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Administrators to move into Harlem Avenue building early next year

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

The administrative offices of Riverside Elementary School District 96 will once again be leaving Central School next year. And this time, for good.

Five years after returning to Central School from a five-year sojourn at Mater Christi Catholic School in North Riverside, the administrative offices will be moving off campus again to a building on Harlem Avenue.

On Nov. 7, the District 96 Board of Education unanimously approved a purchase agreement to buy the Texor Petroleum building at 3340 Harlem Ave. in Riverside for $600,000.

The 7,500-square-foot office building, which was built in 1964, is being sold by a real estate trust controlled by Texor founder Thomas Gleitsman.

The building was listed for sale at $675,000.

District 96 made an offer of $585,000 and agreed See D96 OFFICE on page 10

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Going deep to flip the 6th

Riversider led months-long effort to help unseat Congressman Peter Roskam

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Would you have a 15-minute, in-depth conversation with a stranger who came to your door asking about politics? Especially if that person was from a different

political party?

In an age of shrill political partisanship and ranting on social media, a group of local residents sought to effect political change by seeking out common ground and share personal experiences by engaging in serious conservations with their po-

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They were part of an effort led by Riverside resident Bob Moriarty that sought to convince Republican voters in Hinsdale to help flip the 6th Congressional District See 6TH DISTRICT on page 15

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VIP names slate in North Riverside trustee race Czajka, Decosola and DeLeonardis seek spots on village board

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The VIP Party, which has controlled the North Riverside Village Board for a generation, has chosen its slate of trustee candidates for the 2019 consolidated election, with just one incumbent choosing to run for another term.

Incumbent Deborah Czajka, who was elected to her first full term in office in 2015 after being appointed to replace her ailing husband, Randall, in May 2013 is running for re-election.

She’ll be joined on the slate by one newcomer and one former village trustee.

Trustee Jason Bianco, who won election to the board as a VIP candidate in 2015 along with Czajka, is not running for re-election. He did not return a call seeking comment prior to the Landmark’s press time.

The other winner in 2015 was H. Bob Demopoulos, who ran a slate of candidates under the name Save Our Firefighters. He has not yet announced whether he is making another run for trustee.

Matthew Decosola, who served on the village board from 2013-17, again seeks to fill one of the three trustee seats up for election next year. The slate is rounded out with Martin DeLeonardis, who is making his first run for elective office on a municipal level.

Czajka, a lifelong resident of North Riverside previously served for 22 years as a member of the Komarek School District 94 school board, and was involved on a municipal level as a volunteer on the Plan Commission and as a member of a couple of ad hoc committees -one created to plan the village’s 75th anniversary celebration and one that worked to have a berm built west of North Riverside Park Mall, to block the view of the shopping center from Lathrop Avenue.

For the past 18 years, Czajka has worked as a paraeducator at Hauser Junior High School in Riverside.

“I love this place,” Czajka said. “I was born and raised here. It’s like my blood is here.”

Czajka said that in the coming four years the village will see continued pressure to balance providing essential services and infrastructure improvements with the growing cost of police and fire pension obligations and the changing face of big-box retailing, which has long provided essential sale tax revenue to the village.

“I think all municipalities are not immune to the financial challenges,” Czajka said. “In North Riverside, we’re heavily dependent on sales taxes, so we have to be more frugal.”

Prior to being elected to one term as a village trustee in 2013, Decosola was a Riverside Township trustee from 2007-13.

Decosola, 47, is a former chairman of the North Riverside Plan Commission. A graduate of St. Joseph High School in Westchester, he has been an employee of the River Forest Department of Public Works for the past 14 years.

He said he missed not being on the board for the past two years, though he declined to say why he didn’t run for re-election in 2017, calling it a “private matter.”

Like Czajka, he said keeping the village economically stable, with a balanced budget while providing good services to residents would be the main challenge during the next four years.

DeLeonardis, a 29-year resident of the village, has previously served as an elected official as a four-year member of the Komarek School District 94 Board of Education. He also served on the village’s E911 Board for five years, prior to the dissolution of the group to make way for West Central Consolidated Communication (WC3). He has also served on the board of North Riverside Little League.

A Riverside native and graduate of Riverside-Brookfield High School and Triton College, DeLeonardis works as director of customer service for Solacom Technologies, a Westchester-based firm that specializes in public safety and 911 communications technology.

Grand Blvd. development seeks zoning variances Village board approves rezoning parcel to make them uniform

By BOB UPHUES Editor

The Brookfield Village Board voted unanimously on Nov. 12 to amend its zoning map creating a single commercial zoning classification for four parcels of land being targeted for a mixed-use development.

Now, developer Michael Gatto of RMG Realty will appear before the Brookfield Planning and Zoning Commission on Thursday, Nov. 15 seeking three zoning variances for his proposed three-story building at 3704 Grand Blvd.

The public hearing, which officials say is being continued from Gatto’s last appearance before the commission last month, will be held in the council chamber of the Brookfield Village Hall, 8820 Brookfield Ave. at 7 p.m.

Village trustees voted on Nov. 12 to make all four parcels – one facing Grand Boule-

vard and three smaller lots facing Sunnyside Avenue – part of the SA-4a district, a transitional commercial district that seeks first-floor commercial uses and residential uses above.

Gatto wants to build a three-story building with a commercial storefront on Grand Boulevard and a covered parking area facing Sunnyside Avenue on the ground floor. The development would have 11 apartments, one at the rear of the ground floor and 10 above on two floors.

Because Gatto wants to build the development lot line to lot line, he needs a pair of zoning variances related to building setbacks. Gatto is also seeking a variance to be granted 40 percent semi-permeable lot coverage as a concession for also constructing a new storm sewer to meet storm water detention requirements.

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Gatto needs zero setbacks in order to meet the village’s onsite parking requirements for the district.

Village trustees agreed with a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission that it made sense to consolidate all of the parcels into one zoning classification, one that matched the zoning of the property immediately north, which also partially fronts Sunnyside Avenue.

“The geometrics of each individual parcel, either the Grand Boulevard parcels or the Sunnyside parcels, is that individually they don’t have the depth or the massing to create any new real development there,” Gatto said.

Last month, neighboring residents criticized the proposal, fearing it would hamper parking, create more traffic, reduce privacy and worsen storm water issues.

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Rollover crash victim dies of injuries A man seriously injured in a rollover crash in the 2300 block of 17th Avenue in North Riverside has died, according to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s Office.

John-Paul S. Burgos, 35, of North Riverside, was pronounced dead at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 8, according to the medical examiner.

The cause of death was listed as complications from multiple injuries resulting from a vehicle collision.

Burgos was a passenger in a Toyota Corolla that was struck by a black Mercedes while making a U-turn in the 2300 block of 17th Avenue. The driver of the Toyota was not seriously injured, police said. Burgos was found unresponsive inside the Toyota following the rollover crash.

The driver of the Mercedes fled the scene on foot immediately following the crash.

Police said last week that they’d questioned a person of interest, but no one is in custody at present and the investigation continues, said Deputy Police Chief Christian Ehrenberg.

“We’re pursuing some very good leads,” Ehrenberg said, “but I can’t discuss it due to the seriousness of this incident.”

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North Riverside police responded to TMobile, 2312 Harlem Ave., on Oct. 31 at 3:20 p.m. after an employee called to report that three men, one of whom implied he was armed, had just robbed the store.

According to the police report, three males in their teens or early 20s entered the store and one stood by the door as a lookout while the other two went up to a display and ripped iPhones from their security sensors.

When employees tried to intervene, one of the males reportedly yelled, “If you come by us, we’ll cut you,” causing the employees to back off.

The three then left the store and entered a tan vehicle, described as a Buick LeSabre or Buick Century with light body damage.

The items reported stolen included three iPhone X phones with a collective value of about $3,000.

Windshield smashed A resident of the 4500 block of Elm Avenue, Brookfield, called police on Nov. 10 about 10:20 p.m. to report that someone had just smashed out the windshield of his car, which was parked in his driveway.

Police talked to a witness who said he was outside taking out the trash when he heard wheels screeching and saw a black Mitsubishi Eclipse pull up behind the victim’s vehicle. A man exited the passenger side of the Mitsubishi with a crowbar and began

smashing the windshield of the victim’s windshield.

The offender apparently didn’t notice the witness, who was about 10 feet away, and ran back to the Mitsubishi, which drove away eastbound on Gerritsen Avenue, after the witness asked what he was doing.

A Brookfield man called police on Oct. 10 about 2:30 a.m. to report that his red 2003 Ford F25 pickup truck had been stolen from outside Phil’s Sports Bar and Grill, 8901 Burlington Ave. The victim told police that around 2:25 a.m. he went out to start his truck and then went back inside the bar, leaving the truck unlocked with the keys in the ignition. Two minutes later, he heard a loud noise outside and exited the bar to find his truck missing.

The truck reportedly knocked over a light pole, electrical box and a “no parking” sign, driving across a vacant lot to the west of the bar before heading northbound on Prairie Avenue where it was last seen.

Leaves used to set fire Brookfield police used a fire extinguisher to put out a bushel of burning leaves that apparently had been set aflame intentionally and set against a garage door in the 9000 block of Southview Avenue.

Police responded to the scene about 1 a.m. on Nov. 10 and reported that the flames from the burning leaves had melted the trim of the garage door and caused burn marks to the overhead door.

The victim reportedly gave police photos of threatening messages someone had sent him recently, believing they might be connected to the incident, which remains under investigation.

IRS scammer nets personal info A 35-year-old North Riverside man called police on Nov. 1 after receiving a phone call from someone claiming to be an IRS agent and demanding payment of taxes. Failure to do so, the caller said, would result in arrest.

After confirming his Social Security number with the unknown caller, the victim got suspicious and ended the call before dialing police.

These items were obtained from police reports filed by the Riverside, North Riverside and Brookfield police departments, Oct. 31-Nov. 11, 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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New ‘ice’ rink debuts at Brookfield Zoo

Skating surface actually synthetic, so it won’t melt

By HILLARY BIRD

Brookfield Zoo “Glice” Rink

Contributing Reporter

Cherrilyn Gonzalez has skated on real ice and felt at ease when she stepped onto the new synthetic ice surface at Brookfield Zoo. On a field trip to the zoo on Nov. 1 with her Burbank school, Gonzalez, 11, was among the first children in the area to try the new Glice rink.

Skating alongside Chicago Wolves’ mascot Skates, Gonzalez says, “When I saw the rink, I knew it would be fun.”

“It’s a little different on the floor,” Gonzalez says, “but it’s sort of the same.”

Glice is a synthetic material that doesn’t use electricity or power to maintain an icelike surface. It can remain outside in any temperature.

Unlike the ice the Wolves use to skate on every day, Glice doesn’t need to be refrigerated, which cuts down on the environmental impact. The Chicago Wolves are a sponsor of the rink, which will remain at the zoo un-

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“We wanted an ice rink at our zoo, but as a conservation organization, our impact on the environment was very important,” says Leah Rippe, the vice president for marketing and communication at the zoo. “It was also important to have the highest-quality surface, so we started researching.”

The Glice surface uses regular ice skates, which can be rented at the zoo for $5 or guests are invited to bring their own.

George Rivera, one of Gonzalez’s classmates, says his first time on skates was on

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SKATING AWAY: Students from Mariano Azuela Elementary School in Chicago skate on the new Chicago Wolves Ice Skating Rink on Thursday, Nov. 1, at Brookfield Zoo. the new synthetic surface.

“I thought I would fall a bunch of times, but it was really easy and fun,” Rivera says.

Mike Gordon, president of the Chicago Wolves, says that he’s skated on a synthetic surface and jumped at the chance to join the Brookfield Zoo as it brought Glice to the Chicago area.

“It’s more forgiving than regular ice,”

Gordon says. “It’s a lot more friendly to the beginning skater, because you don’t slide as much and you can keep your balance.”

Joining the Detroit Zoo and Columbus Zoo, Brookfield became just the third zoo in the country with a Glice surface.

“During the Holiday Magic festivities, we’ll have lights on the trees out here at night,” Rippe says.

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BIG WEEK

LTHS artist exhibit

Artwork by Lyons Township High School student artists representing virtually every medium will be on display at the Thomas Ford Library, 800 Chestnut St., Western Springs, throughout the month of November, during regular library hours.

The show is free and open to the public.

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Craft-O-Mania

If it’s a craft fair you’re looking for this weekend, you’re in luck, because there are two to choose from on Saturday, Nov. 17.

The St. Barbara Parish Council of Catholic Women will host their annual Fall Craft Show and Bake Sale from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the Parish Center, 4015 Prairie Ave. in Brookfield. Admission is free, lunch is available for purchase, children are welcome and of course, you can peruse items from dozens of craft vendors and home bakers.

Proceeds support parish-sponsored programs.

Meanwhile, the St. Louise de Marillac School Family Association will host a Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Parish Center, 31st Street and Raymond Avenue in LaGrange Park.

Admission is free. The event features more than 40 vendors, a head-to-toe raffle, a homemade holiday cookie exchange, pictures with the Grinch and Santa and more.

Relive the Golden Age of Radio

The Riverside Township Radio Players will bring the Golden Age of Radio back to life on Friday, Nov. 16 with recreations of two classic radio shows at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Riverside Township Hall, 27 Riverside Road in Riverside.

The troupe will perform the episode “The Big Sisters” from the classic series “Dragnet” and follow it with “Jane Gets a Loan for Brother” from “Easy Aces.”

For more info visit online at www.riversidetownshipradioplayers.com or follow on Twitter at @ radioplayers.

Dig in!

The 12th Annual 1,000 Tree Planting Project in Riverside will be Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018, at 10 a.m.

This year, everything will be located at the Riverside Scout Cabin, 417 Fairbank Road, Riverside.

Started by Riverside resident Tom Sisulak in 2007, it’s an effort to plant a variety of native tree seeds, including oaks, black walnut, shagbark hickory,

And more The LaGrange Area Department of Special Education (LADSE) invites students with disabilities to its annual Transition Resource Fair on Nov. 15 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Countryside, 6201 W. Joliet Road. More than 30 representatives from local government, nonprofit agencies, colleges, recreation agencies, community organizations, businesses will be on hand. Call Joanne Messina at 708-482-1182 or email jmessina@ladse.org for more info.

Compassion Factory Art Gallery and Studio, 9210 Broadway Ave. in Brookfield, presents “In Our ■

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Family” featuring work in a variety of media, which were submitted for review during an open call last month. The theme of the show revolves around family – what it looks like and what it means to the artists. The exhibit runs through Dec. 1. Admission is free. Open Thursdays from 4 to 9 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and first Fridays from 7 to 10 p.m.

Riverside-Brookfield High School, 160 Ridgewood Road in Riverside, hosts Water Exercise Techniques (WET), an adult level fitness class on Wednesday nights through Dec. 19 at 7:30 p.m. No swimming involved. $36 for six classes. Email Noelle at bajohrn@rbhs208.net for info.

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Remembering the Kennedy assassination

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North Riverside Public Library, 2400 Desplaines Ave., presents a program on “The Kennedy Assassination” hosted by historian Jim Gibbons as the nation approaches the 55th anniversary of that tragic event later JOHN F. KENNEDY this month.

The program will take place on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. It is free to attend. To sign up, call 708-447-0869 or visit www. northriversidelibary.org/events.

Ohio buckeye, hazelnut, bald cypress, and many additional varieties along the wooded banks of the Desplaines River.”

The event will begin with a short seminar by Sisulak and Riverside Forester Mike Collins.

Volunteers of all ages are invited to participate.

Afterward, enjoy a chili dinner, hot chocolate, coffee and desserts inside the Scout Cabin. Dress for the weather. Free parking available at the Indian Gardens parking lot and along Fairbank Road.

Riverside Arts Center, 32 E. Quincy St., hosts the exhibit “25 Years of RAC School” in the FlexSpace gallery through Nov. 30 and “We Are Beasts” featuring the work of Sarah and Joseph Belknap in the outdoor sculpture garden through December. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m.

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The Brookfield Chamber of Commerce will hold will hold its final 60-to-Win prize drawing on Nov. 15 at 4:30 p.m. at Joe’s Saloon, 9220 47th St. in Brookfield. Winner need not be present.

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Brookfield Public Library, 3609 Grand Blvd., invites you to check out its new Google Expeditions virtual reality system at a Virtual Reality Drop-in on Nov.

16 at 7 p.m. (no registration needed) and Game On! E-Sports, a special night of gaming that open to all ages (12-under with adult). Register at 708-4856917 or online at www.brookfieldlibrary.info.

Riverside Public Library, 1 Burling Road, presents Holiday Decorating with Sallie Boge on Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. in the Public Meeting Room, Knitting and Needle Work Drop-in on Mondays Nov. 19 to Dec. 17 at 7 p.m. in the Quiet Reading Room and Tech to Go, a roundup on all the equipment you can borrow from the library as a card holder on Nov. 20 at 7 p.m.

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Mater Christi Turkey Shoot

from 10 a.m. to noon in the Meeting Room.

Play cards and socialize every Friday.

For adult business owners and entrepreneurs there’s a free seminar, Learn AtoZ Database, to assist in market research, background checks and employee searches.

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

For kids, there’s Lapsit Storytime (toddlers thru 5) on Nov. 15 at 10:30 a.m.; Messy Mornings for Munchkins (ages 2-5) on Nov. 20 at 10:30 a.m.; Bilingual Storytime (ages 2-5) on Nov. 21 at 10:30 a.m.; Love2Read (grades K-1) on Nov. 17 at 2 p.m.; STEM-tastic Fun (grades K+) on Nov. 15 at 3:45 p.m.; and Legos (grades 1+) on Nov. 16 at 4 p.m.

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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Liquor license fees for mini ‘casinos’ jumping again

By BOB UPHUES

home rule municipality. As such, the village is limited by state law in how much they can charge establishments annually for video With video gambling – particularly stand- gambling machine licenses.

Non-home rule communities can only alone gambling parlors – continuing to expand in North Riverside, the village is charge establishments $25 per machine for looking to cash in by hiking liquor licenses a license fee. Non-home rule communities, associated with those establishments for the those over 25,000 people, have much wider second time since the special licenses were latitude when it comes to machine licensing, with some cities charging $500, $1,000 or instituted in 2016.

If you operate a video gambling parlor in more per machine annually.

“With us being non-home rule, we have North Riverside in 2019, the Class G licenses, which allows sales of beer, wine and hard li- to be more creative,” Hermanek said. “We quor, will set you back $15,000. Meanwhile, a make up the difference, instead of having licenses on machine, with the liquor licenses.”

Class G1 licenses, which allows the sales of Another reason the village charges such just beer and wine, will cost $13,000.

In the years since the first of the village’s high liquor license fees? Because the corpogambling parlors, Betty’s, opened its doors in rations that own the parlors are willing to the North Riverside Park Plaza on 25th Street pay it.

“There’s not one [video gambling parlor] in 2014, the standalone casinos have come to provide an important revenue stream for company that has criticized it,” Hermanek said.

North Riverside.

The liquor license revenue is on top of revPresently there are eight gambling parlors that dot the village, especially along Cermak enue the village receives as its share of the Road where there are four between First Ave- state’s video gambling tax. The state of Illinue and 19th Avenue. In 2019, those eight gam- nois skims 30 percent off the top of net video bling parlors will bring the village $108,000 in game terminal income and then delivers 5 percent of that to the municipality where the revenue for their liquor licenses alone.

When the village instituted the licenses in machines reside.

In 2013, the first year North Riverside al2016, the Class G cost $6,000 and the Class G1 cost $5,000. North Riverside officials moved lowed video gambling, the village took in a year later to double the fees, and now have about $22,000 in gaming taxes.

By the end of 2018, North Riverside’s antacked on an additional $3,000 each.

According to Mayor Hubert Hermanek Jr., nual take from video gambling taxes is exthe village chose to charge such high fees for pected to approach $250,000, and the village gambling parlor liquor licenses for a couple is projecting that number to keep increasof reasons. First, North Riverside is a non- ing to $290,000 by 2021.

When it comes to raking in revenue, the gambling parlors, whose licenses allow them to be open from 7 250 a.m. until 1 a.m., are at $248,000 (estimate) the top of North Riverside’s video gambling 200 $199,054 pyramid.

Through September, the latest month for $167,298 which there are figures 150 from the Illinois Gaming Board, the top five gambling revenue-pro$114,353 ducing establishments 100 in 2018 are gaming parlors. $73,902 The other three par50 lors have been open for less than six months. $21,974 Even at that, Lucky Day Gaming Café, 0 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 which opened in May at Desplaines Avenue and YEAR Editor

Total annual gambling tax revenue for the village

REVENUE IN THOUSANDS

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Cermak Road, already ranked eighth out of 15 establishments with gambling licenses in North Riverside through September.

The only non-gaming parlors in the village’s top eight in gambling revenues are Bar-Tini Lounge, a tavern on Desplaines Avenue, and the regally named King Cobra Lounge, which essentially operates as a gaming parlor inside the minimart of the Citgo gas station at 8545 Cermak Road.

Although Hermanek has received some complaints about the proliferation of video gambling in the village, he defended the practice as a way to fill vacant storefronts and raise revenue to fund village operations, offsetting the loss of sales tax revenues as big box stores close or move out of the village.

“If it keeps [property] taxes down and services high, I think the benefits outweighs not having them,’ said Hermanek.

As far as the continued proliferation of gambling parlors in North Riverside, Hermanek said he thought the village would have reached a saturation point by now. But that doesn’t appear to be the case.

“I get a call once every three weeks asking about restrictions on gambling,” said Hermanek. “The revenues keep going up and up and up. It hasn’t peaked yet.”

While total revenues keep rising because more gambling establishments keep opening, there are signs the revenue train is slowing for individual businesses.

The village’s two oldest gambling parlors have seen some revenue losses recently.

Net revenues at Betty’s fell for two consecutive years from their peak of $792,431 in 2015 to $629,710 in 2017. However, the gambling parlor is ahead of last year’s revenues year over year through September.

At Spins, net revenues through September are down about $52,000 year over year compared to 2017.

Revenue trends at local bars and restaurants are mixed. Through September, gambling revenues compared to the same period in 2017 are lower at Chef Shangri-La and The Sweet Spot and about flat at Sliccily Pizza Pub, which has a gambling parlor, Lacey’s, right next door.

Both The Sweet Spot and Bar-Tini Lounge saw their annual net gambling revenues dip in both 2016 and 2017.

Meanwhile, Tipsters Village Pub has seen its gambling revenues increase every year since 2015. Part of the reason may be due to the fact that Village Pub went from four machines to five in 2017. But Village Pub’s gambling revenues through September are running ahead of 2017 during the same time period.

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Garcia breezes to first term in U.S. Congress County commissioner defeats Riverside’s Lorch in 4th District

By BOB UPHUES Editor

Democrat Jesus “Chuy” Garcia, the Cook County Commissioner anointed last year by Luis Gutierrez to replace him as U.S. Congressman in the 4th District, was an easy winner over his Republican opponent, Riverside resident Mark Lorch, on Nov. 6.

JESUS “CHUY” GARCIA MARK LORCH Garcia unofficially won 86.5 perIn Brookfield, Lorch garnered 30.5 cent of the vote in the district while Lorch, who did not run an aggressive percent of the vote, while taking home campaign, managed to garner 13.5 per- 37.5 percent in North Riverside and 37 percent in his hometown of Riverside. cent of the vote in the 4th District.

Lorch outperformed his overall RivThe 4th Congressional District includes all but the western end of North erside showing in his home precinct, getting 42 percent of the vote in RiverRiverside, all but the southern tip of Riverside and virtually all of Brook- side Township Precinct 9.

Garcia will be a freshman congressfield north of Southview Avenue.

It also includes large areas of Chi- man when he is sworn in. He replaces cago’s northwest and southwest sides, longtime U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez, who announced his retirement from Conwhich have large Latino populations.

While Garcia trounced Lorch in the gress last year after serving as the district’s representative in the U.S. House city of Chicago – getting 90 percent of the vote there – Lorch fared better in since 1993.

There had been some speculation suburban Cook County, particularly that Gutierrez had his sights on runclose to home.

ning for mayor of Chicago, but he stated publicly in September that he would not throw his hat in the ring.

Gutierrez at that time suggested Garcia might run for mayor, but Garcia has since ruled out such a run.

Davis wins 11th term in 7th District In the 7th Congressional District, which includes two precincts in North Riverside west of 13th Avenue and roughly one block of Proviso Township Precinct 63 in far northwestern Brookfield, incumbent Democrat Danny Davis won his 11th term in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Davis, a former Chicago alderman and Cook County commissioner, outdistanced Republican Craig Cameron in a landslide. Unofficially, Davis won 87.7 percent of the vote to Cameron’s 12.3 percent.

The 28 voters who cast ballots in the 7th District’s precinct in Brookfield, gave Davis 53.6 percent of the vote. In North Riverside, Davis received 74 percent to Cameron’s 26 percent.

Sears announces it’s closing 40 more stores Less than a month after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and announcing the closure of nearly 150 stores throughout the country, Sears Holdings has announced it will close 40 more Sears and Kmart stores by February 2019.

Among the stores to be closed as part of the latest wave are two Kmart stores in Illinois, one at 3443 W. Addison St. in Chicago and one in Springfield. Liquidation sales at those stores and the rest of the latest wave of closures announced on Nov. 8 begin this week.

Liquidation sales are already under way at the 142 Sears and Kmart stores that were targeted for closure on Oct. 15. Those stores will close their doors at the end of 2018.

The Sears store and its auto center at the North Riverside Park Mall in North Riverside remain open for normal business as the company continues its restructuring.

In the not-too-distant past, in 2005 when Sears and Kmart merged to form Sears Holdings, the company operated some 3,500 Sears and Kmart stores. By the end of February, as the company has shed locations in the intervening years, Sears Holdings will be down to about 500 stores.

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Lipinski an easy winner in U.S. House 3rd District Neo-Nazi challenger gets 57,000 votes, wins 4 Will County precincts

By BOB UPHUES

areas in the city of Chicago and, especially in Will County.

Jones said he beDaniel Lipinski, the Western Springs Democrat who has represented the U.S. 3rd lieved he ran a traCongressional District since 2005, cruised ditional Republican to an easy victory for another term over his campaign and that Republican opponent, Lyons resident Ar- his message resonated with Republican thur Jones, on Nov. 6.

The margin of victory, unofficially, with voters.

“I got 56,000 votes all 500 precincts in Cook, DuPage and Will DANIEL LIPINSKI people counties reporting was 73.5 to 26.5 in favor because agreed with my poof Lipinski.

In Brookfield, Lipinski fared slightly bet- sitions,” Jones said. “I wasn’t campaigning ter than he did district-wide. Voters south as a National Socialist. I was campaigning of Southview Avenue in Brookfield went for as a Republican. Before I was a National Lipinski by a 76.3 to 23.6 percent margin. In Socialist, I was a conservative Republican the one Riverside precinct of the 3rd Dis- in college. And before that I was a conservative Republican activist in trict, the very southern tip of high school, so I just returned the village, Lipinski got 70.1 to my conservative Republican percent. roots.”

The townships in the 3rd Lipinski said straight-party District where Lipinski fared voting likely was responsible best were Cicero and Berwyn, for Jones’ performance, and where he got 85 percent and that many of those who voted 82.4 percent of the vote. for Jones likely didn’t know Lipinski winning wasn’t a about his past. surprise. The vast majority of ARTHUR JONES “There are people who are voters in the 3rd District live GOP nominee going to vote party line no in heavily Democratic wards matter what,” Lipinski said. “I on the south and southwest can’t say I was really surprised sides of the city and in reliably that my opponent got as many Democratic precincts in subvotes as he did, because more urban Cook County. and more people will blindly What may be surprising, vote for the party without conhowever, is just how many sidering who the actual nomipeople voted for his opponent, a neo-Nazi candidate whose campaign web- nee is.”

In Chicago, where Jones won just 16 persite calls the Holocaust a “racket,” promotes a conspiracy theory about a Latino takeover cent of the vote, the challenger did noticeof the southwest United States and renam- ably better in the city’s 19th Ward.

In the 21st Precinct of that ward, in the ing it “Aztlan” and shows photos of him speaking at the 2014 World Congress of the Mount Greenwood neighborhood, Jones got 38.8 percent of the vote, his best showing of neo-Nazi group Aryan Nations.

A little more than 57,000 people voted for any city precinct.

A little less than 29 percent of 3rd DisJones throughout the 3rd District, and he outperformed his overall results in certain trict voters in suburban Cook County cast Editor

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But in DuPage and Will counties, Jones fared far better.

In the two DuPage County precincts within the 3rd Congressional District, Jones garnered 34.7 percent of the total.

Meanwhile, in Will ARTHUR JONES County’s 43 precincts in the 3rd District, Jones won 38.1 percent of the vote.

In addition, Jones won four Will County precincts outright. His best showing was in Homer Township Precinct 17, where Jones got 51.3 percent of the vote.

“There are some very strong Republican areas out there [referring to Will County], some tea party areas out that way,” Lipinski said. “They’re going to vote for a Republican no matter what.”

Jones said that he was “encouraged” by the results, adding that the result has him contemplating future runs for office.

“If I hadn’t gotten a decent vote I was just going to basically say, ‘Call it a career,’ but I’m very encouraged by what I received,” Jones said.

That said, word of Jones’ neo-Nazi past, which received press coverage nationwide, appears to have gotten around and affected the decisions of GOP voters.

Compared to 2014, the last time Lipinski faced a Republican challenger, Jones did not perform as well as that year’s challenger Sharon Brannigan, a Palos Township trustee who has faced criticism of her own after posting, and later apologizing for, antiMuslim comments on her Facebook page a couple of years ago.

In 2014, Brannigan got 35.4 percent of the vote overall in the 3rd District and almost 50 percent of the vote in Will County.

The 2018 totals so far do not reflect votes cast for a pair of write-in candidates, who

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One of the two write-ins, 35-year-old LaGrange resident Justin Hanson, spent the last week of the campaign placing signs stating, “Yes, Art Jones is a Nazi” next to Jones’ campaign signs throughout the district as a way to get word out about the GOP nominee’s past.

The other write-in candidate in the 3rd District race is Oak Lawn dentist Dr. Kevin Yerkes.

Lipinski for the first time since 2010 will be re-joining a U.S. House of Representatives that has a Democratic majority after his party flipped more than 30 seats nationwide on Nov. 6. Late last week, some close races were still undecided.

In a statement issued Nov. 7, Lipinski said the House will do its job in checking the power of President Donald Trump by providing oversight that’s been lacking the past two years.

“The Democratic takeover of the majority in the U.S. House provides the opportunity for Congress to reassert its constitutional role of conducting oversight of the executive branch and the president,” Lipinski said. “This is part of Congress’ role in providing checks and balances in the federal government, but something that both parties often fail to do when there is one party in control.”

Lipinski said that as a senior member of the House Transportation Committee, he hopes one of the first pieces of legislation tackled by the House will be “a robust infrastructure bill that makes investments in our roads, public transit, airports, and other transportation systems, as well as in other aging infrastructure.”

“This infrastructure investment is crucial for the district, our region, and the country,” Lipinski said, “and I believe it is an issue that we can find agreement on across parties and between Congress and the president.”

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Riverside women aid in far west Congressional upset Local residents canvassed for Democrat Lauren Underwood

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Lindsay Morrison first met Lauren Underwood more than a year ago at a small fundraiser at the Old Towne Pub in Geneva.

The Riverside resident was invited by friend, Mary O’Connor, who lived in St. Charles to meet an unknown 30-year-old black woman who was running for Congress in the far west suburban, traditionally Republican and overwhelmingly white 14th Congressional District.

Morrison came away impressed with Underwood.

“I thought when I met her, ‘Oh my God, she’s a great, smart person,’” Morrison recalled two days after Underwood won a Congressional seat by defeating four-term incumbent Randy Hultgren. “I’m so excited she’s a nurse and she was authentic; she’s stepping up as a regular person.”

Morrison became an unofficial emissary for the Underwood campaign in Riverside and ultimately a number of local women became energetic volunteers for Underwood, ringing doorbells, canvassing voters and contributing to her surprising victory.

Interested in politics, policy, and government since she first volunteered as a teen-

ager in her home town of Chagrin Falls, Ohio, Morrison, since the election of Donald Trump as president two years ago, stepped up her activism.

She became an early member of what is now known as Indivisible West Suburban Action League and this spring volunteered on the unsuccessful 4th Congressional District primary campaign of Sol Flores.

In addition to going door to door for Underwood this fall, she also canvassed her Riverside neighborhood for Democratic County Board candidate Abdelnasser Rashid, who lost a close race to incumbent Sean Morrison (no relation).

Morrison went canvassing about four times in the 14th District ringing doorbells in Naperville, Oswego, Plano, and Shorewood but her biggest contribution might have been recruiting other local women to volunteer for Underwood and go out canvassing.

“I didn’t go every weekend, but a big piece of it was me talking to people here and getting them excited and comfortable about going canvassing,” Morrison said. “I know like-minded people who I thought would be excited about her because of what she stands for.”

One of them was Amy Jacksic. Like Morri-

son, Jacksic also was struck by Underwood’s seeming ordinariness, and that she was not a career politician.

“I thought this is a really different kind of candidate,” Jacksic said.

Jacksic also has long been politically aware, having volunteered for Bill Clinton when she was a college student at Colgate University.

In addition to going door to door for Underwood, local women wrote postcards to voters about Underwood and sent text messages to voters.

And they went door to door, repeatedly.

The face-to-face conversation with a voter on the doorstep is considered by many the most effective manner of persuading voters.

Jacksic went out canvassing with Morrison a few times.

“She’s an awesome canvasser, she can flip anybody,” Jacksic said of Morrison.

The canvassing was very targeted, using voter lists generated by the Underwood campaign and a smart phone app, not just random door knocking.

“We always knew whose door we were knocking on,” Jacksic said. “It was very calculated.”

The fact that Underwood was a woman also inspired local women to work for her. And

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Nearly a year ago, Deerfield-based Rmarts bought 10 convenience store/gas stations from Texor, which itself was purchased by World Fuels Corp. in 2008.

Former Riverside Brookfield High School District 208 school board member Bill McCloskey, who had worked for Texor for 26 years, has joined Rmarts as its chief operating officer.

District 96 has 30 days to perform inspections and due diligence before closing on the deal. If the deal goes ahead, the administrative staff will probably move into their new quarters sometime early next year, most likely in the spring, Superintendent Martha Ryan-Toye said.

“Basically, it’s move-in ready,” said Jeff Miller, the president of the District 96 school board.

Thirteen central office staff, including the superintendent, will be moving to the Texor building.

“The main thing that purchasing this property does is it allows us get more space at Central for the students there,” Miller said. “We’re very tight in terms of space at Central, and it does so in a very cost-effective way.”

District 96 is using cash reserves to buy the building.

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Texor Petroleum building at 3340 Harlem Ave. The purchase of the Texor building comes nearly two years after District 96 made another real estate acquisition, paying $339,100 to buy a home at 92 Repton Road, next door to Ames School.

That house was demolished last summer and the district is still considering plans for the land, which will likely include an addition to Ames School. An outdoor learning space and an expanded playground are also possibilities there.

Miller said that moving the district office to Repton would not have solved the issues at Ames School.

“The land we bought on Repton is going to be primarily to expand Ames for the benefit of

our students,” Miller said. “It wouldn’t really make sense to build a building over there to house the administration.”

The vacated administrative space at Central could be used to create a multipurpose, could be used as a lunchroom, something Central lacks.

Central students eat in the Hauser Junior High cafeteria, which makes for inconvenient lunch times for some students at Central and Hauser.

Miller said if Central students don’t have to use the Hauser cafeteria, that would make it easier to start the Hauser school day later in the morning, an idea that Miller has been interested in for some time.

that she was young, a woman of color, and a first-time candidate only added to her appeal.

“It’s pretty important,” Morrison said of Underwood being a woman. “We certainly haven’t had the kind of representation we need in Congress. We haven’t had people of color and we haven’t had young people, and that was really important to me.”

Jacksic had a further bond with Underwood because they both suffer from preexisting conditions that could make obtaining health insurance difficult or impossible without the Affordable Care Act. “In the past few years it was clear that the Republicans were not serious at all about health care policy,” Jacksic said. “She represented what I feel a participatory democracy should be. The average person taking it upon herself to try to do what she thinks is right.”

Morrison and Jacksic said that their work with Underwood was probably the most involved they have been on a campaign. Seeing Underwood win on Nov. 6 made it all worthwhile.

“Did I myself create a lot of turnout and get a lot of votes? No, but … did I encourage other people here and around me to get involved and each of us maybe brought a couple dozen votes? That all adds up for a candidate and a district,” Morrison said.

“There’s a lot research suggesting that those [adolescent] students should start school later,” Miller said.

The Texor building sits on a one-acre lot and has more than twice the office space at Central. Ryan-Toye said that extra space could be used for professional development meetings. The property also comes with 30 parking spaces.

Miller said the district is paying less than $85 per square foot to buy the building, and he estimated that it would cost about three times that to build a new building.

The current owner pays about $62,000 in property taxes, but the building will come off the tax rolls when District 96 assumes ownership, because governmental bodies are exempt from property taxes. The lost taxes will be spread among other property taxpayers in the village.

Some wondered why the school board did not discuss the purchase in open session prior to last week’s vote. But under Illinois law, real estate matters can be discussed in closed session.

“It’s really because boards of education need the opportunity to negotiate a fair price and fair offer,” Ryan-Toye said. “To negotiate in the open there is a sense that it would, you know, not allow a board of education to get the best possible deal on a piece of property.”

Board members have made no secret in recent years that they have been considering moving the district office off the HauserCentral campus.

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Get out the vote

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No doubt presidential elections are huge. That’s why those are the years where you’ll also see the largest voter turnouts.

The Cook County Clerk has helpfully compiled historical data on voter turnout going back almost 30 years, and the trends are pretty clear. People get all hopped up about presidential elections. In all but one presidential election year since 1990, more than 70 percent of registered voters in Cook County turned out to vote.

In 2016, it was 72.1 percent. The high water mark in the past three decades came in 1992, when Cook County turnout was 75.9 percent.

It’s still baffling why nearly 30 percent of registered voters sit out presidential elections, but at least the turnout makes clear that such races are important to a vast majority of people.

But where the real consequences of elections befall the citizenry – the everyday consequences of local governance and issues related to larger issues of gun safety, health insurance and voting rights – result from elections on non-presidential years, the so-called mid-term elections where we choose representatives in Congress and in state assemblies and consolidated elections, where we pick our local leaders.

Voter turnout in those elections, at least in Cook County, is shameful.

The most recent election on Nov. 6 provides an example.

First, the good news. In 2018, Cook County had its highest voter turnout in a mid-term election since 1990. The bad news is that the turnout was just 55 percent. In 2014, turnout was 49.8 percent – the third lowest mid-term turnout since 1990.

The race for the U.S. 3rd Congressional District featured one candidate who is an avowed white supremacist and Holocaust skeptic with ties to neo-Nazi organizations. The turnout in that race in suburban Cook County was 52.35 percent – underperforming the election generally.

But mid-terms look like voter turnout tsunamis compared to local and primary elections. Since 1990, voter turnout for primary elections has topped 40 percent just three times and has been as low as 16 percent, in 2014.

Meanwhile, voter turnout at the most local level – the consolidated elections where we choose mayors and village presidents, village trustees, school and library boards – generate almost no interest at all.

In the 10 consolidated elections since 1999 – the consolidated election system was created by state statute in 1982 in part to increase voter turnout – voter turnout has topped out at 29 percent in 2001.

The last two consolidated elections in 2015 and 2017 were flat-out dismal in terms of turnout. The 14.2 percent of Cook County voters who turned out in 2015 set the bar for the lowest turnout since 1999, and 2017 turnout of 17.7 percent was the fourth lowest.

Mind you, these are the elections where people decide the most local of issues – the largest part of any property tax bill funds local school operations – and really affect local pocketbooks.

You’d think more people would be less comfortable with so few people making such big decisions about their lives.

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Thanks to veterans and voters

his was a week that made me proud to be an American. Nothing like getting up at 3:30 a.m. to get to the polls by 5 a.m. at Blythe Park School and Precinct 8.

Luckily I am a morning person, so it’s a good thing and good for the voters, although when the alarm goes off I wonder why I’m still doing this election judge gig. But, it is an honor in many ways.

By the time the voters arrive -- and there was a line -- we were ready to go, having set up the night before. However, a glitch happened immediately when the card activator decided not to work. Plan B went into effect and voters had to use paper ballots, after giving them the spiel on how to do it and assuring them there were no hanging chads to concern themselves about.

We have many loyal voters in Precinct 8, who wait until Election Day to vote because they like the experience at the polls. Hey, where else can you exercise your right to vote, get a sticker, candy and see your neighbors and friends.

The “I voted” stickers, are a hot commodity and people do want them almost as much as I wanted to get holy cards from Sr. Augustine in first grade. Many took advantage of early voting, but we still had a crowd.

We also had many people taking advantage of being

able to register to vote. But, next time, come a little earlier and not right before the polls close, please.

We have a good group of judges at Precinct 8 and there’s nothing like having a teenager as a judge when it comes to computers. We had a student from RiversideBrookfield High School, so thanks to social studies teacher John Fields.

I think we could show Florida how to do it.

Veterans Day musings: My husband, Joe, is an Air Force veteran who attended RBHS’ annual Veterans Day program on Friday.

After a moving assembly with all students present, he went to a classroom to speak of his experience in the service.

As a Russian linguist in Japan and having tracked the first Russian woman in space, his story is interesting. On Monday, the official holiday (since Nov. 11 fell on Sunday this year), we over to Brook Park School where granddaughter McKenna is a student for a short program.

Most schools do show veterans appreciation with programs that also let students know the impact veterans have made on their lives. I will admit I did get a bit teary eyed at both programs.

This week I was proud to be an American, but then I always am. Thank you, vets and voters.

JOANNE KOSEY

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Local voters go for Pritzker in guv race Challenger won every precinct in Brookfield, Riverside and North Riverside

By BOB SKOLNIK Contributing Reporter

Democrat J.B. Pritzker carried every precinct in Brookfield, North Riverside and Riverside on his way to a big win on Nov. 6 over Republican incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner, who was seeking a second term.

Pritzker won 61 percent of the vote in Brookfield, 60 percent of the vote in North Riverside and nearly 57 percent of the vote in Riverside.

Statewide, Pritzker received 54.2 percent of the vote to 39.2 percent for Rauner. Conservative Party candidate Sam McCann picked up 4.3 percent of the vote statewide, while Libertarian Party candidate Kash Jackson received 2.4 percent of the vote.

Pritzker benefited from a Democratic

6TH DISTRICT Happy to chat from page 1 from red to blue.

Their efforts paid off on Nov. 6 when Democrat Sean Casten defeated Republican incumbent Congressman Peter Roskam in the traditionally Republican west suburban district centered in DuPage County.

Moriarty, 58, grew up in North Riverside and moved to Riverside in 2011. He worked for 13 years as a community organizer and previously volunteered in the presidential campaigns of Al Gore and John Kerry. He works full time as a financial advisor.

He decided to use an organizing technique called “deep canvassing,” which was developed by a fellow community organizer, David Fleischer, who now directs the Leadership Lab at Los Angles LGBT Center.

Moriarty worked in concert with Coalition for a Better Illinois 6th, a group dedicated to flipping the Roskam seat.

The key to deep canvassing is having in-depth conversations with people, focusing on shared experiences and values. The canvasser seeks to understand the of the perspective of the person they are talking to, find out what is important to them, seek common ground, and eventually persuade them by means of shared experiences and values.

Last December, nearly four months before Casten even won the Democratic primary, Moriarty and other area residents began ringing the doorbells of past Republican voters in Hinsdale.

“If someone had voted in a Republican primary, we rang their door bell,” said Moriarty, who recruited his next-door neigh-

for a change in Illinois,” Breter said after voting at the Riverside Town Hall. “We’ve had Rauner for quite some time and I don’t think he has lived up to the expectations of what the voters expected of him or what he said he would do.”

Those voting for Rauner said that they said that he needed more time to carry out his agenda and wanted to give him another chance.

“In four years you cannot really accomplish what you want to,” said Hilga Silksi of Brookfield after voting for Rauner at Gross School. “Bruce has learned that the government runs differently than private business. I’d rather give him a chance. J.B. made way too many promises.”

Riverside resident Terry Heuel said that he, too, wanted to give Rauner more time.

“I was intrigued that someone would ap-

pear and change the direction of our politics in this state, and I’m disappointed that the change hasn’t gotten any further, but I think it’s a mistake to give up on the effort,” Heuel said after voting for Rauner at the Riverside Town Hall.

When Rauner ousted Democrat Pat Quinn four years ago, he ran much stronger in this area, winning 52 percent of the vote in Riverside Township which includes most of Riverside, almost all of North Riverside, and the Hollywood neighborhood of Brookfield.

Joe Tostel, of Riverside, said didn’t vote for anybody for governor.

“I didn’t vote for governor because I’m not happy with either of the candidates for the Democratic or Republican Party,” Tostel said. “And I’m not a libertarian and I’m not a conservative, so I just left it blank.”

bor, Tom Jacobs, and other area residents telling the Republicans who they thought to help. Riversiders Rob Dixon, Mary Ellen of when voting.

Moriarty said that he was involved bePark and Sue Pipal, along with John Twomey of Brookfield, were among the 10 or 12 cause his 19-year old son is in ROTC at Vanderbilt University. local residents involved in the effort.

“So, when I vote I think about him,” Mo“We were just asking voters who they had concerns about in the current political cli- riarty said. “When the president is sending mate and whether they saw value in hav- erratic treats threatening other nations that can affect the well-being of ing some checks and balances somebody I love very deeply.” on President Trump,” Moriarty said. “We wanted to understand And he would mention his whether they still supported parents.

Trump and who in their lives “My mother died of lung canthey thought about when they cer, and if it weren’t for Social voted.”

Security and Medicare, she For seven or eight months, would have been a very dire the group, which eventually straits, so I was doing it for her swelled to about 45 or 50 volunand I was doing it for my son, teers, focused entirely on Rewho is on his way to the U.S. publicans.

Army infantry,” Moriarty said.

The canvassers found that Jacobs, an architect who immany Hinsdale Republicans migrated to the United States were happy to chat. from Switzerland when he was “Generally, people were 28 and now holds dual citizengreat,” Moriarty said. “They ship, said he was talking to were very happy to have a revoters because of his concerns TOM JACOBS spectful, civil discussion with about immigration and global Canvasser somebody who had a different warming, among other issues. experience than they did.”

One Saturday in October, JaThe canvassers discovered cobs canvassed with his 18-year that many Republicans in Hindaughter, Joey, a freshman at sdale had concerns about Presithe University of Illinois. With dent Donald Trump.

Joey standing next to him, he “Probably 30 to 40 percent of the Repub- told voters he was doing this for her. licans we spoke to had serious reserva“I would say things like, ‘I’m here, betions about the president and the lack of cause I’m extremely worried that my decency with which he treats people,” Mo- daughter here is not going to have, like, a riarty said. “And many of them would say, planet to live on,’” Jacobs said.

‘I would never want my children to behave The key to deep canvassing is finding the way he does,’ for example. Almost every common ground and connecting via a Republican would say, ‘I wish he would stop shared experience or feeling. tweeting.’”

“You’re not really trying to convince Some conversations could last as long as them of anything, initially, you really just 15 or 20 minutes. The canvassers sought to try to understand where they’re coming personalize the choices in the election by from and listen to what really drives them,”

Jacobs said.

In all, Moriarty said the group had about 1,500 discussions with voters in the Hinsdale area. In the fall, the canvassing became more traditional, focusing on turning out the vote of those who indicated that they were likely to vote for Casten or still on the fence.

It seems to have paid off.

In 2016 when Roskam cruised to an easy re-election with around 70 percent of the vote in many Hinsdale precincts. This time, although Roskam still carried Hinsdale, his vote margin was significantly reduced, with Casten getting more than 40 percent in all Hinsdale precincts and even winning a couple of them.

How much of Casten’s performance in Hinsdale can be attributed to the deep canvassing effort? It’s hard to tell.

Casten, who raised $5.4 million for his campaign as the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee targeted the district, also benefited from seemingly non-stop television advertising and direct mail that Roskam’s 2016 opponent Amanda Howland could not even dream of.

The deep canvassing effort operated mostly independently of the Casten campaign.

“We coordinated with them in final several weeks when it became more a matter of making sure people voted,” Moriarty said. “We talked to them, but we weren’t tightly coordinated. We weren’t part of their apparatus.”

Moriarty believes that the principles of deep canvassing can be applied to many facets of life.

“To have the possibility of influencing anybody in any setting being respectful and listening to them is awfully important,” Moriarty said. “It’s a cornerstone, whether it’s in business, education, any form of public life.”

surge in the suburbs and by voters frustrated by a long budget standoff that marred Rauner’s first term.

The governor’s race shattered all spending records in an Illinois campaign. Pritzker, an heir to the Hyatt Hotel fortune, spent $171 million of his own money in his entirely self-funded campaign.

Rauner spent $70 million of his own money and also received $20 million from Ken Griffin, the founder and operator of the Citadel hedge fund.

“A Democratic billionaire is better than a Republican billionaire,” said Madelyn Hyland summing up why she voted for Pritzker at S.E. Gross Middle School in Brookfield.

Lauren Breter of Riverside also voted for Pritzker.

“I voted for him because I think it is time

“You really just try to understand where they’re coming from and listen to what really drives them.”

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Judith A. Christian, 79 Retired Federal Reserve Bank clerk

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Judith Ann Christian (nee Jarolim), 79, of Brookfield, died Nov. 7, 2018 at LaGrange Memorial Hospital.

Born March 31, 1939 in Chicago, Ms. Christian was retired from working as a clerk at the Federal Reserve Bank.

She was the wife of William R. Christian; the mother of Michael; the grandmother of Candice; the greatgrandmother of Christian and Gryson; and the sister of the late June Ellen Hartman.

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

Johnson-Nosek Funeral Home, Brookfield, handled arrangements.

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GOP’s Morrison hangs on in Cook County’s 17th District Challenger Rashid won strong support in Riverside and Brookfield

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at Hackney’s Restaurant in Palos Park, Morrison was relieved, feisty and happy.

“I repealed her soda tax and tonight she Republican Cook County Commissioner wanted to repeal me,” Morrison said of Preckwinkle. “Tonight she lost.”

Sean Morrison survived a blue wave of Rashid, a 29-year-old resident of Justice Democratic victories in Illinois to retain his county board seat in a tight and hard- and graduate of Harvard University and the son of Palestinian immigrants and was fought contest. trying to become the Unofficial vote tofirst Arab Muslim tals in the days after on the Cook County the Nov. 6 election Board. showed that MorMorrison said that rison defeated his it was a difficult race Democratic chalbecause the Demolenger, Abdelnasser crats, led by J.B. Rashid, by a margin Pritzker, who swept of just 1,882 votes to an easy victory in in the Cook County the governor’s race, Board’s 17th Dispoured historic and trict.

SEAN MORRISON ABDELNASSER RASHID previously unseen Morrison received amounts of money 50.8 percent of the vote district-wide to 49.2 percent for into Democratic coffers.

Morrison said he thought he won because Rashid.

The 17th District hugs the western edge he knows his district and said that he had of Cook County from Tinley Park on the the support of 30 of its 32 mayors.

“I know my district, my district knows south to Des Plaines on the north and includes almost all of Riverside and Brook- me,” Morrison said. “I’m very active commissioner here. I’m in the communities a field north of Southview Avenue. lot, I work with a lot of the mayors.”

Morrison, of Palos Park, will be one of Morrison, 51, the owner of only two Republicans on the a south suburban security 17-member county board as firm, said that he believed two other suburban Republimany Democrats voted for cans were defeated on Nov. 6. him.

The Cook County Demo“I think the reason they cratic Party, led by County voted for me is, I think, my Board President Toni Preckrecord in a little over three winkle, had targeted Morriyears I accomplished a lot of son and the two Republican good positive things for the incumbents who lost Tuesresidents and citizens of the day and spent $261,000 to sup17th District,” Morrison said. port Rashid.

Many of the voters who In Riverside and BrookSEAN MORRISON spoke to the Landmark at lofield, where local Democrats Cook County Commissioner cal polling places on Nov. 6 campaigned vigorously for said that they knew little Rashid, the challenger fared about the two candidates and very well against Morrison. voted mostly based on party In Brookfield, Rashid won affiliation.

64.8 percent of the vote, while Morrison will be one of in Riverside he received 59.7 only two Republicans remaining on the percent.

Morrison was appointed to the county county board.

“It’s going to me a lonely place, but I will board in 2015 after Republican incumbent continue to fight extremely hard, Morrison Elizabeth Gorman resigned. said. “I will be whatever firewall and whatMorrison was a leading opponent of the short-lived sweetened beverage tax ever commonsense approach that I can that Preckwinkle pushed through but was take to appeal to the administration that quickly repealed in the face of an outcry the residents of Cook County don’t want against it, partially funded by major soft more taxes. They want us to actually balance our budgets and they want us to cut to drink companies.

On election night after claiming victory cut size of government.”

Contributing Reporter

“I accomplished a lot of good positive things for the residents and citizens of the 17th District.”

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nown for having one of the most potent offenses in the state, the Nazareth Academy football team’s defense came through when it mattered most against Simeon in the IHSA Class 7A quarterfinals at Gately Stadium on Nov. 10.

The Roadrunners stuffed Simeon on two runs inside the 3-yard line in the closing seconds of the game to secure a 34-27 win.

With no timeouts remaining, Simeon couldn’t get off one more play as time expired. The pair of previous stops were both impressive and timely considering the Wolverines’ Alante Brown led his team down the field 80 yards with less than two minutes remaining.

Brown, a Michigan State recruit, is a dynamic dualTIM RACKI threat quarterback Nazareth coach who accounted for three touchdowns Saturday.

“Our defense has pulled through all season,” Nazareth coach Tim Racki said. “Stopping that run on the goal line really demonstrated the grit they have. It helped that our offense milked quite a bit off of the clock before we scored.”

Of course, Nazareth (11-1) has plenty of star power as well. Two-way players Michael Love and Diamond Evans turned in terrific performances against the Wolverines.

After Simeon established a 14-0 lead midway through the first quarter, Nazareth responded with 21 unanswered points in the second quarter.

Love had a 75-yard punt return and 25-yard reception (both for TDs) during the Roadrunners’ rally. Evans picked off a pass by Brown, setting up the Roadrunners’ first touchdown (Derrick Strongs, 3-yard TD run).

With Nazareth up 21-14, the teams locked into a seesaw battle for the remainder of the game. After the Wolverines tied the score 2121 on a 13-yard touchdown pass from Brown, Nazareth quarterback J.J. McCarthy con-

“Our defense has pulled through all season.”

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

Nazareth senior Michael Love has made a huge difference in the 7A playoffs with his play on offense, defense and special teams. (Left) Diamond Evans is another versatile star for the Roadrunners.

nected with Evans on a 31-yard TD pass to regain the lead at 28-21. Brown struck again on a successful 9-yard throw into the end zone; however, Simeon missed the extra point attempt.

Leading 28-27, Love caught a 17-yard pass

from McCarthy for the game’s final score, extending the Roadrunners’ lead to 34-27.

Love finished with 5 catches for 65 yards and three touchdowns, while Evans caught four passes for 68 yards. Wide receivers Tyler Morris (5 catches, 54 yards) and Brevin Reifsteck (5 catches, 37 yards) also contributed.

McCarthy completed 19 of 24 passes for 224 yards and three touchdowns.

While most of the Roadrunners’ offensive production was via the passing game, running backs Alex Carrillo (9 carries, 47 yards) and Dylan Smith (8 carries, 27 yards) gained some hard yards between the tackles.

“We always want to be balanced, but the offensive line really came on strong at the end with our run game to drain the clock down,” Racki said. “Our plan was to stay

balanced to keep them honest, but being down 14 early we relied more on our pass game.”

Nazareth will host Batavia in the 7A semifinals on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. at Valenta Stadium at Nazareth Academy, 1209 W. Ogden Ave. in LaGrange Park. Mount Carmel (11-1) takes on host St. Charles North (93) in the other semifinal.

Batavia (12-0), the 7A defending champion, edged Willowbrook 34-27 in overtime in the quarterfinals.

“Two strong programs with a lot of experience on this type of stage,” Racki said about the Nazareth-Batavia matchup. “Defensively, their front seven is one of the tops in the state. Offensively, they are very balanced with a strong line and run game.

Their quarterback [Jack Meyers] is a dual threat who makes excellent decisions.”

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RBHS swimming takes third at sectional meet Wenig wins 100 breaststroke as Bulldogs break three team records

By MARTY FARMER Sports Editor

RBHS swimmer Madeline Wenig earned a return trip to the IHSA swimming and diving state finals by winning the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1 minute, 05.08 seconds at the Fenwick Sectional on Nov. 10.

The sophomore, who is seeded 10th entering Friday’s state meet preliminaries, set a team record in the 100 breast. It’ll be her second appearance at the state meet in that event.

“Making it [to state finals] last year will help her as far as how different of a meet it is if you haven’t been there before,” RBHS coach Michael Laurich said. “She has a good placement I feel in the heat she should swim in. We just need to make sure we address a couple things and then she should be good to go for this weekend.”

Wenig also placed third in the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:12.05.

Although Wenig is the team’s lone state qualifier, the Bulldogs set two other team records Saturday’s sectional.

RBHS placed third in the 200-yard medley relay (1:48.88) to set a team record. They just missed the state cut of 1:48.58.

Freshman Mary Izzo claimed the third team record with a fourth-place showing in the 100-yard backstroke (59.67).

“She had a great swim, a second off the state cut and with

Triton honors Hull Triton College renamed its annual women’s basketball classic, the “Dan Hull Memorial Classic” on Nov. 9 before the Trojans’ game against Lake Land College.

Several members of the Hull family, including his wife Mary Margaret, and former players who played for Hull at Triton attended the ceremony. Hull’s granddaughters, Ginny and Maggie Redmond, sang the National Anthem.

Hull coached the women’s basketball team at Triton on three occasions, compiling 124 victories. Hull’s best campaign with the Trojans occurred in 1993-94. The Trojans won conference, region and district titles and finished second in the nation in NJCAA Division III basketball with a 25-8 record that season.

“He was the best women’s sports coach we’ve ever had,” said Tim McKinney, Triton College’s sports information director.

Hull also served as the head softball coach at Triton from 1989-1994, highlighted by five 20+ win seasons and a pair of sectional championships.

Hull was legendary locally as the manager of the 1985 Brookfield National Little League all-star softball team that went undefeated on their way to a Little League World Series championship. He also coached the RiversideBrookfield High School softball team, which produced multiple winning seasons under his guidance.

Hull passed away this year at age 75 due to a pulmonary disease.

Courtesy Tim McKinney/Triton Athletic Dept.

ALEXA ROGALS/Staff Photographer

RBHS senior Veronica Cariveau competes in the 100-yard freestyle on Saturday, Nov. 10, during a swim meet in the Daniel J. O’Brien Aquatic Center at Fenwick High School in Oak Park. room for improvement for sure,” Laurich said. “She also was close to our 100 free record.”

Izzo also finished fourth in the 100-yard freestyle (54.03).

Fellow freshman Cece Rosa fared well with a pair of fifthplace results in the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle, respectively, at 2:01.82 and 5:31.50.

“The freshman did awesome in their first sectional meet, which can be pretty intimidating for a first-timer,” Laurich said. “Cece Rosa dropped six seconds in the 200 free and 17 seconds in the 500 free. If you would have asked me if she would swim those two events in the beginning, I wouldn’t have picked those two for her.”

Junior Claire Kawiecki touched the wall at 1:01.15 to earn fourth place in the 100-yard butterfly. Senior sprint swimmer Veronica Cariveau took fifth in the 50-yard freestyle at 25.10.

In the other relays, the Bulldogs came in fourth in the 200yard freestyle (1:44.85) and 400-yard freestyle (3:41.94).

“Sectionals are a roller coaster of a meet for all,” Laurich said. “Veronica and Claire were solid in their events and key to our relay performances. Shea Connelly had five wisdom teeth pulled in October. She came back and dropped over three seconds in her 100 breaststroke (1:16.00/9th) at Fenwick.”

Evanston High School hosts the state finals on Friday, Nov. 16 and Saturday Nov. 17.

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Our technology environment consists of MS-SQL & Tools, Superion OneSolution CAD/RMS, CityView Permit, Licensing & Inspections, ERSI ArcGIS, Laserfiche and web software (Java, HTML, Adobe ColdFusion and Drupal).http://www. oak-park.us/ . Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than November 19, 2018.

Business Process Analyst for Madrid Crost Law Group (Chicago, IL): Review the law firm’s bus. model map & analyze its existing operational systems, processes & policies in view of the firm’s mission, vision, objectives & bus. directions; Recommend to mgmt certain measures to improve existing systems & stndrd operating procedures; other tasks as assigned.

Reqmts: Bachelor’s in Business / Business Administration + 2 yrs exp as bus. analyst, admin., or rltd occupation. Send resumes to Mary Carmen Madrid-Crost, owner–at noa@madridcrost.com COMMUNITY RELATIONS INTERN The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Community Relations Intern in the Community Relations Department.

This is a seasonal position will provide assistance to the Community Relations Department provides intake and referral services for residents to community resources, assists in investigations of landlord/ tenant complaints, etc. Applicants are encouraged to visit the Village of Oak Park’s website http:// www.oakpark.us/. Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than December 10, 2018.

OFFICE CLEANING Part time janitorial position. Must have car. North suburbs. Must pass background check. Call 773-680-0329 POLICE RECORDS CLERK The Village of Oak Park is seeking qualified candidates for the position of Police Records Clerk in the Police Department. This position will perform a wide variety of specialized clerical duties in support of the Police Department including processing and maintaining documents, correspondence and coding reports; and to provide information and assistance to the public.

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

Interested and qualified applicants must complete a Village of Oak Park application no later than December 10, 2018.

TEEN COORDINATOR The Park District of Oak Park is looking to hire an After School Teen Coordinator. The position assists in developing and implementing programs for day camps, after school programs, and teen programs on a part-time year-round basis.

Responsible for driving a 15 passenger van. Must be 21 years of age and must have a valid driver’s license. Approximately 28 hours a week, 12:30 PM–6:15 PM, $14/ hour.

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF INTENT REQUEST FOR THE RELEASE OF FUNDS On November 22, 2018, on behalf of the Oak Park Housing Authority (OPHA), the Village of Oak Park (Village) as the Responsible Entity will request the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to release funds for 2018 public housing Capital Fund Program costs in Oak Park, Illinois at a total cost of $258,657. An Environmental Review Record covering this activity has been made by the Village, which documents the environmental review.

This Environmental Review Record (ERR) is on file at the below address and is available for public examination and copying upon request from November 15 to November 21, 2018, 5 p.m. The ERR is also available on the HUD Environmental Review Online System (HEROS) at: https://www. o nec p d .i nfo/ e nv i r onm e nt a l review/environmental-reviewrecords On behalf of OPHA, the Village of Oak Park and Cara Pavlicek, in her official capacity as Village Manager, and Tammie Grossman, in her official capacity as Development Customer Services Director, consent to accept the jurisdiction of the Federal courts if an action is brought to enforce responsibilities in relation to environmental reviews, decisionmaking, and action, and that these responsibilities have been satisfied. The legal effect of the certification is that upon its approval, OPHA may use the Capital Fund Program funds, and HUD will have satisfied its responsibilities under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. HUD will accept an objection of its approval of the release of funds and acceptance of the certification only if it is on one of the following bases: (a) that the certification was not in fact executed by one or both of the responsible entity’s Certifying Officers; (b) that the responsible entity has failed to make one of the two findings pursuant to Sec. 58.40 or to make the written determination required by Secs.

58.35, 58.47 or 58.53 for the project or activity, as applicable; or (c) that the recipient or other participants in the development process have committed funds, incurred costs or undertaken activities not authorized by Sec. 58.75 before release of funds and approval of the environmental certification by HUD. Objections must be prepared and submitted in accordance with the required procedure (24 CFR Part 58) and may be addressed to HUD PIH at 77 West Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Illinois 60604.

Objections to the release of funds based on other than those stated above will not be considered by HUD. No objection received after 5 p.m., December 6, 2018 will be considered by HUD. Cara Pavlicek, Village Manager, and Tammie Grossman, Development Customer Services Director (Certifying Officers) 123 Madison Street Oak Park, IL 60302 Published in Wednesday Journal 11/14/2018

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LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Community Design Commission, acting as the Design Review Commission, of the Village of Oak Park on Wednesday evening, December 5, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in Room 201 of the Village Hall, 123 Madison St., Oak Park, Illinois on the following matter: Cal. No. 03-17-DRC: 1133 South Blvd.

The Applicant Chris Bishop with Bishop Image Group, on behalf of, OP South Boulevard LLC, is requesting that variations be granted from the following sections of the Sign Code of the Village of Oak Park to permit the installation of four (4) temporary banner signs and window signage located at the premises commonly known as 1133 South Boulevard, Oak park, IL: 1. Section 7-7-13 (B) (2) (b) limits temporary banners to thirtytwo (32) square feet in area; whereas the four proposed temporary banners are 1,485 square feet, 637.5 square feet, 286 square feet and 146 square feet; and 2. Section 7-7-13 (B) (2) (c) allows only one (1) banner per zoning lot; whereas the proposal features four temporary banners; and 3. Section 7-7-13 (B) (2) (d) requires that no temporary banners may be located higher than the roofline of the building to which it is attached; whereas the proposed temporary banner located on the east elevation of the building is located above the roofline of the building; and 4. Section 7-7-13 (B) (2) (f) requires that temporary banners are limited to a display of seven (7) days when not related to a date specific or, if date specific, may be erected no earlier than five (5) days prior to the event plus the duration of the event and must be removed within two (2) days after the event; whereas the proposed temporary banners would be displayed for approximately one year; and 5. Section 7-7-13 (B) (6) (b) requires that temporary window signs are limited to twenty-five percent (25%) of the window area; whereas the window signs are proposed to cover approximately 75% of the window area.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION DITECH FINANCIAL LLC F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.JOSE SANCHEZ, CHRISTINA SANCHEZ, VERONICA M. SANCHEZ Defendants 2018 CH 05980 1318 S 11TH AVE MAYWOOD, IL 60153 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 16, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 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 1318 S 11TH AVE, MAYWOOD, IL 60153 Property Index No. 15-15-215-0170000.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance 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, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-18-04977.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-18-04977 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 2018 CH 05980 TJSC#: 38-6870 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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12, 2018, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 21, 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 1034 LATHROP AVENUE, Forest Park, IL 60130 Property Index No. 15-13-416-0160000.

The real estate is improved with a multi-family residence.

The judgment amount was $187,806.48.

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 identifi-

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC D/ B/A MR. COOPER Plaintiff, -v.CAROL L. GAUGER A/K/A CAROL LYNN GAUGER Defendants 18 CH 6328 1034 LATHROP 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 September

All papers in connection with the above matter are on file at the Village of Oak Park and available for examination by interested parties by contacting the Zoning Administrator at 708.358.5449.

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DATED AT OAK PARK, ILLINOIS, this 14th Day of November, 2018 Published in Wednesday Journal 11/14/2018

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: D18155807 on October 30, 2018. Under the Assumed Business Name of GBG CONSULTING with the business located at: 1193 S GROVE AVE UNIT #8, OAK PARK, IL 60304. The true and real full name(s) and residence address of the owner(s)/partner(s) is: JESSICA PICKENS 1193 S GROVE AVE UNIT #8 OAK PARK, IL 60304.

Published in Wednesday Journal 11/7, 11/14, 11/21/2018

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cation for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, contact The sales clerk, SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301, Bannockburn, IL 60015, (847) 2911717 For information call between the hours of 1pm–3pm. Please refer to file number 18-086592.

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

SHAPIRO KREISMAN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2121 WAUKEGAN RD., SUITE 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 E-Mail: ILNotices@logs.com Attorney File No. 18-086592 Attorney Code. 42168 Case Number: 18 CH 6328 TJSC#: 38-7574 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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SERIES 2005-1 Plaintiff, -v.ELIZABETH L. PURNELL, KENNETH PURNELL JR. A/K/A KENNETH PURNELL, STATE OF ILLINOIS, CITY OF CHICAGO Defendants 14 CH 000292 110 S. HUMPHREY AVENUE OAK PARK, IL 60302 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 2, 2015, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 10:30 AM on December 10, 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 110 S. HUMPHREY AVENUE, OAK PARK, IL 60302 Property Index No. 16-08-305-0030000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance 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, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff’s attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-22714.

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

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com Attorney File No. 14-13-22714 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002

Attorney Code. 21762 Case Number: 14 CH 000292 TJSC#: 38-8752 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT– CHANCERY DIVISION U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET INVESTMENT LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE PASSTHROUGH CERTIFICATES,

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