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New D95 plan calls for major expansion at Brook Park

Riverside connection to Eastland disaster Hauser Jr. High teacher’s family boarded doomed Eastland

Initial new school concept at S.E. Gross just too expensive By BOB UPHUES Editor

Plans unveiled by Brookfield-LaGrange Park School District 95 officials last week as the solution to the district’s booming enrollment represent a complete break with prior plans, which called for a new school to be built on the campus of S.E. Gross Middle School. Instead, officials have decided on a major expansion at Brook Park School that will create a new first-floor kindergarten wing on the south side of the campus, allowing for the implementation of an all-day kindergarten program. The 44,135-square-foot, two-story addition would add a total of 18 new classrooms and a new gymnasium at Brook Park School. The additional classrooms will allow for Brook Park School to house six sections of each grade, K through 5. A new one-story gymnasium is also planned for S.E. Gross Middle School, to be built as a western addition to the existing building. Meanwhile, plans call for an extensive renovation of the north end of the building, which now houses the band program, industrial arts program and auditorium. See D95 on page 9

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AFTERMATH: Rescue workers stand atop the hull the Eastland, a Great Lakes pleasure liner that rolled onto its side while passengers were boarding at its Chicago River dock on July 24, 1915. Longtime Hauser music teacher Patty Gill’s grandfather, father and two uncles were on board at the time. One of her uncles was killed. By BOB SKOLNIK

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uly 24, 1915 was a rainy morning, and the Eastland was one of five excursion boats filled to the brim with Western Electric employees who worked at the massive Hawthorne Works complex in Cicero. They were on their way to an all-day

company picnic and outing in Michigan City, Indiana. On board the Eastland that fateful day was the great-grandfather of L.J. Hauser Junior High music teacher Patty Gill. Accompanying him were and his three sons, one of whom was Gill’s grandfather, Frank. As passengers were still boarding downtown at a dock on the Chicago Riv-

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Riverside board OKs incentives for brewpub Safehouse Brewing eyes site on Burlington near Harlem

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Less than six months after a deal to bring a brewpub to downtown Riverside fell through, the prospect of sitting down with a locally brewed craft beer is back on the radar in the village. On Sept. 15, the Riverside Village Board voted 5-0 to waive building permit and other fees totaling up to $49,600 to pave the way for Safehouse Brewing LLC to bring a Prohibition era-themed brew pub and restaurant to town. Safehouse Brewing LLC, a corpora- 363 E. Burlington St., Riverside tion formed 10 months ago by Matt Thomson, plans on doing a $1 million erside and expect to be open later this fall. renovation of the building at 363-69 The village board, in addition to waiving E. Burlington St., near Harlem Avenue, to house the combination craft brewery and building, plumbing and electrical permit pub/restaurant that will be able to seat fees totaling $24,500, also agreed to waive plan review fees along with health inspecabout 150 people. The building is a long-underutilized, tion fees, business license fees, liquor limixed-use structure currently without any cense fees and live entertainment license tenants. It was purchased in November fees for the first three years of the business’ 2014 by Giuseppe Zappani, who restored the operation. It’ll take some time to complete the major Arcade Building in downtown Riverside. interior renovation of the Safehouse space. Thomson is Zappani’s son-in-law. Safehouse is the third business to take ad- Documents indicate that Thomson hopes to vantage of incentives offered by the village open Safehouse by mid-2017 at the earliest. of Riverside to promote economic develop- The fee waiver resolution sets Nov. 1, 2017 ment. The two others, La Barra and Sawmil- as the deadline for occupancy before the ly, are under construction in downtown Riv- waived fees would have to be reimbursed.

The venture is still obtaining funding, Thomson told village trustees during the board’s discussion of the fee waivers on Sept. 15. It does have at least one private investor, whose identity was not revealed. According to a business plan submitted to village officials by Thomson, Safehouse Brewing would be a casual, family-friendly restaurant/brew pub that would employ about 20 people. The entire operation would comprise the first floor of the multi-storefront building, with the 15-barrel system brewery located on the east end with windows overseeing the bar area. Beer will not be kegged, according to Thomson, but will be poured from the brewery’s tanks. The kitchen would be located in the rear portion of the building and an outdoor dining area facing the railroad tracks is also part of the plan. Additional bar space on the west side of the building could be used for private events. Plans call for a brick pizza oven in the middle of the building. The menu at Safehouse will include “an American menu with an Italian twist” and feature items like burgers, sandwiches, flatbreads, pizza and appetizers. Lots of exposed brick will lend a somewhat industrial air to the interior, whose décor emphasizes 1920s Prohibition-era Chicago.

D103 business manager placed on paid leave Officials mum on district law firm’s internal probe

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Jacqueline Parisi, the business manager of Lyons-Brookfield Elementary School District 103, quietly was placed on paid administrative leave in late August while the school district’s law firm conducts some sort of internal probe, the Landmark has learned. District 103 Superintendent Carol Baker declined to detail the scope of the law firm’s investigation or the circumstances surrounding Parisi’s sudden departure from the central office on Aug. 26. “There are some things that are being looked into,” said Baker, who confirmed the involvement of the district’s law firm in the probe but wouldn’t elaborate. “I can’t talk about personnel matters,” Baker said. “We’re hoping to resolve it in the next week or so.” The District 103 school board has a regular business meeting scheduled for Thursday, Sept. 22.

Burt Odelson, the school district’s attorney, and Parisi did not return calls seeking comment. Parisi was hired as interim business manager at $500 per day in July 2015, part of a comprehensive shakeup of the central office administration following the election of a new board majority backed by Lyons Village President Christopher Getty. After spending a decade in the private sector as an information technology professional, Parisi shifted to public school finance in 2004. Since that time, she has led a nomadic career. When she was hired by District 103 in 2015, it was her fifth school finance job since 2013. But the school board was happy enough with Parisi’s work that it removed the interim tag and hired her as the full-time business manager at a salary of $118,000 per year in March. Parisi worked closely with the school district’s auditing firm Baker Tilly to unravel myriad issues with the district’s finances. The school board also appears to be ready

to cut ties with Baker Tilly as its auditor. On Sept. 15 during a meeting of the three-person Architect, Engineer and Auditor Committee of the school board, the committee decided by a 2 to 1 vote to recommend G.W. & Associates of South Chicago Heights as the district’s new auditor. Two other firms, including Baker Tilly, made presentations to the board on Sept. 15. Committee members Michael Bennett, the school board president, and board member Coleen Shipbaugh recommended G.W. & Associates. Board member Joanne Schaeffer recommended staying with Baker Tilly, which has been the district’s auditing firm for years. The school board is expected to act on the committee’s recommendation at its Sept. 22 meeting. G.W. & Associates has served as the auditor for the village of Lyons. The firm has also served as the auditing firm for the village of Orland Hills, where Kyle Hastings, District 103’s part-time assistant superintendent, is village president.

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Just a month after the Illinois Labor Relations Board ruled that the village of North Riverside had violated labor laws by attempting to unilaterally terminate its contract with union firefighters and issuing them termination notices, the village has filed an unfair labor practice complaint of its own. On Sept. 14, the village charged North Riverside Firefighters Local 2714 with surface bargaining and improperly bargaining, saying the union has forced an impasse in negotiations by insisting on the elimination of the village’s private paramedic service provider, Paramedic Services of Illinois (PSI). “The union has demanded the village terminate its contract with PSI as condition of any agreement,” the village’s complaint states. The village filed the complaint with the state labor board after the two sides met on Aug. 31 and Sept. 8. But the union’s attorney waved off the complaint, saying those two meetings weren’t bargaining sessions at all and that the village has not complied with last month’s state labor board’s ruling. That ruling required the village to post notice of the violations, rescind the termination notices and bargain in good faith. But the village has not posted the notice or rescinded the termination notices, according to J. Dale Berry, the union’s attorney. Instead, the village has appealed the labor board’s ruling to the Illinois Appellate Court. “They are still disavowing that they committed an unfair labor practice,” Berry said. “We don’t have any prospects for bargaining unless they post notices and agree they committed an unfair labor practice.” There are now two matters involving the two-year old contract dispute between North Riverside and its firefighters before the appellate court. The first is the village’s appeal of a Cook County Circuit Court judge’s ruling that she did not have jurisdiction over the village’s call for unilateral termination of the firefighters’ union contract. That matter has been in the appellate court’s hands for 11 months. Now the village has appealed the state labor board’s unfair labor practice ruling. Meanwhile, North Riverside Mayor Hubert Hermanek Jr. said that despite the pending court matters, he wants to come to

an agreement with firefighters and that the meetings on Aug. 31 and Sept. 8 were part of that effort. “[The fire union] knew those were serious sessions,” said Hermanek. “We went there fully ready to bargain and get an agreement.” Yet, correspondence between the two sides in the run up to those negotiating sessions indicate that they were approaching those meetings carefully. In an Aug. 19 letter to village officials, union President Rick Urbinati requested a meeting with the village’s bargaining team, but made it clear discussions would include implementation of the labor board’s order. When the two sides met, the village handed the union discussion items related to a new contract, but the village’s attorney made clear that “this is not considered a contract offer or proposal.” Hermanek called that language “a legal formality because of the pending litigation.” “Both Urbinati sending the letter and us meeting means that we want to get this done,’ Hermanek said. “In no way would [that language] stop us from trying to get a compromise.” Berry said called the meetings in August and September “exploratory.” “These weren’t negotiations,” Berry said. Hermanek also complained that the union wouldn’t budge from its insistence on replacing PSI paramedics with low-cost parttime employees for a time while firefighters are trained to be paramedics. The union contract and PSI’s contract with the village are separate deals, Hermanek said. “They’re two distinct entities, but they’re tying it in,” Hermanek said. “We are trying to compromise, but it takes two to tango.” Hermanek pointed to a new, unprecedented five-year contract with police officers and a new deal with police dispatchers as examples of the village’s interest in negotiating union contracts. “We had no trouble getting police and telecommunicators settled, so maybe it’s not us,” Hermanek said. Berry acknowledged that the firefighters’ union was seeking termination of the PSI contract, “but as a part of a negotiated settlement.” The union wasn’t about to let go of its wish to terminate PSI’s contract, Berry said, when the village still won’t rescind termination notices it has issued to union firefighters. “We’re not going to let them cherry pick our concessions,” Berry said. “We’re not giving anything unless they assure us of job security. “They are still proposing to replace us.”

The Landmark, September 21, 2016

Two charged for downtown burglary The burglary of a downtown Riverside business and an attempted break-in at another on Sept. 4 resulted in part, according to the two people arrested for the incidents, from a blocked railroad crossing. Riverside police investigators said Paula R. Korreckt, 43, and Scott D. Kizior, 42, both of Berwyn, told them they were driving south on Harlem Avenue just after midnight and got stopped at the East SCOTT D. KIZIOR Burlington Street intersection because a freight train was blocking the crossing. So they turned west and headed into downtown Riverside where, police said, they decided to try to break into a business to get money to support their drug habits. At the first business they encountered downtown — Salon D’Amore, 52 E. Burlington St. — they grabbed landscaping bricks and tried to break out the business’ windows. When that attempt failed, they went over to Aunt Diana’s Old Fashioned Fudge, 29 E. Burlington St., and did the same thing. The two gained entry to the candy store and Kizior allegedly went into the business and stole a safe containing cash and keys while

Korreckt acted as a lookout. A video surveillance camera reportedly caught the burglary in progress. After Kizior grabbed the safe, the two got in their vehicle and left the village, police said. A break in the case came Sept. 7 when Chicago police notified Riverside of the arrest of two people suspected of burglarizing a restaurant in the 4700 block of 26th Street. The suspects and method of entry PAULA R. KORRECKT were similar to the Riverside incidents. Riverside police interviewed Korreckt and Kizior on Sept. 12, and the two reportedly gave police written confessions about the Riverside burglaries. Both Korreckt and Kizior have extensive criminal histories, including burglary and drug offenses. Each was charged with one count of burglary and one count of attempted burglary. Both are being held in Cook County Jail, awaiting a Sept. 28 preliminary hearing for the Chicago case at the Cook County Circuit Court’s Branch 44 courthouse on the city’s West Side. Kizior is being held on $150,000 bond. Korreckt’s bond was set at $75,000.

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purchase art across all media created by local artists. Brennan says the event expanded its focus this year because of the positive response to the event over the last couple of years. “Last year, it was great,” she said. “It’s been getting bigger and better every single year that we do it. More and more people look forward to the art show and are telling me they’ll be there. “I don’t know if we’re spreading the word better or that it’s been around long enough now that people are looking forward to it, but just like anything, you want to add to it and tweak it.” Brennan credits the Brookfield Chamber of Commerce with coming through with a strong number of volunteers year after year who promote the event and help out the day of. “We started with absolutely nothing with this art show and now we have our head around it,” Brennan said. “When people work together, you just get more done and you can bring more to the table.” One artist who is coming out for the third year in a row is LaGrange Park resident Jennifer Leban, who decided to come back to sell her work because of the event’s growing popularity and success. “Every year, it’s gotten a little bit bigger and better,” Leban said. This year, Leban will be selling a unique array of hair accessories, including floral headbands and skull clips inspired by the Day of the Dead. Additionally, the fest will include its popular sidewalk chalk art contest for adults. From noon to 2 p.m., participants who bring their own sidewalk chalk will be provided a sidewalk square to decorate however they wish. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three winners. Those who wish to participate may sign up by calling Brennan at 708255-5335. Whether you’re an art aficionado or just looking to spend a nice afternoon in the park, Brennan says the Fine Arts Festival

Beautify Brookfield to host Salt Creek duck race Also coinciding with this year’s Fine Arts Festival for the fourth year in a row is the Duck Race fundraiser held by Beautify Brookfield, the nonprofit arm of the Brookfield Beautification Commission, to help fund its public art efforts in Brookfield. At noon on Saturday, rubber ducks will be launched into Salt Creek at the Washington Avenue bridge and “race” south along with the current to the canoe launch north of Brookfield Village Hall. Prizes for top finishers include $500 for first place, $250 for second place and $100 for third. Rubber ducks can be purchased for $5 each at the First National Bank of Brookfield, the Brookfield Public Library or by 11:30 a.m. the day of the fest. Proceeds from the duck race will go towards programs sponsored by the Brookfield Beautification Committee, including community art projects and business district landscaping.

makes for a fun activity for people of all ages. “It’s a great day to spend in a beautiful park looking at beautiful art, have a day of leisure, mingle with other people in your community,” she said. “It’s a really easy neighborhood thing to do. Because the park is user friendly, there are so many ways you can enjoy the event.” Leban agrees the event has something to offer no matter what your interests are. “I think residents should come out because there’s a really wide range of arts and crafts,” she added. “There’s something for everybody.”

Library’s ‘Taste of Brookfield’ celebrates 10 years The Brookfield Public Library and Friends of the Brookfield Public Library will host the 10th Annual “Taste of Brookfield @ Your Library” on Friday, Sept. 30 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the library, 3609 Grand Blvd. The special after-hours fundraising gala allows attendees to sample food, wine and beer provided by local restaurants and businesses, including new restaurants Emilio’s Tapas, Skadarliya, Mary’s Morn-

ing Mixup, and Petey Jalapeno. In addition, there will be live music, courtesy of the Tom Muellner Trio, a silent auction featuring gift baskets, sports tickets and other experiences. There will also be a special grand prize raffle of $500 to mark the event’s 10th year. Pre-bidding for the silent auction items began Sept. 16 at www.tasteofbrookfield. com and the highest online bids will be the starting bids on Sept. 30.

Advance tickets ($40 each, or two for $75) can be purchased at the library’s checkout desk, the Brookfield Farmers Market or online at www.tasteofbrookfield.com. Tickets at the door will be $45 each. Child care is available for kids 12 and under at a cost of $5 per child. Advance registration is required by calling 708-4856917 or visiting online at the Taste website. All proceeds benefit the Friends of the Brookfield Public Library.

The Landmark, September 21, 2016

Swan Pond Park planting plan in the works Landscape Advisory Commission, consultant to recommend solution in October

By BOB UPHUES Editor

A landscape architect hired by the village of Riverside to develop a sustainable landscape plan for Swan Pond Park has told members of the village’s Landscape Advisory Commission that the 2012 plan for the park fell woefully short in its wetlands plantings, likely contributing to the amount of water that collects in the lowest area of the park, near the drainage culvert. “A good chunk of that [area] is saturated more than 50 percent of the time and was minimally addressed with this plan,” said Heidi Natura, of Living Habitats, the firm chosen by the Landscape Advisory Commission in August. At a minimum, Natura said the lowest area, which covers 28,000 square feet, ought to feature wetlands plants, but she said that area could be increased to an acre or more depending on just how far the village wanted to go. Landscape commissioners appeared to favor a wetlands area greater than 28,000 square feet, but implemented in phases because of the cost for such a plan. The price tag for just the smallest suggested wetlands area, covering 30,000 square feet, would be about $45,000. The village has tentatively budgeted $27,000 in 2017 for Swan Pond Park restoration. However, Trustee Ellen Hamilton, who is the village board’s liaison to the Landscape Advisory Commission, said that wasn’t necessarily a hard cap. “It’s not as if we can sit and not do anything with Swan Pond,” Hamilton said. Living Habitats and the Landscape Advisory Commission tentatively are slated to present a recommendation to trustees at the village board’s Oct. 20 meeting. That design will be informed by input that landscape commissioners gave to Living Habitats on Sept. 13. Apart from recommending plants that thrive in a wetlands setting, commissioners agreed that the solution should be one that could be phased in over time, not only because such a plan would be expensive, but because they wanted to make sure it would succeed. “I’d like to start small and see it in action, withstand flooding and establish itself,” said Cathy Maloney, chairwoman of the Landscape Advisory Commission. “I don’t want to put a lot of money into it and see it get washed away.” Swan Pond Park was regraded in 2012 in conjunction with the Hofmann Dam removal effort. When it came time to cover the regraded earth at that time, plans changed at the last minute and the amount of native plantings serving as a cover crop in the low area of the park was reduced,

apparently at the request of the village. An October 2012 article in the Landmark noted that there was a “last-minute change” requested by the village, to reduce the cover crop containing native plants so that a grassy open area would be preserved for activities such as soccer. In mid-October 2012, a grass seed/mulch mixture was sprayed over most of the regraded area of the park. The wetlands

plantings were relegated to a fenced-in 2,500-square foot rectangle immediately in front of the drainage culvert. Then in January and February of 2014, that rectangular mass of planting was physically lifted and moved away from the culvert by intense flooding. While the wetlands plants have spread since that time, standing water is still an issue in the low area of the park.

During the Landscape Advisory Commission’s meeting on Sept. 13, Natura suggested various alternatives for re-landscaping the park, all of which call for a marked expansion of wetlands plantings in the lowest area of Swan Pond Park. Natura also said that the “mat” of native plants dating from 2012 should be uprooted and that the village ought to approach the area as a clean slate.

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BIG WEEK

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eachers, like parents, like to brag about their former students. And former students, like children, are often embarrassed or prefer not be talked about by their former teachers. However, I will take umbrage (I like that word) with that and write about one of my former students, who I recently ran into after many years, though I had tried to keep up with what he was doing and I hope he will not that I am writing about him. George Plasketes was in my fourth-grade class at Mater Christi School in North Riverside, one of more than 40 students to whom I was charged with imparting knowledge and whatever else could be fit in to the school day. George was a quiet and good student who enjoyed sports, which was fine with me. As a class we would spend a bit of time hearing about everyone’s weekend on Monday mornings before getting into the work day. I would tell them about a Bears game that I went to, as I attended all home games when they played at Wrigley Field. I’m dating myself again. Anyway, after graduating from Mater Christi, George went to RB, where he was also a good student and football player and went on to play football at Ole Miss. With apologies to my Notre Dame friends after ND’s loss on Sept. 17 to Michigan State (Go Sparty!) Plasketes was a member of the Ole Miss team that stunned Notre Dame 20-13 on Sept. 17, 1977. Notice the date. Let’s move past the college years to the present and to Auburn University where George Plasketes, Ph.D., is a professor and associate director for media studies at the university’s School of Communication and Journalism, teaching classes in radio, film and TV. He is also the author of five books related to songs and song writers. I intend to read at least one, and I’m sure I will not have to correct his grammar. He is married and raised a family and is still the good kid I remember, only much taller. There’s much more to write about my former student but space does not allow, at least this week. I am proud of the man he has become and secretly hope that maybe somewhere during that fourthgrade year I had some influence on him. We certainly know I didn’t teach him football, though I could talk a good game. If he reads this I hope he doesn’t mind. I’ll call it a teacher’s privilege and give George another A+.

JOANNE KOSEY

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The Riverside Township Radio Players kick off their 19th season of recreating the sounds of radio’s golden age on Friday, Sept. 23 with a presentation of “Rebecca” from the Lux Radio Theater.

The performance begins at 7:30 p.m. at the Riverside Township The Frederick Law Olmsted Hall, 27 Riverside Road in Riverside. Admission is free. Society and Riverside Foods celebrate the arrival of autumn For more information visit online at with its second annual Hop Stopp www.riversidetownshipradioplayers.com or call craft brew festival on Saturday, Sept. Ellie Babka at 708-442-8810. ide 24 from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Riverside Train Station, 90 Bloomingbank Road. zen craft brewers Sample from more than a dozen who will be on hand. There will also be live music and food available for purchase. A commemorative tasting glass is included with each $30 ticket purchased. Proceeds benefit the Olmsted Society. Tickets are available online at www.riversidehopstop.com.

Women’s Health and Fitness Day

Sokol Spirit, 3909 Prairie Ave. in Brookfield, will host the 2016 National Women’s Health and Fitness Day on Wednesday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be exercise class demonstrations in which you can participate and many health care providers will be available to answer questions and give advice on women’s health issues. In addition, there will be raffles, light refreshments and goodies handed out. No pre-registration is necessary. Admission and parking are free. For additional information, call Nancy at 708-484-0468.

Improv show at LTHS

The Lyons Township High School Theater Board presents the im improv show “So __: You’ll __ 8: Fill in the __” on Thursday, SSept. 22 at 7 p.m.; Friday Sept. 23 at 3:30 p.m.; and Saturday, SSept. 24 at 7 p.m. in the South Campus Performing Arts Center, 44900 S. Willow Springs Road, Western Springs. Two teams will battle it out for the audience’s laughs by partiticipating in various improv games. While the first half of the sh is competitive, the second portion is devoted to “longshow fo improvisation based on a single audience suggestion. form” Tickets, which can be purchased at the box office before the sh are $10 for adults, $5 for children and senior citizens shows, a free to LTHS students with ID. and

Get your coloring fix

Did you know that coloring is one of the hottest stress busters for adults? Well, it is. And thanks in part to a grant from Riverside Township, you can find out why during “Keep Calm and Color,” in the public meeting room at the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, at 7 p.m. Get your creative juices flowing. Coloring pages, colored pencils, pens and crayons will be provided, but feel free to bring your own. The event, which is free to attend, is for patron ages 16 and older.

CALENDAR EVENTS ■ As you’ve likely noticed, our Calendar has changed to Big Week. Fewer items, higher profile. If you would like your event to be featured here, please send a photo and details by noon of the Wednesday before it needs to be published. We can’t publish everything, but we’ll do our best to feature the week’s highlights. Email calendar@wjinc.com.

The Landmark, September 21, 2016

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D95 from page 1 That area would be transformed into a firstfloor “cafetorium” – a combination cafeteria and auditorium space – and rooms to accommodate the music/band program. The plans for S.E Gross are still being developed. The price tag for the work at both schools is estimated at $35 million, though that number is not final. District officials are still waiting to get more solid cost estimates for the work at S.E. Gross Middle School. Those numbers ought to be available by Oct. 1. Meanwhile, district officials have announced the first of what may be multiple public forums to allow school district residents to see the plans, get more information and ask questions. That initial public forum is planned for Tuesday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m. in the multipurpose room at Brook Park School, 1214 Raymond Ave. in LaGrange Park. Officials initially considered building a new school building and gymnasium at the S.E. Gross campus, which could have resulted in the middle school being shifted to Brook Park and the elementary and intermediate grades consolidated at S.E. Gross.

However, when the cost estimates for such a plan came back to the board in August, officials quickly decided to scrap them. According to Superintendent Mark Kuzniewski, the cost for a new building at the S.E. Gross campus came to $58 million. “There was no way I could make that work,” Kuzniewski said. “We had to retool.” The solution was to concentrate on a major addition to Brook Park School, and particularly the need to create new classrooms that could accommodate all-day kindergarten. “It was a top priority to make that a reality,” Kuzniewski said of adding all-day kindergarten. “It’ll be a significant benefit to this particular community.” Under the new plan, District 95’s early childhood program for students ages 3 to 5 would also move to Brook Park School from its current location at S.E. Gross Middle School. The $35 million plan will require the school district to ask taxpayers to agree to a tax increase to fund a portion of the construction costs. The ballpark figure school district officials are using right now as a referendum target is $20 million. According to Kuzniewski, the school district will be able to issue non-referendum bonds totaling $15 million. The debt service on the non-referendum bonds can be paid out

of general operating funds, Kuzniewski said. As for the $20 million bond issue that would be funded by a tax increase on residential and commercial property owners of the school district, Kuzniewski said the impact to the owner of a $300,000 home would be about $500 per year. The amount of the referendum also means that the school district will need to have legislation passed by the Illinois General Assembly, allowing the district to exceed its debt ceiling. Kuzniewski said state Rep. Michael Zaleweski (D-Riverside), who also served as a sponsor for similar legislation allowing the Brookfield Public Library to seek a referendum this fall, supports District’s 95’s plan. Zalewski is scheduled to be in the district on Sept. 23 for a walk-though of the school buildings, and Kuzniewski said he will work with Zalewski to craft legislation that could be introduced early in 2017 and passed in the spring. The district has targeted the April 4, 2017 Consolidated Election for its referendum. If the measure passes, Kuzniewski said it would boost the chances of the downstate legislation. “I have every confidence [the debt ceiling legislation] will be successful if the referendum is passed,” Kuzniewski said.

The root system does not go dormant like the above-ground portion of a tree or shrub. There is little energy demand for the above-ground stems, so almost all of that energy is directed toward root growth. A wellestablished root system provides an excellent foundation for water and nutrient uptake, come spring, for optimal growth.

There is decreased pressure from drought stress. Because the daytime highs and nighttime lows are cooler, the evaporation rate is much lower and allows the soil to maintain moisture following planting. When planting in the fall, be sure to plant the tree properly. Dig your hole no deeper than the height of the root ball and do not overwater—it is possible to kill your plant with kindness. Planting too deep and providing too much moisture impairs the root zone’s ability to sufficiently exchange oxygen.

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An eyewitness to the Eastland tragedy This is the story of George A. Goyett, great-grandfather of Hauser Junior High music teacher Patty Gill, who went down with the “Eastland” and was rescued. To read the entire narrative visit online at www.RBLandmark.com.

Photos courtesy of Eastland Disaster Historical Society

TRAGIC SCENE: Top, passengers who were able to clamber onto the side of the Eastland (shown below) as it listed into the river file off using another boat as a bridge to shore. Above, left, a diver searches for bodies inside the boat. Rescue efforts continued into the night (above right) with spotlights illuminating the scene.

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844 perished from page 1 A total of 844 people died. The boat had about 2,500 passengers on board in all. It remains the city’s greatest loss-of-life tragedy. Many of the passengers did not how to swim and some were crushed and suffocated. The ship was a mere 19 feet away from the wharf when it capsized. Gill’s great uncle, Charlie Goyett, who was just 16 years old, was one of the fatalities. But Gill’s great-grandfather, George Goyett; her grandfather, Frank, who was 18 at the time; and Frank’s brother, Lyle, survived.

Gill suggested that the Riverside Public Library book the presentation by the Eastland Disaster Historical Society and offered to split the cost for the program; she

is listed as a co-sponsor of the library presentation. Two granddaughters of an Eastland survivor will deliver the presentation at the library. The program will also feature three motion picture film videos taken in 1915 of the disaster and its aftermath, photographs, a firsthand narrative of a survivor and a video of interviews done decades later with a few of the survivors. George Goyett was a foreman at Hawthorne Works and his three sons also worked at the massive plant. Frank and Lyle Goyett were toolmaking apprentices there, while Charlie was an office boy.

We got down to the dock rather early. I remember looking at a big clock on a warehouse across the river, as I came out on deck, and noticing that it was just ten minutes past seven. Even then, twenty minutes before sailing time, it was hard to get a good place. I didn’t bother to go to the upper decks at all, as I had noticed when we got on that they seemed pretty full. Lyle, the oldest of the boys, stayed downstairs, outside on the dock side of the main deck, talking to some friends. Frank, Charlie, and myself went up to the second deck. Frank went outside, just above where Lyle was standing, on the dock side of the boat. Later, when the boat began to capsize, they simply held on to the rail and climbed out on the upturned side of the boat. … What I saw was exactly what you see when you watch a lot of children rolling down the side of a hill. That entire crowd of men, women and children came slipping and sliding and sprawling down with a mass of lunch boxes, milk bottles, chairs -- rubbish of all sort -- on top of them. They came down in a floundering, screaming mass, and, as the boat turned completely over on its side, crashed into the stairs, carrying them away. … I don’t remember being frightened -- there wasn’t time. I know that I was absolutely sure that I was going to be drowned. There didn’t seem to be the slightest hope of my being able to get out alive. It sounds like a joke to say that I remembered everything wrong that I had ever done in my past life; that is supposed to be a myth that is always told about drowning people. But that is exactly what happened to me. …

Growing up, Gill didn’t know much about the tragedy other than that her great uncle died in the disaster. “My grandfather never talked about it, and my dad never talked about it,” Gill said. “We did have a visual of a family tree, and brother Charlie was just this broken branch on the family tree, and in small letters, ‘Died in Eastland disaster.’” A month after the disaster, Gill’s greatgrandfather wrote a firsthand account of his experience in the Western Electric News. George Goyett wrote that he had just sat down in a chair on the Eastland’s deck on

The Landmark, September 21, 2016

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“Everything I have learned since has the river side of the boat when the boat began to list. As the boat tipped over, he been through this Eastland Historical Sowas pushed down and was wedged between ciety,” Gill said. For years the Eastland disaster seemed glass partitions of the ship’s saloon. “I managed to retain enough presence to be forgotten. It was overshadowed by the sinking of the Titanic of mind to jam a handthree years earlier in kerchief in my mouth the Atlantic Ocean to keep from swallowwhere approximately ing any water,” Goyett 1,500 people died. wrote. “I lay doubled up While the Titanic had there, unable to move, many rich and glamfor what seemed like orous passengers and years, until the water sunk in the middle of has risen high enough the Atlantic Ocean, to float the wreckage off me. I probably owe the Eastland was filled my life to the fact that with mostly immigrant a chair was jammed in workers, many from Ciabove me which saved cero and Berwyn, and me from being crushed sank in a river just feet under the weight of the from shore. others who had fallen It did not capture the down.” public’s imagination, Goyett suffered only a but now the Eastland dislocated knee. But he Disaster Historical SoCourtesy Patty Gill never saw his son Charciety is working to preFrank Goyett, Patty Gill’s grandlie again. Charlie had serve the memory and gone to the cloak room father who survived the disaster, history of the disaster. to check a bag and was shown four years after the event “Many of the people downstairs when the in 1919, while he was on occupawho perished were blue Eastland tipped over. tion duty in Germany after WWI. collar working class imGill says that because migrants,” Gill said. her grandfather, Frank, Last year’s 100th anniwho died in 1980, never talked about the di- versary of the disaster brought the disassaster, she does not know how he survived. ter back into wider public consciousness.

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Injured motorcyclist ticketed A motorcyclist suffered a broken left wrist and other injuries when he drove his bike into a 2004 Dodge Durango that was turning right in front of him on to Sunnyside Avenue from westbound Washington Avenue while he was trying to pass the SUV on the right, according to police. The crash took place on Sept. 13 at about 3:25 p.m. Police said the driver of the motorcycle, a 20-year-old Brookfield man, was driving on a suspended license. He was ticketed for improper overtaking on the right, driving while suspended and driving an uninsured vehicle.

Not really a problem Brookfield police responded to an apartment in the 4600 block of Maple Avenue after a resident of the building called to report a possible domestic dispute in progress at about 7:25 p.m. on Sept. 18. The caller stated there was loud banging coming from the upstairs apartment. When police arrived they interviewed a 17-year-old boy who stated his mother was in the kitchen tenderizing meat for dinner. Police confirmed that the boy’s mother was, indeed, cooking food. These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Sept. 1218, 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.

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The Landmark, September 21, 2016

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THE LANDMARK VIEW

An opportunity knocks

ased on a preliminary discussion of options for reclaiming the landscape in Swan Pond Park, it seems clear that it’s going to take some decent investment, if not next year then over a period of years. Certainly, it’s going to cost more than the $27,000 village officials have put in as a placeholder in the village’s 2017 budget. This is a real opportunity, though, and Riverside ought to embrace it. In 2012, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was driving the improvements and the village itself made some really puzzling choices regarding the extent of native plantings and the makeup of the walking path. Four years and four floods later, Riverside has hired a firm with the kind of expertise needed to help the village reclaim this important public space. And instead of trying to make Swan Pond Park into something it was never intended to be, the firm is recommending that Riverside embrace the park’s wetlands character. Options that Living Habitats has presented to the village’s Landscape Advisory Commission have ranged from the modest to the expansive, and commissioners last week both embraced the concept of a wider wetlands planting area and the need for caution in the face of the debacle that followed the Army Corps’ final product. But the landscape of the area in the lowest part of the park is just a part of the overall picture in Swan Pond. While getting that area right is critical, Living Habitats also pointed out the need for attention to other aspects of the park. While there was some clearing of scrub trees along the river bank, more attention needs to be paid to opening up those views and keeping them clear once the clearing is done. Heavy scrub that has grown over through the decades on the slope of the bluff leading down from the west and around the WPA-era wall inside the park has all but eliminated the kinds of open vistas Frederick Law Olmsted called for in his original plan for the village. Benches on the top of the bluff that once had sweeping views of the park and river below are now obscured by brush that has grown slowly but inexorably through the many years. In recent years, the village public works department has spent a good deal of effort – well-spent by the way – clearing views of the river along Bloomingbank, Fairbank and Riverside roads. There also needs to be a plan and funding for it to reclaim views of the river and Swan Pond Park. Like roads and sewers and water mains, Swan Pond Park is an important part of Riverside’s infrastructure, its natural infrastructure. We’re glad the village is making a serious attempt to come up with a plan to reclaim the landscape, and we hope there’s a will to fund not just an initial outlay to repair the landscape of the low area but a global plan to maintain it through the years.

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Adrian Perez carefully lines up his dart before trying to pop a balloon and win a prize at one of the many carnival games available for kids and adults alike during the village of North Riverside’s Autumn Fest and Chili Cook-Off on Sept. 16 at the Village Commons. For more photos, turn to page 19 and visit online at www. RBLandmark.com

LETTERS

Stach supplied ‘living, breathing history’ Very sorry to read of Chris Stach’s passing (“Brookfield loses Chris Stach, village’s ‘greatest historian,’” News Aug. 17). We moved into Brookfield a dozen years ago, and came to know the village through Chris’ regular stories in the Landmark. One can’t really belong to a place without knowing -- or living -- its history. Chris supplied a living, breathing history of our new town. While out walking I once ran into him at Eight Corners, wouldn’t you know, where he was taking photos for the archives. I was glad to have the chance to thank him for his work. While I rue the circumstances for this second chance, thanks again, Chris.

Bob Chicoine

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Trimmed by ComEd I thought ComEd customers should be aware of ComEd’s tree trimming policy. It appears to be something quite different than I have previously experienced. About four weeks ago my son, who owns an apartment building in Riverside, was contacted by ComEd telling him they were going to trim a tree in the back of the parking area. He did not ask them to do the trimming – they chose to do the trimming. Two weeks later when I returned from vacation and went over by the building to cut the grass, I was surprised to see a large pile of tree limbs (4 feet. high, 5 feet wide and 10 feet long) stacked up in back laying over the deck and part of a parking spot. The BBQ grill had been moved off the deck and was out in the middle of the partially blocked parking space. There was chainsaw debris and larger limbs laying on and

in back of the deck. It was quite a mess. I called my son and he explained ComEd had told him they were going to trim a tree in back. So, this was the results of their trimming. I had seen ComEd tree trimming before and they cleaned up their mess when done. Being a former ComEd district manager (now retired), I figured they just forgot to finish the job. I contacted the village of Riverside, since I thought they would have a little more sway with ComEd than just an old retired guy. About a week later I was back at the building and the mess was still there. I called ComEd myself and the customer service rep listened to my concern and then informed me that ComEd is not responsible for cleaning up and debris from their tree trimming work. It was the customer’s responsibility to clean up ComEd’s mess. I was dumbfounded. I asked to talk to a supervisor who was very, very polite and in between an innumerable number of “I’m very sorry” statements, she confirmed it – it is the customer’s responsibility to clean up ComEd’s mess. I was now dog dumbfounded. In the meantime, the village had called the ComEd external affairs representative on my behalf. The rep had called me on the issue. I called him back and explained the situation. He stated he was a new employee and would do some research. He called me back a day later and, to my amazement, confirmed that when ComEd trims a tree on your property, it is now the customer’s responsibility to clean up their mess, no matter how big it is. Now, I was double dog dumbfounded. I thanked him for his effort, noted that the policy was absurd and in this case it will require about a half day work to cut all the limbs up and bundle them for Riverside pickup. I told him in some cases customers may have to hire someone to do this work. He was also very, very sorry. So fellow ComEd customers – heads up that when ComEd trims you trees, your wallet or free time will be pruned as well.

Ed Mantel

Riverside

The Landmark, September 21, 2016

OBITUARIES

Steven N. Smrt, 71 Stationary engineer Steven N. “Guido” Smrt, 71, of Brookfield, died Sept. 10, 2016. Mr. Smrt was born April 27, 1945 and served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He worked as a stationary engineer for a STEVEN N. SMRT manufacturing company. He was the husband of Suzanne K. “Kim” Smrt (nee Frischkorn); the father of Joshua (Diana) Smrt, Ashley (Brian) Long, Zachary (Carrie) Smrt, Molly (Derek) Siegel and Julia (Nikolai) Espinosa; papa of Conlin Long, Mack Long, Boden Long, Jackson Smrt, Anya Smrt, Finnian Long, James Smrt and Sasha Smrt; the brother of Michael Smrt, Cindy (Bernie) Frank and the late Richard Smrt; and a great friend to many. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24 at St. Louise de Marillac, corner of 30th Street and Raymond Avenue in LaGrange Park. In-

terment is private at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. Memorial donations are appreciate to Fisher House Foundation, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420, Rockville, Maryland, 20850 or www.donate.fisherhouse.org. Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

Karyn V. Zakosek, 28 Hair stylist Karyn Victoria Zakosek, 28, of North Riverside, died in Chicago on Aug. 26, 2016. Born on May 12, 1988 in Daegu, South Korea, she worked as a hair stylist. Ms. Zakosek was the daughter of Laurence ZaKARYN V. ZAKOSEK kosek and Renee Zakosek (nee La Beau); the sister of Phillip (Shawna) Zakosek and Zachary (Morgan) Zakosek; the niece of Thomas (Nancy) Zakosek, Renee Zakosek, Patrick (Lori) Zakosek, Mark (Terri) La Beau and Nadine McKenna (Rick) Stigler; the cousin of Kris-

ten (Chris) Sego, Robin (Mike) McCracken, Tracey (Brad) Dance, Rebecca Carl, Jeffery La Beau, Scott La Beau, Mellisa (Mike) Heerboth, Patrick McKenna and Meghan McKenna. Private cremation services have been held. Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, North Riverside, handled arrangements.

William G. Yena, 85 Retired LaGrange Park teacher, parks director William G. Yena, 85, of LaGrange Park, died Sept. 14, 2015. Mr. Yena earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in education and education administration from Western Michigan University and then emWILLIAM G. YENA barked on a long career as a teacher and park district director in LaGrange Park. He was the first director of LaGrange Park’s Community Park District, running

the operation out of his home, with his wife, Jean, serving as his secretary. It was Mr. Yena who created programming for the park district and was instrumental in making the park district’s headquarters building a reality. He later left the job as park district director and was elected to the park district’s board of trustees, serving as its president. Yena Park, at 29th Street and Harrison Avenue, just across the street from Brook Park School, was named in his honor. From 1953 to 1990, while serving as the park district’s director, Mr. Yena was a full-time physical education and industrial arts teacher at Forest Road School in LaGrange Park, where he also coached baseball, basketball, track and softball. Mr. Yena was the husband of Jean M. Yena (nee Vorphal); the father of John (Mary) Yena, Nancy Yena, Larry (Peggy) Yena and Barbara Yena; the grandfather of Michael (Kiley) Yena, Matthew (Megan) Yena, Mark Yena, Steven (Stephanie) Yena and Casey (Michael) Stahl; the great-grandfather of Griffin, Hunter and William Yena; and the brother of Richard (Phyllis) Yena. Funeral services and interment are private. Hitzeman Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

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P R O P E R T Y

T R A N S F E R S

Olmsted Road home sells for $800,000

The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Recorder of Deeds during August 1-19, 2016. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the recorder of deeds.

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3721 Prairie Ave., Unit 103 4521 Deyo Ave. 4226 Deyo Ave. 9044 26th St. 9119 29th St. 4246 Custer Ave. 9540 Jackson Ave. 3311 Vernon Ave. 3632 Blanchan Ave. 3329 Oak Ave. 3620 Arthur Ave. 3706 Cleveland Ave. 3815 Hollywood Ave. 9510 Monroe Ave. 3237 Oak Ave. 4222 Park Ave. 8913 Village Square Ln. 3609 Sunnyside Ave. 4509 Madison Ave. 3741 Madison Ave. 4249 Park Ave. 9111 29th St. 3517 Sunnyside Ave. 3401 Maple Ave. 4202 Deyo Ave. 4017 Vernon Ave. 3907 Grove Ave.

$82,000 $290,000 Unknown Unknown $290,000 Unknown $502,500 $152,500 $182,000 $349,000 $247,000 Unknown $393,000 $285,000 $131,000 $269,000 $178,000 $375,000 $390,000 $182,000 $225,000 $325,000 $197,000 $75,000 $186,000 $288,000 $71,500

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Funk, Matthew D Gallaher, Gabriel Fannie Mae Frank, Barbara J TR Krzystofiak, Jeff M Karch, Thomas P Brightleaf Homes LLC Judicial Sales Corp Chemler, Dorothy J TR Gaynor, Sean Popper, Christine C Judicial Sales Corp Burke, Conor J Heinze, Steven R Next Iteration Prop LLC Luna, Yassin Maria Nance, Laura Silver Creek Real Estate Dev LLC Deleo, Dominic J Leise, Dennis DiGaetani, Annette Nortier, Robert A Fannie Mae Lundin, Bruce TR Ayers, Galetta Hottes, Tabatha E Benbenek, Leonard F

4004 Grove Ave. 3703 Forest Ave. 9125 Bartlett Ave. 4215 Forest Ave.

$294,000 $450,000 $289,000 $233,000

6/13/2016 8/05/2016 7/14/2016 8/10/2016

Granview Cap LLC Episcopo, Salvatore TR Shannon, Patrick Jovanovich Duke TR

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2262 15th Ave. 8129 26th St. 2237 Hainsworth Ave. 2216 3rd Ave.

$153,000 $270,000 $315,000 $228,000

7/26/2016 7/01/2016 8/12/2016 8/10/2016

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$705,000

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210 E. Burlington St. 200 Akenside Rd. 228 Olmsted Rd. 297 Desplaines Ave. 416 Shenstone Rd. 57 Northgate Rd. 278 Gatesby Rd. 278 Maplewood Rd. 285 Olmsted Rd. 2904 Harlem Ave. 344 Nuttall Rd. 366 E. Burlington St. 7900 W. 39th St. 51 E. Quincy St. 144 E. Burlington St. 63 Kimbark Rd. 303 Gatesby Rd.

$234,500 $435,000 $440,000 $355,000 $465,000 $167,000 $425,000 $520,000 $800,000 $170,000 $393,000 $220,000 Unknown $249,500 $344,500 Unknown $580,000

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The Landmark, September 21, 2016

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New QB Hughes sparks Bulldogs

Junior has flair for the dramatic with his strong arm, scrambling ability and late rallies By MATT LE CREN

Staff Reporter

eenan Scott won the battle to be Riverside-Brookfield’s starting quarterback, but Hunter Hughes showed why the Bulldogs are blessed with a pair of highly capable signal callers. Hughes made his varsity debut in dramatic fashion on Sept. 2, entering in the fourth quarter and completing 13 of 19 passes for 142 yards to lead the Bulldogs to three touchdowns and a 21-20 victory over Wauconda. Since then, Hughes has cemented his status as the No. 1 quarterback, which allows Scott to focus just on playing middle linebacker during games. Such a quarterback change, especially when it involves a junior replacing a senior, could be a problem for some teams, but the Bulldogs have made a seamless transition. “We knew coming into the year it was going to be a battle and we knew that no matter who was on the field, we were going to fight for each other 100 percent of the time,” Hughes said. “(Scott) still gets his (practice) snaps. “Me and him are always competing. We’re always looking to make each other better.” The switch apparently has made the Bulldogs (3-1) a better team. RBHS coach Brendan Curtin hasn’t ruled out Scott getting under center again, but he likes the way things are going. “It was a battle throughout the whole summer,” Curtin said. “They both do things exceptionally well. “I just feel like we’re a better football team with Keenan Scott playing linebacker. That certainly plays into it because Keenan Scott is a great quarterback as well. He’s got a 70 percent completion percentage. “I’m trying to do what’s best for the team and put the guys in the right spots and that’s why we decided to go with that decision. We knew that he’d contribute no matter how the season went down.” Scott has been dominant at linebacker. On Friday night he helped RBHS hold Aurora Central Catholic, which came in averaging 32.7 points a game, to three touchdowns in a 2120 Metro Suburban Conference crossover loss. Meanwhile, Hughes nearly pulled off another improbable comeback. After being held to just 20 yards passing through three quarters and facing a 21-7 deficit, the 5-foot-10, 150-pound Hughes completed 10 of 14 passes for 122 yards, including a sixyard touchdown pass to Declan Lanam that

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RBHS junior quarterback Hunter Hughes went 11-for-19 with 142 passing yards and a touchdown in a 21-20 loss against visiting Aurora Central Catholic on Sept. 16. pulled the Bulldogs within 21-20 with 2:38 remaining. RBHS was going to kick the extra point, but the Chargers (4-0) jumped offsides, moving the ball to the 1 ½-yard line. Curtin elected to go for two, but Hughes was stopped just shy of the goal line. “We knew we had it up the middle but things didn’t fall our way so we had to adjust mid-play and we just fell a little short,” Hughes said. “It’s all about the rebound. We have to come back next week and get the ‘W.’” With a win and a near-miss under his belt, Hughes has confidence in himself and his teammates. “I’ve always been comfortable,” Hughes said. “It’s more just knowing that I have the ability to do my job and the other 10 guys around me have that, too.” Indeed, the Bulldogs are firmly behind Hughes. “We all know that the transition from Keenan to Hunter wasn’t about Keenan’s

bad play,” RBHS senior receiver Emmanuel Salther said. “It was because we wanted to mix it up a little bit, so Hunter did his thing, so he’s our quarterback. “Keenan loves Hunter, we love Keenan, so everybody is good about the position.” Salther caught four passes for 59 yards during the rally against Aurora Central, while Lanam had four catches for 40 yards. Zachary Mieczkowski added two receptions for 24 yards and Stefan Giminski a 17-yard grab as Hughes showed good rapport with his receiving corps. “I love him,” Salther said. “He’s got really good accuracy and good poise. He’s very calm when it comes to pressure situations, as you could see.” Curtin also likes what he sees from Hughes. “He’s got great moxie, great poise,” Curtin said. “He’s always composed at critical moments throughout the course of the game. “You want to somebody like that stepping

in the huddle calling his plays. He’s not approaching it as a junior.” Meanwhile, Scott has approached his new role in a mature fashion, thus quashing any possibility of a quarterback controversy. The 6-2, 195-pound senior is fresher now that he doesn’t have to play both ways. “Keenan is an exceptionally mentally tough kid,” Curtin said. “He embodies everything that the sport represents in terms of it’s the ultimate team sport. He is the ultimate team player and he just wants us to come out on top on Friday nights.” So does Hughes, who doesn’t mention physical skills when asked what he feels are his strengths. “I just have confidence in all of my guys,” Hughes said. “It’s 100 percent a team effort and I know that they’re going to do their job and I know I have to do mine. “We’re always looking to get better each week, day-by-day, and looking for a team ‘W’ every single day.”

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The Landmark, September 21, 2016

RBHS soccer off to fast start Under new coach Halik, Bulldogs (7-1-2) look to repeat as conference champs By LAUREN RECCHIA Staff Reporter

With his animated coaching style and track record of success, replacing high school soccer coach Danny Makaric wasn’t necessarily an easy proposition. Ten games into the season, however, Ivek Halik has made the transition seamless as Makaric’s replacement at RBHS. Most importantly, the players have not skipped a beat as the Bulldogs are well on their way to another successful season. “I’ve known (Halik) since I was younger, most of us have on the team. The transition was easy for us” RBHS midfielder Ike Jebb said. “It’s been really nice. Now that he’s officially the varsity coach, it’s been a nice transition for all of us. Halik has guided the Bulldogs to a 7-1-2 record. Makaric is now the head coach of the Hinsdale South boys soccer team. “Right now, we just want to continue on,” said Halik, a close friend and former assistant coach under Makaric. “Danny has been giving me advice since he left. He’s been one of the biggest coaching mentors in my career. “The (RBHS) program is established. We just have to continue to build the younger levels and continue the success of the whole

program.” Most of the players on the RBHS varsity roster have been playing together since they were kids. “I think our chemistry is definitely one of the strongest things,” Jebb said. “We’ve all known each other since we were younger. That’s definitely helped us out in the long run.” The Bulldogs’ chemistry has helped maintain success on the field. “This particular group has been together for a number of years. That’s one of the biggest reasons for our great start,” Halik said. “They jumped right into the season and have been working together.” RBHS aims to repeat as Metro Suburban Conference champs. “Our goal is definitely to sweep conference again like we did last year,” senior midfielder Nathan Juarez said. “We want to get a good seed for when we host the regional this year. We definitely want to win our regional and go from there.” RBHS earned a 3-0 win against visiting Brother Rice on Sept. 15. After a scoreless first half, the Bulldogs broke the game open with a goal from Jebb, followed by two goals from Juarez. RBHS has been dominant lately, winning six of seven matches and outscoring the op-

Courtsy Ivek Halik

RBHS midfielder Carlos Tapia controls the ball during a recent match. position 19-2. Along with Juarez and Jebb, other key contributors for the Bulldogs include midfielders Jacob Douglas, Juan Quiroz, Carlos Tapia and goalkeeper Matthew Pilewski. “Our passing has gotten a lot better and that goes along with the chemistry,” Juarez said. “We know where our teammates are

going to be. It’s made our passing more effective this year than it was last year. “We might not score as many goals (as last year) but we’re definitely playing better.” The Bulldogs host Argo on Thursday (Sept. 22) at 6:45 p.m., followed by another home match against York Saturday (Sept. 24) at 11:45 a.m.

Bulldogs fifth at Maine East; Friars edge Blazers Future appears bright for local girls volleyball teams By MARTY FARMER Staff Reporter

The Riverside-Brookfield High School girls volleyball team is on track for another banner season under head coach Dan Bonarigo. Last year, the Bulldogs had one of the finest seasons in program history recording a 26-10 record and Metro Suburban Conference West Division title. RBHS (9-2, 3-1 Metro Suburban) won six of seven matches last week, highlighted by a fifth-place finish at the Maine East Invite. At Maine East, RBHS beat De DANA RETTKE La Salle, Regina Dominican, Addison Trail and Maine RBHS outside hitter South. The Bulldogs also pulled out a pair of tough three-set wins against Aurora Central Catholic and Illiana Christian in conference play.

RBHS is led by 6-foot-8 senior outside hitter Dana Rettke. The Wisconsin commit earned all-state recognition and finished with 419 kills, 47 blocks, 190 digs and 64 aces last season. Rettke also holds multiple single season and alltime volleyball records at RBHS. Other top players include senior opposite Gia Cinkay, senior middle hitter Margaret Shereck and senior setter Maria Gonzales. Olivia Louthen, Leah Rettke, Vasara Kulbis,Alyssa Hart, Joy Greco, Maya Diaz amd Claire Swiatek round out the varsity roster.

Fenwick A new season brought new faces to an old rivalry, but the results are the same. McKenzie Moorman spiked 18 kills and had four blocks and Margaret Planek added 12 kills as the Fenwick High School girls volleyball team knocked off area rival Trinity 25-18, 19-25, 25-16 on Sept. 15 in Oak Park. “It’s a nice rivalry,” Fenwick coach Kathleen O’Laughlin said. “It was definitely a fun match and we had a nice student section.” Much has changed for Fenwick since the historic 2015 season ended with a Class 3A supersectional loss to Marian Central. It was just the second time the Friars had won a sectional championship. Ten players from that team, which eliminated Trinity in the regional final, graduated, but the Friars have picked up where they left off.

While not as experienced or as deep as a year ago, Fenwick does have four returning starters, including 6-foot outside hitters Moorman, a sophomore, and Planek, a junior. Those two combined with senior setter Mary Marzo to defeat a determined Trinity defense. “Our goal is the same and it’s to improve with each match and be ready to make a big push at the end.”

Trinity Off to a 3-8 start this season, Trinity hopes to snap its five-match losing streak this week with matches against Bishop McNamara and Resurrection before competing in the Harvest Tournament on Saturday. Despite a slow start, the Blazers have the talent to turn things around. Trinity finished 19-18 overall and 4-2 in the GCAC (Girls Catholic Athletic Conference) White Division last season. The team’s top returning players include senior outside hitters Carly Uhlir and Sarah Whiteside and senior middle hitter Natalie Rosinski. Uhlir, the daughter of head coach Ken Uhlir, had 165 kills, 22 aces and 121 digs as a GCAC White all-conference player in 2015. Fellow seniors Casey Knusta, Carmen Peterson and Molly Gates provide additional talent and experience to the roster. Highly touted freshman Emma Jacobs (6-0 outside hitter) has made an immediate impact for Trinity. —Matt Le Cren contributed to this story.

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DEPT/PROGRAM: Food Service The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Account Clerk II. This position which performs a variety of accounting clerical duties involving financial record keeping and/or transactions including accounts payable and receivable and to provide a variety of accounting support to the Parking & Mobility Services Department. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http:// www.oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Parking Restrictions Coordinator. This position which plans and coordinates all activities and operations associated with the Village of Oak Parking Restrictions Program and provides assistance within the Parking & Mobility Services Department in coordinating the provision of such to the public. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park. us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

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QUALIFICATIONS/ EXPERIENCE: A minimum of a High School Degree. Must complete Food Handler Training within two (2) weeks of being hired. Must be able to comprehend detailed oral and or written instructions from supervisory staff. He/ she must be able to work cooperatively with other staff members and be able to work independently on regularly assigned or special tasks. Responsibilities: Oak Park and River Forest High School 1. Performs the advance and daily food preparation for meals served to Dist #200 and/or Dist. #97 District 200 students and staff. General Production/Cashier Staff Position Description Works with otherServices serving area staff to place DEPT/PROGRAM: 2. Food and Nutrition orders with the Department Leads for specific POSITION: General Staffmenu (hot and cold itemsProduction for each day’s (Satellite program support/Cashier) sandwiches, hot entrees, etc.) to be served the following day. QUALIFICATIONS/EXPERIENCE • Must complete Handler Training within two levels (2) weeks of 3.Food Assists in monitoring the stock of regularly being hired. stocked meal components and supplies and advises the office of the need to rebuild the in• A minimum of a High School Degree. ventory, giving adequate advance notice in order • Prior experience as a cashier. to satisfy the menu each day. • Able to understand and carry out detailed oral and or written instructions from staff. the food components of the 4. supervisory Assists in preparing day’s menu byother operating equipmentstudents such as, and but • Able to work cooperatively with staff members, not limited to, the slicer, steamers, grills, ovens, community members tilt skillet, steam-jacketed kettles and fryers. • Able to work independently on regularly assigned or special tasks. Assists in the set-up and service meals If you or anyone you5.know is interested in applying pleaseofvisit ourto webemphasizing high-quality customer site at: www.oprfhs.org.customers, Go to About Us and Employment Opportunities service. to be directed to our online application system. 6. Closes down and cleans the serving area and equipment, leaving the area ready for the next day’s meal service. 7. Returns to the Main Kitchen from serving areas by the designated time in order to begin advance preparation work for the next meal service.

AgeOptions is committed quality of life aand 8. Assists to theimproving Department the Heads by assuming shareof of older the responsibility of the department’s maintaining the dignity adults and those who care work in satisfying daily and special orders about them – through leadership and support, communityand partgeneralservices, productionaccurate needs. nerships, comprehensive information and powerful advocacy. 9. Assists the Department Heads by learning all tasks in the BILINGUAL department and demonstrating the SPANISH SPEAKING PART TIME abilityCOMMUNITY to perform them. CAREGIVER ORGANIZER

The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Records Coordinator. This is a single class position which performs a wide variety of challenging clerical work in support of managing and maintaining the Village’s complex document system; coordinating room usage for Village meetings, assisting with the special event process and providing support to the Finance Department as needed. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http://www.oak-park.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application.

Under the leadership10. of the Caregiver Coordinator, thethe Caregiver CommuCommunicates regularly with Department nity Organizer will be the primary liaison production to a number of Caring Together Heads to review needs and matters Living Better (CTLB) partners and coordinate the community outreach and of quality in order to maintain a well-run departcommunications activities of CTLB. The Caregiver Community Organizing ment. Specialist will work with select CTLB partners to develop, expand and 11. Assists Department Headscaregiver in monitoring the sustain their caregiver supportthe programs, develop outreach operation ofvolunteers department equipmaterials and conduct condition outreach and to caregivers, and referral ment in order to advise the office of the need for sources. repair or replacement of these. QUALIFICATIONS 12. Assists the experience DepartmentinHeads by assumingsocial a Bachelor’s Degree and two years communications, share of the responsibility for theorimplementation services, community organizing, volunteer coordination related area or of all prescribed food sanitation five years of related experience. Experience working inpractices. Latino communities highly preferred. Verbal and written fluency in Spanish and English Helps to monitor conditions the production required. Ability to 13. travel locally with valid driver’s in license and proof of auto insurance required.areas and assists in the routine daily cleaning of the preparation, service and storage areas. This position will be located in Oak Park, IL but will involve extensive travShares inCicero, the deep cleaning of and all production and el among the towns14. of Berwyn, Melrose Park other western serving areas periodically as the need arises and suburbs. the work schedule permits. Please visit our website at www.ageoptions.org. Interested persons, please e-mail resume with cover letter to: as HR@AgeOptions.org or 15. Performs other duties assigned by the Director Fax to: (708)524-0870.of EOE. put PT Community FoodPlease Service, Assistant Director,Organizer Satellite in header. Older persons encouraged apply. Please include salary Coordinator or atoDepartment Head. history in cover letter. No phone calls please. Physical/Visual Activities: Standing, sitting, lifting, carrying reaching, fine motor dexterity, talking, hearing, visual acuity: near visual Find the best acuity required. Ability to lift a minimum of thirty-five (35) pounds alone; fifty (50) pounds with assistance.

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AgeOptions is committed to improving the quality of life and maintaining the dignity of older adults and those who care about them – through leadership and support, community partnerships, comprehensive services, accurate information and powerful advocacy. SPANISH SPEAKING BILINGUAL PART TIME CAREGIVER COMMUNITY ORGANIZER Under the leadership of the Caregiver Coordinator, the Caregiver Community Organizer will be the primary liaison to a number of Caring Together Living Better (CTLB) partners and coordinate the community outreach and communications activities of CTLB. The Caregiver Community Organizing Specialist will work with select CTLB partners to develop, expand and sustain their caregiver support programs, develop caregiver outreach materials and conduct outreach to caregivers, volunteers and referral sources. QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor’s Degree and two years experience in communications, social services, community organizing, volunteer coordination or related area or five years of related experience. Experience working in Latino communities highly preferred. Verbal and written fluency in Spanish and English required. Ability to travel locally with valid driver’s license and proof of auto insurance required. This position will be located in Oak Park, IL but will involve extensive travel among the towns of Berwyn, Cicero, Melrose Park and other western suburbs. Please visit our website at www.ageoptions.org. Interested persons, please e-mail resume with cover letter to: HR@AgeOptions.org or Fax to: (708)524-0870. EOE. Please put PT Community Organizer in header. Older persons encouraged to apply. Please include salary history in cover letter. No phone calls please.

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PUBLIC NOTICES LEGAL NOTICE Chertkow and Chertkow (22019) Attorneys for Petitioner 1525 East 53rd Street Chicago, Illinois 60615 STATE OF ILLINOIS) COUNTY OF COOK )ss Circuit Court of Cook County, County Department, Domestic Relations Division. In re the marriage of Adewale Olayeni, Petitioner and Uche Olushola Olayeni, Respondent, Case No. 2016D-008174. 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 October 18, 2016, default may be entered against you at any time after that day, and a judgment for Dissolution of Marriage entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition. DOROTHY A. BROWN, Clerk. Published in Wednesday Journal 9/14, 9/21, 9/28/2016

Section 1. The Board of Library Trustees of the Village of Forest Park, by Resolution dated August 15, 2016, has requested the corporate authorities of the Village of Forest Park to levy an additional 0.02% tax for the maintenance, repairs and alterations of library buildings and equipment, pursuant to 75 ILCS 5/3-4, in order to include the sum of $57,817.00 in the Village’s 2016 tax levy ordinance as the 0.02% Library Building and Maintenance levy. Section 2. The corporate authorities of the Village of Forest Park hereby determine and propose to levy such additional 0.02% tax for the year 2016, subject to the provisions of 75 ILCS 5/3-4. Section 3. The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish a copy of this Resolution in the Forest Park Review, a newspaper with a general circulation within the Village of Forest Park, said publication to occur within fifteen (15) days of the adoption of this Resolution.

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PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,” as amended, that a certification was filed by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. FILE NO. D16148135 on Setpember 15, 2016. Under the Assumed Business Name of SEC ELECTRIC with the business located at: 330 N PARKSIDE, CHICAGO, IL 60644. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s) is: STEVE STAMPLEY 330 N PARKSIDE CHICAGO, IL 60644.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING You are hereby notified that a Public Hearing has been called by the Housing Authority of the Village of Oak Park, Oak Park, Illinois to be held at the Village Hall of Oak Park at 123 Madison Street, (Lombard and Madison), Oak Park, Illinois in Room 101 at 2:00 P.M. on Friday, September 23, 2016, for the purpose of considering the following item of business: To hear comments from the Public on the Public Housing Agency Plan. The draft of the PHA 5-Year and Annual Plan for 2017 along with the public’s comments will be considered by the Authority before adoption of the Annual Plan to be submitted by Friday, October 14, 2016 to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The draft plan is available for inspection at the following locations during normal hours of operation: Oak Park Housing Authority21 South Boulevard

Section 5. In the event no petition is filed with the corporate authorities within thirty (30) days from the date of publication of this Resolution, then this Resolution shall be effective and the additional library tax shall be levied accordingly, and included in the Village’s levy ordinance for library purposes.

The Forest Park Public Schools, District 91 will be accepting sealed bids for landscaping improvements at the Grant White Elementary School, located at 147 Circle, Forest Park, Il 60130.

__________________________ Anthony T. Calderone, Mayor ATTESTED: ___________________________ Vanessa Moritz, Village Clerk Published in Forest Park Review 9/21/16

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Written comments will also be accepted prior to the hearing for inclusion in the public record.

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Village of Oak Park intends to convey property owned by the Village of Oak Park located at 710-728 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois (“Property”) to a private developer. The Property is located within the Madison Street Tax Increment Financing District. Additionally, the Village of Oak Park intends to enter into development agreement with a private developer pursuant to 65 ILCS 5/11-74.4-4 for the development of the Property. A complete Request for Proposals is available at the Department of Development Customer Services, Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302 or online at http://www.oak-park.us/sites/ default/files/rfp-rfq/2016/201609-16-madison-street-parcel-rfpfinal.pdf. The Village will accept proposals for the sale and development of the Property and a corresponding development agreement if submitted on or October 12, 2016 by 3:00 p.m. addressed to Tammie Grossman, Director of Development Customer Services, Village of Oak Park, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302. Any questions should be forwarded to Tammie Grossman at the address set forth herein, by email to tgrossman@oak-park. us, or by phone at 708-358-5422 Published in Wednesday Journal 9/21/2016

Address all comments or inquiries to: Oak Park Housing Authority Executive Director 21 South Boulevard Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 9/21/2016

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Sealed bids will be publicly opened and read at the Board Room of the Forest Park Public Schools District 91, 424 Des Plaines Ave, Forest Park, IL 60130, at 12:00 PM on Tuesday, October 4, 2016. Bids receive after this time and date will not be considered. Specifications and scope of work can be obtained by contacting Mr. Bob Laudadio, Superintendent of Building and Grounds, at (708) 3665700, ex. 313 or blaudadio@forestparkschools.org Board of Education Forest Park Public Schools– District 91 Forest Park, Illinois 60130 Published in Forest Park Review 9/21/2016

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Section 4. Pursuant to 75 ILCS 5/3-4, notice is hereby given that if a petition requesting a referendum signed by 929 or more electors of the Village of Forest Park is filed with the corporate authorities of the Village of Forest Park on or before October 21, 2016, which is thirty (30) days after the date of publication of this Resolution, then the question whether this Resolution shall become effective shall be submitted to the electors of the Village of Forest Park at a general or special election to be held in accordance with the election laws of the State of Illinois in force at the time of such election. The Village Clerk is hereby directed to provide a petition form to any individual requesting one.

ADOPTED by the Council of the Village of Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois this 12th day of September, 2016.

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PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE 12th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2016 WHEREAS, the Board of Library Trustees of the Village of Brookfield has requested the corporate authorities of the Village of Brookfield to levy an additional tax of .02% for certain library purposes, pursuant to Illinois Compiled Statutes, Ch. 75, 5/3-1 (2004); and WHEREAS, this .02% additional tax shall be in addition to the annual levy of .35% allowed for the establishment and maintenance of the library. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE VILLAGE PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE VILLAGE OF BROOKFIELD, COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS, as follows: Section 1: The corporate authorities of the Village of Brookfield herewith determine to levy an additional .02% tax for library purposes for the tax year commencing January 1, 2016. Section 2: Such .02% additional tax shall be levied on the value of all taxable property in the Village of Brookfield, as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue, and shall be used for the purpose of sites and buildings, for the construction and equipment of buildings, for the rental of buildings required for library purposes, and for maintenance, repairs and alterations of library buildings and equipment. Section 3: The levy of said additional .02% tax shall be effected by the adoption of an appropriate levy ordinance by the corporate authorities pursuant to statutory requirements, which ordinance shall be filed in the office of the Cook County Clerk. Section 4: The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to publish a copy of this Resolution at least once in the Riverside/Brookfield Landmark, a newspaper with a general circulation in the Village of Brookfield, within fifteen (15) days after its adoption, and also the “Public Notice” attached hereto as “Annex A” hereof, shall be included with such publication or posting. Section 5: If no petition is filed with the corporate authorities of the Village of Brookfield within thirty (30) days after publication of this resolution, requesting that the question of the adoption of this resolution be submitted to the electors of the Village of Brookfield, or if all petitions so filed are determined to be invalid and insufficient, the Village shall then be authorized to levy the tax. However, if a petition is filed with the corporate authorities within said thirty (30) day period, which petition is signed by electors of the Village of Brookfield equal in number to 10% of the total number of registered voters in the Village of Brookfield and which asks that the question of levying such a .02% tax be submitted to the electors of the Village, then the question shall be submitted at the next applicable election, or at any special election called in accordance with law. The Village Clerk shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one. Section 6: This Resolution shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its adoption.

LEGAL NOTICE The Village of Oak Park will receive sealed proposals at the Office of the Village Engineer, 201 South Boulevard, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, until 10:00 a.m. on Thursday September 29, 2016 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 16-19, HISTORIC SIDEWALK REPAIRS. In general, the improvements consist of the removal and resetting, relocating, and/or replacing sandstone and slate sidewalks in various locations throughout the Village and include PCC sidewalk, removal of PCC sidewalks, parkway restoration and traffic control; and all appurtenant work thereto. Proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents only to those contractors deemed qualified with relevant experience handling and resetting slate or stone sidewalks. No proposal documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening.

The work to be performed pursuant to this Proposal is subject to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act, 820 ILCS 130/0.01 et seq. THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna, Village Engineer Published in Wednesday Journal 9/21/2016

ADOPTED this 12th day of September, 2016 pursuant to a roll call vote as follows: AYES: Trustees Evans, Garvey, Gilhooley, LeClere, Oberhauser and Ryan NAYS: None ABSENT: None ABSTENTION: None APPROVED by me this 12th day of September, 2016. /s/ Kit P. Ketchmark, President of the Village of Brookfield, Cook County, Illinois ATTESTED and filed in my office, this 12th day of September, 2016. /s/ Brigid Weber________ Village Clerk, Village of Brookfield, Cook County, Illinois “ANNEX A” PUBLIC NOTICE The public is hereby notified regarding the above “Resolution authorizing the levy of additional tax for library purposes in the Village of Brookfield, Illinois” determining to Levy for the tax year beginning January 1, 2016 an Additional Tax of up to 0.02 Percent of Equalized or Assessed Value of Taxable Property for Particular Building and Equipment Purposes in Accordance with 75 Illinois Compiled Statutes, Section 16/35-5” that: 1.The specific number of voters required to sign a petition requesting that the question of adoption of the Resolution be submitted to the electors of the Village is 1,196 voters. 2. The time in which the petition must be filed is from the date of publication of this Resolution until 30 days hereof, being the 21th day of October, 2016. 3. The date of the prospective referendum, if one should be called pursuant to such petition, is the Consolidated General Election Election, held Tuesday the 4th day of April 2017. 4. The Village Clerk shall provide a petition form to any individual requesting one. Published in Landmark 9/21/16

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR J.P.MORGAN ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2006-A3 MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES Plaintiff, -v.ROBERT P. ALLEN A/K/A BOB ALLEN, LISA C. ALLEN, THE PRIVATEBANK AND TRUST COMPANY, CITY OF CHICAGO, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, THE INDECOR GROUP D/B/A J.C. LICHT COMPANY Defendants 10 CH 54095 1307 ASHLAND AVENUE River Forest, IL 60305 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 30, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 3, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1307 ASHLAND AVENUE, River Forest, IL 60305 Property Index No. 15-01-113-009. The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $943,691.71. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the

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purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 291-1717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm fax number 312-372-4398 Please refer to file number 10-048882. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 2911717 Fax #: (312) 372-4398 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 10-048882 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 10 CH 54095 TJSC#: 36-10508 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose. I702645

1/28/00, DENNIS HALFPENNY, SHARON HALFPENNY, GROVINGTON HOUSE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE SHARON HALFPENNY TRUST DATED 1/28/00, UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE DENNIS HALFPENNY TRUST DATED 1/28/ 00 Defendants 14 CH 04290 401 SOUTH GROVE AVENUE UNIT 1A OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on July 26, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on October 27, 2016, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive–24th Floor, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 401 SOUTH GROVE AVENUE UNIT 1A, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-07-326-0241002. The real estate is improved with a 24 unit condominium; no garage. Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser

to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number 9734. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 E-Mail: pleadings@pierceservices. com Attorney File No. 9734 Attorney Code. 91220 Case Number: 14 CH 04290 TJSC#: 36-9812 I702861

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