staff of about six photographers who are charged with myriad tasks, not the least of which is ensuring that the White House “jumbos” (the large-scale prints hanging up throughout the house) are rotated with regularity.

Despite some mundane tasks, West said it’s hard to be jaded in the new gig. On the morning of this interview, he had been taking photographs in the Rose Garden.

“A lot of the halls in the West Wing look just like any other office hallway,” he said.

“Not all of it is super grand. A lot of it is

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And then there’s the daily commute.

“When you walk up to the building, it glows from the sunlight kind of bouncing off the white, and it’s definitely something you never get used to,” West said. “I’ve worked with pastry chefs and security and other staffers who have been here for 20 years or more, and they say the same thing.

It never gets old.”

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THE LANDMARK VIEW

Survivors. That’s the Class of ’21

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ongratulations, class of 2021. This year sucked.

High school seniors and eighth graders in Riverside, Brookfield and North Riverside public schools are graduating after a year unlike any other. They are the first and hopefully only classes to spend their entire last year learning remotely or in a strange hybrid mix of distanced and in-person learning.

Reports of higher than usual numbers of adults with depression and anxiety are not uncommon, and we’re learning more about the effects that the pandemic has had on youth.

It’s easy to say, “Kids are resilient. They’ll be fine.”

And they mostly and hopefully will be. But there are still effects on our children that we certainly haven’t seen yet. An entire year of being away from their friends and social interaction and support was hard.

Especially true for those who are moving on to next things.

Virtual school plays, rearranged sports schedules and protocols, makeshift proms, outdoor (and, last year, drive-thru) graduations were necessary and exciting in a we-haven’t-done-this-before kind of way.

But it doesn’t mean it is normal, that it brings the same closure, the same exhilaration.

If you’re a parent, maybe you got tired of pretending everything was going great. Maybe, when someone asked, you finally just said, “You know what?

We’re having a really hard time. We’re not OK.” And maybe you were met with, “Oh my god. Same here,” with understanding and relief to know this is difficult for almost everyone. We’re not all OK. That’s real and it is OK. So congratulations to the class of 2021. To the students. To those who finished with honors and those who barely passed. To those going on to college or starting jobs, and to those figuring out what they want to do next. To those ready to take on the world and those just catching their breath. To their parents and grandparents and families, who lost jobs and friends and hope and still hung on. To the teachers, who struggled to take care of their own children and a classroom full of kids not their own. Who showed up and learned and adapted. Who helped and helped and helped these kids get through this year, never giving up on them. You were asked to do a lot. And you did it.

And to the students that didn’t graduate and to kids who have to repeat a year, and to their families: you did not fail. This has been a year unlike any other, and it’s enough that you are here right now.

It’s enough that you’ve survived. We’re not all OK, and you are not alone.

With Trib sold, local news more important than ever

I

will admit to one of my guilty pleasures -- each morning I like the luxury of sitting in a comfy chair, having my coffee and reading the Chicago Tribune, the paper version. I read it from cover to cover but do not always start with the front section.

It can sometimes be the sports or business first. Lastly I read the Arts and Entertainment section finishing off with the jumble and the crossword puzzle and, yes, I still enjoy the comics.

I write about this because of the recent purchase of the Tribune Publishing by Alden Global Capital brings about more changes to the news media. Already there have been buyout offers for employees, and I have some concern for the columnists many of whom I read faithfully.

Time was when Chicago had four daily papers, and we got most of them at our house growing up. I guess that is when I became a news junkie. Most people prefer to get their news other ways, like through social media, but they are missing out if they don’t read an honest-to-goodness newspaper.

That is why I am so happy to be a part of the Landmark, where most people get their local news, including this column. I know many of you read it online, but

pick up the paper copy some time. It is the good old-fashioned way to find out what’s happening locally and you don’t have to worry about spilling your coffee or drink on a computer; paper dries easier.

It is up to you to support community newspapers and what they represent. You can support the Landmark and its other papers – Wednesday Journal of Oak Park and River Forest, the Forest Park review and Austin Weekly News -- which are part of the nonprofit Growing Community Media by visiting online at growingcommunitymedia.org Fish Fry news: Fans of the Fish Fry at the North Riverside VFW hall at 2622 Desplaines Ave. know that it has been discontinued since the pandemic started last year.

However, you can still get the same menu plus an extended menu from Rose’s Catering and her staff by pre-ordering and picking up on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. (and on some Thursdays) at the VFW Hall.

She also has her famous home-baked goods available. We have been doing this for several weeks now and get hot and cold meals, salads and soups and enjoying all the choices. To place an order or learn more call 708-447-4005 and Rose or her daughters will be glad to help.

JOANNE KOSEY

LETTERS

Write congressional rep to improve mail service Your article about spotty postal service (“Spotty mail delivery has residents frustrated,” News, May 19) was right on target. The United States Postal Service is a federal service to the people. Everyone who reads this should send an email to our Congressman, Jesus Garcia.

If you are using a personal computer google the congressmen. There is a spot on his website (chuygarcia. house.gov) to send him correspondence. If he gets enough complaints, maybe he will do something.

John Scully Riverside

We must teach the truth about America’s past Winston Churchill, while paraphrasing the philosopher Santayana, said, “Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it.” So many Republican-led states,

who are trying desperately to suppress the vote, are now trying to leave out important eras of American history.

By avoiding controversial topics like past racism, slavery and Jim Crow, teachers are being forced to lie to students. How can today’s students become tomorrow’s informed electorate without knowing the history of voter suppression in this country?

I was lucky enough to have taught American history and American political science at Riverside-Brookfield High School for almost four decades. My immediate bosses and school boards even allowed me to create an elective class that dealt with recent Chicago history. That class included much discussion about racism.

Teenagers love controversy and they love learning that their past presidents and heroes were flawed human beings. They also love thinking for themselves and coming to their own conclusions. But they cannot do that unless they are armed with all facts, no matter how unpleasant or divisive the adults around them think they are.

If teaching the truth in these states will get them fired, teachers should consider moving to a state that welcomes debate. The purpose of a well-rounded education is to create good citizens. That cannot be done if teachers are censored.

Jan Goldberg Riverside

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OBITUARIES

Tony Gargano, 96 Retired carpenter was POW in World War II Tony Gargano, 96, of Tucson, Arizona, and formerly of North Riverside, died May 22, 2021 after a brief illness.

Mr. Gargano was a proud World War II veteran who fought in the European theater and served time TONY GARGANO in a German prisoner-of-war camp.

Born in Chicago, he was one of 11 children of Italian immigrants, Rose and Salvatore. He spent most of his life working as a carpenter at the University of Illinois at Chicago and loved to fix, build and create.

He loved to work on his own building projects and helping everyone with theirs.

In his later years, Mr. Gargano enjoyed his retirement in southern California. He eventually moved to Tucson to be closer to his daughter and her family.

Mr. Gargano is survived by his daughters, Gina Chorover, Laura Gargano and Patricia Gargano; his son-in-law, Jon Chorover; his grandchildren, Talia Chorover and Nate Chorover; his sister, Elizabeth Savoia; and many nieces and nephews.

He is predeceased by his ex-wife, Dorothy; his longtime companion, Norma Cardillo; and his siblings, Carmen, Vincent, Louie, Jerry, Salvatore, Susan (DiGioia), Anna (Welford), Albert and Rose (Vorreyere); and many close friends. He loved and was loved by many dogs, including Brandy, Ace and Sammy.

LIQUOR LICENSE Police calls up from page 1 B-1 Extended licenses – Miller’s Ale House and Tipster’s Village Pub – as well as the holder of the lone Class C license, Riverside Golf Club. Those liquor licenses also allow alcohol sales until 3 a.m.

Trustees are expected to vote on the temporary rollback of bar hours at the June 7 meeting of the North Riverside Village Board, which takes place at 7 p.m. at the North Riverside Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. Class A-1 Extended liquor licenses cost $3,653, which is about $600 more than a regular Class A-1 license, which limits hours of operation to 1 a.m. seven days a week. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the village waived liquor licenses fees for restaurants, taverns and the golf club as part of a relief package passed earlier this year.

Family and friends were the most important thing to him as was a job well done. All who knew Tony were blessed by his eternal optimism, sense of joy and desire to help others.

Visitation is Tuesday, June 1 from 4 to 8 p.m. with a Words of Remembrance Ceremony at 7 p.m. at Russo’s Hillside Chapels, 4500 Roosevelt Road, Hillside. Funeral on Wednesday, June 2 from Russo’s Hillside Chapels at 9 a.m. until time of chapel service at 10 a.m. Entombment is at Queen of Heaven Cemetery’s Christ the King Garden Mausoleum.

Donations may be made to the Hull House (janeaddamshullhouse.org/donate), which played an important role in Tony’s life and the life of the Italian community in Chicago.

Kenneth J. Gotsch, 91

Tom Mills, Jim Carr, Tiffany Mills, Will Gotsch, Melissa Rose Gotsch, Olivia Carr, Mac Gotsch, Allison Mills, Rachel Gotsch, Sheehan Gotsch, Kevin Carr, Hannah Mills, Joe Garvey, Rosie Gotsch, Daniel Mills, Katie Garvey, Georgia Garvey, Matthew Garvey, Olive Hinton, Lillian Hinton and Zarek Gotsch; the brother of Barbara (Richard) Timm and the late Gerald “Jerry” (late Joanne); and the uncle to many nieces and nephews.

Visitation is Wednesday, June 2, from 9:30 a.m. until time of a 10 a.m. funeral Mass at St. Barbara Church, 4008 Prairie Ave., Brookfield. Cremation is private.

Memorial donations to Holy Guardian Angels Parish are appreciated.

Johnson-Nosek Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements. Online condolences may be offered johnsonnosek.com.

Railroad clerk was father of 12

Betty Holland, 96

Kenneth J. Gotsch, 91, of LaGrange Park and formerly of Brookfield, died May 29, 2021.

Mr. Gotsch was born Sept. 22, 1929 in Chicago and served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was retired from a career as a clerk for a railroad KENNETH J. GOTSCH company.

He was the husband of Patricia (nee Sheehan); the father of Paula, Carol (Kent) Silliman, Ken (Lynne), George (Maura), Therese (Jim) Carr, Mary (Tom) Mills, Barb (Jim) Garvey, Carl (Kim), Victoria (Bryce) Jackson, Patty (Ross) Hinton, the late Yvonne and the late David; the grandfather of Mary Elizabeth Masson,

Retired nurse Betty Holland, 96, of LaGrange Park and formerly of Berwyn, died May 23, 2021. Ms. Holland was retired from a career as a nurse.

She was employed at MacNeal Hospital for 44 years and then volunteered BETTY HOLLAND there for 28 years after retirement.

She was the sister of the late Anne (the late Wayne) Warburton, the late Robert (the late Jean) Holland, the late William (the late Margaret) Holland, the late Jack (the late Bette) Holland, the late James (the

Acting Police Chief Christian Ehrenberg said he conducted a five-year study of police responses to the village’s taverns that showed 60 percent of all calls to those establishments came between 1 and 3 a.m.

As of May 23, police had responded to taverns 23 times, Ehrenberg told the Landmark, compared to 24 in all of 2020, although the pandemic limited bar hours significantly last year. However, in 2019 North Riverside police were called to the village’s three taverns 31 times in all, indicating that 2021 police responses to taverns are on pace to double 2019 responses.

Ehrenberg said police responded more often to The Sweet Spot and Bar-Tini Lounge, which sit a little more than a block away from each other on Desplaines Avenue. Big Corner Tavern does not generate as many responses, said Ehrenberg, because that establishment tends to close early if business is slow.

Phone messages left by the Landmark for the owners of both The Sweet Spot and BarTini Lounge were not returned.

The acting police chief also pointed to

Forest Park where, in response to a spike in police responses to bars along Madison Street, elected officials moved to temporarily close down bars at 11 p.m.

Ehrenberg said that Forest Park police were arresting people who lived as far away as Bolingbrook, Aurora, Gurnee and Waukegan, indicating people are willing to travel long distances to take advantage of the late last calls.

Last call in Bolingbrook and Waukegan is midnight, said Ehrenberg. In Aurora, a city of 200,000 people, last call is 1 a.m. All of those cities are far larger than North Riverside, he noted.

“Why a 6,600 population town is having a 3 a.m. time to close, I have no idea,” Ehrenberg said.

Scarpiniti said all three taverns are located immediately adjacent to residential areas, adding officials needed to be cognizant of that fact.

“I’m thinking more of the residents that are in that area,” said Trustee Deborah Czjaka, who favored rolling back tavern hours. “We don’t need any more of that

late Margaret) Holland and the late Donald (Nancy) Holland and was an aunt, great aunt and cousin of many.

A funeral Mass was celebrated May 29 at St. Leonard Church in Berwyn, followed by interment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside. A video of the service is available to view at memorialslive.com/Holland.

Memorial gifts can be made to the Betty Holland Nursing Scholarship Fund at MacNeal Hospital at support.loyolamedicine. org/macneal/betty-holland-nursing or please make checks payable to MacNeal Hospital and mail to Loyola Medicine, Office of Philanthropy, 2160 S. First Ave., Maywood, Illinois 60153. Please note in the memo line: Betty Holland Nursing Scholarship Fund. For more information, call 708-216-3201 or email to philanthropy@ luhs.org.

Express online condolences at HitzemanFuneral.com. If you wish to send a sympathy card to the family, send it to Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St., Brookfield, 60513, c/o the Betty Holland family.

Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

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right now.”

Trustee Jason Bianco initially questioned the change, saying he wanted to hear from bar owners, who will see their bottom lines affected. He later agreed to pursue the change as a trial run.

“We don’t need last call in our town,” Bianco said. “If we find there’s been a huge reduction where we’re not getting the lastcall people, then we stick with it.”

In the end all six elected officials at the May 24 committee meeting agreed to pursue the change. Trustee H. Bob Demopoulos, who is a member of the committee, was absent.

It wasn’t that long ago that both The Sweet Spot and Bar-Tini Lounge closed their doors at 4 a.m.

Former Mayor Hubert Hermanek Jr. revived the 4 a.m. licenses in 2014 after an earlier administration had gotten rid of them. The experiment was short-lived, however. Less than two years later, Hermanek rescinded the 4 a.m. licenses after an uptick in police calls, including ones involving street gang members and weapons.

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P R O P E R T Y

Riverside single-family home sale tops $1 million

T R A N S F E R S

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Clerk from December 2020. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the recorder of deeds.

Brookfield ADDRESS

PRICE

SALE DATE

3539 Prairie Ave. 3811 Kemman Ave. 3533 Morton Ave. 3251 Grand Blvd.

4141 Elm Ave. 4439 Raymond Ave. 4006 Park Ave. 3623 Rosemear Ave. 3724 Hollywood Ave. 2932 Prairie Ave. 9132 Roach Ave. 3136 Morton Ave. 9129 Sahler Ave. 3241 Park Ave. 4222 Grove Ave. 4208 Park Ave. 9047 Bartlett Ave. 9301 Lincoln Ave. 3833 Hollywood Ave. 3705 Raymond Ave. 3812 Harrison Ave. 4247 Vernon Ave. 4440 Blanchan Ave. 3509 Harrison Ave. 9117 Washington Ave. 3819 Woodside Ave. 4208 Elm Ave.

$350,000 $465,000 $160,000 Unknown $185,000 $295,000 $225,000 $323,000 $290,500 $210,000 $395,000 $122,000 $455,000 $250,000 $265,000 $280,500 $329,000 $247,000 $210,000 $227,000 $350,000 $243,000 $243,000 $267,500 $243,000 $260,000 $226,000

9/23/2020 10/28/2020 11/02/2020 10/06/2020 11/03/2020 11/05/2020 10/29/2020 10/21/2020 7/30/2020 9/16/2020 10/08/2020 11/09/2020 10/13/2020 10/29/2020 9/17/2020 8/04/2020 11/13/2020 11/13/2020 10/02/2020 11/17/2020 11/12/2020 11/08/2020 11/17/2020 11/06/2020 11/18/2020 10/22/2020 10/01/2020

3811 Kemman Ave., Brookfield

SELLER Urbanski, Rose Marie Murillo Holdings LLC Sergo, Michael The Judicial Sales Corp Collins, Tracy L Sierra Norte Inc Cisneros, Armando Moran, Maria Chicago Title Land Trust Co TR 279 Gaughan, Barry TR Caifa, Sam Al-Saden, Patricia C TR Sivasamy, Kalidoss Schumpp, Karen M Old Second Natl Bk LR and Sons Prop LLC McCormick, Timothy P Kenealy, Rick Sloboda, Marlene TR Materazzo, Nerina TR Nyhan, Erin Mary Colonna, Gina Benitez, Marcos Rodriguez, Robert A Horazdovsky, Sandra C Garcia, Tisa Rodriguez, Erick Gilberto Estrada

BUYER Robinson, Alfredia Hehsley, Aaron Grandview Cap LLC 3251 Grand Land Trust Escobedo, Lisa Thach, Hong Garcia, Martin Fruth, Susan Sheehan, Nancy C De Leon, Lilian M Diaz Belna, Jennifer M Grandview Cap LLC Chowaniec, Matthew Strzelecki, Elizabeth Mollet, Mark D Konczal, Tina M Bradshaw, John Paukstys, Joseph Romero, Frank Hickman, Justin Cody Weber, Colin J Ostler-Brown Connie Moss, Alyssa N Bujak, Robert Jr Pena, Cynthia Stronach, Chelsea Mae Ramos, Maritere Ramirez

178 Nuttall Rd., Riverside ADDRESS

PRICE

SALE DATE

3421 Oak Ave. 9528 Washington Ave. 3108 Oak Ave. 3944 Arthur Ave. 9134 29th St. 9418 Jackson Ave. 9507 Jackson Ave.

$400,000 $208,500 $263,000 $115,000 $175,000 $190,000 $300,000

10/10/2020 11/09/2020 9/21/2020 9/21/2020 9/29/2020 11/20/2020 11/19/2020

SELLER Vasquez, Isaias Wake, Kent Richard TR Bode, Joshua Lund Prop Mgmt LLC O’Riordan, John Correa, Martinez Benita Simcox, Ronald William Jr

North Riverside

2200 Park Ave. 8921 24th St. 2432 Hainsworth Ave. 2314 Hainsworth Ave. 2237 Keystone Ave. 2252 18th Ave.

$220,000 $257,000 $215,000 $275,000 $306,000 $180,000

9/12/2020 5/26/2020 10/09/2020 9/15/2020 10/16/2020 10/23/2020

178 Nuttall Rd. 50 West Ave., Unit 1 257 Bartram Rd. 341 Scottswood Rd. 212 Herrick Rd. 99 E. Burlington St. 282 Maplewood Rd. 191 Akenside Rd. 361 Olmsted Rd. 403 Uvedale Rd. 200 Addison Rd. 330 Northwood Rd 194 W. Quincy St. 300 Fairbank Rd. 97 E. Quincy St. 236 Maplewood Rd. 290 Maplewood Rd. 95 Michaux Rd.

$1,075,000 $125,000 $549,000 $900,000 $615,000 $84,000 $685,000 $377,500 $360,000 $475,000 $515,000 . $485,000 $309,000 $285,000 $350,000 $660,000 $850,000 $730,500

10/26/2020 10/31/2020 11/06/2020 8/22/2020 9/25/2020 11/04/2020 8/24/2020 10/22/2020 8/25/2020 10/28/2020 10/16/2020 9/29/2020 10/09/2020 11/16/2020 11/06/2020 11/19/2020 10/09/2020 11/17/2020

Andrade, Ronald Jr Henricks-Kurpis, Laurie ATG Trust Co TR 016143 First Midwest Bk TR 3903 Carmona, Jose Robert J Breda Trust

Riverside

Doherty, Thomas Jr Villegas, Ameriea Halline, Allan G Cornelius, Charles Jr Neumann, Alan Larson, Gail Chen, Juan Jordan, Michael C Griffin, Catherine A TR Duan, Xiuzhen Lappin, Ivan M Sebastian, Mark S THR Prop Illinois LP Pollard, Megan P Knapp, Keith Klingsporn, Charles A TR Zimmerman, Joseph J Kozlowski, Eva M

BUYER Lucchese, Heather Porter, Susan K Wood, Eric Garza, Leonel Jr Everson, Nicholas P TR Gonzalez, Melissa Medrano, Santiago

De La Cruz, Carlos A Rizzo, Amber Baeza, Monica G Ocasio, Andrea M Gomez, Armando Helf, Robert A

Zimmerman, Sarah Cheng, Yih-Hwa Hopfinger, Joseph Jr Ferrari, Gianno TR 202000303 Thies, Michael Edward Anderson Rentals LLC Alvers, Brian Rosenberg, Emily J TR Epple, Charlene Sleinys, Vytautas McCormick Timothy Mullens, Chloe Vanderkuyl, Estela Beals, Wayne Duevas, Diego Levy, David Ruemmler, Jessica Gulik, Robert G

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BY PHONE: (708) 613-3333 | BY FAX: (708) 467-9066 BY E-MAIL: CLASSIFIEDS@RBLANDMARK.COM PUBLIC PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICES KOMAREK SCHOOL PRESCHOOL SCREENING What:

Preschool screening is designed to assess a child’s development and assist in identifying children who may require further evaluation to determine eligibility for special education services or those who may be eligible for a state-funded preschool program.

The screenings are by appointment, and at no cost to families.

When: June 24th, 2021 Where: Komarek School 8940 W. 24th Street North Riverside, Illinois 60546 Why:

Participation in the screening process does not guarantee a spot within the preschool program, but may put your child on the list of potential preschoolers for this year and/or next year. Your child must be at least two and one half years old to attend a screening.

If you have questions or to make an appointment, please call:

Contact Gail Anderson to schedule a screening appointment for your child.

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PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICES PUBLIC ESCUELA KOMAREK - EVALUACIÓN PREESCOLAR DE INVIERNO Qué:

La evaluación preescolar está diseñada para evaluar el desarrollo de un niño y ayudar a identificar a los niños que pueden necesitar una evaluación adicional para determinar la elegibilidad para los servicios de educación especial o aquellos que pueden ser elegibles para un programa preescolar financiado por el estado. Las evaluaciones son con cita previa y sin costo para las familias.

Cuándo: 24 de junio de 2021 Dónde: Komarek School8940 W. 24th Street North Riverside, Illinois 60546 Por qué:

La participación en el proceso de evaluación no garantiza un lugar dentro del programa preescolar, pero puede colocar a su hijo en la lista de posibles preescolares para este año y/o el año que viene. Su hijo(a) debe tener al menos dos años y medio de edad para asistir a una evaluación. Si tiene preguntas o

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NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed separate bids will be received by the Oak Park Public Library (“Library”) for the following project:

thereof, or waive any irregularities or informalities, and to make an award that in the Board’s sole opinion is in the best interest of the District.

OAK PARK PUBLIC LIBRARY SECURITY RENOVATIONS MAIN AND MAZE BRANCH LOCATIONS OAK PARK, IL 60301

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

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

In re the marriage of BRUNILDA OTERO, Petitioner and IYAD ANWAR MOH’D MUSTAFA, Respondent, Case No. 2021D003027.

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

Now, therefore, unless you, the said Respondent, file your response to said Petition or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Room 802, Richard J. Daley Center, 50 West Washington Street, in the City of Chicago, Illinois, on or before July 6, 2021, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk.

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CST on Friday June 11th, 2021 at the Main Branch Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301, and will be publicly opened and read at 2:00 p.m. CST on that date. Bids shall be submitted in an opaque sealed envelope clearly marked: Oak Park Public Library Security Renovations 834 Lake Street Oak Park, IL 60301 Attention: Bulley & Andrews Project: MAIN AND MAZE BRANCH SECURITY WORK Scope of work for Bid Group 1 generally includes, but is not limited to: electrical, power, distribution, low voltage cabling, and access control.

All bids must be submitted in accordance with the bidding instructions contained in the Bidding Documents for the project. Bid security in the form of a bid bond in an amount equal to ten percent (10%) of the base bid amount shall be submitted with the bid. Should a bid bond be submitted, the bond shall be payable to the Oak Park Public Library, 834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL 60301. All documents and information required by the bidding instructions contained in the Bidding Documents for the project shall be submitted with the bid. Incomplete, late or non-conforming bids may not be accepted.

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

For additional information on the project, contact Bill Truty of Bulley & Andrews, LLC at btruty@bulley.com or 773-645-2086.

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The Bidding Documents for the project (which include the bidding instructions for the project and other related documents) will be available Monday May 24th, 2021 and are available for viewing/download online without cost or purchase on the Bulley & Andrews, LLC One Drive, located at the following link. No username or password is required. h t t p s : / / b u l l e y a n d r e w s - m y. sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/ btruty_bulley_com/Ep4N77OJkwtJt67lPDVsuggBHBgpHS8IJ0T1ffDzQA1PWg?e=DxkMYA A site visit/walk through is scheduled for 8 AM on Wednesday June 2nd.

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Qualifications: Valid Illinois Professional Educator License with Grade-Appropriate Physical Education Endorsement; successful teaching experience in physical education preferred; Master’s Degree is preferred.

Job Duties: The part-time PE Teacher will work in partnership with the full-time PE teacher to instruct students in Pre-K through 4th grade on how to develop habits of mind and actions that support good health, fitness and enjoyment of sport and play. The PE teacher will facilitate a learning environment that engages students in learning skills for sport and fitness, as well as SEL skills by growing confidence, sportsmanship and team spirit.

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LTHS boys roll to 2nd at state water polo finals

Lions fall in championship to undefeated Stevenson

By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

The Lyons Township High School boys water polo team entered the Illinois High School Association state championship game on May 29 at Fenwick High School in Oak Park hoping to add its third title.

However, their opponent was tournament favorite Stevenson High School, which came in undefeated and completed a perfect season by defeating the Lions 15-8.

“We had plenty of opportunities, but couldn’t finish some plays,” said LTHS coach Doug Eichstaedt. “No one likes to lose the last game of the year, but I’m proud of the effort.”

The Lions (20-5) had some good looks offensively in the first half, but continually hit the posts and failed to convert several man-up situations.

Trailing 10-4, LTHS started the second half with three consecutive goals -- two by Lian Malas and one by Michael Schoneman. However, Stevenson (30-0) responded with three consecutive goals of their own to effectively put the game away. “[Stevenson] is a great team. We didn’t play as well defensively with our assign-

ments and they took advantage,” Eichstaedt said. “We couldn’t get things going early enough, but our guys didn’t give up.”

The Patriots’ damage was largely caused

by Dmitry Kobels (4 goals, 4 assists) and Drew Wangard (4 goals, 3 assists) In the final game of their careers, Malas finished with four goals and three assists while Schoneman added three goals for the Lions.

Despite the loss, Eichstaedt was happy LTHS was able to get a season in this spring after last year was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

“This was a great group of kids. It was fun practicing and playing this year,” he said. “It meant a lot to the players as well as me, and we appreciate all the support we got from the community.”

In the semifinals on May 28, LTHS rolled past Lincoln-Way East 20-6. Schoneman had four goals, Jack Walsh three, while Malas, Jack Bradbury and Matt Jablonski two apiece in a well-balanced effort from the Lions.

The Lions defeated West Suburban Silver rival York 10-8 in the state quarterfinal round on May 27. Bradbury’s goal with 3:23 remaining proved to be the game-winner.

ALEX ROGALS/Staff Photographer

FINAL ROAR: Lyons Township High School’s A.J. Vitek looks to shoot during the IHSA state championship game against Stevenson at Fenwick High School in Oak Park on May 29. The Lions fell to the favored Patriots 15-8.

LTHS loses seven seniors to graduation, including the Jablonski, Malas, Schoneman and Walsh.

However, Bradbury along with junior

Jimmy Bolan and freshman goalkeeper Charlie Vik lead a group of returnees for next year. Expect the Lions to remain among the state’s top teams in 2022.

Naz baseball looks for deep run in state playoffs Roadrunners a No. 2 seed in Class 3A sectional round

By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

This season has been history-making for the Nazareth Academy baseball team.

Head coach Lee Milano recorded his 500th career victory May 17 as the Roadrunners rallied to defeat Benet Academy.

But now, Nazareth turns its attention to the Illinois High School Association Class 3A tournament, which begins June 4. Despite a grueling schedule in the East Suburban Catholic Conference, the Roadrunners have

compiled a 25-7 record entering this week, good enough to merit a No. 2 seed in Class 3A Sectional 4.

Due to COVID-19 protocols, the formats for both regional and sectional play are different than usual. Instead of games being played at designated host schools, the higher-seeded team hosts each game.

Milano feels Nazareth’s schedule has his team prepared for the rigors of postseason play. And he also likes where the Roadrunners are seeded.

“We are 8-3 in games decided by two runs or less and have six walk-off wins,” Milano said.

“The tough schedule and the pressure-filled games only makes us a better team. … A team has to win three games in five days to win the sectional and I feel we have the pitching to do that.”

Nazareth has several reliable arms, includ-

ing freshmen Nick Drtina and John Hughes (1.18 ERA), junior Sebastián Gutierrez (2.71 ERA) and seniors Joseph Milano and Ryan Smith (1.37 ERA) The Roadrunners also possess a potent lineup led by junior Luke Brabham (.476 batting average), Ryan Smith (.405) and sophomore Lucas Smith (.383). Seniors Wyler Guido and Anthony and Joseph Milano as well as freshman Cooper Malamazian supply depth and production.

Nazareth’s first playoff game is June 7 in a regional final against the winner of the Glenbard South-Kenwood semifinal.

LTHS seeded 6th at sectionals With a 13-10 record entering this week, the Lions are the sixth seed in Class 4A Sectional 5.

“We’ve had our ups and downs. The one thing I’ve been preaching is that we should be playing our best ball at the end of the season so that we can make a deep playoff run,” said LTHS coach Kevin Diete.

Emmett Spolar leads the Lions with a .357 batting average. Other notable LTHS batters are Noah Jouras (.322, 13 RBI), Bo Karlson (.319, 19 RBI), Jack McNamara (.329, 11 RBI) and Cooper Ohlson (.327, 3 HR, 19 RBI).

The top LTHS pitchers are Luke Stockbridge (2-1, 3.54 ERA), Karlson (3-0), and Spolar (2-1, 2.21 ERA).

Consistency is something the Lions hope to have more of as the tournament starts.

“In the most successful games we’ve had, we’ve pitched and fielded well enough and put the ball in play,” Diete said. “If we have at least two out of those three components working, that’s when we are winning games.”

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RBHS softball begins state run as top sectional seed Bulldogs could face Naz in sectional final round

By LAUREN RECCHIA Contributing Reporter

The Riverside-Brookfield softball team has shown all season long that they can compete with the best, and now they will get to prove it just how good they are as they head into the playoffs.

The Bulldogs (21-5) are the No. 1 seed in IHSA Class 3A Sectional 4 and will host every game during that round, which begins June 3 for RBHS. “I’m very happy about having the number one seed, because it shows that the softball community and our sectional understands

that we’re a quality program,” said coach Doug Schultz. “We’ve challenged ourselves against some pretty good teams at the end of the season, and we needed to see that competition to start getting ourselves ready.”

Senior Isabella Garcia finished the regular season hitting .480 with five home runs and a team-high 36 RBI. Senior Hannah Organ was one of the Bulldogs top hitters and pitchers, batting .500 to go with five home runs and 23 RBI while going 4-0 with a 1.98 ERA and 99 strikeouts on the mound.

Senior Hannah Smith also excelled on the mound with a 2.25 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 62 innings pitched. Freshman catcher Zoe Lavine (.377 with seven home runs and 28 RBI), freshman shortstop Emily Organ (.400 with eight home runs and 20 RBI) and sophomore second baseman Liana Noel (.306 with a home run and 10 RBI) have been consistent all

LTHS soccer heads into state playoffs undefeated Lions have also not allowed a goal in 2021

By MELVIN TATE Contributing Reporter

Zero.

That’s the number of goals the Lyons Township High School girls soccer team has allowed this season. The Lions have outscored their opponents 61-0 this spring.

LTHS coach Bill Lanspeary says it has been a complete team effort defensively.

“Our back line is phenomenal,” he said.

“Our keeper is great, and the pressure our midfielders and forwards place on the other team helps our defenders.”

In addition to their strong defense -- led by goalkeeper Izzy Lee, the Lions (14-0) are balanced offensively. Jordan Lee-Caracci has a team-high nine goals, Keira Sullivan eight, Ava Dallavo and Eleanor Musgrove seven apiece, and Katie O’Malley six.

Yet despite its regular season record and goals-against performance, LTHS is seeded second in the IHSA Class 3A Morton Sectional, behind Benet Academy. One would think the Lions would be disappointed with that seeding, but Lanspeary says they are not.

“I haven’t had a chance to see Benet yet, but I know they’re really good. I get it, and that’s fine,” he said. “Our sectional is deep, and there are a lot of tough teams.”

In order to have success in the state tournament, Lanspeary feels LTHS needs to maintain its defensive excellence and clinical finishing in front of goal.

“We need to maintain our poise and fin-

ish the chances that we get. In other words, just keep things rolling like they have been,” he said.

Naz back on track heading into playoffs The Roadrunners started the season well with a 7-0-1 record. But an injury to four-year varsity starting midfielder Juliana Iacono halted momentum as Nazareth went winless in its’ next seven contests, losing five.

However, back-to-back victories over Marian Central and Carmel to end the season gave Nazareth a 9-5-3 record.

Moreover, they have improved the Roadrunners’ outlook heading into postseason play.

“As the games went on, we stopped focusing on the results. Instead, we focused on getting better together,” said Nazareth coach Alex Wilkinson. “We learned to adjust quickly to our opponent’s formation and find ways to create scoring opportunities. Most importantly, we do not quit.”

Senior midfielder Adriana Berruti (15 goals, 8 assists) and freshman forward Olivia Austin (12 goals, 2 assists) have been the top players for the Roadrunners, who are the third seed at the Class 3A Solorio Sectional.

Nazareth enters the playoffs with a simple approach that could be beneficial in the state tournament.

“Our girls understand it’s about growing each game and becoming better soccer players. If we have this mindset, winning the game will take care of itself,” Wilkinson said.

year while gaining experience as they head to the state playoffs.

“Starting that freshman/sophomore core in key spots has been huge for us,” Schultz said.

other in the sectional title game.

“It would be an awesome experience to have a sectional championship against a team that’s been a neighbor team for us,” Schultz said.

Naz seeded 3rd in Class 3A sectional

LTHS readies for postseason run

Nazareth Academy (12-15) could find themselves on a collision course with RBHS in Sectional 4, where the Roadrunners are seeded third.

“We are feeling good about earning the number three seed, because we know our regional/ sectional is pretty loaded with tough competition,” said coach Vicki Sobol. “Seeing those teams already this season, those games were all tough battles on both sides.”

The Roadrunners have faced four of the top six seeds in the sectional already this year and will begin the state tournament June 3 against the winner of 11th seeded Back of the Yards and 6th seeded Benet.

Nazareth has been led by junior Allison Mangan, who finished the regular season hitting .450 with 31 stolen bases. Senior Toni Rodriguez hit .333 with an on-base percentage of .440 and 12 RBI, while senior Olivia Mardirosian hit .308 with two home runs and 21 RBI while also sporting a 2.41 ERA on the mound.

With Nazareth and RBHS on opposite sides of the bracket, the area rivals could face each

The Lyons Township High School softball team is seeded fourth in Class 4A Sectional 6, ending the regular season with a record of 11-9.

Emily Joseph (.429 batting average), Anna Bryant (.385), Lily Hanafin (.383), Tess Meyer (.370), and Ava Paganis (.340, 6 HR) have paced LTHS’ offense, while Ava Kostecki (9-4, 3.12 ERA, 100 strikeouts) and Hanafin (37.2 innings, 59 strikeouts) are carrying the pitching load for the Lions.

“We are excited with our seed and look forward to the playoffs,” said LTHS coach Nicole Paluch. “We look forward to playing some of the top teams in the state that we feel are in our sectional, and you have to play the best to beat the best.”

LTHS opens state tournament play June 2 hosting Argo. Should the Lions advance, a potential third match-up with West Suburban Silver rival Oak Park and River Forest is a distinct possibility the next day. LTHS defeated the Huskies twice in the regular-season, 3-2 on April 30 and 5-3 on May 17.

Melvin Tate contributed to this report.

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