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October 17, 2018

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Mixed-use building pitched for Grand Blvd.

RMG Realty looks to expand its downtown Brookfield presence

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Oak Brook-based developer Michael Gatto’s RMG Realty is pitching another construction project in downtown Brookfield, this time a mixed-use commercial/residential building in the 3700 block of Grand Boulevard.

Gatto confirmed his interest in developing the site at 3704-08 Grand Blvd., which presently is occupied by a non-descript, one-story brick office building. The V-shaped development would also include a parcel behind that building that fronts Sunnyside Avenue.

Purchase of the property is contingent on approval of the development, said Gatto, who will appear before the Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission on Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave., to make his pitch to the village.

“I think the goal here is to create more demand in the downtown area,” said Gatto, who recently completed a nine-unit apartment building at 8934 Fairview Ave. and is in the midst of plan review for a six-unit apartment building at 8917 Grant Ave. “I’d love to work my way down Grand Boulevard and do more mixed-use if this is successful,” Gatto added.

Conceptual plans of the three-story development provided by Gatto show the first floor would include See BUILDING on page 23

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CARRYING ON: Sears at North Riverside Park Mall has been spared in the initial round store closures announced in the retailer’s bankruptcy filing on Oct. 15.

North Riverside store stays open as Sears files bankruptcy Company announces another 142 locations being shuttered

By BOB UPHUES Editor

A year ago, Sears consolidated its sprawling 180,000-square-foot store at

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Riverside woman announces trustee candidacy Cristin Evans says ‘ground-up consensus building’ is key

By BOB UPHUES

gaging with residents more on social media on important topics facing Riverside.

Editor “The doors need to be open a little bit wider,” A Riverside woman is the first to officially Evans said. “That takes some intention. I think announce she’s running as an independent for we do what we’re supposed to do, but I think by one of three village trustee seats up for grabs modernizing a little bit with new tools that are available to us, that we can reach more people.” in next spring’s Consolidated Election.

One subject where Evans said elected offiCristin Evans, who works as a public inforcials could do a better job informmation officer for a state agency ing residents about future chalthat seeks to improve criminal lenges is regarding budget deficits justice administration, says the that are being projected in coming village board has failed to engage years. with and listen to residents on im“A greater understanding of budportant issues, creating divisions get issues and community buy-in in Riverside. on solutions are going to be vitally “There have been a lot of issues important,” Evans said. in the last couple years, where She identified red-light cameras what was missing was more of a as an initiative where some trustcommunity connection with vilees are whitewashing the need for lage government,” Evans said in CRISTIN EVANS the cameras, downplaying the revea phone interview on Oct. 10. “I think Riverside would benefit from a greater nue pressures while talking up safety benefits.

“I think some board members have been very emphasis on community empowerment and inauthentic about why they support installing engagement.”

Evans said her campaign would be a “vil- red-light cameras,” Evans said. “If the issue is lage-wide movement toward community-driv- revenue, we need to say that, and we need to en government” that advocates a “ground-up explain to people why that’s important.”

Raising fees incrementally won’t solve the approach that requires consensus building deficit projections themselves, said Evans, and among all stakeholders.”

She said that village government had to be she doesn’t support “punitive revenue generatintentional about that consensus building by ing strategies” like red-light cameras.

“I think we need to open the conversation a reaching out for resident input more than the bi-monthly village board meeting where pub- little bit,” Evans said.

Evans has lived in Riverside for the past 13 lic comment is welcome.

Evans said her experience emailing elected years and has been actively involved in the officials has not been particularly responsive Riverside Junior Woman’s Charity, Riverside and said that officials, elected and otherwise, Friends of the Library and has served on needed a more open-door policy toward receiv- various committees and groups in Riverside ing community input, perhaps hosting town School District 96 and at Ames School, Hauser halls or question-and-answer sessions and en- Junior High and Riverside-Brookfield High

School.

For the past couple of years, she also has been active with the Indivisible West Suburban Action League, a progressive group that has taken positions on issues facing local communities such as the Cook County minimumwage ordinance and progressive social issues, such as LGBT inclusion and welcoming initiatives.

Evans said her run for local office is not related to her involvement in Indivisible. Public service, she said, is something she learned from her parents as she grew up in west suburban Wheaton. Her father was a local school board president.

“I’m excited about it. I want the opportunity to serve the village,” Evans said. “It’s a privilege to sit at that table. I really have no hesitation whatsoever about throwing my hat in.”

For the past 20 years, after a stint as a journalist, Evans has been public information officer at the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, a state agency whose board is appointed by the governor and whose charge is, according to its website, to “identify critical issues facing the criminal justice system in Illinois, and to propose and evaluate policies, programs, and legislation that address those issues.”

The only other person to indicate he might be running for one of the three open trustee spots next spring is incumbent Trustee Michael Sedivy, who said he is exploring putting together a slate of candidates.

Incumbent trustees Scott Lumsden and Joseph Ballerine, whose second consecutive term ends next spring, have not committed to running yet. The nominating petition filing period for the 2019 Consolidated Election is Dec. 10 through Dec. 17.

Fire does serious damage to Brookfield home

By BOB UPHUES Editor

A fire that appears to have started in a basement utility room extensively damaged the home at 3815 Madison Ave. in Brookfield on Oct. 11, leaving the residence uninhabitable, for now.

Brookfield Fire Chief Mark Duffek said investigators ruled the cause of the fire “undetermined” and have turned over the investigation to the homeowner’s insurance company. The utility room housed a clothes dryer and a furnace, Duffek said.

While most of the fire damage was limited

to the basement of the brick split-level home, flames did travel up a plumbing chase into a first-floor bathroom, Duffek said, and smoke filled rooms on all of the floors, causing extensive damage throughout.

“It’s pretty heavily charred with smoke,” Duffek said of the home’s interior.

The amount of smoke also forced firefighters to cut holes in the home’s roof and smash out rear windows to vent the building. Firefighters also cut holes in walls to determine if the fire had spread behind the walls to other areas of the house.

More than a half hour after putting out the main fire, firefighters could be seen in a

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According to the police incident report, a man who resides at the house said he was sleeping in an upstairs bedroom when he heard his dogs barking and heard “popping” noises coming from the basement.

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Cops: Doorbell camera captures image of would-be mail thief

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Riverside police have released video and a still image taken from a doorbell surveillance camera of a man they say walked onto the front porches of at least three homes and opened mailboxes before leaving empty-handed during the early morning hours of Oct. 12.

Police Chief Thomas Weitzel said he hopes someone will recognize the man, a white male with facial hair, glasses and wearing a lightcolored jacket, a knit winter hat and a backpack who in the roughly 20-second video can be seen gingerly climbing the front stairs to a residence, walking up to the mailbox, looking inside and then leaving the porch.

Weitzel said that police had not received one tip as of the afternoon of Oct. 15.

According to Weitzel, the same man was captured on doorbell cameras at homes in the 200 block of Shenstone, 100 block of Nuttall and 100 block of Akenside between 4:15 and 4:45 a.m.

Weitzel also believes the man inspected the front porches and mailboxes of other homes along his route. Just three, however, caught him on camera.

Although the man is not seen taking anything in the videos, said Weitzel, he is criminally trespassing with a clear intent to steal.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective James Lazansky at 708-447-2127, ext. 279 or email him at jlazansky@riverside.il.us. You may remain anonymous if you wish to do so.

Littering leads to road rage A Brookfield man called police on Oct. 9 at about 4:10 p.m. to report that someone struck him with a baseball bat during an incident involving littering at the intersection of 31st Street and Maple Avenue.

The victim told police he was walking eastbound on 31st Street when he observed someone throw a crumpled napkin out of the window of a black sedan.

The victim stated he picked up the napkin and tossed it back through the window of the sedan, prompting a man to exit the vehicle with a baseball bat and strike him in the left thigh before getting back in the sedan and continuing eastbound on 31st Street. The victim was not badly injured and refused medical treatment, according to the police report.

Surveillance video obtained by police reportedly showed the offender used a “light backhand swing” of the bat in hitting the victim, who said he did not want to pursue charges.

Lyons man charged with burglary A 48-year-old Lyons man who faces one count of felony burglary for allegedly stealing a bicycle from a Riverside garage reportedly told police he didn’t think he’d done

anything wrong, because he left another bicycle in its place.

A resident of the 7200 block of Ogden Avenue called police on Oct. 10 at about 11:45 a.m. after he saw a man enter his garage and steal his red Diamondback Performance bicycle valued at $1,000.

The victim yelled to the offender, later identified as Alan A. Lekkas, who reportedly fled on the bike westbound on Ogden Avenue. Berwyn police apprehended Lekkas in the 3400 block of Harlem Avenue a short time later.

Riverside police recovered the bicycle and returned it to its owner. They also took possession of a silver mountain bike which had been left by Lekkas at the victim’s residence. According to police, the bike’s serial number had been scratched off, making it difficult to identify its owner.

Guns taken in burglary Brookfield police responded to a home in the 9400 block of Jackson Avenue on Oct. 14 after a resident called to report that he had returned home from a vacation to find his home burglarized.

According to the police report, the homeowner was notified via text message that someone had kicked in the rear door of the house and had left a handprint on a window.

Missing from home was $400 in cash and a pair of handguns.

Tailed A Tinley Park man whose vehicle was burglarized as it sat outside a business in the 8800 block of 47th Street in Brookfield on Oct. 13 may have been followed to the location after he withdrew $500 from the bank.

The victim left the money in an envelope in the center console of his vehicle while he went inside the Brookfield building.

Surveillance video showed a black SUV immediately following the victim’s car and waited for him to go inside before pulling up alongside.

Video shows the rear passenger door of the SUV open before the victim’s car window shatters and someone reaches inside before returning to the SUV and fleeing the scene.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Oct. 8-14, and represent a portion of the incidents to which police responded. Unless otherwise indicated, anybody named in these reports has only been charged with a crime. These cases have not been adjudicated.

— Compiled by Bob Uphues

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Brookfield police capture burglary suspect after crash Second suspect who fled from scene being sought

By BOB UPHUES

reportedly entered a Cadillac Escalade and fled the scene.

A Brookfield police officer located a vehicle A 28-year-old man suspected of breaking into matching the description of the offending vea Brookfield home before crashing his getaway hicle heading northbound on Prairie Avenue before turning west on Garfield Avcar into a tree on Oct. 10 has been enue and crashing at Maple. charged with one count of residenThe Escalade ended up leaving the tial burglary. roadway, striking a tree and coming A Cook County judge set Jorge to rest inches away from a house.

Alarcon’s bond at $250,000 and Three other vehicles were involved placed him on electronic monitorin the crash, including a Porsche ing, according to police, for his aland a Honda minivan, both of which leged role in the burglary of a home sustained heavy damage. in the 4000 block of Custer Avenue.

There was no information availPolice conducted a search of the able about the drivers or passengers area for a second suspect after Alarin the other vehicles. Deputy Police con’s vehicle crashed at the intersecJORGE ALARCON Chief Edward Petrak said two peotion of Maple and Garfield avenues ple were taken to a hospital for treatwhile trying to flee the area. Investigators reported finding a shoe at the crash scene ment of injuries described as “not serious.”

Police apprehended Alarcon near the crash that did not belong to Alarcon or anyone else site and used a K-9 unit to search for the second involved.

Alarcon reportedly implicated a second per- suspect.

Meanwhile, residents who live at the Custer son during questioning, and police continue to Avenue home told police that boxes of jewelry search for that suspect.

A resident of the Custer Avenue home called were missing. Entry to the home appears to 911 at about 5 p.m. after she observed that a have been gained through a kitchen window, window at her home was open and saw a man where the window screen was found lying on climbing out of her bedroom window. The man the ground.

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COURTESY OF THE BROOKFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT

CRASH SITE: A Cadillac Escalade believed to be involved in a burglary on Brookfield south end struck another vehicle at the intersection of Maple and Garfield avenues while trying to flee the area and then left the roadway, struck a tree and came to rest inches away from a house.

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BIG WEEK October 17-24

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North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., hosts the special program “Incredible Bats” on Tuesday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m.

Learn all about these often misunderstood and feared creatures, aand see Egyptian fruit bats and African straw-colored fruit bats up close. The program is free and nd open to all ages.

The Riverside Friends of the Library will hold a Harvest Bi Bingo ingo fundraiser at the Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, on Sa Saturday, aturday, Oct. 20 from 7 to 10 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 pp.m. m Purchase tickets online at the library or online at www.riversidelibrary. ticketleap. You must be over 21 to attend this BYOB event.

Hollywo Holiday Hollywood Wre Wreaths

The Hollywood Citizen Citizens Association will take wreaths, scented pine cones orders for holiday wreath holiday gifts for their Holiday and Northern Lights holi through Monday, Oct. 29.

Wreath Fundraiser throu Pickup time is Nov. 24 from 2 to 4 p.m. in the Hollywood House/School at thee parking lot of the Holl corner of Washi Washington and Hollywood avenues ues in Brookfield. e Order at www.hollywoodcitizensassocitizensassociation.org/events/wreath-sale. th l

Freaky Friday Bash

North Riverside Parks and Recreation will host its annual Freaky Friday Bash for all local sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders on Oct. 19 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the Village Commons, 2401 Desplaines Ave. This lock-in event features a DJ, concessions and more. Parental waiver is required. Find the form at www.facebook.com/NRRecreation and sign up for a discounted rate of $6 prior to Oct. 19. Call 708-442-5515 for more info.

And more Pillars Community Health hosts the 4th Annual Silent Witness/Survivor Speak-Out domestic violence awareness event on Oct. 19 from 7 to 9 p.m. at All Saints Episcopal Church, 4370 Woodland Ave. in Western Springs. Free and open to the public. RSVP not required. Questions? Call 708-995-3649.

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Aging Care Connections/Aging Well Neighborhood will host a Fall Prevention Health Fair on Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Amita Health Adventist Medical Center LaGrange, Dixon Conference Rooms, 5101 S. Willow Springs Road in LaGrange.

Meet service providers specializing in topics related to fall prevention and more. Free.

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Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., presents “Are you OK?” featuring paintings by Andreas Fischer in the Freeark Gallery from Oct. 14 through Nov. 17.and “We Are Beasts” featuring the work of Sarah and Joseph Belknap in the outdoor sculpture garden from Oct. 14 through December.

Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.

Brookfield Zoo’s annual Boo! at the Zoo celebration of Halloween will take place on Oct. 20-21 and 27-28 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Regular zoo admission and parking fees apply. For more info visit www.CZS.org or call 708-688-8000.

Westchester Community Church, 1804 Westchester Blvd., hosts its 15th Annual ■

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Harvest of Crafts Sale on Oct. 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free admission, includes 20+ vendors, bake sale, café, raffle and more.

The Brookfield Chamber of Commerce will hold will hold its next 60-to-Win prize drawing on Oct. 18 at 4:30 p.m. at Joe’s Saloon, 9220 47th St. in Brookfield. Winner need not be present.

Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., hosts “People Places and Prehistory: The Environments of Prehistoric Cook County” with Dr. Clare Tolmie on Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. and a free, fully proctored ACT Practice Test for high school students on Oct. 20 at 10:30 a.m. Registration required. Call 708-4856917, ext. 140 or online at www.brookfieldlibrary. info.

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North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., hosts a Senior Drop-in on Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to noon in the Meeting Room. Play cards and socialize every Friday. For adults, there’s a Domestic Violence Awareness Workshop presented by Mujeres Latinas en Accion on Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. Learn about warning signs, legal issues, advocate organizations and ways to help.

For kids, there’s Lapsit Storytime (toddlers thru 5) on Oct. 18 at 10:30 a.m.; Messy Mornings for Munchkins (ages 2-5) on Oct. 23 at 10:30 a.m.; Bilingual Storytime (ages 2-5) on Oct. 24 at 10:30 a.m.; Love2Read (grades K-1) on Oct. 20 at 2 p.m.; STEM-tastic fun (grades K+) on Oct. 18 at 3:45 p.m.; and Legos (grades 1+) on Oct. 19 at 4 p.m. (do ■

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Brookfield to seek bids to repair village hall roof Hole on south side covered with tarp since February

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Used book sale in North Riverside

North Riverside Friends of the Library will host their Fall Used Book Sale on Oct. 18-21 at the North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave. The early preview for Friends members (forms available at the door) is Oct. 18 from 6 to 8 p.m.

The sale opens to the public (Friends get early entry at 9:30 a.m.) on Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and continues Oct. 20 fro from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

On Oct. 21, get a bag (bags provided) ag of books (b for $4 from noon to 3 p.m.

It’s the bun bunco squad

The St. Barbara Co Council of Catholic Women invite the community to attend their Bunco Party Fundraiser on Sunday, Oct. 21 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Parish Center, across the street from the church at 4008 Prairie Ave. in Brookfield.

In addition to bunco, try your luck at split-thepot and split-the-deck for cash prizes. Men and women welcome. Tickets are $5 in advance or $6 at the door. Call Dolores at 708-447-4705 or Starr at 708-485-6854 for tickets. not bring your own).

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

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The problem revealed itself in February, when ceiling tiles started falling inside a hallway at the Brookfield Village Hall.

The trouble, it turned out, was a hole that had opened up on the sloping, asphalt-shingled roof on the south side of the building.

Water poured into an office below the hole, damaging some computer equipment.

However, according to Village Manager Timothy Wiberg, the water didn’t do any structural damage to the roof.

Still, for the past several months there’s been a large tarp covering a sizeable portion of the south roof – there are sloping shingle roofs on all four sides of the village hall, framing a flat roof that is recessed to hide mechanical equipment placed there.

There aren’t any other visible trouble spots on the other three sloped roofs, but the asphalt shingles are 20 years old, said Wiberg.

The flat roof, which appears to be of the same vintage, according to Wiberg, looks to be in “decent shape.”

While there’s no money in the 2018 budget to repair the roof of the village hall, on Oct. 8 Wiberg asked for and received permission from village trustees to seek bids to repair and re-shingle all four sloping roofs as soon as possible.

“To my knowledge there’s been no other significant water damage [since the tarp was installed],” said Wiberg, “but obviously it’s not a permanent solution.”

Wiberg said he obtained one proposal for

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SHINGLES, SHOT: A tarp has covered a large section of the roof at the Brookfield Village Hall since February, when water started pouring in from a hole that opened up on the west slope. It’ll cost about $50,000 to repair all four sides of the 20-year old shingled roof. repairing just the south roof that came in at about $18,000. But given the age of all four shingled roofs, Wiberg recommended replacing them all at once.

“If this portion of the roof is damaged, and clearly it is, there are probably other problems in the roof that will manifest themselves relatively quickly,” Wiberg said.

The expense for replacing all four shingled roofs comes closer to $50,000, said Wiberg, which would trigger a competitive bidding process and require the village board to ap-

prove the contract.

Wiberg said staff would have to find some way to come up with the funds to make the repairs.

“We’ll have to find the money, because this is not something, unfortunately, in my opinion, that we can push off much longer,” Wiberg said. “Winter is coming and we need to get this buttoned up prior to ice and snow getting underneath that tarp.”

Brookfield will officially begin seeking bids for the roof repair this week.

Early voting starts Oct. 22 at Brookfield Village Hall You can also register to vote at suburban sites

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Looking forward to voting in the gubernatorial election and can’t wait until Election Day on Nov. 6 to do so?

You’re in luck, because the Cook County Clerk is offering early voting at more than 50 suburban locations – including Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. – beginning Oct. 22 through Nov. 5.

The council chamber of the village hall will be open to voters Monday through Friday Oct. 22-26 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Oct. 29-Nov. 2 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; on Saturday, Oct. 27 and Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; on Sunday, Oct. 28 and Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and on Monday, Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

All early voting is conducted on touch screens, which store every ballot style in the county and allows suburban Cook County voters to cast early ballots at any suburban

early voting location.

Registered voters do not need to provide an excuse for voting early, nor do they have to provide an ID, though the clerk’s office notes a government-issued ID is helpful if there are questions about a voter’s registration, address or signature.

In addition, people can register to vote at early voting sites, including Brookfield’s.

Anyone registering to vote for the first time or filing a change of address must present two forms of identification, one of which shows the voter’s current address.

For more information on which forms of ID are acceptable, visit the Cook County Clerk’s website at www.cookcountyclerk. com/service/when-voters-do-and-dont-needidentification-id.

Since it may be more convenient for area voters to cast early ballots near their workplaces or for other reasons, a full list of suburban early voting sites can be found at www.

cookcountyclerk.com/service/early-votinglocations.

However, there are several locations near Brookfield that local voters may find just as convenient, including the following: ■ Berwyn City Hall, 6700 W. 26th St. ■ Cicero Community Center, 2250 S. 49th Ave. ■ Cicero PSO Building, 5410 W. 34th St. ■ Hodgkins Village Hall, 8990 Lyons St. ■ Stickney-Forest View Library, 6800 W. 43rd St. Early voting has proven to be popular in Cook County, with a record number of ballots cast – more than 350,000 – during the two-week period prior to the 2016 presidential election.

More than 6,600 of those ballots were cast at Brookfield Village Hall, according to the Cook County Clerk’s Office, in 2016 – an average of about 440 per day, with a high of 702 on the day before Election Day.

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The Landmark, October 17, 2018

Brookfield names streets up for repair in 2019 Broadway Avenue, roads north of 31st St. on deck next year

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Brookfield’s village engineer last week rolled out plans for the 2019 street resurfacing program, with roadways concentrated north of 31st Street, along with the entire length of Broadway Avenue, up for improvement.

Next year will mark the halfway point for Brookfield’s eight-year, $22 million street improvement campaign, which by its end in 2023 will have resurfaced, reconstructed or patched about 15.3 miles – or roughly 37 percent -- of the village’s residential side streets.

The bulk of the roadway improvements were front loaded into the first three years of the campaign. During that time, Brookfield improved the worst of its streets – some 10.6 miles of roadway -- and expended a little more than half of the $22 million in construction bonds approved by voters in 2016.

In addition, the village has spent about $2.3 million from its water and sewer fund to repair or replace sewer pipes and drainage structures at the same time roads were being improved.

About 4.7 miles of streets await improvement over the next five years, and Brookfield also plans on making another $2 million in sewer system repairs as that work takes place.

“We’re really mowing through it pretty quickly,” said Village Engineer Derek Treichel. “There’s a chance, depending on how much money we want to spend each of the next four or five years, you may be able to get this done a year earlier [than 2023].”

Next year’s $2.9 million street improvement program includes repairs to almost two miles of roadway and another $927,500 in associated sewer system fixes.

In 2019, Treichel said most of the work would be concentrated on streets north of 31st Street, including: ■ Park Avenue and Vernon Avenue, from 29th Street to 31st Street ■ Sunnyside Avenue, from Bartlett Avenue to 31st Street ■ Roach Avenue and Bartlett Avenue, from Sunnyside Avenue to Maple Avenue ■ 30th Street, from Forest Avenue to Maple Avenue “Most of those streets were amongst the worst of the remaining streets that are left,” Treichel told members of the village board at their Oct. 8 meeting.

Treichel said with the worst of the worst streets already improved, it made sense financially to pick an area for improvement.

“We think we’ll get a little more attractive bid prices,” Treichel said.

Two other streets north of 31st Street that trustees indicated they were interested in improving next year were Prairie Avenue,

Proposed streets to be improved Streets likely to be added

Map courtesy of Village of Brookfield

ON DECK: The village of Brookfield will reach the halfway point in its eight-year street improvement campaign next year, which will focus on streets north of 31st Street in addition to the entire length of Broadway Avenue. The repairs will cost a total of almost $4 million. from 29th Street to 31st Street and Forest Avenue from 30th to 31st Street.

Treichel said he would include the streets in an engineering agreement for the 2019 improvements that trustees will vote to approve later this month.

If those streets are included in next year’s package, the village will have resurfaced every street north of 31st Street identified for improvement prior to the 2016 referendum.

Broadway Ave. set for improvement More than $1.3 million will be spent in 2019 on street and sewer improvements along the entire length of Broadway Avenue, which will disrupt traffic and parking patterns, particularly east of the memorial circle, where Broadway Avenue will be completely reconstructed.

The road improvement project will not be

as elaborate as officials suggested it might be late last year. In late 2017, the village applied to the state for a $2 million grant that would help pay for a $5.3 million complete makeover of the roadway and streetscape along the entire length of Broadway Avenue.

However, the village failed to obtain the grant, and instead of delaying the street improvements and applying again for the funding, Brookfield will move ahead with street improvements alone.

Whether or not the improvements will result in the diagonal parking spaces moving from the along the median to the business sides of the street is unresolved, but Treichel said his firm would design the street with both configurations and village officials can decide prior to seeking bids for the work in February 2019.

The project will be complicated somewhat by construction at S.E. Gross Middle

School, where construction vehicles will still require access along Broadway Avenue.

Treichel said that access to businesses and to the school will be figured into the planning.

“The staging of construction on Broadway will be one of the main design elements,” said Treichel. Just [providing access to] the businesses alone require a lot of staging.”

There will be different through traffic and parking restrictions for each phase of work – sewer, concrete and paving -- on Broadway, said Treichel, and it will proceed in quadrants in order to provide as much as access as possible.

“There are additional costs with all of this staging, but it has to be done,” Treichel said. “We can’t just shut down one side of the circle with no parking and no through traffic.”

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Brookfield police release photos of arson suspects

Images show two wanted in connection with suspicious Brookfield Bowl fire

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Brookfield police are enlisting the public’s help in order to identify two people seen leaving the long vacant Brookfield Bowl, 3415 Maple Ave., during the early morning hours of Sept. 22, shortly before a pedestrian noticed the vacant building was on fire.

Images of the two were captured by video surveillance cameras in the area. One of the two appears to be wearing a baseball cap with a sticker on the top of the bill. In a still image showing the two from the front, the man wearing the cap appears to have his shirt collar pulled up to his nose as if concealing his face.

Both men appear to either have bushy

dark hair or are wearing dark, bushy wigs.

COURTESY OF THE BROOKFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT According to the po- ON CAMERA: Police are seeking to question these two people, who reportedly were seen exiting the Brooklice report of the incifield Bowl shortly before a witness observed a fire inside the vacant building. Police believe the fire was set dent, a witness told police he was walking to intentionally and that accelerants were found at the scene.

First National Bank of Brookfield at about 4:15 a.m. to withdraw As he passed the glass main entry doors, he building and did not compromise it strucsome cash to give to his spouse, who was looked through and observed an orange glow turally, he said.

“We got the call really quick, otherwise coming from inside the building. He immeabout to leave in a cab for a business trip.

As he crossed Maple Avenue from the diately dialed 911 and firefighters were able the place would have gone up,” Episcopo west, the witness reported seeing two peo- to strike the fire before it could spread very said. “They got it contained before it was ple exit the bowling alley’s north door “in far. The fire station is located just a block fully engulfed.”

Episcopo confirmed evidence of accelera hurry” and walk “briskly” eastbound away on Broadway Avenue.

If the witness hadn’t happened along at ants inside the bowling alley, though he detowards the parking lot of Tischler Finer that moment, said Police Chief James Epis- clined to comment on what they were. The Foods.

The witness continued southbound on copo, the fire could have spread quickly. The evidence was turned over to the Illinois Maple Avenue in front of the bowling alley. fire was contained to the rear area of the State Police Crime Lab.

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New leadership team settles in at GWMS Suspension, detentions down more than 50 percent compared to Sept. 2017

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

The new leadership at George Washington Middle School in Lyons, which serves the southeast quarter of Brookfield, seems to have gotten off to a strong start this school year.

With a new principal and two new assistant principals at the helm, incidents of student misbehavior resulting in disciplinary measures were down by more than 50 percent in September compared to one year ago.

In September 2017 there were 46 incidents that resulted in disciplinary measures resulting in detentions or suspensions, but this year there were only 18 such incidents.

New GWMS Principal Don Jones said that he is pleased with those results.

“The goal is to keep students in class,” Jones said. “Anytime students are being suspended, whether it’s out of school or in school, they’re missing instruction time.”

But Jones remained cautious, saying that things can always change and didn’t want to take too much credit for what seems to be an improvement in the atmosphere at GWMS. “We have great kids here but anything can happen,” Jones said. “Kids make good and bad decisions and everything is a learning experience.”

Jones has emphasized having teachers and other staff being in the hallways during passing periods to make sure that nothing gets out of hand and that students see and engage with staff.

“The word of the year is ‘visibility,’” Jones said. “A lot of your discipline can be reduced simply by being visible.”

Jones and the two new assistant principals, Rubi Ortiz and Gary Wheaton, make it point to be present in the halls during passing periods as much as possible, and they are also visible in the cafeteria during lunch and are out and about both before and after school.

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Krystal Steiner, a Brookfield resident the parent of a seventh-grader at GWMS, said that her son says that there seems to be more order at GWMS this year.

“My son has had a great year; hopefully, the changes have made a difference,” said Steiner, who served on the committee that interviewed Jones and other finalists for the principal’s job after former Principal Christopher Cybulski was not rehired last spring in a controversial 4-3 vote by the

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Co-Interim Superintendent Patrick Patt said he has been at GWMS frequently this year and is impressed by what he has seen during passing periods.

“I have never once felt the need to tell any kid knock it off, you don’t do that,” said Patt who began his career as a middle school teacher and principal. “That to me is amazing because you’ll have five, six, seven hundred kids flowing by you and they’re just motivated to go to the next class.”

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“This is one of the best young administrators I’ve seen in my career,” Patt said. “This guy is really good.”

Unlike in past years when one assistant principal would largely be responsible for discipline, both Ortiz and Wheaton handle disciplinary matters.

“They both do discipline and I jump in as well,” Jones said. “They’re firm but fair, which is what I want.”

Ortiz, 35, came to GWMS after working for the Chicago Public Schools for a little over a decade, most recently serving as an International Baccalaureate Director at Edwards Elementary School in the southwest side of Chicago.

Wheaton, 49, came to GWMS after serving for six years as an assistant principal at Memorial Junior High School in Lansing after starting his career as a band director and music teacher.

Last spring the school board angered many GWMS teachers by voting 4 to 3 not to rehire Cybulski after two years as GWMS principal.

More than 30 GWMS parents attended the school board meeting when Cybulski’s contract renewal was voted down, and before the vote a number of them implored the board to rehire Cybulski.

“Some of the teachers are still kind of peeved that Mr. C is gone,” Steiner said.

Cybulski has landed a new job as the principal of Shepard Middle School in Deerfield.

Former GWMS assistant principals Cathy Eichhammer and James Leahy have moved on to other jobs in the district.

Eichhammer was transferred to a newly created position as assistant principal at Lincoln Elementary School and Leahy, who served most of last year as an interim assistant principal, moved back to his old job as a physical education teacher at GWMS. There are also 14 new teachers this year at GWMS.

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THE LANDMARK VIEW

Vote early (more often) Riverside Golf Club celebrates 125 years

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eginning next Monday, you can begin casting votes in the Nov. 6 gubernatorial election that, despite its singular name also includes races for many other state and federal representatives.

All elections are important. But this one is especially so.

For whatever reason, we as a nation have seen fit to hold elections at times of year when weather is sketchy for much of the country and we do it on a day in the week when a good number of adults are working.

Perhaps someday, we’ll value elections enough to hold them either on a weekend day or on a designated election holiday and make polling places numerous enough to be convenient to all voters.

Until then, there are some places, like Cook County, for example, that have made it a point to welcome the concept of early voting and even, heaven forbid, same-day voter registration.

And, as luck would have it, voters have some very local options to facilitate casting ballots during the two weeks prior to Election Day. Take a look at page 7 for details of exactly where in the area and during what times you can cast your ballot, but one of the places is Brookfield Village Hall, where in 2016 more than 6,600 ballots were cast early.

If you can’t make it to the polls on Nov. 6 or have had trouble finding the time on Election Days in the past, give early voting a whirl.

The nation won’t regret it.

Ford for Chicago?

LaShawn Ford, a Democratic state representative serving all of North Riverside and a large part of Brookfield, is contemplating a run for mayor of Chicago.

Who isn’t? The current tally, in this post-Rahm moment, is 17 contenders for a February Democratic primary. Republicans remain non-consequential in Chicago. A run-off among top Democrats is likely.

Rep. Ford is a long-shot. Despite 10 years in Springfield, he is not well-known and certainly does not have the deep pockets of the Toni Preckwinkles and William Daleys in this race.

That said, Ford has his strengths. Owing perhaps to his long history crossing over representation between Chicago’s Austin neighborhood and Oak Park, something the Landmark’s sister paper Wednesday Journal has chronicled through the years, Ford is at ease discussing issues of race and class that leave most pols spouting platitudes.

And speaking of crossing over, Ford has made it a mission in Springfield to build friendships and alliances across the two great Illinois divides: Dems and Republicans and city and downstate.

We find Ford plain spoken and common-sense based. That’s why, in 2012, when he was indicted on 17 federal charges of felony bank fraud, we stood by him. He honestly and effectively made his case that the feds were seriously overreaching.

Stunningly, on the eve of his trial in 2014, the feds dropped all the felony charges and Ford pled guilty to a misdemeanor tax charge that basically confirmed what he acknowledged, that he could have paid more attention to his bookkeeping during the years he worked as a realtor and house flipper on the West Side.

Now he says that frightening process made him intensely aware of the need for criminal justice reform, an issue he is ready to campaign on.

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t was July 3, 1893 when Riverside resident William Havemeyer assembled 22 Riverside residents to form the Riverside Golf Club. What had started out as a five-hole course has become in 2018 a full 18-hole course as well as one of the premier courses in the Chicago area. It also prides itself as being the oldest Chicagoland golf facility on its original ground.

The club celebrated its 125th anniversary on Oct. 12, 2018 in a fashion deserving of its fine tradition with a dinner, and culminating with fireworks.

The club, according to its president, Michael Joss, has become a family club through the resiliency of its membership, who enjoy not only golf but socializing, fine dining and its Olympic-size pool. It also survived major fires, with the third clubhouse being built after a blaze in 1985.

Longtime families have maintained memberships through the years. The Finn family, now on its fourth generation, have been members since 1920.

Joss related how since 1949 the club has awarded 121 Chick Evans Scholarships, which are full-ride college scholarship awarded to top caddies.

Karl Bollnow is the PGA golf pro for the club, a

position he has maintained for 22 years, when he succeeded Bill Heald. Bollnow started as a caddy, which gives him a 47 year association with the club.

Talking with Bollnow, you learn he is also an unofficial historian for the club.

Whether he is relating stories or displaying newspaper articles from years gone by, you can tell how he enjoys his position.

When speaking of the course itself, Joss termed it “challenging but fair.”

It has been recognized by many PGA organizations and has held many tournaments, with many professional golfers accepting the challenge of Riverside.

Passing the Riverside Golf Club on Desplaines Avenue in North Riverside, one can appreciate its beauty and recognize its part in the history of Riverside and North Riverside.

Many of the names found on plaques on the club walls are the names of people who helped shape this area.

Happy anniversary to the Riverside Golf Club and to the people who have built it from a small club with five holes to a local treasure with many claims to fame. Your history and contribution to the area have given the club a reason to celebrate.

JOANNE KOSEY

LETTERS

Open letter to chief on red-light cameras Dear Chief Weitzel: You are a vocal advocate on issues of local, statewide and even national policing and your Twitter handle routinely features posts encouraging followers to remember fallen officers and to respect and celebrate police.

Given that public profile, I wonder if you are at all concerned about the effect red-light cameras -- and your support for them in Riverside -- might have on public support for your department. What defensible public safety interest can you make on behalf of naked policing for profit?

Slow-rolling right-hand turns are not and have never been a public safety hazard -- no credible traffic safety expert will make the claim -- and monetizing these petty infractions under the guise of law enforcement is a cynical abuse of policing powers. It’s a smaller scale but no less pernicious practice than the discredited highway interdiction programs that turned cops into badge-wearing brigands. Are you cops or robbers?

I also wonder if you are at all concerned that the

private red-light camera company Riverside has partnered with operates under an opaque corporate structure that allows for undisclosed ownership, or that company officials have flat-out lied to the press in the past about their origins. Riverside will now be splitting profits with this company, SafeSpeed LLC, 60/40 if your deal is like other neighboring communities, including my own.

You are an unusually high-profile small-town police chief and you have a platform for promoting real bestpractices in local policing. In this case, you’ve instead chosen to endorse red-light cameras and bad-faith policing for profit. Whatever progressive policing initiatives lie ahead for the Riverside PD will be colored by this ugly practice.

Brett McNeil

North Riverside Ed. note: Brett McNeil writes an occasional nature column for the Landmark and was the co-author of a 2017 investigative series published by the paper about red light cameras on Harlem Avenue.

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Under the new law, effective January 1, 2018, the federal estate, gift, and generationskipping transfer (GST) tax exemption amounts increased to approximately $11.2 million per individual, up from $5.49 million per individual in 2017. These exemption amounts will continue to be indexed for inflation each year, but by a different, less generous measure than applicable under prior law. The change will reduce the number of multimillion-dollar estates that are subject to the 40 percent federal estate tax. However, the increased exemption amounts only apply for

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OBITUARIES

Maureen D’Altorio, 80

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Maureen L. D’Altorio (nee Monti), 80, of Brookfield, died on Oct. 11, 2018. Born on Nov. 13, 1937, she worked as an office manager.

Ms. D’Altorio was the wife of 56 years of Salvatore D’Altorio; the mother of Jim (Maggie King) D’Altorio, Paul (the late JoAnn) D’Altorio and Michelle (Frank) Cvitanovich; the grandmother of Danny, Chris, Gianni, Brandon, Taylor, Frank and Luke; the sister of the late Terrell (Bonnie Laky) Monti; and the aunt of Armando, Gianni, Massimo, Theresa, Tony, Valentina and Giovanni.

A memorial gathering is on Friday, Oct. 19 from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11 a.m., at Hitzeman Funeral Home, 9445 31st St. in Brookfield, followed by interment at Mount Carmel Cemetery in Hillside.

Edward R. Nelson, 81, of Riverside, died on Oct. 8, 2018.

Born on Jan. 20, 1937, Mr. Nelson was a 1955 graduate of Morton High School and had retired as a tool engineer at Handy Button Machine Co. Mr. Nelson EDWARD R. NELSON was the husband of Carol (nee Potsic).

A funeral service was held Friday, Oct. 12 at Good Shepherd Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Berwyn, followed by interment at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Stickney.

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

Lorraine Micheles, 99 Retired receptionist

Adeline Stigler, 90

Lorraine J. Micheles (nee Kujawa), 99, of Brookfield, died on Oct.11, 2018. Born on March 28, 1919, she worked in the oil industry as a receptionist.

Ms. Micheles was the wife of the late Robert Micheles; the mother of Diane LORRAINE MICHELES Denneny and Sandra (late Terry) Adams; the grandmother of Robert (Deb) Denneny, Michael (Dr. Scott Zahner) Denneny, Keith (Jenifer) Denneny, Deborah (Robert) Weinberger, Catherine (Michael) Battistoni and Rebecca (Chad) Newell; the great-grandmother of 16; great-great grandmother of nine; the sister of the late Evelyn Meyer, Genevieve Macchini and Delores Stibal; and the aunt and great-aunt to many nieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass was celebrated Oct. 13 at St. Barbara Church in Brookfield, followed by entombment at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Hillside.

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

Worked at Marshall Field’s Adeline M. Stigler (nee Krutina), 90, of Countryside and formerly of Brookfield, died on Oct. 13, 2018.

Born on March 15, 1928, Ms. Stigler worked at Marshall Field and Company in Chicago.

ADELINE STIGLER Ms. Stigler was the wife of the late Kenneth Robert Stigler; the mother of John (Barbara) Stigler; and the grandmother of Dr. Elizabeth (Andrew Gilbert) Stigler.

Visitation is on Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 3 to 6 p.m. at Kuratko-Nosek Funeral Home, 2447 Desplaines Ave. in North Riverside, followed by private interment.

The family appreciates memorials to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation 213 W. Institute Place, Suite 302, Chicago, 60610.

Johnson-Nosek Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

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This year, we are celebrating our fourth Women in Leadership Conference. We hope you will join us in recognizing, honoring and promoting the accomplishments and leadership of local woman. Given the events and struggles of the past year, it is safe to say that this conference has never been a more necessary and urgent priority.

Carey Carlock and I are proud of the continued growth and positive energy this event has generated over the past four years. We are excited to once again welcome hundreds of incredible women to Riveredge Hospital on October 24, 2018, to meet, network with a purpose, and be inspired by our collective greatness.

Now, more than ever, we need to encourage, enlist, educate and empower women to become leaders. And not just in national politics, but right here in our local communities, in local businesses and local board rooms. Coming together and engaging as a group is a powerful way to move this effort forward. You can play a vital role by attending, supporting and/or sponsoring the Women in Leadership Conference!

Dawn Ferencak, Associate Publisher, Wednesday Journal Publications

Dawn Ferencak

When Dawn first approached me about starting the Women in Leadership Conference four years ago, I was intrigued. While I greatly appreciate the opportunities that have been afforded me in my life, I recognize that similar opportunities have not been so available to everyone. Thus I wholeheartedly agreed to create an event – an experience to celebrate the opportunities we have, and to validate and empathize with those women who still feel that their ceiling is too low and too dense. The Women in Leadership Conference is an event where we can reflect together and hear one another.

Carey Carlock

Together we can and are doing amazing and honorable work. Whether you lead a family, a church group or a fortune 500 company, we are all leaders. It is important that we acknowledge, honor and inspire one another. Women, as natural healers and motivators understand this. I give thanks for the opportunities I have to be part of a community of such powerful and wise women leaders.

Carey Carlock, CEO, Riveredge Hospital

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NICE GOING Volunteers brandished rakes and shovels in order to spruce up parks and other public areas on Oct. 13 during the fall Project NICE event sponsored by the Brookfield Beautification Commission. Clockwise from top, Annette Rivera of the Brookfield Garden Club rakes debris out front of village hall; Brookfield resident Stephanie Johnson shovels out the area around the village welcome sign at Ogden and Eberly, joined by Erik Johnson, Brian Conroy and Mike Garvey; Back at Brookfield Village Hall, Rivera is joined by Cathy Juarez and Tom Tulik sprucing up the garden bed in front.

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P R O P E R T Y

T R A N S F E R S

Brookfield major renovation fetches $667,000 The following property transfers were reported by the Cook County Recorder of Deeds from July 2018. Where addresses appear incomplete, for instance where a unit number appears missing, that information was not provided by the recorder of deeds.

Brookfield

3830 Hollywood Ave. 3201 Harrison Ave. 3650 Grand Blvd.

9130 Sherman Ave. 3717 Blanchan Ave. 2912 Prairie Ave. 4038 Prairie Ave. 3434 Vernon Ave. 4147 Forest Ave. 3200 Madison Ave. 4337 Arthur Ave. 4239 Madison Ave. 4232 Oak Ave. 4412 Blanchan Ave. 8821 Congress Park Ave. 4319 Prairie Ave. 9537 Henrietta Ave. 3301 Maple Ave. 3648 Morton Ave. 4137 Madison Ave. 4018 Sunnyside Ave. 3835 Kemman Ave. 8906 Ogden Ave.

$345,000 $275,000 $300,000 $340,000 $150,000 $300,000 $500,000 Unknown Unknown $240,000 $205,000 $278,500 $315,000 $510,000 $280,000 $315,000 $235,000 $190,000 $210,000 $247,000 $315,000 $501,000 $107,000

6/29/2018 6/28/2018 6/19/2018 6/19/2018 6/25/2018 6/6/2018 6/1/2018 6/18/2018 6/28/2018 6/28/2018 6/26/2018 5/23/2018 6/4/2018 7/2/2018 7/6/2018 7/9/2018 6/13/2018 6/6/2018 6/25/2018 3/26/2018 6/14/2018 6/3/2018 6/28/2018

Roth, James A Cuppello, Mario A Melvani, Sanita TR Spaargaren, Timothy Brightleaf Homes LLC Lazarova, Marina T Lily Pond LLC C Series Housing & Urban Development Housing & Urban Development Chavez, Scott Chicago Trust Co TR bev3824 Hernandez, Jorge Salmon, Scott Filip, Marcin Chicago Title Land Trust Co TR 10173 Senesac, Crystal Sharenow, Heather Lorenz, Roberta M Warner, Theresa A MtgLQ Investors LP King, Michael A Insalaco, AnthonyV Mutual Fed Bk

3625 Arden Ave. 8913 Southview Ave. 3500 Cleveland Ave. 3213 Oak Ave. 9325 Jackson Ave. 9030 Grant Ave. 3822 Blanchan Ave. 3016 Prairie Ave. 4024 Maple Ave. 3332 Madison Ave. 3325 Oak Ave. 9533 Lincoln Ave. 4435 Eberly Ave. 4516 Park Ave. 3531 Arden Ave. 3431 Vernon Ave. 3800 Morton Ave. 9106 27th St. 3705 Madison Ave.

$235,000 $272,000 $255,000 $210,000 $220,000 Unknown $345,000 $415,000 $255,000 $152,000 $257,000 $245,000 $411,000 $505,000 $667,000 $276,000 $288,500 $257,000 Unknown

6/22/2018 7/1/2018 7/10/2018 7/16/2018 6/29/2018 6/20/2018 7/18/2018 7/20/2018 6/14/2018 6/19/2018 7/16/2018 7/16/2018 7/18/2018 7/23/2018 5/23/2018 7/26/2018 7/25/2018 7/9/2018 4/24/2018

Robinson, Rory D Arshed, Sharjeel Chapople, John Nudd, Edward Mensinga, Megan Briceno, Samuel Nietos LLC Marys Lane LLC Cleland, Brice Thomas Sperando, Joseph P Patricio, Christian J Kadera, Noah Paulucci, James C Favel, Eric Jeknic, Jelka S Baskin, Brian Walker, Jennifer Marie Adamski, Adam Papadliou, Alexander Burns, Frank E Borkovec, Kyle C Harvey, Paul M Playing & Learning Therapy Services Corp Hein, Joyce E TR Arden LLC Nagy, John W Hietpas, Andrew S Troyer, Carmela Elizabeth Valone, Curtis Chicago Title Land Trust Co TR 1779 Becktel, Timothy Koehl, Carol J TR Koehl, Donald K Trust Secretary Veterans Affairs Kantor, David Lugay, Jose Pigoni, Perry R Kissane, Colleen J Flores, Samuel Nudd, Edward McDaniel, Anthony Cui, Li Cardenas, Martin Vidal Paveza, Ryan P Perry, John L Chicago Title Land Trust Co TR 32478 Trieu, Tracy Rainey, Gilbert Aningo, Kenechukwu Govic, Vesna Yokana, Ramzi Silver Creek Real Est Dev LLC Pinela, Jesus Towner, Michael A Becktel, Christopher P Foulis, Dorothy C TR Chase, Thomas G Chicago Title Land Trust Co TR 890650 Witteman, Rita Mary Wojtulewicz, Anthony F Federal Natl Mtg Assn

3806 Raymond Ave.

$255,000

7/20/2018

Wideman, Kyle T

Beesley, Sean

3531 Arden Ave., Brookfield

North Riverside 2428 Lathrop Ave. 7636 26th St. 7710 26th St.

$200,000 $460,000 $585,000

6/27/2018 7/2/2018 6/20/2018

2324 14th Ave.

$193,500

3/22/2018

Simone, Frank J Rioja, Amalia Chicago Title Land Trust Co TR 8002376510 Judicial Sales Corp

2337 13th Ave. 2245 Keystone Ave. 2306 17th Ave.

$284,000 $293,000 $355,000

6/29/2018 7/17/2018 7/12/2018

Lemker, Erich S Zurawski, Jason J SBT 2018 FMRU I LLC

470 Selborne Rd. 296 Blackhawk Rd. 294 Southcote Rd. 376 Blackhawk Rd. 755 Selborne Rd. 140 E. Quincy St. 743 Arlington Rd. 265 Olmsted Rd. 444 Selborne Rd. 286 Gatesby Rd. 517 Berkeley Rd. 348 Selborne Rd. 297 Blackhawk Rd. 398 Blackhawk Rd. 280 Olmsted Rd. 270 Lawton Rd. 248 Blackhawk Rd. 583 Selborne Rd. 525 Berkeley Rd.

$310,000 $485,000 $460,000 $360,000 $335,000 $145,000 $230,000 $288,000 $205,000 $725,000 $318,000 $565,000 $447,000 $390,000 $372,000 $275,000 $499,000 $358,000 $487,500

6/19/2018 7/2/2018 6/12/2018 6/29/2018 6/23/2018 6/22/2018 5/3/2018 7/3/2018 7/12/2018 6/19/2018 7/7/2018 7/12/2018 7/6/2018 7/13/2018 7/20/2016 7/18/2018 7/18/2018 7/14/2018 7/30/2018

Murphy, Terry Williams, Tamara S Mininni, Rocco Stargate Investments LLC Series 2324 Costello, Steven Conrad, Paul Palazzo Mgmt Grp LLC Series 132

Riverside West Town B&T O’Donoghue, Michael K Engler, Dennis W Selimos, Laura TR Flanigan, Thomas M Evans, Kenneth C Bleskan, Carole J Lippe, Jerome L TR Vana, Kathy TR Carlson, Kris Julie Jenkins, Jack C Victorian Painters & Gen Contrs Inc Killeen, Michael T Galarza, Raymundo Poplin, Maria Victoria L TR Schefke, John T TR Palac, Michael S Bunt, Ryan Mahoney, Timothy J

Patel, Ushma Hindman, Ross R Smith, Molly Castillo, Juan Clarkson, Nathaniel Michels, Mary S Exponent Holdings LLC Blackwell, Tyler Pete Highland Rlty Ltd Ann Collins Trust Angarita, Edward Woods, Caroline Hay, Eric J Mulac, Robert J Jr Doyle, Kathryn Taylor, Bibian Golubev, Nikolay G Seanor, Carrie Wineman, Gillian A

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Sessler sparks RBHS soccer

Junior goalkeeper’s multiple shutouts helped turn Bulldogs’ season around

By MELVIN TATE

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DAN THE MAN: RBHS goalkeeper Daniel Sessler has stabilized the Bulldogs with his stellar play in net.

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Contributing Reporter

he Riverside-Brookfield High School boys soccer team has gradually improved its play over the course of the season.

With the state playoffs right around the corner, the Bulldogs’ timing couldn’t be better.

Goalkeeper Daniel Sessler has been a primary contributor in causing the team’s turnaround. After the Bulldogs lost three games at the beginning of the season, Sessler recorded five shutouts and allowed only one goal during the team’s pivotal six-game winning streak in early September. RBHS outscored its opponents 17-1 over the six games.

“Individually, it’s been an up-anddown season,” Sessler said. “As a team, we’ve been slowly figuring things out.

The first couple of games, we were trying to figure out what to do and how to play together. After that, we found our niche and started playing as a team.

“I feel the team chemistry has surpassed expectations,” he added. “We are going to be ready for the playoffs and show some surprises.”

During the offseason, Sessler plays club soccer for Chicago Inter. He’s played goalkeeper since sixth grade.

Soccer runs in the Sessler family. Daniel’s older sister, Kathryn, also played soccer at RBHS under former head coach Danny Makaric. His younger brother, Will, is a seventh grader at SE Gross who plays soccer as well for his school and Chicago Inter.

In addition to soccer, Sessler is on the RBHS varsity basketball team. He started basketball playing for the Junior Bulldogs in the fourth grade and enjoys being a two-sport athlete.

“It’s really special,” said Sessler, who lives in Brookfield. “The coaches are great. This year, I get to play with some players who are fun to be around.”

Although he’s undecided about which college he wants to attend, the 6-foot-2 junior wants to play soccer at that level.

“Just communicating with several different coaches has been cool and exciting,” he said. “At a camp, I talked

with a coach from Brown (University).

I’ll attend a camp there next summer.”

Away from the soccer field, Sessler leads the life of a typical teenager.

He enjoys hanging out with friends, playing video games and watching television and movies.

However, his immediate attention is focused on a strong finish to the soccer season.

While Sessler is a standout goalkeeper, his teammates offer ample support.

Seniors Aaron Palmer, Daniel Villegas, Oscar Rojas and Kyle Paeth are key contributors for the Bulldogs. Juniors Garrett Foy and Trace Haage have also made an impact on the field, as well as talented sophomore Xander Sanchez.

“It’s been a great group of players that has been very supportive and encouraging to each other,” RBHS coach Ivek Halic said earlier this season.

“The team dynamic has definitely contributed to our success so far this season.”

Win or Go Home In terms of the postseason, RBHS is hosting a Class 2A sectional. The field features several excellent teams, including five of the top six teams coming from the West Suburban Conference. Top-seed Morton, No. 2 Hinsdale Central, No. 3 Lyons Township, No. 4 Oak Park and River Forest and No. 6 Downers Grove (and No. 5 Whitney Young) all have a shot at winning the sectional.

The Bulldogs are seeded eighth in their sectional.

RBHS faced Downers Grove South on Tuesday, Oct. 16 at 7 p.m. in the semifinals of the Morton Regional.

The host Mustangs will play the winner of Lincoln Park vs. Proviso West on the same day at 5 p.m.

“We have not won a regional in a few years,” Sessler said. “That’s our main goal. We have to beat a good Downers Grove South team and then eventually the No. 1 seed in Morton. It would be a well-deserved regional title.”

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Keen about golf

Bulldogs’ promising sophomore advanced to state finals this season

BY MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

Over the course of 162 regular-season games, and the playoffs (for the 10 teams that qualify), a Major League Baseball season is a mental grind for the players. As New York Yankees legend Yogi Berra once quipped, “Baseball is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical.”

However, golf is commonly viewed as the most challenging mind game of them all.

Riverside-Brookfield High School sophomore KiKi Keen can attest to that. In fact, she has her own pie chart of percentages regarding golf. Unlike Yogi’s, it adds up.

“I think golf is about 70 percent mental and 30 percent physical,” she said. “The mental game is what can really destroy players. I go in with the mindset if I have a bad hole, forget about it. I try to go one shot at a time and not worry too much about the outcome.”

Coupled with a strong skills set, Keen’s mentality paved the way to her first appearance at the state finals over the weekend.

While she didn’t play particularly well, the experience was well worth the trip to

Decatur, Illinois.

“Honestly, it felt great just to go down there and see so many amazing golfers,” Keen said. “It was so much fun. I didn’t play my best, but it was a challenging and long course.”

Cold temperatures, rain and glimpses of snow didn’t help matters. Keen carded a 98 (26-over) over 18 holes.

So how did playing in 30 degrees affect Keen’s strategy, if at all?

“I knew I had to dress really warm,” she said. “I also knew the greens would be a little slower because of all the rain. I tried to be more aggressive. Overall though, my strategy was the same.”

Needing to par on the last hole at the Conant Sectional to qualify for state, Keen came through with a score of 89. She shot 96 at the Payton Regional.

“I had a pretty good round at the sectional,” Keen said. “I started off well on the front nine but had a little bit of a breakdown later. I just tried to stay calm throughout (the round).”

The Bulldogs’ varsity has only six players -- Keen, Isabel Hughes, Eva Funaki, Gillian

Submitted photo

RBHS golfer KiKi Keen shot 26-over at the state finals in Decatur, Illinois.

Gaines, Tess Bruno and Elizabeth Centorcelli -- and no junior varsity team.

Keen, an all-conference and all-tournament Metro Suburban pick, emerged as the team’s top golfer this season. She averaged a score of 42 per nine holes during the regular season.

Putting is the best part of her game. “[RBHS] Coach [Mark] Gouwens always stressed to us during the season that that putting is the easiest way to knock down our scores,” she said.

The offseason will be spent developing

her game.

In the meantime, Keen will likely play basketball in the winter and possibly soccer in the spring. If she opts out of the latter, that time will be reallocated to plenty of practice on the golf course.

Although she’s a multi-sport athlete, Keen’s primary passion is clearly golf.

“I started playing golf when I was in sixth grade,” Keen said. “Going into high school, I really fell in the love with the sport. I would love to play college golf. That’s my dream.”

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State rep exploring Chicago mayoral run LaShawn Ford collecting signatures to get on Feb. 2019 ballot

By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor

An Illinois state representative whose district includes all of North Riverside and a good portion of Brookfield north of Washington Avenue is considering entering an already crowded race for Chicago mayor and he believes he could get the backing of most Chicago West Side elected officials.

State Rep. La Shawn K. Ford (D-8th) said during an interview earlier this month that he has volunteers circulating petitions and that an exploratory committee has formed to vet the feasibility of a possible mayoral run.

“It appears we’ve been getting a great response,” Ford said at the time, adding that he could make an official announcement within a week. In the meantime, he’s been hosting exploratory meetings across Chicago.

way that lets white people know Ford said his flirtation with we’re in it together and that the running for mayor was “sparked” black struggle is their struggle, after Westside Black Elected Ofand the brown struggle is our ficials, an organization comprisstruggle.” ing African-American lawmakers When asked if he thinks his from across the West Side, voted 2014 misdemeanor income tax unanimously to support his excharge would be a problem, Ford ploratory committee. said he hopes to leverage the isFord said U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis (D-7th) had been sue in order to raise awareness at the top of the organization’s of criminal justice reform.

LASHAWN FORD list as the person they would In 2012, Ford, who owns a real back to run for mayor, but Davis estate company, was indicted on declined the offer, clearing the way for Ford 17 felony bank fraud and false information — the group’s second choice. charges after allegations that he submitted The longtime state legislator, who was misleading information in order to obtain first elected to the Illinois General Assem- an additional $500,000 on a line of credit. bly in 2007, said he thinks “it’s important Two years later, prosecutors dropped all 17 that the black community has someone felony counts in exchange for the lawmaker willing to raise the issues for black people pleading guilty to the misdemeanor charge. and bring the city together. I’m not afraid to “I’m looking forward to making sure that talk about the struggles of black people in a people understand I have knowledge and ex-

perience with the criminal justice system,” Ford said.

“I was wrongfully charged, and 17 counts of bank fraud were dropped,” he said. “I think this is the perfect way to bring criminal justice reform front and center. It’s one of the [top] issues in the state and the country, but for some reason it doesn’t get the attention that’s needed.”

The race for mayor has only widened ever since Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced last month that he would not seek re-election to a third term.

As of the end of September, there were 17 declared candidates in the mayoral race, including Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, former Chicago Police Commissioner Garry McCarthy, former Chicago Public Schools CEO Paul Vallas and former Police Board President Lori Lightfoot.

The filing deadline for the Feb. 26, 2019 mayoral election is Nov. 26.

SEARS

CEO steps down from page 1 protection on Oct. 15 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York.

The good news for North Riverside is that the 90,000-squarefoot Sears store and its adjacent auto center at the North Riverside Park Mall, 7501 Cermak Road, were not among the 142 Sears and Kmart stores identified for closure in the bankruptcy filing.

Sears and its auto center at North Riverside will continue to operate as normal for the foreseeable future.

“Our Sears manager is telling me their business, since they’ve downsized, has been above their plan,” said Harvey Ahitow, general manager of North Riverside Park Mall. “It’s always been one of their better stores in Chicagoland. Ours is not an underperforming store.”

Seritage Growth Properties, the company created in 2015 to buy up real estate assets and repackage them for lease to both Sears stores and other businesses, owns the two-story anchor space at the north end of North Riverside Park Mall.

In addition to consolidating the Sears retail store into the top floor of the anchor space, Seritage has now leased out half of the lower level to Round One, a family entertainment complex featuring bowling, billiards, arcade games, karaoke and more.

“We’ve always felt this pending announcement was going to happen,” Ahitow said of the Sears bankruptcy filing.

“The risk, obviously, at some point is they have to start making money with the stores they continue to operate. For the immediate future we view this as a positive, because it gets them closer to where they need to be.”

Three Illinois stores are among the initial closures, including two in the Chicago area -- the Sears at the Louis Joliet Mall in Joliet and the Kmart at the Harlem Irving Plaza in Norridge.

Those stores will begin liquidation sales “shortly,” according to a press release issued by Sears Holdings announcing the bankruptcy filing. The closures listed in the bankruptcy

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Sears at North Riverside Park Mall filing are in addition to closure of 42 Sears and Kmart that the company announced back in August.

By filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Sears officials hope that the company can survive the process as a smaller, but going concern. As late as last week, there were fears the company would have to file Chapter 7 bankruptcy, which would have resulted in total liquidation of the company’s assets.

“Over the last several years, we have worked hard to transform our business and unlock the value of our assets,” said Edward S. Lampert, Sears Holdings’ chairman of the board in a press release. “While we have made progress, the plan has yet to deliver the results we have desired, and addressing

the company’s immediate liquidity needs has impacted our efforts to become a profitable and more competitive retailer.”

A press release announcing the bankruptcy filing also states that Lampert has stepped down as Sears Holdings CEO, though he remains chairman of the board.

Day-to-day operations of the company will be handled by a newly created, three-person Office of the CEO. Sears Holdings has also announced it has received commitments for $300 million in debtor-in-possession financing from its lenders and is negotiating a $300 million financing agreement with ESL Investments Inc., a hedge fund that is Sears Holdings’ largest stockholder and creditor. Lampert is chairman and CEO of ESL Investments.

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BUILDING Zoning issue from page 1 a 2,750-square-foot commercial space along Grand Boulevard with a one-bedroom apartment and nine covered parking spaces facing Sunnyside Avenue.

The second and third floors would house one one-bedroom and four two-bedroom apartments. An outdoor roof garden/patio on the south side of the building would be accessible to two of the second-floor units, according to the plans.

One aspect of the project that is sure to complicate matters is that the assembled parcel straddles two different zoning districts.

The Grand Boulevard commercial property is zoned SA-4a, a commercial designation that encourages mixed-use developments with ground-floor retail or office uses.

The adjacent Sunnyside Avenue property, meanwhile, is zoned SA-5, a residential classification that allows building of up to six stories with rear parking and frontfacing facades.

As planned, the SA-5 parcel would have covered parking facing Sunnyside Avenue.

Gatto said that, on their own, the Grand Boulevard parcel and Sunnyside Avenue parcel are not deep enough to support two separate developments, and that the challenge was to pick a street to be the “façade” of the development. Gatto said it made the most sense to choose Grand Boulevard.

“We thought the Grand Boulevard side proved to be best from a commercial standpoint,” Gatto said. “It’s not deep enough to develop these parcels individually.”

Nicholas Greifer, the village of Brookfield’s community and economic development director, said Gatto’s development likely would require a text amendment to the Station Area Zoning Code to accommodate a building that straddles two zoning districts.

“That’s the main thing,” Greifer said.

“We have to harmonize that.”

Gatto’s proposed development is similar in many respects to one proposed for the

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CONCEPT: RMG Realty is pitching a three-story mixed-use building for a V-shaped parcel of land that straddles two zoning districts in downtown Brookfield. The development contemplates a ground-floor commercial space facing Grand Boulevard and 11 rental units, with covered ground-level parking facing Sunnyside Avenue. same property back in 2005.

At that time, the present owner of the property pitched a four-story, mixed-use commercial/12-unit condominium building.

The village board had recently completed its 2020 Master Plan and the developer argued the building was in keeping with

the direction of that planning document.

At the time, the Zoning Board of Appeals had some trouble with the project’s scale, density and, in particular, lack of sufficient parking.

A minority of the zoning board wanted the development to be reduced by one sto-

ry, something the developer argued would make it not financially viable. In the end, a majority of the zoning board recommended granting four of five zoning variations – parking spaces continued to be a hang up -- and the proposed development never came to fruition.

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Papasprio’s Restaurant Oak Park Call 708-358-1700 or 708-267-0100 Consultant, Marketing Analytics sought by IPSOS MMA Inc. in Chicago, IL. Wrk clsly & cllbrtvly wth co Mrktg Mgmt Anlytc Grp. Aply @ www.jobpostingtoday.com Ref:90389 Marketing Research Analyst (Artun Travel Corp., Chicago, IL 60601) Assist to represent Artun Trvl. at promo evnt. in the U.S.; assist to manage co. SM accts; mon. perf. of various trvl. packs; gather data on other trvl. Co. and anal. their prices, sales and method of mktg of trvl. plans; coll. and anal. data on csm’s seas. trvl. prefs; help to deter. the best promo offers to prepare trvl. pkgs with flt. conns. Sp. Skills in Sabre Red Workspace, Amadeus Trvl. Sftwe., TravCom CS trvl. data sols. software for the trvl. ind. BA in Business Adm. or related fld. 2 yr. of exp. in working as mktg reach.anlyst at trvl. agcy. 40 hr./week. Email res. to: levent@artuntravel.com Software Engineers sought by Grubhub Holdings, Inc. in Chicago, IL to design and implement technical platforms for internal and external constituencies. Apply at www.jobpostingtoday.com ref # 75301.

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HELP WANTED Part Time Positions Available for 2018-19 school year After-School Recreation / Day Care Worker Youth Development Specialist on site at Oak Park public schools The Day Care Program of Hephzibah Children’s Association is accepting applications for nurturing individuals to provide care and supervision of 5-11-year-old children in the After School Day Care program on site at Oak Park public schools. The days and hours are Mon–Fri from 2:30-6:00 PM and 2:00-6:00 PM on Wednesdays.

Plan and supervise arts and crafts, indoor & outdoor play, games, sports, homework help and more.

Requirements include: -6 semester hours in education, recreation, social work or related college courses -previous experience working with children.

Openings available for the 2018-19 school year starting.

Contact Amy O’Rourke, Director of Day Care at aorourke@hephzibahhome.org Equal Opportunity Employer Production Support Analyst III sought by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association in Chicago, IL. Respbl for the maint & admin of app & srvr rsrcs. Apply at www.jobpostingtoday.com (ref #23591).

SEASONAL RETAIL HELP Seasonal Retail Help Wanted, Part time. Ten Thousand Villages has openings for Sales & Customer Service Associates with cashier experience. Visit our website at Tenthousandvillages.com/oakpark for job description and application.

TALENTED STYLIST WANTED Seeking talented stylist to work in vintage hair salon. This salon is unique; apply if you are, too.

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Wednesday Journal, Inc., is looking for an energetic self-starter for the parttime position of Distribution Coordinator. This person is responsible for data entry, coordinating drivers for pickup of both weekly and monthly publications, management of our warehouse space, fielding customer service calls and attending community events.

This position requires: strong customer service and problem-solving skills, some college preferred, basic computer skills (Windows), a valid driver’s license, reliable and insured vehicle and the ability to lift 20-30 pound publication bundles.

This position is 20-25 hours per week including Tuesday evenings. Paid vacation and holidays.

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OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT THERAPY OFFICES FOR RENT Therapy offices for rent in north Oak Park. Rehabbed building. Nicely furnished. Flexible leasing. Free parking; Free wifi; Secure building; Friendly colleagues providing referrals. Shared Waiting room; optional Conference room. Call or email with questions. Shown on Sundays.

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HOUSE ITEMS FOR SALE House is being sold, several items are for sale, Gas fire place with mantel, musical instruments (ideal for a young band) including drum set, 2 guitars, 1 bass guitar, 4 small amplifiers, computer desks, 6 foot Bar with chairs, exercise equipment and more 733-988-6468 Terry

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CHESTERFIELD SOFAS Looking for used Chesterfield Sofas.

Call Ammon 312-320-9475.

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

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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, November 1, 2018 for the following: Project 18-28, Water Service Database Modifications. In general, the contract will require professional services to modify existing GIS databases to input information relative to water services’ materials, age, notes, etc.

The consultant will be required to compile information from existing sources including the Village’s water service tap cards, water meter replacement records, capital improvement records, and building permit records.

Proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Thursday, October 18, 2018 beginning at 4:00 p.m. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those consultants deemed qualified. Proposal forms will not be issued after 4:00 p.m. on October 31, 2018.

THE VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Bill McKenna Village Engineer Published in Wednesday Journal 10/17/2018

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 27-18-Z: 617 Madison Street, Delaine Birch Property Index Number 16-18-203-003-0000 The Applicant Delaine Birch seeks a variance from Section 8.3 (B) (Table 8-1: Use Matrix) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance which requires that residential dwelling units be located above the ground floor in buildings in the MS Madison Street District, to permit the construction of a residential dwelling unit in the basement at the premises commonly known as 617 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois.

Those property owners within 300 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties�) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing.

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by contacting the Village’s Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449. The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/17/2018

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING VILLAGE OF OAK PARK PLAN COMMISSION DOCKET NUMBER: PC 18-09 (Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment – Work Lounge) & PC 18-10 (Special Use Permit – Work Lounge) HEARING DATE: November 1, 2018 TIME: 7:00 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the Agenda permits.

LOCATION OF HEARING: Room 201 (Council Chambers), Oak Park Village Hall, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois, 60302 APPLICANT(S): Ron and Kristen Halverson (“Applicants�)

REQUEST: The Applicants have requested the following amendments to the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance: (1) Article 2 (“Definitions and Rules of Measurement�), Section 2.3 (“Definitions�), to define “work lounge� as follows; A shared office establishment that includes a first floor use for the presentation of music, theatrical plays, stand-up comedy, magic shows, open-microphone nights, and spoken word poetry performances, as well as events and group activities, such as salon-style discussions with authors, scholars and community members, trivia nights, pool and dart leagues, murder-mystery events, sporting event viewing, birthday parties, holiday parties, anniversary parties, corporate off-site meetings and book club meetings and shall also include the sale of alcoholic liquors for consumption on the premises; (2) Article 8 (“Uses�), Section 8.3(A) (1) (“Use Restrictions�) to add a work lounge to the list of exceptions for the 50 feet retail requirements; and (3) Table 8-1 (“Use Matrix�) to include work lounge as a special use in the DT Downtown District zoning district. The Applicants have requested a special use permit based on the above Zoning Ordinance text amendments for a work lounge to be located at 193 North Marion Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, P.I.N. 16-07-118-050-1001.

Copies of the application and each of the applicable documents are on file and are available for inspection at the Village of Oak Park Village Hall, Development Customer Services Department, 123 Madison Street, Oak Park, Illinois 60302, during regular business hours, Monday through Friday, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

The Plan Commission may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof. Persons with disabilities planning to attend and needing accommodations should contact the ADA Coordinator at (708) 358-5430 or e-mail building@oakpark.us at least 48 hours before the scheduled hearing.

ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE INVITED TO BE HEARD David Mann, Chairperson OAK PARK PLAN COMMISSION Published in Wednesday Journal 10/17/2018

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PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter:

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, November 1, 2018, for the following: #18-10 Sewer Cleaning and Inspection. In general, the contract will require the following work: light cleaning sewer segments to be inspected, inspecting sewer segments by means of closed-circuit television (CCTV), and providing reports of CCTV inspections at locations shown, and all appurtenant work thereto. All CCTV inspections shall be performed in accordance with NASSCO’s pipeline assessment certification program (PACP) standards.

Cal. No. 28-18-Z: 303 N. Marion Street, Robert Picchiotti Property Index Number 16-07-107-022-0000 The Applicant Robert Picchiotti seeks a variance from Section 4.3 (Table 4-1: Residential Districts Dimensional Standards) of the Oak Park Zoning Ordinance which requires a minimum 15 foot rear setback to permit the construction of an attached, twocar garage featuring a three (3’) foot rear setback off of the west lot line at the premises commonly known as 303 N. Marion Street, Oak Park, Illinois.

Those property owners within 300 feet of the Subject Property and those persons with a special interest beyond that of the general public (“Interested Parties�) wishing to cross-examine witnesses must complete and file an appearance with original signatures with the Village Clerk no later than 5:00 PM on the business day preceding the public hearing.

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by contacting the Village’s Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449. The Zoning Board of Appeals may continue the hearing to another date without further notice by public announcement at the hearing setting forth the time and place thereof.

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/17/2018

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D18155520 on September 24, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of D.M. BURTON STYLE with the business located at: 7208 HARVARD ST UNIT 1, FOREST PARK, IL 60130. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/ partner(s) is: DARIEN T MARIONBURTON 7208 HARVARD ST UNIT 1 FOREST PARK, IL 60130.

Published in Forest Park Review 10/3, 10/10, 10/17/2018

PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given, pursuant to “An Act in relation to the use of an Assumed Business Name in the conduct or transaction of Business in the State,� as amended, that a certification was registered by the undersigned with the County Clerk of Cook County. Registration Number: D18155605 on October 4, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of HAM PUBLISHING with the business located at: 620 W SURF ST APT 204, CHICAGO, IL 60657. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: ANDREW DILLINGHAM 620 W SURF ST APT 204 CHICAGO, IL 60657.

Published in Wednesday Journal 10/17, 10/24, 10/31/2018

Proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Thursday, October 18, 2018 beginning at 4:00 p.m. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue proposal documents and specifications only to those contractors deemed qualified. Proposal forms will not be issued after 4:00 p.m. on October 31, 2018.

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 10/17/2018

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 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, November 1, 2018 and at that time will be publicly opened and read aloud for the following Village Project: 19-12, Madison Street Improvement Project. In general, the improvements consist of sewer replacement and rehabilitation, sidewalk corner improvements, sidewalk and curb patching, limited traffic signal modifications, drainage structure adjustments, coldmilling of bituminous concrete, installation of hot-mix asphalt binder and surface courses, and pavement markings; and all appurtenant work thereto.

Plans and proposal forms may be obtained from the office of the Village Engineer starting on Thursday, October 18, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. A non-refundable deposit of $50 is required for each set of plans and specifications. The Village of Oak Park reserves the right to issue plans and specifications only to those contractors deemed qualified. No bid documents will be issued after 4:00 p.m. on the working day preceding the date of bid opening.

All prospective bidders must prove they are pre-qualified by the Illinois Department of Transportation before receiving bid documents. 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 10/17/2018

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In print • Online • Available to you 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, every day of the year RBLandmark.com | PublicNoticeIllinois.com PUBLIC NOTICES PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Monday November 19, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of Village Hall, 517 Desplaines Avenue, Forest Park, Illinois, the Village of Forest Park Zoning Board of Appeals will conduct a Public Hearing regarding a request for a conditional use for a restaurant at 7441 Madison St. and such other variations as may be necessary in the DBD Zoned District for the following described property: The West 17 feet of the East 42 feet of the West 100 feet of the South 175 feet of block 35 in the Subdivision by the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad Company of part of the south East ¼ of section 12, Township 39 North, Range 12, East of the third Principal Meridian, in Cook County, Illinois.

The petitioner is Greg Stinton, the property owner is Luke McConnell Commonly known as 7441 Madison PIN: 15-12-431-040-0000 Signed: Kerry McBride, Interim Chairperson Zoning Board of Appeals Published in Forest Park Review 10/17/2018

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

MARK JOSEPH COMETA; LOURDES LANSANG; CIRCLE TERRACE CONDOMINIUMS; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 18 CH 974 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, November 8, 2018 at the hour of 11 a.m. in their office at 120 West Madison Street, Suite 718A, Chicago, Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following

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described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-12-418-011-1003 and 1512-418-011-1062.

Commonly known as 148 Circle Avenue, Unit 1W & P-27, Forest Park, IL 60130.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a condominium residence. The purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by subdivisions (g) (1) and (g)(4) of Section 9 of the Condominium Property Act Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection For information call the Sales Clerk at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 3609455 W18-0030.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I3099882

party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC, 111 East Main Street, DECATUR, IL 62523, (217) 422-1719 Please refer to file number 2120-14745.

If the sale is not confirmed for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the purchase price paid. The

Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney.

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

HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC 111 East Main Street DECATUR, IL 62523 (217) 422-1719 Fax #: (217) 422-1754 CookPleadings@hsbattys.com Attorney File No. 2120-14745 Attorney Code. 40387 Case Number: 11 CH 42952 TJSC#: 38-6635 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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The judgment amount was $329,711.25.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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

For information, contact Plaintiff’s attorney: JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 541-9710 Please refer to file number 180907.

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

JOHNSON, BLUMBERG & ASSOCIATES, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite #1125 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 541-9710 E-Mail: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Attorney File No. 18-0907 Attorney Code. 40342 Case Number: 18 CH 2552 TJSC#: 38-8028 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 261126.

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.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE FOR TRUMAN 2016 SC6 TITLE TRUST Plaintiff, -v.JOHN J. RICE, DIANE C. RICE Defendants 11 CH 42952 1038 BELOIT AVE FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 15, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 16, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1038 BELOIT AVE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-418-0140000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $499,902.60.

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

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION LENDINGHOME FUNDING CORP Plaintiff, -v.ECHELON REALTY INVESTMENTS CORP, SERENA OCENAS A/K/A SERENA VICTOR, ZOE PENDERGAST, META HOLDINGS, LLC Defendants 18 CH 2552 917 S LOMBARD AVE Oak Park, IL 60304 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 1, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 13, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 917 S LOMBARD AVE, Oak Park, IL 60304 Property Index No. 16-17-302-0350000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. ROF III LEGAL TITLE TRUST 2015-1, BY U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS LEGAL TITLE TRUSTEE Plaintiff, -v.AUDREY L DAVIS A/K/A AUDREY DAVIS, VINCENT J HOWARD, VILLAGE OF OAK PARK Defendants 18 CH 03081 34 LEMOYNE PARKWAY 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 August 29, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 30, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 34 LEMOYNE PARKWAY, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-05-105-0320000.

The real estate is improved with a single family home with a detached two car 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 in certified funds/or wire

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McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 261126 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 18 CH 03081 TJSC#: 38-7231 I3101810

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.

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, Plaintiff’s Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200, Chicago, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 346-9088. Please refer to file number 8255.

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

McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC One North Dearborn Street, Suite 1200 Chicago, IL 60602 (312) 346-9088 E-Mail: pleadings@mccalla.com Attorney File No. 8255 Attorney ARDC No. 61256 Attorney Code. 61256 Case Number: 15 CH 09899 TJSC#: 38-5959 I3097472

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON FKA THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE (CWALT 2004-2CB) Plaintiff, -v.CHARLES J. NOVAK, KATHLEEN A. NOVAK A/K/A KATHLEEN ANN NOVAK, BEERMANN SWERDLOVE LLP, CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A., FIRSTMERIT BANK, N.A. S/B/M TO MIDWEST BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, GERALDINE M. REDMOND, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants 15 CH 09899 1537 SOUTH ELGIN AVENUE FOREST PARK, IL 60130 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 22, 2016, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on November 27, 2018, at The Judicial Sales Corporation, One South Wacker Drive, CHICAGO, IL, 60606, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1537 SOUTH ELGIN AVENUE, FOREST PARK, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-24-215-0340000.

The real estate is improved with a tan, vinyl siding, single family, with a two car detached 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 in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

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

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

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

If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser

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

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

Restrictions or prohibitions of pets do not apply to service animals.

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

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